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

vandalism
by Barry Wellman 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Is there any scholarship on why people vandalize Wikipedia and other public sites? I've been doing Wikip. entries and edits for about 6 months, and I amazed/dismayed at what I see. Really childish stuff about actress B having big breasts (less respectable word being used) and Actress S being "pie-faced". Plus a lot of people writing F--k on entries at random sites. (No, I am not being squeamish, but I thought that you or your filter might be.) Why this, especially when the Wiki police are so efficient on taking it down. But what social or psychological gratification does it serve? Naively, Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________

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last cfp: Smart Borders and Mobilities
by Stephen Marmura 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

Surveillance and Society Issue 5 (2/3): Smart Borders and Mobilities: Spaces, Zones, Enclosures Edited by: Louise Amoore, Stephen Marmura, and Mark Salter Publication date: September 2007 Deadline for submissions: 1st March 2007 Call for Papers The border has been called the fundamental political institution, delineating between inside/outside, us/them, safe/dangerous, known/unknown. With the increased ability of state and commercial agents to overcome and reinvent traditional sovereign lines, borders are instantiated throughout society not simply at border posts but also at airports, in databases, through international call centers, and with identity documents. Cross-border data-flows may complicate realities already identified as problematic within information-based societies. Surveillance practices in public spaces, border zones, and the workplace may become both more nuanced and more intrusive, as we see with anti-globalization protests, Schengen border zones, and in low-wage non-unionized labour shops. The tracking and identification of specific individuals or groups by government agencies may be intensified. Consumers may be increasingly subjected to 'foreign' marketing and advertising strategies not legally sanctioned within their own societies. Citizens may have data transmitted and analyzed far from the point of origin or of collection in the cases of passenger profiling or the more general war on terror. Wider and wider risk groups are being surveilled in ways that circumvent or restructure borders. Surveillance and Society is seeking papers that examine how borders produce or reinforce spaces, zones, or enclosures and the processes, structures, and institutions of control that exceed the border. The editors are interested in how the mobility of data itself is transforming, what kinds of boundaries and exceptions this produces, how this rearticulates relationships between science, law and the political, and how the border is realized via data. We are seeking both theoretical and empirical articles which illuminate this set of issues. In addition to sociology, the subject of borders and surveillance holds relevance for a wide range of academic disciplines including geography, law, cultural anthropology, philosophy, and political science. We encourage contributions which draw attention to geo-demographic, legal, cultural, ethical, technological, political and/or social-economic aspects of data-flows. Possible topics of interest include: Implications for privacy in cross-border data-flows; Effect of RFID or biometric technologies on both identity documents and border policing; Dataveillance of financial transactions by both commercial enterprises and governments; Strategies of risk displacement and risk management through knowledge-industries; International surveillance of marginal or "dangerous" populations; International comparative studies of state approaches to the governance of cross-border data; Comparisons between corporate vs. state influence over data-flows; Divergences in relevant public attitudes towards privacy and personal data flows in different countries; Parallels and anomalies concerning data-flows and international flows of goods, currency and persons. Submissions should be sent electronically to Emily Smith at <mailto:smithea@post.queensu.ca>smithea(a)post.queensu.ca by March 1st 2007 with a publication date of September 2007. We welcome full academic papers, opinion pieces, review pieces, poetry, artistic, and audio-visual submissions. Please see <http://www.surveillance-and-society.org/>www.surveillance-and-society.org for further submission guidelines.

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Re: [Air-l] music 'piracy' groups query
by Paul DiPerna 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Andrew, have you had the chance to look at the P2P Foundation's wiki? http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Main_Page They have a wealth of references and links.. Maybe there you'll be able to find a couple relevant sources. Best, Paul -------------- Paul DiPerna Blau Exchange http://www.blauexchange.org email: pdiperna(a)blauexchange.org Online ID: http://claimid.com/pdiperna -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Air-l] music 'piracy' groups query From: "Andrew Whelan" <amj.whelan(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, February 08, 2007 1:44 pm To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Hi Chris, Many thanks for these leads, I am vaguely familiar with some Lessig stuff and the EFF but the rest are new to me (indeed, I didn't know the EFF made an argument supprting ripping in terms of fair use). I am especially interested in how 'rippers' relate to the p2p 'masses', as it were, and therefore I'm as yet undecided on whether or not to contact rip groups directly - they are anyway notoriously cagey. However, I have amassed a significant number of group-produced '.nfo' files, a very small number of which include contact details (usually for IRC channels). I would of course probably need an 'invite', but may, if needs be, be able to secure one through p2p contacts. Thanks again, Andrew On 2/8/07, Heidelberg, Chris <Chris.Heidelberg(a)ssa.gov> wrote: > > Andrew: > > Good luck! You will have to know someone and have that person vouch for > you because this has really gone underground thanks to the MPAA and RIAA > series of international raids and successful lawsuits all over the > globe. They may think you are a narc, so be careful. However, the RIAA > and MPAA have plenty of stories, position papers, and releases on these > groups and how they caught them. The most recent group that I have found > as an ancillary part of my research for my upcoming defense was in > Russia. Lessig has written several good books that can give you the > legal history of technology disruption and intellectual property > lawsuits. Consider the history of Napster, Morpheus, eDonkey, Limewire > and more when looking for articles.The lawsuits are interesting too. You > can actually Google them and it will lead you to articles. I would look > at Good Morning Silicon Valley which has done a lot of articles and > commentary on the subject. Look at Lawrence Lessig's website. Also, you > can try Fisher who wrote the book Promises to Keep on this subject in > 2004. He's a Harvard researcher.Also look at the software trade group > site for their positions on piracy.That's how I found some things. Also, > look at the EFF site. Check out the Electronic Frontier Foundation and > similar groups are defenders of fair usage through ripping. > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Whelan > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 10:13 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] music 'piracy' groups query > > Dear all, > > I am researching the groups who 'rip' commercial CDs and vinyl for > peer-to-peer distribution and wondered if anyone had come across any > reading on this phenomena. The only article I have been able to find > addressing this subject specifically is: > > > > Cooper, Jon, and Daniel Harrison. 2001. "The social organization of > audio piracy on the Internet." *Media, Culture and Society* vol. 23, no. > 1, pp. > 71-89. > > > > Any suggestions as to material, especially on audio, or film 'rippers', > or indeed software 'cracker' groups, would be very much appreciated. > > Best wishes, > > Andrew Whelan > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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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Professional Gamers
by John B. White, PhD 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

All, A colleague of mine is interested in doing some research investigating professional gamer culture. A student is interested in researching this (being a professional themself). Can anyone recommend some articles to begin the literature review process? I have a vague memory of seeing some similar citations posted awhile back but haven't found them. JW -- ====================================================================== John B. White, Ph.D. | john.white(a)wku.edu Dept. of Public Health - WKU | Office: 270.745.5867 1 Big Red Way | Fax: 270.745.4437 Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576 | http://www.wku.edu/~john.white ======================================================================

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Fwd: Communications from the EU Scientific Publishing conference
by Jeremy Hunsinger 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

> > apologies for any cross-posting > > dear all > > the recent conference on scientific publishing in Europe will be of > considerable interest to the lists given several comments devoted > to digital preservation. Further information on the conference > below. In addition you may be interested in 2 documents mentioned > during the conference: > > The BRUSSELS DECLARATION ON STM PUBLISHING by the international > scientific, technical and medical (STM) publishing community is of > significant interest given its references to data archiving and > digital preservation - see > http://www.stm-assoc.org/documents-statements-public-co/2007% > 20BRUSSELS%20DECLARATION%20130207.pdf > > The COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, > THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL > COMMITTEE ON SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: ACCESS, > DISSEMINATION AND PRESERVATION issued at the conference is also of > considerable interest given its coverage of digital preservation see > http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/ > digital_libraries/doc/scientific_information/communication_en.pdf > > Janez Potocnik, the European Commissioner for Science and Research > announced at the beginning of a two-day conference in Brussels > focusing on scientific publishing in Europe that the European > Commission has set aside €50m this year to support the > establishment of digital repositories for storing scientific data. > In addition a further €25m is being made available for digital > preservation in 2007, while €10m is to be given by the commission's > "eContentplus" programme to improve interoperability of and > multilingual access to collections of scientific material. > > The commission formally launched a new policy communication (see > above) aimed at examining how digital technologies can be used to > increase access to research publications and data.The commission > believes that easier access to scientific data has a significant > role to play in driving innovation and maintaining the quality of > research across Europe."The digital revolution has dramatically > improved the way in which scientific information is spread," said > Viviane Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and > Media. "But it also raises new questions about how to preserve > scientific information for the future. Today's strategy outlines > how Europe can best capitalise on the excellent work of its > researchers." It warns that online access does not guarantee its > future availability because digital information has a limited > lifetime and needs to be maintained over time.Therefore, the > commission says better tools are needed to ensure digital > preservation to prevent the loss of important scientific > information."New ideas are usually built on the results of previous > research," added Potocnik. "We must make sure that the flow of > scientific information contributes to innovation and research > excellence in the European Research Area." > > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > *************** > Neil Beagrie FRSA publications: > www.beagrie.com > BL/JISC Partnership Manager email: > neil.beagrie(a)bl.uk > The British Library, urls: > www.bl.uk > 96 Euston Road, > www.jisc.ac.uk > London NW1 2DB Tel/Fax/Voicemail :+44 (0)709 2048179 > ********************************************************************** > *************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jeremy hunsinger wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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chirographic helpdesk
by Lane DeNicola 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

A humorous likening of book to computer neophytes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRjVeRbhtRU Part of what I think makes this kind of interesting is the wealth of "Yep, users can be *that* slow" responses in the comments (as opposed to, say, the humor in the idea that *this* was how people had to be "introduced" to written text). -- Lane DeNicola Doctoral Candidate | Dept. of Science & Technology Studies Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute http://www.nacresky.com/lad

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what does this Statistics Canada index mean?
by Peter Timusk 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

sorry for any cross posting that may have occurred to you being on the same lists that I choose. Your intelligent. What more can I say? lol In my helping consumer survivors of mental health services with getting computers I am quoting a Statistics Canada index for consumer computer prices. I don't work on this at Statistics Canada. more info on this here. http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV.pl? Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5032&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2 and in French here http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/imdb/p2SV_f.pl? Function=getSurvey&SDDS=5032&lang=en&db=IMDB&dbg=f&adm=8&dis=2 my question for you to discuss is the meaning to this index and if you know of any other states that use a similar official statistic that measures consumer computer prices. The index I believe was set to 100 in 2001 and is in October 2006 at 16. I have been saying this means 100 dollars in 2001 bought you so much computer, and you can get the same amount of computer for 16 dollars these days. Am I very wrong or only sightly wrong? The prices at computer shops seem to reflect a downward trend. The iBook in 1999 was 2000 CND dollars and now a similar model in Apples lineup the Macbook costs about 1000 CND dollars. I know this might be only one example drawn from the aggregate index Peter Timusk, B.Math statistics (2002), B.A. legal studies (2006) Carleton University Junior Statistical Clerk Statistics Canada Systems Science Graduate student, University of Ottawa (2006-2007). just trying to stay linear. Read by hundreds of lurkers every week.

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Chinese Internet Research Conference
by Kluver, Randy 17 Feb '07

17 Feb '07

The deadline has just passed for the 5th Annual Chinese Internet Research Conference to be held at Texas A&M University on May 21-22, but we can still receive submissions for another week or so. Some travel subsidies will be available for scholars from the PRC and from Taiwan. See conference details and cfp here: http://international.tamu.edu/ipa/projects/conference.asp For queries, contact me or Carmen Suen at csuen(a)ipomail.tamu.edu Randy Kluver, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Pacific Asia Texas A&M University 204 Coke 3371 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3371 Phone: (979) 845-3099 Fax: (979) 845-3085 http://international.tamu.edu/ipa/

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Re: [Air-l] paper(s) on scalogram analysis in the internet adoption?
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 16 Feb '07

16 Feb '07

My work has found a unidimensional scale for media use in a couple of environments. This does not imply an adoption sequence, but a use sequence. See this paper which references the earlier work: Haythornthwaite, C. (2005). Social networks and Internet connectivity effects. Information, Communication & Society, 8(2), 125-147. /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:09:51 -0000 >From: "Yanuar Nugroho" <yanuar-n(a)unisosdem.org> >Subject: [Air-l] paper(s) on scalogram analysis in the internet adoption? >To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >all, > >are you aware of any previous research/study/survey/etc which looked at if there was a scalogram-type hierarchy or sequence in the adoption of the internet technology (e.g. use email first before blog, and the likes)? > >any clues are much appreciated! > >many thanks, >yanuar >_______________________________________________ >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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FINAL REMINDER: dg.o 2007 BoFs, Posters, and Demos deadline - February 26, 2007
by Yigal Arens 16 Feb '07

16 Feb '07

Dg.o2007- BRIDGING DISCIPLINES AND DOMAINS ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE PHILADELPHIA - MAY 20-23, 2007 http://www.dgsociety.org/call_for_papers.php ********************************************************************** FINAL REMINDER: BOFs, POSTERS, and DEMOS deadline - February 26, 2007 - Submissions should be in camera-ready format - following the format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Proceedings. For details please see the full call at www.dgsociety.org/call_for_papers.php. Submissions should include author's names and contact information according to that format. - All accepted submissions will appear in the proceedings and authors are expected to present their work at the poster/demo session at the conference. - Selected demo and poster submissions may be asked to give an oral presentation in the reserach sessions. ********************************************************************** The complete call follows: CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION Dg.o2007- BRIDGING DISCIPLINES AND DOMAINS ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL GOVERNMENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE PHILADELPHIA - MAY 20-23, 2007 http://www.dgsociety.org/call_for_papers.php The Digital Government Society of North America (DGSNA) serves the interests of scholars and managers interested in the development and impacts of digital government. The society grew out of the community building efforts of the National Science Foundation Digital Government Research Program. The society now sponsors the annual international digital government research conference, formerly sponsored by NSF. The next conference, "dgo2007 - Bridging Disciplines and Domains" will be held May 20-23, 2007 in Philadelphia. Deadline for research papers and proposals for panel sessions and pre-conference tutorials and workshops is December 18, 2006. The Conference Committee particularly encourages interdisciplinary and cross-cutting submissions. Topics include, but are not limited, to the following: * Social Science Research and Citizen Interactions: digital democracy and governance; government processes and decision-making; organization and management; public policy issues and implications. Public values such as privacy and trust; e-participation in democratic processes; digital divide, transparency and usability; universal access to information and services. * Computer Science and Information Technology Research to Support Government: Collaboration tools; cyberinfrastructure for digital government domains; digital libraries and knowledge management; geographic information systems; information integration; interoperable data, networks and architectures; large scale data and information acquisition and management; human-computer interaction; multiple modalities and multimedia; software engineering for large-scale government projects; service-oriented architectures; technology transition and transfer; the semantic web; grid computing. * IT-Enabled Government Operations and Government Application Domains: Case studies or evaluation of information technology adoption and diffusion in government; IT tools for government planning; integration of data and services; long-term preservation and archiving of government information; security, privacy, and information assurance, criminal justice , law enforcement, and courts; crisis management, education, emergency response, and security; ecosystems informatics (for ecological research or natural resources management or policy); electronic grants administration; electronic rulemaking; government statistics; national infrastructure for community statistics; health and human services; legislative systems, national and international digital government efforts and cooperation; transportation systems & urban planning. IMPORTANT DATES December 18, 2006 - Deadline for research papers, panel sessions, and pre-conference tutorials and workshops. February 15, 2007 - Research paper, panel, and pre-conference tutorial and workshops authors notified of review status. February 26, 2007 - Submission deadline for Birds of a Feather (BOF), posters, and system demonstrations. March 21, 2007 - Poster, system demonstration, and BOF authors notified of review status CHAIRS Conference co-chairs Judith Bayard Cushing, Evergreen State College Theresa A. Pardo, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany/SUNY Program co-chairs Alan Borning, University of Washington Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology System Demonstration and Poster Session Co-Chairs J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany/SUNY Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York Student Chair Travis Kriplean, University of Washington Panel Chair Nancy Wiegand, University of Wisconsin, Madison Tutorial and Workshop Chair Laura Steinberg, Southern Methodist University Finance Chair Yigal Arens, University of Southern California, Government Liaison Lawrence Brandt, National Science Foundation MORE INFORMATION: For complete information, see the full call for proposals www.dgsociety.org/call_for_papers.php For more information about the Digital Government Society of North America, visit www.dgsociety.org.

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