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Re: [Air-l] development of social codes around a technology
by Irene Berkowitz 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

You could contact Janet Steinberg at Fordham, she is an expert in this area. Feel free to use my name as reference. IB ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 16:14:23 -0500 >From: "Amanda Lenhart" <alenhart(a)pewinternet.org> >Subject: [Air-l] development of social codes around a technology >To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >Hello AoIR list, > >I'm at work on a MA thesis, and I'm searching for some literature on the >development of social codes around new technologies, specifically >technologies of communication. Particularly I'm looking for some >historic context--how did/do things like "phone manners" evolve? How do >we learn what's "rude" or "polite"? How did we decide that all caps in >email means "yelling"? How localized is the development of these kinds >of rules or codes? And are these codes constantly in flux or do they >ever stabilize? > >Any resources or places to look would be most helpful. > >Thanks, > >Amanda Lenhart >MA Candidate >Communications, Culture and Technology >Georgetown University >& >Pew Internet & American Life Project > >_______________________________________________ >The Air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://aoir.org/airjoin.html 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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Re: [Air-l] Cyberwar Roundtable Addendum
by Irene Berkowitz 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Mark Tempestelli would be a great guy to consider as a discussant. I have unfortunately lost touch with him since he left the Naval Academy, where he was head of Network Centric Warfare, but he might be a member of the Media Ecology Assn., and you might be able to contact him through them. IB ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 08:59:54 -0600 >From: "John Laprise" <j-laprise(a)northwestern.edu> >Subject: [Air-l] Cyberwar Roundtable Addendum >To: <air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >My earlier posting seeking interested individuals to participate and gauge >interest in a cyberwar roundtable is for the upcoming AOIR conference in >Chicago. If interested, please contact me directly. > > > >John Laprise > >Ph.D. Student > >Media, Technology, and Society > >School of Communication > >Northwestern University > >Evanston, IL USA > > > >_______________________________________________ >The Air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://aoir.org/airjoin.html 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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on-line customers reactions to firing employees
by Joao Cunha 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Hi, For those interested in how the way people use the internet affects companies, this won't be a dataset but may lead to some interesting ideas. A number of employees is being fired from a major collectible card game design company and customers are 'mourning' about it on-line. Here are the threads for those interested: http://www.gameplayersnetwork.com/forum/showMessages.asp?TopicID=9025 http://forums.fanhq.com/viewtopic.php?t=35910 Anyone wanting more info on this or thinking about where to find more data, drop me a line. Cheers, -Joao

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Telecommunications Policy Research Conference
by Charlie Breindahl 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Posted for John Horrigan: This may be of interest to people on this list ... the TPRC comes just a week or so before the AoIR conference. The 2005 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference will be held from Friday, September 23 through Sunday, September 25, 2005 at the George Mason University Law School in Arlington, Virginia. Information on the procedure for submitting a paper to TPRC can be found at the link below. TPRC also invites suggestions on special panels and tutorials. http://www.tprc.org/TPRC05/call05.htm The TPRC is a premier gathering of policymakers, academics, industry officials, and others in the domestic and international telecommunications and technology policy communities. The TPRC seeks to acquaint policymakers with the best of recent research and to familiarize researchers with the knowledge needs of policymakers and industry. This year TPRC is soliciting abstracts for policy-relevant papers in the following topic areas: * Comparative History * Competition Policy in Network Technologies and Industries * Information and Communication Technologies for Community and National Development * Intellectual Property * Mass Media and Content Regulation * Disruptive New Technologies * Privacy and Security * Regulation, E-regulation, and Governance of Information and Communication Technologies * Spectrum Policy and Wireless Applications The deadline for abstract submissions is March 31, 2005. Many thanks, John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John B. Horrigan, Ph.D. Director of Research, Pew Internet & American Life Project Program Committee Chair, 2005 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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E-Learning: Special Edition - Digital Literacies
by Angela Thomas 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

Dear All, A shameless bit of self-promotion as my article, 'Digital Literacies of the Cybergirl' (about cybergirls / cyberfeminism / identity construction, etc!) is in this edition of the journal, e-Learning. The journal is freely accessible online. Kind Regards, Angela __________________________________________________ We are pleased to announce that the third issue of E-LEARNING (ISSN 1741-8887) is available now at www.wwwords.co.uk/ELEA We hope you will enjoy this issue, whose contents are displayed below. We will continue to keep registered subscribers informed of all news about the journal and, of course, tell you as soon as each issue becomes available. Campus-wide access by institutional Libraries is only available by paid subscription. However, for the moment access is entirely FREE to individuals who register their details (email address, name, country) at www.wwwords.co.uk/subscribeELEA.asp PLEASE ASK YOUR LIBRARY TO SUBSCRIBE! Your Library can obtain subscription information from the major subscription agents. Access control is by IP address range: further details can be found at www.triangle.co.uk/prices.htm or by contacting subscriptions(a)triangle.co.uk E-LEARNING (ISSN 1741-8887) Volume 1, Number 3, 2004 www.wwwords.co.uk/ELEA Editorial, pages 336-340 Guy Merchant. Imagine All that Stuff Really Happening: narrative and identity in childrens on-screen writing, pages 341-356 Angela Thomas. Digital Literacies of the Cybergirl, pages 358-382 Neil Anderson & Michael Henderson. e-PD: blended models of sustaining teacher professional development in digital literacies, pages 383-394 Sonia Livingstone & Magdalena Bober. Taking up Online Opportunities? Childrens Uses of the Internet for Education, Communication and Participation, pages 395-419 Kevin Leander & Barbara Duncan. Community Construction in the Virtual: reconceptualizing joint action, pages 420-436 BOOK REVIEW Literacy in the New Media Age (Gunther Kress), reviewed by Catherine Kell, pages 437-445 For all editorial matters, including articles offered for publication, please contact Professor Michael A. Peters (m.peters(a)educ.gla.ac.uk) We encourage you to forward this announcement to your colleagues. If you have not already registered you can do so online at www.wwwords.co.uk/subscribeELEA.asp you will then receive future announcements such as this one. The same form can be used to stop these announcements, or to change the address to which they are sent. In the event of problems concerning subscription, or difficulty in gaining access to the journal articles on the website, please contact the publishers at support(a)symposium-journals.co.uk ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] SYMPOSIUM JOURNALS PO Box 204, Didcot, Oxford OX11 9ZQ, United Kingdom Check out www.symposium-journals.co.uk for the contents of our journals, with abstracts and full texts of all articles, instructions for contributors, together with complete editorial, bibliographical and subscription information. A division of wwwords Ltd - www.wwwords.co.uk _______________________________________________________ Angela Thomas, PhD Lecturer in English Education, Faculty of Education and Social Work University of Sydney Phone: +61 2 9351 6229, Fax: +61 2 9351 2606 URL: http://www-personal.edfac.usyd.edu.au/staff/thomasa/ "Ceci n'est pas une .signature"

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ALERT: Eyes On The Prize
by Art McGee 27 Jan '05

27 Jan '05

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2005 Eyes on the Screen "Eyes on the Prize", Civil Rights Documentary, To Be Released Over the Internet Despite Copyright Disputes A day of public screenings of the legendary documentary, to be organized for February 8th, 2005 HYPERLINK: http://www.eyesonthescreen.org According to some, it's illegal for makers of the civil rights documentary "Eyes on the Prize" to put it on DVD or show it in public. But at 8:00 PM on February during Black History Month, Downhill Battle (downhillbattle.org) is encouraging Americans to celebrate the struggle and triumph of the civil rights movement with screenings of "Eyes on the Prize" in homes and public places with the goal of having a screening in every major city in America. The campaign is called Eyes on the Screen. "Eyes on the Prize" is the most comprehensive and revered civil rights documentary ever made. But the documentary has not been available for public viewing for the past 10 years because of unreasonable copyright laws that impose stifling restrictions on artists and filmmakers. In one instance, copyright holders believe they should receive licensing fees for the song "Happy Birthday," which appears in footage of a group of people singing to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "To celebrate Black History Month, we believe that "Eyes on the Prize" should be seen by as many people as possible," says Tiffiniy Cheng of Downhill Battle. "The civil rights movement is just too important for this invaluable resource to be denied to the public. So, we're going to help distribute "Eyes on the Prize" to a mass audience and communities can have screenings." "Eyes on the Prize is one of the most effective documentaries ever put together that dealt with civic engagement," says civil rights leader Lawrence Guyot. "This is analogous to stopping the circulation of all the books about Martin Luther King, stopping the circulation of all the books about Malcolm X, stopping the circulation of books about the founding of America... I would call upon everyone who has access to 'Eyes on the Prize' to openly violate any and all laws regarding its showing." "Eyes on the Prize" is an award-winning 14-volume documentary made by the late Henry Hampton, tracking the Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1965. Clayborne Carson, a Stanford University history professor, has said, "It is the principal film account of the most important American social justice movement of the 20th century" (Wired News, 12/22/04). "Eyes on the Prize" was the first introduction to the history of the Civil Rights Movement for millions of people," says Nicholas Reville of Downhill Battle, "But our corporatized copyright system is keeping it locked away." "The situation of "Eyes on the Prize" is a perfect example of why copyright law isn't working for the public," says Cheng. "It's ridiculous that this documentary is languishing in copyright purgatory, instead of being shown in classrooms. "Eyes on the Screen" is a perfect example of how people can bring attention to bad copyright law and start turning the situation around." For background, see this article: http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14801-2005Jan16.html Contact: Lawrence Guyot, Former Leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party w: (202)727-4742 h: (202)332-5157 Tiffiniy Cheng, Co-Director of Downhill Battle w: (508)963-1096 e: tyc(a)downhillbattle.org Nicholas Reville, Co-Director of Downhill Battle w: (508)963-7832 e: npr(a)downhillbattle.org ###

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Assistant Professor of New Media and New Communication Technologies
by Cassandra Van Buren 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Dear AoIR Friends and Colleagues, Please distribute. Apologies for cross-posting. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Assistant Professor of New Media and New Communication Technologies The Department of Communication at the University of Utah seeks qualified applicants for a tenure-track, assistant professor with emphasis in new media and new communication technologies, effective July 1, 2005. The qualified applicant will have a completed, or nearly completed, Ph.D. and be able to demonstrate potential for theory and research and for creative/technical scholarship in one or more of the following areas: 2D/3D animation; Web design; interactive cinema, television, or documentary; videogames as social networks; and/or computer mediated communication in public/community, organizational, and/or mass communication contexts including possible applications in the areas of public relations and integrated marketing communication. The qualified candidate will be able to teach theoretical and applied courses at the undergraduate and graduate level emphasizing the social, cultural, creative, educational, and technological aspects of new communication technologies. Strong candidates will be fluent in the Adobe and Macromedia suites. The Department of Communication in an intellectual community that celebrates a complex of interests and pursues a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary projects. Strong candidates will be interested in and able to make connections to this community. Review of applications begins February 1, 2005, and continues until the position is filled. Applicants must submit an application letter, vita, three letters of recommendation, samples of scholarly or creative activity, and evidence of teaching excellence to: Professor Julia Corbett, Chair, Search Committee, Department of Communication, 255 South Central Campus Drive, Room 2400, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0491. The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from women and minorities and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees. http://www.communication.utah.edu/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ..^..^..^..^..^..^..^..^..^..^..^..^.. Cassandra Van Buren, Ph.D. Department of Communication University of Utah 255 S. Central Campus Drive LNCO 2400 Salt Lake City UT 84112 USA

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Cyberdefense Panel Suggestion
by John Laprise 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

I am working on issues of Cyber(defense, war[fare], security, terrorism) and am wondering if there are others out there interested in convening a panel. Please contact me directly ASAP. John Laprise Ph.D. Student Media, Technology, and Society School of Communication Northwestern University Evanston, IL USA

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Communication failures
by Daniel Menchik 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

Dear colleagues - I am hoping that members of this list might be able to help a coauthor and I. We are looking for literature on incidences of *communication failure* in internet-mediated interaction. When are interactions deemed unsuccessful, and what explanations are suggested? We are especially interested in cases involving misunderstanding by one or more participants in an interaction (one-to-one or otherwise). Where is there evidence of what Goffman called the breakdown of an encounter? Cases may include serious research involving the professions -- difficulties in successful interactions around: a virtual classroom, medically-oriented relationships [btw. patient/doctor, among docs etc.], international business transactions. Or it might focus upon collaboration more generally, reporting findings believed intrinsic to the medium or group structure. Were simply looking for troubles. Thanks in advance for this. Please send cites (or texts, if available in digital format) directly, and Ill report them back to the list in a few days. Dan Daniel Menchik Department of Sociology University of Chicago

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RTP DOC Live webcast [Electronic document : Internet Metrology, Document digitalizing],
by Niels Windfeld Lund 26 Jan '05

26 Jan '05

SUBJECT : RTP DOC Live webcast [Electronic document : Internet Metrology, Document digitalizing], ************ RTP-DOC research network (http://rtp-doc.enssib.fr/rtpenglish/index.html) is pleased to announce its first Webcast conference on the thematics of electronic document. The conference will start on Thursday, january 27, 2005, from 10:00 AM (New York) to 1:00 PM. Live Webcast link can be accessed on http://webcast.in2p3.fr.live.html You may use realplayer (http://www.real.com/realplayer.html) The conference is bilingual (French/English). French researchers will present their work as followed : Fist part (French) : Internet Metrology Speakers : - Eric Guichard (ENS Paris) - Patrice Abry (ENS Lyon) 2. Second part "Document Digitalizing" Speakers : - Jean-Marc Ogier (L3i Laboratory) - Bertrand Couasnon (IRISA) To know more about RTP DOC Workshops, follow http://rtp-doc.enssib.fr/rtpenglish/workshopsen.html. *** RTP DOC also supports collective writing under the signature of Roger .T. Pédauque. Document: Form, Sign and Medium, As Reformulated for Electronic Documents. Roger T. Pédauque. Article. 12 septembre 2003. Working paper. http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/sic_00000594.html To know more about Roger's work, follow : http://rtp-doc.enssib.fr/rtpenglish/pedauque_en.html. Best regards, Roger T. Pédauque

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