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New Paper: ICTs and Society: The Salzburg Approach
by Christian Fuchs 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Dear colleagues, I want to inform you about a new research paper that you can find online. It presents a social theory approach on ICT research. In case you find social theory more interesting than Christmas, this might be something to check out now. Hofkirchner, Wolfgang/Fuchs, Christian/Raffl, Celina/Schafranek, Matthias/Sandoval, Marisol/Bichler, Robert (2007) ICTs and Society: The Salzburg Approach. Towards a Theory for, about, and my means of the Information Society. Salzburg: ICT&S Center Research Paper No. 3. ISSN 1990-8563. http://icts.sbg.ac.at/media/pdf/pdf1490.pdf With Kind Regards, Christian Fuchs -- _____________________________ 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://www.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. 408 Pages. http://fuchs.icts.sbg.ac.at/i&s.html http://www.routledge.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=&isb… PETITION: http://www.austria4arigona.at

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Where Are You?
by James Watt 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

At 01:12 PM 12/19/2007, Barry Wellman wrote: >I recently did an interview with a smart reporter, Eric Weiner, from >NPR (US National Public Radio). In it, I opined that one of the most >prevalent Qs when people talk on mobile/cell phones is "Where are you"? I don't know the facts of this case, but it does raise an intriguing question in my mind: If ubiquitous communication breaks down geographical limitations, as many have assumed, why would a question about physical location be the most prevalent thing people ask? Why would it matter where you are if all geographic locations are 2 seconds away on speed dial? I have some data-free suspicions, but I'd be interested in others' ideas. ======================================================== James H. Watt Professor of Communication Director, Social and Behavioral Research Laboratory (http://www.sbrl.rpi.edu) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street, Sage Lab 4518 Troy, NY 12180-3590 email: wattj(a)rpi.edu voice: (518) 276-4130 or 276-2784 fax: (518) 276-3740 SBRL Office: 3142 Winslow Building

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Call for chapters: new technologies of the self, mobilities and (co-)contruction of identities (1.3.2008)
by fred dervin 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Call for chapters (Deadline for abstracts: 1.3.2008) ***************************************************************** New technologies of the self, mobilities and (co-)construction of identity Edited by: Fred Dervin, Senior Lecturer, Department of French Studies, University of Turku, Finland (e-mail: freder(a)utu.fi) & Yasmine Abbas, Doctor of Design, Harvard, USA ReD Associates, Denmark (e-mail: abbas.yasmine(a)gmail.com) Overall objectives of the book The new interpersonal spaces created by web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies seem to correspond to the technologies of the self that Michel Foucault (1988) has addressed in his lectures at the Collège de France at the beginning of the 1980s. These new technologies enable the individual¹s self to emerge publicly and to be worked upon with its "disciples": be they companions in Second Life, readers (for example on a blog) or listeners (Podcasts). With high speed Internet access and increasingly generous capacities of storage (mp3, USB keys, iPhone, portable computers...), the opportunities for staging the self have become unlimited. The authors will explore aspects of the contributions of these new technologies to the expression and (co-)construction of identitie(s) of mobile individuals (physical and/or digital; short-term (expatriates, businessmen, trainees, exchange students) and long-term (migrants, refugees, exiles); inter-/intra- and/or transnational mobilities). Any of the following issues can be addressed: - The specificities of (co-)constructions of the self through new technologies. How do they contribute to presenting the self? - The potential differences between these technologies of the self and more « traditional » ones. - What is said about the self? How? How is it constructed or staged? With whom? For whom? And why? - Are there signs of manipulation of the self and identity collages? - What myths related to identity seem to emerge? - The position of the (real/fictive) interlocutor(s) and groups (cf. peg-communities, Z. Bauman) in these constructions. - How is the other constructed? - What do visitors, readers, spectators or listeners seem to gain in terms of reflections on their own identities? - Problems in using but also researching the new technologies of the self (ethics, psychological effects, in terms of relationships, interculturality). Submission procedure Researchers and practitioners (from linguistics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, education, IT) are invited to submit a proposal (350 words) clearly explaining the mission, concerns of their proposed chapter as well as a short description of the corpus (if they plan on using one), the method of analysis and a basic bibliography by March 1, 2008 to freder(a)utu.fi & abbas.yasmine(a)gmail.com. The proposal can be in English or French. The followings will also be provided with the proposal: Name(s), affiliation, a few lines about the author(s), and a list of major publications. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by March 15, 2007. Full chapters will be expected to be submitted by September 1st, 2008. cf. http://users.utu.fi/freder/appeltechno.htm

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Re: [Air-L] l'Agence est fermée du 23 décembre 2007 au 03 janvier 2008
by eric＠ak-project.com 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Merci de votre message. Je suis absent de Dakar du 20 Décembre 2007 au 2 Janvier 2008. Je répondrai à votre message dès que possible. Bonne Année 2008 ! Thanks for your message. I will be out of the office from December 20 2007 to January 2, 2008 . I will reply to your message as soon as possible. Happy New Year 2008!

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Re: [Air-L] l'Agence est fermée du 23 décembre 2007 au 03 janvier 2008
by eric＠ak-project.com 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Merci de votre message. Je suis absent de Dakar du 20 Décembre 2007 au 2 Janvier 2008. Je répondrai à votre message dès que possible. Bonne Année 2008 ! Thanks for your message. I will be out of the office from December 20 2007 to January 2, 2008 . I will reply to your message as soon as possible. Happy New Year 2008!

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Panel on the role of photos in current netculture for next AOIR consider submitting
by smork＠itu.dk 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hi All Im planning a panel for the next AOIR about photo blogging, photo sharing and the role of photographs within current netculture. I think it would be interesting to group together people working with different aspects of photography and photos. There will be no limitations to specific media platforms, so things like MMS or how the presence of camera phones are reshaping the public and the private spheres offline, are also very welcome. Research on the role of photos on Facebook, Myspace, blogs, and even old school personal homepages, is also much welcome. So do not only think Flickr! Research relating to broader issues such as citizen journalism would also be interesting. I will write a panel suggestion in the beginning of January, but please get in contact as soon as possible if you would like to present in this panel. You can contact me at smork(a)itu.dk. Happy holidays Soeren Moerk Petersen

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Re: [Air-L] Call for Papers: Internet Research 9.0 (AoIR 2008)
by A. S. Nurullah 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

Hello, Lisbeth Klastrup mentioned in the CFP that: >Students wishing to be a candidate for the Student Award must >send a final paper by June 30, 2007. I guess the date mentioned in the mail needs correction. Thanks *********************************************************** Abu Sadat Nurullah Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology International Islamic University Malaysia Jalan Gombak, 53100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Homepage: http://nurullah.wordpress.com/ Phone no: (+6)0192572423 --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.

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Welcome to Copenhagen for the AoIR 2008 conference!
by Lisbeth Klastrup 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Dear list-members, Now that the Call for Papers for the AoIR 2008 conference: Internet Research 9.0: Rethinking community, Rethinking Place should have been posted to the list. I will use this opportunity to, as the local conference chair and on behalf of the local organising committee, extend a warm welcome all to the 2008 conference. The conference will physically take place at my home university, the IT University of Copenhagen (www.itu.dk) and it is organised in conjunction with the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Humanities, which lives right next door. Even though it will be a longish travel for some of you, I hope that many of you will be able to make it to Copenhagen to take part in the event. When sunny weather (which it will of course be!), Scandinavian autumn can still in the month of October be very beautiful - with temperatures around 10 degree celcius, and Copenhagen is a safe, modern small-scale metropolis which offers a huge variety of cultural experiences and excellent opportunities to shop both traditional and up-coming Scandinavian Design. A version 1.0 of the conference website is also finally available at http//:conferences.aoir.org and here you can find some basic information about Copenhagen, the venue, travel and accommodation (fyi, we have now negotiated some good hotel deals, that you should partake of!). When we draw closer in time to the conference, on the website the local committee will also share with you their suggestions on things to see and places to go wine and dine in Copenhagen and vicinity. Also, when going to Denmark, dont miss the opportunity to also visit the city of Århus on Tuesday October 14th in order to participate in our affiliated one day conference: Web_site Histories: Theories, Methods, Analysis , organised by Niels Brügger and Vidar Falkenberg at the Centre for Internet Research at the University of Aarhus. For more information, see: http://www.cfi.au.dk/en/events/upcoming. Århus is an approx. three hour train ride away from Copenhagen. Finally, if you have questions of any kind regarding the venue, the country and the conference organisation, please do not hesitate to contact us at: ir9conf(a)itu.dk Christmas greetings, Lisbeth Klastrup Conference Chair & the Local Committee: Klaus Bruhn Jensen Gitte Stald Charlie Breindahl Stine Gotved Anna Sommer (academic officer, event coordinator as of January 1st 2008)

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Call for Papers: Internet Research 9.0 (AoIR 2008 conference)
by Lisbeth Klastrup 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Dear List, Finally, the Call for Papers for next years A.o.I.R. conference! Internet Research 9.0: Rethinking Community, Rethinking Place Please distribute to colleagues and relevant lists! Lisbeth Klastrup Conference Chair IT University of Copenhagen Brian Loader Program Chair University of York ************************************************************************ CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNET RESEARCH 9.0: RETHINKING COMMUNITY, RETHINKING PLACE International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Copenhagen, Denmark Workshops / Doctoral Colloquium: October 15th, 2008 AoIR. conference: October 1618th, 2007 Deadline for paper submissions: February 8th, 2007 RETHINKING COMMUNITY, RETHINKING PLACE In the past few years, new forms of net-based communities have emerged, distributed on various websites and services, and making use of several media platforms and genres to stay connected. Now, as mobile and location-based technologies are reintroducing "place" as an important aspect in the formation of communal and social activities, it is time to consider and rethink the concept of online or virtual communities. Not forgetting the lessons we have learned from studying the early virtual communities, how do we describe, analyse, theorise and design the communities and social formations of the early 21st century? How do we address the blurring of boundaries between places and communities on- and offline? We call for papers, panel proposals, and presentations from any discipline, methodology, and community, and from conjunctions of multiple disciplines, methodologies and academic communities that address the conference themes. Sessions at the conference will be established that specifically address the conference themes, and we welcome innovative, exciting, and unexpected takes on those themes. We also welcome submissions on topics that address social, cultural, political, economic, and/or aesthetic aspects of the Internet beyond the conference themes. In all cases, we welcome disciplinary and interdisciplinary submissions as well as international collaborations from both AoIR and non-AoIR members. SUBMISSIONS We seek proposals for several different kinds of contributions. We welcome proposals for traditional academic conference papers, but we also encourage proposals for creative or aesthetic presentations that are distinct from a traditional written paper. We also welcome proposals for ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS that will focus on discussion and interaction among conference delegates, as well as organized PANEL PROPOSALS that present a coherent group of papers on a single theme. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS All papers and presentations in this session will be reviewed in the normal manner. Detailed information about review and submission will be available through the conference submission website: http://conferences.aoir.org in early January 2008. Format - PAPERS (individual or multi-author) - submit abstract of 600-800 words - CREATIVE OR AESTHETIC PRESENTATIONS - submit abstract of 500-750 words - PANEL PROPOSALS - submit a 600-800 word description of the panel theme, plus 250-500 word abstract for each paper or presentation - ROUNDTABLE PROPOSALS - submit a statement indicating the nature of the roundtable discussion and interaction Papers, presentations and panels will be selected from the submitted proposals on the basis of multiple blind peer review, coordinated and overseen by the Program Chair. Each individual is invited to submit a proposal for 1 paper or 1 presentation. A person may also propose a panel session, which may include a second paper that they are presenting. An individual may also submit a roundtable proposal. You may be listed as co-author on additional papers as long as you are not presenting them. PUBLICATION OF PAPERS Several publishing opportunities are expected to be available through journals, including a special issue of "Information, Communication & Society", based on peer-review of full papers. The website will contain more details. GRADUATE STUDENTS Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit proposals. Any student paper is eligible for consideration for the AoIR graduate student award. Students wishing to be a candidate for the Student Award must send a final paper by June 30, 2007. Ph.D. students will also want to consider participating in the Doctoral Colloquium: Following the very successful examples of previous Doctoral Colloquia, we will again aim to offer an all-day Doctoral Colloquium on October 15th 2008 (Wednesday) for Ph.D. students who wish to present their current work for critical evaluation by their peers and senior scholars. Submission and registration details will be available on the conference website http://conferences.aoir.org as soon as possible. PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Prior to the conference, there will be a limited number of pre-conference workshops which will provide participants with in-depth, hands-on and/or creative opportunities. We invite proposals for these pre-conference workshops. Local presenters are encouraged to propose workshops that will invite visiting researchers into their labs or studios or locales. Proposals should be no more than 1000 words, and should clearly outline the purpose, methodology, structure, costs, equipment and minimal attendance required, as well as explaining its relevance to the conference as a whole. Proposals will be accepted if they demonstrate that the workshop will add significantly to the overall program in terms of thematic depth, hands on experience, or local opportunities for scholarly or artistic connections. These proposals and all inquiries regarding pre-conference proposals should be submitted as soon as possible to both the Conference Chair and Program Chair and no later than March 31, 2007. DEADLINES Submission site available: January 10, 2008 Proposal submission deadline: February 8, 2008 Presenter notification: March 31, 2008 Final workshop submission deadline: March 31, 2008 Submission for student award competition: June 30, 2008 Submission for conference archive: July 31, 2008 CONTACT INFORMATION Program Chair: Dr. Brian Loader, University of York, UK <bl506(a)york.ac.uk> Conference Chair: Dr. Lisbeth Klastrup, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark <ir9conf(a)itu.dk> President of AoIR: Dr. Charles Ess, Drury University <cmess(a)drury.edu> Association Website: http://www.aoir.org Conference Website: http://conferences.aoir.org

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cell phone prevalence?
by Barry Wellman 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Folks, I recently did an interview with a smart reporter, Eric Weiner, from NPR (US National Public Radio). In it, I opined that one of the most prevalent Qs when people talk on mobile/cell phones is "Where are you"? Eric is wondering if there is any systematic evidence on this. He needs to know quickly, but I think other list members would like to know too, so please copy to the list (and to me, personally). eweiner(a)npr.org 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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