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

RE: [Air-l] blogs and value
by Amanda Lenhart 28 Apr '05

28 Apr '05

I just complete my MA thesis, and it addresses some of the topics discussed in this thread. In particular, I looked at the interaction between a blog author and his or her audience, both measurable and imagined, and how the conceptualization of audience alters a blog author's presentation through/in the blog. Further, the thesis discusses how problems and variations in audience conception create difficulties in interactions in the blog and the formation of norms for blogging. My thesis is not yet available online, but if you would like to read it, please email me off-list. --Amanda Amanda Lenhart Communications, Culture & Technology Georgetown University & Pew Internet & American Life Project alenhart(a)pewinternet.org -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Justine Humphry Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:54 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] blogs and value Hi Tamara, My own blogging practice and motives are much more akin with yours Tamara. I think that one of the advantages of imagining that there "might" be a readership but not being entirely concerned if there is one or not, can help to formulate your thinking as a process in itself. I used to use a technique in journalling where I imagined myself writing for someone and had an image in mind of who that person was. I think this is one of the playful aspects of blogging and writing in general. With blogs this is particularly powerful since it blurs the line between imagined community and existing community. The idea that it is a solitary and self-reflective exercise and that it also published and may interest others and be read by others is not mutually exclusive. Cheers, Justine On 4/28/05, Alan Sondheim <sondheim(a)panix.com> wrote: > > > Along these lines - has anyone worked with diagrammatic tools such as > FreeMind or Ted Nelson's ZigZag? I'd really like to hear about their > experiences. > > Thanks, Alan > > http://www.asondheim.org/ nettext at > http://biblioteknett.no/alias/HJEMMESIDE/bjornmag/nettext/ WVU 2004 > projects: http://www.as.wvu.edu/clcold/sondheim/ partial backup at > http://www.as.wvu.edu:8000/clc/Members/sondheim Trace projects at > http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/writers/sondheim/index.htm Books: Vel (Blazevox) > The Wayward (Vox) Sophia (Writers Forum) .echo (Alt-X) > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/

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uk election blogs
by Wainer Lusoli 28 Apr '05

28 Apr '05

A note of update on the UK election: there are about 50 candidates blogging, different styles of course, out of 3500+ candidates. I posted a list to the AoIR blog, http://www.aoir.org/?q=node/561, if you want to take a look. Following a recent thread on the list, I'd be curious to see how the blogs add to / subtract from the communication of candidates' campaign. Wainer ----------------------- Wainer Lusoli Research Fellow @ ESRI University of Salford http://www.lusoli.info w.lusoli(a)salford.ac.uk +44 (0)161 295 5126 -----------------------

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FW: [chineseinternetresearch] Fantasies Inspire Chinese Gamers (BBC)
by Charles Ess 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Just in case anyone interested in games may not have seen this.. Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23 ------ Forwarded Message From: Jack Linchuan Qiu <qlcomm(a)yahoo.com> Reply-To: <chineseinternetresearch(a)yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 04:01:55 -0000 To: <chineseinternetresearch(a)yahoogroups.com> Subject: [chineseinternetresearch] Fantasies Inspire Chinese Gamers (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4486823.stm Fantasies inspire Chinese gamers By Louisa Lim BBC News, Beijing Ancient warlords and dragons that breathe fireballs loom large in China's online fantasy games. And the virtual world is sometimes taking precedence over the real one for the growing band of online gamers. International firms are eyeing China's computer gaming industry because it offers huge prospects for growth. But one unusual story, which recently hit the headlines here, possibly points to a worrying trend. Harsh reality It involved a 41 year old man, Qiu Chengwei, who had become hooked on a popular online game called the Legend of Mir 3. Mr Qiu had spent many hours amassing points to earn the right to use a cyber weapon called a Dragon Sabre. But he had made the mistake of lending his precious weapon to another player, who promptly sold it for almost 900 real world US dollars. Mr Qiu was so incensed he went to the police, but was told that the law doesn't protect virtual property. He then went to the house of the man who sold his cyber weapon and stabbed him in the chest, killing him. Mr Qiu has pleaded guilty to intentional injury but says he never meant to kill. This cautionary tale shows just how seriously people are taking online games in China. Something to do For some, internet games are more important than virtually anything else. I know two thirty-something friends who decided their aim in life was to gain supremacy in one particular game, in this case a historical war game. For more than a month, they took it in turns to play - one sleeping on a camp bed by the computer, while the other played. For them, the reason was simple: boredom. One had been laid off and had nothing better to do. The other worked at a state-owned bank, so could catch up on his sleep at work. Eventually, through their joint efforts, they amassed enough points to become nationwide champion, so they decided to stop. That's the story they told me, though I suspect that their wives had something to do with it. Gold rush In Chinese country towns especially, there isn't a lot to do at night. But go into any internet cafe and you'll find rows of youngsters tapping away, oblivious to the outside world. China's puritanical press has even labelled internet cafes "hotbeds of juvenile crime and depravity". And this notion is reinforced by stories of internet-related deaths, like the unfortunate seller of the Dragon Sabre or two students who fell asleep on a railway track after an all-night session at an internet cafe. Nonetheless, money is king in China. Online gaming is a massive market, and one that is increasing exponentially. Last year China had almost 100 million internet users; one-fifth of them played online games. In 2004, the online gaming industry was worth $600m. That may not sound like that much, but it represents growth of 60% over the year before. A 31 year-old who set up an online gaming company just six years ago has been named China's second richest man, with an estimated fortune of more than $1bn. Beijing wants to capture the market, and is setting up a college of internet gaming to train developers to come up with healthy games. With hundreds of millions of potential gamers still lacking access to the internet in China, this could be the new gold rush. And no one wants to be left out. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chineseinternetresearch/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: chineseinternetresearch-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Re: [Air-l] web browsing patterns and distributions?
by Denise N. Rall 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Dear Allan - I don't have time to dig out exact papers, but the online journal _Internet Research & Networking Applications_ might be helpful. A lot of good applied studies there. They look at this kind of thing. I would also take a look at Steve Lawrence's stuff. I looked for something newer than this Lawrence, S. (2002). Online or invisible? from Nature (incomplete citation, sorry) There are people working around Lawrence in webmetrics I thought it was called. http://modelingtheweb.com/ is also an old paper but I think it's approaching what you're looking for unless I've misunderstood your question. Cheers, Denise --- Allan A Friedman <allan(a)sccs.swarthmore.edu> wrote: > Hi All, > > 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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Fwd: [lit-hci] workshop of interest
by jeremy hunsinger 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

> > > Apologies for cross posting > > WORKSHOP > Call for participation > > Space, Place and Experience in Human-Computer Interaction > > INTERACT 2005 > 13th September 2005, Rome > > As HCI research engages with the new interaction paradigms of mobile, > pervasive and ambient computing, new challenges for user-centred > interaction design arise. This one-day workshop will bring together a > multidisciplinary group of practitioners in order to share > experiences, explore foundations, and discuss an agenda for research > into space, place and experience in HCI. > > Issues of interest to the workshop include but are not limited to: > > -Theories and conceptual frameworks for analysing space, place and > the contextualisation of interaction with embedded systems; > > - Place, non-place and interaction spaces; > > - Methods, tools and techniques for the experience-centred design of > emplaced technology; > > - Case studies in the design and use of ambient and pervasive > technologies. > > We encourage participation from a wide range of disciplines and > practitioners including HCI, interaction design, architecture, product > design, computer science, psychology, social sciences, cultural and > media studies. > > All participants are invited to submit a 2-4 page position paper. > These will be refereed by a small committee and around 16 participants > selected. > > The day will be organized to include 10-minute presentations and > discussions. See the workshop website at > http://www.infosci.cornell.edu/place/ for more details. > > Please submit 2-4 page position papers (as a Word or PDF file) to > peter.wright(a)cs.york.ac.uk. by 30th May Participants will be notified > by 10th June. > > > If you want to share pictures, use the calendar, or start a > questionnaire > visit http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/lit-hci > > To leave the group, email: lit-hci-unsubscribe(a)smartgroups.com > > Report abuse 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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Permissions for web images that no longer exist
by Mia Consalvo 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Hi all, I've run up against a problem that has my publisher stumped as well. If you're publishing a book or journal article and want to use pictures from a Web site, and you have the pictures but the site is no longer in existence, do you need permission? How would you handle this? And also, what is the site still exists, but all emails to the authors of the site bounce? Any help or pointers of where to look would be greatly appreciated. thanks! Mia Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. Kohei Miura Visiting Professor Department of Communication, College of Humanities Chubu University Japan Permanent address: Ohio University School of Telecommunications Athens, Ohio 45701 USA

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Re: [Air-l] Permissions for web images that no longer exist
by Dan L Burk 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Hi Mia -- This is a tough one. It depends in large measure on how risk averse your publisher is. Copyright liability is strict, so in the absence of explicit permission, the only safe route is not to use the materials, and many publishers will demand you go that route, and/or demand that you indemnify them. I see that a couple of people have opined that the use might be fair. That is possible, and my personal sympathies lie in that direction, but you won't know until the matter is in front of a judge. Also, fair use exists ONLY in the U.S., so if the publication or distribution of the materials is international in scope you will have to look country by country at whatever local exemptions exist (e.g., under fair dealing provisions in Canada or the UK, user privelege provisions in EU nations, etc.). Sorry that there's no good or easy answer here. DLB P.S. Standard disclaimer: I am not your lawyer, you are not my client, this message creates no advisory relationship, you should not rely on any opinion I have expressed, you should consult competent counsel admitted to practice in your jurisdiction, etc., etc. 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 On 27 Apr 2005, Mia Consalvo wrote: > Hi all, > > I've run up against a problem that has my publisher stumped as well. If > you're publishing a book or journal article and want to use pictures > from a Web site, and you have the pictures but the site is no longer in > existence, do you need permission? How would you handle this? > > And also, what is the site still exists, but all emails to the authors > of the site bounce? > > Any help or pointers of where to look would be greatly appreciated. > thanks! > Mia > > Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. > Kohei Miura Visiting Professor > Department of Communication, College of Humanities > Chubu University > Japan > > Permanent address: > Ohio University > School of Telecommunications > Athens, Ohio 45701 > USA

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Re: [Air-l] autoethnographic views on VCs
by Radhika Gajjala 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

oh I forgot - this might also be of interest - my advisee just defended her thesis and used auto - ethnographic methods in interesting ways (hope you dont mind that I sent this out, Melissa - I know you are on this list...) and thanks to ohiolink ETDs - its easily available http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?bgsu1112636605 r -- Radhika Gajjala Associate Professor School of Communication Studies Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik

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Re: [Air-l] autoethnographic views on VCs
by Paul Chenoweth 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Chana, I would recommend the following: Being Digital - Nicholas Negroponte We the Media - Dan Gillmor We probably need to chat 'off list' sometime on similarities in approach to thesis projects. Paul Chenoweth, Web Developer Belmont University 615-460-6867 "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain ----- Original Message ----- From: Chana Hermans <chana.hermans(a)pandora.be> Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 3:27 am Subject: [Air-l] autoethnographic views on VCs > Dear Air-l list, > > A month ago I've started work on my dissertation for the > Communications and Multi-Media Design course I'm following. So > far it has seen many proposed questions but I've decided on > writing an autoethnographic report on my experiences with the > Internet and virtual communities as well as blogging and how > starting that blog shaped my research. > > The question I would like to ask you all is the following: are > there any published works out there that connect with my > dissertation or any that I may read for inspiration and/or guidance. > > Many thanks, > Chana Hermans > > Student Communicatie & Multi Media Design > Media Academie Genk, Belgium > http://afstuderen.blogspirit.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > >

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social networking and habbo dot com
by Rebekah Willett 27 Apr '05

27 Apr '05

Hi Deanya, Habbohotel is a great place to research! It's changed a lot over the past couple years. i wrote something with Julian-Sefton Green awhile back which might be useful. It's in a French journal, but the English version is online at http://wac.co.uk/sharedspaces/research.php good luck Rebekah Willett

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