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

New Features in the Coding Analysis Toolkit - Free Software for Coding Text
by Stuart Shulman 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/cat-updates.htm This 9-minute Screencast presents several of the new Coding Analysis Toolkit features, such as: - Primary Account holder as coder - Split datasets for sub-coding - Creating sub-codes - Merge datasets - Archive datasets I am a particular fan of the split datasets feature. It allows you to take a pass over your data and code it into "big buckets" which then can be split into unique datasets to be coded at a finer granularity with sub-codes. Keep the ideas coming! ~Stu -- Stuart Shulman http://shulman.ucsur.pitt.edu

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Internet communication usages?
by Jasmine 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hello, I am a postgraduate student at the University of Surrey, currently working on my dissertation on language usage and CMC (predominantly email and instant messaging), focusing on judgments and perceptions. I.e., what is 'Netspeak' and what is thought about it. I am wondering if anyone here would know of resources that would be of assistance - in particular, if there are any major studies breaking down Internet communication usage by age and education. Thank you for your consideration. Jasmine Sent from my iPod

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CFP: A Decade of Media Practice
by Lina Khatib 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Journal of Media Practice Call for Papers Special Issue: A Decade of Media Practice: Changes, Challenges and Choices The Journal of Media Practice is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2009! To mark this anniversary, the Journal is looking for contributions from colleagues involved in media practice around the world, whether as teachers or practitioners. The current decade is witnessing vast changes in the production, consumption and forms of media. With digital technology, video art, documentary, film and other visual media are all going through interesting changes at the institutional, artistic and audience levels. Web 2.0 is blurring the lines between the production and consumption of media, and is opening up new spaces of expression in societies where state censorship hinders freedom of speech in traditional media. It is also instigating changes in web design. Satellite television is consolidating itself as the primary medium in places like the Middle East. Digital radio is opening up new possibilities for broadcasting. More synergies are being created between different media forms, whether between the internet and television, the internet and documentary, or any number of other possibilities. The Journal invites international contributions responding to the changes and challenges in the media practice landscape over the last decade, be it television, radio, video art, documentary, film, screenwriting, the internet, the press, or any other form of print, audio, visual or audiovisual media, and the choices that those changes and challenges have created for media practitioners, institutions and audiences. In addition to academic articles, the Journal encourages the submission of: - Interviews with key media personnel and artists - Reflections by media practitioners on their own practice (whether within institutions or as independent practitioners) - Reviews of exhibitions and other media events - Critical pieces about changes in technology, content and delivery of media products and tools, or the work of media institutions around the world Articles should be 5000 words, reviews 500-1000 words, and critical pieces and reflections between 1000-3000 words. The Editor is happy to discuss other possibilities with potential contributors prior to the deadline below. All submissions are subject to peer review. Please send all completed submissions to jmp(a)rhul.ac.uk. The deadline to receive all completed material (full articles, reviews etc.) is October 17, 2008. Informal queries, speculative abstracts and proposals can be sent to the Editor Lina Khatib: lina.khatib(a)rhul.ac.uk in advance of the October deadline. Dr Lina Khatib Department of Media Arts Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Media-Arts/staff/khatib.htm Editor: Journal of Media Practice Co-Editor: Middle East Journal of Culture & Communication

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an article on music culture and web 2.0
by davidgbeer＠aol.com 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Dear colleagues, Apologies for this act of self promotion but readers of the AIR list might be interested in the following article which has just been published: Beer, D. (2008) ‘Making friends with Jarvis Cocker: Music culture in the context of Web 2.0’, Cultural Sociology, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 222-241. Here is a link to the journal http://cus.sagepub.com/current.dtl Best wishes, Dave Beer ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.

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Live Internet radio on Technology Enhanced Learning
by cristina costa 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Sorry about the cross-post...I just thought this might interest you. Graham Attwell is doing another edition of the UK JISC Emerge sponsored Sounds of the Bazaar LIVE internet radio broadcast. The programme will go out LIVE tomorrow (Wednesday) at 12.15 GMT/ 13:15 BST/ 14:15 CEST (Check other times here: *http://tinyurl.com/5ld993 )*. Interviews, features, music, poetry and more. Guests include John Pallister from Wolsingham School, Guenter Beham from the EU APOSLE project, the kids from Cwmglas primary school in Swansea, Nicola Witton and Scott Wilson from the Emerge ARGOSI project and hopefully other participants from the summer school. You are all invited to listen to the programme. It forms part of our ongoing work to develop a community of practice around research and practice in technology enhanced learning. Please try and join us for some summer fun. You can listen to the programme by going to *http://icecast.commedia.org.uk:8000/emerge.mp3.m3u*<http://icecast.commedia.org.uk:8000/emerge.mp3.m3u>in your browser. The programme should stream form your MP3 player of choice. We will have a chat room operating alongside the programme - go to * http://client11.addonchat.com/sc.php?id=302479*<http://client11.addonchat.com/sc.php?id=302479>. And if you would like to come on the programme just drop me an email - * graham10(a)mac.com* <graham10(a)mac.com> or skype me. Look forward to talking to you all tomorrow. Best wishes Cristina

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Resources about the future of IT and work
by 'Gail Taylor 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

I am looking for web sites and other resources that explore the future of information technology and impact on work in organizational settings. In particular, resources specific to notions that are being promoted about cyborgs and biomedical nanotechnology's role in promoting deep space travel and life on other planets. Any assistance and/or other future directions to explore would be greatly appreciated! Gail --------------------------------------- Gail D. Taylor, M.Ed. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Human Resource Education Ph.D. Candidate LIS201 Information Technology and Organizations Instructor "Technology enables man to gain control over everything except technology." -- Unknown

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Fwd: [Icic] mapping open education
by jeremy hunsinger 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Begin forwarded message: > From: Heather Ford <heather(a)icommons.org> > Date: June 24, 2008 10:13:35 AM GMT-04:00 > To: icic(a)lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [Icic] mapping open education > > If you haven't already, please won't you add your org to the google > map here: > http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=1130788733134390199… > > We're talking on how to map open education on another list (other > than geographically) - interested in hearing your thoughts on this - > also in terms of the iSummit :) > > Best, > Heather. > > Heather Ford > iCommons Executive Director > http://icommons.org > > The iCommons Summit: 29 July - 1 August 2008, Sapporo, Japan > http://icommonssummit.org > > Phone: +27 11 327 3155 > PO Box 1453, Saxonwold, 2132, Johannesburg > > UK Co. Reg. No. 5398065 > UK Charity Reg. No. 1111577 > Registered Office: 5th Floor, Alder Castle, 10 Noble Street, London > EC2V 7QJ, UK > > Chairman of the Board: Ronaldo Lemos > Executive Director: Heather Ford > > > > > _______________________________________________ > iCiC mailing list > iCiC(a)lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/icic

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Fwd: [ieg-ml] UNESCO recruits expert to strengthen its WSIS follow-up team
by jeremy hunsinger 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

> > http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=27196&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECT… > > > UNESCO recruits expert to strengthen its WSIS follow-up team > > 20-06-2008 (Paris) > > A post of programme specialist is presently open for recruitment at > the > Information Society Division of UNESCO's > Communication and Information Sector. The major responsibility of > this post > is to manage UNESCO's follow-up to > the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), > including the Organization?s role in the > implementation of the WSIS Action Plan. > More particularly, the incumbent of the post will have to develop > strategic > approaches to the implementation of > the WSIS Action Plan; monitor UNESCO's role as a facilitator of the > multi-stakeholder implementation of six WSIS > Action Lines; and coordinate UNESCO's contribution to the overall > multi-stakeholder coordination of the > Facilitators of the eleven Action Lines. > > The candidates must have advanced university degree in communication, > information or international relations, > preferably with orientation towards knowledge societies and five to > seven > years of working experience in > international or intergovernmental organizations active in knowledge > society issues. > > The vacancy notices available on UNESCO's website contain, inter > alia, more > detailed information on duties and > responsibilities, qualifications required, salary and benefits, and > on how > to apply. > > When applying for UNESCO vacancies, please only use the online > recruitment > system at www.unesco.org/employment. > Candidates without access to Internet may send a paper application by > completing the official UNESCO CV form > (available at Headquarters, UNESCO Offices, National Commissions in > Member > States, or any office of a United > Nations Resident Representative) in English or French to: > > Chief, HRM/RCR, > UNESCO > 7 place de Fontenoy > 75352 Paris 07 SP > France > > before 19 August 2008, quoting the post number: CI-006. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: ieg-ml-unsubscribe(a)maillist.ox.ac.uk > For additional commands, e-mail: ieg-ml-help(a)maillist.ox.ac.uk >

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We need your help! "Recommending contacts in a social network" is about to expire on Peer-to-Patent (revised)
by info＠peertopatent.org 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Dear Friends, Peer-to-Patent (www.peertopatent.org) is an online community that opens the patent examination process to the public. In collaboration with the USPTO, the site allows inventors to consent to public review of their patent applications. Applications are published on the site for a period of time and reviewers can discuss the claims, submit prior art references, and more. One application, "Recommending contacts in a social network" is about to expire. This means that the public review process will be closed and the materials on the site will be forwarded to the USPTO for consideration during the examination process. This patent application was submitted to Peer-to-Patent by Microsoft for community review. A summary is below. This application is highly relevant to various web technologies and does not require a high level of technical skill for participation or understanding of the claims. If you have any information to add, prior art that has not been submitted, or further comment, please visit http://peertopatent.org/patent/20080059576/activity. We strongly encourage you to forward this to your peers. Application Summary: A social network consists of individuals and their relationships to other individuals. Two individuals in a social network may have a direct relationship and may also have indirect relationships. For example, if Tom and Mary both have a direct relationship with Jim they have an indirect relationship to each other. The number of relationships between two individuals is commonly referred to as their “degree of separation”. For example, Tom and Mary have two degrees of separation. Because social networks can have thousands of individuals social networks can be very complex. Luckily, much of a person’s direct relationships can be derived from data stored by computer system such as contact lists for e-mail programs, instant messaging programs, event organizing programs, or so on. This application relates to a method and system for recommending potential contacts who are related to the user through no more than a maximum degree of separation. The system identifies the user’s contacts and then identifies contacts of those contacts until the maximum degree of separation is reached. The system then may rank the contacts based on contact paths and may also filter out identified users who do not satisfy a recommendation criterion. The user can then decide whether to add the presented users as one of their contacts. Summaries of additional applications available for review, and links to the applications, can be found here: http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/applications.html Your continued support of this project is greatly appreciated and is having noticeable effects. Our recently released Anniversary Report details your success. It is available for download at http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/P2Panniversaryreport.pdf Regards, The Peer-to-Patent Team

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Aoir student paper award
by Brian Loader 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Dear conference participants, Can I encourage all the research students who are presenting at the IR 9.0 conference in Copenhagen to consider submitting your papers for consideration as the best aoir student paper award 2008. If you would like to make a submission please email your paper to me by 1st September 2008.Your paper should be solo authored, and you need to be either a) a student NOW or b) have been a student at the time of writing the paper to be eligible for the award. Brian Brian D. Loader Co-Director, Social Informatics Research Unit (SIRU), Department of Sociology, Wentworth College, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD Email bl506(a)york.ac.uk Tel: +44(0) 1904 432639 Fax: +44(0) 1904 433043

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