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

research positions at University of Washington Center for Internet Studies
by Beth Kolko 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

The Center for Internet Studies of the University of Washington, Information School, has an outstanding opportunity for an experienced research manager and research coordinator to oversee the implementation of an 18-month study examining ICT public access environments across 25 countries. This research program focuses on libraries and other public access venues across a wide range of countries of differing socio-economic conditions, and aims to collect data that will allow comparative analyses of the political, economic, human resource, and technological and physical infrastructure factors among others that affect public access to ICT. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply early. For full job descriptions, please visit: http://www.cis.washington.edu/about/jobs.html Chris Coward Center for Internet Studies

1 0

research positions at University of Washington Center for Internet Studies
by Christopher Coward 17 Sep '07

17 Sep '07

The Center for Internet Studies of the University of Washington, Information School, has an outstanding opportunity for an experienced research manager and research coordinator to oversee the implementation of an 18-month study examining ICT public access environments across 25 countries. This research program focuses on libraries and other public access venues across a wide range of countries of differing socio-economic conditions, and aims to collect data that will allow comparative analyses of the political, economic, human resource, and technological and physical infrastructure factors among others that affect public access to ICT. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply early. For full job descriptions, please visit: http://www.cis.washington.edu/about/jobs.html Chris Coward Center for Internet Studies

1 0

CFP: Exploring New Media Worlds, Texas A&M, Feb 29-March 2
by Holly Kruse 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

Exploring New Media Worlds: Changing Technologies, Industries, Cultures, and Audiences in Global and Historical Context An international conference hosted by Texas A&M University, February 29 to March 2, 2008 Integrating fields of study in a time of change; setting a new agenda for media studies. Papers and proposals are invited on any aspect of the conference themes, offering reports of new research, position-taking conceptual essays, discussions of media and telecommunication policy, and both international and historical comparisons on changing technologies, industries, cultures, and audiences. The program will include keynote speakers, roundtable discussions, thematic panels, prominent scholars as respondents, and time for interaction. A wide selection of papers from the conference will be published. Travel grants are available for student members of the National Communication Association (see our webpage for more information). Send papers or proposals (abstracts or annotated outlines) with a 50 word professional biography by email attachment to mediaworlds(a)libarts.tamu.edu. Panel proposals are also acceptable. Deadline: November 20, 2007. For more information see http://comm.tamu.edu/mediaworlds email mediaworlds(a)libarts.tamu.edu or Rothenbuhler(a)tamu.edu. Keynote speakers: Larry Grossberg; Steve Jones; Vinny Mosco; and Ellen Seiter. Confirmed participants: Carole Blair, Sandra Braman, Celeste Condit, Bruce Gronbeck, Andrea Press, Ronald Rice, Paddy Scannell, Joseph Turow, Angharad Valdivia. And the Texas A&M faculty: Patrick Burkart, Heidi Campbell, Antonio La Pastina, Srivi Ramasubramanian, Eric Rothenbuhler, Michael Stephenson, Randy Sumpter, and Ian Weber plus strong faculty groups in Rhetoric and Public Affairs, Health Communication, and Organizational Communication. The Exploring New Media Worlds conference is hosted and co-sponsored by the Department of Communication, the College of Liberal Arts, the Glasscock Center for Humanities Research, and the Program in Presidential Rhetoric, Texas A&M University, with support from the National Communication Association.

1 0

Ethics considerations in usage of skype for telephone interviews
by Jeremy Depauw 16 Sep '07

16 Sep '07

Hi all! After having been sensibilzed by Nick Jankowski about ethics in Online research at the ECREA Summer School, I would like to ask a question to experienced scholars. I am considering to use skype to achieve telephone interviews in the course of my fieldwork, for my phd thesis. May I consider Skype as yet-another telephonic device or do I have to achieve a deeper reflection regarding ethics? I am not pretty sure of all challenges involved in IP telephony, especially as I am about to interview competitive intelligence managers. Thank you for your help! Jeremy -- Jeremy Depauw The Power of Knoweldge Sharing and Skills Synegism Journal de recherche: http://dev.ulb.ac.be/~jdepauw/dotclear/index.php

6 8

Making Links 2007: conference program now online
by Marcus Foth 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

Making Links 2007 Emerging Technology: New Opportunities for the Community Sector 30th - 31st October NSW Teachers’ Federation Conference Centre, Sydney Draft program now online Another Making Links - another feast of choices in the conference program. True to this year's theme, there is a strong focus on the opportunities presented by emerging technology, with a mix of case studies and practical sessions. Come along and be inspired. We are pleased to welcome presenters from organisations as diverse as Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), The Spastic Centre and Greenpeace. Making Links also acknowledges the generous support of Adobe Systems Pty Ltd, who will run workshops on Photoshop and Dreamweaver. Take a look at what’s on offer at http://www.makinglinks.org.au/ Your space You’ve got a fantastic project but you didn’t want to do a big presentation at the conference - here’s your chance to brag about it anyway. On Tuesday after lunch the computer lab and another room will be available for Making Links delegates to showcase their projects for 10 - 20 minutes each. There won’t be a formal program for this – just book yourself in on Tuesday morning and we’ll make sure everyone knows about it. If there’s enough interest we may even repeat it on Wednesday morning. Earlybird rate closes soon Don't miss out on the generous early bird rate - register before 24 September at http://www.makinglinks.org.au/ Silver Sponsor The national training system’s e-learning strategy, the Australian Flexible Learning Framework is collaboratively funded by the Australian Government and all states and territories and provides the vocational education and training (VET) system with e-learning skills, professional development, products, resources and support networks to strengthen the skills base of Australia. For more information call 07 3307 4700, email: enquiries(a)flexiblelearning.net.au or visit http:// www.flexiblelearning.net.au/ Bronze sponsor QUT Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation For more information contact Prof. Greg Hearn on g.hearn(a)qut.edu.au or 07 3138 3765, or visit http://ici.qut.edu.au/ Conference Chair Jill Sergeant, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) 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) Marcus Foth, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) 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/

1 0

Re: [Air-L] "social networks" preceded "network community"
by John Postill 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

In a paper that preceded their article "Social networks and the study of relations: networks as method, metaphor and form", Knox et al (2006) write the following (I haven't got the published article handy, sorry): In fact, the earliest use of the network as a theory in anthropology is not in the work of Bott (1957) and Barnes (1954), but in Radcliffe-Brown’s presidential address “On Social Structure”, published in JRAI in 1940. Here the concept of social networks emerges as central to his clarifications as to what constitutes social structure. Making a clear distinction between the identification of an empirical social structure, as “the set of actually existing relations, at a given moment of time, which link together certain human beings” (1940: 4) and the role of the anthropologist to reveal structural form, Radcliffe-Brown contrasted the fact that “human beings are connected by a complex network of social relations” (1940: 2) with what he saw as the scientific role of the anthropologist to create abstractions regarding the general characteristics of these social networks, or social structure. All the best John Reference Knox, Hannah; Savage, Mike; Harvey, Penny Source: Economy and Society, Volume 35, Number 1, Number 1/February 2006 , pp. 113-140(28) Dr John Postill Senior Lecturer in Media Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield S11 8UZ United Kingdom +44 114 225 4628 j.postill(a)shu.ac.uk http://www.johnpostill.co.uk ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:51:14 PM BST From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] "social networks" preceded "network community" > Jose wrote in the last digest: > "I think that this comparison is similar to that of VCs and 'Networked > Communities', a term that has been there long before 'social networks'." > > Sorry, Jose, but I think you're wrong. > > I. > > The explicit use of the term social network goes back to the 1950s, with > J.A. Barnes, the Cambridge anthropologist. Wikipedia has a handy > historical section on this, and for more detail, see > > Linton Freeman, The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the > Sociology of Science. Vancouver: Empirical Press, 2004. > > (I have a shorter article, as the first chapter of Wellman & Berkowitz, > _Social Structures_). > > What's happening is that the social software mavens have been taking over > "social network" as their own. There's been a lot of fuss on Wikipedia > differentiating between the "social network" and the "social network > service" article. > > II. > > I think I invented the term "networked comunities". Certainly I > started using it much later -- in the 1970s. Dredging my vitae, it was > probably used early on in: > > Barry Wellman, "The Network Nature of Future Communities." Society for the > Study of Social Problems, Aug., 1972. New York.(if you want to consider > conference papers) > > and in print: > > Paul Craven and Barry Wellman, "The Network City". Sociological Inquiry 43 > (Winter, 1973): 57-88. > > Barry Wellman, "The Form and Function of Future Communities." Pp. 301-313 > in Futures for Central Canada, edited by Larry S. Bourne, et al. Toronto: > Univ. of Toronto Press, 1974. > > Barry Wellman, "Community Transformations: Present and Future." Pp. 213-26 > in Participatory Democracy in Action, edited by Dan Chekki. Sahibabad, > India: Vikas, 1979. > > Barry Wellman, "The Community Question: The Intimate Networks of East > Yorkers." American Journal of Sociology 84 (March, 1979): 1201-31. > > Barry Wellman and Barry Leighton, "Networks, Neighborhoods and > Communities," Urban Affairs Quarterly 14 (March, 1979):363-90. > > Barry Wellman, Peter Carrington and Alan Hall "Networks as Personal > Communities." Pp. 130-84 in Social Structures: A Network Approach, edited > by Barry Wellman and S.D. Berkowitz. Cambridge: Cambridge University > Press, 1988. > > You could look it up as Casey used to say, as my vitae is online. > Alas, these papers were written before word processing, so I don't have a > handy search mechanism available. > > And I'd rather write new stuff that search old. > > Barry Wellman > _______________________________________________________________________ > > S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director > Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto > 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-7162 > Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php > Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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

"social networks" preceded "network community"
by Barry Wellman 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

Jose wrote in the last digest: "I think that this comparison is similar to that of VCs and 'Networked Communities', a term that has been there long before 'social networks'." Sorry, Jose, but I think you're wrong. I. The explicit use of the term social network goes back to the 1950s, with J.A. Barnes, the Cambridge anthropologist. Wikipedia has a handy historical section on this, and for more detail, see Linton Freeman, The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science. Vancouver: Empirical Press, 2004. (I have a shorter article, as the first chapter of Wellman & Berkowitz, _Social Structures_). What's happening is that the social software mavens have been taking over "social network" as their own. There's been a lot of fuss on Wikipedia differentiating between the "social network" and the "social network service" article. II. I think I invented the term "networked comunities". Certainly I started using it much later -- in the 1970s. Dredging my vitae, it was probably used early on in: Barry Wellman, "The Network Nature of Future Communities." Society for the Study of Social Problems, Aug., 1972. New York.(if you want to consider conference papers) and in print: Paul Craven and Barry Wellman, "The Network City". Sociological Inquiry 43 (Winter, 1973): 57-88. Barry Wellman, "The Form and Function of Future Communities." Pp. 301-313 in Futures for Central Canada, edited by Larry S. Bourne, et al. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1974. Barry Wellman, "Community Transformations: Present and Future." Pp. 213-26 in Participatory Democracy in Action, edited by Dan Chekki. Sahibabad, India: Vikas, 1979. Barry Wellman, "The Community Question: The Intimate Networks of East Yorkers." American Journal of Sociology 84 (March, 1979): 1201-31. Barry Wellman and Barry Leighton, "Networks, Neighborhoods and Communities," Urban Affairs Quarterly 14 (March, 1979):363-90. Barry Wellman, Peter Carrington and Alan Hall "Networks as Personal Communities." Pp. 130-84 in Social Structures: A Network Approach, edited by Barry Wellman and S.D. Berkowitz. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. You could look it up as Casey used to say, as my vitae is online. Alas, these papers were written before word processing, so I don't have a handy search mechanism available. And I'd rather write new stuff that search old. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-7162 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days _______________________________________________________________________

1 0

[AIR-L] History of the Internet tonight in SL
by Scott MacLeod 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

Greetings, I'm teaching a "Society and Information Technology in Second Life" course again this fall in the amphitheater on Berkman island on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 - 9 ET, 1600-1800 SLT : http://socinfotech.pbwiki.edu. This course draws on long time Berkeley Professor Manuel Castells' examination of the Network Society, and offers ways to analyze significant aspects of the information technology revolution. In this evening's class, we'll finish examining what gave rise to the information technology revolution - microelectronics, computers, and telecommunications - and then begin to look at the history of the Internet. Watch the videos linked to the wiki above, and let me know if you would like me to send you some of the readings for this week and next, mentioned below. Second Life shapes the possibility for rich discussion - and at-large participation is welcome - so come and join this conversation, tonight and subsequently. See you in-world, Scott Manuel Castells, "The Rise of the Network Society," 2nd edition, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, Chapter 1: "The Information Technology Revolution," pp. 28- 76. Janet Abbate, "Inventing the Internet," Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999, pages 1-6, 44-81, and 181-220. -- http://scottmacleod.com This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this email message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and destroy/delete all copies of the transmittal. Thank you.

5 4

[Fwd: [etc-int] SELF documentation]
by Paula Graham 15 Sep '07

15 Sep '07

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [etc-int] SELF documentation Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:59:57 +0200 From: Celeste Hutchins <celesteh(a)gmail.com> Reply-To: /etc interested | international <etc-int(a)eclectictechcarnival.org> To: /etc interested | international <etc-int(a)eclectictechcarnival.org> Hi, I met a guy on the train last night who was involved in a FLOSS documentation project called SELF. Their website says, "SELF aims to be a community- driven platform for producing and distributing educational materials. It's sustainability depends on building a strong community of users and participants of this platform." They want to be the wikipedia of documentation and produce tutorials and helpfiles for every FLOSS tool. This could specifically be of interest for non-profits looking to use open source tools. One of the major weaknesses of FLOSS so far has been a macho geeks-only culture, which is reflected in it's lack of documentation. This effort could make FLOSS more attractive to the average user, and empowering them. Their website: http://beta.selfplatform.eu/ cheers, Les -- Celeste Hutchins http://www.berkeleynoise.com/celesteh 2430 5th St Ste N Berkeley, CA 94710 USA Nieuwstraat 25, 1E 2511 AT Den Haag The Netherlands Commission music (cheap!): http://celesteh.etsy.com GPG: 1024D/B50DA969 2007-07-14 [expires: 2008-07-13] _______________________________________________ etc-int mailing list etc-int(a)eclectictechcarnival.org http://www.eclectictechcarnival.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/etc-int

1 0

job announcements, Cornell Dept of Communication -- open rank
by Tarleton Gillespie 14 Sep '07

14 Sep '07

Department of Communication, Cornell UIniversity The Department of Communication at Cornell University invites applicants for two tenure track, open rank faculty positions appointment starting July 1, 2008. At least one of the positions will be filled at the rank of Assistant Professor. We encourage qualified applicants of any rank to apply for either position. Communication and Information Technology: We seek a colleague to conduct research and to teach in the area of Communication and Information Technology, with an emphasis in one or more of the following: 1) Human-Computer Interaction, 2) Computer-Mediated Communication, 3) IT in organizations, and 4) Technology and Society. The communication and information technology area constitutes one of the Department’s core strengths; applicants whose work contributes to other core strengths in media studies and in science, environment and risk are particularly encouraged to apply. All materials should be sent to Dr. Jeff Hancock, Department of Communication, 320 Kennedy Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. For additional information, e-mail Dr. Hancock (jth34(a)cornell.edu) or telephone 607.255.4452. Science, Environment, and/or Risk Communication: We seek a colleague to conduct research and teach in the area of science, environment, and/or health-risk communication. We welcome innovative and imaginative scholars who approach the study of science, environment, and/or health-risk communication from psychological, sociological, or institutional vantage points using qualitative or quantitative methods. The science, environment, and risk area constitutes one of the Department's core strengths; applicants whose work contributes to other core strengths in communication and information technology and in media studies are particularly encouraged to apply. All materials should be sent to Dr. Bruce Lewenstein, Department of Communication, 321 Kennedy Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. For additional information, e-mail Dr. Lewenstein (b.lewenstein(a)cornell.edu) or telephone 607.255.8310. Successful candidates for either position will have a Ph.D. in Communication or closely aligned field and have (or show promise of developing) a national and international reputation doing theory- based empirical research. We seek innovative scholars of social science who will develop a research program connected to college and university priorities in applied social science, information science, the new life sciences, environmental issues, and/or public outreach. In the Department of Communication we focus on a number of subfields including social psychology of communication; language and communication; science, risk, environment, and health communication; human-computer interaction; media communication and society; and organizational communication. Both positions will involve 50% research and 50% teaching responsibilities; publishing in peer- reviewed literature in relevant fields is expected. In addition, successful candidates are expected to secure external research funding. Communication faculty teach two to three undergraduate and/ or graduate courses per academic year, and advise students in the Department's B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. programs. Cornell offers a highly competitive salary and benefits package. Support for start-up research costs will be available. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Applications will be reviewed beginning October 15, 2007 until candidates are selected. For more information about the Department of Communication, please visit our website: http:// www.comm.cornell.edu. Application: Send letter of application addressing position qualifications and goals, vita, official academic transcripts, writing sample, names and contact information of three references. Please also have each reference submit a letter of recommendation

1 0