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

Re: [Air-l] women bloggers
by Jean Burgess 11 Jun '07

11 Jun '07

http://blogher.org/about-blogher-conference-06 > From: Paul Teusner <paul.teusner(a)rmit.edu.au> > Reply-To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:15:59 +1000 > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] women bloggers > > You know where I can find info about it; any papers that came from it? > > paul teusner > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Marcela Musgrove > Sent: Monday, 11 June 2007 11:00 > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-l] women bloggers > > There was a whole conference on it called Blogher the past few years... > > On 6/10/07, Paul Teusner <paul.teusner(a)rmit.edu.au> wrote: >> G'day everyone, > >> Has anyone on this list come across data or reflections on the apparent >> under-representation of women in the blogosphere? >> > _______________________________________________ > 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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evidence, not assertion, re female bloggers
by Barry Wellman 11 Jun '07

11 Jun '07

I have just read a digest of assertion and counter-assertion re the prevalence of women bloggers. Not one person offered any statistics. Although Nancy gave a rough estimate. Surely, this is one place where qual and quant can agree. Researchers gotta get their categories right, but then should keep their canons dry and at least do some sampling, counting and percentaging. Remember what "R" stands for in AoIR? 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 -- updating songs, movies and history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing Return to Sender now _____________________________________________________________________

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Information request: current YouTube research?
by Jean Burgess 11 Jun '07

11 Jun '07

Apologies for cross-posting. I'm currently working on a collaboration with Joshua Green from the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT. To put it very briefly, we¹re designing a large-scale content analysis of YouTube, with the rather ambitious long-term aim of mapping the emergent genre system of the network. As part of our planning and early publications, we'd obviously like to be in dialogue with what¹s already being done in this area. Unsurprisingly, a pretty extensive database/web search has turned up very little substantial published research on YouTube per se (as opposed to, say, youth or informal learning, with YouTube as an example). But we're aware of the fact that there is likely to be a lot of research underway that we don't know about yet. If anyone is doing similar or even slightly related empirical research on YouTube, has publications forthcoming, or knows of current projects in the area, I'd appreciate any information you might be able to make available. Please reply either on-list or to je.burgess(a)qut.edu.au Regards Jean -- Jean Burgess Postdoctoral Research Fellow ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (cci) Queensland University of Technology Blogs: http://creativitymachine.net http://propagatingmedia.com Reviews editor, International Journal of Cultural Studies http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=196 ISSN: 1367-8779 P: +61 7 3138 8253 | F: +61 7 3138 3723 | M: 0401 733755

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Re: [Air-l] women bloggers
by Kurt Luther 10 Jun '07

10 Jun '07

I look forward to the responses because this underrepresentation wasn't apparent to me. Kurt Paul Teusner wrote: > G'day everyone, > > > > Has anyone on this list come across data or reflections on the apparent > under-representation of women in the blogosphere? > > > > paul teusner > > fishers, surfers and casters - http://teusner.org/ > > bio - http://paulteusner.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/ > -- Kurt Luther Ph.D. Student, College of Computing Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia, USA luther(a)cc.gatech.edu http://kurtluther.com/ Cell: +1.404.275.0400 Work: +1.404.894.1558

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visualizing the net through akamai
by Jeremy Hunsinger 10 Jun '07

10 Jun '07

http://www.akamai.com/html/technology/visualizing_akamai.html jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Studentship in Latin American Cyberculture (Liverpool)
by Francisco Seoane 10 Jun '07

10 Jun '07

Taught Postgraduate Bursaries and Research Studentships in the School of Languages, Cultures and Area Studies, University of Liverpool Fully Funded University Research Studentship in Latin American Cyberculture and Cyberliterature The School invites applications from candidates wishing to pursue PhD research within the growing area of Latin American cyberculture and cyberliterature. Objects of study could include performance art on the Internet, blogs, cyber poetry, hypertext narrative, e-magazines, and other electronic communications, as well as research in other fields such as cyberactivism or internet governance. Preference will be given to candidates who hold or expect to receive by Autumn 2007 an MA or equivalent qualification for a higher research degree. For further details, please contact the project supervisor, Dr Claire Taylor (c.l.taylor(a)liv.ac.uk) or Dr Thea Pitman (t.pitman(a)leeds.ac.uk) A related website also provides useful information about Dr Taylor and Dr Pitmans research in this field: http://www.liv.ac.uk/soclas/research/lacyberculture/index.htm The deadline for applications is 31 July 2007. ------- Francisco Seoane Perez Provisional PhD student Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds E-mai: icsfsp(a)leeds.ac.uk Webpage: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/f.perez ____________________________________________________________________________________ ¡Descubre una nueva forma de obtener respuestas a tus preguntas! Entra en Yahoo! Respuestas. http://es.answers.yahoo.com/info/welcome

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Re: [Air-l] women bloggers
by Terry Calhoun 10 Jun '07

10 Jun '07

www.firedoglake.com Paul Teusner wrote: > G'day everyone, > > > > Has anyone on this list come across data or reflections on the apparent > under-representation of women in the blogosphere? > > > > paul teusner > > fishers, surfers and casters - http://teusner.org/ > > bio - http://paulteusner.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/ > > > > -- Terry Calhoun, MA, JD Director of Media Relations and Publications Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) terry.calhoun(a)scup.org | 734.998.7027 | www.scup.org | AIM = "splendid1" 339 E. Liberty Street, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA Thomas Edison in 1931 to Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone: "I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that."

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women bloggers
by Paul Teusner 10 Jun '07

10 Jun '07

G'day everyone, Has anyone on this list come across data or reflections on the apparent under-representation of women in the blogosphere? paul teusner fishers, surfers and casters - http://teusner.org/ bio - http://paulteusner.org/

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Survey/Interview Request: How literary fiction affects ICT research and development culture
by Peter Ryan 09 Jun '07

09 Jun '07

Dear AoIR list, I just wanted to thank everyone on this list who filled out my previous survey request. Your responses have definitely added to this research. This will be my last post concerning the research survey, which will be up until the end of August for those who might have some extra time this summer to respond, if you could not during the original release: https://www.runner.ryerson.ca/PRSurvey/survey.cfm Ive reproduced the original call below for anyone new to the list, if you would like more information on this project. Please accept my apologies for cross posting! Sincerely, Peter Ryan ------------------------------------------------------- Peter Malachy Ryan, PhD Candidate Rogers Fellow, Communication and Culture Programme Instructor, Department of Politics and Public Administration Ryerson University ********* Original Survey Post: I was previously referred to this list as a possible source for survey respondents concerning the following topic: How literary fiction affects ICT research and development culture. The scope of this research concerns North America, but I encourage people from around the globe to respond if they are interested in the topic. The brief contact survey can be found at the following URL, and it will take approximately 15 minutes of your time, depending on your level of participation: https://www.runner.ryerson.ca/PRSurvey/survey.cfm I would appreciate your time in filling out the survey because this is a part of my doctoral research project. If you would like more background on my research, I also have a blog at the following URL: http://prnetworks.blogspot.com *Please take the time to fill the survey out, especially if you are either 1) a published author of literary fiction, or 2) employed in the information communication technology sector. The survey should take about 15 minutes of your time, depending on your level of involvement. I appreciate any and all comments and feedback. The information recorded will help both quantitative and qualitative research analysis in the long run. *Importance of this Research* I hope that you will take the time to help because of its importance in the following listed areas of study. Specifically, this research aims to develop: 1) a better understanding of how to improve the potential of networked research via the use of computers. Computers have been called the "imagination machine", but are we using our new abundance of information effectively and imaginatively? 2) an interdisciplinary understanding of how the "two cultures" of the Arts and the Sciences do in fact work together (if they do at all). 3) recommendations for economic policy that is being led by the creative sector. In particular, funding for the Arts has been cut in recent years, despite the huge economic impact that the cultural industries have on local economies; however, the funding for ICT R&D continues to increase without any apparent regard for the environmental problems caused by the development of the infrastructure that is required by a technological society -- how can these two policy arcs be realigned in a focused and mutually beneficial way? 4) maps of ICT networks that emphasize and link these two cultures. If we can visualize how research networks overlap with artistic and literary capital, then perhaps improvements can be made to the systems of communication between the agents of these two cultures. Such an analysis can also be used as a valuable case study for other communities. Lastly, I would gladly ask that you forward on my e-mail address and survey if you know of any other listservs or research networks that might find this project of interest. At this point, I hope that the survey will travel far and wide like a stolen garden gnome taken around the world that will one day come back to its owner. Thank you for your time and kind consideration of this message. Sincerely, Peter Ryan ------------------------------------------------------- Peter Malachy Ryan, PhD Candidate Rogers Fellow, Communication and Culture Programme Instructor, Department of Politics and Public Administration Ryerson University

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Shades of "A Rape in Cyberspace"
by 'Gail Taylor 09 Jun '07

09 Jun '07

Kelly Garrett wrote regarding this topic: "There seem to be two camps. On one hand, there are those who argue that these are only games. [snipped] Others suggest that players of these games need to respond more rationally to the clearly fictional world. [snipped] The distinction between "real" and "virtual", which has become increasingly blurred in academic circles, seems quite prominent in many of these arguments. What metaphors will be most helpful to a large and diverse audience as they try to grapple with the issues raised by these technologies? I think that finding these metaphors and getting them out into the world is an important contribution well suited to this intellectual community." I spent a lot of years working at jobs that involved talking with others about technology change management issues in various settings (community, education, work). As opposed to talking about this subject using metaphors, it might be more helpful to use direct language when talking about human actions in virtual environments. In particular, grounding conversations in theoretical concepts of human behavior and court cases where individuals are being tried by a jury of their peers for online behaviors where the intent was to harm others, emotionally or physically. One of the theories that is receiving a lot of attention among technology developers and others who are interested in human-computer interactions is the theory of intentionality. Concepts of this psychoanalytic theory (i.e., agency, intent, motivation, volition, etc.) can be used to explore/explain various human actions related to those who develop online environments and others who choose to socialize in them. Information about court cases is also readily available from online news databanks, such as Lexis Nexis, and web sites maintained by courts and attornies. Court cases related to the use of email would be a good starting point for conversations that would be discussing more abstract notions related to interactions in virtual spaces. You also might want to consider talking about the manner in which technology enables one-way, two-way, and many-to-many exchanges with others. In particular, power relationship issues directly related to interactions enabled by these vario! us! communication modes. I had great success talking about changing practices by using a reality-based approach to the topic by assisting others in understanding how their actions, in real-worlds, are mirrored and also mimicked, in online enviornments. Use of metaphors is a common practice among members of the academic community. I've found that analogies are more often used in other settings among those who might have these type of conversations. /Gail --------------------------------------- Gail D. Taylor, M.Ed. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant Library & Information Science Research Assistant "Technology enables man to gain control over everything except technology." -- Unknown

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