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Statistics Canada - General Social Survey: The Internet and the way we spend our time
by Mark Bell 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Folks, This was posted on Canoe.ca today: "Heavy Internet users are different 2006-08-02 09:40:00 OTTAWA (CP) - There's a new study that says heavy Internet users lead a considerably different lifestyle than people who do not surf the web. Statistics Canada says it found that heavy Net users spent less time to socializing with their spouse or partner, or their children and friends. And they tended to stay at home, showing less interest in outdoor activities than non-users." Rest of article: http://money.canoe.ca/News/Sectors/Entertainment/2006/08/02/1715240-cp.html More information about the study can be found here: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060802/d060802a.htm Happy reading, M -- 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

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Re: [Air-l] Online Survey Reviews
by Porsche VanBrocklin-Fischer 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Try these online survey resources: Best, S. J., and Kruger, B. S. (2004). Internet Data Collection. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Baker, LC, M. Kate Bundorf, Sara Singer, and Todd H. Wagner. 2003. “Validity of the Survey of Health and Internet and Knowledge Network’s Panel and Sampling”. Stanford, CA: Stanford University; 2003. Couper, Mick P., Michael W. Traugott, and Mark J. Lamais. 2001. “Web survey design and administration”. Public Opinion Quarterly. 65 (2): 230 (24). Dillman, Don, A. 2000. Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. NY, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Evans, Joel R. and Anil Mathur. 2005. “The Value of Online Surveys”. Internet Research. 15(2):195-219.If you need more, let me know. Porsche VanBrocklin-Fischer Doctoral StudentDepartment of SociologyWayne State UniversityDetroit, MI > From: charlie(a)balch.org> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:39:04 -0500> Subject: [Air-l] Online Survey Reviews> > I'm looking for references that review/compare Internet survey delivery> systems. Either there are few or none of these references or I can't figure> out the syntax for a search. I'm aware that Reips recently posted an> indication that he intends to create such a resource.> > Can anyone suggest some good articles that review Internet survey delivery> systems?> > Thanks,> Charlie Balch> LSU Doctoral Candidate, Instructional Technology (in dissertation hell)> Arizona Western College, Professor CIS (my first day is in two weeks)> http://charlie.balch.org> mailto:charlie@balch.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/ _________________________________________________________________ Try Live.com: where your online world comes together - with news, sports, weather, and much more. http://www.live.com/getstarted

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Re: [Air-l] Citing Podcasts
by Richard Berry 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

I've cited a few Podcasts and I agree it would be useful to have an agreed approach but I'd suggest that whilst Podcasts are usually downloaded via an aggregator (such as iTunes or juice) the file will not stay in the xml feed for long and for citation you'd need to link to the actual mp3 file. Inline citation should include the date or episode number for easy reference, e.g "DSC391" and so on cheers Rich Richard Berry Community Radio Project Manager Admissions Tutor: BA (Hons) Media Production (TV & Radio)and BA (hons) Broadcast Journalism The Media Centre University of Sunderland http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/radio http://www.radiostudiesnetwork.org.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Halavais <halavais(a)gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2006 8:27 pm Subject: [Air-l] Citing Podcasts > On 8/1/06, David Brake <d.r.brake(a)lse.ac.uk> wrote: > <snip> > > Negroponte, N. (2006) "Ted Talk: Nicholas Negroponte". in New York, > > February, 2006, http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/ > > > > But that doesn't tell you it is a podcast and crucially it doesnt > > tell you that the part I cited is 5 minutes, 42 seconds in. This > > useful guide to Harvard citation > http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/> using/harvard_system.html > says BS:5605:1990 http://www.mamc.ac.in/ > > British.pdf doesnt include recommendations for electronic > sources. Is > > there an advanced Harvard Style Lab somewhere coming up with > > standards for this stuff? What would you do? Should I just make > up my > > own style? > > > > I think that David's question worthwhile, and it comes up in citing > blogs and other electronic media as well. In fact, we have earlier > threads here, I believe, about whether citations to web sites should > be by site, or by individual page, or some other indicator. > > I think what is most important about a citation is findability. So, > generally, if I can find the resource at a URL, I'll list the URL. But > given the capriciousness of URLs, more information is often needed as > a "backup," if this original citation fails. > > For net resources I *expect* are likely to change, I have often > considered citing a copy of the page archived by the Internet Archive, > or my archived copy of the page. Or, alternatively, provide a link to > a copy of the bibliography that can be automatically or manually > updated. If the latter were used, it could also provide something like > a trackback mechanism to do links forward. > > - Alex > > > -- > // > // This email is > // [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. > // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. > // > // Alexander C. Halavais > // Social Architect > // http://alex.halavais.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/ >

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citing a podcast
by David Brake 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

On 1 Aug 2006, at 21:01, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: >> Negroponte, N. (2006) "Ted Talk: Nicholas Negroponte". in New York, >> February, 2006, http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/ >> >> But that doesn't tell you it is a podcast and crucially it doesnt >> tell you that the part I cited is 5 minutes, 42 seconds in. > I think that David's question worthwhile, and it comes up in citing > blogs and other electronic media as well. In fact, we have earlier > threads here, I believe, about whether citations to web sites should > be by site, or by individual page, or some other indicator. > > I think what is most important about a citation is findability. So, > generally, if I can find the resource at a URL, I'll list the URL. But > given the capriciousness of URLs, more information is often needed as > a "backup," if this original citation fails. > > For net resources I *expect* are likely to change, I have often > considered citing a copy of the page archived by the Internet Archive, > or my archived copy of the page. Or, alternatively, provide a link to > a copy of the bibliography that can be automatically or manually > updated. If the latter were used, it could also provide something like > a trackback mechanism to do links forward. These are interesting issues as well, but not really what I was asking. My problem is that the electronic resource in question is not a web page but a podcast. It is in this case as likely to be permanently available as a web page would be but in other cases with podcasts the only way to provide a URL would be to open the RSS feed and look for the address of the MP3 file there and some podcasts don't retain complete archives (does archive.org try to archive all old podcasts?). It also seems to me important to indicate that the reference is internet-distributed audio not a web page and, as mentioned above, it seemed to me it would be best to have some standard way to indicate that the particular text cited came a certain part of the way in (just as one might do with a page number in a book or journal article). --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)

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statscan study
by Barry Wellman 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

Folks, It's bad enough when reporters and blogs comment on press releases, but I'd hope that participants in the Assoc of Internet RESEARCHERS list would RTFS itself before posting comments on this list. Not the 1/2 page newspaper report, and not even the few-page statscan media summary. Especially as the report is available for free download at www.statscan.ca Having said that, I'll make the following points (and have made them in 2 media interviewers already: a) It's not my (or NetLab's) study, but a lead researcher asked me to be available yesterday for media commentary. (First I heard of the study, btw, so I had to do some quick reading). b) correlation NE causality. c) internet pop is demographically different than non-users (altho study does use MCA to control for some differences). I would have liked to have seen an apples-apples comparison: e.g., middle-aged married men with young kids. THis may explain some of the lesser housework results. d) Heavy users are defined as TWO (not 1) hours in the past 24 hours. (i.e., a previous poster got this wrong.) e) Statscan used standard time-budget / time-use methods, including asking for primary and secondary activities (i.e., schmoozing with spouse while net surfing). f) I agree that there is a tilt towards ignoring the socializing part of internet use, altho towards the end, the authors do say that the largest chunk of use is email, IM, chat, etc. g) But as one reporter (www.globeandmail.com) just asked me, is the nature of online socializing similar to F2F. h) There may be a Zen half-full / half-empty effect. For example, heavy users do an adjusted 33 minutes less of housework and somewhat less HH socializing. OTOH, our Connected Lives paper shows that "only" 36% of the folks we studied have any stress about their spousal unit being online too much (and most of this that stress is minor). So is it the similarity or the difference that should be emphasized. I expect Tracy Kennedy will use CL data to delve into this more in the next year. But please RTFS before commenting. This ain't a research-free blog. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 You're invited to visit & contribute to the new version of "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________

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mea culpa 1, not 2
by Barry Wellman 03 Aug '06

03 Aug '06

When I took my own advice, and ReRTFS, I realized that the heavy user cutoff point was one hour (as someone posted), and not two. Also, what none of us noted, is their three-way categorizing problably underestimates heavy user effects -- if it had been 2 or 4 hours/day instead of 1. (remember this is home use). There are also boundary problems inevitable with an categorizing scheme (as compared to regression): 59 minutes equals lite use, while 61 minutes equals heavy use. Apologies and goodnite. Hope to see some of you at the ASAs in Montreal next week, especially the CITASA section (Comm & Info Tech). Please say Hi. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 You're invited to visit & contribute to the new version of "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________

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Professionalization Website
by Jonathan Sterne 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hi Everyone, As job season approaches, it's time for me to make an annual announcement: Since 1999, I have been maintaining a collection of web pages that provides links to useful resources for people on the academic job market and junior scholars. It is mainly geared toward critical communication studies but some resources will be more broadly useful to people who work in other fields. You can find it at: http://sterneworks.org/Academe There are many new updates this year, including tips for academic couples hitting the market and for grad students about to make the transition to assistant professor. I am always looking for good suggestions for material to add to the site, and as you'll see, I have used it to archive some material that has been circulated in other fora. If you have a suggestion for a link or a document worth archiving, please email me at jonathan.sterne(a)mcgill.ca. Please note that I do not post or keep track of job ads, nor am I an expert on online resources for job hunters. I intend to continue building the site, so suggestions for other areas to cover would be appreciated. There are also probably typos and other small errors on the new pages that need correction. Additionally, I would be very grateful for suggestions about adding more Canadian content to the site, as it began in the U.S. and I want to serve Canadian students as well. Please reply off-list. Thank you. Sincerely, --Jonathan -- Jonathan Sterne, Associate Professor Director, Graduate Programme in Communication Studies Department of Art History and Communication Studies Arts Building, W-225 McGill University 853 Sherbrooke St. W. Montreal, QC Canada H3A 2T6 jonathan.sterne(a)mcgill.ca [001] 514-398-5852 (office) [001] 514-398-7247 (fax) office location: W-280 Arts (3rd floor, west wing) http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/programs/ahcs/ http://sterneworks.org

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Re: [Air-l] drugging oz
by Fay Sudweeks 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

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Re: [Air-l] Statistics Canada - General Social Survey: The Internetandthe way we spend our time
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Reading 'The Daily' -- the statscan report -- rather than the media account, it seems to me there are a number of places where the write-up is causing confusion. Two things in particular stand out -- the use of "the day" appears to mean literally the one day asked about, not a general measure of daily activity. Respondents filled out a diary for on 24 hour period. However, to me the term 'day' means daylight/9-5 hours, and hence the report is confusing (although if you look at the questionnaire it is quite clearly the 24 hour period). The other thing is that the report implies causality, e.g., "Internet use takes away from the time that its heavy users devote to both family life and chores around the house" -- but there is no comparison of before and after, so the statement about 'taking away from' is unsubstantiated. (In my quick look at the questions, there seems to be only one question that asks about prior experience -- asking about whether people feel more rushed now than 5 years ago). It's a lesson on how to write clearly and not to go beyond the interpretations possible from the data collected. I think it is also worth looking at the results themselves to get the best view of the work. /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 10:08:32 -0500 >From: "Ledbetter, Andrew Michael" <aledbett(a)ku.edu> >Subject: Re: [Air-l] Statistics Canada - General Social Survey: The Internet andthe way we spend our time >To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >I'm particularly concerned by the study's operationalization of heavy Internet users as "those who spent more than one hour on the Internet during the day" for personal reasons---though I appreciate the study's attempt to at least separate personal use from work/school use, I wonder if that is really possible for a group such as students, who tend to multitask online (even beyond students, how commonly do people write an e-mail or IM while also "studying" or "at work"? How was this accounted for in the study, if at all?). > >And I'm even more troubled by the study's seeming assumption that Internet use cannot yield satisfying and meaningful relational interaction. Since results found that most heavy users spend their time using the Internet engaged in interpersonal and group communication, and talked on the phone more, and were less stressed... might one conclude that the study's heavy users are connected, media-savvy extraverts who lead richly satisfying and stress- reducing social lives? > >Andrew M. Ledbetter >Ph.D. Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant >Department of Communication Studies >University of Kansas >________________ >_______________________________________________ >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/ ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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InSITE 2007 Initial Call for Papers and Reviewers
by Rosemary Agbonlahor 02 Aug '06

02 Aug '06

Hello all. List members might be interested in this CFPs. Apologies for crosspostings. Best wishes, Rosemary --------------- Rosemary Agbonlahor, PhD Africa Regional Centre for Information Science 6 Benue Road, University of Ibadan ================================================== Informing Science & IT Education Conference http://InSITE.nu InSITE 2007 J u n e 22 - 25, 2 0 0 7 Faculty of Economics University of Ljubljana Slovenia InSITE (Informing Science + IT Education) conference solicits papers in any area that explores issues in effectively and efficiently informing clients through IT (information technology) and papers on IT education. Some of the areas that can be covered under the two proposed guidelines are: Business Intelligence, Business Process Management, Communications, Communicating Meaning, Community and Society, Computer Science, eCommerce, Education, Government, Information Science, IT, Journalism, Justice and Law, Mathematics, Philosophical Issues, Psychology, Sociology, Working Together. It will be useful to review papers presented at previous conferences. They can be found at http://proceedings.informingscience.org Submission Deadline November 30, 2006 Send questions to the organizers at: Organizer(a)InSITE.nu Submission Instructions The language of the conference is English. All papers will be double-blind reviewed by six or more reviewers. At least one reviewer will be external to the conference. All papers must be original, unpublished, and not currently under review by any other publication or conference. By submitting the manuscript for consideration, authors stipulate that they hold the copyright to the manuscript and, upon acceptance, transfer it to the Informing Science Institute. Authors also agree to assume all liability in case of copyright dispute. Highly rated papers will be published in an Informing Science Institute journal. All other accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Following are the specific requirements for each type of submission: Research Papers should be submitted as complete papers (8-15 pages). Include a description of the context of use, the clients involved, the problem, and the proposed solution, if appropriate. Original thinking is valued. Interactive Paper, Discussion Paper, and Practical Papers. Shorter papers (at least 8 pages) are also welcome. These let you share the ideas you have developed to date and receive constructive feedback. Panel Discussions. Include a detailed description of the topic and identify four or more panelists who have agreed to register for the conference. Format Instructions 1. See http://InSITE.nu/ for complete, detailed formatting details. 2. Strip from the submission the author's name(s), affiliations, and any other information that identify the authors. This allows your manuscript to be blind reviewed. 3. Manuscripts submissions are accepted only in RTF and Word .doc format via the website http://submit.InSITE.nu 4. Authors may appear on up to two papers. 5. For accepted paper to appear on the program and in print, at least one author must pay the registration fee by March 15, 2007. InSITE: Where Parallels Intersect Please Volunteer to Review Submissions Volunteer your expertise as a paper reviewer for the Informing Science + IT Education Conference. Sign up at the following URL: http://volunteer.InSITE.nu Reviewers receive a reduction in their conference registration fee. Co-organized by Faculty of Economics University of Ljubljana Slovenia Conference Chairs Mojca Indihar Stemberger Maks Tajnikar, Dean of the Faculty Organizing Committee Peter Trkman (chair) Peter Baloh, Ales Popovic ADVISORY COMMITTEE Marko Bajec, Vesna Bosilj-Vuksic, Matjaz B. Juric, Zlatko Kovacic, Dusan Lesjak, Bob Travica Local Affairs Director Monika Lapanja Organized by the Informing Science Institute Eli Cohen and Elizabeth Boyd Organizers(a)InSITE.nu Slovenia - in the heart of Europe InSITE 2008 will be hosted by American University in Bulgaria & the Bulgarian State Institute of Library and Information Technologies Tentatively: June 24-27, 2008

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