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

Lurgers Wanted
by James Whyte 10 May '07

10 May '07

Due to the response, I have decided to create an anonymous online survey with a box to permit personal contact. The survey data will be used accordingly (quantitative) and only those people who give express permission will be contacted for a qualitative perspective. In both cases AOIR ethical guidlines will rule. Regards, James --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

1 0

Re: [Air-l] indie music scenes + internet
by Jean H 10 May '07

10 May '07

Hi Holly, I've been musing on related topics for the past year on my blog (clicknoise.net) I've collected a lot of useful links there, and I would hope that my insights as an indie musician who's straddled both "eras" are an interesting read, if nothing else. Do hit me up if you see anything there you might want to converse about; my dissertation is going to be in this area. Cheers, Jean Hébert PhD Candidate School of Communication Simon Fraser University

1 0

Re: [Air-l] we need a better word than lurking
by jerichob＠juno.com 10 May '07

10 May '07

Hi Christine, True, perhaps, but a number of people have suggested quite a few alternatives as well, which they also use. So I guess we can pick other words, if we choose to, particularly if the given word doesn't entirely fit the activity we are describing. I don't doubt that there are some people who really do lurk in the non-Internet sense of the term (hide in the shadows, often with malevolent intent), but perhaps we can be critical of conventional terminology and the assumptions underlying it, as well. Or perhaps those of us with gut reactions to the term can get over it. I personally don't use the word, and likely wouldn't to talk about most of the phenomena it seems to be describing (hey, I did read the Wikipedia page), but I guess that mainly marks me as an outsider uncomfortable with the native language. Jericho -- Christine Moellenberndt <chris(a)inreach.com> wrote: jerichob(a)juno.com wrote: > This thread was introduced because someone didn't think lurking should > be considered a bad thing, and thus should have a label with less > negative connotations, but in the discussion some fairly strong > normative judgments about lurkers and lurking have emerged which seem > to indicate that having a word with negative connotations is > warranted. It's interesting. I wouldn't go so far as to say that "having a word with negative connotations" is a good thing... but the way I see it, this is a word that the Internet community chose to describe these people. Who are we to say "wow you know what, that word is bad. We're going to pick another one and use that instead because we don't like it." If it's the word in common usage, then I say use it. Why create a new jargon term, when one already exists? ;) I don't really know if lurking *is* considered a bad thing... maybe frustrating in channels that were once highly active and now are not, therefore needing a desperate infusion of new ideas and new blood... but I'd rather see someone lurk for a while and then participate (like me. hi!), instead of jumping in with both feet not knowing how things are done and causing an uproar that can upset the flow of discussions. I've seen *that* happen too many times before :) (sorry if someone brought this up before, I got lost in the thread for a bit!) -Christine _______________________________________________ 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/

1 0

Re: [Air-l] [AOIR 8.0] Vancouver Conference Update #2 (May 8, 2007)
by Richard Smith 10 May '07

10 May '07

> > Just a suggestion, but placing some of the conference fee into buying > carbon > credits might make the gig a little greener....? That's an excellent idea. I will ask Alex if we can make that a "button" for the Kagi web site - if we make it optional then no one can object too much. I will also ask a student to do a "back of the envelope" calculation of our "footprint" and see if we can embed that figure into a carbon credit purchase AND an objective for reduction in future conferences. If you have any pointers on a good carbon impact calculator, I'd be interested in hearing about it. ...r

1 0

New Media Technologies and Healthcare: Solution or Problem?
by S.S.Orgad＠lse.ac.uk 10 May '07

10 May '07

Dear AoIR members, This event may be of interest to some of you. Best wishes, Shani EDS/LSE Seminar, 16th May 2007 "New Media Technologies and Healthcare: Solution or Problem?" Prof James Barlow, Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London Dr Jane Hendy, Tanaka Business School, Imperial College London Dr Shani Orgad, Department of Media & Communications, LSE Chaired by Prof Robin Mansell, Head, Department of Media & Communications, LSE Venue: BOX, LSE, Tower 3, Floor 5, Clements Inn, Strand, London WC2A 2AZ We are pleased to invite you to take part in the seventh of the EDS Innovation Research Programme seminars on Wednesday 16th May 2007 from 6.15pm - 8.00pm. These seminars are the result of ongoing research collaboration between LSE and EDS, focusing on themes of public policy, technology, productivity, communications, and facilitation. This seminar tackles key issues in the field of health care technologies from two different vantage points. In the case of telecare programmes, there are questions about the evidence base for decision making and about which stakeholders can have a say in the implementation of technologies and services. In the case of Internet-based support networks, the evidence about motivations for use of the network gathered from patients calls into question many of the assumptions often made by those who design health care support systems using new technologies. Professor James Barlow and Dr Jane Hendy will present on Evidence, adoption and diffusion: The UK's emerging telecare programme. The presentation explores the role of 'evidence' in influencing decisions about whether to adopt 'telecare', drawing on research they are conducting on the government's £150m implementation programme. Dr Shani Orgad will then present on Patients' Experience of Internet Environments: Storytelling, Empowerment and Its Limitations. This presentation will consider the kinds of processes of communication that Internet users who have concerns about health issues engage in. It draws on research which focused on the online participation of breast cancer patients in Internet spaces and will discuss the experiences of a broader range of patients and their experience of medical websites. Full details of both presentations can be viewed on our website at the following link: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/EDSInnovationResearchProgramme/forthcoming… The seminar begins at 6.30pm preceded by drinks from 6.15pm. The presentation and discussions will end by 8.00pm after which you are cordially invited to a canapé reception. We very much hope you can come. Places at this event are limited, therefore if you would like to attend, please RSVP by email to irpevent(a)lse.ac.uk, or telephone 020 7955 7285 Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm

1 0

Register now for the REAP International Online Conference
by Jan Smith 10 May '07

10 May '07

************************************************************************** International Online Conference sponsored by the REAP Project Assessment design for learner responsibility 29th - 31st May 2007 ************************************************************************** REGISTRATION NOW OPEN ************************************************************************** Dear members of ALT (apologies for cross posting) Registration is now open (until 18 May) for this exciting international online conference exploring the interplay between the theory and practice of assessment and feedback in tertiary education in the digital age. Focusing on assessment for learning in tertiary education the conference has three themes to be addressed through keynotes, case studies and structured discussions: 1. Assessment and the first year experience 2. Great designs for assessment 3. Institutional strategies (designs) for assessment KEYNOTES: * Mantz Yorke, Visiting Professor in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University * David Boud, Professor of Adult Education and Dean of the University Graduate School at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia * Trudy Banta, Professor of Higher Education and Vice Chancellor of Planning and Institutional Improvement at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, USA Conference facilitators, experts in the field of assessment and learning, will chair online sessions where theory and practice will inform discussion and debate. These expert facilitators include Steve Draper, Stephen Ehrmann, Lewis Elton, Peter Kandlbinder, Terry Mayes, David Nicol, Derek Rowntree, and others. The conference will take place entirely online via your web browser, and taking part is easy. Delegates will be given the opportunity to read case study materials and presentations in advance, and to participate in online debate with the authors, expert facilitators and other delegates via real-time chat sessions and asynchronous forum boards. How to register: To register for the REAP conference please visit the conference website at: http://ewds.strath.ac.uk/REAP07 <https://nemo.strath.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ewds.strath.ac.u…> and click on the 'register' link on the top left of the screen. Please note that registration will be open from the 10th - 18th May 2007 only. The conference itself takes place from 29th - 31st May 2007. The conference organisers reserve the right to limit numbers so please book early. Participation is completely free of charge. If you have any further queries, please contact the conference team at: reapconference(a)inspire-research.co.uk. The conference is part of the Re-engineering Assessment Practices (REAP) project <www.reap.ac.uk>, a £1m initiative funded by the Scottish Funding Council under its e-Learning Transformation initiative. REAP is a collaboration between the University of Strathclyde, the University of Glasgow and Glasgow Caledonian University. REAP is evaluating the impact of new assessment practices supported by technology at course, faculty and institutional level. We look forward to welcoming you to this exciting online conference! The REAP project team, and Conference Organisers Inspire Research Ltd (www.inspire-research.co.uk) ************************************************************************** <http://www.strath.ac.uk/caple>

1 0

Lurkers wanted
by James Whyte 10 May '07

10 May '07

I would like to conduct an p2p study of "Lurker" attitudes. If you would consent to participating please email me at whyte.james(a)yahoo.com. Please provide a phone number that I can call. Your identity will be protected. Thanks, James --------------------------------- No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started.

1 0

Couch Award - Last call!!!
by Mark D. Johns 10 May '07

10 May '07

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2007 A student award competition Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies as advocated by Couch, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches and concepts and Couch's theses, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Dr. Katherine M. Clegg Smith, Johns Hopkins University Dr. Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Dennis Waskul, Minnesota State University, Mankato Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2007 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) in Vancouver, BC. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200 US, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100 US. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, October 18-20, 2007. Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark D. Johns at mjohns(a)luther.edu Application deadline is extended to May 14, 2007. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: mjohns(a)luther.edu

1 0

we need a better word than lurking
by Barry Wellman 10 May '07

10 May '07

John Veitch gave us a useful post that showed that most people Lurk. Altho John didn't explicitly say so, the general implication is that Lurking Is a Bad Thing. But imagine if everybody was actively contributing all the time. We'd be filled with noise. (As it is, I wonder about some of the posts on this list, including mine;-)) I absolutely don't want my 13-year old cousin (whom I love dearly) to contribute to the Social Networks article, or probably anything else. Nor, in fact, do I want some ignorant person to contribute. I am not for credentialism, but I am for knowledge and expertise. Indeed, 99% of the time, I am a Reader only of Wikipedia articles. I try only to contribute when I actually know something, like Social Network, Bronx High School of Science, and Barbra Streisand. YMMV 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 _____________________________________________________________________

12 11

book announcement
by Adrian Miles 10 May '07

10 May '07

ALT-X PRESS LAUNCHES "ILLOGIC OF SENSE: THE GREGORY L. ULMER REMIX" AS THE LATEST ADDITION TO ITS INFLUENTIAL EBOOK SERIES BOULDER, Colorado, May 10, 2007 --The Alt-X Online Network, a space "where the digerati meet the literati" and on the Internet since 1993, announces the release of a new Alt-X Press ebook entitled "Illogic of Sense: The Gregory Ulmer Remix" edited by Darren Tofts and Lisa Gye, and designed by artist Joel Swanson of hippocrit.com. Illogic of Sense: The Gregory L. Ulmer Remix Edited by Darren Tofts and Lisa Gye Design by Joel Swanson http://www.altx.com/ebooks/ulmer.html Contributors include Niall Lucy, Jon McKenzie, Linda Marie Walker, Craig Saper, Rowan Wilken, Marcel O'Gorman, Teri Hoskin, and Michael Jarrett, with an introduction by editors Tofts and Gye. "Illogic of Sense: The Gregory L. Ulmer Remix" is an exciting new ebook publication that employs theorist Gregory Ulmer's invocation to invent new forms of electronic writing. As the ebook's editors, Darren Tofts and Lisa Gye, write in their brilliant introduction, "Ulmer has been at the forefront of thinking about new cultural formations as the paradigm of literacy converges with digital culture." Ulmer's work has been central to contemporary thinking on the future of writing and his international presence as one of the leading figures in media arts discourse has influenced a multitude of disciplines from electronic literature and Internet art to critical theory, communications studies, and art history. The ebook features a diverse group of artists, theorists, and creative writers who develop new forms of hybridized "digital rhetoric." Their inventive and audacious experiments take advantage of recent developments in the field of new media studies, and as part of Alt-X's mission to participate in the creative commons provided by the Web, are available for free download. This provocative collection of multi-tracked writing puts into play many of Ulmer's breakthrough theories summed up in his most recognized hot-button terms: applied grammatology, heuretics, post(e)-pedagogy, textshop, mystory, and choragraphy. Encouraged by the example of Ulmer's own hyperrhetorical writing style, the authors incorporate collaged imagery, mp3 soundtracks, and QuickTime movies into their innovative multimedia mix while exploring how these same extensions of "writerly performance" explode the false barrier between academic discourse and spontaneous poetics, narrative and rhetoric, and autobiography and fiction. Positing an "illogic of sense" to reclaim what Ulmer calls an "anticipatory consciousness," designed to utilize the force of intuition as a way to invent emergent forms of knowledge, this grouping of hypermedia texts showcase how interdisciplinary writers can remix the methodological approach of an avant-garde philosophy propelled by Ulmer, one that prioritizes an ongoing process of discovery and media arts assemblage. The ebook is beautifully designed by artist Joel Swanson of hippocrit.com, who crosses his visionary design sensibility with state of the art technology to produce an original work of ebook-art that many will view as finally fulfilling the long-promised potential of online publishing to use stimulating visual arrangement, media hybridization, and typographical ingenuity to blur the distinction between publication, exhibition, and design performance. Simultaneously celebrating and expanding on the writing performances located in Gregory Ulmer's rich oeuvre of totally remixable source material, the collection of essays in 'Illogic of Sense' adhere to an experiential approach to creative/critical writing and in so doing teach us how to write a theory of poetics that will help us invent a new field of study that I would call interdisciplinary digital humanities." - Mark Amerika, series editor, Alt-X Press; author of "META/DATA: A Digital Poetics" (MIT Press, 2007) You can download "Illogic of Sense: The Gregory L. Ulmer Remix" ebook as well as other Alt-X ebooks for free at http://www.altx.com/ebooks/ -- cheers Adrian Miles this email is bloggable [ ] ask first [ ] private [x] vogmae.net.au

1 0