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

social network/ing
by Barry Wellman 08 Jul '07

08 Jul '07

Malene has done a useful service with her 35 types of social networkING SOFTWARE perspective. Not her fault, but I do think it is important to keep social networking software distinct from the pretty different (and older) tradition of social network analysis (and theory), etc. (See the first chapter in Wellman-Berkowitz __Social Structures_ and Linton Freeman's newish book for a history of SNA. Actually, I wish the social networking folks would build better tools that use social network analysis, but so far, there has been little action. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC 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 these days _______________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-l] social network migration
by 'Gail Taylor 08 Jul '07

08 Jul '07

I am hesitant to say 'yes' to the suggestion there should be a way to aggregate social networking sites. I think it would lead to homogenization of practices for the user, who is currently having a 'multi-cultural' experience interacting with others in various online spaces. For example, the culture of Facebook is similar, but also different, than what one might expect hanging out in MySpace or other product that enables networking with others. This approach to aggregating processes is also one that decontextualizes information that is extracted from other souces, as opposed to allowing the user to interact in an environment where the information would be contextualized. There would be advantages and drawbacks to this approach. Depending on the knowledge and expertise of the people developing the aggregator, the program could be great or not so great for the end user. /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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35 Perspectives on Social Networks
by Conor Schaefer 07 Jul '07

07 Jul '07

Malene Charlotte Laren, a PhD student at Aalborg University in Denmark, has defined 35 different perspectives for evaluating social networks. I don't know how groundbreaking her work is, but I thought it warranted at least a mention on this list. Article here: http://www.socialcomputingmagazine.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=432 Malene's blog here: http://malenel.wordpress.com/ -Conor

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Fwd: Intel - Call for Interns - starting Oct 2007 - Portland, OR USA
by Jeremy Hunsinger 07 Jul '07

07 Jul '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Loi, Daria A" <daria.a.loi(a)INTEL.COM> > Date: July 6, 2007 8:16:42 PM EDT > To: PHD-DESIGN(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Intel - Call for Interns - starting Oct 2007 - Portland, > OR USA > Reply-To: "Loi, Daria A" <daria.a.loi(a)INTEL.COM> > > Intel Corporation's Domestic Designs and Technologies Research > Group is > calling for interns! > > As part of Domestic Designs and Technologies Research - the > ethnographic > and design research team within the Digital Home Group - you will work > within a multidisciplinary team of anthropologists, design researchers > and documentary film makers to explore and research 'love and > spirituality' and its intersection with computers and technology, > in and > around the home. > > DDTR is a driving force within the Digital Home Group (DHG): our > charter > is to develop a clear & actionable understanding of daily life all > over > the world, identify opportunities for our platforms to enable > experiences that consumers value, merge original insights with > technology, market, platform and planning intelligence to define usage > models & platform requirements, and seed future research & platform > opportunities. DHG's vision is to make Intel the trusted foundation of > your digital home. To that end, the Digital Home Group develops > computing and communications oriented platforms that anticipate and > satisfy the needs of consumers world-wide. > > We will be offering 3 month paid internships starting in October '07 > and, for graduate students in anthropology, design research or related > social sciences. Interns must re-locate to the Portland, Oregon > area to > work closely with the research team during the entire length of the > internship, and be eligible to work in the US. > > > > We are looking for individuals with experience in designing and > conducting both qualitative and/or quantitative user or design > research > studies, including analysis of the resulting data. Candidates should > prepare a concise yet thorough 3-5 page proposal to explore some > aspect > of love and spirituality and its intersection with computers and > technology in and around the home; inclusion of how the proposed > research fits with the candidate's own research interests (broadly > defined) is a plus. Exact responsibilities of the position will be > defined with the successful applicant based on the proposal you > submit. > > Please submit your proposal (3-5 pages, including bibliographic > references) describing the research you'd like to do in this area over > the course of your internship to francoise.bourdonnec(a)intel.com. > Applications (CV + proposal) must be received by July 31st for the > October start date. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > d a ri a l o i [PhD] > > > > research scientist | design researcher > > domestic designs & technologies research > > user experience group > > > > i n t e l corporation > > digital home platform > > 20270 NW amberglen ct., AG1-112 > beaverton, OR 97006 USA > > t: +1 503 456-2927 > > jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) 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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Columbine & Virtual / Real Rage
by Jerald Block, MD 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Hi folks: Just wanted to let you know that my paper titled, "Lessons From Columbine: Virtual and Real Rage," was just published in the peer-reviewed American Journal of Forensic Psychiatry. It is also available on my website at www.jeraldjblock.medem.com as a pdf. It is lengthy but may be of interest to some of the listserv members. Regards, Jerald Block, MD

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online tool to present research findings
by Nicole Reinhold 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Hello everybody, I do not know if some of you encounter the same problem. When conducting research I use several online tools and methods but when presenting the results I'm back offline with powerpoint or pdfs. Whereby it would be great if we could use online tools to make the research findings more interactive, multimedia embedded and so on. I was wondering if some of you have used online tools to present research findings. I was thinking of a tool with which I easily can create various templates, in which I can insert text (quotes) and images, videos and links. As anybody experience in that area or found an inspiring format of presenting research finding online? I would appreciate any idea best wishes Nicole MA. Nicole Reinhold, Senior Research Consultant Philips Design nicole.reinhold(a)philips.com, http://www.design.philips.com

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Visionary Landscapes: Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference
by David M Silver 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Visionary Landscapes: Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference Thursday, May 29-Sunday, June 1, 2008 Vancouver, Washington Sponsored by Washington State University Vancouver & the Electronic Literature Organization Dene Grigar & John Barber, Co-Chairs http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/dtc/elo08.html (website, coming August 8) Producing a work of electronic literature entails not only practice in the literary arts but sometimes also the visual, sonic, and the performative arts; knowledge of computing devices and software programs; and experience in collaboration, interdisciplinarity, and hybridity. In short, electronic literature requires its artists to see beyond traditional approaches and sensibilities into what best can be described as visionary landscapes where, as Mark Amerika puts it, artists “celebrate an interdisciplinary practice from a literary and writerly perspective that allows for other kinds of practice-based art-research and knowledge sharing.” To forward the thinking about new approaches and sensibilities in the media arts, The Electronic Literature Organization and Washington State University Vancouver’s Digital Technology and Culture program are inviting submissions to the Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference to be held from May 29 to June 1, 2008 in Vancouver, Washington. “Visionary Landscapes: Electronic Literature Organization 2008 Conference” is interested in papers that explore forms of digital media that utilize images, sound, movement, and user interaction as well as––or in lieu of––words and that explore how we read, curate, and critique such works. Topics may include: • New, non-screen, environments for presenting multimedia writing and /or electronic literature • Research labs and new media projects • Strategies for reading electronic literary works • Curating digital art • Innovative approaches to critiquing electronic literature • Emerging technologies for the production of multimedia writing and /or electronic literature • Building audience for new media literary works and writing • Digital, literary performances • Publishing for print or electronic media connecting literature and the arts through common archiving and metatag strategies • Artistic methods of composition used in intermedia storytelling (improvisation, collaboration, sample and remix, postproduction art, codework, hactivism, etc. In conjunction with the three-day conference, there will be a juried Media Arts Show. Along with prizes for the most notable work, selected artists will be awarded bursaries to attend the conference featured at the show. Submission guidelines will be posted beginning August 15, 2007 on the conference website. The keynote speaker is internationally renown new media artist and writer, Mark Amerika, named a "Time Magazine 100 Innovator." His artwork has been exhibited at the Whitney Biennial, the ICA in London, the Walker Art Center, and the Denver Art Museum and has been the topic of four retrospectives. Amerika is also the author of many books, including his recently published collection of artist writings entitled META/DATA: A Digital Poetics (The MIT Press), founder of the Alt-X Network, and publisher of the electronic book review. He currently holds the position of Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Deadline for Submissions for Presentations: November, 30, 2007 Notification of Acceptance: December 30, 2007 Vancouver, Washington, located in the Pacific Northwest just across the Columbia River from Portland, OR, is about a six hour drive south of Vancouver, Canada and three hours south of Seattle, Washington. The conference day events will take place at Washington State University Vancouver, a Tier One research Institution built in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains with views of Mt. Hood and Mt. Saint Helens. The official conference hotel is the Hilton Vancouver located in downtown Vancouver, Washington with easy access to restaurants, bars, and evening conference events. Special rates have been negotiated for conference attendees. A conference shuttle will take attendees to and from the campus daily. The recommended airport is PDX at Portland, which is about a seven minute drive to downtown Vancouver, WA. The cost of the conference is $150; graduate students and non-affiliated artists pay only $100. Conference registration covers access to all events, the reception, some meals, and shuttle transportation. For more information, contact Dene Grigar at Grigar(a)vancouver.wsu.edu

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Re: [Air-l] ICE-T anyone (or e-commerce)
by 'Gail Taylor 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Barry's (Wellman)research comes across to me as a study of regional differences in e-commerce practices among people living in Canada. E-commerce is a term that has been coined for the exchange of goods and services using a variety of information and communication technologies (ICTs). ICT is a broad term that is used to talk about the various technologies that enable business transactions. Implicit to these conversations are various exchange processes that enable transactions. Would ICE-T be a term that would be promoted among social scientists who are conducting research on e-commerce transactions???? --------------------------------------- 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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Fwd: Register Now for State of Play V: Building the Global Metaverse
by Michael Zimmer 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Begin forwarded message: State of Play V: Building the Global Metaverse is the fifth annual State of Play conference on the future of virtual worlds. Organized by New York Law School in conjunction with Trinity University, with the support of Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, this year's conference invites experts across disciplines to discuss the transnational dimensions of the metaverse and the impact of virtual environments on education, law, politics, and society. Virtual worlds are crucial building blocks of global civil society. As such, they harbor great potential for relationship building and cooperation across national borders. We hope you will join us for this important interdisciplinary conversation about the future of the global metaverse. The conference will be held on August 19–22, 2007 in Singapore. The conference will feature experts from around the world speaking about: Cross-cultural communication and avatar-to-avatar diplomacy Strategies for understanding behaviors and values of virtual world residents Regulating speech, property, and addiction in the metaverse Building transnational businesses in virtual worlds Using virtual environments to teach students of all ages Space, place, and virtual world cultures We will also present two new documentaries about how global virtual worlds intersect with real-world economies and social structures: Gold Farmers (2007) and Ideal World (2007). On Wednesday, August 22, we will offer six half-day workshops on topics including virtual world journalism, using virtual environments to transform global business, educational applications of virtual worlds, and managing virtual identities. For conference schedule and registration please visit: www.nyls.edu/ stateofplay. This message was sent from The State of Play Conference to isp- internal(a)mailman.yale.edu. It was sent from: New York Law School, 57 Worth Street, New York, NY 10013. You can modify/update your subscription via the link below.

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Fwd: ::fc-announce:: Eyebeam Fellowship Applications online!
by Jeremy Hunsinger 06 Jul '07

06 Jul '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: amanda mcdonald crowley <amc(a)va.com.au> > Date: July 5, 2007 11:56:02 PM EDT > To: announce(a)fibreculture.org > Cc: amanda mcdonald crowley <amc(a)eyebeam.org> > Subject: ::fc-announce:: Eyebeam Fellowship Applications online! > > Overview of Eyebeam Fellowships > > The application process for Eyebeam's 2007/08 Fellowship program is > currently open. The deadline for applications is August 6, 2007. All > applicants will be informed of their application status by October 1, > 2007. The program duration is for 11 months, running from November to > September. > > Fellowships will be offered in the R&D OpenLab, the Production Lab > and the Education Lab. The focus of the Fellowships varies depending > on the tools and skills available and the creative objectives and > philosophy of each Lab. Up to five Fellowships will be granted for > 2007/08. > > http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=felcall > > For all of the Fellowships we are seeking applications from artists, > hackers, designers, engineers and creative technologists to come to > Eyebeam for a year to undertake new research and develop new work. > The ideal Fellow has experience working with and making innovative > technological art and/or creative technology projects and has a > passion for collaborative development. Fellows will bring this > experience and working approach to their own independent projects, > projects initiated by other Residents or Fellows and projects > conceived collaboratively during the Fellowship period. > > Fellows are selected from an open call. International applicants are > welcome to apply although we do not have the resources to provide > travel or accommodation. We are happy to work with selected > applicants, where required, to help them to secure funds to cover > these expenses. International Fellows are responsible for securing > their own visas for the Fellowship period. > Fellows receive a $30,000 stipend and health benefits during their > stay. They are able to take on additional external teaching or > consulting work, but there is an expectation that Fellows will be > working at Eyebeam a minimum of four days a week. > > Collaborative partnerships at Eyebeam will be fostered though group > critiques, discussions and projects, within and between the lab > environments and residency programs. Fellows also benefit from > critiques, lectures and workshops by external practitioners chosen > for their relationship to subjects and projects being worked on in > the Labs. > > All Fellows are encouraged to share their skills and knowledge with > the larger Eyebeam community by conducting formal and/or informal > workshops with others in the Labs as well as possible workshops open > to the public. There are also opportunities to develop work for > performance, events, seminars, exhibition or other public programming > in the Eyebeam galleries (and beyond) during the term of the > fellowship. Core to our principle at Eyebeam is the brokering of > relationships between artists, hackers, coders, engineers and other > creative technologists and the contexts we provide. The intention is > to foster and facilitate relationships whereby technologists and > artists can come together to germinate and hothouse their ideas, > develop new processes and create new works through a period of > immersion in a social context which is rich in technology, expertise > and ideas. > > Research Themes > We also support research groups to bring together creative > practitioners working at Eyebeam as well as expert external > participants. New research leads to possible public outcomes > including seminars, public discussion and exhibition. > > Research themes for 2007/08 include (though will not be limited to): > * Energy, Technology and Sustainability > * Urban research, urban interventions and media in public space > Artists and creative technologists interested in these research areas > are particularly encouraged to apply for 2007/08 Fellowships. > > Application Requirements > Applications received after the deadline of August 6, 2007, will not > be accepted. 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