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

Re: [Air-l] Internet vs. WWW
by Art McGee 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

> Up till now, i've commonsensically used "the Internet" to > denote, essentially, everything that i can access or > receive and anyone i connect with when i "go online" > (connect my computer to data that is not on my computer's > harddrive). In other words, i've used "the Internet" to > denote the sum of all that's online. Incorrect. The sum total of all that is metaphorically referred to as "online" is most properly called Cyberspace. Some people extend cyberspace to include non-computer related technologies and forms of communication not involving technology, but for the most part, common usage of the term Cyberspace has narrowed over the years to be specific to CMC. Cyberspace predates The Internet and is a superset of The Internet. Cyberspace includes proprietary networks and protocols that existed before the Internet was conceived of and still exist outside of it. > I've always assumed commonsensically that "the world wide > web" simply denotes the network of computers that are > "online" (all or part of the time). Since what's online > has to rest (or am i missing some basic tech fact?) on > some computer, and since to access what's on a particular > computer, that computer needs to connected to other > computers, "the World Wide Web" and "the Internet" as i > understood their meaning refer to the same referent. Incorrect. The Internet proper is a distributed network of networks which consists of a common set of technical protocols that serve as the foundation upon which almost all CMC services or groups of services currently rest, including the WWW. The Internet is essentially an open communications platform and agreement upon which services are built. The Internet itself doesn't do anything. What makes The Internet special is what it allows you to build with it. The WWW is a subset and extension of the The Internet, consisting of both a communications protocol (HTTP) and a page markup language (HTML), whose specific purpose is the presentation of information in a format that previously was only possible via desktop publishing. In other words, the WWW was created in order to move some aspects of DTP from your local hard disk onto the larger network. Previously, most information on the net was served in extremely simple ASCII text formats. The Internet predates the WWW. The WWW is a recent extension and addition to The Internet. Before the WWW, there were other cruder protocols and services which had a similar function and purpose. They went by names such as ARCHIE, VERONICA, GOPHER, and WAIS. > also, up till now i also thought of "cyberworld" as an a > term interchangeable with the other two terms, but that > leaves me with no term to denote the "life-world" of > people online, as distinguished from "the Internet" as > defined above. Could "cyberworld" be used to denote this > "life-world", or will that be another gross carelessness > with definitions (i can almost feel Thomas Hobbes standing > behind me getting ready to slap me ... ) Cyberspace is definitely NOT interchangeable with The Internet or the WWW. As I said before: Cyberspace is a superset of The Internet. Cyberspace predates The Internet. Cyberspace exists outside of The Internet. The Internet is a superset of The WWW. The Internet predates The WWW. The WWW is a subset and extension of The Internet. Art

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A new web annotation tool
by Scott A. Golder 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Hi, AIRfans. I've just finished building a new tool for discussing news articles in which users annotate directly on the articles' web pages. I'm looking for people who might enjoy using it to try it out. It's called Webbed Footnotes. While of course web annotation is a pretty well-trod space, my goal is twofold: first, I designed it with the goal of making even a heavily-annotated page remain legible. Secondly, the "approval" system I've implemented is designed to promote more useful/interesting content. There's more about this on the project's webpage. The URL is: http://web.media.mit.edu/~golder/projects/webbedfootnotes If you, or your students, colleagues or friends enjoy current events discussion online, please share this with them. I would appreciate it, and hopefully those who use it will find it useful and enjoyable. Thanks, Scott -- Scott A. Golder golder(a)media.mit.edu http://web.media.mit.edu/~golder/

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RE: [Air-l] References to the dark side of mobile technology?
by O''Riordan, Kate 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Hi Ylva This may be taking your enquiry too literally but one 'dark side' could be issues of perceptions of public health. Debates about this and mobile telephony, in the UK, seem to be centred around the Stewart Report which seems to have drawn from a previous report from Sweden - these are also linked to current WHO research and EU recommendations. I have put what links I have below. I hope this is useful. All the best Kate In the UK Stewart Report on Mobile Phones: http://www.iegmp.org.uk/report/text.htm The Swerdlow Report, Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation (AGNIR), ?Health effects from radiofrequency electromagnetic fields?, 2003. www.nrpb.org In Sweden: http://www.ssi.se/ Swedish Radiation Protection Authority: First annual report from SSI"s Independent Expert Group on Electromagnetic Fields (18 December 2003) Council of Europe recomends 31999H0519 1999/519/EC: Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz) Official Journal L 199 , 30/07/1999 P. 0059 - 0070 http://europa.eu.int/smar ------------------------- Dr Kate O'Riordan CESAGen Lancaster University www.cesagen.lancs.ac.uk

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we need a new word? tele - learning vs e - learning?
by Cristian Berrio 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Can please someone help me to state the diferences between these two concepts (if existant)? For me Telelearning (taken from the Spanish "Tele educación" so maybe there is another better word in English) are the different ICT tools and contents that once impact society create a dynamic called "e-learning", the social state of virtual ICT4LEARNING tools produccing a new kind of knowledge transmission, creation, storage and retrieveing routines in society. If I am correct then, what are the basic productive routines of Tele-education ICT processes so one can generally create a conceptual flow diagram of activities nessesary to create, the basic sequences of resourses, tools, and processes to reach an e-learning state? I am trying to draw a map about this to help some people understanding the technical minimumns required. Thanks for your comments Cristian Berrío Zapata Universidad Javeriana Colombia - Sotuh America _________________________________________________________________ Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger: http://messenger.latam.msn.com/

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References to the dark side of mobile technology?
by Ylva Hard af Segerstad 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Hi all! Does anyone know of any research/papers on "the dark side" of mobile technology? /Ylva H ---------------------------------------------- Ylva Hard af Segerstad, Ph.D. Dept. of Linguistics Goteborg University Box 200 SE-405 30 Goteborg Sweden Email: ylva(a)ling.gu.se Phone: +46 31 773 4532 URL: http://www.ling.gu.se/~ylva/ ----------------------------------------------

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[Air-I] Research: Weblogs and Support
by Chana Hermans 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Dear all on Air-L I am a Belgian master student following a New Media course: Communications & Multimedia Design. As part of my graduation process I am required to write a research paper on a subject of our choosing. I personally am intrigued by weblogs and decided to work around blogs and research some aspects of their use. To accomplish this I am looking for active webloggers who like myself are about to graduate from college, university or those who have recently graduated. Any help or advice would be most appreciated. You can find my own weblog /Tempus Fugit.../on http://afstuderen.blogspirit.com/. (In Dutch) Regards, Chana Hermans Student C-MD

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*Call for Art Works, Statements: Art, Culture and Technology*
by Fatima Lasay 22 Mar '05

22 Mar '05

Dear friends on AIR-L, We have another call below, related to the earlier call for the Women in Action magazine. Please feel free to share with your networks! Thanks and regards, Fatima === Apologies for cross-posting. This is an additional call for artworks to accompany the call for papers announced last week. If you did not receive the call for papers and are interested to learn more or contribute an article on the theme CULTURAL DIVERSITY, please drop me a line at libay at isiswomen dot org. For other inquiries, please feel free to email me. Thank you. Regards, Libay Linsangan Cantor Media Info-Comm Campaigns Associate ("we!" news/ WIA CD issue co-ordinator) Isis International Manila http://www.isiswomen.org <http://www.isiswomen.org/> <libay(a)isiswomen.org> *Call for Art Works, Statements: Art, Culture and Technology* 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." As special feature of this issue of WIA, we are inviting submissions of statements by women artists involved in but not limited to: computer art, net art, software art, media art, installation, interactive and sound art. We especially invite submissions that deal with the issues and debates surrounding globalization, differences and conflict, commodification of culture, migration and diaspora. Please send the following information to libay(a)isiswomen.org - Artist's Name: Email: Artist's Statement: Title of Work: Description of Work: URL of Work: Short biography (within 200 words): Deadline for submissions is 04 April 2005. Isis International-Manila 3 Marunong St., Barangay Central, Quezon City, Philippines 1100 Tel: +632 928-1956 Fax: +632 924-1065 Website: http://www.isiswomen.org/

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Microsoft Word Spelling and Grammar Check- correct version.
by Sandeep Krishnamurthy 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

The e-mail I sent out earlier seems to have acquired some additional formatting on the way (thanks to my mailer). I have, therefore, posted it on my blog. Please see- http://sandeepworld.blogspot.com/2005/03/microsoft-word-spel ling-and-grammar.html or http://tinyurl.com/4payv Sorry! Let me know what you think. Sandeep Krishnamurthy http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep http://sandeepworld.blogspot.com

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we need a new word?
by Barry Wellman 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

I was speaking at a seminar for non-techies at MIT yesterday (not a contradiction, as these were community development folks from across the USofA). And I found myself saying -- and my PPTs reading -- "Internet" -- but then verbally qualifying by saying, "well I really don't mean the traditional email Internet, but also IM, chat, lists, video, etc." (add your favorite including Usenet and BBS). What to call it? "Computer mediated communication" is a mouthful, jargony and chews up PPT space. "New media" is too indistinct and PoMo: moreover, is email "new media" any more? We should focus on the affordances of the media and not on the newness. So what to call it. My first thought at the breakfast table was "e-media", but I am open to other suggestions. I also am putting it on the list, because I am confident that others have had similar dilemmas, and that it would be best if we had a standard word. 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 _____________________________________________________________________

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Academic journals / periodicals on ICTs, Development, Society et al
by Prashant Sharma 21 Mar '05

21 Mar '05

Dear friends and colleagues, I would deeply appreciate it if any of you could send me details of good academic journals / periodicals which have a direct relevance to ICTs in Development, ICTs and Sociology, Internet and Society etc. With many thanks, Prashant ---------------------------------------------- Prashant Sharma Deputy Executive Secretary Mountain Forum Secretariat c/o ICIMOD GPO Box 3226 Kathmandu Nepal Ph: (+977-1) 5525313 Fax: (+977-1) 5524509 Web: http://www.mtnforum.org Email: prashant(a)mtnforum.org

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