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

Re: new media and shock
by Stephanie Kent 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi all - I generally just lurk, but I was struck by a discontinuity in discussion last Thursday and think it bears on this question of becoming inured to shock. There were 6 posts on "London...the internet accounts" interspersed with 4 on "AoIR 6.0 Chicago 2005 Registration is now open", 1 each on "iCS 8.2", "Call for proposals", and "Internet and fun/joy/pleasure". In the three days since, "London" vanished, some of the other threads continued, and new ones appeared. This is no doubt the nature of most conversations on this list, and perhaps everything that could be said about shock and bearing up and giving sympathy was expressed in the comments that were posted, and/or continuation has moved to other venues. But I had some cognitive dissonance reading the disparate threads as business-as-usual went on for many (including me) while others were wondering just how "usual" their lives were going to continue to be. I'm not familiar with any of the literature on shock, but some levels or layers of protection are evident in the acts of just getting on with things, whatever those immediate things that consume us may be. At the same time, I'm aware it would also be counterproductive (at least to purposes of peace and justice) to mine the event for all its tragedy, as this would play into political efforts to cast the attack in symbolic terms that fuel nationalisms and other hatreds. Shock, by definition, puts one in a state of non-responsiveness; the challenge may be the degree to which that lack of response gets carried over or continued into the return to the mundane, especially after the state-of-shock has worn off. best, steph http://www.reflexivity.us On Jul 10, 2005, at 3:07 PM, air-l-aoir.org-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Hello all--a colleague of mine asked me if I could help him with the > following question. I'm not an authority on the Frankfurt School or > its > theorization of shock but hope that some of you out there might be. > Any > suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Ken > > > His problem/question is as follows: > > Much ink has been spilt over shock within Frankfurt School writings. A > concept clearly taken over from Simmel and Freud, shock runs to the > heart > of Benjamin's media theory. But have Benjamin and Adorno appropriated > the > term as face value without ever considering the implications of their > assertions? Adorno's thinking would seem to intimate that at some > future > date nothing will ever shock us anymore, for the body will have > developed > such a thick protective barrier that nothing harmful will ever get > through--an idea worth resisting in itself. > > Are there any sustained studies of the question of shock particularly > within the domain of media Are there any articles within media theory > that > address the matter of shock in a postmodern, digital world?

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AOIR on AUT
by Derek McMillan 26 May '06

26 May '06

LOL. I am amused by the idea that supporting AUT would be political but opposing them is OK because it is non-political. This is doubleplusungood doublethink isn't it. FWIW I support AUT.There is an advert on British TV to encourage people to vote It says "If you don't do politics, you don't do anything." and suggests that if you are interested in the world around you then you are de facto interested in politics. I favour a boycott of Israel, not because of its effect of otherwise on the brutal oppression of the Palestinians but because we do not have to be accomplices in that brutal oppression and a boycott is a non-violent civilised way to express that. You have only to listen to the intemperate language with which the Israeli right has responded - rejecting AUT as irrelevant and in the same breath denouncing them as terrorists - to see that it is having an effect. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 266.11.17 - Release Date: 25/05/2005 ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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copying without acknowledgement
by Barry Wellman 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

Today, GoogleAlert told me that my name cropped up in: http://www.explore-biography.com/biographies/B/Barry_Wellman.html I went to the entry and found the following: "Barry Wellman is a professor in the department of Sociology at the University of Toronto. His areas of research is Urban Sociology, Internet and Social Structure, and Networks in organizations. He has been a professor of Sociology at the university of Toronto since the late 1960's after graduating from Harvard University. "Professor Wellman is known for his eccentric style of teaching and is author of many books and articles on Sociology and particularly the Sociology of the Internet. "He has an extensive website with many of his publications availalbe for reading: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/" Page Info (in Firefox) says it was written on July 1, 2003. Let's ignore the inaccuracies in this (mostly by omission) -- and I dispute "eccentric teaching". What gets me is that this entry is IDENTICAL to the entry on me in Wikipedia, including the mispelling of "availalbe" [sic]. Page info is no help, as it says June 6, 2005 but I first encountered the Wikipedia entry many months ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Wellman I don't know who copied from whom first, but I don't see either of the entries acknowledging the other. Strikes me that plagiarism lurks here. Or, am I just an old fuddy-duddy who was taught (by Tom Lehrer) that the difference between plagiarism and research is a citation footnote. 2. On a totally other subject, I hope to see some of you in Milan at the Communities & Technologies conference. At least at the banquet and at our session on June 15th. 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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RE: [Air-l] Podcasting
by Heidelberg, Chris 15 Oct '05

15 Oct '05

Hello Folks! I am currently a PhD student researching the "Edutainment& Convergence: How entertainment techniques can be utilized in higher education?" I am conducting my research from the reverse notion of interviewing media professionals on the topic instead of educators. However, since this is qualitative research, I am interested in actually transforming my dissertation into a documentary and part blog which I have already started. I am interested in how I can tie in learning theory, simulation and gaming theory. I am really interested in interviewing a gaming producer or two. Since I am a television/film producer/director by trade I am a novice in higher education, so I am hoping not to upset to many people with my hybrid research methods of IM, email and actual interviews. I can use some advice. Chris A. Heidelberg III PhD student Department of Higher Education Morgan State University Motion Picture Producer/Director Social Security Adm. Baltimore, Md 410-965-8536 -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of T. Kennedy Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:31 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Podcasting Hello Folks! I am teaching a Cyberculture course this spring, and the next topic of discussion concerns Blogs - I will also be talking about videoblogging, mobblogging and postcasting. I am wondering if anyone can point to research about Podcasting - or using podcasting in the classroom? Having said that - is anyone interested in posting a podcast on their blog (perhaps a commentary about podcasting in the classroom) so that my students can visit it on Tuesday and listen to it? It would be great if someone (or more) could do this. It would be a great experience for my students. Please email me off list tkennedy(a)netwomen.ca Thanks so much! ******************************************** Tracy L. M. Kennedy PhD Candidate - Department of Sociology Graduate Fellow - Knowledge Media & Design Institute Research Associate - NetLab - Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 725 Spadina Ave. Toronto, ON M5S 2J4 tkennedy(a)netwomen.ca www.netwomen.ca www.kmdi.utoronto.ca/collaborative ******************************************** _______________________________________________ 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: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop
by Jeremy Hunsinger 03 Oct '05

03 Oct '05

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <holtslander(a)sask.usask.ca> > Date: September 28, 2005 7:33:45 PM EDT > To: schoolforge-discuss(a)schoolforge.net > Subject: [school-discuss] $100.00 laptop > Reply-To: schoolforge-discuss(a)schoolforge.net > > > Came across these sites: > > haven't noticed this being discussed here. > > A $100.00 dollar laptop running linux - intended for education in the > developing world - and likely very practical for the developed > world to. > > http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ > http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1935&tag=nl.e589 > > prototype to be released at World Summit on the Information > Society (WSIS) > http://www.itu.int/wsis/ in November. > > It looks like it is intended to support tablet style use (in > addition to a > keyboard)- so one can use it without using a keyboard. This opens > many > avenues. > > Gord > -- > Gordon J. Holtslander / Dept. of Biology > holtslander(a)sask.usask.ca / University of Saskatchewan > tel 306 966-4433 / 112 Science Place > fax 306 966-4461 / Saskatoon, SK Canada > / S7N 5E2 > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers

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role playing in MUDs
by Antonella Mascio 02 Oct '05

02 Oct '05

Dear all, I'm starting to study the role palying in MUDs. Do you know if there are some interesting MUDs to visit? And do you know if there are some studies on this topic? thank you very much lella

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Re: [Air-l] Question: Did we abandon Birds of a Feather?
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

There are scattered rooms available during the conference with no sessions in them. Please feel free to use those for these meetings. Most rooms are also available lunchtimes (except for the 2-3 roundtables going on). /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 18:35:54 -0400 >From: Theresa Senft <tqs1450(a)nyu.edu> >Subject: [Air-l] Question: Did we abandon Birds of a Feather? >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Quick Question: > >Are we doing Birds of a Feather meets this time in Chicago? > > I was thinking about organizing an ad hoc get together or folks >interested in performance theory and internet studies (including but >also *beyond* identity issues) but couldn't find anywhere on the >wiki to propose such a thing. > >Apologies if the BoAF issue was talked to death on the list earlier >this year and abandoned as a possibility for Chicago. It certainly >wouldn't be the first time I thought it would be cool to do something >and found out that pink was no longer the new black. Or something. > >Thanks in advance for helping the clueless, see you in Chicago and >THANKS to the organizers for what looks to be a great program! > >Best, >Terri Senft > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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/ ---------------------------------------- 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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Question: Did we abandon Birds of a Feather?
by Theresa Senft 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Quick Question: Are we doing Birds of a Feather meets this time in Chicago? I was thinking about organizing an ad hoc get together or folks interested in performance theory and internet studies (including but also *beyond* identity issues) but couldn't find anywhere on the wiki to propose such a thing. Apologies if the BoAF issue was talked to death on the list earlier this year and abandoned as a possibility for Chicago. It certainly wouldn't be the first time I thought it would be cool to do something and found out that pink was no longer the new black. Or something. Thanks in advance for helping the clueless, see you in Chicago and THANKS to the organizers for what looks to be a great program! Best, Terri Senft

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AOIR 6.0 need a roommate
by Irina Shklovski 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Hi, Sorry to send this to the general list instead of just posting this to the wiki, but the conference is really soon and the person who had promised to share my hotel room has has to cancel for personal reasons. I can not afford staying in the hotel room all by myself so this is a little plea to find someone to share a room with ASAP. Please contact me if interested, I have a room reserved at the Mariott already. Thanks! Irina

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[Fwd:IAMCR Announcing the International Researchers Charter
by Michel J. Menou 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

-------- Original Message ------ (apologies if you receive this more than once; please feel free to disseminate) Below is an initiative from some colleagues engaged with the ongoing World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) processes now ongoing, and culminating in the Phase II Summit in Tunis on November... This is part of our own Communication Rights initiatives to greater access of all to knowledge... ======== ANNOUNCING THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS' CHARTER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) is planning to launch the Charter below in Tunis, after having announced it in its prepcom3 side-event. We are seeking YOUR SUPPORT either as an individual, an NGO, a family or a caucus to support the Charter and to broadcast it as widely as possible. Please take some time to read the principles and their implementation and then go to the following address for endorsement : http://www.PetitionOnline.com/iamcr/ For any more information you can contact the IAMCR-WSIS taskforce or go the site < iamcr.net> Divina Frau-Meigs and Marc Raboy, coordinators of the IAMCR-WSIS taskforce Text of charter below: The International Researchers¹ Charter for Knowledge Societies < an IAMCR contribution to the WSIS < Worldwide, research activity is confronted by diminishing budgets and increasing control of output by a variety of actors including governments, while researchers are being submitted to unprecedented and deleterious changes in their status, salaries and the independence of their investigations. The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has helped to foster discussion worldwide on the need for unhindered and equal access to the means of communication and information content. The importance of information arising from high quality research in the humanities and the sciences has not, however, been sufficiently emphasized during the Summit. It has not emphasized the central role played by researchers in producing information, in promoting a better understanding of media and ICT systems and their content and functions, and in developing culturally relevant content and fostering communication in support of the attainment of inclusive and people-centred Knowledge Societies. Therefore, the International Association for Media and Communications Research (IAMCR) calls upon researchers worldwide to subscribe to the following Researchers¹ Charter principles and recommendations for action: Charter Principles: 1. Researchers worldwide constitute a community of scholars that is central to the development of societies in which knowledge, information and culture are produced and appropriated in the service of humankind and in which researchers are entitled to seek, retrieve, receive and distribute information freely, regardless of geographical borders and the medium used, supported by information exchange enabled by ICTs; 2. Researchers¹ work should be conducted in working conditions which acknowledge that research is crucial to knowledge production and intellectual development and that researchers¹ contributions to knowledge are significant in achieving a better understanding among peoples, cultures and disciplinary traditions; 3. Researchers should be entitled to intellectual freedom and to transparent evaluation of their results by independent, legitimate public bodies; to express themselves as freely as possible without censorship or curtailment of the distribution of their intellectual outputs using all media and ICTs so as to maintain and expand the global public domain of research and to foster the capacity to contribute to cultural diversity, as well as to ensure informed participation by all citizens in social, cultural and economic activities, thereby promoting a democratic environment at all levels and in all contexts; 4. The results of publicly funded research should remain in the public domain so as to support the development, education and welfare of the general population; public archives, libraries, repositories of content and other Internet and information services worldwide should be accessible to researchers without barriers to access; 5. The universal free exchange among researchers of intellectual work should be regarded as being of critical importance to maintaining a democratic order; it is integral to capacity building for equitable development, to overcoming differences in gender and training, particularly with respect to women and junior researchers especially in developing countries, and in accessing other resources essential for development; it must be regarded as a common good and nurtured as a participatory and collective process involving a network of distributed intellectual work that contributes to lifelong capacity-building in all realms of human activity; 6. Culturally appropriate learning and research practices should be developed to foster community-based self-supporting systems of research; to promote open, collaborative and self-organizing publishing models and software development methods that are accessible to researchers and available in not-for-profit databases, libraries and archives; thereby supporting researchers as content producers and as active participants in the open access paradigm of knowledge creation and exchange, as outlined in various initiatives.[1] <#_ftn1> Implementing the Charter: a. IAMCR invites all researchers, including educators and computer and information science professionals, to adhere to the above principles, by signing this Charter. b. IAMCR invites researchers to strengthen opportunities for cooperation and exchange and to foster communication with all sectors of society with the aim of promoting greater understanding of the role and relevance of research and knowledge and their wide dissemination in society, by mobilizing decision makers worldwide to develop clear policies to implement the above principles. c. IAMCR recommends the establishment of an independent international Researchers¹ Complaints body where researchers can lodge complaints about violations of the above principles and receive an unbiased hearing; such a body should have a mandate to make cases public and to publicise university administrations and governments that violate these principles. Signing this Charter: IAMCR invites the world¹s leading bodies that support these principles and individuals to sign this Charter at http://www.PetitionOnline.com/iamcr/ and to disseminate this Charter widely. Contact: divina.frau-meigs(a)univ-paris3.fr [1] <#_ftnref1> Budapest Open Access Initiative (http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/www/?issue=4 ), Berlin Declaration (http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html ), Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/ ), Open Courseware Initiative (http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html ), IFLA Internet Manifesto (http://www.ifla.org/III/misc/im-e.htm) etc. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/115 - Release Date: 29/09/2005

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