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Investigacion.... existe un derecho de acceso a internet?
by Erick Iriarte Ahon 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

Nota: Pedimos disculpas si este mensaje le llega por diferentes vias, de igual modo rogamos se pueda difundir en diversos foros. Con el transcurrir de los años hemos pasado del acceso a la información, al acceso a los medios para acceder a la informacion. Del acceso a la telefonia a los conceptos de Acceso Universal y Servicio Universal. En un contexto de evolucion permanente en el cual las tecnologias van hacia la convergencia, y los procesos sociales incrementan el uso cotidiano de las TICs; en donde las politicas de TICs han logrado evolucionar a componentes de TICpD en las Políticas 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? Sea quizas un tema complejo el cual nos estamos adentrando, en donde los limites entre politica y regulación pueden difuminarse, pero esta claro que campañas por los Derechos a la Comunicacion (http://movimientos.org/derechos-comunicacion/campana.phtml) o postulados de Acceso Universal, y programas o fondos para Acceso Universal en diversos paises, asi como el denominado Fondo Digital (surgido de entre las brumas de la WSIS: http://www.dsf-fsn.org/) Nos gustaria contar con su aporte para resolver las preguntas basicas de esta investigacion: - ¿existe un derecho de acceder a internet como instrumento para acceder a la informacion? - ¿existe una obligacion por parte de los gobiernos de brindar este acceso de manera universal? Con la información recolectada elaboraremos un reporte que publicaremos en Alfa-Redi. Sus aportes sea por este foro o directamente a Alfa-Redi: enlinea(a)alfa-redi.org Saludos y gracias por sus aportes Erick Iriarte Ahon Alfa-Redi http://www.alfa-redi.org

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Communities and Technologies 2007 Update
by Charles Steinfield 22 Jul '06

22 Jul '06

Dear Colleagues, Here is the latest news regarding the upcoming Communities and Technologies 2007 conference, to be held at Michigan State University. A full call for papers is provided below, and we encourage you to share this with interested colleagues and repost where appropriate. In the latest C&T 2007 news, we are pleased to announce several invited speakers: Judith Donath, Director of the Sociable Media Group, MIT Media Lab Rob Malda and Jeff Bates, creators of Slashdot Marc Smith, Director of the Community Technologies Group, Microsoft Research. Marc will lead a workshop on "illustrating digital traces: Visualizations of patterns generated by computer-mediated collective action systems." Deadlines for submitting papers and workshop proposals are coming up soon - November 13, 2006 for papers and December 4, 2006 for workshops. We hope you will find the topics provided below to be of interest, and we look forward to welcoming you to Michigan State University for C&T 2007. with best regards, Charles Steinfield, Brian Pentland, Mark Ackermann, and Noshir Contractor p.s. we apologize for any duplicate emails resulting from our posting this to several different listservs. ----------------------------------------------- 3rd International Conference on Communities and Technologies hosted by Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan U.S.A. June 28-30, 2007 Call for Papers Conference Website: http://ebusiness.tc.msu.edu/cct2007/ Following the success of two prior conferences, we cordially invite submissions to the 3rd International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T 2007), hosted by Michigan State University. This biennial meeting serves as a forum for stimulating and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities - both physical and virtual - and information and communication technologies. C&T 2007 welcomes contributions from researchers in many fields, given the multidisciplinary and collaborative nature of inquiries into the interaction between community and technology. Past meetings have involved researchers working in such areas as computer supported cooperative work, computer supported collaborative learning, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, human computer interaction, information systems, community informatics, knowledge management, and Internet studies; across such fields as anthropology, communication, computer science, economics, geography, information studies, information systems, management science, political science, psychology, sociology, and telecommunication. The conference program includes competitively selected, peer-reviewed papers, as well as workshops, tutorials, and a small number of invited speakers. Important Dates: November 13, 2006: Paper submission deadline December 4, 2006: Deadline for submission of workshop proposals Conference Themes: There are many definitions of community. We focus on the notion of communities as social entities comprised of actors who share something in common: this common element may be geography, needs, interests, practices, organizations, or other bases for social connection. Communities are considered to be a basic unit of social experience. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) can interact with communities in many complex ways. For example, ICTs can support community formation and development by facilitating communication and coordination among members. Conversely, the lack of attention to the surrounding community context may inhibit the design and effective use of ICT innovations. Hence, new research into the creation, use, and evaluation of ICTs aimed at community support is appearing at an increasing rate. New phenomena such as blogs, podcasting, smart mobs, and the popularity of social network software illustrate some of the new areas for research into the powerful and changing connections between community and technology. Empirical, conceptual, and design contributions are invited, involving a range of methodologies and approaches. These might include application designs, innovative frameworks, case studies, ethnographies, experiments, survey research, network analyses or economic studies. Topics appropriate for submission to this conference are manifold. Examples of some of the vibrant areas of communities and technology research include, but are not limited to: * virtual community formation and development * communities of interest and practice, knowledge sharing and organizational learning * communities and innovation * community informatics * technical support for communities * innovative applications of communityware * ad hoc communities and ICTs * innovations in community technology design * system platforms for e-community research * design methods for communityware * ICTs and geographical business communities (e.g. clusters and/or regional development) * ICTs and virtual business communities * community e-commerce business models * interactions between online and offline communities * social capital, communities, and technology * communities and e-government * ethnographic and case studies of virtual communities * trust, privacy and security issues in virtual communities * communities, technology and social movements * interaction in large scale online communities * persistent conversation in technology-facilitated communities * supporting collaboration in local and distributed communities * economics of technology-facilitated communities * inter-organizational communities and technology * communities, technology, learning and education Submitting Papers and Workshop Proposals Completed and original research papers of not more 20 pages must be submitted electronically to the conference website, and will undergo a peer review process. More information is available at the conference web site. We also invite the submission of proposals for workshops, which will be held on Thursday, June 28, 2007, the first day of the conference. Workshops can be either half or full day in length and built around specific themes relevant to the conference. Workshop proposals should be 4 pages in length, and should define the theme(s) of the workshop, the main activities and goals, the background and contact information of the organizer(s), the maximum number of participants in the workshop, the means of soliciting participants, and the method of selecting participants. Proposals should also include a brief summary of no more than 150 words suitable for describing the workshop in the conference program. Proceedings The Communities and Technologies 2007 Proceedings will be published by Springer, and will be available both as a bound volume and online for global digital access. Conference Organizers and Contact Information The 2007 meeting is being co-organized by Charles Steinfield and Brian Pentland of Michigan State University, Mark Ackerman of the University of Michigan, and Noshir Contractor of the University of Illinois. Questions regarding C&T 2007 should be sent to the conference email address, which is cct2007(a)msu.edu.

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Disseminating Research Results
by Ingbert Floyd 21 Jul '06

21 Jul '06

It seems we're not getting the word out about our research enough: Dvorak, John C. Academics: Get to Work! We need sociological studies about the Net and computers. February 21, 2006. http://tinyurl.com/k7vw6 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1928970,00.asp Intro: "Universities have got to focus their attention on computers and the Internet. There are far too many understudied phenomena bubbling on the Net, and it's time for academia to wake up. Valuable time is being wasted." Ingbert Floyd PhD Student Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign -- ========================================== Check out the unofficial GSLIS Wiki: http://www.gslis.org/ Tell me what you think, if you find it useful, or if you have any ideas for how to organize it better. And if you feel comfortable doing so, I heartily encourage you to contribute content! This GSLIS is the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

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Upcoming conferences/publications of interest
by Katie Bessiere 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

I'm compiling a list of upcoming conferences or publications of interest to be sent to CIT section members of the American Sociological Association. If any of you know of any upcoming conferences that might be of interest to sociologists studying technology issues, or any publications or CFP, please send them my way so I can add them to the list! Thanks a lot! Katie

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Institute of Network Cultures Newsletter (summer 2006)
by geert lovink 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

INC Newsletter Summer 2006 The Institute of Network Cultures (INC), set up in June 2004, caters to research, meetings and (online) initiatives in the area of Internet and new media. In this newsletter: 1. MyCreativity: convention of creative industries researchers 2. Urban Screens Berlin and Urban Screens Manchester 3. Publications 4. Netporn talkshows at Impakt Festival 5. Incommunicado documentation 6. INC events calendar summer-autumn 2006 1. MyCreativity: Convention of Creative Industries Researchers Date: 17-18 November, 2006 Venue: Club 11, Post CS Building, Amsterdam MyCreativity is an international convention of creative industries researchers. The programme will kick off with an event produced by the All Media Foundation and the Sandberg Institute, titled ‘Paradise by the Laptop Light. This will take place on Thursday evening November 16 in Paradiso, Amsterdam. The next two days the convention will be held in the PostCS building in Amsterdam. This international conference will be used as a first meeting of an emerging network of researchers and creatives that critically engage with the 'creative industries' field. November 16 at Paradiso, Amsterdam: Paradise by the Laptop Light November 17-18 at PostCS, Amsterdam: MyCreativity Organisation: INC and Centre for Media Research, University of Ulster in collaboration with Sandberg Institute Amsterdam and the All Media Foundation Concept: Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter Programme: Geert Lovink, Ned Rossiter, Mieke Gerritzen and Sabine Niederer Producer: Shirley Niemans Design: Hendrik-Jan Grievink More information and registration: http://www.networkcultures.org/mycreativity MyCreativity mailinglist: http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/my-ci 2. Urban Screens BERLIN The Berlin-based IEB is working on a Berlin issue of Urban Screens, the event initiated in 2005 by the INC in collaboration with Rietveld Academy and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Curator and researcher for the 2005 project was Mirjam Struppek, Interactionfield Berlin. For the Urban Screens Berlin event, the IEB is working with curator Ingken Wagner. The Berlin edition will have a main focus on the commercial potential of urban screens, with presentations of various business models and best practices. http://www.networkcultures.org/urbanscreens/ MANCHESTER Urban Screens 2007 is a joint project of BBC Public Space Broadcasting, Cornerhouse Manchester, MDDA, and the Institute of Network Cultures. Urban Screens 2007 (Manchester, October 2007) will focus on the issues surrounding the production and display of media content for Urban Screens, as well as the adaptive reuse of 'old' content for new media. http://www.networkcultures.org/urbanscreens/ Urban Screens Mailinglist: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/urbanscreens- l_listcultures.org 3. Publications In collaboration with NAi Publishers, the INC will publish a series of books on new media theory and practice. The first book in the series is by Ned Rossiter. Ned Rossiter (2006), Organised Networks: Media Theory, Creative Labour, New Institutions, Rotterdam: NAi Publishers. The celebration of network cultures as open, decentralized, and horizontal all too easily forgets the political dimensions of labour and life in informational times. Organized Networks sets out to destroy these myths by tracking the antagonisms that lurk within Internet governance debates, the exploitation of labour in the Creative Industries, and the aesthetics of global finance capital. Cutting across the fields of media theory, political philosophy, and cultural critique, Ned Rossiter diagnoses some of the key problematics facing network cultures today. Why have radical social-technical networks so often collapsed after the party? What are the key resources common to critical network cultures? And how might these create conditions for the invention of new platforms of organization and sustainability? These questions are central to the survival of networks in a post-dotcom era. Rossiter unleashes a range of strategic concepts in order to explain and facilitate the current transformation of networks into autonomous political and cultural “networks of networks”. Ned Rossiter is senior lecturer in Media Studies at the Centre for Media Research, University of Ulster. Geert Lovink, founding director of the INC worked as a research fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, where he finished his upcoming book titled Zero Comments: Kernels of Critical Internet Culture. Zero Comments will be published by Routledge (New York) in 2007. Geert Lovink (2007). Zero Comments: Kernels of Critical Internet Culture, New York: Routledge. In Zero Comments Geert Lovink upgrades worn-out concepts and inquires the latest Web 2.0 hype around blogs, wikis and social network sites. In this third volume of his studies into critical Internet culture, Lovink develops a ‘general theory of blogging.’ Instead of celebrating ‘citizen journalism’ blogs are analyzed in their ‘nihilist impulse’ to empty out established meaning structures. Blogs bring on decay of the 20st century broadcast media, and are proud of their in-crowd mechanism of linking, tagging and ranking. The book also deals wit the silent globalization of the Net in which no longer the West but countries like India, China and Brazil are becoming the main drivers of new media culture. Zero Comments upgrades concepts such as global Internet time, tactical media, the crisis of new media arts and the problematic relationship between architecture and the Net, and ends with speculative notions on concepts such as organized networks, free cooperation and distributed aesthetics. 4. Netporn talkshows at Impakt Festival August 25, 17.00h, Central Museum, Utrecht Realcore Couch.Club More info: http://www.impakt.nl Realcore is the term journalist, musician and researcher in technology Sergio Messina has given to a new genre in online pornography. Realcore is about the attraction of reality in sexuality. By using new technologies, there has been a revolution in pornography. It’s not about an objective presentation of lust anymore, but about the subjective experience of this lust. August 26, 15.00h, Central Museum Utrecht DIY Porn Couch.Club More info: http://www.impakt.nl Internet and pornography are still two peas in a pot. But in what ways do individuals actively make use of the interactive possibilities in regard to their own pornographic experiences? At the DIY Porn couch.club at the Impakt Festival Sergio Messina and ‘Show-n-Tell’ will present their work and discuss the role of the individual in the world of online pornography. Sergio Messina is a journalist, musician and internet researcher; he is the founder of the term ‘realcore’. He will talk about DIY porn online. People create their own porn in which desire is more important than beauty, and reality is better than artifice. Porn becomes personal. ‘Show-n-Tell’ is the creator of Webaffairs, an artistic review of her experiences in the world of webcam erotica. She started out as a voyeur, but later on became a participant in this digital erotic world. A world in which individual users performed their sexual desires in front of the camera or in chats. 5. Incommunicado.05 Documentation Documentation of the Incommunicado conference (June 15-17, 2005) has recently been completed and includes audio and video files, transcriptions, photos and reports, all available online. A book has been produced at INC, including a CD-ROM with 12 hours of interviews that were conducted during the event. This publication can be ordered free of costs at INC. More information: info(at)networkcultures.org. Incommunicado: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado Incommunicado online archive De Balie (text & video): http://www.debalie.nl/dossierpagina.jspdossierid=38576 Incommunicado Reader (downloadable as a PDF): http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/ index.phponderdeelID=2&paginaID=7 Incommunicado interviews: Overview: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6 Interview with Sally Burch: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=39 Interview with Beatriz Busaniche: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=38 Interview with Enrique Chaparro: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=37 Interview with Steve Cisler: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=35 Interview with Muthoni Dorcas: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=29 Interview with Anriette Esterhuysen: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=36 Interview with Felipe Fonseca: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=34 Interview with Michael Gurstein: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=33 Interview with Ednah Karamagi: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=32 Interview with Thomas Keenan: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=30 Interview with Monica Narula: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=28 Interview with Tracey Naughton: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=27 Interview with Jan Nederveen Pieterse: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=26 Interview with Sylvestre Ouedraogo: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=21 Interview with Richard Rogers: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=25 Interview with Ned Rossiter: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=24 Interview with Shuddhabrata Sengupta: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=20 Interview with Bernardo Sorj: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=19 Interview with Ravi Sundaram: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=18 Interview with Robert Verzola: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=6&itemID=17 Incommunicado credits: http://www.networkcultures.org/incommunicado/index.php? onderdeelID=2&paginaID=3&itemID=40 Incommunicado 05 was organised by the INC, Waag Society and Sarai, and supported by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hivos and IICD. 6. INC Events Calendar summer/autumn 2006 August 25 & 26: Netporn Couch.club at Impakt (www.impakt.nl) http://www.networkcultures.org/netporn September – June: lectures Nieuwe Media in Nederland (in Dutch) In collaboration with Amsterdam Creativity Exchange (www.acx.nu) http://www.networkcultures.org/lectures October 26: Databodies event at Paradiso and De Balie, Amsterdam (www.paradiso.nl / www.debalie.nl) November 16: Paradise by the Laptop Light at Paradiso, Amsterdam November 17-18: MyCreativity at PostCS, Amsterdam http://www.networkcultures.org/mycreativity Institute of Network Cultures Amsterdam New Media Research Centre www.networkcultures.org info(at)networkcultures.org Mailing list: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/networkcultures- l_listcultures.org

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Re: [Air-l] Upcoming conferences/publications of interest
by John Postill 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

9th European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) Biennial Conference: Bristol, UK, 18-21 September 2006 Workshop 13 (W013) Understanding media practices Convenor(s) John Postill (Sheffield Hallam University) jpostill(a)usa.net Birgit Bräuchler (Asia Research Institute, NUS) birgitbraeuchler(a)gmx.net This workshop will explore the current state of the anthropological study of media practices and what directions it may take in future (An EASA Media Anthropology Network Workshop). Long Abstract In recent years, anthropologists have taken a great interest in the study of media. A plethora of ethnographic studies, three media anthropology readers, one historical survey of this research area and the EASA Media Anthropology Network are some examples of this growing interest. Although this area of research is marked by a high degree of theoretical and empirical diversity, most anthropologists working in it concentrate their efforts on the study of 'media practices', including practices of visual representation, telework, TV production and consumption, news making, radio drama, biomedicine, online dating, web forums, cyberactivism, e-government, blogging and text messaging. Drawing on these kinds of case studies, this workshop is aimed at exploring the current state of the anthropological study of media practices, and what directions it may take in future. Contributors may wish to address questions such as: What do we actually mean by 'media practices'? What are the key theoretical and methodological problems attending their study? How do different theories of practice aid or hinder anthropological analyses of media practices? In what ways do different media practices overlap with one another and with non-media practices? How can we begin to map and theorise the bewildering diversification of media practices in recent years? Chair: John Postill and Birgit Bräuchler Discussant: Mark Hobart http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa06/easa06_panels.php?PanelID=27 ------ Original Message ------ Received: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:46:07 PM BST From: "Katie Bessiere" <katieb(a)cmu.edu> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Upcoming conferences/publications of interest > I'm compiling a list of upcoming conferences or publications of interest to be sent to CIT section members of the American Sociological Association. If any of you know of any upcoming conferences that might be of interest to sociologists studying technology issues, or any publications or CFP, please send them my way so I can add them to the list! > > Thanks a lot! > > Katie > > _______________________________________________ > 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] Critical Mass - correction
by William Bain 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Thank you, note taken. I see that it's also here in two Catalan university libraries. I should be able to get to it before the summer's out. Hope so! Thanks again, William --------------------------------- Yahoo! Music Unlimited - Access over 1 million songs.Try it free.

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Computer Law Conference draft programme published
by Erick Iriarte Ahon 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

VI Computer Law World Conference We have published the draft programme for the VI Computer Law World Conference, which will take place from Wednesday 6th - Friday 8th September 2006. The programme is looking extremely good (if I may say so myself), so get going and register as soon as you can!. The programme for the GikII workshop (4-5 September) will be available shortly. Come to Edinburgh and enjoy the hospitality of the AHRC Research Centre for Studies in IP and Technology Law. Draft Program: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrb/complaw/prog.asp Workshops: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrb/complaw/gikii.asp VI Computer Law World Conference Website: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrb/complaw/index.asp Registration: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrb/complaw/reg.asp Steering Committee AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrb/ Alfa-Redi http://www.alfa-redi.org Contact Information: Andres Guadamuz: aguadamu(a)staffmail.ed.ac.uk Alfa-Redi VI World Congress: vimundial(a)alfa-redi.org

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CFP: General Online Conference, 2007
by Holly Kruse 20 Jul '06

20 Jul '06

Forwarded for Uwe (u.matzat(a)tm.tue.nl) --------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------------------------------------- 9th International GOR Conference GOR 07 GENERAL ONLINE RESEARCH '07 March, 26-28,2007 at University of Leipzig, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Organized by: German Society for Online Research - DGOF e.V. local organizers: Prof. Dr. M. Haller Prof. Dr. G.Heyer Dr. M. Welker --------------------------------------------------------------- Conference topics include theories, methods, and findings concerning social and business aspects of the Internet and mobile communication. The aim of the conference is to document the progress of Internet science, innovative developments, and practical experience. Traditionally, GOR conferences have been excellent opportunities for dialogue between: - researchers and users of Internet science - universities and companies - customers and suppliers. --------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Languages: English, German ------------------------------------- Contributions: -------------- Paper presentations, roundtable presentations, posters, and sessions can be proposed on the following topics: A: The Internet as a Research Tool Online Market Research and Social Research - Methods' Effects of Online Data Collection - Mobile Data Collection - Statistical Biases in Online Sampling - Best Practice Examples - Innovative Data Collection Tools - Online Access Panels - Quality Standards - Data Mining - Online Experiments - Mixed Mode Studies B: The Internet Measured - Indices of the Digital Divide(s) and Digital Inequality - Use of Logfiles and Databases - Indices of the Information Society - Measurement of Range of Coverage - Measurement of Online Social Networks - Diffusion of Visual Online & Mobile Communication C: The Internet in its Context Internet, Mobile Communication, and Civil Society - Online Groups & Online Communities - Social Networks and Relationships Online & Offline - Digital Inequality - E-Democracy - Internet, Social Movements, and Collective Action - Internet & Science Electronic & Mobile Business - E-Business - Evaluation of Web-Sites and E-Commerce - Mobile Commerce - Electronic Customer Relationship Management Internet & Mobile Communication in Everyday Life - Mobile & Online Entertainment - Social and Psychological Effects of Internet Use - E-Health - E- & M-Learning - New Forms and Formats: Internet-TV, Blogs, Podcasts, RSS etc. Internet & Mobile Communication in Organizations - Online Employee Surveys - Virtual Teams & Online Communities of Practice - Online Knowledge Exchange and Knowledge Management in Organizations Internet and Journalism - Search Engines, Search Strategies, and Social Outcomes - Computer Assisted Reporting - Analytical Reporting and Data-Mining - Automats, Robots, and Journalism - Text Mining and Journalism - Semantic Webs and Topic Maps - Digital Censorship ------------------------------------------------------------ We ask for 4 types of submissions. 1.) Paper Presentations ------------------------------ Paper presentations of research results include an oral presentation of max. 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion time. Selected contributions will be invited to submit their paper for publication in an international English language conference proceedings' volume or in an international English language journal. 2.) Posters ----------------------------- Posters will be discussed at fixed times. The best poster(s) will be awarded by an independent jury. Prize total: EUR 500,-. 3.) Complete Session Proposals ----------------------------- There is the opportunity to propose a group of (3-5) interrelated paper presentations within one session. 4.) Roundtable presentations ----------------------------- These short oral presentations of 10 minutes include work in progress reports. 3-5 related reports will be discussed at one Roundtable. Workshops ----------------------------- There will be tutorial workshops covering key methods of Internet Science. The workshops will take place March 26, 2007. Participation in workshops is not free of charge and the number of participants will be limited. Registered visitors of the conference have priority. More information is available at http://www.gor.de. Exhibition Stand Space: ---------------------------------- Companies will have the opportunity to book exhibition stand space for presentations of products or services. More information is available at office(a)dgof.de. Social Events and Membership Meeting: ----------------------------------------------------------- The traditional early-bird-meeting will take place in the evening of March 26, 2007. During this meeting visitors and participants will have the opportunity to socialize with colleagues and meet with other researchers. On Tuesday 27th March 2007, there will be a social event in the evening which will include dinner and dancing. During the conference there will be a meeting of the members of the German Society for Online Research. The members will receive additional information about the meeting at a later date. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Submission Guidelines -------------------------------- If you would like to contribute to the conference by presenting a paper, roundtable report, a poster, or a complete session please submit (an) abstract(s) electronically no later than: September 30th 2006 to: http://www.gor.de Abstracts should contain no more than 350 words. The abstract has to be written in English language. An additional German language version is appreciated, if possible. Authors may present in English or German. In any case the transparencies of the paper presentaions have to be in English language. Abstracts can be only submitted via the Web-based online tool located at the GOR-Website. All abstracts will be reviewed by an international board (see www.gor.de) Authors will receive notification of acceptance by: November 30, 2006. The preliminary program will be posted by January 1st, 2007 at the following URL: http://www.gor.de Accepted oral presentation transparencies or Power-Point files in English are to be sent by February 17th 2007. -------------------------- Conference Fees: -------------------------- Conference fees include tax, conference materials, two lunches, conference dinner, drinks and snacks during breaks. Researchers: 180 Euros Students: 90 Euros Presenting participants: 145 Euros (first authors only) Commerical participants (e.g. company representatives, free- lancers, consultants): 465 Euros Participants living in the EU will have to pay full conference fees in advance. Other participants may pay their fees on the conference date at the venue. Day tickets are not available. DGOF members are subject to a 20% conference fee reduction (membership application forms can be found at: http://www.dgof.de/Texte/dgof_antrage.pdf) Early registrants (excluding DGOF members), who register before January 20, 2007 receive a fee reduction of 15%. For first authors there are special deadlines for registration: After notification of acceptance (Nov. 30, 2006) first authors can register immediately. First authors who register no later than December 15, 2006 receive a fee reduction of 15% (not valid for DGOF members). First authors have to register no later than December 31, 2006. Registration for all other participants will begin on January 1st 2007. Further detailed information will be posted continually at the following URL: http://www.gor.de ------------------------------ Important deadlines: ------------------------------ 09/30/06 Deadline for abstract submission 11/30/06 Feedback on acceptance / Registration of authors begins 01/01/07 Preliminary program will be published / General registration begins 03/26/06-03/28/06 Conference + workshops ----------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of contacts: Conference Website, Abstract submission, Workshops: http://www.gor.de Business activities & any further questions: office(a)dgof.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================= Uwe Matzat Sociology Section Department of Technology Management Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands --------------- phone: + 31 40 247-8392 email: u.matzat(a)tm.tue.nl http://www.tue-tm-soc.nl/~matzat/ =======================================

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Re: [Air-l] Critical Mass
by William Bain 19 Jul '06

19 Jul '06

Could I just briefly note on Denise N. Rall's mention of Stephen Ball's _Critical Mass_ that judging from comments on the book on the Web it seems impossible for it to be off topic. We are indeed all connected. I recently read Michael Whitworth's _Einstein's Wake_ and think it well worth a look in terms of the common metaphors of "science" and "letters" (or "art" or whatever opposite suits). I hope soon to get to _Critical Mass_ Thanks for the post! William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

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