March 2007 - 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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AIR-L new member
by Luis Gutierrez 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Greetings, I am an internet addict ... <g> My name is Luis Teodoro Gutierrez, male, 63, Christian, Cuban-American, married to Lourdes 43 years, 2 children, 4 grandchildren. Ph.D. systems engineering Georgia Tech 1974, 30 years with IBM, now semi-retired. We live in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC. To keep my mind busy, my retirement hobby is an independent research project and newsletter on issues of solidarity, sustainability, and religious violence. My purpose in joining AIR-L is simply to learn more about how to improve my online research skills. Regarding my retirement project, everyone seems to agree that the internet is bringing about new possibilities in terms of collaborative work, both commercially and to support projects such as the UN Millennium Development Goals. But most internet users are in the USA and Europe, so we need a better understanding of how to make the internet accessible to people worldwide. Respectfully, Luis -- Luis T. Gutierrez, Ph.D. Editor, "Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence" http://pelicanweb.org/solisust.html luisgutierrez(a)peoplepc.com

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turnitin issue
by Barry Wellman 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

Dear AOIRers, A colleague teaching another course has come across an issue with an undergrad who refuses to hand in her term paper because the faculty member's course requires that all papers also be submitted to Turnitin.com. The student claims that this violates her own intellectual property because Turnitin reportedly keeps copies for future plagiarism searches. As a supposed ICT & society "expert," my colleague came to me for advice. My first thought was horsefeathers. However, I am wondering if there is any precedent or case law on this in Canada or the US. (EU would be too different, I think.) I am not interested in the ethics or the morality of Turnitin, but in how other situations have been resolved. Thanks, 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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Back to Turnitin
by Margie Borschke 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

I read the turnitin discussion with great interest. I was wondering if anyone here knows apx. how much an institution pays for the basic service and if its pay per use, per class or whatever? ( I asked then, but the question bounced.)

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (march 2007)
by David M Silver 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

folks, a new set of book reviews [ http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp ] from the resource center for cyberculture studies [ http://rccs.usfca.edu/ ] for march 2007: 1. Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age Author: Mary Chayko Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2002 Review 1: Chrys Egan Author Response: Mary Chayko 2. New Technologies at Work: People, Screens and Social Virtuality Editors: Christina Garsten & Helena Wulff Publisher: Berg Publishers, 2003 Review 1: Petra Sonderegger 3. Saved from Oblivion: Documenting the Daily from Diaries to Web Cams Author: Andreas Kitzmann Publisher: Peter Lang, 2004 Review 1: Timothy D. Ray Author Response: Andreas Kitzmann 4. The Wired Homestead: A Sourcebook on the Internet and the Family Editors: Joseph Turow & Andrea Kavanaugh Publisher: MIT Press, 2003 Review 1: Carolyn Jabs 5. Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Deconstructing WSIS Editors: Jan Servaes & Nico Carpentier Publisher: Intellect Books, 2006 Review 1: Arthur L. Morin Author Response: Nico Carpentier 6. Virtual Morality: Morals, Ethics and New Media Editor: Mark J. P. Wolf Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, 2003 Review 1: Steven A. Benko Author Response: Mark J. P. Wolf enjoy. david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com/

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Re: [Air-l] Origin of the term "Internet"
by William Bain 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hi folks. Just "tuppencely" and hopefully not off topic I note that Wikipedia seems to prefer capitalizing "the Internet" and the noun alone in terms like !"Internet protocols". Somehow I have a feeling the lower case forms will win out in the end, though, as seems often to happen with things like brand names. Very interesting discussion! Best wishes, Will William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.

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Re: [Air-l] naturally occurring conflicts?
by Jonna Ahti 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hello again, Citerar Ellis Godard <egodard(a)csun.edu>: > But I don't know what you intend to mean by "naturally occurring". Is > flaming somehow unnatural? Actually yes, if I look at my data. It is of course sometimes hard to know whether a conflict is naturally occurring or if it is provoked by a hostile member. In my data most of the conflicts are caused by misunderstandings. Example: a: shut up just shut up shut up b: what?! b: do you mean that I should shut up??? c: she sings black eyed peas: shut up a: I'm singing black eyed peas b: ah, ok, good :-) Sometimes the members talk about the verbal duels they are taking part in which can be very intensive and rough. That intentionally conflict-seeking behavior I would categorize as flaming. But as I said these things will and have to be discussed in the dissertation. Also the cultural differences have to be taken into account: my data is from a public chat-room for the Swedish speaking minority in Finland. Similar data in Finnish would be much more aggressive and I assume it has partly to do with the sense of community the members create in different chat-rooms. regards, Jonna -- Ms. Jonna Ahti PhD student NORDICA - Department of Scandinavian Languages and Scandinavian Literature P.O.Box 24 00014 University of Helsinki Finland tel. +358-40-5625497 jonna.ahti(a)helsinki.fi

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