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CFP: CSCW 2004 workshop on Social Networks for design
by Danyel Fisher 27 Aug '04

27 Aug '04

fellow A(o)IR members, I'm forwarding this announcement to the list because I think that this workshop represents an interesting approach to processing computer-based data and thinking about the applications of social networks to internet research. I'd like to invite you to consider submitting to the workshop, and attending CSCW 2004 in Chicago. CSCW is a research field studying Computer Supported Collaborative Work; while it draws largely from computer science, it has many active members with backgrounds in design, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. The CSCW Conference, held this year in Chicago in November, is one that many AIR members might enjoy. --------------- Social Networks for Design and Analysis: Using Network Information in CSCW A CSCW 2004 workshop. Workshop Date: Saturday November 6, 2004 – Chicago, IL Submission Deadline: Wednesday, September 22 Notification of Acceptance: Friday, October 1 [ Note that CSCW early registration ends on October 13. ] Workshop web page: http://www.ischool.washington.edu/mcdonald/cscw04/ Organizers * Shelly Farhnam, Microsoft Research * Danyel Fisher, Microsoft Research * David W. McDonald, The Information School, University of Washington The CSCW community has a tradition of adopting social and analytical theories to understand groups and group processes as well as when designing new systems to support and augment cooperative work. Social networks have a long tradition in sociology and cultural anthropology, but are only beginning to break in totheCSCWmainstream.Thekeynotion from network analysis, that the interconnections between people can be used to understand and improve their interactions, is one that has direct implications for CSCW research. Network models have clear implications for research into communication systems, teamwork, and knowledge management. Social networks are being used in several different ways: * "Social Network Analysis" – Which is the more traditional, formal, techniques of mathematical sociology and anthropology are used to analyze a population. * "Social networks" – The general connections that people have with each other. Examples include explicitly articulated social networks in Friendster, Orkut, or LinkedIn, which use the language and concepts of social networks. * Social network techniques in CSCW design – These techniques can vary from contact management, to recommendation techniques, to ways of understanding how an organization is adopting and using a new technology. While we are particularly interested in this third stream of research, we are generally interested in understanding the broad range of social network research within CSCW. We are interested in exploring tools that both use social networks as a source of information, and that support end-user interactions with social networks. This full-day workshop seeks participation from social scientists and system designers to address the ways in which social networks can be adapted for use in analyzing cooperation and as a framework for considering new system designs. The workshop will consider four specific topics: * MEASUREMENT - How are social networks being collected and measured (automatically, manually, quantitatively, qualitatively)? What do these networks actually represent? How are the networks validated? Are the measurements implicit or explicit? * TOOLS - What is the state-of-the-art for analyzing, visualizing and representing social networks? In what context are these tools useful and how can the tools be adapted to specific CSCW situations? * APPLICATIONS - Systems are embedding social networks into the fabric of system design. How can system designers distill the complexities of networks into user-oriented displays? How are social networks supported by the system, software, or architecture? * EVALUATION - How does the use of a social network change, facilitate, or hinder users and their collaborations? JOINING THE WORKSHOP Individuals interested in participating in the workshop should submit a position paper describing work in one or more of the topic areas above and a completed workshop survey. The workshop organizers will review position papers. Authors will be notified of acceptance to the workshop on October 1st. One goal of the workshop is to nurture interdisciplinary applications of social networks that specifically consider a CSCW perspective. Attention will be paid to representing a diverse spectrum of positions. The workshop will be limited to 15 participants. All workshop attendees should register for the CSCW conference. Proposals should consist of * A four-page position paper describing work in one or more of the workshop areas above. * A completed workshop survey, which is intended to get some ideas of the broad range of skills in the community. The survey can be found on the workshop web page, http://www.ischool.washington.edu/mcdonald/cscw04/ Please submit your workshop proposal to David McDonald, dwmc(a)u.washington.edu in PDF or Microsoft Word.

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CSCW 2004 Workshops Deadline
by Reddy, Madhu 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

[Apologies for Cross-posting] Dear Colleague, The workshop program of the ACM 2004 Conference on CSCW provides an opportunity for in-depth exploration of emerging themes with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners. This year's program consists of 11 full-day workshops that will be presented on Saturday Nov. 6, 2004 and will cover a variety of topics on: - representations of digital identity, - long-term knowledge management, - social networks, - advanced collabortive environments, - collaboration transparency, - Eclipse as a vehicle for CSCW research, - Studies of social practices, - and much more Check out the complete program at http://www.acm.org/cscw2004/prog_workshops.html. Interested workshop participants need to submit a position paper to the workshop organizers by Friday, Sept. 10. Please join in what should be a lively and interesting set of discussions and exchanges on new and emerging themes on technology and social practices that shape our understanding of how people communicate, coordinate, cooperate and even compete. If you have any questions or comments about the workshops program, please do not hesitate to contact us at cscw2004-workshops(a)acm.org. For more information about CSCW 2004, please visit http://www.acm.org/cscw2004/ Andreas Girgensohn and Alison Lee CSCW 2004 Workshop Co-Chairs Madhu Reddy CSCW 2004 Publicity Chair

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Any new e-democracy/e-government researchers/articles?
by Steven Clift 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

If you are new on the scene with an interest in e-democracy or e-government (from online campaigning and advocacy through to e-consultation and political social networking), drop me a note: clift(a)publicus.net As part of my Democracies Online Newswire <http://dowire.org> effort I run a special e-mail list for e-democracy researchers. With APSA and the next AOIR conference coming up, I always notice a fresh crop of graduate students and others with interesting papers (of which I am always interested in reviewing when time allows). Sincerely, Steven Clift P.S. I am also looking for _regularly_ updated e-democracy-related RSS feeds for: http://dowire.org/feeds Steven Clift - http://publicus.net - Reply to: clift(a)publicus.net Join DoWire: http://e-democracy.org/do Speaking requests: http://publicus.net/speaker.html Watch my BBC World interview: http://publicus.net/media.html

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re-formatted program (size reduced)
by Ulla Bunz 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Hi all! Just a quick note to let you know that we have re-formatted the Word file of the conference program for quicker download. I have dial-up at home, and the download took me now just under 40 seconds. The file now takes up just under 600KB instead of the approx. 3000KB it was before. Also, the tables no longer run off the page. Hopefully this helps. We considered saving it as an html file but that seems to increase the memory size again. As before, the program is available linked to the conference page at http://www.aoir.org/2004 under the "Program" tab. This was just a technical change. To the best of my knowledge, no scheduling changes were made unless you specifically discussed them with Sheizaf. Best, Ulla -- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901

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Programm & abstracts IR 5.0
by Julia Maintz 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

FYI! > Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:04:56 +0200 > From: "Sheizaf Rafaeli" <sheizaf(a)rafaeli.net> > Subject: [Air-l] AoIR 5.0 Ubiquity? Program and > abstracts online > To: <air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Message-ID: > <20040823090658.0CBB19859B(a)che.dreamhost.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > > Hi all, > > Please check out the program and abstracts for the > upcoming > AoIR 5.0 SUSSEX: 2004: UBIQUITY? Conference. > > The program in its current state, (both long and > short versions), > as well as links to the abstracts, is available > here: > > http://gsb.haifa.ac.il/~sheizaf/AOIR5 > > > See you in Sussex! > > Sheizaf > > ___________________________________________________________ Gesendet von Yahoo! Mail - Jetzt mit 100MB Speicher kostenlos - Hier anmelden: http://mail.yahoo.de

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Re: [Air-l] Bloggers on blogging
by ros 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

At 01.38 24/08/04, you wrote: >I am pulling together a list of sites where bloggers discuss the act of >blogging, be it design, text, audience, etc. If you have sites to share >please let me know off-list. I will be happy to post what I gather to >the full list when I have it completed. > >Thank you You should look at: www.politicaonline.it It's an italian collective blog very focused on blogging my best rosanna >Lois Ann Scheidt MPA MIS SPHR CCP >Doctoral Student >School of Library and Information Science >Indiana University >Bloomington IN USA >Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com >Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l-aoir.org mailing list >Air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org

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Re: Looking for Gladwell Critique
by Eszter Hargittai 24 Aug '04

24 Aug '04

I'm not sure what you're looking for and this may well be more informal than what you're hoping to find, but I discussed some critiques of the book in a blog entry once: http://www.esztersblog.com/archives/00000030.html (I'm in the midst of moving sites so this forwarding address is more reliable than the underlying address you'll see.) Eszter http://www.eszter.com --- Original message --- Hello All, I'm wondering if anyone out there can recommend scholarly critiques of Gladwell's tipping point? I have heard the critiques discussed, but am having some trouble finding sources. Any assistance would be most appreciated. Thanks, -TED Ted M. Coopman Department of Communication University of Washington

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unsubscribe
by yazdankhah 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

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AoIR 5.0 Ubiquity? Program and abstracts online
by Sheizaf Rafaeli 23 Aug '04

23 Aug '04

Hi all, Please check out the program and abstracts for the upcoming AoIR 5.0 SUSSEX: 2004: UBIQUITY? Conference. The program in its current state, (both long and short versions), as well as links to the abstracts, is available here: http://gsb.haifa.ac.il/~sheizaf/AOIR5 See you in Sussex! Sheizaf

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SEEING, UNDERSTANDING, LEARNING IN THE MOBILE AGE
by Endre Dányi 22 Aug '04

22 Aug '04

dear all, I thought this conference might be of interest for quite a few of you. Apologies for cross-posting... regards, Endre Danyi *** CALL FOR PAPERS Submissions are invited for a conference on SEEING, UNDERSTANDING, LEARNING IN THE MOBILE AGE which is to take place in Budapest, April 28-30. Speakers will include Jacques Derrida, Maurizio Ferraris, Peter Glotz, Rom Harré, James Katz, Marcelo Milrad, and Mike Sharples. Contributions are invited from philosophers, psychologists, education theorists, and other interested scholars on the following and related topics: - from seeing to understanding - visual communication and pictorial meaning - from static pictures to dynamic images - writing, speaking, messaging - collective thinking and the network individual - mobile communication and scientific change - technology, media and the dissemination of knowledge - ubiquitous learning and the transformation of education Target dates: Submission of abstracts (max. 300 words) and short biographical statements (max. 150 words) by Dec. 1, 2004. Early submissions are strongly encouraged. Please send your submissions to Kristof Nyiri <nyiri(a)phil-inst.hu>. -- Those submitting abstracts will be notified of the decision concerning acceptance by January 5, 2005. -- Deadline for receipt of draft full-length versions of papers: March 15. Receipt of draft papers by this deadline is a condition for inclusion in the program. The papers will be compiled and distributed to all participants at the time of the conference. -- Deadline for receipt of final manuscripts for inclusion in the published conference proceedings: Sept. 1, 2005. The conference is organized by the Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Mobile Hungary Co. Ltd. Conference website: http://www.fil.hu/mobil/2005 Website of the research project COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY - THE MOBILE INFORMATION SOCIETY: http://21st.century.phil-inst.hu Earlier volumes published in the framework of this conference series: http://21st.century.phil-inst.hu/volumes.htm

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