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

Re: new media and shock
by Stephanie Kent 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi all - I generally just lurk, but I was struck by a discontinuity in discussion last Thursday and think it bears on this question of becoming inured to shock. There were 6 posts on "London...the internet accounts" interspersed with 4 on "AoIR 6.0 Chicago 2005 Registration is now open", 1 each on "iCS 8.2", "Call for proposals", and "Internet and fun/joy/pleasure". In the three days since, "London" vanished, some of the other threads continued, and new ones appeared. This is no doubt the nature of most conversations on this list, and perhaps everything that could be said about shock and bearing up and giving sympathy was expressed in the comments that were posted, and/or continuation has moved to other venues. But I had some cognitive dissonance reading the disparate threads as business-as-usual went on for many (including me) while others were wondering just how "usual" their lives were going to continue to be. I'm not familiar with any of the literature on shock, but some levels or layers of protection are evident in the acts of just getting on with things, whatever those immediate things that consume us may be. At the same time, I'm aware it would also be counterproductive (at least to purposes of peace and justice) to mine the event for all its tragedy, as this would play into political efforts to cast the attack in symbolic terms that fuel nationalisms and other hatreds. Shock, by definition, puts one in a state of non-responsiveness; the challenge may be the degree to which that lack of response gets carried over or continued into the return to the mundane, especially after the state-of-shock has worn off. best, steph http://www.reflexivity.us On Jul 10, 2005, at 3:07 PM, air-l-aoir.org-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Hello all--a colleague of mine asked me if I could help him with the > following question. I'm not an authority on the Frankfurt School or > its > theorization of shock but hope that some of you out there might be. > Any > suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Ken > > > His problem/question is as follows: > > Much ink has been spilt over shock within Frankfurt School writings. A > concept clearly taken over from Simmel and Freud, shock runs to the > heart > of Benjamin's media theory. But have Benjamin and Adorno appropriated > the > term as face value without ever considering the implications of their > assertions? Adorno's thinking would seem to intimate that at some > future > date nothing will ever shock us anymore, for the body will have > developed > such a thick protective barrier that nothing harmful will ever get > through--an idea worth resisting in itself. > > Are there any sustained studies of the question of shock particularly > within the domain of media Are there any articles within media theory > that > address the matter of shock in a postmodern, digital world?

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Re: [Air-l] Invitation to review abstracts for IR7.0
by Fay Sudweeks 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

Hi Yong-Chan Could you possibly do the IR7.0 reviews assigned to you ASAP? We need your reviews to make on decisions on most of those papers. Thanks Fay ----- Dr Fay Sudweeks School of Information Technology Murdoch University Murdoch WA 6150 Australia Tel: (08) 9360 2364 Fax: (08) 9360 2941 Web: www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks Co-Chair CATaC conferences: www.catacconference.org Program Chair, IR7.0 Conference: http://conferences.aoir.org > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l- > bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Yong-Chan Kim > Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2006 5:50 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-l] Invitation to review abstracts for IR7.0 > > Hi, I can review papers on the topics that I checked below. > Thanks, > > Yong-Chan > > Yong-Chan Kim, Ph.D > Assistant Professor > Department of Telecommunication and Film > College of Communication and Information Sciences > University of Alabama > Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 > Tel) 205-348-8652 Fax) 205-348-5162 > Web) http://bama.ua.edu/~ykim > > > [v ] Communities and Communication > [ ] Digital aesthetics > [ ] Economics and Commerce > [ ] Ethics, Law, Policy > [ ] Gaming > [v ] Globalization/Localization > [ ] Histories > [ ] Identities and Diversity > [ ] Informatics > [ ] Converging Technologies > [v ] Politics/(In)Equality > [ ] Research Methods, Metrics, Approaches > [v ] Social Uses and Consequences > [ ] Surveillance, Privacy, Security > [ ] Teaching/Learning/Education > [ ] Technologies and Infrastructures > [v ] Theories/Philosophies > [v ] Health and Welfare > > Thanks! > Fay > > ----- > Dr Fay Sudweeks > School of Information Technology > Murdoch University > Murdoch WA 6150 Australia > Tel: (08) 9360 2364 Fax: (08) 9360 2941 > Program Chair, IR7.0 Conference: http://conferences.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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network size and internet use
by Barry Wellman 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

In response to Greg Elmer's Q to the list: Yes, people with larger networks do use the internet more. We have only cross-sectional data. We don't know which way the causal arrow goes -- in fact, I suspect a positive feedback loop. larger nets > more internet use more internet use > larger nets See Jeffrey Boase, et al., "The Strength of Internet Ties" on the Pew Internet website. Jan 25 2006. See also Wellman & Hogan, et al., "Connected Lives: The Project" in Patrick Purcell's new book (Springer), _Networked Neighbourhoods)_. My website/publications has links to both of these pieces. 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 -- and contribute to -- my new fun website "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________

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DOCAM '06 October 13-15, 2006 Call for proposals
by Niels Windfeld Lund 16 Nov '07

16 Nov '07

THE DOCUMENT ACADEMY INVITES: PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXHIBITS AT DOCAM 06 October 13-15th, 2006 University of California, Berkeley School of Information South Hall, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. DOCAM 06 is the fourth Annual meeting of the Document Academy, an international network of scholars, artists and professionals in various fields interested in the exploration of the document as a useful approach, concept and tool in Sciences, Arts, Business, and Society. It is organized and co-sponsored by The Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromso, Norway and School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. We are delighted to announce that the key-note speaker this year will be Professor Geoffrey C. Bowker, Executive Director for the Center for Science, Technology and Society, Santa Clara University. Professor Bowker will give his Keynote Address at the end of the conference and comment on the core questions and challenges for document research in the future. A preliminary program will be available online April 12 on the site of The Document Academy at http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/ The conference will run from Friday October 13, 9am, and end Sunday October 15 at noon. Scholars, developers, artists and practitioners working with document research and development are invited to submit proposals for full and short papers, ph.d.projectpresentations for plenary sessions or/and demonstrations and exhibits as soon as possible and not later than by May 19 2006 PLEASE OBSERVE : In order to keep the open ended discussion atmosphere of previous DOCAMs alive along with a growing number of participants, we have decided to have only plenary sessions and a relatively limited, but well selected number of presentations. For more details about submission: http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/events/docam/06/DOCAM06CFP.html Looking forward to your proposal ! Niels Windfeld Lund, Chair of The Document Academy professor, Documentation Studies, University of Tromso, Norway Currently Visiting Professor, Academic year 2005-06, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4600 mailto:Niels.Windfeld.Lund@hum.uit.no OR mailto:nwlund@sims.berkeley.edu

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FW: _ From Counterculture to Cyberculture_ excerpts online
by Holly Kruse 15 Feb '07

15 Feb '07

I was asked to forward this, and because it may be of interest to air-l subscribers, here it is... Holly Kruse holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Excerpts from Fred Turner's new cyberculture book From: "Dean Blobaum" <db(a)press.uchicago.edu> Date: Fri, September 15, 2006 9:17 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear list moderator, The University of Chicago Press has just released Fred Turner's book From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism. Turner explores the transformation of the cultural meaning of computer and network technology--from technologies of dehumanization and centralized bureaucracy to instruments of personal transformation and social revolution. Central to his story are a few influential San Francisco Bay-area entrepreneurs: Stewart Brand and the Whole Earth network. We have two excerpts from Turner's book on our website. You can read the introduction and an excerpt about the Whole Earth Catalog and the emerging digital culture. Introduction: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/817415.html Chapter 4 excerpt: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/817415.html Fred suggested we contact you about these excerpts. I hope you will find them of interest and perhaps something you can post to the AIR-L list or other venues where they will find a readership. Thanks much. -------------------------------- Dean Blobaum The University of Chicago Press: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ Publicity blog: http://pressblog.uchicago.edu/ RSS feed of new book titles: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/rss/ Email notification of new titles: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/mailnotifier/

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Limited time free access to Sage journals
by Matthew Allen 30 Oct '06

30 Oct '06

Dear all Some of you may be interested in a month's free access to Sage online journals. If so please use the information below, provided by Sage. ------ To register for your free trial today, simply click here <http://sage-news.msgfocus.com/c/1HB74VfKvyJ> . Alternatively, please email us <http://sage-news.msgfocus.com/c/1HBgSIl4si4> with the following details so that we are able to register you for the trial: First Name; Last Name; Department Institution/Organization Name; Country of Residence; Preferred Email Address; Your Profession; Name of Trial NB: Your free online access to these journals will finish on July 31st 2006. To continue to access these journals online in 2006, please encourage your institution to subscribe to the print and electronic versions using the library recommendation form <http://sage-news.msgfocus.com/c/1HBqGvqop1p> . Also of interest... Sign up for FREE online access to Volume One of new SAGE journals: Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal <http://sage-news.msgfocus.com/c/1HBAuivIlKK> - first issue July 2006 Discourse & Communication <http://sage-news.msgfocus.com/c/1HBKi5B2iu5> - first issue February 2007 Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media <http://sage-news.msgfocus.com/c/1HBU5SGmfdq> - now published ------ We are currently finalising an expanded package of journal discounts for AoIR members to Sage journals which we will announce in August. Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor in Internet Studies President Association of Internet Researchers Faculty of Media Society and Culture Curtin University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code 00301J http://smi.curtin.edu.au/NetStudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 92663166 (f)

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Second Life
by Bonnie Nardi 03 Oct '06

03 Oct '06

Hi, Does anyone know of research on using Second Life for work applications? Thanks. -- Bonnie Bonnie A. Nardi School of Information and Computer Sciences University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-3425 (949) 824-6534 www.artifex.org/~bonnie/

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Wikipedia entry cited by UK educational establishment
by David Brake 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Long-overdue recognition of its usefulness or beginning of the end of civilization? I don't want to speculate - but I certainly raised an eyebrow when I saw http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/childhood/ - the website for a 30 part radio history of childhood. It's a flagship series on Radio 4, broadcast (and produced?) by the BBC with some kind of relationship to the Open University and one of the two external links given on the site was to a Wikipedia entry. I don't know if this is a new policy from the BBC or just some web producer taking their own initiative but it's a sign of the times that this would have been considered... --- 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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Nicole Reinhold/AMS/CE/PHILIPS is out of the office.
by Nicole Reinhold 30 Sep '06

30 Sep '06

I will be out of the office starting 2006-09-29 and will not return until 2007-01-20.

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Launch Announcement: M/C Dialogue
by Axel Bruns 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 30 September 2006 M/C - Media and Culture is proud to introduce M/C Dialogue http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/ Edited by Jinna Tay Welcome to M/C - Media and Culture's latest publication, M/C Dialogue (http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/) M/C Dialogue is a site for researchers in culture and the media, and for anyone else interested in discourse, discussion, and debate about ideas, processes and people - probably, most of us! Our launch begins with a series of stimulating conversations with Adjunct Professor George Negus, Smart State Fellow Toby Miller, SBS Television Programme Executive Jane Roscoe, and Novelist/Academic Paul Magrs, each interviewed by researchers in their fields. We invite you to read their views, to post questions and comments, and to start new dialogues about their topics - we hope that together we can make this an engaging site that you will enjoy visiting and reading. Jinna Tay Editor, M/C Dialogue Axel Bruns General Editor, M/C - Media and Culture --------------------------------------------------------------------------- About M/C Dialogue M/C Dialogue (http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/about) is a peer- reviewed publication that presents accessible dialogues between prominent cultural thinkers and researchers in related fields. The tone is accessible but intelligent; informal but informed. M/C Dialogue provides the reader with an up-to-date summary of the recent work of important thinkers, as well as showing the human side of these public figures. M/C Dialogue aims to * Present an accessible introduction to the thinking of important figures in the analysis and understanding of culture * Show that ideas are always produced in a social context. The voices of theorists, producers, intellectuals or artists are not abstract and esoteric - they are embodied and tied up in emotions and interpersonal interactions. * Provide an invaluable opportunity for scholars to network with key figures in their fields, by facilitating interactions and collaborations. We welcome proposals for further interviews. If you have any upcoming events with possible interviewers & interviewees please let us know. All feedback is appreciated. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit all four M/C publications at <http://www.media-culture.org.au/>. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All contributors are available for media contacts: mc(a)media-culture.org.au. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- end -- Dr Axel Bruns, General Editor editor(a)media-culture.org.au M/C - Media and Culture http://www.media-culture.org.au/

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