February 2008 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Job opportunity
by Paul-Brian McInerney 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Apologies for cross-posting The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Indiana University South Bend is seeking to hire a visiting assistant professor for the 2008-2009 academic year. The visitor will teach sociology of technology/social informatics as well as qualitative research methods, classical or contemporary social theory, and other courses in her/his area that fit the department’s needs. A master's degree is required but a Ph.D. is preferred. Please send a letter of interest, a CV, teaching philosophy, and evidence of excellence in teaching (e.g., syllabi and course evaluations) to Gail McGuire, Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Indiana University South Bend, 1700 Mishawaka Ave. South Bend, IN 46634, (574) 520-4572, departmental fax (574) 520 5031, gmcguire(a)iusb.edu. In order to receive full consideration, all materials should be received by March 10th, 2008 though the search will remain open until the position is filled.

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"IRL (In Real Life)" usage questions
by Tuszynski, Stephanie 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

I've gotten a couple questions in various places about this. As the copyright holder of the film, I have extended blanket permission for any and all academic usage of the film. Classes, presentations, conferences, whatever people want to do with it in an academic context is fine by me. The only thing that would bother me is people making wholesale copies and handing them out (obviously since those tiny royalty checks are needed, however small). PS - the donation drive in January generated a $40 donation to the MPTF relief fund, woo! Rumors are swirling of a deal with the AMPTP and the WGA but until there is a deal, there is no deal and the strike is not over. Stephanie Tuszynski Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Theatre and Film University of Toledo

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lessons in second life
by jeremy hunsinger 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

distribute as appropriate -jh Every Week on Monday (1:00-2:30pm SLT) join us for Lessons in Second Life, an open table forum centering on what can be learned in sl in both formal and informal settings. The forum is open to faculty, students, and interested parties of all kinds. We meet at the _blacklibrary hyperborea 91, 30, 26 im buridan simon for more information. Come share your ideas for learning in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/hyperborea/92/30/26/ this week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by: The Open Student Center which has yet to be built. next week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by: The Committee for the Promotion of Dim Sum Restaurants as Virtual Learning Environments 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 _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators

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Re: [Air-L] Call for Nominations: CITASA Awards
by Keith Hampton 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

I forgot an important detail: book and paper nominations must be for work published within the last two calendar years. -Keith -----Original Message----- From: Keith Hampton [mailto:khampton@asc.upenn.edu] Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 11:01 AM To: 'air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org' Subject: Call for Nominations: CITASA Awards CITASA AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Deadline: March 15, 2008 The Communication and Information Technologies Section presents five awards each year at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association: 1. CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. 2. CITASA Award for Public Sociology recognizes a specific achievement in teaching, the development or the use of a communication or information technology, or the dissemination of knowledge that advances public understanding or engagement with the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. 3. CITASA Book Award recognizes an outstanding book related to the sociology communications or the sociology of information technology. 4. CITASA Paper Award recognizes an outstanding published paper or book chapter related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. 5. CITASA Student Paper/Application Award recognizes a published or unpublished paper/book chapter, or the design or use of a communication or information technology that provides an exceptional contribution to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. The award is open to students in other disciplines than sociology. Students do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA. More information, including past recipients can be found at http://citasa.org/awards Nominations and materials should be submitted to the CITASA Awards Chairs by the indicated deadlines. Self nominations are welcome. AWARD CHAIRS: CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award Barry Wellman, University of Toronto (wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca) CITASA Public Sociology Award Marc Smith, Microsoft Research (masmith(a)microsoft.com) CITASA Outstanding Book Award Gustavo Mesch, University of Haifa (gustavo(a)soc.haifa.ac.il) CITASA Paper Award Shanyang Zhao, Temple University (bzhao001(a)temple.edu) CITASA Student Paper Award Fred Turner, Stanford University (fturner(a)stanford.edu)

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Open-What?
by Barry Wellman 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

I'm an evil senior professor of the sort that has been denounced by some list posters. I referee, edit, have published -- and I read. Here are some thoughts: 1. Evil senior professors have more -- rather than less -- scope to publish where they want. So they don't have a vested interest in squelching journals. I don't think somewhat paranoid discussion about what evil senior professors want and do helps analysis. 2. Printing and mailing costs are not the only costs of journals. A journal that I helped start pays the equivalent of a Research Assistant's salary to the Managing Editor; it has to arrange for reduced teaching load for the editor; and there are some computer and office costs. In short, this is $30-$40K per year, and it is damn hard to find universities to cough up that money. Subscription fees might, though. I do know we are working hard to find a few qualified editors in another journal who are willing -- and whose universities will help. Unpaid volunteers work as referees and advisory editors -- I do a lot of that -- but would rarely last at the daily grind of constant submission, referee-finding, and editing. Treasure such people, and reward them, either with released time or with some salary. 3. The real problem is readers need filtering. Not eveyone wants to read everything. Journals serve as a filtering mechanism. Sometimes they make mistakes, but as a frequent editor, I am usually gladdened by the rough consensus among reviewers. As someone who has solicited pieces from all-comers and then filtered for publication, I know how much is not ready for prime time. Do you, as a reader, want to wade through this? I am not talking about genre, theory, qual vs quant, or stuff like that. I am talking about quality level. 4. Refereeing also serves a mentoring function. Not everyone was lucky enough to be mentored at a good university by a caring advisor or three. Moreover, I've had the experience of turning down a paper written by someone at a great university. "How dare you?" they basically asked. We explained why, and with luck, they learned something. One of the unsung benefits of refereeing is having some folks take a careful look at what you wrote and give you feedback 5. I was at a conference last week at which a frequent blogger was often quoted as the authority, although I think this blogger has had at most one refereed article published. "Have you checked on the validity of [this blogger's] assertions?" I asked. "Well now, we just assumed," was the answer. Is this any way to build a discipline? 6. So the real question is Open What? JCMC avoids printing and mailing, but is still a refereed journal -- of high quality. That is quite different than the anything goes model. Of course, there are variations in that. I tend to put on my web page serious conference papers and even recently, developed ppts. One of my mentors, by contrast, will only put up articles a decent interval after they have been published. "I like to know that I am right when I go public with something." 7. I'd love to see more journals and other venues. But the day a journal abandons the refereeing process, is probably the day I will stop reading it. YMMV 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 _______________________________________________________________________

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Call for Nominations: CITASA Awards
by Keith Hampton 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

CITASA AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Deadline: March 15, 2008 The Communication and Information Technologies Section presents five awards each year at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association: 1. CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. 2. CITASA Award for Public Sociology recognizes a specific achievement in teaching, the development or the use of a communication or information technology, or the dissemination of knowledge that advances public understanding or engagement with the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. 3. CITASA Book Award recognizes an outstanding book related to the sociology communications or the sociology of information technology. 4. CITASA Paper Award recognizes an outstanding published paper or book chapter related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. 5. CITASA Student Paper/Application Award recognizes a published or unpublished paper/book chapter, or the design or use of a communication or information technology that provides an exceptional contribution to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. The award is open to students in other disciplines than sociology. Students do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA. More information, including past recipients can be found at http://citasa.org/awards Nominations and materials should be submitted to the CITASA Awards Chairs by the indicated deadlines. Self nominations are welcome. AWARD CHAIRS: CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award Barry Wellman, University of Toronto (wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca) CITASA Public Sociology Award Marc Smith, Microsoft Research (masmith(a)microsoft.com) CITASA Outstanding Book Award Gustavo Mesch, University of Haifa (gustavo(a)soc.haifa.ac.il) CITASA Paper Award Shanyang Zhao, Temple University (bzhao001(a)temple.edu) CITASA Student Paper Award Fred Turner, Stanford University (fturner(a)stanford.edu)

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CFP--International Journal of Internet Research Ethics
by Elizabeth Buchanan 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Dear Colleagues, *Special Issue: Research Ethics, Policies, Law: International Perspectives Call for Papers Deadline for Submission: April 15, 2008 * This issue welcomes papers dealing with any aspect of international policy and internet research ethics. Specifically, we are interested in papers from researchers and scholars exploring data protection laws; policies and regulations; and ethical models of research protections. We seek practical, applied discussions – i.e., as informed by and focusing on one or more case studies or real-world examples – as well as theoretical papers. Suitable topics include: reviews of existing research protections laws and policies in specific countries or broader units of analysis such as Scandinavia, the European Union, Africa, South Asia, developing countries, and so forth; reviews of existing laws and policies vis-à-vis emerging technologies; cross-cultural analyses of research ethics and online research; specific analyses of related issues such as privacy, attribution, copyright, ownership, consent models; or discussions of online research in action, such as ethnographies, participant observations, research with/on minors, and discourse/content analyses. *Deadline for Submission: April 15, 2008* Papers may be in the length of 1500-5000 words. Please use the style sheet and submission guidelines outlined below. Authors are encouraged to contact the editors to discuss possible submissions in advance of the deadline. Full submission information is available at http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire/submit.html Best regards, Elizabeth -- Elizabeth A. Buchanan, Ph.D. Director, Center for Information Policy Research School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee www.cipr.uwm.edu 414.229.3973 Co-Editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics (www.ijire.uwm.edu)

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Re: [Air-L] open-access is the future: boycott locked-down academic journals
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

Thanks. /C ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:49:04 -0500 >From: "McLaughlin, Lisa M. Dr." <mclauglm(a)muohio.edu> >Subject: Re: [Air-L] open-access is the future: boycott locked-down academic journals >To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >Blair, Carol, Julie Brown & Leslie Baxter. "Disciplining The >Feminine." Quarterly Journal of Speech 80 (1994): 383-409. > > >On 2/10/08 3:44 PM, "Christian Nelson" <xianknelson(a)mac.com> wrote: > >I can't remember all the details about this case, but I think all >these details are available in the article that resulted from this >flap. Again, that article was published in one of the top >communication journals, so the details are out there. Someone on the >list must remember who the authors were, no? > >On Feb 10, 2008, at 2:03 PM, Caroline Haythornthwaite wrote: > >> Just for curiosity -- and not actually to question your sources on >> this -- but how >> did you find about that "reviewers rejected a paper based on the >> presumed gender >> of the authors." Did they say that in their reviews? and the author >> (s) shared that >> with you? >> >_______________________________________________ >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/ > > >_______________________________________________ >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-access - a practical question
by Nicole Ellison 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

I have a question that ties together two recent issues on this thread: peer review and open access. My personal stance: I'd like to see academic research become more freely available online while maintaining peer review. Assuming some of you share these goals, how do we reconcile the common act of putting early-stage work online, either as blog posts/talk cribs (like danah) or as full papers, while maintaining blind peer review? A personal anecdote: Recently I reviewed a paper for a top-tier academic journal and Googled one of the citations to find out more about it. To my surprise I found a copy of the paper I was reviewing, with full authorship information and citation info that claimed it was "In press" at the journal! This is an extreme case, but it seems to me that as more work comes online (e.g. through blog posts or full papers) before the peer-review process is completed, the chance that this work will be reviewed blindly are lessoned. Any thoughts on what practices (for authors, editors, and reviewers) make most sense for balancing the benefits of circulating ideas and work early vs. the goal of maintaining blind review (or what's left of it)? Thanks, Nicole * * * Nicole Ellison, PhD nellison(a)msu.edu

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Re: [Air-L] open-access is the future: boycott locked-down academic journals
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 10 Feb '08

10 Feb '08

Just for curiosity -- and not actually to question your sources on this -- but how did you find about that "reviewers rejected a paper based on the presumed gender of the authors." Did they say that in their reviews? and the author(s) shared that with you? /Caroline ---------------------------------------- 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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