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Re: [Air-l] question about cyberspace ethnography literature
by Anne Beaulieu 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

Besides the excellent suggestions already mentionned, you might want to look at a recent paper called 'Mediating Ethnography', in which I analyse how ethnographic approaches have been adapted to the study of the Internet. Blogs are also specifically discussed, as a way of adapting intersubjectivity to a virtual context. A pre-print is available here: http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/en/nerdi2/group_members/a/publ/toon The following is another valuable resource where lots of virtual ethnography researchers and literature can be found: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ethnobase/ Looking forward to your article! Anne -- Dr Anne Beaulieu Networked research and digital information KNAW-Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science Joan Muyskenweg 25 Postbus 95110 1090 HC Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: (31)(20)462-8739 fax: (31(20)665-8013 http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/en/nerdi2/group_members/a/toon >>> "Alireza Doostdar" <alireza(a)doostdar.com> 16/06/2004 15:37:51 >>> Dear AoIRs, I'm in the process of revising a paper I've submitted to the American Anthropologist about blogging in Iran, which I've titled "'The Vulgar Spirit of Blogging': On Language, Culture, and Power in Persian Weblogestan". My ethnographic research consisted in part of maintaining a Persian-language blog where I wrote observations and commentary on a debate that was raging among many Iranian bloggers at the time on "vulgar" linguistic and cultural practices, and where I engaged in conversations with other bloggers. In my paper, I reflect on my methods of drawing attention to my own words on my blog (through hyperlinking, explicitly invoking other people's blog entries, sending trackback pings, making provocative statements, etc) so as to get comments from other people, and I analyze these methods within a larger context of communicative practices by bloggers who write to be noticed and who need to be noticed in order to be read. Based on this and other analyses, I conceptualize blogging (in the Persian language at least) as an emergent speech genre (in the Bakhtinian sense) that draws on various on- and off-line genres of speech. One of my reviewers has asked that I situate my intensively engaged ethnographic method within a literature of cyberspace ethnography that discusses such engagement (and other methods, like lurking) and the relevant theoretical and ethical issues. I already have several pieces I can use, including Christine Hine's "Virtual Ethnography" and David Hakken's "Cyborgs@Cyberspace?". I would TREMENDOUSLY appreciate pointers on other relevant literature, preferably things I can get my hands on fast, as my revisions are due by Monday! Thank you in advance, -Alireza _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Literature about redevelopments of commercial web sites.
by Fernando Alonso 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

Dear colleagues I am looking for studies concerning the redevelopments of commercial web sites. I'm interested in good case studies describing the process of particular projects in SMEs but specially in conceptual papers describing general guidelines, lessons, critical success factors, evaluation of success...etc. Summary of responses will be posted. Sincerely, Fernando Alonso

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tools for social networking at conferences
by Kris Markman 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

Dear AoIR folk, I'm part of a group of graduate students at the Univ. of Texas working on a consulting project for the organizers of the 2006 World Congress of Information Technology (http://www.wcit2006.org/) One of our projects is to come up with recommendations for technologies that can enhance the social networking of conference delegates during and after the conference. We're looking for ways that different devices and applications (and especially ones that make use of wireless & mobile technology) can help conference delegates track, find and manage contacts and extend face-to-face discussions during the conference, and help them continue networking after they've left. I'm interested to know if any of you have ever attended or organized a conference (professional, academic, industry, or other) where technology was used in interesting/useful/innovated ways specifically to enhance social networking. I'd like to get an idea of what kinds of things have been done (successfully and unsuccessfully) in the past as we develop our plans for this project. Please feel free to share your experiences and insights with me off list. Thanks! -Kris -- Kris M. Markman, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate Dept. of Communication Studies The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station Stop A1105 Austin, TX 78712-0115 Email: jho-kmm(a)mail.utexas.edu

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question about cyberspace ethnography literature
by amarkham 17 Jun '04

17 Jun '04

Off the top of my head (or from my Internet browser bookmarks), I would recommend: Baym, N. (2000). _Tune in, Log on_. (Sage publishers). And I'll add my own book, _Life Online: Researching real experience in virtual space_. (Alta Mira Press, 1998). Also see an overview of issues related to ethics and representation in online ethnography: Markham, A.: "Reconsidering Self and Other: The methods, politics, and ethics of representation in Online Ethnography." In N. Denzin and Y. Lincoln (Eds.). Handbook of Qualitative Research. (forthcoming) Online draft here: http://ascend.comm.uic.edu/~amarkham/writing/denzinlincoln.htm Johns, M. D., Chen, S. L. S., & Hall, G. J. (Eds.). (2003). _Online social research: Methods, issues, and ethics_. (Peter Lang Press). (good edited collection with many issues addressed) Buchanan, E. (2004). Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and controversies. (Information Science Publishing) (includes many relevant readings in online qualitative research methods/ethics. Many good chapters. I'll mention here Malin Sveningsson's chapter "Ethics in Internet Ethnography," which provides a good overview of some major issues.) Eichhorn, K. (2001). Sites unseen: Ethnographic research in a textual community. International journal of Qualitative studies in Education, 14 (4), 565-578. Special issue on internet research ethics. Ethics and Information Technolog http://www.nyu.edu/projects/nissenbaum/ethics_ess.html. and, of course, the recommendations of the AOIR working committee on ethics:www.aoir.org/reports/ethics.pdf Hope these are of some use to you, Annette Markham - Show quoted text - On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:01:48 +0200, Maja van der Velden <maja(a)globalagenda.org> wrote: > > To Alireza, > > Blogging thoughts: personal publication as an online research tool > by Mortensen, T. and J. Walker (2003), > www.intermedia.uio.no/konferanser/skikt-02/docs/ > Researching_ICTs_in_context-Ch11-Mortensen-Walker.pdf > > Success, Maja > > > On Jun 16, 2004, at 3:37 PM, Alireza Doostdar wrote: > > One of my reviewers has asked that I situate my intensively engaged > > ethnographic method within a literature of cyberspace ethnography that > > discusses such engagement (and other methods, like lurking) and the > > relevant theoretical and ethical issues. I already have several pieces > > I > > can use, including Christine Hine's "Virtual Ethnography" and David > > Hakken's "Cyborgs@Cyberspace?". I would TREMENDOUSLY appreciate > > pointers > > on other relevant literature, preferably things I can get my hands on > > fast, as my revisions are due by Monday! > > > > > Maja van der Velden > http://www.globalagenda.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l > Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication (M/C 132) 1007 W. Harrison Street Chicago, IL 60607-7137 amarkham(a)uic.edu http://ascend.comm.uic.edu/~amarkham/

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Re: question about cyberspace ethnography literature from Alizera Doostdar
by Andrew Wenn 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

On 17/6/04 2:00 AM, "air-l-request(a)aoir.org" <air-l-request(a)aoir.org> wrote: [snip] Hi Alireza, Sounds like a very interesting paper. I am a little surprised that the two authors you mention weren't enough to keep the reviewers happy. However that is part and parcel of the review process. I haven't kept terribly up to date with the literature on ethnography in cyberspace. One book that you might try and track down is: Markham, A. N. 1998, 'Life Online: Researching Real-Life Experience in Virtual Space', AltaMira, Walnut Creek, CA. I found it a good reflective ethnography and an excellent read. I have just looked at a couple of recent issues of New Media and Society and come across this article: Fernback, J. 2003, 'Legends on the Net: An Examination of Computer-Mediated Communication as a Locus of Oral Culture', New Media & Society, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 29-45. Now whether or not you can get you hands on this before Monday I cannot say. It does ground the research in ethnomethodology though. Another article I have seen referred to in one or two places is Fox, N. and Roberts, C. (1999) 'GPs in Cyberspace: the sociology of a "Virtual Community"', Sociological Review 47(4): 643-71. I haven't seen this so cannot comment on it. Best of luck, Andrew. > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 09:37:51 -0400 > From: "Alireza Doostdar" <alireza(a)doostdar.com> > Subject: [Air-l] question about cyberspace ethnography literature > To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Message-ID: <000e01c453a7$20104ec0$02fea8c0(a)ne1.client2.attbi.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear AoIRs, > > I'm in the process of revising a paper I've submitted to the American > Anthropologist about blogging in Iran, which I've titled "'The Vulgar > Spirit of Blogging': On Language, Culture, and Power in Persian > Weblogestan". My ethnographic research consisted in part of maintaining > a Persian-language blog where I wrote observations and commentary on a > debate that was raging among many Iranian bloggers at the time on > "vulgar" linguistic and cultural practices, and where I engaged in > conversations with other bloggers. In my paper, I reflect on my methods > of drawing attention to my own words on my blog (through hyperlinking, > explicitly invoking other people's blog entries, sending trackback > pings, making provocative statements, etc) so as to get comments from > other people, and I analyze these methods within a larger context of > communicative practices by bloggers who write to be noticed and who need > to be noticed in order to be read. Based on this and other analyses, I > conceptualize blogging (in the Persian language at least) as an emergent > speech genre (in the Bakhtinian sense) that draws on various on- and > off-line genres of speech. > > One of my reviewers has asked that I situate my intensively engaged > ethnographic method within a literature of cyberspace ethnography that > discusses such engagement (and other methods, like lurking) and the > relevant theoretical and ethical issues. I already have several pieces I > can use, including Christine Hine's "Virtual Ethnography" and David > Hakken's "Cyborgs@Cyberspace?". I would TREMENDOUSLY appreciate pointers > on other relevant literature, preferably things I can get my hands on > fast, as my revisions are due by Monday! > > Thank you in advance, > > -Alireza > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l > > > End of Air-l Digest, Vol 1, Issue 1087 > ************************************** > -- School of Information Systems Victoria University PO Box 14428 Melbourne City MC 8001 Australia ---------- email: andrew.wenn(a)vu.edu.au www: http://sol.vu.edu.au/~andrew/default.htm phone: +61 3 9688 4342 fax: +61 3 9688 5024

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Re: [Air-l] question about cyberspace ethnography literature
by Maja van der Velden 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

To Alireza, Blogging thoughts: personal publication as an online research tool by Mortensen, T. and J. Walker (2003), www.intermedia.uio.no/konferanser/skikt-02/docs/ Researching_ICTs_in_context-Ch11-Mortensen-Walker.pdf Success, Maja On Jun 16, 2004, at 3:37 PM, Alireza Doostdar wrote: > One of my reviewers has asked that I situate my intensively engaged > ethnographic method within a literature of cyberspace ethnography that > discusses such engagement (and other methods, like lurking) and the > relevant theoretical and ethical issues. I already have several pieces > I > can use, including Christine Hine's "Virtual Ethnography" and David > Hakken's "Cyborgs@Cyberspace?". I would TREMENDOUSLY appreciate > pointers > on other relevant literature, preferably things I can get my hands on > fast, as my revisions are due by Monday! > Maja van der Velden http://www.globalagenda.org

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Call for Book Chapters: "User-Centered Computer Aided Language Learning"
by Panayiotis Zaphiris 16 Jun '04

16 Jun '04

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri/Announcements/call-book.html Submission Deadline: August 10, 2004 User-Centered Computer Aided Language Learning A book edited by: Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris, Centre for HCI Design, City University, London, UK Giorgos Zacharia, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Open Ratings Inc., USA Overall Objectives of the Book ------------------------------ The objective of this book is to look at the topic of Computer Aided Language Learning (CALL) in a new direction. We will focus on the human-computer interaction elements of learning a language online. The general goal of the book is to discuss the basis of a broad framework for the development and management of CALL environments, enriched with contributions from domains as diverse as education, information systems, psychology, sociology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, e-learning and many others. The book will put the emphasis on the user (learner) and propose methodologies, strategies and design approaches for designing interfaces that facilitate a user-centered design approach and focus to CALL The target audience ------------------- University educators and educators in general; university administrators; researchers; librarians, teachers of foreign languages, e learning and CALL system managers and designers. Recommended Topics ------------------ Recommended topics include but are not limited to the following * Introduction: Introductory chapters to the topic of user-centred design of CALL * Analysis: Ethnographic (virtual, phase-to-phase) studies of CALL courses; Requirement solicitation for CALL courses; Analysis of Social and Cultural Perspectives of CALL; Development or use of novel analysis methodologies for CALL; Analysing the social structure of CALL learning communities. * Design: Learning Theories for CALL (e.g. constructivism, behaviourism, social constructionism) and how these can be linked to the design of specific learning objects; Examples of successful user-centered designed CALL courses; How to develop interfaces to facilitate different learning styles for online CALL; Design of Educational Computer Platforms for CALL; Design Scenarios for CALL * Evaluation: Student support and assessment mechanism in the era of networked CALL; Human Factors, Usability/Accessibility evaluation of CALL; Evaluating the effect of design elements (e.g. multimedia) as motivation factors in learning a foreign language online SUBMISSION PROCEDURE -------------------- Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before August 10, 2004, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by August 31, 2004 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by November 15, 2004. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group, Inc., publisher of the “Idea Group Publishing,” “Information Science Publishing,” and “IRM Press” imprints in 2005. Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to: Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris Centre for HCI Design City University London, EC1V 0HB UK e-mail: zaphiri(a)soi.city.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0)20 7040 8168 Fax: +44 (0)20 7040 8859 -- Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris Center for Human-Computer Interaction Design City University London, EC1V 0HB Tel: +44-(0)-20-7040-8168 Fax: +44-(0)-20-7040-8859 zaphiri(a)soi.city.ac.uk http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri

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SNA & OSS
by mboudour＠upatras.gr 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

Hello Air! I was wondering whether those of you who happen to know any literature on methods of social network analysis (SNA) applied to free or/and open source software (OSS &FOSS) development projects might be kind to inform me about this (either by sending me a personal e-mail or through the list). I should add that Ijust don't happen to know anything on this area and so your assistance will be extremely valuable for me. Best, --Moses M.A. Boudourides Associate Professor Department of Mathematics University of Patras 265 00 Rio-Patras Greece Tel.: +30-2610-996318 Fax: +30-2610-996318, +30-2610-992965 http://www.math.upatras.gr/~mboudour

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Re: [Air-l] SNA & OSS
by Irene Berkowitz 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

A place you might look for such research. http://www.ssrn.com/ ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 20:59:29 +0300 (EEST) >From: mboudour(a)upatras.gr >Subject: [Air-l] SNA & OSS >To: AIR-List <air-l(a)aoir.org> > > >Hello Air! > >I was wondering whether those of you who happen to know any literature on >methods of social network analysis (SNA) applied to free or/and open >source software (OSS &FOSS) development projects might be kind to inform me >about this (either by sending me a personal e-mail or through the list). >I should add that Ijust don't happen to know anything on this area and >so your assistance will be extremely valuable for me. > >Best, > >--Moses > > M.A. Boudourides > Associate Professor > > Department of Mathematics > University of Patras > 265 00 Rio-Patras > Greece > > Tel.: +30-2610-996318 > Fax: +30-2610-996318, +30-2610-992965 > > http://www.math.upatras.gr/~mboudour > > > >_______________________________________________ >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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Couch Award winners announced
by Mark D. Johns 15 Jun '04

15 Jun '04

Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org Contact: Mark D. Johns Asst. Professor of Communication Luther College 700 College Drive Decorah, IA 52101 (563) 387-1347 johnsmar(a)luther.edu FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2004 Couch Award Winners Announced CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, June 15, 2004 -- The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research is pleased to announce the winners of the 2004 competition for the Carl J. Couch Award for Internet Research. This award honors student papers from all disciplines researching various aspects of the influence of the Internet on society. This year's First Place Couch Award winner is Han Lee, doctoral student at University of Illinois at Chicago, for his paper, "Race in cyberqueer space: Looking at race in online personal advertisements for men seeking men." Second place was awarded to Shawn McIntosh, doctoral student at Rutgers University, for his paper, "Moving Fw: Theoretical perspectives on the role of email joke forwarding in maintaining online social relationships." Third place was awarded to Justin Goarcke, masters degree student at the University of Northern Iowa, for his paper, "Formation and reinforcement of Goth identity online." These students will be invited to present their papers at the annual international conference of the Association of Internet Researchers to be held September 19-22 at the University of Sussex, Brighton, England. Winners also receive a cash award to assist with their continuing studies. The Couch Award honors the late Carl Couch, long-time professor of sociology at the University of Iowa and founder of the so-called "New Iowa School" of social research. As a leading proponent of "symbolic interactionism," Couch insisted that humans are social actors who construct their social world, and not passive objects conforming to social expectations. Couch was one of the first scholars to see computer-mediated communication not just as another way to transmit information, but as an arena in which people exchange symbols and form social interactions. The 2004 Couch Award Review Committee was composed of four scholars: Mary Chayko of the College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown, N.J.; Mark D. Johns of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa; Katherine M. Clegg Smith of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md.; and Lori Kendall of the State University of New York at Purchase, N.Y. The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research is a non-profit organization established to promote the scholarship in sociological and communication inquiries begun by Carl Couch. The center provides networking opportunities and corroboration information for students and scholars who conduct social and Internet research, inspired by Couch's work involving qualitative laboratory research on information technologies and their impact on society. For additional information on the Couch Center or the Couch Award, contact Mark D. Johns at johnsmar(a)luther.edu or Professor Shing-Ling S. Chen, University of Northern Iowa, at chen(a)cccsir.org. # # # ------ Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Communication/Linguistics, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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