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Fwd: Academic Brain Trust May 12 St. Louis
by Steve Jones 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

Begin forwarded message: > From: Bob McChesney <rwmcches(a)uiuc.edu> > Date: March 24, 2005 3:37:18 PM CST > To: sjones(a)uic.edu > Subject: Academic Brain Trust May 12 St. Louis > > > *********************************************************************** > ********** > > GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT > Please distribute widely to Scholars in Law, Communications and Media > Studies, Information Studies, Political Science, Sociology, History, > American Studies, and more…. > > Free Press and the Illinois Initiative for Media Policy Research > (IIMPR) are hosting the kick-off meeting of the > ACADEMIC BRAIN TRUST > CONNECTING SCHOLARS TO MEDIA ACTIVISTS AND POLICYMAKERS > > Kick-Off Brainstorming Session > Thursday, May 12, 2005 > 4-7 PM > Millennium Hotel > St. Louis, Missouri > > > > Session Held in Advance of the > 2nd National Conference for Media Reform (May 13-15) > Featuring FCC members: Michael Copps, Jonathan Adelstein > Members of Congress: Diane Watson, Bernie Sanders > Also: Jim Hightower, Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Al Franken, Juan > Gonzalez, Bill Fletcher, Jr., Janine Jackson, Laura Flanders > Hundreds of journalists, artists and independent media producers > And: More media activists than you can shake a stick at > For details: http://www.freepress.net/conference/ > > > > WHY DO WE NEED AN ACADEMIC BRAIN TRUST? > > > Collectively, academic researchers and scholars across many > disciplines comprise a grossly underutilized wealth of experience and > knowledge that is desperately needed right now in policy fights across > the country and across the globe. As public interest advocates and > activists wage lonely, under-funded campaigns around public > broadcasting, media ownership, Internet access, global media policy, > copyright, commercialism, and other important issues, there has been a > noticeable lack of input from the considerable talent in the field of > communication and media studies. It is a weak spot for those committed > to improving the media system, and it is a weak spot for the academic > community as a whole. > > The time to engage the larger scholarly community is now. A number of > crucial policy debates over the next few years will define our media > system for a generation, and have tremendous effect upon our > democratic culture. As scholars and researchers, it is our > responsibility to personally engage with these debates and to assist > citizen participation in deliberations on media policies that are > critical to the health of our democracy. To encourage civic > engagement around these issues, it is imperative that we jumpstart > media scholarship in the public interest, and work to link our best > research and our research skills with the public. > > The Academic Brain Trust is open to scholars from all fields > employing all possible methodologies. It is open to faculty and grad > students. It assumes no particular political views, only a belief that > the crucial media policies that shape our media system should be the > result of widespread informed public participation, and that scholars > have an important role in the process. Although Free Press and IIMPR > are hosting the kick-off session, the future of the Academic Brain > Trust will be determined by those who participate and take leadership > of this important opportunity. > > > OVER 50 SCHOLARS HAVE COMMITTED TO ATTENDING THE KICK-OFF SESSION OF > THE ACADEMIC BRAIN TRUST > PLEASE JOIN US! > > > > For more information on the KICK-OFF BRAINSTORMING SESSION of the > ACADEMIC BRAIN TRUST visit our website: http://academicbraintrust.org/ > > > *********************************************************************** > *********************************************************************** > ***************************************************** > > > Graduate students and junior faculty, particularly women and persons > from communities of color in the U.S., are encouraged to apply for a > limited number of travel grants that may be available, depending on > the timely receipt of applications, to attend the kick-off session of > the Academic Brain Trust and the 2nd National Conference for Media > Reform. > > > (These travel grants are different from the scholarships Free Press is > providing to the 2nd National Conference for Media Reform. The > deadline for applying for Free Press scholarships was March 15, 2005. > The Academic Brain Trust travel grants are specifically for graduate > students and junior faculty. People are permitted to apply for both, > but can only accept one.) > > > The deadline to qualify for these travel grants is Monday April 4 by > 6PM eastern time. Click here to learn more and apply: > http://academicbraintrust.org/

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RE: [Air-l] hanging out and mushes - performatively masculine still?
by Kendall, Lori 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

I'm also interested in what people have found on this issue. It is worth noting that the mud I studied was more male-dominated (in both numbers and culture) than many, if not most, existing at that time. That group still exists online (with some loss of original members and some new participants) and remains as male-dominated as ever. But it has never been typical. As for the young generation of mush-ers, how active and big is it? Even among my most online-active students, only a very few even know what a mud/moo/etc. is. They participate on message boards, blogs, IM, but don't mud. Lori __________________________________ Lori Kendall Associate Professor of Sociology Purchase College-SUNY lori.kendall(a)purchase.edu

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Fwd: Berkeley spyware conference--April 1
by Dan L Burk 24 Mar '05

24 Mar '05

On 15 Mar 2005, Pam Samuelson wrote: > The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law > Journal invite you to register for our 9th annual conference on Spyware: > The Latest Cyber-Regulatory Challenge to be held on April 1, 2005 (Friday) > at the Bancroft Hotel in Berkeley, CA across from Boalt Hall School of Law. > http://www.law.berkeley.edu/bclt/spyware > Registration can be done online at: > http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/spyware/registration.html > > C O N F E R E N C E D E S C R I P T I O N > Utah has already made spyware illegal (although a state court has struck > down this law as unconstitutional). Even though the Federal Trade > Commission has concluded that new regulation of spyware is unnecessary, the > U.S. Congress is moving forward with its own regulation which would preempt > state laws such as Utah's. Meanwhile, Internet users are bombarded with ads > trying to sell them technologies that purport to detect and eliminate > spyware which may (or may not) have been installed on their computers when > they signed up for a product or service on the Internet. > Is spyware the latest form of malware, along with viruses, worms, spam, and > file-sharing of illicit content? Or are technologies embedded in users' > computer systems that monitor certain functions and offer updates, > services, or ads for products users might want an engine of e-commerce that > should remain unregulated and indeed encouraged? > How does and how should the law define "spyware"? What kind of notice and > consent should be required before installation of such software is > permitted? What obligations (if any) do makers of spyware or users of > spyware have as to collection and transmission of personally identifiable > information? Are some forms of spyware surveillance unlawful, even > criminal? Does spyware make user computers more insecure? What intellectual > property rights (if any) are implicated by spyware that serves ads to users > of websites that have their own ads to offer? Should states or the federal > government regulate spyware, or is effective regulation impossible given > the global nature of the Internet and the ease with which off-shore servers > can provide havens? > We hope to see you in attendance. > > S C H E D U L E - A P R I L 1, 2 0 0 5 > 8:30 - 9:30 am > Tutorial on Spyware Technology > - Jeffrey Friedberg (Microsoft Corporation) > 9:30 - 9:45 am > Break > 9:45 - 10:00 am > Introduction > - Pam Samuelson (BCLT & Boalt Hall School of Law) > 10:00 - 11:15 am > Privacy and Surveillance Issues > - Paul Schwartz (Brooklyn Law School) > - Patricia Bellia (University of Notre Dame Law School) > - Ari Schwartz (Center for Democracy & Technology ) > - Seth Lesser (Locks Law Firm) > - Reed Freeman (Claria Corporation) > 11:15 - 11:45 am > Break > 11:45 - 1:00 pm > Intellectual Property and Contracting Issues > - Tim Ehrlich (Latham & Watkins) > - Dan Burk (University of Minnesota Law School) > - Jane Winn (University of Washington School of Law) > - Alex MacGillivray (Google) > 1:00 - 2:15 pm > Lunch break > 2:15-2:45 pm > Nelson Memorial Keynote Address > sponsored by > MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP > - Introduction: Dean Christopher Edley (Boalt Hall School of Law) > - Speaker: Christine Varney (Hogan & Hartson LLP) > 2:45 - 4:45 pm > Regulatory Challenges > - Peter Menell (BCLT & Boalt Hall School of Law) > - Susan Crawford (Cardozo School of Law) > - Michael Geist (University of Ottawa) > - Ira Rubinstein (Microsoft) > - Henry Chesbrough (Haas School of Business) > - Deirdre Mulligan (BCLT & Boalt Hall School of Law) > - Eric Goldman (Marquette University Law School) > > Dan L. Burk Visiting Professor Cornell Law School Myron Taylor Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 USA Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011 bits: burkx006(a)umn.e

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Fwd: knowledge = power = no money!
by jeremy hunsinger 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

a bit of humor Begin forwarded message: > From: Elayne Coakes <coakese(a)WESTMINSTER.AC.UK> > Date: March 23, 2005 12:34:28 PM EST > To: SOCIOTECH(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: knowledge = power = no money! > Reply-To: coakese(a)WESTMINSTER.AC.UK > > Dilbert's "Salary Theorem" states that "Engineers and scientists can > never earn > as much as business executives and sales people." > > This theorem can now be supported by a mathematical equation based on > the > following two postulates: > > Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power. > Postulate 2: Time is Money. > > As every engineer knows: > Power = Work / Time > > Since Knowledge = Power > And Time = Money > Then Knowledge = Work / Money > > Solving for Money, we get: > Money = Work / Knowledge. > > Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, > regardless of the > amount of work done. > > Conclusion: The less you know, the more you make. > > Elayne Coakes (Dr) > Senior Lecturer in Business Information Management > Westminster Business School > Rm MG01 > +44(0)207 911 5000 x3338 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail and its attachments are intended for the above named only > and may be confidential. If they have come to you in error you > must not copy or show them to anyone, nor should you take any action > based on them, other than to notify the error by replying to the > sender. > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Fwd: CFP2005 Early Registration Deadline Extended
by Dan L Burk 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Of considerable interest. DLB On 22 Mar 2005, announce(a)cfp2005.org wrote: > Early Registration Deadline for the Computers, Freedom and Privacy > Conference Extended to March 30, 2005. > > Dear Friend of CFP, > > I'm writing this note to let you know that the deadline for CFP2005 early > registration discounts has been extended to March 30, 2005. If you haven't > already registered for CFP2005 you now have another week to do so at the > early registration prices. > > Here are some URLs for CFP2005: > > http://www.cfp2005.org/ > > Registration - http://www.regmaster.com/cfp2005.html > > Program - http://www.cfp2005.org/Program.html > > Tutorials - http://www.cfp2005.org/Program.html > > Workshop - http://www.cfp2005.org/Program.html > > We hope to see you at CFP2005! > > Deborah Pierce > Chair, CFP2005 > > > > Dan L. Burk Visiting Professor Cornell Law School Myron Taylor Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 USA Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011

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NITLE blog census?
by Steffen Büffel 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Dear fellow researchers! Does anyone know what happend to the NITLE blog census? I tried http://www.blogcensus.net/ but the only response I got was an "Internal Server error message". I have been trying a couple of times in the last couple of days but it seems the site is down permanetely. Any hints on where I can find info on Blogcensus or where to finde the site would be very helpful... Cheers! Steffen -------------------------------------- wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter University of Trier - Media Studies phone +49 651 201 2273 fax +49 651 201 3741 mobile +49 176 2120 4435 icq 115761393 http://medien.uni-trier.de/132.0.html

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RE: [Air-l] IPSI conferences, journals etc
by O''Riordan, Kate 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Hi Debbie I get a lot of 'invitations' from this source also. I have always regarded their messages as spam for many of the same reasons that you outline below. Also they appear to want money up front, the look of the venue appears to be the most important criteria, they don't seem to connect with networks that I recognise, many of the 'click throughs' don't give you any detail. However, I have never responded to them and my answer is based only on my own judgement of their web materials and approach. Apologies for the 'me too' response but I'd also be interested to hear of anyone who has an alternative interpretation of this organisation. All the best Kate

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IPSI conferences, journals etc
by Debbie 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

Hi, I keep getting mailings about IPSI conferences and journals, and I'm just a bit dubious about the organisation. It seems to be essentially a private company which makes its income out of running quite expensive conferences and publishing journals which contributors pay to be included in. They seem to have quite a scatter-gun approach to CFPs - I suspect they get email addresses from selected www pages rather than any professional or academic source. http://www.internetconferences.net/ >From what I've seen, they do seem to me to be the academic equivalent of vanity publishing. Does anybody have any experience of either their conferences or their journals, or comments on just how seriously I should take them? Thanks Debbie Herring -- Urban Theology Unit, Sheffield http://cybertheology.org.uk Views expressed in this email are my own and are not necessarily those of the University of Sheffield or UTU.

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MSc Scholarships in HCI at City University
by Panayiotis Zaphiris 23 Mar '05

23 Mar '05

MSc in Human Centred Systems ============================ Centre for HCI Design, City University, London http://hcid.soi.city.ac.uk City's MSc in Human-Centred Systems is entering its second year, and is welcoming applications. This year we are making 8 SCHOLARSHIPS available to well-qualified home and overseas applicants. Each scholarship is valued at £4,000, and is intended to assist students to pay their course fees. The scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis to the most promising applicants. The Centre for HCI Design (CHCID) is the largest academic HCI research group in the London area, with world-class expertise in web design and accessibility, usability evaluation, user-centred design, requirements and web services. It applies this expertise to deliver a unique mix of 8 taught modules: - Human-Computer Interaction Design; - Requirements Engineering; - Inclusive Design; - Multimedia Design; - Advanced Human-Computer Interaction; - Evaluation of Systems; - Systems Specification; - Professional and Research Skills. Students also undertake an individual research project in the form of a thesis. This year the MSc is available as a full-time 1-year course or part-time 2-year course with pairs of modules taught on a single day to minimise the time that students need to take off work. Upon completing this course, graduates will have excellent skills in designing and evaluating software products and systems, with particular strengths in interaction design, accessibility, usability evaluation, requirements and the UML, and designing and evaluating systems for people with disabilities and the elderly. Course requirements: The usual minimum entrance requirement is a good second class honours degree from a UK university in a numerate discipline, a recognised equivalent from an accredited overseas institution or an equivalent professional qualification. For students whose first language is not English, an IELTS score of 6.5 or TOEFL score of 600 (250 computer-based version) is required. The Centre for HCI Design currently boasts 6 academic staff and over 20 research staff. It undertakes fundamental long-term research funded by the EPSRC and EU, and more applied research in collaboration with commercial and governmental organisations and charities. Research areas include: holistic system design methods, usability evaluation, tools and methods to support interactive system design, assistive technologies and designing for diverse users, culture and creativity in design, e-Learning, requirements engineering for socio-technical systems, business process modeling, component-based system development. Further details: Please sent general enquiries to pgenquire(a)soi.city.ac.uk or browse our web-site at: http://hcid.soi.city.ac.uk/ and http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/pgcourses/hcs/index.html --

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Fwd: AMSU: Summer Programme 2005 - Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer Univers ity
by jeremy hunsinger 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

some of these are interesting enough. Begin forwarded message: > From: AMSU Summer Courses <Summer.Courses(a)amsu.edu> > Date: March 22, 2005 10:44:55 AM EST > To: AMSU Summer Courses <Summer.Courses(a)amsu.edu> > Subject: AMSU: Summer Programme 2005 - Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer > Univers ity > > Amsterdam, Spring 2005 > > > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > It is our pleasure to present you with the course programme of The > Amsterdam-Maastricht Summer University 2005 which is available on our > website http://www.amsu.edu with the latest information on our > workshops and seminars. > > Thanks to the experience of our partner institutions in Amsterdam and > Maastricht and the informal dynamism of our programmes, the AMSU > harnesses the expertise available from professionals from all over the > world and matches them with inquisitive participants from all over the > world. > > Those leaving an AMSU programme will have talked a lot, argued, made > friends and intensively explored the world they are facing. They will > have been stimulated as much as informed. They will have taught as > much as they have learned. > > I hope this programme will be of interest to you, your colleagues and > friends and am looking forward to meeting you (once again!) this > summer! > > Yours sincerely, > Joanneke Lootsma > Director > > T +31 (0)20 6200225 > F +31 (020)6249368 > E office@ amsu.edu > W www.amsu.edu > 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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