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

Ethics in online virtual worlds (follow up point)
by Kevin Sherman 01 Aug '07

01 Aug '07

..also wanted to mention that i have asked a similar question within the SLRL...with good results. just thought i'd open it up to those on this list as well. (so sorry for the cross-posting)

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Reminder: AoIR exec nominations close soon
by Matthew Allen 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

Dear all The aoir election process is underway and members are invited to nominate for a position on the next Executive. Information can be found at: http://aoir.org/?q=node/865 <http://aoir.org/?q=node/865> Please note that VP. Treasurer and Secretary nominations close on 6 August; nominations for the three open seats and 1 grad student rep close on 22 August. Email nominate(a)aoir.org Matt Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://smi.curtin.edu…> +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aoir.org/>

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Communication History Listserv
by Park, David 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

If any AoIR-ers are interested in communication history, I direct your attention to a new listserv, dedicated to discussions of communication and history (including media history, history of the study of communication, history of the idea of communication, and certainly much else): http://www.communicationhistory.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/commhistl ist/ Thanks, Dave Park David W. Park Gustav E. Beerly, Jr. Assistant Professor Department of Communication Lake Forest College 555 N. Sheridan Road Lake Forest, IL 60045-2399 phone: (847)-735-5149 e-mail: park(a)lakeforest.edu blog: http://www.pravdakid.blogspot.com

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fantasy football league? wanna join?
by Jeremy Hunsinger 30 Jul '07

30 Jul '07

Two years ago we had a somewhat interesting fantasy football team that one of my friends from Virginia Tech won. If people are interested, I'll set one up for this year. Send me a note off list, we need 8-12 people. You'll get to learn more about American Football and the fad that is simulated sports. We play seriously, but in good fun:) Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron

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New JCMC Issue (v12.4)
by elw＠stderr.org 29 Jul '07

29 Jul '07

--- A new issue of the JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION is available at: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/ The table of contents is included below. --------- Volume 12, Issue 4, July 2007 The Benefits of Facebook "Friends:" Social Capital and College Students' Use of Online Social Networks - Nicole B. Ellison, Charles Steinfield, and Cliff Lampe Online Communication and Adolescent Well-Being: Testing the Stimulation Versus the Displacement Hypothesis - Patti M. Valkenburg and Jochen Peter Configurations of Social Relations in Different Media: F2F, Email, Instant Messenger, Mobile Phone, and SMS - Hyo Kim, Gwang Jae Kim, Han Woo Park, and Ronald E. Rice Types of Fantasy Sports Users and Their Motivations - Lee Farquhar and Robert Meeds A Case of Mistaken Identity? News Accounts of Hacker, Consumer, and Organizational Responsibility for Compromised Digital Records - Kris Erickson and Philip N. Howard Ethos in Chaos? Reaction to Video Files Depicting Socially Harmful Images in the Channel 2 Japanese Internet Forum - Muneo Kaigo and Isao Watanabe Mapping Diversities and Tracing Trends of Cultural Homogeneity/Heterogeneity in Cyberspace - Elad Segev, Niv Ahituv, and Karine Barzilai-Nahon Estimating Linguistic Diversity on the Internet: A Taxonomy to Avoid Pitfalls and Paradoxes - Peter Gerrand CMC Modes for Learning Tasks at a Distance - Trena Paulus Methical Jane: Perspectives of an Undisclosed Virtual Student - Lynette Nagel, A. Seugnet Blignaut, and Johannes C. Cronjé Online vs. Face-to-Face Deliberation: Effects on Civic Engagement - Seong-jae Min Vive Les Roses!: The Architecture of Commitment in an Online Pregnancy and Mothering Group - Barbara L. Ley --- Special Section on Blogging --- Blogging Practices: An Analytical Framework - Jan Schmidt Anonymity and Self-Disclosure on Weblogs - Hua Qian and Craig R. Scott Psychological and Social Influences on Blog Writing: An Online Survey of Blog Authors in Japan - Asako Miura and Kiyomi Yamashita Gender Differences in British Blogging - Sarah Pedersen and Caroline Macafee ---- JCMC is an open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal that has been published quarterly since 1995. All past and current JCMC articles are available at: http://jcmc.indiana.edu ----

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If you can read this, thank your sysadmin
by Jeremy Hunsinger 27 Jul '07

27 Jul '07

System Administrator Appreciation Day July 27th, 2007 (Last Friday Of July) 8th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day http://www.sysadminday.com/ If you can read this, thank your sysadmin 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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ISTAS 2008-correction
by Milliken, Mary C. 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

Dear research colleagues, I am usually an appreciative lurker on this list but have been 'flushed out' in the act of forwarding a CFP that had an error. Please note that the discrepancy between the web page and CFP pdf has been corrected. Many thanks for pointing out the error MK! For your information: In 2008, the IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society will be held in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. We are calling for papers, abstracts and ideas addressing the ISTAS 08 theme: Citizens, groups, communities, and information and communication technologies (ICT). The submission deadline is December 17, 2007. You will find information on the call for papers, submission requirements, tracks, and publication outcomes on the ISTAS 08 website: www.istas08.ca <http://www.istas08.ca/> All the best, Mary C. Milliken PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton Area of research: public service broadcasting and communication technologies Supervisor: Dr. Vanda Rideout

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Re: [Air-L] Is all Communication Commercial?
by William Bain 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

Hi, I'm just speculating after having missed some of the discussion on this subjectdue to a major electric company failure in our great city here, but Jeremy Hunsinger wrote (I see from the archives) "If you move out to systems of knowledge, you can make the same argument, [that "the" exchange system = the signifying system] but you can rely on different axioms.... I'm not really comfortable trying to locate this as an quantitive question though... i see it more as an interpretative and empirical question framed by your axioms." I hope I haven't botched the quote, but I just wanted to add that is seems to me that it's always a question of intepretative empiricism. Quantify if you can ansd as much as you like, you still have to interpret the data. Perhaps I'sm simply agreeing with what you've already said. Umberto Eco has noted that "The ability of the textual manifestations to empty, destroy, or reconstruct preexisting sign-functions depends on the presence within the sign-function (that is, in the network of content figures) of a set of instructions oriented toward the (potential) production of different texts." It is potentially a different text we read every time we wake up, changing more or less according to concerted agreement. From my pov in this, speculative : ) as I said, well, skepticism leads to more text, new "instructions" I don't know if that's too obvious or no.t. In any case, ir read the sets of axioms as being something like gravity, force of gravity. Maybe I'm too influenced by that power shutdhown! We didn't even have streetllights Cheers, Will --------------------------------- Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel.

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Re: [Air-L] [Air-l] Draft of AoIR 8.0 conference schedule available
by Nishant Shah 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

Right you are. My bad. Thanks everybody for the help. The name is right there, bright and clear, on a page I never opened. cheers Nishant -- Nishant Shah Ph.D. Student, CSCS, Bangalore. Project Manager, COMAT, Bangalore. # 0-9341645206

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Clarification
by Lisa Gye 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

Thanks for the "heads up" Ed I should clarify some terms. A sessional tutor is a casual tutor. The position is in Melbourne, Australia, and requires the person to take two classes (25 students in each) once a week for 12 weeks. So, sorry non-Australian friends, unless you are considering relocating then this is not for you :) Regards Lisa Gye Lecturer in Media and Communications Swinburne University of Technology http://www.sportwithoutborders.net.au http://www.altx.com/ebooks/ulmer.html http://www.lisagye.net Tel: +613 92148345 The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Dorothy Parker Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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