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

those conference agency conference announcements
by jeremy hunsinger 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

you know the ones where... we've never heard of anyone, but they still send us the announcements. this is what happens. Begin forwarded message: > From: Michael Lesniak > Date: April 14, 2005 11:45:02 PM EDT > Subject: gotta get > > their software: > > http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/04/14/mit.prank.reut/index.html > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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RE: Open source education & New Journalism
by Axel Bruns 15 Apr '05

15 Apr '05

G'day ! Niels Hendriks wrote: > A colleague and I recently started teaching in a course > called "Content is > King". Our focus lies on the effects of the digital > revolution on the future > of on line publishing and on line journalism. Together with > our students we > are starting up a small experiment on open source-education. > The outlines of > the course can be found on a Wiki-page which, of course, can > be edited by > anyone. > > Topics dealt with: > I. Tools & History > II. "Gatekeepers no more" > III. From conversation to construction > IV. "We the media" > V. Trust - credibility - objectivity - ethics > VI. Power to the people At the risk of being accused of shameless self-promotion, this seems very compatible with my book Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production, which is going to the printers in a few weeks. I have some information online about it at http://snurb.info/index.php?q=node/28; the Amazon.com page for it is at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0820474320 (but is still virtually empty). -- Dr Axel Bruns a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au - http://snurb.info/ Media & Communication Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia Creative Industries Faculty Z2-202, CIP - (07) 3864 5548 Queensland University of Technology CRICOS No.: 00213J

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Digital Video Recordings
by Alison Muirhead 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Hi! We're thinking of using a digital video recorder to capture some group elearning sessions as part of an analysis on learners experiences. Has anyone had any experiences of relatively inexpensive digital video recorders? Any suggestions or recommendations would be welcome! Thanks, Alison Muirhead

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'Communication and Conflict' BISA 2005
by Maura Conway 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

AoIRers, The British International Studies Association (BISA) International Communications Working Group is organizing a number of panels for BISA's annual conference, which will take place at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, 19-21 December 2005. Papers should address the broad theme of 'Communication and/in International Conflict.' Papers exploring the role of the Internet in international conflict are particularly welcome. If you would like to propose a paper to be included in our panels, please e-mail me at <mailto:mc52@st-andrews.ac.uk>mc52(a)st-andrews.ac.uk, including the following information: - Your name and institutional affiliation - Your postal address and email address - The title of your paper and a short abstract (max. 300 words) - BISA membership status [Non-members should consult the BISA Web site at <http://www.bisa.ac.uk/>http://www.bisa.ac.uk/ for details of fees, membership benefits, etc.] All submissions must be received by Friday 22 April. We will let you know whether your paper has been accepted for inclusion in our panels by 1 May. Please distribute this CfP further as appropriate. Regards, Maura Maura Conway Teaching Fellow School of International Relations University of St. Andrews St. Andrews KY16 9AL Scotland Tel.: +44 (0)1334 462939 Fax.: +44 (0)1334 462937 E-mail: mc52(a)st-andrews.ac.uk

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Open source education & New Journalism
by Niels Hendriks 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Dear AoIRers, A colleague and I recently started teaching in a course called "Content is King". Our focus lies on the effects of the digital revolution on the future of on line publishing and on line journalism. Together with our students we are starting up a small experiment on open source-education. The outlines of the course can be found on a Wiki-page which, of course, can be edited by anyone. Topics dealt with: I. Tools & History II. "Gatekeepers no more" III. From conversation to construction IV. "We the media" V. Trust - credibility - objectivity - ethics VI. Power to the people You can find the wiki-page on http://cmdstud.khlim.be/~niels/newjournalism/ . I have two questions for you: - what is your experience with "open source"-experiments? - As we want to tap into your knowledge and/or experience: can you provide new articles which deepen or broaden the scope of the topics? Maybe you can point us towards a still uncovered domain? Thanks in advance, Niels Hendriks www.c-md.be / niels.hendriks(a)mda.khlim.be Design & Media Academy, Katholieke Hogeschool Limburg Tel. +32(0)476 24 29 45/ Fax. +32(0)89 30 08 59

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graduate course and workshop announcement
by Charles Ess 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

Dear AoIR-ists Please pass this on to graduate students and/or faculty who may be interested in and able to participate in the course and/or workshop. Apologies for duplicate postings - and any comments and suggestions from this group especially welcome! -- charles ess == Interdisciplinary Graduate Course Bridging Cultures: Computer Ethics, Culture, and ICT Place: NTNU, Trondheim, Norway Time: May 23rd 27th 2005 Lecturer: Charles Ess, distinguished research professor, Interdisciplinary Studies at Drury University, USA and professor II at NTNU (Globalization and Program for Applied Ethics). Course overview The graduate course "Bridging cultures" takes up many of the central ethical challenges that arise in conjunction with information and communication technologies. The title "Bridging cultures" is intended to signify problems regarding the relation between cultural diversity and global information technologies, as well as the bridging of humanistic and scientific disciplines. The course will primarily focus on three interrelated aspects: 1. Developing a basic "ethical toolkit" that will provide participants with a range of terms and approaches to ethical analysis and decision-making with regard to common issues in computer and information sciences. This includes notions of professional responsibilities of programmers, HCI designers, etc. 2. Disclosing how cultural values and communicative preferences are embedded in the design and implementation of Computer-mediated Communication technologies. Here we will explore a basic set of conceptual tools for analysing various dimensions of cultural values and communicative preferences, in order to develop guidelines for "best practices" in design and implementation of Information and Communication Technologies. 3. Examining how the cultures of the humanities and the sciences, including computer and information sciences, as academic disciplines may be bridged, thereby bringing ethics together with computer and information science. Our hope here is to build bridges between these disciplines that will foster further interdisciplinary collaboration. Deadline for registration is May 6th, 2005. Go to the Programme for Applied Ethics' website <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php> for more detailed information, including schedule, reading list and electronic registration. We would also like to inform you that in addition to the graduate course, a workshop on related topics will be held at NTNU on june 6th-7th (and possibly 8th), 2005. Confirmed speakers are Charles Ess, Luciano Floridi, Deborah Wheeler, May Thorseth, Bernd Carsten Stahl, Johnny Søraker, Dag Elgesem and Knut Rolland. == 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

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CITMO 2005, Bulgaria
by Maura Conway 14 Apr '05

14 Apr '05

AoIRers, Thought this might be of interest to some. Apologies for cross posting. Regards, Maura Commercial Information Technology for Military Operations (CITMO) 2005: "Information Technology and Terrorism: The Impact of Emerging Commercial Capabilities" 4th International Workshop 15 - 17 June Plovdiv, Bulgaria http://www.citmo.net/index.shtml Maura Conway Teaching Fellow School of International Relations University of St. Andrews St. Andrews KY16 9AL Scotland Tel.: +44 (0)1334 462939 Fax.: +44 (0)1334 462937 E-mail: mc52(a)st-andrews.ac.uk

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CFP - 4S 2005 panel on media technology and regulation
by Matt Ratto 13 Apr '05

13 Apr '05

I'm posting this for Shay David - If interested, please respond to him at sd256(a)cornell.edu. hi everybody, (and sorry for cross posting) anyone interested in participating in (and/or help organizing) this important panel, please contact me in the next couple of days, and include your coordinates, paper topic and areas of interest. deadline for 4S panel submission is May 1st. please also distribute to anyone whom you think might be interested, thanks, Shay David e: sd256(a)cornell.edu w: http://www.shaydavid.info ----------- Panel Title: Technology and Regulation in a brave new media world: between norms, laws and markets Abstract: In the past several years the reduction in the costs of communication, changes in the political climate and rapid innovation around media technology allowed a new class of media and information artifacts to develop, challenging longstanding power relations in the media industry. Technologies like wikis, blogs, and home-brewed video and audiocasts, to name a few, together with new models of peer-production usher in new modes of knowledge production and dissemination, calling into question our understandings of concepts like authority, truth, and censorship. As we know, this change is not without resistance; the juggernauts of the media industry are using their full arsenal to fight what they perceive to be a third world-war, often focusing on lobbying efforts in an attempt to regulate through law. While much has been written about this transition, little attention has been given by science studies scholars to the public policy implications of this phenomenon. This panel will seek to explore the way by which what could otherwise be controversial, invisible, secret, or anomalous informational artifacts are being co-opted and regulated through laws, markets, and repeated attempts to influence norms. The organizers seek contributions from a variety of scholars addressing empirical as well as theoretical aspects of this topic. Dr Matt Ratto Networked research and digital information KNAW-Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science Joan Muyskenweg 25 Postbus 95110 1090 HC Amsterdam The Netherlands tel: (31)(20)462-8719 fax: (31(20)665-8013 http://www.niwi.knaw.nl/en/nerdi2/toon

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Articles and Books on Interviewing
by Kendall, Lori 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

I'm hoping to tap into the collective expertise of the group. I'm working on a chapter about using interviews to study online social practices. I'd like to hear about articles or books that you have found particularly useful in this regard. These could be either specifically pieces about methodology (online or offline, related to the Internet or not) or examples of studies using interviews that you consider exemplary. Since I'm most familiar with U.S. research and examples, I would particularly welcome examples from other cultural contexts or with a more international scope. Thanks for any info! Lori _________________________________ Lori Kendall Associate Professor of Sociology Purchase College-SUNY lori.kendall(a)purchase.edu

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Re: [Air-l] Articles and Books on Interviewing
by Denise N. Rall 12 Apr '05

12 Apr '05

I would call some of these methods listed in Batinic, et al., "social psychology" but there's lots of room for exploration. I don't specifically remember online interviews but their techniques were generally very useful for a variety of online data collection. >From the publisher's blurb: "The studies reported utilize Web-based questionnaires, Web experiments, observations of virtual worlds, case narrations, content analyses, and analysis of mailing-lists and other log data." Batinic, B., Reips, U.-D., & Bosnjak, M. (Eds.). (2002). Online Social Sciences. Seattle: Hogrefe & Huber. I personally found Wengraf to be a good source for interview methods, particularly biographical interview (nothing to do with online interviewing). Wengraf, T. (2001). Qualitative research interviewing: Biographic narrative and semi-structured methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage. He's got another book: Bornat, J., Wengraf, T., & Chamberlayne, P. (Eds.). (2000). The Turn to Biographical Methods in Social Science. London: Routledge. Of course there's Denzin. Cheers, 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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