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Re: [Air-l] Technology and Literacy text
by Heidelberg, Chris 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

Mark & Doug: Consider using the seminal work by McLuhan & Fiore, The Medium Is The Message. It is a short and quck book but it was prophetic. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Mark Warschauer Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:04 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Technology and Literacy text Doug and others--thanks for your replies. I am planning on using Gee's videogames book (cited by Doug below) and also my own book, Laptops and Literacy (coming out from Teachers College Press by the end of summer 2006, which covers use of computers in K-12 settings). I want a third book that provides an overview of the relationship between technology and literacy, probably something similar to Ilana Snyder's edited books but if possible more up to date. Thanks again-- mark >Mark, > >I'm wondering if you mean the use of technology to study literacies, >technology-supported literate activities, or techno-literacies such as >information literacy? > >Ilana Snyder has edited two collections that might be useful for a >general "technology and literacy" course that hits each of these approaches: > >_Page to Screen; Taking Literacy into the Electronic Age_ (1997) and >_Silicon Literacies; Communication, Innovation and Education in the >Electronic Age_ (2002) > >Gunther Kress's _Literacy in the New Media Age_ (2002) would be >appropriate for an advanced undergraduate course; he takes issue with >applying the "literacy" label to processes other than reading and >writing alphabetic texts, which is a key question for >technology/literacy studies. > >For an accessible text that focuses primarily on gaming (and that can >be used in a variety of interesting ways), there's Jim Gee's _What >Videogames Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy_ (2004). > >Finally, Gail Hawisher and Cindy Selfe's _Literate Lives in the >Information Age: Narratives on Literacy from the United States_ (2004). > >The above list of texts comes mostly from the fields of literacy >studies and computers and writing. > > >Doug > >Douglas Eyman, Senior Co-Editor >Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy >htp://english.ttu.edu/kairos/ > >Mark Warschauer wrote: >> Can anybody recommend a text on Technology and Literacy to be used >> for an undergraduate course on the topic to be taught in spring 2007? >> >> Thanks-- >> Mark >_______________________________________________ >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/

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AoIR 7.0 Doctoral Colloquium deadline 1 May
by Marcus Foth 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

.::. FINAL REMINDER: DEADLINE MONDAY 1 MAY .::. Call for Participation Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Annual Conference 2006, Brisbane, Australia DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM (Please forward to students you supervise, to relevant lists, and please excuse cross-postings.) The AoIR 7.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on 27 Sep 2006 where they will have a chance to present their research plans and discuss them with peers and established senior researchers. Interested students should prepare a 2 page summary of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date with a focus on issues and concerns, as well as the expectations and hopes from the colloquium. Please submit your 2 page application by 1 May 2006 to: Marcus Foth at m.foth(a)qut.edu.au Applicants will be notified of acceptance to the Doctoral Colloquium by 1 June 2006. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare an 8 page report on their research by 1 August 2006. This report is not a conference paper, however alternative publication opportunities will be discussed on the day. The report will be distributed to all Doctoral Colloquium attendees to prepare for an informed discussion, Q&A and feedback from the chairs on the day. All attendees of the Doctoral Colloquium are required to register for the AoIR conference. For further details please visit the conference website at http:// conferences.aoir.org/ or contact the convenor of the AoIR Doctoral Colloquium, Marcus Foth, at m.foth(a)qut.edu.au Chairs: Barbara Adkins, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Nancy Baym, University of Kansas, USA Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Randolph Kluver, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Host and Sponsor: Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology Best Regards, Marcus Foth -- Dr Marcus Foth BMultimedia BCompSc(Hons) MA PhD m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/ Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 3864 8772 - Fax +61 7 3864 3723 - Room Z6-511 http://ici.qut.edu.au/

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Libertarianism and Programmers / Techies
by Ericka Menchen Trevino 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

I've heard, in Lessig's book "code" and informally in conversation about the link between free-market secularism / Libertarianism and programmers / technologists. Are there good resources that addresse how this link historically evolved and why it happened? (If it, in face, did?). Ericka Menchen Trevino Graduate Student University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Communication http://blog.erickamenchen.net/

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Monica Whitty book!
by andrea baker 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hello, all, Monica Whitty's book on the psychology of internet relationships is now out through Palgrave: <http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403945144>http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403945144. Congratulations to Monica are in order! --cheers, andrea

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cyberspace romance
by mwhitty 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Dear all, I've just been persuaded to self-promote my new book, although I am quite embarrassed doing so. At any rate, for those of you who might be interested The book is titled 'Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of online relationships and is available from the publisher's website: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403945144 and can be purchased from Amazon. Here is the book's blurb: Description How do people play at love in cyberspace? How are these relationships different and similar to the way individuals initiate, develop and maintain offline relationships? Monica Whitty and Adrian N. Carr address each of these questions and argue that cyberspace should not be perceived as a conglomeration of bodiless selves. In this book, cyberspace is depicted as a potentially more playful space than the offline world. Nonetheless, despite the liberating qualities cyberspace has to offer, cyberspace can be problematic for some - especially when individuals venture too far into the realms of fantasy. Through examples of Whitty's own research on cyber-relationships, online dating, Internet infidelity, cyber-harassment, and presentation of self online, as well as drawing from other people's research, the positive and negative aspects of online relating are presented. Cyberspace Romance is an invaluable resource for anyone studying or conducting research on Internet relationships or interested in their own or others' online romances. and the Table of Contents: Contents Cyber-relationships, The Story so Far >From Courtly Love to Cyber-flirting Playing at Love: Winnicott and Potential Space Object Engagement and Dysfunctional Aspects of Relating Online Cyber-cheating: Can We Really be Liberated in Cyberspace? Deviance and Cyberspace Online Dating: Shopping for Love on the Internet Characters and Archetypes in Cyberspace Visions of the Future Kind Regards, Monica Dr. Monica Whitty Queen's University Belfast School of Psychology David Keir Building Northern Ireland BT7 1NN Phone: +44 (0)28 9097 5654 Email: m.whitty(a)qub.ac.uk http://www.psych.qub.ac.uk/staff/teaching/whitty/profile/

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concordancers
by William Bain 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hi All, I wonder if anyone could give me feedback on textworld.com's concordancer. Or would you have any other suggestions for conconrdancing and other text mining pplications. I'm mostly interested in mining large chunks (as in novels). Thanks for any help, William William Bain Graduate Student Comparative Literature Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big.

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Universities policies on blogging
by S.S.Orgad＠lse.ac.uk 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

Hello all, A colleague of mine has been given a hard time following some stuff he's posted on his personal blog (http://ringmar.net/forgethefootnotes/) He's interested to learn about universities' policies regarding personal blogging by academics. What can and cannot be said in a personal blog maintained by an academic? I'd appreciate any references you might suggest or if you know of any related cases. Thanks! Shani ******************************************* Shani Orgad, PhD Department of Media and Communications London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE United Kingdom e-mail: s.s.orgad(a)lse.ac.uk tel: +44 20 79556493 fax: +44 20 79557248 http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/whosWho/shaniorgad.htm

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DEADLINE EXTENDED Carl Couch Internet Research Award
by Mark D. Johns 19 Apr '06

19 Apr '06

DEADLINE EXTENDED CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2006 A student award competition Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies as advocated by Couch, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches and concepts and Couch's theses, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Dr. Katherine M. Clegg Smith, Johns Hopkins University Dr. Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Dennis Waskul, Minnesota State University, Mankato Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2006 meeting of the National Communication Association (NCA) San Antonio, Texas. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200 US, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100 US. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the NCA conference, November 16-19, 2006 Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark D. Johns at johnsmar(a)luther.edu. Application deadline is May 10, 2006 (extended). Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: johnsmar(a)luther.edu

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Re: [Air-l] social movements / social software
by Anastasia Kavada 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Hello all, I'm currently writing-up my PhD thesis on the use of the internet by the 'movement for alternative globalization' or anti-globalization movement as it is more widely known. I have focused on the European Social Forum, one of the main events organized every year by the movement in Europe attracting thousands of participants. I have examined the processes of mobilization, organization and collective identity formation through interviews with organizers, a content analysis of the main email lists devoted to the organizing process, as well as a survey of activists who mobilized to participate in it. One of the main patterns that seems to be emerging from this research is that the impact of email lists and the internet in general cannot be fully understood without examining their relationship and co-existence with other modes of communication and particularly face-to-face. For instance, in the European Social Forum organizing process the main decisions are taken in face-to-face, large meetings, while the internet is used to prepare for these meetings (in terms of circulating the agenda, circulating/co-writing documents for discussion, publicising the time and place of meetings and making practical arrangements for people to attend) and also circulate, discuss and challenge the decisions that have been taken. In addition, while face-to-face communication is deemed indispensable for the development of relationships of trust and solidarity (a recurrent quote is that 'you have to look people in the eyes' in order to trust them), the internet helps to maintain these links in-between physical meetings and across geographical boundaries. On a more general level, it seems that different modes of communication are better suited to different functions within the political process depending on how they configure time and space. In that respect, synchronous, oral, interpersonal communication aids the development of a sense of unity and belonging within a bounded space and time. On the other hand, asynchronous, written and more impersonal communication expands the geographical scale of social movements and helps to relax the constraints and frustrations of direct face-to-face contact, allowing a looser, more flexible structure to emerge. Of course this is a quite simplified suggestion as different applications or modes of communication display varying degrees of synchronous/asynchronous, oral/written and personal/impersonal communication. Now on the issue of mobilization, the results of my survey seem to agree with Todd's suggestion that interpersonal communication is the most important mode of communication. People attending the ESF in Paris in 2003 (my survey had 257 participants) were mobilized predominantly through face-to-face communication and then through email or email lists. Only 4% has heard about the ESF solely through the mass media and not also through a political organization, friends or relatives, the workplace or the university. (For anyone who might be interested in more info about this, I've published an article in an open-access journal, which is available here http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/pdf/Kavada.pdf) I'm really sorry for the long email, it's just so exciting to see people interested in this subject. Anastasia Kavada PhD Candidate University of Westminster Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Searching for the studies of post-adoption discontinuance
by choi2 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

I am studying communication technologies and post-adoption discontinuance for my dissertation. Even though the innovation diffusion theory, the technology acceptance model, and others has dealt with the phenomena, but empirical studies of it are quite rare except Papazafeiropoulou's and Parthasarathy's. And, I also think the conception of the discontinuance is some problematic in that it is included in the cycle of diffusion processes. I need to know some researches on discontinuance. If someone has the information regarding the topic, please email me *offlist* with references as well as comments and feedback. Thank you very much. Inho Cho (choinho(a)mail.utexas.edu) Department of Communication Studies University of Texas at Austin

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