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Research Vacancy
by Keeble, Leigh 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

I would be most grateful if the following could be posted to the list. Many thanks Leigh Apologies for Cross Posting CIRA at the University of Teesside has a vacancy for a Research Fellow, details below. If anyone interested would like an informal chat about the position, please call Brian Loader on ++44 (0)1642 342710 or email b.d.loader(a)tees.ac.uk. Research Fellow(138) £18,777 - £28,360 (pro rata) Fixed Term, either full time for 6 months or part time for 9 months Community Informatics Research and Applications Unit (CIRA) You will undertake research in the field of community informatics and publish findings in one of the following areas: electronic service delivery, e-democracy, older people, younger people or the voluntary and community sector and ICTs. Consideration will be given to other research proposals of interest to the researcher compatible with CIRA's research strategy. With a first or higher degree in a Social Science related subject, you will have previous experience of research and publication. You will be willing to assist with funding applications and undertake self-directed study and research as part of a small team. A willingness to take responsibility for day-to-day administration of selected projects is essential, as are good interpersonal and organisation skills. The position we are filling is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory CRB disclosure from the Criminal Records Bureau is required as part of our clearance procedures. This post is available on a full time or job share basis. Closing Date: 30 March 2005 | 12.00pm Interview Date: 18 April 2005 For more details http://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/jobs/jobdetails.cfm?jobid=1562 Research Fellow & iCS Reviews Editor CIRA School of Computing University of Teesside Middlesbrough Tees Valley TS1 3BA UK www.cira.org.uk www.infosoc.co.uk This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you receive this e-mail by mistake,please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software. Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer. Any modification of the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited unless expressly authorised by the sender.

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Scholars Note 'Decay' of Citations to Online References
by Ulla Bunz 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

The link below will take you to an article debating the reliability of online citations. The article mentions New Media & Society and quotes Steve Jones. I'm not sure how long the article will be available for free... I think up to five days. However, the main point (the URL's given in print journal publications are not very reliable as websites are taken offline or content changes) is a very important one and should be of interest to many of us. Any thoughts? Ulla http://chronicle.com/temp/email.php?id=sf7w3nb31u4v08963wmi6on26wwua6bq From the Chronicle This article, "Scholars Note 'Decay' of Citations to Online References," is available online at this address: http://chronicle.com/temp/email.php?id=sf7w3nb31u4v08963wmi6on26wwua6bq This article will be available to non-subscribers of The Chronicle for up to five days after it is e-mailed. The article is always available to Chronicle subscribers at this address: http://chronicle.com/daily/2005/03/2005031402n.htm

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Re: [Air-l] From online to offline
by Jonathan Marshall 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

In self promotion, I could say there is some basic stuff in my old thesis which can be found at http://www.geocities.com/jpmarshall.geo/T2/contents.html Chapter 12 has most of the stuff - particularly part 2, but its scattered about through out. jon ----- Original Message ----- From: michela.drusian(a)unipd.it Date: Saturday, March 12, 2005 3:27 am Subject: [Air-l] From online to offline > Hi all! > > I am working on a paper focused on what happens when chatters meet > offline,with a sociological perspective.. could anyone tell me > where I could find > some bibliography about this topic? > > Thanks! > > Michela > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: webmail.unipd.it > _______________________________________________ > 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://www.aoir.org/?qde/112 > -- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects.

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Re: [Air-l] From online to offline
by Denise N. Rall 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Ah well the classic references on this topic are Katie Hafner's stuff on the WELL community in the SF-Bay area. Some of the online members met offline - with some weird results. . . way before chat rooms became popular via WWW. The article: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.05/ff_well_pr.html The book: The Well: A Story of Love, Death & Real Life in the Seminal Online Community (2001). I guess our annual meetings have a bit of the online-offline dynamic . . . . Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD candidate, School of Environ. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 Sustainable Forestry Mentoring Coordinator & Internet Researcher Room T2.12, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Tuesdays or Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html

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FW: Call for participation in CCCT '05: Sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin
by Homero Gil de Zuniga 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Maybe some of you are interested on this one... HGZ Subject: Call for participation in CCCT '05: Sponsored by the University of Texas at Austin On behalf of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd. International Conference on Computing, Communication and Control Technologies: CCCT '05, we are pleased to invite you to participate in this event that will be held on July 24-27, 2005 in Austin, Texas, USA (Silicon Hills), under the auspices and with the sponsorship of the Center for Lifelong Engineering Education of The University of Texas at Austin (http://www.utexas.edu) Important Dates: Paper Submission: March 30 (http://www.iiisconfer.org/ccct05/WebSite/submission.asp) Invited Sessions Proposal: March 30 (http://www.iiisconfer.org/ccct05/WebSite/ISOrganization.asp) Notification of Acceptance: April 20th. Final Camera Ready Manuscript due: May 04th. We would like you to participate in the research area of your interest included in the topics of our conference. You can get more details on CCCT '05 on the Conference web-site at: http://www.iiisconfer.org/ccct05/website/default.asp If you wish to participate, you can do it either by submitting a paper in the area of your research interest and/or organizing an invited session. As invited session organizer you are autonomous, so you will be in charge of promoting your session, reviewing the papers collected by you, appointing the possible additional reviewers for the session papers, accepting invited papers or talks (i.e. non reviewed papers), chairing your session and appointing your co-organizer/co-chair. If interested, you can fill the form provided in the conference web page at: http://www.iiisconfer.org/ccct05/invitedsession/Organizer.asp Also, we would like to inform you that the best 10% of the papers will be published in WMSCI Journal (http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/SCI/Home.asp) the hard copy version of it will be it will be sent to the 200 largest university libraries. The conference 's Call for papers is available in the following link: http://www.iiisconfer.org/ccct05/website/CallForPapers.asp . We are looking forward to meet you at CCCT '05 Conference, in Austin, Texas. Sincerely, Prof. Hsing-Wei Chu CCCT '05 General Chair Homero Gil de Zuniga www.geocities.com/homerogil Project Assistant for the Journalism & Mass Communication Department www.journalism.wisc.edu UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON PO Box 260022 53726 Madison WI, USA e-mail: hgildezuniga(a)wisc.edu Office: (608) 263-7852 "It is nice to be important... but it is more important to be nice"

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Emoticons
by Jonathan Marshall 15 Mar '05

15 Mar '05

Sorry to disturb people over this, but just a quick question Does anyone know any good articles on emoticon, or other body referent, usage? in particular in non western cultures, or cross culturally and as connected to gender thanks jon -- UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects.

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Games, Learning & Society Deadline Extended
by Alice J. Robison 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

*GLS Conference Submission Deadline Extended* www.glsconference.com ANNOUNCEMENT: The deadline for submission to the Games, Learning, and Society Conference (June 23-24 in Madison WI) has been extended to March 31. Please submit your proposal abstract before midnight CST on that date. Thanks!

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Union use of the web
by Derek McMillan 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

I suggest the following: http://socialistteachers.org.uk http://wsta.tripod.com These are examples of teachers' orgnisations using the internet to contact their members because a rising number of schools use the internet for communication. There are also forums (sometimes called fora...you know what teachers are like): http://www.tes.co.uk/section/staffroom/ http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php which involve teachers from around the world in discussions and include union activists. You will note that the issue of public sector pension funds in the UK are a hot issue because of the attempt by the government to effectively deprive hundreds of thousands of their employees of pensions to which they were previously entitled. There is strike coming up this week with more to follow. Do not be deceived by the term "new Labour" by the way everyone in the UK was and look what happened to us!

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Call for Articles - Women in Action "Cultural Diversity" Issue
by Fatima Lasay 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

Women in Action Call for Articles for Women in Action (WIA) NO. 1-2005 Women in Action, a magazine published by Isis International-Manila, covers a broad range of issues affecting women globally, with focus on the particular needs and concerns of women in the Global South as well as the problems of under-represented social groups in the Global North. For its next issue (1, 2005), Women in Action will feature the theme "Cultural Diversity." We welcome articles that discuss how women from the South and from the North address problems pertaining to cultural diversity in relation to the various aspects of ICT and media. We especially invite you to contribute articles that bridge theoretical elaboration with practical implementation on the following topics: Culture in relation to Identity, Development and Democracy: - How has the concept of cultural pluralism evolved from post-war reconstruction to the rise of newly independent states to satisfy the processes of globalization? - What kinds of dialogues between state and societal mechanisms do cultural policies reflect towards constructive pluralism? - Do cultural policies and implementations for the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions reaffirm or deny the rights and the full participation of women at all levels? The accelerating interdependence between Culture and Economies: - Are cultural goods becoming consumer goods in the guise of promoting cultural diversity? - Have the events of 11 September 2001 and the resulting conflicts between cultural relativism and fundamentalism, secularism and religion affected the production, dissemination and function of culturally diverse goods and services? - Is the need for developing countries to participate in globalization affecting our tangible and intangible heritage as a result of the ambiguity/dialectic between cultural and economic value? - How can a balance be made between the rights of the owners of cultural expressions and the rights of all people to access, enjoy, and participate in culture? - Who are the owners of "cultural expressions" and to which "culture" do they belong? The growth of Multicultural Societies and how they redefine Cultural Identity: - How are issues of marginalization, social exclusion, economic and cultural rights being addressed within societies themselves and in relation to others? - How do we balance cultural specificities and identities with more universal obligations? - How do the debates and practices surrounding international relief and aid affect cultural approaches to natural disasters, HIV/AIDS, and armed conflict? - How do differing state conceptions on citizenship and sexual diversity affect the rights of women, children and indigenous peoples? We encourage you to submit photos, graphics or comic strips that may be used for your article or for the issue in general. We provide a modest honorarium for articles and photos or graphics that get published. Photos or artwork should be in TIFF format, scanned at 300 dpi. Please zip the file before e-mailing it. You may also send it by post. Articles should be within 1,500 - 2,000 word range. Deadline for submission is 31 March 2005. When submitting an article, please indicate on the Subject line: <Women in Action: Cultural Diversity>. Please write the article in Times New Roman font, 10 pts font size, double space, and letter size (8 œ" x 11") paper. You may send the article by post or by e-mail. Isis International-Manila 3 Marunong St., Barangay Central, Quezon City, Philippines 1100 Telephone: +632 928-1956 Fax: +632 924-1065 Email: libay(a)isiswomen.org http://www.isiswomen.org/ -- -Korakora- Dedicated to social, cultural and political movements in the art, science and technology convergence. Global discussion and announcement list, with focus on developments concerning the Asian region. http://asia.groups.yahoo.com/group/korakora/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: New mailing address: Fátima Lasay 51-A Mindanao Avenue, Pag-asa, Quezon City 1105 PHILIPPINES http://digitalmedia.upd.edu.ph/digiteer/ -------------------------------------------------------------------

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utopian / dystopian
by Barry Wellman 14 Mar '05

14 Mar '05

REe utopian / dystopian, Milena Gulia & I do a 4 page riff on that from early in the internet age, at the front of our "Net Surfers Don't Ride Alone" [still my favorite article title]. It's on my website, and published in Kollock-Smith _Communities in Cyberspace_ and with some revisions in my edited _Networks in the Global Village_. Most of the article is an exasperated shout at comp sci folks who write about "community" online without any realization that there is a century of relevant scholarly research/lore about how communities function. 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 () ASCII ribbon campaign -- don't use HTML email /\ _____________________________________________________________________

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