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CfP: Media Events, Globalization, and Cultural Change
by Ralf Bendrath 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

-------- Original Message -------- MEDIA EVENTS, GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURAL CHANGE Friday 6th July - Saturday 7th July 2007, University of Bremen (Germany) Call for Papers Organiser: Media Sociology Group of the German Communication Association (DGPuK) and Psychology and Public Opinion Section (PPO) of the IAMCR Conference team: Nick Couldry, Andreas Hepp, Friedrich Krotz Media Events have become an important area of international media and communication studies research. The international conference "Media Events, Globalization and Cultural Change" will articulate these discussions. Topics of the conference are: - Defining and theorising media events - Exploring processes of ritualization, as worked out in and around media events - Empirical studies on media events, their globalization and change - Studies on the relation of media events and (global) popular culture - Analysing media events production and consumption - Everyday appropriation of media events - Transnational media flows, global media events and the global public sphere - Ritual media events and the changing nature of religion - The role of digital media (the internet, weblogs etc.) within media events Invited Keynote speaker include - Daniel Dayan, - Eric Rothenbuhler and - Ingrid Volkmer. For the complete call and more information please visit the conference website at: http://www.media-events-bremen07.org Please send your abstracts (not more than 300 words) to mediaevents(a)uni-bremen.de by Sunday 31st March 2007 or contact: Nick Couldry: N.Couldry(a)gold.ac.uk Andreas Hepp: Andreas.Hepp(a)uni-bremen.de Friedrich Krotz: Friedrich.Krotz(a)uni-erfurt.de -- Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp University of Bremen - Faculty of Cultural Studies Institute of Media, Communication & Information Enrique-Schmidt-Strasse, SFG 4320 D-28359 Bremen, Germany Phone: +49 (0)421 218-3046 Fax: +49 (0)421 218-7574 http://www.imki.uni-bremen.de/ http://www.medien.uni-bremen.de/

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Pew Internet Report: Social Networking Websites and Teens
by Richard Forno 08 Jan '07

08 Jan '07

Happy New Year, all. -rf Report Press Release 1-7-07 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/134/press_release.asp Social Networking Websites and Teens: An Overview 1-7-07 http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/198/report_display.asp Link to Full Report 1-7-07 http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_SNS_Data_Memo_Jan_2007.pdf

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Call for AOIR 7.0 Panelists on Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0
by Michael Zimmer 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

With the submission deadline for AOIR 7.0 approaching (Feb 1), I'm seeking colleagues to join a proposed panel on "Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0". A *draft* panel description is posted below, trying to fit with the conference theme of addressing "the (playful) blurring of boundaries online." Please e-mail me off-list if interested at michael.zimmer(a)nyu.edu. Will need a 250-500 word paper abstract prior to deadline. Thanks! -michael. ----- Michael T. Zimmer Doctoral Candidate, Culture and Communication, New York University Student Fellow, Information Law Institute, NYU Law School e: michael.zimmer(a)nyu.edu w: http://michaelzimmer.org Draft panel proposal: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0 Web 2.0 represents a (playful) blurring of the boundaries between Web users and producers, consumption and participation, authority and amateurism, play and work, data and the network, reality and virtuality. The rhetoric surrounding Web 2.0 infrastructures presents certain cultural claims about media, identity, and technology. It suggests that everyone can and should use new Internet technologies to organize and share information, to interact within communities, and to express oneself. It promises to empower creativity, to democratize media production, and to celebrate the individual while also relishing the power of collaboration and social networks. Websites such as Flickr, Wikipedia, del.icio.us, MySpace, and YouTube are all part of this second-generation Internet phenomenon, which has spurred a variety of new services and communities – and venture capitalist dollars. But Web 2.0 also embodies a set of unintended consequences, including the increased flow of personal information across networks, the diffusion of one’s identity across fractured spaces, the emergence of powerful tools for peer surveillance, and the fear of increased corporatization of online social and collaborative spaces and outputs. In Technopoly, Neil Postman warned that we tend to be “surrounded by the wondrous effects of machines and are encouraged to ignore the ideas embedded in them. Which means we become blind to the ideological meaning of our technologies” (1992, p. 94). As the power and ubiquity of the Web 2.0 infrastructure rises, it becomes increasingly difficult for users to recognize its externalities, and easier to take the design of such tools simply “at interface value” (Turkle, 1995, p. 103). Heeding Postman and Turkle’s warnings, this panel will work to remove the blinders of the unintended consequences of Web 2.0’s (playful) blurring of boundaries and critically explore the social, political, and ethical dimensions of Web 2.0.

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Re: [Air-l] air-l Digest, Vol 30, Issue 3 - Class and Community
by Diane Potts 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

Bonnie, would you mind sharing any responses you get to this post? I'm sure they would be of great value to many of us. Thanks! Diane Potts The University of British Columbia -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 1:07 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: air-l Digest, Vol 30, Issue 3 Send air-l mailing list submissions to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of air-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. social class and online community (Bonnie Nardi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 10:18:20 -0800 From: Bonnie Nardi <nardi(a)ics.uci.edu> Subject: [Air-l] social class and online community To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <15a973668f000d3bc217c8f83119ca2f(a)ics.uci.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Does anyone know of studies of social class and online communities? Any and all aspects thereof. 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/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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/ End of air-l Digest, Vol 30, Issue 3 ************************************

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Re: [Air-l] social class and online community
by David Brake 07 Jan '07

07 Jan '07

On 6 Jan 2007, at 21:06, Bonnie Nardi wrote: > Does anyone know of studies of social class and online communities? > Any > and all aspects thereof. Although this is something of a preoccupation of mine the only reference which leaps to hand is Farquharson, K. (2006) "“What Do You Do?” the Disclosure of Class Online". in AoIR 7, Brisbane, Australia. It isn't downloadable but the author KFarquharson(a)groupwise.swin.edu.au may be willing to send you her presentation and hopefully will pop up here with some of the references she used. --- 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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pls post
by Rodino, Michelle (rodinoml) 06 Jan '07

06 Jan '07

Please post: Please share this job ad with your colleagues. I'd be happy to field any questions about working at UC (michelle.rodino(a)uc.edu) but search-related questions can be best answered by Gail Fairhurst at fairhug(a)email.uc.edu. Tenure Track Assistant Professor Issues Management and Public Relations POSITION APPROVED University of Cincinnati's Department of Communication The Department of Communication at the University of Cincinnati seeks to hire a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Issues Management and Public Relations beginning Fall, 2007. The University of Cincinnati is a research-intensive institution committed to teaching excellence; the Department of Communication has an active research faculty that serves an M.A. program and a large undergraduate enrollment. Individuals will teach upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in Issues Management and Organizational Identity, Public Relations Campaigns, Public Relations Research, Organizational Communication, and courses from the area of the candidate's specialty. The individual will teach two (2) courses per quarter and be required to conduct and maintain an active research program in their area of specialty. The candidate must possess a Ph.D. in Communication and have demonstrated success in research and publication and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Please send (HARD COPY ONLY) letter of application, vita, graduate transcripts, samples of scholarly works, teaching evaluations, and names of three (3) references to: Professor Gail Fairhurst, Chair of Search Committee, Department of Communication, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 21084, Cincinnati OH 45221-0184. Applications accepted immediately and will be reviewed until position is filled. UC is an Equl Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Cincinnati 601 B Teacher's College PO Box 210184 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0184 Tel: (513) 556-4387 Fax: (513) 556-0899 michelle.rodino(a)uc.edu -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org Sent: Sat 1/6/2007 4:06 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: air-l Digest, Vol 30, Issue 3 Send air-l mailing list submissions to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of air-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. social class and online community (Bonnie Nardi) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 10:18:20 -0800 From: Bonnie Nardi <nardi(a)ics.uci.edu> Subject: [Air-l] social class and online community To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <15a973668f000d3bc217c8f83119ca2f(a)ics.uci.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Does anyone know of studies of social class and online communities? Any and all aspects thereof. 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/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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/ End of air-l Digest, Vol 30, Issue 3 ************************************

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Interesting Article on eBay Community
by Chris Modzelewski 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Hi Everyone, I just came across an interesting article about eBay's Feedback System and the dynamics of the eBay community. A business-focused article, but one with some interesting insights into eBay's community. Here's the link: http://www.forbes.com/2007/01/02/ebay-smallbusiness-feedback-ent-sales-cx_a… All the best, Chris -- Chris Modzelewski Emerging Analysis Corporation

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Kelvin Grove Urban Village design competition
by Marcus Foth 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

Kelvin Grove Urban Village design competition The Kelvin Grove Urban Village Project Team is conducting a design competition, seeking ideas and proposals for an installation (or multiple / distributed installations) at the Kelvin Grove Urban Village that will “display visual evidence of connectivity within the community”. This competition aims to attract students and professionals who have an interest in the visual and multimedia applications of Information and Communication Technology. The competition has two streams. The student stream is available for full-time or part-time Australian secondary or tertiary students and offers a prize of AUD 2,000. The open stream is available for everyone including businesses and offers a prize of AUD 5,000. The indicative budget for creation and installation is AUD 40,000. The competition commences on 1 January 2007 and closes on 31 May 2007. For further details or to obtain an entry form visit the Kelvin Grove Urban Village website. http://www.kgurbanvillage.com.au/news/design_comp/ Please consider entering this competition and please distribute widely. Thank you. Dr Marcus Foth Kelvin Grove Urban Village Information and Communication Technology Committee -- Dr Marcus Foth 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 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Room Z6-511 m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/ http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Foth,_Marcus.html

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Fw: E-Media Tidbits - Need Local Blogs? Check Out Placeblogger
by Hugemusic 01 Jan '07

01 Jan '07

For Pamela and the others interested in location-specific blogs, Placeblogger (as mentioned by Daisy) has launched. Cheers and best wishes for the New Year. Hughie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Poynter Institute" <newsletters(a)poynter.org> To: <hmusic(a)ozemail.com.au> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 8:08 AM Subject: E-Media Tidbits - Need Local Blogs? Check Out Placeblogger Poynteronline E-Media Tidbits Monday, January 1, 2007 Posted by Amy Gahran 4:33:23 PM Need Local Blogs? Check Out Placeblogger What's happening in Pearlington, Miss. or Bozenman, Mont.? Sure, you could check local news outlets -- but to get a deeper slice of life you might peruse nearby placeblogs. Finding placeblogs just got a whole lot easier. Today, Lisa Williams debuted Placeblogger (http://placeblogger.com/) , an online resource that lists and showcases placeblogs -- so far 713 from around the U.S., with a few scattered elsewhere around the globe. What's a placeblog? Williams defines (http://placeblogger.com/faq) it as "an act of sustained attention to a particular place over time. It can be done by one person, a defined group of people, or in a way that's open to community contribution. It's not a newspaper, though it may contain random acts of journalism. It's about the lived experience of a place." Her own community site for Watertown, Mass, H20town (http://www.h2otown.info/) , is an example of a placeblog. While many placeblogs focus on hyperlocal news and citizen journalism, others are more personal views about life in that town or region. Placeblogger allows you to find and list placeblogs. Each placeblog listing includes a map, link, and other information. I know Lisa is a major fan of OPML (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPML) , so expect some sophisticated feed options later from Placeblogger. Apparently, wikis will be part of the mix. And there's already a discussion forum for placebloggers. Many news organizations already offer lists of local blogs or even syndicated content from them. Also, more and more news organizations are blogging about local issues. Why not add these blogs to Placeblogger, if they're not already listed? And if you're covering unfamiliar locations, why not check for nearby placeblogs to add color and context? See Jay Rosen's Pressthink (http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2007/01/01/placeblogge…) today for more about Placeblogger.

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