January 2005 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Re: [Air-l] translation appreciated
by Irene Berkowitz 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

A guess Barry - but I am sure the author will have a much better response. "Negates the microscopic view" (?) I found this is Merriam-Webster online (m-w.com - a great site). Main Entry: sub·late Pronunciation: "s&-'blAt Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): sub·lat·ed; sub·lat·ing Etymology: Latin sublatus (pp. of tollere to take away, lift up), from sub- up + latus, past participle of ferre to carry -- more at SUB-, TOLERATE, BEAR 1 : NEGATE, DENY 2 : to negate or eliminate (as an element in a dialectic process) but preserve as a partial element in a synthesis - sub·la·tion /-'blA-sh&n/ noun Narrative (adj.) the representation in art of an event or story; also : an example of such a representation ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:49:37 -0500 >From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> >Subject: [Air-l] translation appreciated >To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org>, communication and information technology section asa <citasa(a)mit.edu>, communication and information technology section asa <citasa(a)mit.edu> > >A review of Wellman & Haythornthwaite _The Internet in Everyday Life_ >(Blackwell 2002) in _Sociology_ 38, 4, July 2004: 641-643 says that "The Global >Villagers" article I coauthored needs more: > >"sublating micro-narratival accounts of a global phenomenon". > >Although I am always eager to learn, this suggestion is not in a language >I speak. > >My spell checker was no help, even when I set it to "English (U.K.)". The >OED (2nd ed.) is no help either, as the first meaning of "sublate" is >obsolete and the second and third meanings are different from each other. >"Narratival," probably an offshoot of "narrative," does not even make the >OED. > >I've asked the author of the review for a translation but received no >reply. > >Hence, I look elsewhere: >Can anyone translate in whole or in part? > > Barry > _____________________________________________________________________ > > Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director > wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman > > Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto > 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 > To network is to live; to live is to network > _____________________________________________________________________ > >_______________________________________________ >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] CFP: AoIR's conference : Internet Research 6.0:Generations
by Andrew Herman 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

I would as well for the same reasons. AH Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> nils.zurawski(a)uni-hamburg.de 01/12/05 7:18 AM >>> Dear Caroline, sorry for answering so late... but I would like to volunteer as a reviewer, having done this the past three years.... fields of interest: journalism, surveillance, identity issues, space I look forward to the website... as it was mentioned in the report... best and a happy new year. it is not too late yet. nilz >The website for submissions to the next AoIR >conference will be up soon. Stay tuned to the >AoIR list for updates. > >Meantime, think about reviewing -- good for >AoIR, good for your resume! Sign up to the >Air-meet list if you are interested in reviewing. >Go to >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-meet-aoir.org >to subscribe. Details will be sent to that list. > >/Caroline Haythornthwaite > > -- Dr. Nils Zurawski Universität Hamburg Inst. für kriminologische Sozialforschung Allendeplatz 1 20146 Hamburg Germany tel. +49 (0) 40 42838 6185 fax. +49 (0) 40 42838 2328 Projekt zu Videoüberwachung: http://www.surveillance-studies.org _______________________________________________ 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

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Re: MultiMediaStations in Austria, wikipedia etc
by David Brake 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

For what it's worth, British Telecom has 1,500 Internet kiosks around the country (certainly many in London) http://www.btplc.com/Innovation/Mobility/booth/ and I believe they have been around for at least two years - I have to say I have never seen anyone use them... As for collaborative content, there were several attempts before Wikipedia's success including http://www.everything2.com/ (mentioned in the Emigh & Herring paper), http://www.nupedia.com/ and my personal favourite, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/ (the BBC purchased and took over Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy collaborative encyclopedia which specialises in the quirky and is built around a community but is more explicitly hierarchical than the other efforts). David Brake, PhD researcher in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunicat… Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page) and http://blog.org/ (weblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - http://davidbrake.org/dealingwithemail/ gives ordering info and supplementary links

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Winter 2004 executive committee report + 2006 Location!
by Nancy Baym 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

January, 2005 Report of the a.o.i.r. executive committee Prepared by Nancy Baym AoIR Executive Committee President: Nancy Baym Vice-President: Matthew Allen Secretary: Ulla Bunz Treasurer: Benjamin Bates Open Seats: Radhika Gajjala and Annette Markham Appointed Seats: Monica Murero and Randolph Kluver Student Seat: Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki Publications Officers: Jeremy Hunsinger and Charlie Breindahl Past President (ex-officio): Steve Jones 2005 Conference Program Chair: Caroline Haythornthwaite 1. Introduction & General (Baym) This is the place to find out what's going on in the association. It's the best way for you to keep up so please read it! Our 24/7 discussions of the month on the executive committee mailing list are summarized in Ulla Bunz's section of the report. In addition to the enormous amount of organizing we have been doing (see Ulla's report below), we are pleased to announce the location for our 2006 conference: Brisbane Australia. Kylie Veale is serving as the local organizer, and we hope to announce a program chair shortly. We hope that this Pacific Rim location will enable people who have found it hard to attend our North American and European meetings to join us there. Also, election time will soon be upon us and I urge you to consider running for office. This association is only as good as the people who volunteer to make it work. As outlined in Ulla's report below, many positions are opening. Jeremy Hunsinger, who has overseen all of our technology since our inception, will be leaving this role. That is an appointed position, so if you have interest in that, please let someone on the current executive committee know. We will also be seeking a new treasurer, as Ben Bates will not be running again, so if you have experience with finance, please consider running for this important slot. 2. Executive Officers' Reports 2.1 President (Baym) 2.1.1 The conference in Sussex went off very well, with many thanks to Sheizaf Rafaeli and Kate O'Riordan for their hard work. We are now busy planning Chicago in October, 2005 and laying groundwork for Brisbane, 2006. I had the chance to visit the Chicago site this fall and think people will be pleased with the layout. All rooms are in a relatively compact area with a central meeting space that will work very well for socializing. The hotel itself is located very well, near the lake, lots of shopping, the Art Institute, and many other attractions. We also have two new babies to welcome as both Steve Jones and Charlie Breindahl became fathers this fall (Charlie for the second time)! Congratulations to them and their families. 2.2 Vice President (Allen) 2.2.1 I am facilitating the AoIR website discussions group of the Exec; am chairing the Conference Management Committee of the Exec; have organised local liaison and program chair for 2006 conference. In January I will start managing the election process for 2005. 2.3 Secretary (Bunz) 2.3.1 Since our last official report I have been dealing with record keeping including agendas and minutes, organizational statistics, and vote counting. The vote counting included keeping complex issues straight and providing clarifying summaries to the exec. I have put up the pilot survey and provided an in-depth analysis of the "what to keep about our conferences" question to the exec. I have participated actively in the discussions on the CMC and the 2006 and beyond conference locations, as well as contributed to other discussions, proof reading, website testing, Listserve transition issues, paper archives, etc. As the secretary is not a member of the CMC (for explanation see below), I cannot summarize their dealings and decisions, but below is the summary for the exec Listserve. What's been happening on the exec: August 12, 2003 January 2, 2005 - Perhaps the most significant change on the exec, which also accounts for the reduced email traffic on that listserve, has come about due to the institution of the Conference Management Committee (CMC). The CMC is AoIR-internal and deals with organizational conference issues. This allows us to standardize a lot of things and reduce the amount of detail work it takes every year when organizing the conference. This also reduced the micro-management of the exec in conference planning, though the exec still has to approve major decisions made by the CMC. Membership on the CMC rotates. Membership consists of: vice-president (who is in charge of the CMC), immediate past president, treasurer, student representative, local liaisons for the upcoming and the next conference (right now, 2005 and 2006), the program chairs for the upcoming and the next conference, an appointed AoIR member, and a representative of the conference agency at Virginia Tech. The conference agency is not to be confused with the CMC. The conference agency is an external organization that we are paying to take care of things like hotel reservations, program printing, etc. as explained in my last summary in September, 2004. We debated membership of the CMC at length and even rescinded an earlier vote as new issues had to be considered. The final consistency was approved by a vote of 10 in favor and 1 missing vote. - The exec helped proof and edit the Call for Papers for Internet Research 6.0, "Internet Generations," in Chicago, October 5-9, 2005. The call went to Air-l on December 15 and can be retrieved here: http://listserver.dreamhost.com/pipermail/air-l-aoir.org/2004-December/0068… - There was last minute conference coordination on issues like awards plaques, exec conference meetings, final program issues, birds of feather meetings, Cafepress, and instruction to panel chairs. - After the conference we discussed general conference issues, including blogs, computer access, and budget. A working group on virtualizing the conference has been set up, led by Tracy Kennedy. Contact her if you are interested in this issue. - We had animated discussion on the conference locations for 2006 and beyond. We took into consideration a number of issues, such as enhancing our international reach, financial/budget issues, organizational growth, and membership opinions. Brisbane was chosen as the 2006 location. The local liaison will be Kylie Veale from Curtin University. We have also begun considerations for conference locations beyond 2006 as we are beginning to be able to plan long-term. - Jeremy transitioned us onto a new Listserve program but most didn't experience too many difficulties. Some people had password problems but with combined efforts, Jeremy and I figured them out. - We have continued to evaluate our stats on paper submission and conference attendance. To make a long story short: We continue to get more international. However, South American and African scholars are still very under-represented. Our Asian contingent remains comparatively small as well. - We had to deal with an allegation of academic fraud. The issue was resolved to the satisfaction of both parties involved. - Jeremy prepared a new electronic conference submission and management system that we tested and will be using from now on. So, watch for submission guidelines! - We conducted a pilot survey Monica Murero designed related to conference issues and discussed the results and how they (should) influence our planning of future conferences. So far they have been guiding us mostly in the 2006 decision, but we have also noted that most people like the smaller size of AoIR, that you want Internet access at the conferences, and that you really like open spaces to mingle and talk. - Based on a suggestion by Michele White, we now have a Listserve for "feminists, postcolonial theorists, and queers doing Internet research." - As many of you may have noticed, the members-only part of the AoIR website has been down for a while, which is also why we do not have the conference paper archive for 2004 up yet. This is due to a website transition that we are undergoing. As all of the code-writing is done by Jeremy "pro bono" it's simply taking a little while longer. Please be patient, or volunteer your help if you have experience with programming. Matthew Allen is coordinating the web development, so contact him if you are able to help. - We are starting to gear up for AoIR elections which will be held in the spring. More information will be made available, but essentially there will be 10 positions open. The presidency is by default as Matt Allen will move up to become our president. Of the 10 positions, 6 are voted on by the membership (Vice-president/President-elect, treasurer, 2 open seats, graduate rep, and secretary). The remaining 4 are appointments (two technology people, two seats). If you are interested in running for any of the positions, please keep an eye out for more information. If there are people you would like to see run, please encourage them to do so. 2.4 Treasurer (Bates) 2.4.1. Busy managing membership as always. 2.5 Open Seats (Gajjala, Markham) 2.5.1 Gajjala: has been participating in discussion. 2.5.2 Markham: Been participating in Executive committee discussions of future conferences and direction of the association. Actively participated in dealing with various issues arising at the most recent conference. Also been helping with analysis of AOIR's web presence and testing possible interfaces. The qualitative research methods listserv has been up and running but there seems to be more discussion activity on Theresa Senft's blog, so this special interest group seems to have shifted. I have joined the Ethics working committee. 2.6 Appointed Seats (Murero, Kluver) 2.6.1 Murero: I have participated to all discussions and decisions in air-exec, and have organized the AoIR conference pilot survey , and analyzed results (to be discussed in air-exec). 2.6.2 Kluver: has been participating in discussion. 2.7 Student Seat (Tkach-Kawaski) 2.7.1 During this winter, I * participated in web-site discussions through the new site design draft, and am looking forward to further discussions; * participated in the conference management committee by offering opinions when warranted; * suggested/participated in 2005 keynote speaker discussion. 2.8 Publications Officers (Hunsinger, Breindahl) 2.8.1 Hunsinger: I've been very busy and my current main project is to get the new version of the website up and running with the members area all set. other than that, I've been involved with everything ulla noted. 2.8.2 Breindahl: I'm still weeding out the Rolex offers and the viruses (Subject: "Hi!") from the real messages to AIR-L. I am also active in the discussions regarding the future web presence of AoIR. 2.9 Past-President (Jones): In the main I've been working on the planning for the 2005 conference in Chicago, which is coming along quite well. The conference will take place in the heart of Chicago's downtown and I'm working on setting up several 'local' events of a non-scholarly nature for everyone's enjoyment. I've also been preparing for the onslaught of paperwork associated with attaining permanent non-profit tax-exempt educational status from the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Our temporary status expires at the end of this calendar year, and we must file forms to demonstrate that our activities over the past five years have been consistent with those of a non-profit tax-exempt educational organization. While I am confident that our activities have met the IRS's criteria, one never knows how they may be viewed by others, and there is rather a lot of information to sort through and paperwork to be written up. A final determination should be forthcoming by the middle of 2005. 3.0 2005 Conference Program Chair (Caroline Haythornthwaite) The conference website is nearly ready for release and should be available soon. Deadlines will be reconsidered given the timing of the site released. New reviewers are still being sought as well as calling on those who have reviewed in the past. -- Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 102, Lawrence, KS 66045-7574, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org

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Fwd: TP Msg. #613 WOMEN PROFESSORS WITH CHILDREN
by jeremy hunsinger 11 Jan '05

11 Jan '05

this was engineering oriented, and u.s. centric, but I think it is worth noting in the association context, so I'm sending it anyway. jeremy Begin forwarded message: > From: Rick Reis <reis(a)stanford.edu> > Date: January 10, 2005 4:44:04 PM EST > To: tomorrows-professor(a)lists.Stanford.EDU > Subject: TP Msg. #613 WOMEN PROFESSORS WITH CHILDREN > > "The details of the stories varied widely, but common themes included > the necessity for choices and giving up on some things, the benefits > of shared responsibilities, the importance of private time for self > and spouse, and for developing strategies that work. Specific > strategies included setting priorities consistent with family, > limiting travel, delegating responsibility, and advance planning and > anticipating." > > * * * * * * > TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR(SM) MAILING LIST > desk-top faculty development one hundred times a year > > Over 21,500 subscribers > Over 600 academic institutions > Over 100 countries > > Sponsored by > THE STANFORD UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING > http://ctl.stanford.edu > > An archive of all past postings (with a two week delay) can > be found at: > http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/index.shtml > > * * * * * * > Folks; > > In June 2004 a workshop on Mentoring in Engineering was held at > Stanford with the joint support of the Presidential Award for > Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring > (PAESMEM, administered by the NSF and funded by the White House) and > the Stanford School of > Engineering. The two day workshop brought together graduate students > and all levels of faculty for presentations and discussions on the > needs, goals, methods, and best practices for mentoring students, > junior faculty, and mid level faculty for academic careers. The > emphasis was on mentoring members of underrepresented groups in > academic engineering, especially women, but most of the topics are > common to all interested in academic engineering careers. An excerpt > on Women Professors With Children appears below followed by a copy of > the table of contents of the proceedings. The full Workshop > Proceedings are available at the workshop website > http://paesmem.stanford.edu/ in both pdf format for printing and html > format for Web viewing. > > Regards, > > Rick Reis > reis(a)stanford.edu > UP NEXT: World's Top 500 Universities > > > Tomorrow's Academic Careers > > ------------------------------------ 750 words > -------------------------------------- > > WOMEN PROFESSORS WITH CHILDREN > > This session was intended to provide some advice, anecdotes, > perspectives, and information about combining children with an > academic engineering career. The session resulted in two chapters in > this book. The first talk of the session concerned the timing of > children- should one have babies during one's graduate student years, > during a postdoc, as a faculty member pre-tenure, or should one wait > until after tenure? A wealth of data relevant to these questions is > presented in chapter *. The remainder of the session concerned > strategies for balancing work and family once a baby has arrived, > issues treated in chapter *. The presentation, discussions, and the > chapter collect anecdotes regarding successful balancing of children > and career from four women engineering professors. > > Obviously children are of concern to both parents and not just women > faculty, but equally obviously the workload is different with > childbirth and women historically have borne the brunt of childcare. > All but one of the panelists in this session were women, but men > participated actively in the discussions. > > The details of the stories varied widely, but common themes included > the necessity for choices and giving up on some things, the benefits > of shared responsibilities, the importance of private time for self > and spouse, and for developing strategies that work. Specific > strategies included setting priorities consistent with family, > limiting travel, delegating responsibility, and advance planning and > anticipating. > > The rewards of an academic life are many: the job is intellectually > stimulating, and you work on a problem you love. It's flexible and > customizable, and you have the self-determination that comes from > having no boss, and from choosing what you work on. You have the > satisfaction of knowing that you are contributing to the knowledge of > the human race, and you are training the next generation of scientists > and inventors. > > From the point of view of having children, the rewards of being a > professor and parent are also numerous. The work week and work day are > flexible, so you can go to school performances and sports events and > parent-teacher conferences, without having to punch a time clock, and > in fact without having to notify anyone that you are leaving, and > without having to account for your time to anyone. The children are > exposed to all sorts of fascinating intellectual topics from an early > age; they learn to appreciate the questions and the approach to > answers that a mind devoted to the pursuit of new knowledge produces. > Also the children of women who are engineering faculty do not grow up > with some of the stereotypical notions of women that other segments of > the population may have, e.g., that girls can't do math, and that a > woman's place is in the home. > > Proceedings Table of Contents > > * Contents > * Preface > * Acknowledgements > * Overview > * Mentoring > * Best Practices > * Early and mid career mentoring > * How to be as bright and capable as everyone seems to think > you are > * Mentoring support: National and local resources for > mentoring > * Mentoring for academic leadership > * Women professors with children > * Epilog > * Mentoring > * References > * Best practices > * General observations > * Stages of mentoring > * Issues in mentoring of women > * Early and mid career mentoring > * Introduction > * Graduate students > * Junior faculty > * Maintaining momentum after tenure > * How to feel as bright and capable > * What is the Imposter Syndrome? > * Who's Most at Risk for the Imposter Syndrome? > * If They Only Knew ...How Imposters Explain Away Success > * The Phew Factor: Fooled Them Again > * Refining Competence > * About the Author > * Mentoring support > * Web resources > * Case Studies > * MentorNet > * Mentoring: A Berkeley Perspective > * Mentoring at the Center for Workforce Development > * The Caltech Women's Center > * The NSF ADVANCE Program > * Advancing women at Virginia Tech through institutional > transformation > * Mentoring for academic leadership > * Academic Leadership > * Choosing Leadership > * Mentoring for academic leadership > * Women professors with children > * Introduction > * Timing of Children > * Strategies > * Conclusions > * Do babies mattter? > * Survey of Doctorate Recipients > * Leaks in the Pipeline to Tenure > * Leaks in the Pipeline: Tenure Track to Tenure > * Family Status > * Family Status 12 Years out from PhD > * UC work and family survey > * Everyone is very busy > * The baby lag for UC women in pursuit of tenure > * Biological baby births by age of UC faculty > * Having fewer children than they wanted > * Sloan Grant > * Epilog > * Appendix: Participants > * Footnotes > > > * * * * * * * * > NOTE: Anyone can SUBSCRIBE to the Tomorrows-Professor Mailing List by > addressing an e-mail message to: > <Majordomo(a)lists.stanford.edu> > > Do NOT put anything in the SUBJECT line but in the body of the message > type: > > subscribe tomorrows-professor > * * * * * * * * > To UNSUBSCRIBE to the Tomorrows-Professor send the following e-mail > message > to: <Majordomo(a)lists.stanford.edu> > > unsubscribe tomorrows-professor > -++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== > This message was posted through the Stanford campus mailing list > server. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the > message body of "unsubscribe tomorrows-professor" to > majordomo(a)lists.stanford.edu > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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professional blogs
by Nancy Baym 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

Can anyone recommend readings for a Ph.D. student in our department who is writing a dissertation looking at corporate blogging as a means of building a public relations/professional relationships? If you know of any, please email her directly: Kathy Menzie <kathy.menzie(a)washburn.edu> Thank you, Nancy -- Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 102, Lawrence, KS 66045-7574, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org

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Pew Internet Report on the Future of the Internet
by J. J. 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

This could be of some interest to our group. Jarek >From: "Amanda Lenhart" <alenhart(a)pewinternet.org> >To: japeks(a)hotmail.com >Subject: Pew Internet Report on the Future of the Internet >Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:36:33 -0500 > >A wide-ranging survey of technology leaders, scholars, industry >officials, and analysts finds that most internet experts expect attacks >on the network infrastructure in the coming decade as the internet >becomes more embedded in everyday and commercial life. > > > >For the full report, please visit: > >http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/145/report_display.asp > > > >Some 66% of the experts responding to a survey by the Pew Internet & >American Life Project and Elon University agreed with the following >prediction: At least one devastating attack will occur in the next 10 >years on the networked information infrastructure or the country's power >grid. > > > >In addition, there was notable agreement among the 1,286 experts in this >survey that in the next 10 years the internet will be more deeply >integrated in our physical environments and high-speed connections will >proliferate - with mixed results. They believe the dawning of the blog >era will bring radical change to the news and publishing industry and >they think the internet will have the least impact on religious >institutions. > > > >Some other predictions with which a majority of respondents agreed: > > > >* 59% of these experts agreed with a prediction that more >government and business surveillance will occur as computing devices >proliferate and become embedded in appliances, cars, phones, and even >clothes. >* 57% of them agreed that virtual classes will become more >widespread in formal education and that students might at least >occasionally be grouped with others who share their interests and >skills, rather than by age. >* 56% of them agreed that as telecommuting and home-schooling >expand, the boundary between work and leisure will diminish and family >dynamics will change because of that. >* 50% of them believe that anonymous, free, music file-sharing on >peer-to-peer networks will still be easy to perform a decade from now. > > > >At the same time, there were stark disagreements among experts about >whether internet use would foment a rise in religious and political >extremist groups, whether internet use would usher in more participation >in civic organizations, and whether the widespread adoption of >technology in the health system would ameliorate the most knotty >problems in the system such as rising costs and medical errors. > > > >"Nobody knows for sure what lies ahead - and the history of the internet >has taught us to expect the unexpected - but this group of experts >provides the perspective of long experience. Half were online before the >advent of the Web," said Susannah Fox, associate director of the Pew >Internet Project and lead author of the report. "Institutions that >resist change, like education and health care, come in for the sharpest >criticism among these information revolutionaries." > > > >The experts were relatively unconvinced about two suggested impacts of >the internet related to democratic politics and processes: > > > >* Just 32% of these experts agreed that people would use the >internet to support their political biases and filter out information >that disagrees with their views. Half the respondents disagreed with or >disputed that prediction. >* Only 32% agreed with a prediction that online voting would be >secure and widespread by 2014. Half of the respondents disagreed or >disputed that idea. > > > >The survey was conducted online survey between September 20 and November >1, 2004. It grew out of an effort by the Pew Internet Project and the >Elon University School of Communications to look at predictions made >about the impact of the internet in the period between 1990 and 1995. A >database of more than 4,000 predictions and commentary by experts is >available at http://www.elon.edu/predictions/ and those who go to the >site are invited to make their own predictions. The predictions from >this survey are being added to the database. > > > >"We were struck by the prescience of many experts at the dawning of the >Web era about the way the internet would affect people and >organizations," said Asst. Prof. Janna Quitney Anderson, a co-author of >the report and lead organizer of the predictions database. "It just made >sense to us to go back to many of them and ask what they foresee in the >next decade. And they see dramatic change in many realms - some of it >good, some of it not-so-good." > > > >The Pew-Elon survey asked the experts to describe what dimensions of >online life in the past decade have caught them by surprise. Similarly, >we asked about the changes they thought would occur in the last decade, >but have not really materialized. Their answers: > > > >Pleasant surprises: These experts are in awe of the development of the >Web and the explosion of information sources on top of the basic >internet backbone. They also said they were amazed at the improvements >in online search technology, the spread of peer-to-peer networks, and >the rise of blogs. > > > >Unpleasant surprises: They are startled that educational institutions >have changed so little, despite widespread expectation a decade ago that >schools would be quick to embrace change. They are unhappy that gaps >exist in internet access for many groups - those with low income, those >with lower levels of educational attainment, and those in rural areas. >And they still think there is a long way to go before political >institutions will benefit from the internet. > > > >The Pew Internet Project is a non-partisan, non-profit initiative of the >Pew Research Center that researches the social impact of the internet. >The Project does not advocate policy solutions or take positions on >policy issues. > > > >Please feel free to forward this email alert to colleagues, friends, or >family members who might be interested in it. If you have received this >message from a subscriber, you can sign up to receive your own alerts >at: http://www.pewinternet.org/signup.asp > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >To subscribe, send a blank message to pewinternet-on(a)pewinternet.org >To unsubscribe, send a blank message to pewinternet-off(a)pewinternet.org >To change your email address, send a message to >pewinternet-change(a)pewinternet.org > with your old address in the Subject: line >To contact the list owner, send your message to > pewinternet-list-owner(a)pewinternet.org > >http://www.pewinternet.org/ > > > >To unsubscribe, click on the following web page. >http://cgi.mail-list.com/u?ln=pewinternet&nm=japeks@hotmail.com > > >This message was launched into cyberspace to japeks(a)hotmail.com

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Blogging, Journalism & Credibility
by jeremy hunsinger 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu:8080/webcred/index.php?p=4 jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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grad study at Ryerson-York universites, Toronto
by Greg Elmer 06 Jan '05

06 Jan '05

Hi folks, I'd encourage those of you looking for graduate programs (or faculty with strong BA and MA students) to consider the joint Communication and Culture MA and PhD programs at Ryerson and York Universities, in Toronto. One of the program's three streams is "technology in practice" -- it boasts a very strong faculty and excellent grad student support. Deadlines are quickly approaching. http://www.ryerson.ca/gradstudies/comcult/ http://comcult.yorku.ca/ Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. best, Greg Greg Elmer, PhD Bell Globemedia Research Chair Rogers Communications Centre/School of Radio-TV Arts Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2K3 416-979-5282 _______________________________________________ Co-Editor, Space and Culture: An International Journal of Social Spaces http://www.carleton.ca/space/

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CFP CIRN 2005
by Tharp, Kevin W. 06 Jan '05

06 Jan '05

Call for Papers CIRN 2005 24-26 August 2005, Cape Town South Africa The Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) 2005 Conference is open to receive research, policy and praxis based papers around the major theme of 'partnerships'. Conference website http://www.cirn2005.org Community Informatics is principally involved with the social appropriation of ICT for local benefit The practice of community informatics usually involves role players with diverse interests, and many of the benefits are found in the combination of different role players' interests and resources. The main role players in CI are found in civil society, government, business and individuals. CIRN 2005 will highlight the interactions between these sectors in delivering local benefit. Increasing availability of ICT highlights the need for new partnerships between and within civil society, the public sector and business. It moves the agenda beyond simple questions of access, to effective use. This challenges the current roles, responsibilities and activities in civil society, government and business. Experience is demonstrating that neither 'top down' nor 'bottom up' approaches are consistently delivering universal benefit; rather, partnerships are providing significant value propositions in the emerging information economy. Further, whilst the relationships between business and government are quite well understood, the relationships between civil society and business, government and individuals in the emerging information age are still in formative stages. The conference is designed for researchers, policymakers, community leaders, ICT project leaders, government officials and regional community development groups who have interests, skills and experience in the social appropriation of ICT Critical dates: Abstracts and panel proposals 1 February 2005. Notification of acceptance 15 February 2005 Full refereed papers due 15 March 2002, Notification of acceptance 15 May 2005 Final papers due 30 June 2005 Contributions are invited from both developed and developing countries, but within the intended theme of the conference: * Academic papers will be double-blind refereed and published in the conference proceedings. * Papers that are not intended for refereeing are welcome and will be published separately. * Case studies describing ICT related interventions and initiatives within communities are invited. * Posters describing planned work or work in progress are also invited. * Proposals for panels within areas closely related to community informatics are encouraged A PhD colloquium will be conducted and these presentations will be reviewed by a panel of leading CI researchers. Executive Committee * Prof Andy Bytheway (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa) * Dr Peter Day (Brighton University, United Kingdom) * Prof Geoff Erwin (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa) * Prof Mike Gurstein (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) * Prof Marlien Herselman, (Tshwane University of Technology, SA) * Prof Don Schauder (Monash University, Australia) * Prof Wal Taylor (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa) Kevin W. Tharp Communications Specialist Electronic Marketing Communications University of Missouri - Rolla kwtharp(a)umr.edu 573-341-6623

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