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Harm and Offense caused by mobile phones
by David Brake 28 May '05

28 May '05

Can anyone direct me to academic research on mobile phones and 1) the harm they do through (for example) enabling/encouraging bullying via text message, "happy slapping" (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4539913.stm) or 2) The offense they might cause by allowing kids to see pornographic content or enabling gambling etc, or through the invasion of privacy of others using cameras in the phones ('upskirt pictures' etc)? For the purposes of my research I am not interested in the (real or supposed) direct effects of mobile phone radiation or phone masts on health. I have had no luck in browsing through this huge and otherwise interesting mobile phone research bibliography: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~nalinik/mobile.html or searching the Web of Science for "mobile" and "harm/risk/danger/bullying/abuse/hazard" nor did I find anything with Scopus. There may be stuff buried in various 'general' books about mobile phones and their significance but I am reluctant to try to skim all of them unless someone can recommend a specific likely text as the ones I have seen have little to say on this particular aspect. All I have found so far is: Charlton, T., C. Panting and A. Hannan (2002) "Mobile Telephone Ownership and Usage among 10- and 11-Year-Olds: Participation and Exclusion", Emotional Behavioural Difficulties, 7 (3), pp. 152-163 which found in a small (N=157) survey of kids in a school that 11% admitted to receiving either a rude message (4%) or a threat (7%) [included rude jokes and racist comments]. Furthermore, 17% had been sent a frightening message, and 14% admitted to sending one. and: Palmer, T. and L. Stacey (2004) Just One Click: Sexual Abuse of Children and Young People through the Internet and Mobile Telephone Technology, Barnardo's, Ilford. (which is mainly case studies and policy recommendations) Any help would be much appreciated... --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)

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Re: [Air-l] british boycott over/no politics?
by Greg Elmer 27 May '05

27 May '05

Barry (et als), I took Jeremy's note to mean that it is not the role of the association to take political stands. And while I find such blanket policies (along with assumptions about what constitutes the "political) troublesome, you've now seemingly extended this logic to the AOiR listserv. What's more since you don't seem to want to take your own advice why should the rest of us avoid 'politics' on the list serv? I for one would like to see a broad discussion about the social implications of new media, the Internet, scholarship, and the acadmemy (which as some of you know can get messy and political). If you're not interested in posts about political issues that impact upon academic life and society in general then I'd encourage you to actively 'delete'. Greg Elmer > Although there are counter-arguments to the anti-Israeli posting > yesterday, I agree with Jeremy Hunsinger that they are out of place on > this list. > > But since the issue has been brought up, my position is that > professionalsocieties should be extraordinarily cautious about > encouraging boycotts of > universities. I don't believe in collective punishment, even if > there was > a crime -- and there are different sets of "facts" floating around on > this matter. Hence, I have worked a bit to encourage the ending of the > boycott. And am glad that it happened. > > For reasons of the first para, I won't respond to any postings > about the > boycott -- or Israel -- on this list and urge us all to refocus on > AOIRstuff. > > 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 > Greg Elmer, PhD Bell Globemedia Research Chair Rogers Communications Centre/School of Radio-TV Arts Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2K3 416-979-5282 _______________________________________________ Co-Editor, Space and Culture: An International Journal of Social Spaces http://www.carleton.ca/space/

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RE: [Air-l] AOIR on AUT?
by Ellis Godard 25 May '05

25 May '05

Possibly. But the pro-blacklist contingent has amended the agenda with a series of friendly amendments, any of which might get filibustered by either side such that the about face might not get addressed - or, at least, that's what some fear. Obligatory internet research content (OIRC): The opposition to the blacklist has received little or no print press or other coverage, and has been largely (perhaps almost entirely) an online phenomena. What are some other instances of decision-making and/or policymaking that have been almost exclusively online, for organizations which are predominantly offline? -eg > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Elmer [mailto:gelmer@ryerson.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:07 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org; ellis.godard(a)csun.edu > Subject: Re: [Air-l] AOIR on AUT? > > > I suspect AUT will be doing an about face on this policy, > sooner than later: > > http://www.aut.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1213 > > GE > > On 5/25/05 1:15 PM, "Ellis Godard" <egodard(a)csun.edu> wrote: > > > This seems like an appropriate topic on which AOIR, as > international > > and interdisciplinary as well as academic and open minded, > should take > > a stand. What are the appropriate steps/procedure(s) thru > which that > > could/would/should happen? > > > > http://ellisgodard.blogspot.com/2005/05/aut-is-out-of-line.html > > > > -eg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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Fwd: [WDL] FW: UPDATE: Abuse: The Darker Side of Human-Computer Interaction (Italy) (5/23/05; 9/12/05)
by Jeremy Hunsinger 25 May '05

25 May '05

> > Deadline extended: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > „Abuse: the darker side of human-computer interaction‰ > An INTERACT 2005 Workshop > ==================================================================== > Date: Monday, September 12 (Full day) > Location: Rome, Italy > Submission Deadline: extended to May 30 > Web-site: www.agentabuse.org > ==================================================================== > > AIMS AND SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP > ============================== > Computers are often the subject of our wrath and often, we feel, > with good reason. There seems to be something intrinsic to this > medium which brings out the darker side of human nature. This may > be due to the computer complexity which induces errors and > frustrations in the user (bad interface design), to the human > tendency to respond socially to computers (media equation), or to a > disinhibition effect induced by the interaction with a different > form of information processor, perceived as inferior (master/slave > relationship). > > As software is evolving from the tool metaphor to the agent one, > understanding the role of abusive behaviour in HCI and its effect on > the task-at-hand becomes increasingly important. The reaction of > traditional software to abuse is obvious - it should, like a hammer, > ignore it. With the agent model, however, software can be > autonomous and situated. That is, it should be possible to create > software that takes note of its surroundings, and responsibility for > its actions. Conversational agents are a clear case of a software > entity which might be expected to deal with abuse. Virtual > assistants, to take a classic application instance, should not just > provide timely information; a virtual assistant must also be a > social actor and participate in the games people play. Some of > these games appear to include abusive behaviour. > > This workshop aims to bring together papers that transcend > disciplinary boundaries. Papers are solicited from researchers and > practitioners who have encountered the occurrence of abuse in HCI > and CMC and given some thought to why and how it happens. Papers > that explore virtual abuse and the abuse of agents as cultural > artifacts are particularly welcome. We hope this will provide a > forum for discussing both the reasons behind aggressive behaviour > and suggestions for how software should deal with abuse. > > Relevant topics include but are not limited to > * determinants and correlates of end user frustration > * emotional reactions to computing technology > * emotional interfaces ˆ how to deal with negative emotions > * conversational agents and abusive language > * conflict resolution in face-to-face communication and CMC > * flaming and disinhibition in HCI and CMC > * art on the edge > * relationship of the virtual and the real, the literal and metaphor > * Outing, passing, hiding, covering -- how are agents designed to seem > "normal" > and what are the assumptions about "being human" that inform the > design > > INTENDED AUDIENCE AND WORKSHOP FORMAT > ===================================== > The workshop will bring together an interdisciplinary group of > researchers and practitioners in human computer interaction, > computer mediated communication, intelligent virtual agents, game > design, social psychology, cultural critics and art. The program > will feature the presentation of refereed papers, demos and poster > followed by interactive sessions drawn on a number of scenarios > which will be distributed prior to the workshop. A part of the > discussion will concentrate on the definition of a roadmap for > future research. > > SUBMISSIONS AND DISSEMINATION > ================================ > We seek: > - Position papers (4 pages) reporting on experiences, theories, case > studies and experiments. > - Theoretical papers (4 pages) discussing cultural, artistic, > political, and philosophical issues. > - Demo submissions (4 pages). > - Poster submission (1 page description of the poster or 1 page > sketch of the poster) > > Position and theoretical papers as well as demo submissions will be > peer reviewed and should be formatted according to the LNCS (Lecture > Notes in Computer Science) format (templates are available at > Springer-Verlag LNCS Authors‚ Instructions page and at > www.Interact2005.org at the Submission page ). > > Please e-mail your submission in PDF to > Antonella.de-angeli(a)manchester.ac.uk > (cc pwallis(a)acm.org) > > Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings and will be > posted on the web (www.agentabuse.org) Outcomes of the workshop > will be summarised and posted on agentabuse.org, which is intended > to become a dynamic repository for relevant research. If enough > interest is gathered from the participants, we will explore > alternatives such as a special journal issue or a book collection. > > IMPORTANT DATES > =============== > May 23: submission > June 6: Notification of acceptance > June 10: Registration dead-line for presenters > July 1: camera ready copies > September 12: workshop > > REGISTRATION > =============== > Registration will cost 150 Euro before June 10 and 200 Euro after > this date. Participants will register through the conference > website (http://www.interact2005.org/) > > ORGANISING COMMITTEE > =================== > Co-Chairs: > Sheryl Brahnam (Missouri State University), US > Antonella De Angeli (University of Manchester), UK > Peter Wallis (University of Sheffield), UK > > Programme Committee > Pamela Briggs (Northumbria University), UK > Alan Dix (Lancaster University), UK > Dirk Heylen (University of Twente), Holland > Graham Johnson (NCR), UK > Catherine Pelachaud (Universite de Paris 8), France > Daniela Petrelli (University of Sheffield), UK > Laurent Romary (INRIA), France > Daniela Romano (University of Sheffield), UK > Oliviero Stock (IRST), Italy > Alistair Sutcliffe (University of Manchester), UK > Sean Zdenek (Texas Tech University), US > Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield), UK > > Contact Information. > For information, expressions of interest and/or submission please > contact > Antonella De Angeli > Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design > School of Informatics, the University of Manchester, > Manchester > M60 1QD > United Kingdom > Antonella.de-angeli(a)manchester.ac.uk > > ========================================================== > From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List > CFP(a)english.upenn.edu > Full Information at > http://cfp.english.upenn.edu > or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj(a)english.upenn.edu > ========================================================== > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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More clarification on the student paper competition
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 24 May '05

24 May '05

More about this competition ... The paper must be the one that goes with the *accepted* IR 6.0 conference proposal. Please keep titles the same as I will be checking against the listings for the conference. /C ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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[Fwd: Re: [Air-l] REMINDER: AfroGeeks]
by Paula 24 May '05

24 May '05

Oh God - ignore that last email, I was intending to forward the info to a friend, it *came* from here *doh* -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Air-l] REMINDER: AfroGeeks Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 18:24:24 +0100 From: Paula <pmg(a)gmx.co.uk> Reply-To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org References: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0505150326430.8277(a)qvo.qernzubfg.pbz> Found some stuff whilst floating about looking for stuff for an essay I've got to write. You probably know about this: http://www.digitaldivide.net/ /Kenneth Wyrick "/Rasta Software: Open Source Communications" sounds interesting? It was up with a bunch of research, some of which looks a bit arcane but some looks really good, no full-texts tho: http://research.ucsb.edu/cbs/projects/05agprogram.html Paula Art McGee wrote: >AfroGeeks 2005: >Global Blackness and the Digital Public Sphere >May 19-21, 2005 >The Center for Black Studies >University of California, Santa Barbara >http://www.afrogeeks.com > >-end- >_______________________________________________ >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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REMINDER: AfroGeeks
by Art McGee 24 May '05

24 May '05

AfroGeeks 2005: Global Blackness and the Digital Public Sphere May 19-21, 2005 The Center for Black Studies University of California, Santa Barbara http://www.afrogeeks.com -end-

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Convention Schedule, Media Ecology Association, June 22-26, 2005, New York City
by J Sternberg 24 May '05

24 May '05

THE SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE MEDIA ECOLOGY ASSOCIATION Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus New York, New York June 22-26, 2005 updates and details at http://www.media-ecology.org THE BIASES OF MEDIA Media are often criticized for the biases of their content, but media ecology is also concerned with the intellectual, emotional, temporal, spatial, political, social, metaphysical, and epistemological biases associated with different forms of communication and different types of technology. =================================== PROGRAM SCHEDULE (as of 5/24/05) =================================== WEDNESDAY, June 22, 2005 12 noon Pope Auditorium Lobby Registration Opens 2:00-3:00 pm Pope Auditorium Session 1.1 Welcoming Remarks Moderator — Janet Sternberg, Executive Secretary, MEA — Fordham University Lance Strate — President, MEA — Fordham University Dominic J. Balestra — Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences — Fordham University Nancy Busch — Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences — Fordham University Robert R. Grimes, SJ — Dean, Fordham College Lincoln Center — Fordham University Brennan O’Donnell — Dean, Fordham College Rose Hill — Fordham University Paul Levinson — Chair, Department of Communication and Media Studies — Fordham University 3:15-4:30 pm Pope Auditorium Session 1.2 Featured Presentation Moderator — John M. Phelan — Fordham University Between Cultural Studies and Media Ecology James W. Carey — Columbia University 4:45-6:00 pm Pope Auditorium Session 1.3 The Jesuit Intellectual Tradition and Media Ecology Moderator — Vincent Hevern, SJ — Le Moyne College Panelists: Randolph Lumpp — Regis University Paul A. Soukup, SJ — Santa Clara University Sara van den Berg — Saint Louis University Robert A. White, SJ — Gregorian University 6:00-7:30 pm Atrium Reception 7:30-9:00 pm Pope Auditorium Session 1.4 A World of Authors: Creating Media for People with Keyboards Moderator — Douglas Rushkoff — New York University Panelists: Michael Joyce — Vassar College Andrew Postman — Writer Katie Salen — Parsons School of Design David Shenk — Author Marina Zurkow — Artist THURSDAY, June 23, 2005 9:30-10:30 am Pope Auditorium Session 2.1 Featured Presentation Moderator — TBA Media, Religion, and Culture Robert A. White, SJ — Gregorian University 10:30-11:30 am Pope Auditorium Session 2.2 Featured Presentation Moderator — TBA Ong’s Living Legacy at Saint Louis University Sara van den Berg — Saint Louis University 11:45 am-12:15 pm Pope Auditorium Session 2.3 Featured Presentation Moderator — TBA Communication Policy — No Gift to the Nation Everett C. Parker — Fordham University 12:15-2:00 pm Lunch 2:00-3:15 pm Breakout Sessions 2.4A-2.4E (rooms TBA) Session 2.4A Interfaces of the Media Ecology Perspective Moderator — TBA Haussmann’s Media Environment Joost van Dreunen — Columbia University A Progressive Preface to Media Ecology Marc Leverette — Rutgers University Nostalgia and Displaced Media Mark Shanahan — Fordham University Media Ecology and Value Sensitive Design: A Combined Approach to Understanding the Biases of Media Technology Michael T. Zimmer — New York University Session 2.4B Virtual Realities and Networked Ontologies: Mapping Minds and Spaces Moderator — TBA Panelists: Eric J. Gordon — Emerson College Robert MacDougall — Emerson College James C. Morrison — Emerson College Tracey Stark — Emerson College Session 2.4C The McGannon Center Enterprise — Twenty Years Later Moderator — James A. Capo — Fordham University Panelists: John Carey — Fordham University Nancy Gillis — Fordham University Margot Hardenbergh — Fordham University Tom McCourt — Fordham University John M. Phelan — Fordham University Sheea Sybblis — Fordham University Session 2.4D Bringing General Semantics-Based Media Literacy to Younger People Gregg Hoffman — Institute of General Semantics Session 2.4E Television and its Discontents Moderator — TBA Fan Cultures and Television Cynthia W. Walker — Rutgers University Rewriting the Narrative — A Case for Fanfiction Nadine Smith — Fordham University The Politics of Telenovelas and Narco-Dramas in Latin America O. Hugo Benavides — Fordham University Don’t Believe Everything You Watch on Television: China’s New Stance of Political Propaganda Chin-Yunn Yang — New York University 3:30-4:45 pm Breakout Sessions 2.5A-2.5E (rooms TBA) Session 2.5A Around the World with Media Ecology Moderator — TBA Adeus Meu Sertão: Music, Technology and Cultural Change in a Small Brazilian Town Robert Albrecht — New Jersey City University The Wiring of Bhutan: A Test Case for Media Ecology in the Non-Western World Ellen Rose — University of New Brunswick Understanding the New Media Ecology in Mexico Fernando Gutiérrez Cortés — Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Estado de México Media Ecology (McLuhan) in China Paul Grosswiler — University of Maine Session 2.5B Media Bias and the Emerging Online Communities Moderator — TBA www.auswanderer-forum.com: How an Online Forum Turns into a Site of Struggle over National Identity Gabriele Bechtel — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Reconciling Esprit De Corps and Individuality? Blogs as an Escape from Military Conformity for American Soldiers in Iraq Sandrine Dincki-MacDougall — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Identity as In-Formation: Blogging, Electronic Ethos, and the New Groupthink Robert MacDougall — Emerson College Celebrity Bloggers and Blogging Celebrities: Identity and Community through Interactive Conversation Liza Potts — Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Session 2.5C Media Ethnography John Carey — Fordham University Session 2.5D Film Sense and the Reel World Moderator — TBA Welcome to the Aquarium of the Real: Film Reviews as Hegemonic Practice, Reading Open Water as Post-9/11 Allegory Kevin Taylor Anderson — University of Massachusetts, Amherst Race, Gender and Class Observed through The Matrix Brendon Ellington — Fordham University Social, Economic, Political, and Cinematic Disaster: A Burkean Analysis of Airport, The Poseidon Adventure, and The Towering Inferno as Formally Dysfunctional “Equipment for Living” Carlnita P. Greene — University of Texas, Austin Mame is Not to Blame: The Femme Fatale in 1940s Film Noir and Her Effect on Female Viewers Siobahn Stiles — Fordham University Session 2.5E Explorations of the Electronic Media Environment Moderator — TBA Television and the Individual Jordan Beckerman — Hamilton College Taking Control of My Internet Addiction Monica Aversa — Fordham University Bridging the Digital Divide: Cell Phones and the Information Realm Joshua Huling — Hamilton College The Institution of Race as Represented in Fighting Video Games Jacob McCall — Fordham University 5:00-6:15 pm Breakout Sessions 2.6A-2.6E (rooms TBA) Session 2.6A Appearances of Childhood Moderator — TBA Bookends: The Changing Media Environment of American Classrooms Margaret Cassidy — Adelphi University Degrassi Goes Digital: The Centrality of Technology in Degrassi: The Next Generation Laura Tropp — Marymount Manhattan College “What Can Rugrats Be to You?”: A Rhetorical Analysis of Ethnic Diversity and Representation in Children’s Animated Series Minah Harun — Ohio University Children, Health, Science and Technology in Relation to Orality in the Electronic Era Stephen Weinstock — Independent Scholar Session 2.6B The Bias of Digital Communication Moderator — TBA News Worlds Pablo J. Boczkowski — Massachusetts Institute of Technology When Transparency Fails: The Internet Candidacy of Howard Dean Erik P. Bucy — Indiana University Digital Divide as a Reversal Consequence of the Internet: Assessing Power and Bias of Media Convergence on the Access to Global News Yana S. Terukhova — Rochester Institute of Technology Session 2.6C Eco Metropolis: Why Doesn’t Ecology Become a Part of the Mainstream Media? Pamela Peeters — Our-Planet.org Session 2.6D Grave Ecologies: Exhuming the Living Dead Moderator — TBA Reading the Undead: Zombies and Comic Book Culture Brian Cogan — Molloy College Stumbling Into the Future: The Zombie from Folklore to Film to Videogames Shawn McIntosh — Rutgers University The Horror of Indeterminacy Marc Leverette — Rutgers University Session 2.6E Media Research: Technology, Art, Communication Moderator — TBA Evolutionary-Minded View of Television Genre Preferences Peter Karl Jonason — New Mexico State University The Biases of Media: Infotainment’s Impact on Issue Cognition and Engagement Saman Talib — Rutgers University Narratives of Poverty and the Working Poor in Prime-Time Television Crime Dramas Heather Crandall — Washington State University, Pullman Advertising and Product Publicity Comparison Revisited Alex Wang — University of Connecticut 6:30-7:00 pm Pope Auditorium Session 2.7 Screening Moderator — TBA A Conversation with Neil Postman Video documentary by Toni Urbano and NYU-TV Productions — New York University 7:00-8:30 pm Pope Auditorium Session 2.8 Keynote Address Moderator — TBA The Flouting of the First Amendment Paul Levinson — Fordham University 8:30-9:30 pm Atrium Reception FRIDAY, June 24, 2005 9:30-10:00 am Pope Auditorium Session 3.1 Featured Presentation Moderator — TBA Reflections on Walter Ong Paul A. Soukup, SJ — Santa Clara University 10:00-11:00 am Pope Auditorium Session 3.2 Featured Presentation Moderator — TBA Teaching Speech Frank E. X. Dance — University of Denver 11:15 am-12:15 pm Pope Auditorium Session 3.3 Featured Presentation Moderator — TBA On Media Ecology Eric McLuhan — University of Toronto 12:15-2:00 pm Lunch 2:00-3:15 pm Breakout Sessions 3.4A-3.4E (rooms TBA) Session 3.4A The New Languages Moderator — TBA Addiction to Illusion: Media and the Evolution of Reality Frank Zingrone — York University Hollywood and Bollywood Storytelling in Romantic Box Office Hits: Similarities and Differences Eva Kolbusz-Kijne — Borough of Manhattan Community College The Heart of the Matter: An Exploration of the Persistence of Core Beliefs Robert K. Blechman — St. George’s University Media Ecology and the Arts Faye Ran — Metropolitan College of New York Session 3.4B Gecyberschaft: Understanding Virtual Community as a Complete Shift in Society Mary Ann Allison — New York University Session 3.4C Mediating Biology, Managing Environments Moderator — TBA Men, Women and Neuters: The Representation of Gender in Signage Pictograms Pedro Bessa — Universidade de Aveiro Conceição Lopes — Universidade de Aveiro Identity Crisis: The Impact and Effect of Alias’s Sydney Bristow Elizabeth K. Fitzgerald — Fordham University Songs of the Humpback Whale — A Case Study in Unintended Consequences Thomas Veltre — Wildlife Conservation Society News Coverage on Environmental Policy Issues J.R. Estes — Portland State University Session 3.4D Reassessing the Gender Biases in Menstrual Product Advertising Or, What’s with the Men in Menstruation? David Linton — Marymount Manhattan College Session 3.4E The Political Illusion Moderator — TBA Josiah Bartlett, Forgive Us for Our Sins! Albert Auster — Fordham University Deliberative Democracy and Framing Biases of Media Saman Talib — Rutgers University Montague Kern — Rutgers University Decision 2004: The Role of the Media in the 2004 Presidential Election Deirdre Mueller — Fordham University Howard Dean and the Internet: A Study of the Medium as a Political Tool Jessica Knapp — Fordham University 3:30-4:45 pm Breakout Sessions 3.5A-3.5E (rooms TBA) Session 3.5A The Bias of Media Moderator — TBA Mediated: How the Media Shapes Your World and the Way You Live in It Thomas de Zengotita — New York University The Bias of Biases David Sobelman — Rosefire Film Inc. The Medium is the Message, the Bias is You James Maroosis — Fordham University Being and Nothingness in the Information Age Barry Vacker — Temple University Session 3.5B Break, Blog, Burn Moderator — TBA Broken Metaphors: Blogging as Liminal Practice Danah M. Boyd — University of California, Berkeley From Simmel to Weblogs: Women and Internet Adriana Braga — Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos Media Sociography on Weblogs Jesper Tække — IT University of Copenhagen Constructing Liberal Community: The Bloggers of The Majority Report Joellen Easton — Massachusetts Institute of Technology Session 3.5C Neil Postman in Perspective and Retrospective Moderator — TBA Neil Postman and the Evangelicals Arthur W. Hunt, III — Geneva College Neil Postman’s Rules of Public Speaking Janet Sternberg — Fordham University Media Ecology as an Instrument of Exploration Terence P. Moran — New York University Session 3.5D Mirrors in the Infosphere: An Integral Look at Telecommunications Technology, the Chakra System, and the Evolution of Planetary Consciousness Steven Vedro — SRVedro Consulting Session 3.5E From Hidden Connections to Hidden Agendas: Truth and Consequences of the Anti-Narrative Bias in Organizational and Professional Communication Jean S. Mason — Ryerson University 5:00-6:15 pm Breakout Sessions 3.6A-3.6E (rooms TBA) Session 3.6A Media Bias Towards “Tomorrow”? Moderator — TBA Feminism in the New Tomorrowland Rebecca Hains — Temple University Full Streets, Empty Meanings, and the Protests of Tomorrow Elisa Durrette — Internet Entrepreneur The “Zero” Tomorrow Barry Vacker — Temple University Session 3.6B Understanding New Media Moderator — TBA The “Cyberflesh” Dimension as the Newest Extension of Man María de la Luz Casas Pérez — Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Cuernavaca Love Online Aaron Ben Ze’ev — University of Haifa Understanding New Media: Extending McLuhan Robert K. Logan — University of Toronto Session 3.6C Games People Play Moderator — TBA The Electronic Pitch: Fieldnotes on Television Soccer and its Collective Reception in Brazil Édison Gastaldo — Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos Golf as a Medium of Communication Aaron Honoré — Fordham University Games Artists Play: Interactive Narrativity and the Ludological Impulse Ira Nayman Spontaneous Social Play and Ludicity Design as a Strategy for Promoting and Defending Human Rights Conceição Lopes — Universidade de Aveiro Session 3.6D The Sexual Grotesque: Pomosexuality and Robopathologies on the Web Mark Dery — New York University Session 3.6E Revolt of the Mass Media Moderator — TBA Women as Target: Internationalization of the Women’s Magazine Industry in Taiwan Ping Shaw — National Sun Yat-Sen University Bias in Selecting Letters to the Editor? A Case Study Marisa Torres da Silva — Universidade Nova de Lisboa Am I Black Enough for You Baby: Can Black Management of a White-Owned Media Outlet Make a Difference? Arthur H. Hayes — Fordham University Do U.S. Mass Media Really “Massify” Our Society? What is “Mass” in Mass Media? Emil Coman — Eastern Connecticut State University 6:30-8:30 pm Pope Auditorium Session 3.7 Presentation of the 2005 MEA Awards Janet Sternberg — Fordham University Lance Strate — Fordham University President’s Address Moderator — TBA Media Ecology in a New Key Lance Strate — Fordham University Performance Media Ecology Unplugged Bill Bly — Fordham University John McDaid — New York University 8:30-9:30 pm Atrium Reception SATURDAY, June 25, 2005 9:30-10:45 am Pope Auditorium Session 4.1 Infotainment: The Blurring of the Lines Between News and Entertainment Moderator — Clifford G. Christians — University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Panelists: Michael Delli Carpini — Annenberg School for Communication Bruce A. Williams — University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 11:00 am-12:15 pm Pope Auditorium Session 4.2 Oh What a Blow that Carpenter Gave Me! Moderator — Donald F. Theall — Trent University Panelists: Paul Heyer — Wilfrid Laurier University Janine Marchessault — York University Harald E.L. Prins — Kansas State University Michael Wesch — Kansas State University 12:15-2:00 pm Lunch 2:00-3:15 pm Breakout Sessions 4.3A-4.3E (rooms TBA) Session 4.3A The Technological Society Moderator — TBA Notions of Progress Catherine Waite Phelan — Hamilton College The Sky Above the Port Was the Color of Television, Tuned to a Dead Channel Barry Vacker — Temple University Man as the Machine: Rhetorical Dimensions of The Terminator Trilogy Stephanie Bennett — Palm Beach Atlantic University Technology’s Broken Promise: Reflections on Social Disintegration and Civic Renewal Barry D. Liss — University of Wisconsin, Marathon Session 4.3B Digital Imaging: Transformations in Visual Communication Moderator — John Carey — Fordham University Dancing Electrons vs. Engrained Silver: Technological Influences on Concepts of Visual Truth Julianne H. Newton — University of Oregon Presenting Oneself through Images: An Analysis of Online Dating Photos Lee Humphreys — University of Pennsylvania Digital FX in Movies Paul Messaris — University of Pennsylvania Jason Tocci — University of Pennsylvania Digital Imagery and the Eye of Cinema Stephen R. Prince — Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University The Presentation and Alteration of the Digital Self in Video Game Life Jennifer Stromer-Galley — SUNY Albany Transformed Social Interaction in Immersive Virtual Reality Jeremy Bailenson — Stanford University Session 4.3C Iterations of Interface — A Surveillance Case Study Paul Guzzardo — MediaARTS Alliance Session 4.3D The Presentation of Self and Other Moderator — TBA “Frenemies?”: Images of the U.S.-E.U. Relations in Asia-Pacific Media Natalia Chaban — University of Canterbury Community Journalism: Hope for a Society Without Heroes Cuthbert Alexander — Fordham University The Impact of a Small Newspaper in the Maintenance of Language and Culture in Piana Degli Albanesi Eda Derhemi — University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign From Supporting Roles to Leading Ladies Tara Southwell — Fordham University Session 4.3E Visual Representations of HIV and AIDS in Africa: Culture, Metaphor and Society Phyllis Dannhauser — University of Johannesburg 3:30-4:45 pm Breakout Sessions 4.4A-4.4E (rooms TBA) Session 4.4A Ancient Quarrels and Modern Rhetoric Moderator — TBA Doctus Orator of a Five-Sense or Three-Sense Sensorium?: Marshall McLuhan’s Media Ecology Bias and “Big Rhetoric” Steven Reagles — Bethany Lutheran College Epilogue to Plato: Eric Havelock and the Literate Bias Twyla Gibson — University of Toronto Logos: Ambiguities of Merger and Division Corey Anton — Grand Valley State University Kenneth Burke’s Dramatism and Media Ecology Stephen Weinstock — Independent Scholar Session 4.4B Media and Mind Moderator — TBA The Mind Outside the Head: Media Ecology and Cognitive Science Luiz Carlos Baptista — Universidade Nova de Lisboa Symbolic Foundations of Language and Number Heike Wiese — Yale University & Humboldt-Universität Berlin ICQ as a Tool of Thought Chin-Yunn Yang — New York University The Third Space: A Phenomenology of Embodied Mediation Marc Leverette — Rutgers University Session 4.4C Mime and Media via a Tetrad of Tetrads Wayne Constantineau — Habitat For Humanity Canada Session 4.4D Faith and Contexts Moderator — TBA Interpreting the Eucharist in Light of Media Ratios Kip Redick — Christopher Newport University Connecting to Non-Present Presence: Cyberspace and the Enactment of Religious Ritual Cheryl Anne Casey — New York University René Girard as Media Ecologist? Phil Rose — York University Conditions of Attendance: The Idle Hand as the Father of Modern Warfare Read Mercer Schuchardt — Marymount Manhattan College Session 4.4E Culture as Communication Moderator — TBA Media Bias and the Postmodern Sublime Virgil Moberg — Black Hills State University Semiotic Analysis of “The Golden Arches” Jordan P. Curtis — SUNY Potsdam How Television Represents America’s “Drug Problem” (and Why) Katrina Flener — Brooklyn College, CUNY Idleness as an Act of Resistance Gregory Christie — New School University 5:00-6:15 pm Breakout Sessions 4.5A-4.5E (rooms TBA) Session 4.5A Media, Consciousness, and Culture Moderator — TBA McLuhan, Ong, and Muller-Thym Fred Cheyunski — IBM Business Consulting Services Ecriture Aeshetics: The Literate Contours of Art-Cinema Narration Sheila J. Nayar — Greensboro College Signed Orality Pamela Miele — Fordham University The Eighteenth Brumaire of Marshall McLuhan Marc Leverette — Rutgers University Session 4.5B The Pragmatics of Media Ecology Moderator — TBA Physician-Patient Communication and Technology: The Changing Face of Medicine Gretchen Norling — University of West Florida Media Ecology as a Possible Theoretical Framework for Production Research Susan Jacobson — Temple University The Problem with Mediation in Educational Computing Hui-mei Justina Hsu — University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Karen Ann Ferneding — University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Digital Technology and Social Change Rex Miller — University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Session 4.5C Labyrinth as Medium Patricia O. Keeler — Brigham and Women’s Hospital Session 4.5D Rights and Copyrights Moderator — TBA Free Speech and Reporting on Rights: Canadian Newspaper Treatment of Hate Propaganda Legislation Lysanne Louter — Brock University Appropriation Art, Fair Use, and Structuralist Notions of Authorship Clay Guinn — University of Houston What Edelman’s Image Ownership Argument Can Teach Media Ecology Frederick Wasser — Brooklyn College, CUNY Session 4.5E News After 9/11 Moderator — TBA War as Entertainment: Television News Coverage of the War in Iraq Michelle Pulaski Behling — Pace University Framing, Network News, and the War on Terrorism Toni O’Dell — University of Houston The Whole World is Watching, But So What? A Frame Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Antiwar Protest Ronald Bishop — Drexel University Core Concern: Structural Imperialism and the Impact of September 11 on U.S. Coverage of International News Jack Rosenberry — St. John Fisher College 6:30-7:30 pm Pope Auditorium Session 4.6 Screening Moderator — Frank Zingrone — York University A rare recording of Marshall McLuhan at the 1965 Buffalo Spring Festival of the Arts 7:30-8:30 pm Pope Auditorium Session 4.7 Featured Presentation Moderator — Harald E.L. Prins — Kansas State University Explorations with McLuhan Edmund S. Carpenter 8:30-9:30 pm (room TBA) Reception SUNDAY, June 25, 2005 9:30-11:30 am Pope Auditorium Session 5.1 MEA Business Meeting Moderator — Thomas F. Gencarelli — Montclair State University All are welcome to attend 11:15 am-1:00 pm Session 5.2 Writing as a Creative Activity: Writers Discuss Their Medium Moderator — Meir Z. Ribalow — Fordham University Panelists: Marleen Barr — Fordham University Bill Bly — Fordham University Leslie Carroll — Author Paul Levinson — Fordham University John McDaid — New York University Douglas Rushkoff — New York University 1:00-1:15 pm Convention Adjourns =================================== Convention activities will take place at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus in midtown Manhattan, located at 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023 Directions to campus <http://tinyurl.com/4huww> Map of campus area <http://tinyurl.com/3wn6j> Accommodations will be handled by participants on an individual basis. No particular hotel is recommended nor are any hotel discounts offered for the Convention. A list of convenient hotels and hostels will be available on the MEA Web site. Note that this year’s Convention starts on Wednesday afternoon, June 22 and ends on Sunday afternoon, June 26. REGISTRATION INFORMATION Convention Fees for MEA Members US $40 Member Registration US $20 Student Registration (full-time student ID required) Convention Fees for Non-Members US $60 Convention Registration Only US $25 Student Convention Registration Only (full-time student ID required) Membership Fees (January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005) US $60 Membership US $30 Student Membership (full-time student ID required) Questions? Contact the Convention Coordinators Janet Sternberg Dept. of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458-9993 718-817-4855 voice | 718-817-4868 fax netberg {at} compuserve.com Lance Strate Dept. of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458-9993 718-817-4864 voice | 718-817-4868 fax strate {at} fordham.edu =================================== Media Ecology Association http://www.media-ecology.org ===================================

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IR: Graduate Student Paper Competition
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 24 May '05

24 May '05

Another reminder to students to submit papers for the Internet Researcher's student paper award. Please send papers or a URL where the paper can be found to me at haythorn(a)uiuc.edu. If files are large and/or contain numerous graphics, please put on a URL rather than sending via email. I believe I had an error in the previous reminder -- this is a call for full papers that go with submission to the IR conference. You do need to have submitted to the conference to be eligible for the competition. Also, this competition is only open to graduate students (graduate students at time of submission -- i.e., if you graduated in May 2005, you are still eligible for this year). /Caroline ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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Web death ?
by Denise N. Rall 23 May '05

23 May '05

Dear Air-ers - I was trying to recall a paper given at Toronto that viewed the life & death of an online community. I believe it was called Everquest???? but now I'm not sure. Anyone who presented at Toronto on the life & death of an online community would you be so kind as to give the name of your paper here or send it to me off list. I am using it to illustrate the impermanence of online communities - any other references to 'off-line' or dead communities would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, 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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