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

The joy of text
by Derek McMillan 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Of these I think Reid and Reid http://www.160characters.org/documents/SocialEffectsOfTextMessaging.pdf is the one which interests me most. The different attitudes of those who prefer to text to those who prefer talk are explored. Some are a bit obvious but it opens up a very interesting field of non-trivial study in this area. The extent to which texting and Yahoo/MSN/ICQ messaging has replaced and complemented the face to face discourse of pupils in Secondary School in the UK is phenomenal. There is also an issue raised in discussion between teachers of bullying using text and some research on this would be interesting and useful. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.5 - Release Date: 03/02/2005

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Last week of OII Summer Programme applications
by Vicki Nash 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Dear colleague, please can I remind all interested PhD students that there is just one week remaining to apply for this year's OII Summer Doctoral Programme in Beijing. All applications must be received at the OII by 5pm GMT on the 14th February. Students should also note that thanks to the generosity of the Open Society Institute's Information Program there are three scholarships available to students from developing and transitional countries studying issues of law and policy. Application forms and further details can be found at the OII's website at http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/?rq=sdp2005 . If you have any questions, please e-mail sdp(a)oii.ox.ac.uk . best wishes Vicki Nash Dr Victoria Nash Policy and Research Officer 01865 287231 Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1, St Giles OX1 3JS www.oii.ox.ac.uk <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/>

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CFP Journal of Global Ethics
by O''Riordan, Kate 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Potential area of overlap with AoIR. ----------------------------------------- Details are available on the website at: http://www.globalethics.bham.ac.uk/Journal/journal.htm Although the deadline is tight we could still fit in papers sent to us by 1st March 2005. We hope that with your help we can make the Journal of Global Ethics representative of the high quality work in our exciting field. Yours sincerely Sirkku Hellsten Christien van den Anker Heather Widdows Centre for the Study of Global Ethics University of Birmingham "Priorsfield" 46 Edgbaston Park Road Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2RT website: http://www.globalethics.bham.ac.uk/

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Text messaging research
by Jennifer Kurkoski 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Hi folks, A colleague of mine is look for references on studies that address the affects of text messaging on relationships, communication, etc. Anyone have any good tips? Reply off-list and I'll compile. Thanks in advance! Jennifer Kurkoski Ph.D. Student, Organizational Behavior Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley kurkoski(a)haas.berkeley.edu 510.643.1407 http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/kurkoski

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Deaf populations and Internet use
by Lauren Squires 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Dear AoIRers, I'm looking for research about deaf/Deaf populations and internet use. I'm particularly interested in CMC (chat, IM, email, etc.), even more particularly of the linguistic persuasion, but simple discussions of usage or examinations from sociological, psychological, educational, etc. viewpoints would be great as well. You can email me off-list. Thanks, Lauren ---- Lauren Squires Linguistics Program University of Virginia *** http://polyglotconspiracy.net

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Yale "Global Flow of Information" Conference - Apr. 1-3, 2005
by Eddan Katz 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is proud to announce that registration is now open for The Global Flow of Information Conference, which will take place on April 1-3, 2005, at the Yale Law School. <http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/index.html> Please register early, as seating is limited. This ground-breaking conference will bring together policymakers, lawyers, technologists, social activists, and academics to discuss globalization and the law in terms of information flow. Patterns of information flow are one of the most important factors shaping globalization. Today, all sorts of entities -- individuals, groups, countries, and international organizations -- are trying to promote and control the flow across national borders of different kinds of information, including intellectual property, scientific research, political discourse, brand names, and cultural symbols. Ever-proliferating digitally networked environments subject information to yet new methods of distribution and manipulation. Control and influence of information flow will help define who holds power in the global information economy. This conference will explore these patterns of information flow and their political, economic, social, and cultural consequences. We will explore four key questions: * Can the flow of information across borders be controlled? If so, how? * Whose interests will be affected by flows of information across borders? Who will be empowered and who will lose influence and authority? * What role can and should law play in securing freedoms, rights, and democratic accountability as individuals, groups, and nations struggle over control of information flows? * What lessons can we learn about how to regulate information flow from past experience with other kinds of flow across borders, such as flows of goods, services, people, and capital? We invite you to join leading experts in academia, industry, and the non-profit sector to debate the patterns, problems, and power of information flows in six different contexts: (1) Governance (2) Economics (3) Culture (4) Politics (5) Science (6) Warfare For more information about the conference, with full descriptions of the panels above and a full speaker list, please visit http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/GlobalFlow/index.html. ------------------------------ Eddan Katz Yale Law School Executive Director Information Society Project http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ P.O. Box 208215 New Haven, CT 06520-8215 (203) 436-0804 Fax: (203) 436-0851

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Conference & Call for Papers
by Vicki Nash 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Dear Colleagues, The OII is delighted to announce that it will be holding a major international conference in September 2005 on issues of cybersafety. The conference 'Safety and Security in a Networked World: Balancing Cyber-Rights and Responsibilities' is being organised in collaboration with the University of Auckland, NetSafe and EURIM, and will be held in Oxford from the 8th-10th September. For further details of the conference and the accompanying call for papers, please see the OII website at <outbind://90/www.oii.ox.ac.uk/cybersafety> www.oii.ox.ac.uk/cybersafety . If you would like to be notified when the registration opens, or have any further questions, please email cybersafety(a)oii.ox.ac.uk . Dr Victoria Nash Policy and Research Officer Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1, St Giles OX1 3JS www.oii.ox.ac.uk <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/>

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electronic signatures
by Oriana Solta Gatta 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Hello, I'm looking into using electronic signatures for my consent forms and was wondering if anyone could make suggestions about where to go. I've found a few different sites, but others' experience with this would be very helpful. Thanks Oriana Gatta

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New book on website archiving
by Niels Brügger 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

NEW BOOK ON WEBSITE ARCHIVING Archiving Websites. General Considerations and Strategies by Niels Brügger 76 pages Cover text "This book treats the micro archiving of websites, i.e. archiving by researchers, students or others without special technical knowledge who, using a standard computer, wish to save a website for further study. The phenomenon is discussed from the standpoint that Internet research must be able to stabilise and save the object of its analysis. However, the Internet is endowed with certain fundamental media-specific dynamics that make stabilisation difficult. Based on an account and discussion of these dynamics (linked as they are to sender, text and recipient) the following double conclusion is reached. Firstly, unlike other well-known media, the Internet does not simply exist in a form suited to being archived, but rather is first formed as an object of study in the archiving, and it is formed differently depending on who does the archiving, when, and for what purpose. Secondly, this means that there is an element of subjective creation in the archived material, so that methodical deliberations are necessary — in other words, the answers to why and how the archived material has been created. These conclusions form the starting point for the last section of the book, which, based on comprehensive tests of archiving software, discusses in depth the elements that can be included in an archiving strategy." The book is free of charge, and as long as in print, copies of the book may be obtained by contacting cfi(a)imv.au.dk. Please specify complete address. An electronic version of the book can be obtained on http://cfi.imv.au.dk/eng/pub (for the purpose of citation please note that the printed and electronic versions are identical). In connection with the publication of the book a website has been established where it is possible to find the conclusions of the test, the detailed test results, recommendations for using the individual programmes, a detailed description of the test, and links to resources on net archiving. The website address is http://cfi.imv.au.dk/eng/pub/webarc. Niels Brügger, PhD, is an associate professor of Media Studies at the Institute of Information and Media Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark, and co-founder of the Centre for Internet Research. ________________________________________________________________________ _______________ NIELS BRÜGGER, Associate Professor, PhD Dept. of Information and Media Studies University of Aarhus Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8942 1111 Phone (direct) +45 8942 9226 Telefax + 45 8942 5950 E-mail nb(a)imv.au.dk Webpage www.imv.au.dk/~nb The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.imv.au.dk Theories of Media and Communication http://www.medieteori.dk Internet Archive in Denmark http://www.netarkivet.dk Media and Democracy in the Network Society http://www.modinet.dk

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Re: [Air-l] electronic signatures
by Irene Berkowitz 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Oriana, I have passed your request onto our main web developers at the University to see if they could recommend anything to you. IB ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:51:27 -0500 >From: "Oriana Solta Gatta" <ogatta1(a)student.gsu.edu> >Subject: [Air-l] electronic signatures >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Hello, >I'm looking into using electronic signatures for my consent forms and was wondering if anyone could make suggestions about where to go. I've found a few different sites, but others' experience with this would be very helpful. >Thanks >Oriana Gatta > >_______________________________________________ >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 GO EAGLES! Please note my new email address below and update your address records accordingly. irene.berkowitz(a)temple.edu

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