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Re: [Air-l] wikipedia research?
by richard-seyler.ling＠telenor.com 08 Oct '06

08 Oct '06

There was a short presentation about the status of articles (which ones get in, which ones get selected for the daily feature article etc. at the Social Computing Seminar at Microsoft last spring. I don't recall who made the presentation but perhaps others might be able to fill in. Rich Ling -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Sam Tilden Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 6:06 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] wikipedia research? Charlie, Surely you don't mean that academic snobbery would actually defeat a path of research. Somebody actually got thrown off this list for for suuggessing it there was such a phenomena. Sam Charlie Balch <charlie(a)balch.org> wrote: I started to research the Wikipediests awhile back but did not pursue the topic as I was convinced by faculty that academic snobbery would never allow a paper to be published on this topic. It is a fascinating culture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_editor#Authorship_and_management_ proc ess As usual with Wikipedia, the information has changed since last I looked. I recall a culture that included Fairies who corrected grammatical errors quietly in the background, Police (probably not the term used) who checked for copyright infringement, vandals (also probably not the term used) who changed pages and other colorful descriptors. The times they are a changing, Charlie Balch Doctoral Candidate, Instructional Technology LSU Professor of CIS Arizona Western College -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Barry Wellman Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 2:24 PM To: aoir list Subject: [Air-l] wikipedia research? Having had several experiences with Wikipedia entries and edits this week, I am curious if anyone is doing research on: the social structure and reward structure of Wikipedists -- item enterers, editing others, administrators, etc. (I don't know the structure well enough to know the nomenclature). Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ The air-l(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(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/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ The air-l(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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back to 1984
by William Bain 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

"Might put out of a job some US national security folks I met recently whose task it is to listen to TV, read papers from the -stans (Kazakhstan, etc.)" Or it might retrain those same people & speed up those same jobs.... It looks suspiciously like hegemonically more of the same but with no "dot com bubble" on the horizon. (from my perspective of horizon) WB William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- All-new Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster.

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Fwd: [isoc-members-discuss] Educational Technology Research Symposium - Call for Papers deadline extended
by Jeremy Hunsinger 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

Begin forwarded message: > From: John Thompson <jthompson(a)adelphia.net> > Date: October 7, 2006 12:24:37 PM EDT > To: isoc-members-discuss(a)elists.isoc.org > Subject: [isoc-members-discuss] Educational Technology Research > Symposium - Call for Papers deadline extended > > Dear Colleague, > > > > Due to many requests, the Call for Papers submission deadline for the > Educational Technology Research Symposium has been extended to > October 30. > > The Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) is sponsoring its > first > annual Educational Technology Research Symposium. This two day > event will be > held February 5-6, 2007 in Austin, Texas. The Symposium is open to > everyone > - you do not need to be TCEA member to submit a paper or attend. It > will > provide an opportunity for educational technology researchers to > present > formal papers in educational technology areas. The Symposium's Web > site is > located at http://www.tcea.org/symposium/. > > You can obtain full information on how to submit your paper for > consideration at http://www.tcea.org/symposium/Papers.htm. Accepted > papers > will be published in the Conference Proceedings book and on an > accompanying > CD. Selected papers may be invited to be published in the TechEdge, > TCEA's > quarterly journal. The new deadline for submitting papers is > October 30, > 2006. > > Note: The registration fee for the Symposium also entitles you to > attend the > TCEA Annual Convention and Exposition, Into the Next Dimension, > February > 7-9, 2007 at no extra cost. Some 10,000 educators will participate > in this > convention to learn about new technologies, sharpen their skills, and > network with others interested in educational technology. > > Please forward this announcement to your friends and colleagues who > might be > interested in submitting a paper. > > Want to help? If you are willing to volunteer to be a reviewer for > conference paper submissions, please send me an e-mail at the > address below. > Full details will be sent to you. > > I hope to see you at TCEA's Educational Technology Research Symposium. > > Sincerely, > > > > John T. Thompson, Ph.D. > > Conference Chair > > thompsjt(a)buffalostate.edu > > > > > > The Texas Computer Education Association is the largest state > organization > devoted to the use of technology in education. Founded in 1980, the > organization has been very active throughout Texas supporting > instructional > technology. Go to http://www.tcea.org/ to find out more about TCEA. > > > > Mission Statement > > The Texas Computer Education Association is dedicated to the > improvement of > teaching and learning through the use of computer technology. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ISOC-members-discuss mailing list > ISOC-members-discuss(a)elists.isoc.org > http://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/isoc-members-discuss jeremy hunsinger Assistant Professor Pratt Institute www.cddc.vt.edu wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Call For Papers: Special Issue of JCMC on Social Network Sites
by Nicole Ellison 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

Hi AoIRers, Im pleased to announce that danah boyd and I will be guest editors of a special theme issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication focusing on social network sites. The call is below and online at: http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dmb/jcmc-sns/ Please note the deadline for abstracts is Nov. 28. I know many of you are working in this area, so please consider submitting. Thanks, Nicole CALL FOR PAPERS Special Theme Issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Social Network Sites: People, Practice, and Culture GUEST EDITORS: danah boyd, University of California-Berkeley Nicole Ellison, Michigan State University DEADLINES: Abstracts due: November 28, 2006 Decisions on abstracts: December 8, 2006 Full papers due: February 28, 2007 Anticipated publication: October 2007 / January 2008 FOCUS: Recently, social network sites like Cyworld, MySpace, orkut, and Facebook have captured the public's attention and attracted millions of users. Such sites typically enable individuals to create a profile that defines their online personae through the use of photographs, text, and multimedia elements. More importantly, social network sites enable individuals to articulate their social connections visibly on the site, a practice that may help individuals meet self-presentational and social goals. "Friends" links offer users a window into an emerging and fluid social landscape, allowing them to explore and interact with a larger network via profiles and the communication tools they offer. Together, profiles, traversable "friends" links, and communication tools comprise the backbone of social network sites. This special issue seeks to bring together scholarship on social network sites to highlight current understanding of the practices, implications, culture, and meaning of such sites. There are currently hundreds of social network sites, spanning a wide range of individuals, interests, and technological affordances. While the key technological features are fairly consistent, the cultures that emerge in these sites are varied. For example, music is the cultural glue of some sites, while others gather people around particular interests, such as political beliefs or pet ownership. Some sites cater to a wide variety of people, while others target people based on race, age, sexuality, religion, language, or nationality. Sites vary in the extent to which they incorporate new tools, such as mobile technologies, blogging, and photo/video-sharing. This special edition will bring together experts from the fields of information, communication, sociology, anthropology, HCI, policy, design, and education to explore the different socio-cultural practices that take place on social network sites. We are looking for papers that address social network sites from a variety of perspectives and from different methodological and theoretical traditions. Potential questions that submissions might address include, but are not limited to: What strategies do individuals use to craft an online presentation of self in a profile, and for what audiences? What privacy or other concerns emerge from use of these sites? What kinds of policy decisions and educational practices might ameliorate these concerns? Can we predict social, psychological, or other outcomes from profile and network analysis? How can "friends" networks most usefully be visualized? What can we learn from network visualizations? How does the network structure differ among sites, and what are the social and cultural implications of these differences? How does the structure of networks in these sites compare to the networks of other communities? What are the patterns of relationship development in these spaces? Do individuals use these sites to meet new people or to maintain pre-existing, offline connections? What role do race, ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexual orientation play in social network sites? While all social network sites allow participants to create a profile and publicly articulate their social connections within the system, the line between social network sites and dating sites, MMOGs, media sharing sites, blogging tools, and other social community sites can be blurry. Rather than enforcing a strict definition of what constitutes a social network site, we ask authors to explain how their site of study fits into a rubric of social network sites. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Potential authors should submit a preliminary proposal of 500 words by November 28, 2006, to danah boyd (dmb(a)sims.berkeley.edu) and Nicole Ellison (nellison(a)msu.edu) TXT, RTF or DOC formats are preferred. Proposals should indicate (a) the central research question; (b) theoretical and methodological frameworks that will be used in the analysis; (c) a preliminary sketch of what claims the author(s) expect to make; (d) the author(s) rubric of what constitutes a social network site and how their research fits into this framework. While the proposal should include which site(s) is being addressed, the author(s) can assume that the reviewers are familiar with the site. Thus, it is not necessary to describe the site in detail in the proposal. A brief author biography should also be submitted. Early submissions and questions are welcome. Authors whose proposals are accepted for inclusion will be invited to submit a full paper of roughly 7,000-9,000 words for peer review by February 28, 2007. Anticipated publication date for the special issue is October 2007 or January 2008. Since JCMC is an interdisciplinary journal, authors should plan for papers that will be accessible to non-specialists, and should make their papers relevant to an interdisciplinary audience.

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Call for papers: Privacy, Trust and Identity Issues for Ambient Intelligence (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 07 Oct '06

07 Oct '06

fyi Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:16:12 -0400 From: G. David Garson <Garson(a)social.chass.ncsu.edu> Reply-To: david_garson(a)ncsu.edu Call for Papers Privacy, Trust and Identity Issues for Ambient Intelligence Special Issue of Social Science Computer Review Call for papers: Privacy, Trust and Identity Issues for Ambient Intelligence This special issue of Social Science Computer Review will bring together a collection of high quality academic work that extends, refines and challenges our understanding of privacy, trust and identity issues related to ambient intelligence. Ambient intelligence (AmI) evokes a near future in which humans will be surrounded by 'always-on', unobtrusive, interconnected intelligent objects few of which will bear any resemblance to the computing devices of today. Devices embedded in the environment will communicate seamlessly about any number of different topics e.g. your present state of health, when you last ate. Interactions with devices and at the same time other people will become anywhere, anytime. This seamless exchange of information implicates, trust, privacy and identity issues as core variables that need to be fully understood if we are to adopt and use AmI systems. This special issue will bring together papers that investigate trust and privacy issues, theoretical and methodological approaches, policy and legal implications related to information exchange in an AmI world. Papers from a broad range of social science perspectives are encouraged. Submissions can be in the form of full papers (maximum 35 double-spaced manuscript pages including figures, tables, and references) or in the form of short reports (5 - 12 double-spaced pages). Indicative Themes Ambient intelligence, pervasive, ubiquitous computing Privacy Trust Personal identity Fraud including: hacking, data mining, storage and access related to information exchange Surveillance Theoretical and methodological approaches for studying AmI Policy and legal implications Information exchange Motivation Social implication Types of information exchange e.g. health, financial, workplace, family Submission information: Key dates: Submission of papers: 19th January 2007 Review feedback: 16th March 2007 Submission of final papers: 1st May 2007 Publication in SSCORE: Winter 2007 Procedure: Send an electronic copy of the paper, along with a cover letter, to Linda Little (l.little(a)unn.ac.uk) Word or pdf format, figures must be supplied in original file format (ex., .jpg, .eps, .tif, .png, etc.). Formatting 1. Electronic submission only 2. We must have all these elements in this order: title, authors with institutional affiliations, abstract, keyword list, body, short author bios with email contact info, references, and endnotes (if any). 3. APA style references (see the guide, above) 4. Endnotes for comments only, not citations. No footnotes at all. 5. All tables and figures must be on separate pages at the end, numbered and with captions. In the text, all tables and figures must be referred to and all must have call-outs ("[Figure 1 about here]"). 6. All figures must also be supplied in original file format (ex., .jpg, .eps, .tif, etc.). 7. All documents must be labelled with the name of the lead author. 8. Everything must be double-spaced, even references, except tables are not double-spaced. Information about Social Science Computer Review (SSCORE) The Social Science Computer Review is an interdisciplinary journal covering both social science instructional and research applications of computing as well as social science research on societal impacts of information technology. Among topics within the scope of the journal are artificial intelligence, computational social science theory, computer-assisted survey research, computer-based qualitative analysis, computer simulation, critical social theory, economic modelling, geographic information systems, instructional multimedia, instrumentation and research tools, social impacts of computing and telecommunications, software evaluation, web-based survey research, and world-wide web resources for social scientists. SSCORE is a peer-reviewed publication of Sage Publications, Inc. Now in its 24th year of publication, it features frequent symposia issues on social science disciplines, on new computer-intensive methodologies, and on the political and social impacts of computing. A World Wide Web site for SSCORE is found at the URL: http://hcl.chass.ncsu.edu/sscore/sscore.htm. Send inquiries and proposals related to this special issue to: L Little <l.little(a)unn.ac.uk> = ____________________________________ G. David Garson Editor, Social Science Computer Review NCSU Box 8102 Department of Political Science and Public Administration North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8102 For UPS and Express Mail: G. David Garson 212 Caldwell Hall / PSPA Hillsborough Street North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8102 Tel. 919-515-3067 Fax 919-515-7333 E-mail: David_Garson(a)ncsu.edu __________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-l] back to 1984
by Bram Dov Abramson 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Ralf Bendrath (bendrath(a)zedat.fu-berlin.de) 06.10.06: > Sure. The NSA even developed its own version of a "Security-Enhanced > Linux" (SELinux), which they of course have to give away under the GPL. > > See http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,53004,00.html They didn't *have* to give it away, I think (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCGPLRequireSourcePostedPublic) On the other hand, they did seem to feel that doing so corresponded to their mandate ("part of its Information Assurance mission"). cheers Bram

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Asst/Assoc Professor Position at CSU
by Dr. Jamie S. Switzer 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Assistant/Associate Professor Dept. of Journalism and Technical Communication Colorado State University Starting Fall 2007 Tenure-track appointment at the assistant or associate level in the Department of Journalism and Technical Communication. Ph. D. in communication, journalism/mass communication, or related field required, as is a demonstrated research interest in the interface between humans and information technology. Applied focus in health, environment, risk and/or science communication and the promise of attracting extramural funding preferred. Teaching experience preferred; professional experience a plus. Apply by Nov. 27, 2007, for full consideration to Search Committee Chair, Clark C-225, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1785. Colorado State University is an EO/AA employer. EO Office: 101 Student Services. ______________________________________________ Dr. Jamie S. Switzer Assistant Professor Department of Journalism and Technical Communication Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA 80523-1785 jamie.switzer(a)colostate.edu 970.491.2239 970.491.2908 fax

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call for papers
by Stephen Marmura 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Surveillance and Society Issue 5 (2/3): Smart Borders and Mobilities: Spaces, Zones, Enclosures Edited by: Louise Amoore, Stephen Marmura, and Mark Salter Publication date: September 2007 Deadline for submissions: 1st March 2007 Call for Papers The border has been called the fundamental political institution, delineating between inside/outside, us/them, safe/dangerous, known/unknown. With the increased ability of state and commercial agents to overcome and reinvent traditional sovereign lines, borders are instantiated throughout society not simply at border posts but also at airports, in databases, through international call centers, and with identity documents. Cross-border data-flows may complicate realities already identified as problematic within information-based societies. Surveillance practices in public spaces, border zones, and the workplace may become both more nuanced and more intrusive, as we see with anti-globalization protests, Schengen border zones, and in low-wage non-unionized labour shops. The tracking and identification of specific individuals or groups by government agencies may be intensified. Consumers may be increasingly subjected to 'foreign' marketing and advertising strategies not legally sanctioned within their own societies. Citizens may have data transmitted and analyzed far from the point of origin or of collection in the cases of passenger profiling or the more general war on terror. Wider and wider risk groups are being surveilled in ways that circumvent or restructure borders. Surveillance and Society is seeking papers that examine how borders produce or reinforce spaces, zones, or enclosures and the processes, structures, and institutions of control that exceed the border. The editors are interested in how the mobility of data itself is transforming, what kinds of boundaries and exceptions this produces, how this rearticulates relationships between science, law and the political, and how the border is realized via data. We are seeking both theoretical and empirical articles which illuminate this set of issues. In addition to sociology, the subject of borders and surveillance holds relevance for a wide range of academic disciplines including geography, law, cultural anthropology, philosophy, and political science. We encourage contributions which draw attention to geo-demographic, legal, cultural, ethical, technological, political and/or social-economic aspects of data-flows. Possible topics of interest include: Implications for privacy in cross-border data-flows; Effect of RFID or biometric technologies on both identity documents and border policing; Dataveillance of financial transactions by both commercial enterprises and governments; Strategies of risk displacement and risk management through knowledge-industries; International surveillance of marginal or "dangerous" populations; International comparative studies of state approaches to the governance of cross-border data; Comparisons between corporate vs. state influence over data-flows; Divergences in relevant public attitudes towards privacy and personal data flows in different countries; Parallels and anomalies concerning data-flows and international flows of goods, currency and persons. Submissions should be sent electronically to Emily Smith at <mailto:smithea@post.queensu.ca>smithea(a)post.queensu.ca by March 1st 2007 with a publication date of September 2007. We welcome full academic papers, opinion pieces, review pieces, poetry, artistic, and audio-visual submissions. Please see <http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/>www.surveillance-and-society.org for further submission guidelines.

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Posting - University of Toronto
by digicult＠utm.utoronto.ca 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

Kindly post the following position: Assistant Professor in Cultural Studies of Digital Media and Technology The Institute of Communication and Culture, University of Toronto at Mississauga (UTM) seeks applications for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor in Cultural Studies of Digital Media and Technology with an emphasis on visual culture and communication and demonstrated theoretical sophistication in cultural studies.The position entails undergraduate teaching at UTM and a graduate appointment at the St. George campus. Application deadline: November 15th. For details see: http://link.library.utoronto.ca/academicjobs/display_job_detail_public.cfm? job_id=2095. All email inquiries to: digicult(a)utm.utoronto.ca The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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Re: [Air-l] Posting to "air-l" mailing list
by tammy03＠yorku.ca 06 Oct '06

06 Oct '06

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