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Wikipedia Bibliography
by Mark Bell 22 Jan '09

22 Jan '09

Folks, I thought I would post my Wikipedia bibliography from my master's thesis. Hope you find it useful. http://www.storygeek.com/?page_id=83 M -- Mark Bell MA student in Ball State University's Digital Storytelling program ( http://www.bsu.edu/cim/storytelling/) http://www.storygeek.com http://www.digital-ethos.com/ "The future is here...it's just not widely distributed." - Tim O'Reilly

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Re: new media and shock
by Stephanie Kent 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi all - I generally just lurk, but I was struck by a discontinuity in discussion last Thursday and think it bears on this question of becoming inured to shock. There were 6 posts on "London...the internet accounts" interspersed with 4 on "AoIR 6.0 Chicago 2005 Registration is now open", 1 each on "iCS 8.2", "Call for proposals", and "Internet and fun/joy/pleasure". In the three days since, "London" vanished, some of the other threads continued, and new ones appeared. This is no doubt the nature of most conversations on this list, and perhaps everything that could be said about shock and bearing up and giving sympathy was expressed in the comments that were posted, and/or continuation has moved to other venues. But I had some cognitive dissonance reading the disparate threads as business-as-usual went on for many (including me) while others were wondering just how "usual" their lives were going to continue to be. I'm not familiar with any of the literature on shock, but some levels or layers of protection are evident in the acts of just getting on with things, whatever those immediate things that consume us may be. At the same time, I'm aware it would also be counterproductive (at least to purposes of peace and justice) to mine the event for all its tragedy, as this would play into political efforts to cast the attack in symbolic terms that fuel nationalisms and other hatreds. Shock, by definition, puts one in a state of non-responsiveness; the challenge may be the degree to which that lack of response gets carried over or continued into the return to the mundane, especially after the state-of-shock has worn off. best, steph http://www.reflexivity.us On Jul 10, 2005, at 3:07 PM, air-l-aoir.org-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Hello all--a colleague of mine asked me if I could help him with the > following question. I'm not an authority on the Frankfurt School or > its > theorization of shock but hope that some of you out there might be. > Any > suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Ken > > > His problem/question is as follows: > > Much ink has been spilt over shock within Frankfurt School writings. A > concept clearly taken over from Simmel and Freud, shock runs to the > heart > of Benjamin's media theory. But have Benjamin and Adorno appropriated > the > term as face value without ever considering the implications of their > assertions? Adorno's thinking would seem to intimate that at some > future > date nothing will ever shock us anymore, for the body will have > developed > such a thick protective barrier that nothing harmful will ever get > through--an idea worth resisting in itself. > > Are there any sustained studies of the question of shock particularly > within the domain of media Are there any articles within media theory > that > address the matter of shock in a postmodern, digital world?

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PLEASE HELP ME TO CHANGE MY E-MAIL ADDRESS.
by Ligia Parra 07 May '08

07 May '08

Ligia Parra Esteban Direcciones de correo electrónico: liparraes(a)gmail.com

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Re: [Air-L] kiki and bubu explain "the shift" of neoliberalism
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 12 Mar '08

12 Mar '08

I vote for Kiki and Bubu! Most articulate pair I've heard in a long time :) /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:14:13 -0800 >From: "Kimberly De Vries" <cuuixsilver(a)gmail.com> >Subject: Re: [Air-L] kiki and bubu explain "the shift" of neoliberalism >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Now this is who we should get to speak at IR 9.0! --I mean people from >Monochrom, not Kiki and Bubu. ;-) > >Kim > >On Feb 17, 2008 7:30 AM, Radhika Gajjala <radhika(a)cyberdiva.org> wrote: > >> lol >> >> >> (or should that be "online po****n") >> >> >> On Feb 17, 2008, at 10:10 AM, Jeremy Hunsinger wrote: >> >> > http://www.monochrom.at/kiki-and-bubu/ >> > >> > worth a watch:), wish there was more. >> > >> > >> > >> > J >> >> >> Radhika Gajjala >> Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator >> School of Communication Studies >> 302 West Hall >> Bowling Green State University >> Bowling Green, OH 43402 >> http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik <http://personal.bgsu.edu/%7Eradhik> >> >> http://www.cyberdiva.org/blog >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > > >-- >http://else-if-then.blogspot.com >_______________________________________________ >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/ ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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Open Source and changing mode of productions in the third world
by Imam Ardhianto 03 Mar '08

03 Mar '08

Dear all, I'm currently designing a research proposal for studying the emergence of open source movement in several region in Indonesia as an entry point in understanding the diverse fragment of mode of productions (in a marx approach). I'm focusing in the changing meaning of ownerships in the intangible commodities such as open source software. Is there any suggestions for me in choosing what kind of methodology (i'm planning an ethnography approach to studying this issues)? was there any persons who have been researching this kind of project? Is there any Institutions that i could find some grant that related with this issues. Thanks Imam Ardhianto Researcher Center of Anthropology Studies University of Indonesia, Depok, West Java

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PubMed Search Facebook App(s) NOW Available
by Gerry Mckiernan 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS** Colleagues/ Just What The Doctor Ordered: Two (2) Leap Day Facebook Apps for Searching PubMed ... Screenprints and Links Available At [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/02/pubmed-search-facebook-app… ] Happy WeekEnd! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows ... [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (march 2008)
by David M Silver 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies (RCCS) publishes a set of book reviews and author responses < http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp >. books of the month for march 2008 include: Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture Editor: Michael D. Ayers Publisher: Peter Lang, 2006 Review 1: Lori Landay Review 2: Shintaro Miyazaki Review 3: Marc W.D. Tyrrell Editor Response: Michael D. Ayers Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of Online Relationships Authors: Monica Whitty, Adrian Carr Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 Review 1: Rhiannon Bury Review 2: Michele Hammers Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet: New Essays Editors: Karen Hellekson, Kristina Busse Publisher: McFarland & Co., 2006 Review 1: Lan Xuan Le Author Response: Karen Hellekson & Kristina Busse The Virtual Window: From Alberti to Microsoft Author: Anne Friedberg Publisher: MIT Press, 2006 Review 1: Christy Dena Author Response: Anne Friedberg enjoy. there's more where that came from. david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com

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SPSS tool for calculating Krippendorff's Alpha; another book on content analysis
by Bill Herman 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Thanks all for the input on content analysis. I also find Krippendorff's book and ideas quite helpful. Most thankfully, Andrew Hayes at Ohio State has created a handy SPSS macro for calculating Krippendorff's Alpha, complete with a bootstrapping algorithm for estimating the confidence intervals. See: http://www.comm.ohio-state.edu/ahayes/SPSS%20programs/kalpha.htm If you have SPSS, my understanding is that this is the only Krippendorff's Alpha solution you'll need. Be warned, though: run it once without the bootstrapping calculation just to get the calculation first, because WHOAH does it take a lot of processing power. Basically, if you're doing the full 10,000 bootstrap, run it right before a trip to the coffee shop, and even then, it may still be running when you come back. (You can still email or whatever while it runs in the background.) On a somewhat less intimidating note, I don't think anybody's mentioned the book ANALYZING MEDIA MESSAGES, by Riffe, Lacy, and Fico, which is pretty accessible and still a good on-ramp toward more advanced work. I like KK's book better; if you want to understand the theory behind calculating reliability estimates, for instance, there's no comparison. Pick Krippendorff. Yet I'd be much more comfortable assigning the Riffe book for an undergrad methods course, for instance. Cheers, Bill Bill D. Herman Ph.D. Candidate Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania bherman(a)asc.upenn.edu

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Fwd: [cpsr-global] funding for ICT research in Africa
by Jeremy Hunsinger 29 Feb '08

29 Feb '08

Begin forwarded message: > From: Marsha Woodbury <marsha(a)uiuc.edu> > Date: February 29, 2008 9:00:14 AM CST > To: cpsr-global(a)lists.cpsr.org > Subject: [cpsr-global] funding for ICT research in Africa > Reply-To: cpsr-global(a)lists.cpsr.org > > * IT for Change Call for Proposals * > > IT for Change (www.ITforChange.net) is undertaking a collaborative > research study with support from UNDP on 'ICTs for Participatory Local > Development', the outcomes of which will be published as a toolkit to > develop a more systemic application of ICTs in future initiatives. > > We are seeking researchers or organisations from the global South to > collaborate on this project. (Please visit > <http://www.itforchange.net/images/call_for_proposals.pdf> for the > Call > for Research Proposals, and > <http://www.itforchange.net/images/itfc_proposal_undp_local_development.pdf > > > for the full project proposal). Four partners will be selected to work > alongside ITfC for the duration of the project, each of whom will > undertake two to three in-depth case studies on ICT systems in their > local regions. > > Apart from covering expenses relating to data collection (including > fieldwork), analysis and writing up, the project also provides for the > holding of a workshop in June 2008 where the findings will be > discussed. > > At this stage we urgently seek short descriptions of potential > candidate > initiatives from prospective partners. The most relevant among the > initiatives will be selected for in-depth study. Please send a maximum > one page description at the earliest to ITfC(a)ITforChange.net > > -- > Mridula Swamy > IT for Change - Bridging Development Realities and Technological > Possibilities > www.ITforChange.net > > Cell: +91 99800 67438 > Off: +91 80 26654134, 26536890 > Fax: +91 80 4146 1055 > ____________________________________________________________ > You received this message as a subscriber on the list: > cpsr-global(a)lists.cpsr.org > To be removed from the list, send any message to: > cpsr-global-unsubscribe(a)lists.cpsr.org > > For all list information and functions, see: > http://lists.cpsr.org/lists/info/cpsr-global 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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Fwd: [Softwareandculture] Students Protest Copyright Bill in Nashville
by Jeremy Hunsinger 28 Feb '08

28 Feb '08

Begin forwarded message: > From: Chris Molinski <chris.molinski(a)gmail.com> > Date: February 28, 2008 1:00:20 PM CST > To: softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com > Subject: [Softwareandculture] Students Protest Copyright Bill in > Nashville > Reply-To: software and culture <softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com> > > The Tennessee Legislature is attempting to pass a Bill that would > criminalize thousands of students at public universities. > > Senate Bill 3974, sponsored by Sen. Tim Burchett, forces any > institution of "higher learning" to monitor all public university > students and expel any who access copyrighted content online. The > Bill does not distinguish between types of content - but broadly makes > viewing copyrighted content an offense suitable for expulsion. > > Students at the University of Tennessee are outraged. Protests have > been building across the state - and have caused the Legislature to > delay a hearing on the Bill. > > The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the lobby for > the recording industry, has largely forced this Bill to move forward > in the face of opposition from the University, it's professors and > students. The Recording industry claims that as a result of "file > sharing" CD sales have declined, despite academic evidence to the > contrary. > > A study released last year by Felix Oberholzer-Gee, associate > professor at the Harvard Business School, and Koleman Strumpf, > professor at the University of North Carolina, showed that increased > amounts of file sharing largely has an effect on sales that was > "statistically indistinguishable from zero" - but in some cases may > have even increased CD sales. [1] > > The University of Tennessee currently has in place a conservative > policy for punishing students who share copyrighted content online: > they ask the individual to stop, address the matter personally, and > disconnect the individuals Internet connection if the act continues. > > Bill 3974 would instantly criminalize all offending individuals - and > force the University to expel thousands of students. > > Tennessee readers on the popular blog "Boing Boing" have already > responded by expressing their shame and embarrassment that this Bill > would move forward. > > Next week at the Legislative hearing in Nashville, Wednesday March > 5th, there is scheduled to be a protest beginning at 8:00 AM on the > corner of 6th and Union St. Representatives from Knoxville will gather > students at 5:00 AM and transport them to the Nashville hearing in > order to make their voice heard. > > To jump on a bus in Knoxville and join the protest go to COPYSHOP (317 > N Gay St. Knoxville, TN 37917), ready to leave by 5:00 AM Wednesday > March 5th. > > Visit COPYSHOP (http://copy-shop.org/knoxville) for information and > updates about the fight against copyright in Tennessee. > > -- > http://copy-shop.org/knoxville/archives/74 > -- > > [1] "File sharing may boost CD sales" Harvard Gazette: > http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/04.15/09-filesharing.html > _______________________________________________ > softwareandculture mailing list > softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com > http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.com 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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