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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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Graffiti
by Dr. W. Reid Cornwell 08 May '06

08 May '06

Robert Gagne' in "The Physical Dimensions of Consciousness" wrote that early man was compelled to express himself with sticks in the mud. Graffiti, as irritating as it may be, is an expression of people without voice, pallet or that matter mud. Picasso was once asked, "What is Art?" He said, "Art is what the artists say is art". Graffiti may well conform to that definition and the more abrasive it is may be the message. Be it on a wall or the internet the surface is the pallet or the canvas and it is still art. The same forces that drive trivial research and papers drive graffiti in any medium. Graffiti on the side of a subway generally has a bigger audience. Reid _____ Dr. W. Reid Cornwell The Center For Internet Research P.O. Box 6369 Breckenridge, CO 720.212.0719 (phone) 970.485.5109 (mobile) <mailto:wrc@tcfir.org> wrc(a)tcfir.org http://tcfir.org

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Re: [Air-l] Online graffiti
by M.B.Gaved 08 May '06

08 May '06

I think you make some good points Jean I'd agree there feels to be a difference between a response to an existing text, and a declaration on a 'blank canvas' (reactive vs proactive?). The latter could describe scribbles on a designed graffitti space (sounds like we have examples of these existing online), or the appropriation of a currently empty space (including, I suppose, the creation of a new wiki article). The former might take the form of complete deletion of the original web text and replacement of ones own - like hacked websites of government bodies taken over to make a political message (maybe replacing a US military homepage with a text against the war in Iraq), or complete deletion of a wiki article and replacement with one's one text on the subject. However these leave no reference to the original text. Maybe to continue the metaphor of graffitti rather than complete appropriation, 'graffitti' requires that the original text or images are still visible and the additional contributions interact with the existing content? Perhaps the addition of further text in a different font and colour, or the editing of images in photoshop to provide an extra layer. Mark Mark Gaved Knowledge Media Institute The Open University -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Jean Burgess Sent: Sun 4/23/2006 12:56 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Online graffiti I think the case for the abuse of wikipedia working like graffiti only works if the metaphor is refined a bit - it's more like someone coming along to a community street mural and deliberately painting something out of step with the aesthetic and political values that have been implicitly or explicitly agreed on by the 'community' that is working on the mural. A bit different from walking up to the blank rendered wall of, say, a McDonald's and writing "ronald sucks" on it. In one case (the mural), the wall is constructed as open and 'writable' and in the second case (mcdonald's) it isn't, because of very clear binary distinctions between who owns the wall and therefore gets to paint it, and who doesn't. All of which makes wikipedia a far more interesting case, IMHO. cheers Jean Jean Burgess http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/~burgess Reviews editor, International Journal of Cultural Studies http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=196 ISSN: 1367-8779 Creative Industries Research Centre Queensland University of Technology Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059 Australia Phone: +61 7 3864 5603 Mobile: +61 401 733 755

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Some new online papers on blogs
by Mike Thelwall 08 May '06

08 May '06

There is a blog workshop at the WWW2006 conference with all papers online at http://www.blogpulse.com/www2006-workshop/program.html These are mainly quantitative approaches to blog analysis and some are only of interest to system developers but there are some interesting ones - Iranian and Chinese bloggers are both covered, and some papers show clear trends, for example about the relationship between social ties and continued blogging. My contribution is "Blogs During the London Attacks: Top Information Sources and Topics" Mike Thelwall Head, Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/ *Now funding good PhD proposals*

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Re: [Air-l] internet in movies, list so far
by Eric Goldman 07 May '06

07 May '06

Sorry to revive a dormant thread, but I think this feature by WSJ is directly on point--and gives viewers some instant gratification. http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-flash06.html?project=… Check out the comments, too. I had never seen the movie Swordfish, but the clip made me laugh out loud. Database hacking as a rockin' music video. Eric. -- Eric Goldman Marquette University Law School egoldman(a)gmail.com Personal website: http://www.ericgoldman.org Blogs: http://blog.ericgoldman.org and http://blog.ericgoldman.org/personal/ On 3/28/06, Nancy Baym <nbaym(a)ku.edu> wrote: > > Here are the movies people have recommended to me so far -- THANKS! A > few people have also recommended searching the Internet Movie > Database: http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=internet but I am > thankful for specific recommendations of movies you have actually > seen or heard about. If you can think of films not on this list, > please keep sending them! > > Closer > > Code Hunter (2002) > > Disclosure (1994)- > > eXistenZ (1999) > > Fear dot com. > > Firewall. > > Hackers (1995) > > Johnny Mnemonic (1995) > > Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) > > Lawnmower Man (1992) > > Matrix (1999) > > Matrix Reloaded (2003) > > Minority Report (2002) > > Mission Impossible. > > Must Love Dogs (2005) > > NetForce (1999) > . > Perfect Man (2005) > > "Pulse" > > Sandor/Ida (Swedish movie) > > Sneakers (1992) > > Something's Gotta Give. > > Swordfish (2001) > > Technolust > > Terminator 3! : Rise of the Machines (2003) > > The Net > > Thomas is love. > > Virtuosity (1995) > > War Games (1983) > > You've Got Mail

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mixed race communities online
by Tanja 07 May '06

07 May '06

Hi all, I'm conducting a virtual ethnography of a portal which caters for mixed race South Africans. I'd appreciate any sources which could help - particularly anything on the representation of mixed race communities online, their performance of identity in the online environment, race/ ethnicity and culture online etc. Thanks in advance! ___________________ T. E. Bosch Post-doctoral fellow Journalism Department Stellenbosch University tel: (021) 808-2625 fax: 086 688-9655 cell: 076-5749170 email: <mailto:drbosch@sun.ac.za> drbosch(a)sun.ac.za <http://academic.sun.ac.za/journalism/> http://academic.sun.ac.za/journalism/ <http://academic.sun.ac.za/journalism/bosch.htm> bosch.htm

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Leet Speak
by Gail Taylor 06 May '06

06 May '06

CNN had a guest this morning who was talking about the manner in which sexual predators are using Leet Speak in online conversations with children. This information might be of interest to those of you who are tracking the migration of leet speak from gaming environments to online conversation spaces. The person who was a spokesperson from pervertedjustice.com which maintains a web site designed to deter sexual predators. Prior to seeing the news story, I wasn't aware of the existence of this grassroot organization which is using the web site as a way to gather information to assist law enforcement agencies in identifying and arresting suspects. The information in the FAQ is quite interesting. There is information indicating this organization has been dragged into court on several occasions by citizens concerned with civil liberty violations. Interesting site from a lot of different angles. -- Gail ***************************** Gail D. Taylor, M.Ed. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant "The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take that away from you." -- B.B. King, Blues Musician

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a reader on virtual diaspora
by pjo＠unr.edu 05 May '06

05 May '06

Hi, I am looking for bibliography (particularly collection of essays or reader) on virtual/digital diasporas, or migrant communities and the use of new technologies. Any help would be really appreciated. Thank you so much, Pedro J. Oiarzabal Center for Basque Studies/322 University of Nevada, Reno NV 89557 -USA 1-775-784-4854 Fax: 1-775-784-1355 pjo(a)unr.edu http://basque.unr.edu

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Re: [Air-l] Scholarly databases for internet studies?
by Julian Hopkins 04 May '06

04 May '06

Dear Monica, I don’t know of a relevant database, but this blog (www.sixthseal.com) recounting the personal use of drugs has a wide readership and discussions in the comments. It has been going for three years and is very interesting. Recently, the Malaysian author stopped posting about drugs as he was exposed in a Malaysian newspaper as 'promoting drug use' etc. But there are still many posts available - e.g. http://www.sixthseal.com/2003/02/pill_report_white_question_mar.html#comment s Regards, ++++++++++ Julian Hopkins Lecturer - ADP HELP University College +60 3 2095 8791 x2913 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.3/331 - Release Date: 03/05/2006

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Scholarly databases for internet studies?
by Monica Barratt 04 May '06

04 May '06

Hello, I've just started my PhD and am investigating a topic a little outside my usual field - which is illicit drug studies from a multidisciplinary perspective (psych, sociology, epidemiology, public health, etc). I'm looking into online forums where drugs are discussed - the working title is currently "Exploring online drug discussion groups: the experiences and perspectives of 'networked' recreational drug users" I was wondering if there is a scholarly database specifically for internet studies, or alternatively, what databases would you recommend I access when trying to find literature pertaining to specifically to online forums (and internet studies more generally). For example, I'm looking to review methods and ethical approaches among a cross-section of studies where online forums have been used as a data source to inform my own work - I've found material by browsing relevant journals and picking up citations whilst reading more materials, but it's not particularly systematic! Thanks in advance for your assistance, monica Monica Barratt PhD Candidate National Drug Research Institute Curtin University GPO Box U1987 PERTH WA 6845 t: +61 8 9266 2735 f: +61 8 9266 1611 m: +61 407 778 938 e: <mailto:monica.barratt@postgrad.curtin.edu.au> monica.barratt(a)postgrad.curtin.edu.au

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