January 2006 - 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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Internet adoption rates by country and age: data sources?
by catherine middleton 08 May '06

08 May '06

Hello all, I'm looking for internet adoption rates on a national basis, breaking out adoption patterns by age. Any suggestions as to where to find these data would be most appreciated. I don't have a specific list of countries I'm interested in, at this point I'm just trying to see what is available. I am aware of the OECD and ITU internet adoption data, but as far as I know neither provides a breakdown by age of adopter. For anyone interested in this in the Canadian context, these data are found in the Household Internet Use survey, conducted by Statistics Canada from 1997-2003. It tracks household adoption only, so the age data refers to the age of the head of household rather than to individual adopters. Thanks for your help. catherine middleton cmiddlet(a)ryerson.ca

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RCCS: Call for Book Reviewers
by david silver 12 Apr '06

12 Apr '06

RCCS: Call for Book Reviewers The following books are available for review for the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies < http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/booklist.asp >. If you are interested in reviewing one of the books, PLEASE READ the instructions below. *** The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship John Willinsky MIT Press, 2006 Applied Ethics in Internet Research Ed. May Thorseth Norwegian University of Science and Technology University Press, 2003 Architecture's New Media: Principles, Theories, and Methods of Computer-Aided Design Yehuda E. Kalay MIT Press, 2004 The Cinema Effect Sean Cubitt MIT Press, 2004 Close Reading New Media: Analyzing Electronic Literature Eds. Jan Van Looy & Jan Baetens Leuven University Press, 2003 Computer Mediated Communication: Social Interaction and the Internet Crispin Thurlow, Laura Lengel, & Alice Tomic Sage, 2004 Connected, or What It Means to Live in the Network Society Steven Shaviro University of Minnesota Press, 2003 Cornucopia Limited: Design and Dissent on the Internet Richard Coyne MIT Press, 2005 Culture + Technology: A Primer Jennifer Daryl Slack & J. MacGregor Wise Peter Lang, 2005 Cyberarts 2004: International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica Hannes Leopoldseder, Christine Schopf, & Gerfried Stocker Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2004 Cyberscience: Research in the Age of the Internet Michael Nentwich Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2003 The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society Jan A G M van Dijk Sage, 2005 The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace Vincent Mosco MIT Press, 2005 Disability and Contemporary Performance: Bodies on Edge Petra Kuppers Routledge, 2003 Double Click: Romance and Commitment Among Online Couples Andrea J. Baker Hampton Press, 2005 Electronic Monuments Gregory Ulmer University of Minnesota Press, 2005 Eloquent Images: Word and Image in the Age of New Media Eds. Mary E. Hocks & Michelle R. Kendrick MIT Press, 2003 >From 9/11 to Terror War: The Dangers of the Bush Legacy Douglas Kellner Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003 The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology Eds. Katie Salen & Eric Zimmerman MIT Press, 2006 Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds Jesper Juul MIT Press, 2005 How Images Think Ron Burnett MIT Press, 2004 Image Ethics in the Digital Age Eds. Larry P. Gross, John Stuart Katz, & Jay Ruby University of Minnesota Press, 2003 Information Politics on the Web Richard Rogers MIT Press, 2004 The Internet Playground: Children's Access, Entertainment, And Mis-education Ellen Seiter Peter Lang, 2005 Internet Research Annual: Selected Papers from the Association of Internet Researchers Conferences, 2000-2002 Eds. Mia Consalvo, Nancy Baym, Jeremy Hunsinger, Klaus Bruhn Jensen, John Logie, Monica Murero, & Leslie Shade Peter Lang, 2004 Lara Croft: Cyber Heroine Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky; Sue-Ellen Case (Foreword) & Dominic J. Bonfiglio (Translator) University of Minnesota Press, 2005 Literate Lives in the Information Age: Narratives on Literacy from the United States Cynthia L. Selfe & Gail E. Hawisher Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004 Love Online: Emotions on the Internet Aaron Ben-Ze'ev Cambridge University Press, 2004 Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930-1970 Christophe Lecuyer MIT Press, 2005 Material Virtualities: Approaching Online Textual Embodiment Jenny Sunden Peter Lang, 2003 Media Debates: Great Issues for the Digital Age, 4th Edition Everette E. Dennis & John C. Merrill Wadsworth Publishing, 2006 Mediation and the Communication Matrix C. Kaha Waite Peter Lang, 2003 The Mirror and the Veil: An Overview of American Online Diaries and Blogs Viviane Serfaty Rodopi, 2004 My First Recession: Critical Internet Culture in Transition Geert Lovink V2_/NAI Publishers, 2004 Neo-Baroque Aesthetics and Contemporary Entertainment Angela Ndalianis MIT Press, 2004 New Media Campaigns and the Managed Citizen Philip N. Howard Cambridge University Press, 2005 New Technologies at Work: People, Screens and Social Virtuality Eds. Christina Garsten & Helena Wulff Berg Publishers, 2004 News Media and New Media: The Asian-Pacific Internet Handbook, Episode V Ed. Madanmohan Rao Eastern Universities Press, 2003 No Safety in Numbers: How the Computer Quantified Everything and Made People Risk-Aversive Henry J. Perkinson Hampton Press, 1996 Online Social Research: Methods, Issues, & Ethics Eds. Mark D. Johns, Shing-Ling Chen, & G. Jon Hall Peter Lang, 2003 Publicity's Secret: How Technoculture Capitalizes on Democracy Jodi Dean Cornell University Press, 2002 Saved From Oblivion: Documenting the Daily from Diaries to Web Cams Andreas Kitzmann Peter Lang, 2004 Shaping Things Bruce Sterling MIT Press, 2005 Soft Cinema: Navigating the Database (DVD and Book) Lev Manovich & Andreas Kratky MIT Press, 2005 The Souls of Cyberfolk: Posthumanism as Vernacular Theory Thomas Foster University of Minnesota Press, 2005 Star Trek: Technologies of Disappearance Alan N. Shapiro Avinus Verlag, 2004 Techno Fashion Bradley Quinn Berg Publishers, 2002 Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999 Clarence G. Williams MIT Press, 2003 Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Deconstructing WSIS Eds. Jan Servaes & Nico Carpentier Intellect, 2005 Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction Nick Montfort MIT Press, 2005 Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher MIT Press, 2003 Virtual Morality: Morals, Ethics and New Media Ed. Mark J. P. Wolf Peter Lang, 2003 Virtual Worlds: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cybertechnology Pramod K. Nayar Sage, 2004 Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright Control. A Public Policy Report Marjorie Heins & Tricia Beckles Brennan Center for Justice, 2005 *** Instructions for Reviewers: RCCS reviews are between 1500-2000 words and are published here: < http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/booklist.asp >. If you are interested in reviewing a book, please answer the following questions and email them to: dsilver(a)u.washington.edu 1. What is your name and, if any, title/affiliation? 2. Which book (please select one) would you like to review? 3. In the event that your selection is taken, please list 2-3 keywords that describe your interests. 4. Are you able to have a 1500-2000 word draft review of this book ready by the end of April, 2006? 5. What is your address? Thank you for your interest, david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver/ subscribe? unsubscribe? https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cyberculture-announce

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Brian Cugelman is out of the office.
by Brian Cugelman 31 Jan '06

31 Jan '06

I will be out of the office starting 30/01/2006 and will not return until 01/02/2006. For Internet or CMS matters, contact Cecile Gunera cgunera(a)unfccc.int. Sincerely, Brian -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Cugelman, Webmaster, Information Services United Nations Climate Change Secretariat bcugelman(a)unfccc.int +49 228 815 1521 http://www.unfccc.int

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Cfp (reminder): HCI Issues in Computer Games (Special issue - Interacting with Computers Journal)
by Panayiotis Zaphiris 30 Jan '06

30 Jan '06

Reminder call for papers... CALL FOR PAPERS INTERACTING WITH COMPUTERS JOURNAL Special Issue of Interacting with Computers on “HCI Issues in Computer Games” http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri/Announcements/games.html Guest Editors Panayiotis Zaphiris & CS Ang, Centre for HCI Design, City University London Introduction to special issue topic Computer Games are at the forefront of technological innovation and their popularity in research is also increasing. Their wide presence and use makes Computer Games a major factor affecting the way people socialize, learn and possibly work. Computer Games are also beginning to attract the attention of educators and education technologists. With this special issue of Interacting with Computers we wish to explore the relationship between Computer Games and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Are current HCI techniques and methodologies appropriate for designing Computer Games? Do we need new Computer Game focused HCI methods, theories and paradigms? What are the new challenges when it comes to evaluating Computer Games? This special issue of Interacting with Computers is inviting contributions from both the academic community and industry. It will focus on issues surrounding the analysis, design, development and evaluation of Computer Games and the issues surrounding them. Potential topics include (but are not limited to) the following: * Design approaches and techniques suitable for Computer Games * Usability studies regarding Computer Games * Theoretical and/or pedagogical foundations for analysing Computer Games * Within-game and/or out-game activities and their HCI analysis * Computer Games and Online Communities * Social and Cultural Issues and Computer Games * Accessibility of Computer Games * Transfer of gaming metaphors to business applications "Interacting with Computers" is an interdisciplinary journal of Human-Computer Interaction, published by Elsevier. More information about this journal can be found at: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/525445/descrip… IwC special issues contain only 5 - 6 papers, each of no more than 10,000 words (so acceptance will be fairly selective). Submission: Papers should be submitted through the manuscript management system at http://ees.elsevier.com/iwc/ by the 10th of April 2006. The style standard is that of the American Psychological Association (APA), more details about which can be obtained from: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPAFormatting.html Important dates: Full paper submission: 10th April 2006 (Monday) Response to authors: 8th May 2006 (Monday) Final version of papers: 5th June 2006 (Monday) Planned publication: September 2006 Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris (zaphiri(a)soi.city.ac.uk) and CS Ang Centre for HCI Design, City University London Guest Editors Special issue of Interacting with Computers on HCI Issues in Computer Games -- Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris Senior Lecturer Center for Human-Computer Interaction Design City University London, EC1V 0HB Tel: +44-(0)-20-7040-8168 Fax: +44-(0)-20-7040-8859 zaphiri(a)soi.city.ac.uk http://www.zaphiris.org/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 27/01/2006

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wikipedia: Congressional staffers make more than 1, 000 changes to Wikipedia (fwd)
by elw＠stderr.org 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

fascinating stuff. (forwarded from dave farber's interesting-people listserv..) --elijah ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tom Fairlie <tfairlie(a)frontiernet.net> Date: January 29, 2006 12:16:56 AM EST To: dave(a)farber.net Tom Fairlie www.stopthebuck.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Rewriting history under the dome By Evan Lehmann, Sun Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- The staff of U.S. Rep Marty Meehan wiped out references to his broken term-limits pledge as well as information about his huge campaign war chest in an independent biography of the Lowell Democrat on a Web site that bills itself as the "world's largest encyclopedia," The Sun has learned. The Meehan alterations on Wikipedia.com represent just two of more than 1,000 changes made by congressional staffers at the U.S. House of Representatives in the past six month. Wikipedia is a global reference that relies on its Internet users to add credible information to entries on millions of topics. [...] In November and December, The Sun has learned, users of the House's IP address were temporarily blocked from changing content because of violations described by the site as a "deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia." More... http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_3444567 ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as elw(a)stderr.org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/

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e-commerce and fake trust
by Frank Thomas 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Hi, The New York Times today runs two stories about the treatments of fakes by eBay http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/technology/29ebay.html http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/technology/29ebayside.html It seems that the reputation system can easily be managed in favour of sellers of fakes. So, creating reputation by a technology is not as easy as eBay pretends. A real surprise. I guess the reputation systems lacks a certain dose of social control based on actors that are outside the systems, and are nor immediate benefactors, as market organiser, seller, and buyer are. Creating fake reputation can easily be extended to stolen goods. I recently looked for a copy of a SPSS stats package and saw a SPSS version 13 with a perpetual ! licence, for below 100$. The seller only had excellent reviews. People get really inventive when they try to fraud. F. Thomas -- .......................................... Dr. Frank Thomas FTR Internet Research 93110 Rosny-sous-Bois France -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 27/01/2006

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DISABLED-FACULTY a new discussion list
by Charles Wankel 29 Jan '06

29 Jan '06

Colleagues, I have started a new discussion list for disabled-faculty and those interested in them as a research topic. DISABLED-FACULTY will be a place for networking and exchange of information on the reasonable accommodations requested by faculty at universities and other higher educational institutions in which they teach and research. Topics will include discussions of the legal and social contexts that germane issues are nested within and specific cases and situations. This discussion forum is co-sponsored by the Academy of Management HR, MED and SIM divisions. However, faculty members from all disciplines are explicitly sought to join us. To join go to: http://aomlists.pace.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=disabled-faculty&A=1 Collegially, Charles Wankel wankelc(a)stjohns.edu Disabled-Faculty List Director

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UW-Seattle Symposium on Social Movements & Online Collective Action
by Philip Howard 27 Jan '06

27 Jan '06

Dear AIR: Kirsten Foot and Deb Kaplan here at UW have put together an interesting symposium for second Friday in February. If you are in the Seattle area you are welcome to attend. Phil Howard Dr. Philip N. Howard Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Washington http://faculty.washington.edu/pnhoward/ *********************************************** UW Symposium on Social Movements & Online Collective Action Friday, February 10, 1-5 p.m. in Communication 104 Co-sponsored by the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement, the Department of Communication, and the UW Digital Media Working Group The symposium will consist of two panels with five members each, and discussion among all participants. Each panel will address a common question, with each panelist speaking 10 minutes or so from the perspective of his or her own research, followed by discussion. Schedule: 1-1:15 p.m. Overview & Introductions 1:15-2:45 p.m. Panel on Online Collective Action Moderated by Kirsten Foot, Assistant Professor, Communication What are some social strategies and digital tools that have been used effectively (in the organizers perspective) in organizing online collective action for social and/or political purposes, and what are some that have failed or backfired? Panelists: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Assistant Professor, Information School Zack Exley, former Director of Special Projects for MoveOn.org Danyel Fisher, Researcher, Community Technologies Group, Microsoft Philip Howard, Assistant Professor, Communication Clifford Tatum, PhD Candidate, Communication 2:45-3:15 p.m. Refreshments 3:15-4:45 p.m. Panel on Social Movements Moderated by Deborah Kaplan, Assistant Professor, Communication How are movements (local or transnational, progressive or nationalistic) reconfiguring the public sphere in the face of globalization and global flows of capital, cultural production, information and people? Panelists: Lance Bennett, Professor, Political Science and Communication Maria Garrido, PhD Candidate, Communication Taso Lagos, Lecturer, Communication Steve Pfaff, Associate Professor, Sociology Leah Sprain, Graduate student, Communication 4:45-5:00 p.m. Wrap-up ***************************

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