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Re: [Air-L] and now for *the dark side* of facebook
by Julian Hopkins 22 Feb '08

22 Feb '08

Hi All, If anyone's interested, I did a blog post once comparing (from a layperson's point of view) the different terms of service relating to privacy of some SNS and email services http://www.julianhopkins.net/index.php?/archives/30-Facebook-owns-YOU!.html I'd say that the CIA is probably interested in mining sns sites, just like they try to gather information on any place where people can talk and mobilize. Making tenuous connections and 'fallacies of association' have always been the bread and butter of conspiracy theorists, but it is useful to remember how cosy some elites become, resulting in 'inward thinking' (can't remember the proper word) and so on. Regards, Julian ++++++++++ Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Skype: julhop IM: jfprhopkins(a)hotmail.com ------------------------------ Message: 13 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:21:28 +0000 (UTC) From: Alexis Turner <subbies(a)redheadedstepchild.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] and now for *the dark side* of facebook To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0802201409230.22375(a)sdf.lonestar.org> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I'd actually like to go even further than Alex and ask, do we really believe that the only way interested spy agencies can obtain this information is by getting it siphoned through companies they have a *friendly* relationship with? In other words, I agree that none of this information specifically points to Facebook being part of some conspiracy, because, in addition to Alex's point of the nepotism amongst companies, the named agencies certainly have the abilty to log in to a system and build some simple little scrapers to retrieve the data they want all by themselves, with or without assistance from the company. For that reason, I do believe the entire structure of Facebook and ALL business models like it raise serious privacy concerns. Facebook's connections are public knowledge and make it an easy target. But perhaps we should really be asking this question of ALL social networking sites. I think the Facebook discussion has lost the forest for a single tree. -Alexis On Wed, 20 Feb 2008, Alex Halavais wrote: ::Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:53:31 -0500 ::From: Alex Halavais <alex(a)halavais.net> ::Reply-To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org ::To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org ::Subject: Re: [Air-L] and now for *the dark side* of facebook :: ::On Feb 20, 2008 12:12 AM, Kimberly De Vries <cuuixsilver(a)gmail.com> wrote: ::> Anyway, has anyone from Facebook ever commented on the whole intelligence ::> community connection? ::> :: ::Is it just me, or is this a serious association fallacy. No doubt, ::network visualizations can help to root out conspiracies, criminal or ::not. But the mere fact that people associate with one another means ::little more than that: they associate with one another. Given the ::degree to which corporate boards interlock, I would be surprised if ::most companies could not be similarly associated with the intelligence ::community. :: ::Let's take one of the claims in plain English: :: ::Facebook is a site that collects a lot of information in order to ::create profiles of individuals; ::ACCELL is a VC company that invested in Facebook; ::James Breyer is on the board of ACCELL; ::James Breyer is also on the board of BBN Technologies; ::Dr. Anita Jones is on the board of BBN Technologies; ::Dr. Anita Jones at one point "oversaw" DARPA (among others); ::DARPA funded the Information Awareness Office, ::The IAO aimed to data mine profiles of individuals; ::Kevin Bacon started the IAO! :: ::(OK, I added the last one.) :: ::It's worth being critical of the overlapping membership networks of ::corporate boards, but to my mind, the above chain of connections is ::not particularly interesting. :: ::Alex :: :: ::-- ::// ::// This email is ::// [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. ::// [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. ::// ::// Alexander C. Halavais ::// Social Architect ::// http://alex.halavais.net ::// ::_______________________________________________ ::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/ :: + -------- redheadedstepchild.org ------- +

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Sampling Internet Users in Two Cities
by Burns, Kelli 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

I've been asked by a consultant/friend how to locate a sample of Internet users in two U.S. cities. His client would like to conduct a survey to get a better understanding of the potential online audience for a Web site. Any suggestions or resources would be much appreciated. Thank you, Kelli Burns, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of South Florida

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Douglas Kahn talk at Sussex: Media Ventriloquism
by Kathleen O'Riordan 21 Feb '08

21 Feb '08

Centre for Material Digital Culture Department of Media and Film University of Sussex, UK RESEARCH SEMINAR /VISITING SPEAKER SERIES: Douglas Kahn (University of California, Davis, Technocultural Studies Program, Dept of Music, and Art History) will be speaking on: 'Media Ventriloquism' 5:00pm, Wednesday, February 27, (Week Eight). Room: EDB 121 Douglas Kahn researches intersections of history, theory and contemporary practice in art, music, literature, media arts, cinema, sound, electromagnetism, science, technology and politics, from the late-19th Century to the present, with an emphasis on avant-garde, experimentalism, bohemian and subcultural activities. He is author of Noise, Water, Meat: A History of Sound in the Arts (MIT), and co-editor of Wireless Imagination: Sound, Radio and the Avant-garde (MIT). Dr Kate O'Riordan Department of Media and Film EDB University of Sussex Falmer Brighton UK BN1 9RG Tel: 00 44 (0) 1273 876730 http://www.sussex.ac.uk/mediastudies/profile30746.html

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and now for *the dark side* of facebook
by nativebuddha 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

some dirt on the facebook: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/14/facebook -robert

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taxonomy of social network services
by Barry Wellman 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Given the nice interest in the taxonomy of Social Network Services, may I ask Tracy Kennedy and other thoughtful users to contribute taxonomies and other useful things to the Wikipedia article "Social Network Service". It's in need of such help. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_networking_service Thanks. BTW, there is also a more fully developed article on [[social network]] -- focusing on social network analysis. 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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Re: [Air-L] Implementation and confirmation in Rogers' innovation decision process
by Bob Stepno 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Very interesting. This may not be a perfect match, but Roger Fidler reflected on the discontinuance of early teletext and videotext media projects at length in his book Mediamorphosis (1997 Pine Forge Press) -- and does discuss Rogers earlier. Bob Stepno http://stepno.com Radford University > Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:58:15 -0800 > From: "Cho, Inho" <choinho(a)mail.utexas.edu> > I am conducting a research regarding discontinuance of an innovation (an > intranet), but I am troubled in conceptualizing/operationalizing > discontinuance.

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Invitation to Facebook study-correction
by Andrew Ledbetter 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

A brief correction regarding the invitation to the Facebook study sent earlier: The last page of the survey MISTAKENLY specifies that you must have an Ohio University e-mail address to participate in the drawing. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. You can enter the drawing with ANY e-mail address, so please enter your e-mail address in this field accordingly. (We are hoping to correct this error soon---much thanks to the survey participant who noted this error to me in an e-mail). If you completed the survey but did not enter your name in the field due to the incorrect instructions, please e-mail me and I will enter your e-mail address in the drawing. MUCH thanks for all who participate--- Andrew -- Andrew M. Ledbetter, Ph.D. School of Communication Studies Ohio University

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Implementation and confirmation in Rogers' innovation decision process
by Cho, Inho 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

Dear colleagues, I am conducting a research regarding discontinuance of an innovation (an intranet), but I am troubled in conceptualizing/operationalizing discontinuance. In Rogers' framework, discontinuance is located in confirmation stage and mainly occurs due to dissonance between users' expectation and the functions/results provided by the innovation, and negative information obtained from users' communication network. And, Rogers (1983) argues that 'discontinuance is one indication of incomplete routinization and institutionalization.' The point is, however, that routinization and institutionalization should be achieved during implementation stage, which is why Rogers posits that actual innovation adoption process ends here. So, my question is whether we should understand routinization and institutionalization as pre-conditions for discontinuance or not. In addition, in Rogers' model, actual use starts at implementation stage since adoption stage concerns mental process rather than behavioral change. Thus, implementation stage intrinsically includes trials and evaluations. If, this understanding is correct, a seemingly important questions raise; why we need a separate stage of confirmation; if implementation and confirmation differ, what we confirm during confirmation stage; if confirmation stage aims to confirm the existence of new innovations (ideas) including comparisons between an adopted innovation and new innovations, confirmation stage intrinsically includes components of a new innovation adoption process. If you know any literature or have a suggestion, please contact me at choinho(a)mail.utexas.edu Cho, Inho Department of Communication Studies University of Texas, Austin

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Invitation to Facebook study
by Andrew Ledbetter 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

I am currently leading a team of graduate students who are investigating Facebook. Specifically, we are investigating motivations to use Facebook and the outcomes associated with such use. You can help us with this research by completing an online survey. We estimate that the survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. You'll be asked to agree to an informed consent statement, describing further the procedures associated with this study. You must be at least 18 years old to participate, but you DO NOT have to be a Facebook user. If you wish to participate in this study, please visit the following link: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~jm161106/surveys/Facebookinformedconsent.htm> If you have questions about the study, please contact Dr. Andrew M. Ledbetter, Assistant Professor, Ohio University School of Communication Studies, (740)593-4903, ledbette(a)ohio.edu. -- Andrew M. Ledbetter, Ph.D. School of Communication Studies Ohio University

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Re: [Air-L] Taxonomy of Social Network Services
by Julian Hopkins 19 Feb '08

19 Feb '08

I came across 'Yuwie' yesterday: http://ww3.yuwie.com/ I don't know how you'd classify it, it's basically a social relations oriented type, but also promise to pay you a share of the revenue they make. A referral-type money making (for some) scheme. Cheers, Julian ++++++++++ Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Skype: julhop IM: jfprhopkins(a)hotmail.com Message: 8 Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:56:27 -0500 From: "T. Kennedy" <tkennedy(a)netwomen.ca> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Taxonomy of Social Network Services To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Message-ID: <008001c87257$961f1600$c25d4200$@ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Not sure if this is what you're looking for There's a web 2.0 directory located Here: http://www.go2web20.net/ Also - a list of SNS I saw from someone on another list: MySpace: http://www.myspace.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com Ryze: http://www.ryze.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com Orkut: http://www.orkut.com Friendster http://www.friendster.com Politically oriented OSNs Essembly: http://www.essembly.com DFALink: http://www.dfalink.com PartyBuilder: http://www.democrats.org For Second Life related OSNs, there are SLProfiles: http://www.slprofiles.com SLUniverse http://www.sluniverse.com BlogHud: http://my.bloghud.com Rezzed: http://www.rezzed.net For media sharing, there are the video sites Youtube: http://www.youtube.com Blip: http://ahynes1.blip.tv/ Flickr: http://www.flickr.com MicroBlogs Twitter: http://twitter.com Jaiku http://jaiku.com MySay http://www.mysay.com Pownce: http://pownce.com Reader Rolls MyBlogLog: http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz BlogCatalog: http://www.blogcatalog.com BumpZee: http://www.bumpzee.com BlogCave: http://www.blogcave.com Tagging and Social Bookmarking sites: del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us StumbleUpon: http://stumbleupon.com ma.gnolia.com: http://ma.gnolia.com Digg: http://www.digg.com Technorati: http://www.technorati.com NewsTrust: http://www.newstrust.net Reputation sites: Wink: http://wink.com Music preference sharing last.fm: http://www.last.fm t ******************************************** Tracy L. M. Kennedy PhD Candidate - Department of Sociology Graduate Fellow - Knowledge Media Design Institute Research Coordinator - NetLab - Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 725 Spadina Ave. Toronto, ON M5S 2J4 tkennedy(a)netwomen.ca www.netwomen.ca www.kmdi.utoronto.ca/collaborative Research Director Netwomen Consulting ********************************************

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