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Re: [Air-l] researchers ???
by ren＠aldermangroup.com 07 May '04

07 May '04

I’ve never been ‘internet researcher’ but I used to be ‘global head of commercial internet strategy’ when I was at (at the time) the worlds biggest ‘isp’. Previous to that I was at British Telecommunications who have a large research facility at Martlesham Heath in the UK and there I’m sure there were entire departments called internet research and room-on-room of people called internet researchers – the kinds of stuff done in the labs ranged from basic research into things like protocols (resulting in RFCs etc) all the way up to commercial applications of technology, and, pause – futurology, shudder. BT labs home page is here: http://www.labs.bt.com, I’m sure their PR people would be happy to help if you were interested in job titles and stuff there. Ren www.renreynolds.com terranova.blogs.com ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 14:30:03 +0930 >From: ET <et(a)tarik.com.au> >Subject: [Air-l] researchers ??? >To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >hi all, > >just a question for the groups members - hopefully some may wish to reply. > >The "modern" internet has now been going for about 10 years. >As a result we have many new professions... >we have web designers, programmers and a host of specialist IT positions. > >Does anyone in here work full time in a position that is called >"Internet Researcher" or that one could take to be, from the job >responsibilities, to be a full time internet researcher? >Does anyone know of another person who has the above role? >I am particularly interested to know if anyone works for a company in >such a role. > >thanks in advance for your time, > >regards > >Eero Tarik >Adelaide > > > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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RE: [Air-l] ethnography and ethics
by Kevin Tharp 06 May '04

06 May '04

The discussion concerning deontology in the excellent post by Charles Ess struck a note in my mind. If I am correct, the human experiments in Nazi Germany resulted in a medical book. Wasn't there some movement to quash the book or the knowledge gained in those experiments? (I would appreciate references where I could become more informed on that matter). If there was an effort to quash that knowledge, would this not be a strong indicator that researchers disregarding ethical standards would be risking both their professional reputations and the dismissal of their contributions by the scholarly community? Regards, Kevin W. Tharp

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RE: [Air-l] researchers ???
by Kevin Tharp 06 May '04

06 May '04

My current title is Senior Research Officer / Community Informatics Officer with a community based initiative that aims at teaching ICT skills literacy for individual and community benefit. I am a Practitioner Researcher in the vein of Participative Action Research. I believe this kind of fits what you are looking at, though the Internet is just one of the tools in the box. This position and the associated Visa come to an end on June 30, at which time I will be back in the United States looking for education / research positions. **Shameless plug: my CV is available at the address in my signature. ;-) ** Kevin W. Tharp Community Informatics Officer Senior Research Officer Faculty of Informatics & Communication Central Queensland University Rockhampton, Queensland Australia 07 4923 2566 k.tharp(a)cqu.edu.au http://infocom.cqu.edu.au/Staff/Kevin_Tharp/

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Re: researchers ???
by Bram Dov Abramson 06 May '04

06 May '04

> > Does anyone in here work full time in a position that is > > called "Internet Researcher" or that one could take to > > be, from the job responsibilities, to be a full time > > internet researcher? Does anyone know of another person > > who has the above role? I am particularly interested to > > know if anyone works for a company in such a role. I spent a few years as a full-time telecommunications researcher, of which a big chunk as a full time Internet researcher "for a company in such a role" (http://www.telegeography.com) That our attention was focussed specifically on the IP layer is probably what made it easy to call this Internet research: we were concerned with higher-layer applications only insofar as how they affected the deployment and interoperability of the Internet itself. But then I became a regulator; now I'm a law student: things change. What motivates your interest, Eero? cheers Bram

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Re: [Air-l] researchers ???
by ren＠aldermangroup.com 06 May '04

06 May '04

Hamish> So saying "internet researcher" is so broad as to be almost meaningless without further qualification? But maybe that’s the point. 20 years ago ‘internet researcher’ would have been meaningless as no one had heard of the internet, possibly 10 years ago it would have applied to people that work somewhere in the lower levels of the protocol stack – today it means anything you like. Though next long job title I have I think I’m going to insist it has the phrase ‘Interweb thingy’ in it. Ren www.renreynolds.com terranova.blogs.com ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 11:21:49 +0100 >From: Hamish Cunningham <H.Cunningham(a)dcs.shef.ac.uk> >Subject: Re: [Air-l] researchers ??? >To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >The problem with "internet" is that it is such a big term - from >the IP protocol to community groups. So saying "internet researcher" >is so broad as to be almost meaningless without further qualification? > >For example, I work with people at BT labs on a project called SEKT >(http://sekt.semanticweb.org/) that develops semantic technology for >knowledge management; I work with people at the BBC on a project >called PrestoSpace (http://prestospace.ina.fr) about preserving and >accessing audiovisual media in digital libraries. Just accross campus >from me are historians busily transcribing 18th Century court reports >for on-line access. Upstairs people are modelling complex mathematical >entities called X-machines that may help verify the correctness of >net servers. All are clearly "internet research", but are quite >diverse - and that's just stuff that I personally have at the top of >my head. > >I suppose that if you work on the statistics of net usage, or similar, >then you might end up shortenning your description to net researcher, >but it wouldn't be very meaningful? > >Best, > >Hamish > > >-- >Dr. Hamish Cunningham >Senior Research Scientist >Department of Computer Science >University of Sheffield [I get too much email, and I use >Regent Court junk filters. If I don't reply, >211 Portobello St. please resend, or phone!] >Sheffield S1 4DP >United Kingdom >http://gate.ac.uk/hamish/ > > >ren(a)aldermangroup.com wrote: >> I’ve never been ‘internet researcher’ but I used to >> be ‘global head of commercial internet strategy’ when I was >> at (at the time) the worlds biggest ‘isp’. >> >> Previous to that I was at British Telecommunications who have >> a large research facility at Martlesham Heath in the UK and >> there I’m sure there were entire departments called internet >> research and room-on-room of people called internet >> researchers – the kinds of stuff done in the labs ranged from >> basic research into things like protocols (resulting in RFCs >> etc) all the way up to commercial applications of technology, >> and, pause – futurology, shudder. >> >> BT labs home page is here: http://www.labs.bt.com, I’m sure >> their PR people would be happy to help if you were interested >> in job titles and stuff there. >> >> Ren >> www.renreynolds.com >> terranova.blogs.com >> >> >> ---- Original message ---- >> >>>Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 14:30:03 +0930 >>>From: ET <et(a)tarik.com.au> >>>Subject: [Air-l] researchers ??? >>>To: air-l(a)aoir.org >>> >>>hi all, >>> >>>just a question for the groups members - hopefully some may >> >> wish to reply. >> >>>The "modern" internet has now been going for about 10 years. >>>As a result we have many new professions... >>>we have web designers, programmers and a host of specialist >> >> IT positions. >> >>>Does anyone in here work full time in a position that is >> >> called >> >>>"Internet Researcher" or that one could take to be, from the >> >> job >> >>>responsibilities, to be a full time internet researcher? >>>Does anyone know of another person who has the above role? >>>I am particularly interested to know if anyone works for a >> >> company in >> >>>such a role. >>> >>>thanks in advance for your time, >>> >>>regards >>> >>>Eero Tarik >>>Adelaide >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Air-l mailing list >>>Air-l(a)aoir.org >>>http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l >> >> ?????????????????????????????????????器??x%??@????"??+? m?????j??????f??f??X??)ߣ? >> >> > >-- >Hamish > >[I get too much email, and I use > junk filters. If I don't reply, > please resend, or phone!] > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Call for Participation - CATaC'04
by Fay Sudweeks 06 May '04

06 May '04

Dear Colleagues We are pleased to announce that Nina Wakeford (Director of the Incubator for Critical Inquiry into Technology and Ethnography (INCITE) research centre in the Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, UK) will present the keynote address opening this year's conference on Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Culture (CATaC'04). Professor Wakeford's address is entitled "Technology and Mobility at the Margins". The program for CATaC'04 further includes presenters from 28 countries focusing on six major themes: 1. Culture: theory and praxis 2. ICTs and intercultural communication 3. ICTs and cultural hybridity 4. Culture and economy 5. Governments and activists in culture, technology and communication 6. Culture, communication, and e-learning as well as several themed sessions. The program also includes two panels, each chaired and shaped by distinguished colleagues: 1. The Multilingual Internet - chairs, Susan Herring and Brenda Danet 2. Utopian Dreams vs. Real-World Conditions: Under what conditions can ICTs really help worse off communities? - chair, Michel Menou CATaC'04 will take place 27 June - 1 July 2004, in the "city of the sun" - Karlstad, Sweden - right after Midsummer celebrations on June 25-26. For additional information regarding the conference, including complete program, accommodation, registration, and travel information, please see the conference website, www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/. On behalf of our local co-chairs, Malin Sveningsson, Ylva Hard af Segerstad, and Robert Burnett, we hope you will be able to join us in Karlstad. Please feel free to address any additional questions to: Charles Ess Drury University Tel: 417-873-7230; Fax: 417-873-7435 catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au Fay Sudweeks Murdoch University Tel: 61-8-9360-2364; Fax: 61-8-9360-2941 catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au

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Re: [Air-l] researchers ???
by Irene Berkowitz 05 May '04

05 May '04

I am not an internet researcher, but do work extensively with web applications to reengineer information. ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 14:30:03 +0930 >From: ET <et(a)tarik.com.au> >Subject: [Air-l] researchers ??? >To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >hi all, > >just a question for the groups members - hopefully some may wish to reply. > >The "modern" internet has now been going for about 10 years. >As a result we have many new professions... >we have web designers, programmers and a host of specialist IT positions. > >Does anyone in here work full time in a position that is called >"Internet Researcher" or that one could take to be, from the job >responsibilities, to be a full time internet researcher? >Does anyone know of another person who has the above role? >I am particularly interested to know if anyone works for a company in >such a role. > >thanks in advance for your time, > >regards > >Eero Tarik >Adelaide > > > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l Irene Berkowitz Director of Curricular Publications Temple University Office of the Vice Provost 215-204-7596 Please note my new email address below and update your address records accordingly. irene.berkowitz(a)temple.edu

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researchers ???
by ET 05 May '04

05 May '04

hi all, just a question for the groups members - hopefully some may wish to reply. The "modern" internet has now been going for about 10 years. As a result we have many new professions... we have web designers, programmers and a host of specialist IT positions. Does anyone in here work full time in a position that is called "Internet Researcher" or that one could take to be, from the job responsibilities, to be a full time internet researcher? Does anyone know of another person who has the above role? I am particularly interested to know if anyone works for a company in such a role. thanks in advance for your time, regards Eero Tarik Adelaide

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Re: Literature Review About Research Being Done About the Internet
by J Campbell 05 May '04

05 May '04

If you're looking for article/book summaries from a psychological (social) perspective, I would recommend Bargh, J. A., & McKenna, K. Y. A. (2004). The Internet and Social Life, Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 573-590. (2002). The Journal of Social Issues. Special Issue: Social impact of the Internet, 58, 1- 195. McKenna, K. Y. A., & Bargh, J. A. (2000). Plan 9 from cyberspace: The implications of the Internet for personality and social psychology. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 4(1), 57-75. BOOKS: Wallace, P. The Psychology of the Internet. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999, J. Gackenbach (Ed.), Psychology and the Internet: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Transpersonal Implications. San Diego: Academic Press. Turkle, S. (1997). Life on the screen: Identity in the age of the Internet. New York: Touchstone Books. Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 21:10:11 -0400 From: jgrubb(a)buffalo.edu To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Literature Review About Research Being Done About the Internet Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Is anyone aware of an article or book that provides a summary of the current research being done ABOUT the web or Internet? Something published in 2000 or later would be great.

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seeking ethnographers of information and communication technologies
by Jenna Burrell 04 May '04

04 May '04

Dear colleagues, We are constructing a web-based resource for ethnographic approaches to studying Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The website will be based at the London School of Economics, Department of Sociology, and aims to network the growing ranks of ICT ethnographers, increasing communication and awareness of our work. The website will include: A searchable database of researchers and research projects A searchable bibliography Facilities for announcements Links to web resources In order to develop this network, we are using broad and inclusive definitions of both ethnography ('classic' ethnographies; in-depth, multi-method qualitative approaches; 'online' as well as 'offline' studies with some element of participant observation) and ICTs (internet, mobile communications, computing, radio&TV). And of course all disciplines and multi-disciplinary researchers are welcome. We are trying to identify all researchers and research projects in this domain for inclusion in our online database. If you consider yourself to be an ICT ethnographer according to the specifications described above, please fill out the form below with a little information about your current research activities and e-mail it to J.R.Burrell(a)lse.ac.uk . Let us know if you have any suggestions for other researchers (including postgraduates) who could be included in the database: building this network depends on networking with you! We will not include anyone without first contacting them directly and getting their permission. Your Name: Institution: Position: Project Names: URL: Keywords: Online or Print Publications: Short Description of Research Interests and Projects: Other researchers we should contact (including email address and institution, if possible): If you have any queries, please don't hesitate to contact Don Slater (d.slater(a)lse.ac.uk) or Jenna Burrell (j.r.burrell(a)lse.ac.uk) Thanks for your help. Don Slater Jenna Burrell ---------------------------------------------------------------- Don Slater Reader in Sociology, London School of Economics Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE Tel: +44 (020) 7849 4653 Fax: +44 (020) 7955 7405 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jenna Burrell J.R.Burrell(a)lse.ac.uk MPhil/Phd Student Department of Sociology, London School of Economics ----------------------------------------------------------------

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