November 2007 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Re: [Air-L] facebook more popular than porn?
by Suely Fragoso 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Charles My strongest suspicion is that there is no correlation between these two sets of data. However, the sentence >they're too busy chatting with friends to > look at online skin. Imagine. reminded me of the many Brazilian sex professionals who have discovered the marketing potencial of Orkut. Sue >>> charles.ess(a)gmail.com 13/11/07 16:51 >>> Readers of Time Magazine must have noted the claim by Bill Tancer: > Visits to porn sites have dropped from 16.9% of all site visits in the U.S. in > October 2005 to 11.9% as of last week, a 33% decline. Currently, for web users > over the age of 25, Adult Entertainment still ranks high in popularity, coming > in second, after search engines. Not so for 18- to 24-year-olds, for whom > social networks rank first, followed by search engines, then web-based e-mail > ‹ with porn sites lagging behind in fourth. If you chart the rate of visits to > social-networking sites against those to adult sites over the last two years, > there appears to be a strong negative correlation (i.e., visits to social > networks go up as visits to adult sites go down). It's a leap to say there's a > real correlation there, but if there is one, then I'd bet it has everything to > do with Gen Y's changing habits: they're too busy chatting with friends to > look at online skin. Imagine. He's drawing on data from his own company, Hitwise - the full story is available online: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1678586,00.html thoughts and comments? - charles Distinguished Research Professor, Global Studies Center <http://www.drury.edu/gp21> Drury University Springfield, MO 65802 USA Guest Professor (fall, 2007), Department of Media Studies Department of Media Studies IT Park Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Office: (45) 8942 9219 Mobile: (45) 2986 8967 President, Association of Internet Researchers <www.aoir.org> Co-Editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire.html Co-chair, CATaC conferences <www.catacconference.org> Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php> Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23 _______________________________________________ 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/ -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivيrus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo.

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JCMC on SNSs - birth announcement
by Nicole Ellison 13 Nov '07

13 Nov '07

Hi there AOIR-ites, As promised, I'm thrilled to announce that the special issue of JCMC on SNSs edited by danah and myself is now completely online and available! I am confident that those of you who study social network sites will find something of interest among the eight articles. Please take a peek. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Special Theme Issue on "Social Network Sites" Guest Editors: danah boyd and Nicole Ellison http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/ - "Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship" by danah boyd and Nicole Ellison - "Signals in Social Supernets" by Judith Donath - "Social Network Profiles as Taste Performances" by Hugo Liu - "Whose Space? Differences Among Users and Non-Users of Social Network Sites" by Eszter Hargittai - "Cying for Me, Cying for Us: Relational Dialectics in a Korean Social Network Site" by Kyung-Hee Kim and Haejin Yun - "Public Discourse, Community Concerns, and Civic Engagement: Exploring Black Social Networking Traditions on BlackPlanet.com" by Dara Byrne - "Mobile Social Networks and Social Practice: A Case Study of Dodgeball" by Lee Humphreys - "Publicly Private and Privately Public: Social Networking on YouTube" by Patricia Lange * * * Nicole Ellison, PhD nellison(a)msu.edu

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Conference: Parliament, ICTs and Citizen Engagement (Ottawa, ON)
by Tamara A. Small 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

*Canadian Study of Parliament Group 2007 Conference: Parliament, ICTs and Citizen Engagement Friday, December 7, 2007 Ottawa, ON (Parliament Hill - Room 200, West Block)* The Canadian Study of Parliament Group annual conference will examine the impact of information and communications technologies (ICTs) on parliaments and their relationship to citizens. This conference will look at how legislators and their constituents use ICTs to communicate with each other, through e-mail, websites, blogs and other methods. It will also look more broadly at how legislatures are using technology in new and innovative ways for committee consultations, enhanced website features, and other attempts to utilize technology to connect and engage citizens in new ways. Sessions will include: . Current Uses of ICTs by Legislators . Innovations and Challenges of ICTs in Legislative Politics . Democratic Engagement Panelists include Members of Parliament, federal and provincial public servants and academics from across Canada. Darin Barney, Canada Research Chair in Technology and Citizenship, McGill University, will give the keynote address. For more information, contact the Canadian Study of Parliament Group (Tel: 613.995.2937 or e-mail: info(a)studyparliament.ca) -- Tamara A. Small, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Mount Allison University 144 Main Street, Sackville, NB E4L 1A7 Telephone: 506-364-2165 Fax: 506-364-2635 tsmall(a)mta.ca www.mta.ca/faculty/socsci/polisci/index.html

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RA post at Royal Holloway
by OLoughlin Ben 12 Nov '07

12 Nov '07

Some list members may be interested in the following: Department of Politics & International Relations (New Political Communication Unit), Royal Holloway, University of London Research Assistant Salary: £29,600 per annum, inclusive of London Weighting 1-year full-time appointment beginning 7 January 2008 Applications are invited for a Research Assistant to join a team working on an interdisciplinary project entitled, 'Legitimising the Discourses of Radicalisation: Political Violence in the New Media Ecology'. The research is funded by the Economic, Social and Research Council (ESRC) New Security Challenges Programme, 'Radicalisation' and Violence - A Critical Reassessment. You will work with Dr. Akil Awan and Dr. Ben O'Loughlin at the New Political Communication Unit, based in the Department of Politics and International Relations and with colleagues at the University of Warwick. You will identify, collate and analyse a range of online and other media content and will be expected to contribute fully to activities and dissemination organised within the remit of the project. You will have a master's degree and preferably a PhD in a relevant discipline, or equivalent research experience. Fluency in Arabic and knowledge of qualitative research methods are essential. Familiarity with media discourse analysis, Web 2.0 and some knowledge of the current security context as it relates to issues of radicalisation and the global war on terrorism would also be desirable. Further details and an application form are available from the Personnel Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, e-mail: recruitment(a)rhul.ac.uk please quote reference number AC/4886. See also http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk For informal enquiries and further information about the project contact Dr. Ben O'Loughlin on +44 (0)1784 443153 or ben.oloughlin(a)rhul.ac.uk. The closing date for applications is midday on 30 November 2007. Interviews are expected to be held on 7 December 2007. We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. ---------------------------- Dr. Ben O'Loughlin Lecturer in International Relations Royal Holloway University of London Department of Politics and International Relations Egham Surrey TW20 0EX Tel: +44 (0)1784 443153 Email: Ben.OLoughlin(a)rhul.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/politics-and-IR/About-Us/OLoughlin/ Blog: newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/npcu-blog/ Journal: Media, War & Conflict at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/mwc <http://www.sagepub.co.uk/mwc>

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NSFNET: The Partnership That Changed the World
by Richard Forno 11 Nov '07

11 Nov '07

FYI......rick http://www.nsfnet-legacy.org/event.php NSFNET Celebration The NSFNET celebration event will be held on Thursday, November 29 and Friday, November 30, 2007, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. The event will recognize the impact and achievements of the NSFNET program through presentations and panel discussions featuring individuals who worked directly on NSFNET and those whose work it benefited. The program will examine many important aspects and contributions of NSFNET, including: * The life cycle of the NSFNET program, from the ideas that influenced NSF's decision to support the deployment of a national network for research and education; the subsequent decision to transition operational responsibility for the core network to the private sector commercial Internet service providers and telecom carriers; and the decision following that to support the vBNS and related activities after 1995. * The technological advances that NSFNET facilitated. * The effects of NSFNET during its lifetime, including how it influenced norms of connectivity at supercomputer centers, campuses, and elsewhere; how it enhanced and altered scholarship; and how the issues confronted by network community during this massive growth period were managed and resolved. * The long-term contributions of the NSFNET to networking science on national and international scales. * The individual and group achievements of the people and organizations that participated in the NSFNET program. * The concept of collaborative effort between public, private, and academic institutions, which was a defining characteristic of the NSFNET program and a significant contributor to its success. * The future of high-performance networking for education, research, and industry. http://www.nsfnet-legacy.org/event.php

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website needs work
by Barry Wellman 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

I just went rambling around the AoIR website. Large chunks of it are out of date or just a stub. There is a note that there is a website working group on the site, but no mention of who they are, and the note is Iages old. This is NOT a case of I found the problem, I volunteer to fix it. Caroline Haythornthwaite and I have just spent lots and lots of time putting together the first AoIR-ICS special issue. I/we have done our share. More info on the special issue anon, when we've wrapped it up. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-7162 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days _______________________________________________________________________

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Webology: Volume 4, Number 3, 2007
by Alireza Noruzi 10 Nov '07

10 Nov '07

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 4, No. 3 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and is available ONLINE now. ------------------ Webology: Volume 4, Number 3, September, 2007 TOC: http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/toc.html This issue contains: Editorial - The International Scope of Webology -- Alireza Noruzi -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/editorial13.html ----------------------------------------- Articles - Increase of Precision on the Top of the List of Retrieved Web Documents Using Global and Local Link Analysis -- Luiz Fernando de Barros Campos -- Keywords: Link analysis; HITS; PageRank; Space Vector Model; Search engines -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/a44.html - International Actions against Cybercrime: Networking Legal Systems in the Networked Crime Scene -- Xingan Li -- Keywords: Cybercrime; Legal system; International harmonization -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/a45.html - Cybercrime and the Law: An Islamic View -- Mansoor Al-A'ali -- Keywords: Computer Crime; Computer Crime Law; Texas Law; Islamic Law; Cybercrime -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/a46.html ----------------------------------------- Book Reviews - The Information Literacy Cookbook: Ingredients, recipes and tips for success -- Jane Secker, Debbi Boden & Gwyneth Price (Eds.) -- Hamid R. Jamali -- http://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n3/bookreview7.html ----------------------------------------- Call for Papers: -- http://www.webology.ir/cfp.html ========================================= Best regards, Alireza Noruzi, PhD Editor-in-Chief of Webology www.webology.ir ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing. ~

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Call for Papers - AUSWEB 2008
by Professor Amanda Spink 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Call for Submissions - AUSWEB 2008 Australasian World Wide Web Conference This announcement is the formal call for submissions for AusWeb08. Since its inception, AusWeb has been the primary forum for Australian developers, computer scientists, educators, industry, government and cultural commentators to discuss the rapidly evolving technologies and usage of the Web. In order to contextualise and broaden this discussion, submissions from authors outside Australia are most welcome. AusWeb provides an informal and supportive environment, with the programme designed to facilitate open discussion and debate. NOTE: the AusWeb series of conferences does not require exclusive assignment of copyright by authors and full papers are refereed to DEST standards. Possible Topics For AusWeb08, we are interested in receiving submissions on all aspects of the Web. The following topics are intended to provide an indication of some of the themes which have been discussed at previous AusWeb Conferences: *Web languages, standards, formats and protocols *Web-based collaboration *Web system design and evaluation *Open source software *Application of Web technologies to education and / or training *Social and / or institutional impacts of Web-based education *eCommerce / eBusiness strategies and issues *New products / services / experiences and the Web *New Media Entertainment and the Web *The impact of the Web on society and / or government *Libraries / publishing / open access and the Web *Sociological / cultural studies of the Web *The Web as an agent of transformation *Web security We are also happy to consider submission proposals that do not fit neatly into the above topics. Please note that as this is a Web conference, the submissions will need to have a strong Web component to them. Initial Submission In order to make it as easy as possible to submit to AusWeb08, you may make your initial submission in any of the following formats HTML (preferred) or Text or RTF or Word. You do not have to comply with any particular stylesheet at the initial submission phase. If accepted, you will need to supply the final version of your submission as an HTML formatted document using the AusWeb stylesheet which will be made available from the AusWeb08 server. Refereed Full Papers Refereed full papers (3,500 to 5,000 words) are designed to allow the presentation of completed research projects, reports of innovative uses of Web technologies in universities, industry, government and cultural institutions such as libraries, archives, publishers and museums, and case histories. The AusWeb conference series is designed so that refereed full papers are eligible for inclusion in an institution's DEST statistics. This is ensured by the following practices: The conference is nationally significant, and the promotional material, the speakers and attendees and the program reflect this. o Papers are independently peer reviewed on the basis of the full paper (rather than just on an abstract) and there will be clear evidence that this is the case, ranging from statements in the promotional material to referees' comments. o The full paper will be published, not an abstract or digest. o The proceedings will be available more widely than just to conference delegates on request to the conference office. Refereeing of papers will be done by members of an expert Review Panel (including international scholars) to DEST refereed conference paper standards using a two-stage double-blind review process. We will try to make this process as quick as possible so that you have as much time as possible to produce the final version of your paper (if accepted). Because the refereeing is double-blind, please ensure that author(s) name(s) or other identifying information, including obvious self-citations, do not appear on your submission to ensure anonymity.__Refereed Full Papers are to be submitted initially to the Program Chair, Joanna Richardson <j.richardson(a)griffith.edu.au> who will then redirect them to specialist track chairs as required. Decisions will be made by the Program Committee after receipt of reviewers reports. Submissions not accepted as Refereed Full Papers may be accepted as Edited Short Papers (see below). Key Refereed Full Paper Dates On or before (early submission would be appreciated) 28th January Full paper decisions: 18th February Final, formatted papers submitted to the AusWeb server: 3rd March Papers published on the Web: 17th March Posters and Edited Short Papers We are also calling for submissions to our popular Posters stream as either traditional posters, creative 'Web-based posters' or Short Edited papers (research in progress) that the author wants to present and discuss with delegates. The Poster session (usually held on the Monday afternoon of the conference) is designed to showcase the most innovative developments on the Web from Australia and around the world. Traditional posters are typically in a large display format and designed to allow the presentation of research in progress, demonstrate pre-release software or get feedback from attendees on new ideas. Web-based posters may use social-network technology to spread and communicate their message, but will need some physical presence at AusWeb! Summary details of your poster presentations (around 250 to 500 words) and edited short papers (500 to 1500 words) of work in progress will be published on the Web, in the printed proceedings and on the conference CD-ROM. Poster and short edited paper proposals are to be submitted directly to the Poster Chair, Rod Sims <rod.sims(a)faculty.capella.edu>. Acceptance decisions will be made by the Poster subcommittee. Key Poster/Short Edited Paper Dates On for before 11th February (early submissions would be appreciated) Decisions: 18th February (decision re early submissions will be made within a week of submission) Final, formatted paper details submitted to the AusWeb server: 3rd March Post Summaries (with links) and Short Edited Papers published on the Web: 17th March (Late submissions will be considered but will only be published on the Web at the time of the conference.) Best Poster and Best Paper Awards It is an AusWeb tradition to acknowledge the best paper at each conference with the Paul Thistlewaite Award. This award consists of a certificate plus a complimentary core registration at the following year's conference. The latter is made possible by our long time sponsor Explain XML Specialists http://www.explain.com.au/ and is presented by their CEO Steve Ball. We also offer a Best Poster Award which consists of a certificate and registration for a tutorial or workshop at the following year's conference (compliments of the conference series). *************************************** Amanda Spink Research Capacity Building Professor of Information Technology Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus, 2 George St, GPO Box 2434 Brisbane QLD 4001 Australia http://www.fit.qut.edu.au Tel: 61-7-3138-9583 Fax: 61-7-3864-2703 Email: ah.spink(a)qut.edu.au Homepage: http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~spinkah/

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New Book: Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age
by Christian.Fuchs＠sbg.ac.at 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Christian Fuchs (2008) Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0415961327. 408 pages. Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society. More infos: http://fuchs.icts.sbg.ac.at/i&s.html Discussion Board on Internet+Society issues: http://www.nabble.com/Internet-and-Society-f28205.html In this book, the author develops a theory that shows how Internet has changed society and society shapes the Internet. It discusses the ecology, the economy, the politics, and the culture of transnational informational capitalism. Topics addressed in the book include: self-organization in nature, self-organization in society, foundations of social theory, theory of capitalism, critical theory in the age of the Internet, transnational informational capitalism, Web 2.0, social software, ecological sustainability and ICTs, informational monopolies, strategies of accumulation related to the Internet, MySpace, YouTube, Wikipedia, Google, Open Source, Free Software, filesharing, knowledge labor, class theory, multitude and Empire (Hardt and Negri), class theory in informational capitalism, gift internet economy, commodity internet economy, gift commodity internet economy, digital divide, eParticipation, digital democracy, democratic theory, information warfare, electronic surveillance, cyberprotest, the movement for democratic globalization ("anti-globalization"), virtual communities, social networking platforms, cyberstalking, social relations online, individualization and isolation online, Internet addiction, cyberculture, cyberethics, etc. The book provides foundations for Critical Internet Research / Critical Theory in the age of informational capitalism. -- _____________________________ Univ.Ass. Dr. Christian Fuchs Assistant Professor for Internet and Society ICT&S Center - Advanced Studies and Research in Information and Communication Technologies & Society http://www.icts.uni-salzburg.at University of Salzburg Sigmund Haffner Gasse 18 5020 Salzburg Austria christian.fuchs(a)sbg.ac.at Phone +43 662 8044 4823 Fax +43 662 6389 4800 Information-Society-Technology: http://fuchs.icts.sbg.ac.at http://icts.uni-salzburg.at/fuchs/ Managing Editor of tripleC - peer-reviewed open access online journal for the foundations of information science: http://triplec.uti.at New Book: Fuchs, Christian (2008) Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age. New York: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isb… http://www.routledge.co.uk/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?curTab…

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CFP: UNDISCIPLINED! Rigour in emerging design disciplines and professions
by Ken Friedman 09 Nov '07

09 Nov '07

Friends, Yesterday, we sent out the CFP for the next Design Research Society international conference in Sheffield. This morning, an alert reader informed me that we set the deadline for December 2008 for a conference in July 2008. Apologies! We've extended the deadline to allow people to get abstracts in following the RAE submission in the UK. The deadline is THIS December -- 2007! We hope that you will consider joining us for what promises to be a marvelous conference. Best regards, Ken Friedman Communications Secretary Design Research Society THE 2008 DESIGN RESEARCH SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE will be held in Sheffield, UK on 16-19 July 2008. In the tradition of our biennial conference series this will be a broad-ranging event open to all topics and disciplines relevant to designing. However we will have a conference theme which will inform the choice of keynote speakers and, we hope, stimulate debate: ******************************************************** UNDISCIPLINED! Rigour in emerging design disciplines and professions. ******************************************************** You can find out more at the conference website at </exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://drs2008.designinquiry.wikispaces.net/>http://drs2008.designinquiry.wikispaces.net/ Deadline for extended abstracts is 1 December 2007 If you are considering proposing a paper please join the conference announcement mail list at </exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html>http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html

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