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REMINDER CfP: Emerging Technology - New Opportunities for the Community Sector (closes 1 July)
by Marcus Foth 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

CALL FOR PAPERS -- Academic Paper Submissions now close 1 July 2007 Making Links 2007 Emerging Technology: New Opportunities for the Community Sector Tuesday 30th - Wednesday 31st October 2007 NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre, Surry Hills, Sydney http://www.makinglinks.org.au/ The 4th annual Making Links conference is one of Australia’s leading forums for workers in the not-for-profit and community sectors to showcase their work and to explore current and emerging new media and information and communications technology (ICT). This two-day conference has regularly attracted delegates and presenters from many fields including health, environment, education, business, government, philanthropy and human services to discuss their experiences with ICT, multimedia and web technology. This year we are adding a peer reviewed academic stream to the conference and look forward to also welcoming practitioners, researchers, academics and students from a wide range of disciplines. CONFERENCE TOPICS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: .. Community networking, community development, community capacity building .. Technology for social action, transformation and community activism, including online campaigning .. Social capital .. Open source software for non-profit and community organisations .. Online deliberation, community consultation and engagement .. Web-based training, education, e-learning and professional development .. New Media, community arts and community cultural development .. Client / constituent relationship management .. Fundraising .. Technology infrastructure, implementation and maintenance .. Strategies of using ICT to give marginalised communities a voice .. Practical workshops in IT, web development and/or multimedia ACADEMIC PAPER SUBMISSIONS Academic paper submissions (max 5000 words, APA 5th style) will be subject to a double blind review process and evaluated on the basis of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing in accordance with DEST E1 requirements. This review will be based on the full text of the submitted paper. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the academic journal 3CMedia. It is necessary for at least one author of any accepted submission to register and attend the conference to have the paper published in the proceedings. Submissions should be emailed to Dr Marcus Foth at m.foth(a)qut.edu.au 01 July 2007 Full academic paper submissions due: NOW DUE 01 JULY 2007 20 August 2007 Notification of acceptance and review reports sent to authors 01 October 2007 Revised, camera ready papers due Program announcement and close of early bird registration OTHER CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS We seek proposals for non-peer-reviewed oral paper presentations, workshops and interactive multimedia displays. A computer lab and video lounge will be available for multimedia and film presentations. Abstracts and proposals should be submitted at http:// www.makinglinks.com.au/ and will be reviewed by the conference committee. 02 July 2007 Abstracts and proposal submissions due 03 September 2007 Notification of acceptance 01 October 2007 Program announcement and close of early bird registration CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Conference Chair Jill Sergeant, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) Academic Program Chair Marcus Foth, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Organising Committee Simon Gee, CommunIT, Community Information Strategies Australia (CISA) Jonathan Hallett (Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research, Curtin University of Technology) Liz Landray, Infoxchange Australia Liliana Ruti, Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) Juan Salazar, Media Studies and Production, University of Western Sydney (UWS) -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/

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Re: [Air-l] women bloggers
by Robyn Tasaka 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

i've come across some sources that talk about some of the issues nancy mentions. here are some, plus annotations i did a year or two ago. robyn tasaka Henning, Jeffrey. "The Blogging Iceberg." *Perseus*. 4 October 2003. Perseus Development Corporation. 11 November 2005 < http://www.perseus.com/blogsurvey/thebloggingiceberg.html>. This article provides age and gender demographics of bloggers. Henning also says the typical bloggers are teenage girls who write for their friends. Herring, Susan and Inna Kouper, Lois Ann Scheidt, and Elijah Wright. "Women and Children Last: The Discursive Construction of Weblogs." *Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community, and Culture of Weblogs*. Ed. Laura J. Gurak, Smiljana Antonijevic, Laurie Johnson, Clancy Ratliff, and Jessica Reyman. June 2004. 11 November 2005 < http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/introduction.html>. This article discusses how the mainstream media, academics, and even bloggers focus on filer-type blogs by adult men rather than the journal-type blogs by teenage girls that make up a vast majority of blogs. On 6/9/07, 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? > > > > 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/ >

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Turner winner of 2007 James Carey Award
by Mark D. Johns 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- June 19, 2007 Contact: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Executive Director Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research c/o Department of Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, Iowa Tel: (563) 387-1347 or (319) 268-1902 FAX: (563) 387-1132 email: mjohns(a)luther.edu Turner winner of 2007 James Carey Award IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Dr. Fred Turner, Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Communication at Stanford University, is the winner of the 2007 James W. Carey Media Research Award competition sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (www.cccsir.org) Turner’s award-winning entry was his recent book, “From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism” (University of Chicago Press, 2006). The Carey Award is presented annually from among nominated or submitted books or papers that have been presented or published in the previous year. To be worthy of the award, the work must be of highest quality and employ Carey’s theories to focus on communication and public life and the relationship between journalism and popular culture. The winning entry this year was chosen from an exceptionally strong field of works submitted by a long list of outstanding scholars. Dr. Turner’s book traces the transition of computer networks from cold war military equipment to instruments of social and communal interaction during the period from 1968 to 1998. He will receive the award plaque during a presentation at an upcoming national communication convention to be announced. The Couch Center established the annual Carey Award in 2004. The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research is a non-profit organization established to promote the scholarship of the late Carl J. Couch and his academic associates. Couch is recognized as the founder of The New Iowa School in sociological and communication inquiry, and was a pioneer in the qualitative research of information technologies. The Center provides networking opportunities for students and scholars who conduct social and Internet research, inspired by Couch's work. - 30 -

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Re: [Air-l] Research on closed social networking sites
by Paul DiPerna 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

Sandra, I did a kind of macro-level analysis of social network sites about a year ago, which I presented at ASA. I ran into the same difficulty as your friend. Based on my experience, there had been very little empirical research on LinkedIn. At least until last summer, nearly all research focused on MySpace, Facebook, orkut, or Friendster. In the conference paper there is a discussion on LinkedIn in the series of site histories, and then again in the analytical and concluding sections. If anything, the notes may be useful. If your friend is interested, she can access the conference paper here: http://blauexchange.org/connector_website_model_fullreport.pdf Shorter, published version here: http://www.jiti.net/v07/jiti.v7n1.015-020.pdf Hope this helps, Paul ----------- Paul DiPerna Blau Exchange http://www.blauexchange.org online ID: http://claimid.com/pdiperna ------ Original Message ---- From: Sandra C. Bavasso Roffo <scbr(a)sinectis.com.ar> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 12:27:23 AM Subject: Re: [Air-l] Research on closed social networking sites Hi All, A friend of mine is finishing her thesis that is about social networking sites *nothing original there* but her work has an original a twist. As part of her research she is trying to compare the attitude of the same group of people in a completely closed social networking (closed to alumni of one specific University) against their attitude in a more open online community like LinkedIn. The reason she is using LinkedIn, is that her test group is more into business and career development so most of the alumni are already using LinkedIn. She is working with the 90-9-1 theory of participation and trying to see also how the theory of the "weak links" as generators of business and career opportunities works or not on both sites. I am helping her a little and while we have found extensive research on Facebook, we have found almost nothing on LinkedIn. Any recommendation? She is already sending her survey out but some specific bibliography on LinkedIn will be appreciate! Thanks, Sandra :) _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [Air-l] building online communities
by Paul DiPerna 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

Maciej, In 2005, there was a Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication issue dedicated to online community themes and issues: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue4/ Here are a few very good practitioner blogs where you may want to sift through posts: Nancy White: http://www.fullcirc.com/weblog/onfacblog.htm Lee Lefever/CommonCraft: http://www.commoncraft.com/blog Online Community Report: http://www.onlinecommunityreport.com/ You may also want to check out the lead up to the Community Next Conference: http://communitynext.com/ Hope this helps, Paul ----------- Paul DiPerna Blau Exchange http://www.blauexchange.org online ID: http://claimid.com/pdiperna ----- Original Message ---- From: Maciej Kos <kos(a)gnu.univ.gda.pl> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 1:00:56 PM Subject: [Air-l] building online communities Hi, I am looking for literature that deals with building online communities in light of web2.0. I would be especially interested in market entry strategies - viral marketing, building community's critical mass, etc. Can you suggest anything valuable? Of course I prefer free resources (+elsevier) but a good book or two would be fine as well. Kind Regards, Maciej _______________________________________________ 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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Blogging on Dr Who
by Derek McMillan 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

I think I overtrump Mary. I first watched Dr Who when it was William Hartnell. I think the writers were just trying to be "down with the kids" by mentioning blogging rather than knowing what they were talking about :) I think blogging has been mentioned on Newsround a few times and of course the BBC news has mentioned it a few times - the US military trying to block soldiers from blogging for example because they were "using up valuable time" when they should be killing people and valuable bandwidth which would slow down their ability to kill people. Of course the fact some soldiers were not telling it like (the Pentagon thinks) it is was a factor too. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Shameless plug: New book on Cheating (in videogames, that is)
by Mia Consalvo 19 Jun '07

19 Jun '07

Hi all, For a little light summer reading :), here's a shameless plug for my new book "Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames" which is now available from MIT Press (or Amazon, or etc). Here's the brief blurb and places to find it: "The widely varying experiences of players of digital games challenge the notions that there is only one correct way to play a game. Some players routinely use cheat codes, consult strategy guides, or buy and sell in-game accounts, while others consider any or all of these practices off limits. Meanwhile, the game industry works to constrain certain readings or activities and promote certain ways of playing. In Cheating, Mia Consalvo investigates how players choose to play games and what happens when they can't always play the way they'd like. She explores a broad range of player behavior, including cheating (alone and in groups), examines the varying ways that players and industry define cheating, describes how the game industry itself has helped systematize cheating, and studies online cheating in context in an online ethnography of Final Fantasy XI. She develops the concept of "gaming capital" as a key way to understand individuals' interaction with games, information about games, the game industry, and other players." http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11153 http://www.amazon.com/Cheating-Advantage-Videogames-Mia-Consalvo/dp/02620336 58/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-7568115-4449563?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182189765&sr=8-1 Enjoy! Mia -- Mia Consalvo, Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies 213 RTV Building School of Telecommunications 9 South College Street Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 740.597.1521

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CFP: JCHB - Special issue "Enabling elderly users to create and share self authored multimedia content"
by A.C.Roibas＠bton.ac.uk 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Journal of Computers in Human Behavior - Special issue: "Future networked interactive media systems and services for the new-senior communities: enabling elderly users to create and share self authored multimedia content". OBJECTIVE This Special issue looks at understanding crucial design issues of incoming scenarios of pervasive networked systems for elderly people. These systems should seek to improve elderly peoples' access to social services, to facilitate social contacts as well as access to context-based infotainment and entertainment, to facilitate social participation and independent living, in sum, to improve the welfare and quality of life for the industrialized world aging society and reducing the digital divide. More specifically this special issue addresses three major obstacles that must be overcome for elderly citizens to take advantage of these new technological developments: 1) lack of methods and tools to identify elderly users requirements for a social and creative media usage, 2) lack of knowledge in understanding the factors motivating usage of such applications as well as its social impact on senior citizens and 3) the complexity of multimodal user interfaces in networked applications. IMPORTANT DATES: -- Deadline for paper proposals: 1st of August, 07 -- Feedback to proposal authors: 15th of September, 07 -- Full paper submission deadline: 1st of December 07 -- Referee, reviews: November- 1st February 2008 -- Meta reviews and feedback to authors: 22nd February 2008 -- New paper iteration, submission revised papers: 2nd May 2008 -- Proofreading final submissions, 4th July 2008 -- Publishing, October 2008 PROPOSALS: Please submit a 300-500 word proposal* for your paper to both editors by 6th July. A plain text abstract in email is preferred; otherwise, please attach a document in either PDF or MS Word format. If you cannot meet this deadline, please feel free to contact the Special Issue Editors to discuss your plans: Anxo Cereijo Roibás [a.c.roibas(a)brighton.ac.uk] and Petter Bae Brandtzæg [ Petter.B.Brandtzag(a)sintef.no] *Note that proposals are not a prerequisite for submitting a paper, but are strongly preferred, as they will help us shape the special issue and help you plan your paper. If you have missed the proposal submission deadline, please contact us to let us know you intend to submit a paper. PAPER SUBMISION: Authors should submit an electronic copy (preferably in MS Word or PDF formats) by email, with full contact details by 1st of August 2007, to Anxo Cereijo Roibás [a.c.roibas(a)brighton.ac.uk] and Petter Bae Brandtzæg [ Petter.B.Brandtzag(a)sintef.no] Information about submissions to Computers in Human Behavior can be found at the journal's web site: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/759/authorinst…. Submissions should in the journal style, which is best understood by looking at a recent issue of Computers in Human Behavior.

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Boostrom Winner of Couch Award
by Mark D. Johns 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- June 18, 2007 Contact: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Executive Director Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research c/o Department of Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, Iowa Tel: (563) 387-1347 or (319) 268-1902 email: mjohns(a)luther.edu Boostrom Winner of Couch Award CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (www.cccsir.org) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. Robert E. Boostrom, Jr., a doctoral student in Department of Marketing, College of Business and Administration at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is the First Place winner for his paper, “The Social Construction of Virtual Reality and the Stigmatized Identity of the Newbie.” Jijesh Devan and Dany DiTullio, doctoral degree candidates in management information systems at Queen's Business School in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, are Second Place winners for their paper, “Socialization in Open Source Software Communities: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective.” The Third Place award winner is Alvin S. Concha, a master’s degree candidate in gender studies at the Ateneo de Davao University in Davao City, Philippines, for his paper, “Filipino cyborg sexualities: Chatroom masculinities, self-ascribed identities, ephemeral selves.” The Couch Award is presented annually and recognizes excellent student-authored papers. Winning papers apply symbolic interactionist approaches to internet studies as advocated by the late Dr. Carl J. Couch, long-time professor of sociology at the University of Iowa. The Couch Center established the Couch Award in 2002 as the centerpiece of an extensive awards program. Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines, and winners are selected by a committee of university professors in communication studies and sociology from across the U.S. This year’s competition was rigorous, with a record number of entries. Papers were received from students from undergraduates through Ph.D. candidates, and were submitted by students from a half dozen nations, studying in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia, as well as North America. Winners receive a cash award as well as the opportunity to present their papers at a national or international conference. This year’s awards will be presented at the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers in Vancouver, Canada, October 17-20. The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research is a non-profit organization established to promote the scholarship of the late Carl J. Couch and his academic associates. Couch is recognized as the founder of The New Iowa School in sociological and communication inquiry, and was a pioneer in the qualitative research of information technologies. The Center provides networking opportunities for students and scholars who conduct social and Internet research, inspired by Couch's work. - 30 -

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CFP: Virtual Sport as New Media
by Leonard, David 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Call for Papers Virtual Sport as New Media Special Issue of Sociology of Sport Journal Guest Editor: David J. Leonard Daily, sports fans throughout the globe visit various sports websites, participate in fantasy sports, celebrate and criticize teams, players, and sporting cultures on blogs, in discussion groups, and list serves, and enjoy immense pleasure in playing sports video games. Each of these media, to varying degrees, embodies what has come to be known as new media, a catch-all phrases that includes everything from the Internet to the Blogosphere to video games, virtual reality, and other examples in which media technologies are defined by increased accessibility, fluidity, and interactivity. In 1998, David Rowe found that Yahoo UK and Irish Search engines offered 4,271 categories and 14,591 sites devoted to sport. As of 2007, a U.S. Google search landed 822,000,000 sports websites, yet yielded few scholarly inquiries of sports and new media, especially in regards to race, gender, sexuality, and nation. Moreover, when much of the video game industry faced losses in sales in 2005, sports games remained strong within the industry, accounting for more than thirty percent of all video games sales. In total, sports video games represent a $1 billion industry, a fact that demonstrates the economic power and cultural significance of sports video games. Yet, to date, the literature within sports sociology, amongst commentators and scholars of global sports culture, has with few exceptions remained relatively silent to the cultural, political, sociological, economic, and overall significance of new media within a globalized sports culture. While there are countless examples and evidence of the increasing significance of new media within global sporting cultures, the academic community continues to lag behind in terms of analysis and critical interrogation. This special issue attempts to bridge the gap between old media, and new, reflecting on the ways in which new media cultures infect and affect fans, teams, sporting cultures. Possible topics include but are not limited to: sports video games; sporting blogs; the Internet and global sports culture; white masculinity and virtual sports culture; fantasy sports; sports discussion groups; ESPN.com and virtual sports media; virtual sport as minstrelsy; the intersections of race, nation, sexuality, gender, and class with sports and new media; race, gender and fantasy sports leagues; analysis of the cultural affects of Youtube, Myspace, or Google video on sporting cultures; sports talk radio and podcasting/the Internet (particularly as they relate to race and gender); virtual sports culture and Diaspora: Sports as imagined community; links between racism, sexism and other institutions of domination and virtual sporting cultures, and, virtual sports culture as racial/ gendered performance. This issue will consider textual, empirical (data-based), case study, and/or theory-based papers grounded in sociological theory and related to virtual sports culture, but is especially interested in papers that are empirically-based and those that critically engage the links between virtual sport and race, gender, sexuality, nation or globalization, as well as papers that push analysis into realms of comparison (beyond the U.S.). Authors should follow the Instructions to contributors found in every issue of the Sociology of Sport Journal. Essays should be roughly 6,000 words, excluding endnotes and reference list. Questions should be sent to Dr. David J. Leonard, djl(a)wsu.edu. All submissions are due by March 1, 2008 and should be submitted on line to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hk_ssj Dr. David Leonard Comparative Ethnic Studies Washington State University

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