July 2006 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Changes to AoIR membership system
by Matthew Allen 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Dear list members I write to inform you that, as from July 1, AoIR will be handling membership in a slightly different way than previously. These changes will assist us in more efficiently managing memberships, more effectively retaining and recruiting members and thus materially aid the financial security of your Association. The changes have been thoroughly debated by the Executive over several months and have been agreed as the best way forward for the Association. I would especially thank Monica Murero, our Treasurer, for all her hard work in getting this new approach together, as well as Alex Halavais, Systems Administrator, for his technical systems work. Both have been assisted by Secretary Irene Berkowitz. There are two key features to the new approach. 1) Membership will now be based on an annual renewal date. In other words, a year's full membership will commence on 1 October each year, and end on 30 September each year. A member's 'annual renewal date' will, therefore, be 30 September every year, regardless of when they join. Every year in October members will be able to renew their membership for another year. New members who join from 1 July 2006 to 31 May 2007 will have an expiry date of 30 September 2007; 1 June 2007 to 31 May 2008 will expire at 30 September 2008 and so on. 2) Membership will now also be included with every AoIR conference registration. If a conference registrant is not a member, they will become one up until 30 September of the following year. If a conference registrant is already a member, they will receive an extension on their current expiry date. People who are not attending the conference will, of course, continue to be able to join or renew their membership in the normal manner through direct payment to AoIR of the relevant membership fee. In the next 2-3 months, leading up to the conference, we will be reviewing and developing our membership benefits. We will also be finalising the automated system by which payments for membership will generate immediate access to the AoIR website for members. I look forward to providing further information about the benefits of AoIR membership (and the benefits that members provide to the Association) at a later date. Yours Matthew Allen President of AoIR Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://smi.curtin.edu…> +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aoir.org/>

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Re: [Air-l] CMC, ICT, digital communication
by Betty Hanson 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

I am searching for a label for ethnic communities that are created by either the Internet or satellite television. Does anybody have any idea what encompassing term I could use here. Virtual ethnic communities would apply only to the Internet. Betty Hanson At 12:00 PM 7/24/2006, Mark Bell wrote: >Folks, > >As far as I have been told, CMC is an outdated term. One professor told me >it was archaic and vague - asking if we should also refer to "pen mediated >communication". There certainly is a lot of research into how we communicate >in the digital, multi-channel, immersive environment, so we should have a >unifying term. > >It sounds like we need a new term but I agree digital communication and ICT >are far too broad. The work I am doing with Wikipedia is definitely >stigmergic in nature (or at least I hope to prove it is) but that is very >different from IM or email. > >M > > >On 7/24/06, Martin Garthwaite <marting(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Jillana, > > > > I would agree, if you look at a time line, I remember reading about CMC > > over > > 15 years ago, and I'll go out on a limb here and say that quite a lot of > > the > > research on CMC was done pre-mass adoption of Internet. So services like > > CompuServe, CIX and AOL that provided walled gardens that were not > > originally part of the Internet. CMC also referred to mailing lists like > > this one, e-mail, usenet groups, all these systems were pre-html > > technologies. > > > > ICT appears to me to be a catch all term, and I find digital communication > > a > > little ambiguous. > > > > Martin. > > m.k.garthwaite(a)lse.ac.uk > > MSc candidate media@lse > > > > On 7/24/06, Jillana Enteen <jillana(a)jillana.net> wrote: > > > > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I'm trying to sort out the differences in etymology and meaning > > > between CMC, ICT and digital communication. I'm having a hard time-- > > > other than recognizing the academic/educational basis for ICT and its > > > roots in IT, it seems to me that these terms are used interchangeably. > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > best wishes, jillana > > > Jillana Enteen > > > jillana(a)jillana.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Martin Garthwaite > > > > +447957 764819 > > +4420 7871 9656 (Skypein - call me and wherever in the world I am I'll > > either talk to you or get a voice mail) > > Skype id mgarthwaite1330 > > MS IM marting(a)gmail.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/ > > > > > >-- >Mark Bell >MA student in Ball State University's Digital Storytelling program >http://www.storygeek.com >"The future is here...it's just not widely distributed." - Tim O'Reilly >_______________________________________________ >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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Re: [Air-l] CMC, ICT, digital communication
by Christopher J. Richter 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

Umbrella terms can be useful in certain contexts, but virtually by definition they are also vague, ambiguous and abstract--the more so the bigger the umbrella. Ambiguity is not necessarily a bad thing (it is one basis for the effectiveness of poetry), and in any case is inevitable in communication. We can minimize it by defining how we each use a specific term in our specific writings. But as far as trying to get all the rest of us to agree on the specific correct term, or the precise meaning of such a term . . . . it may make for a good discussion process (or a flame war), but I think is unlikely to yield a product. Christopher J. Richter Assoc. Prof. & Chair, Communication Studies Hollins University P.O. Box 9652 Roanoke VA, 24020 Tel. 5403626358 Fax 5403626286 e-mail crichter(a)hollins.edu web www.hollins.edu -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ledbetter, Andrew Michael Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 12:25 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] CMC, ICT, digital communication I've struggled with the term "CMC" in my own writing. While I wouldn't agree that the term is "archaic" (as many scholars still use the term frequently), it does "feel" dated to me. Of course, that may just be my own subjective feeling. But, in my own writing, I have tried to refer to specific media as much as possible (e-mail, IM, chat, Facebook, etc.) rather than using the term "CMC"... which might be a healthy move on the whole, since we know that there are significant qualitative and quantitative differences in communication across those media, despite their common online nature. Yet, simultaneously, people sometimes seem to think about, and socially construct, online communication channels as a unified whole. Thus, it seems reasonable that we have an umbrella term to refer to such media. Recently, I have tended to use "online communication"---it is less verbose than "computer-mediated communication", seems less intrusive than an acronym, and seems broad enough to include a lot of different technologies (e.g., both Internet and non-Internet interaction, etc.). In short, it seems to get the job done all right, though I'm sure the term has shortcomings too. But of course, I'm sure appropriate terminology varies from discipline to discipline. Andrew M. Ledbetter Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant Department of Communication Studies University of Kansas ________________________________ From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Mark Bell Sent: Mon 7/24/2006 11:00 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] CMC, ICT, digital communication Folks, As far as I have been told, CMC is an outdated term. One professor told me it was archaic and vague - asking if we should also refer to "pen mediated communication". There certainly is a lot of research into how we communicate in the digital, multi-channel, immersive environment, so we should have a unifying term. It sounds like we need a new term but I agree digital communication and ICT are far too broad. The work I am doing with Wikipedia is definitely stigmergic in nature (or at least I hope to prove it is) but that is very different from IM or email. M

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MySpace one more time
by J. J. 25 Jul '06

25 Jul '06

By AUDREY McAVOY, Associated Press Writer Mon Jul 24, 3:49 AM ET The Marine Corps MySpace profile featuring streaming video of barking drill sergeants, fresh recruits enduring boot camp and Marines storming beaches underscores the growing importance of the Internet to advertisers as a medium for reaching America's youth. "That's definitely the new wave," said Gunnery Sgt. Brian Lancioni at a Hawaii recruiting event. "Everything's technical with these kids, and the Internet is a great way to show what the Marine Corps has to offer." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060724/ap_on_hi_te/marines_myspace Jarek

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CFP: Making Links Conference Sydney 14+15 Nov 2006
by Marcus Foth 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

FYI -----Original Message----- From: Jill Sergeant [mailto:JSergeant@afao.org.au] Sent: Monday, 24 July 2006 4:59 pm Hi all, Some of you will be familiar with the successful Making Links conferences in 2004 and 2005 which AFAO took a lead role in organising with other community organisations. I'm pleased to announce that we are releasing the call for papers for Making Links 2006, to be held in Sydney 14th - 15th November 2006. We have had strong participation from AFAO member organisations and other HIV / Hep C sector organisations in previous years, both as presenters and as delegates. This is a great opportunity for you, your staff and volunteers to share skills and skill up not only in IT and web development, but also in the use of IT in education and community building. We are excited about the event and expect it to bigger, better and more innovative than in past years, with a multimedia fair offering a unique opportunity to showcase interactive projects which you may have developed. Please support this event by passing this email on throughout your organisations and affiliates, by submitting proposals to present, and by encouraging and supporting your staff and volunteers to attend. Further detail in the attached media release https://fileshare.qut.edu.au/public/foth/cfp_ml2006.pdf and at http://www.makinglinks.org.au/ Jill Sergeant Website Officer Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) PO Box 51 King St Newtown NSW 2042 Ph: 02 8568 1106 Fax: 02 9557 9867 Switchboard: 02 9557 9399 www.afao.org.au -- 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 3138 8772 - Fax 8195 - Room Z6-511 http://ici.qut.edu.au/

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Re: [Air-l] CMC, ICT, digital communication (and ahem, mobile communication)
by richard-seyler.ling＠telenor.com 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hi, One thing that is classically overlooked is the electronically mediated communication via mobile devices (specifically the mobile phone). CMC excludes it specifically while when talking about ICT and really meaning computer based IP traffic, the omission is somewhat different. I know that IP based interaction is coming via mobile devices (WiFi, mobile IM, mobile e-mail, etc) but obviously I think that it is also worthwhile to consider mobile telephony and mobile text based interaction) Rich L.

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non-profit web sites
by pjo＠unr.edu 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

Hi everyone, I am seeking advice in relation to a subject that I am currently researching. I am doing a study on non-profit web sites -what are the online discourses articulated by ethnic community-based groups in the US? I have conducted interviews with webmasters. However, my colleagues are raising serious doubts about the representativeness of the information and opinions provided by the webmasters. Because of the nature of the technology they believe that the web sites and their contents are just products of webmasters and not of the entire association. In other words, if you carry out research in non-profit groups, and you conduct interviews with for example the director of the group, how representative would be her opinions in relation to those of the rest of the group? Could I take for good the contents posted on the web sites as products of the entire association? Any suggestion, advice, bibliographical reference would be much appreciate it. Thanks 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.

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Upcoming conferences/publications of interest
by Karen Pärna 24 Jul '06

24 Jul '06

The University of Amsterdam will be holding a conference that may be of ineterest to you: Changing Identities and Networks in a Digital World. 15 september 2006 - 16 september 2006. See: http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOA_6Q4DGV?Opendocument

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typos in chat
by Kris Markman 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Does anybody know (or have any guesses about) the origin of using an asterisk to denote the correction of a typo in chat (and possibly other forms of CMC)? I.e.: SIDNEY: sounds god REBECA: I feel like i have some kind of goal now! SIDNEY: good* Thanks! -Kris -- ********** ********** ********** ********** Kris M. Markman, Ph.D. Email: krism(a)alumni.utexas.net http://kris3198.home.comcast.net ********** ********** ********** **********

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rights of access to the Internet
by William Bain 23 Jul '06

23 Jul '06

Hello All, I'd like to send a question related to what Erick Iriarte Ahon (for Alfa-Redi) writes on the way the complex context of the (new) technologies appears to generate at least two questions, namely, whether there exists a right to access the Internet as an instrument to access information and whether there exists an obligation on the part of governments to offer such access in a general (universal) way. (I'm translating from his recent AIR-L contribution in Spanish: "En un contexto de evolucion permanente en el cual las tecnologias van hacia la convergencia, y los procesos sociales ncrementan el uso cotidiano de las TICs; en donde las politicas de TICs han logrado evolucionar a componentes de TICpD en las Pol?ticas de Desarrollo, y en el cual la brecha social se amplia en su componente digital (lease brecha digital), la pregunta que surge es: ?existe un derecho de acceder a internet como instrumento para acceder a la informacion?, y por ende ?existe una obligacion por parte de los gobiernos de brindar este acceso de manera universal?"). I hesitated as to whether to send my query directly to Alfa-Redi or here and finally decided on the second option. This comment involves a recent example I found of a relatively new technology, the Power Point presentation, in this case, used in conjunction with sending information to the mainstream press and to nongovernmental (perhaps paragovernmental) organizations. What I'm referring to is an article by Matthew Kalman in the _San Francisco Chronicle_ of 21 July 2006. The title of the article is enough I think to suggest the complexity of the situation: "Israel set war plan more than a year ago". In it, Kalman notes that the presentation his article refers to set out their policy in Lebanon at the present moment. The article can be retrieved by going to the _Chronicle_ website and searching by Kalman's full name or, directly, at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/07/21/MNG2QK396D1.DTL… My main question is this: the presentation the article speaks of was on precisely what the title says, "setting out the plan for the current operation [in Lebanon] in revealing detail," in the author's words. But while it was a Power Point talk given to journalists and others in positions of some authority, it seems to me that the main question is: what would happen if the presentation had been done via the Internet? Thanks to Erick Iriarte Ahon and Alfa-Redi for their project, William William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- See the all-new, redesigned Yahoo.com. Check it out.

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