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

Re: [Air-L] Basic intro/survey article on "what is new media?"
by Dan Perkel 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

I'd recommend looking at two collections/readers that take very different approaches to answering that question ("what is new media research?"). The first is the New Media Reader edited by Noah Wardrup- Fruin. The second is The Handbook of New Media (Updated Student Edition) 2006, edited by Leah Lievrouw and Sonia Livingstone. Regards, Dan Dan Perkel PhD Candidate, School of Information University of California, Berkeley dperkel(a)ischool.berkeley.edu http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu

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New Age Tagging = SharedTags(sm) | TagFont(sm) | TagSort(sm)
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Colleagues/ .... Tag Queries for a Thursday Early Afternoon .... I. Are there implementions/technologies that can display the degree of association/co-occurence of Tags within a corpus (and enable one to navigate in one way or another (e.g., tag cloud and/or other visualization))? II. Are there implementations/technologies that allow one to designate the relevative importance of a tag for a section and/or corpus of text? Major / Minor Importance Would Be A Good Beginning (e.g. Bold vs. Non-Bold) BTW: Certainly The Ability To Indicate Relative Importance by Font Size / Style Would Be More Interesting [:-) [And Lets No Forget About Color [http://tinyurl.com/53vk36 <http://tinyurl.com/53vk36> ]] III. Are there implementations/technologies that allow one to sort sub-document tagged text by select criteria? For example: Have the ability (re)sort tagged text sections (e.g. paragraphs) such that the most relevant sorted sections are displayed before those of less relevance (e.g. sections with tags that are more 'associated' or co-occurring BTW: Tagging Is Not Limited To 'Text' (Can Also Apply To Photos (Flickr), Videos (YouTube), Other Media . Please Post Responses / Thoughts As (A) Comment (s) On The Blog Entry Associated With This Posting At [http://tinyurl.com/6msku4 <http://tinyurl.com/6msku4> ] Thanks! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu <mailto:gerrymck@iastate.edu> There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.blogger.c…> ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows

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Facebook and Libraries
by Gerry Mckiernan 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Friends/ I am in the process of completing a survey article on Libraries and Facebook. In addition to the literature and initiatives profiled in the Friends blog, I am greatly interested in learning of Any/All libraries using Facebook as a complement / supplement / substitute for Any / All library services / programs / etc. such as, but not limited to the following uses or contexts: *Classroom Intruction *Collection Management *Course Management Desk Reference *Digital Reference *Distance Education/Learning *Information Commons *Learning Communities Among other services, I am particularly interested in non-Public Services uses, notably Technical Services. BTW: I am aware of various Facebook Library Groups/Pages such as *Librarians and Facebook *Libraries Using Facebook Pages I am also interested in Any / All Other Relevant Literature / Sites. Links to associated * Facebook Groups/Pages are available at [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/04/libraries-and-facebook.html ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/5jtx8j ] ***Please Post Your Recommendation As A Comment To This Blog Entry** Thanks A Million! AND Happy Monday! /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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Re: [Air-L] Online Research Methods Texts
by André Brock 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

I find this book to be immensely helpful: Jones, Steven, ed. (1998) Doing Internet research: Critical Issues and Methods for Examining the Net. Because you also asked about self-presentation, here's some stuff that hasn't been mentioned yet: Miller, D. and Slater, D. (2001) The Internet: an ethnographic approach. Kvasny, L. and Igwe, C. F. (2007) An African-American weblog community's reading of AIDS in Black America Gajjala, R. (2004) Cyber Selves: Feminist Ethnographies of South Asian Women Gajjala, R. and Gajjala, V. (2008) South Asian Technospaces (Digital Formations) McGahan, C (2007) Race-ing Cyberculture: Minoritarian Art and Cultural Politics on the Internet. **self promotion** My dissertation is on African American online identity following Hurricane Katrina. I've also got an AOIR paper on the early Katrina research and some other stuff in the pipeline. Hit me up offlist if this stuff is of interest. André On 8/28/08 9:29 AM, "air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > Online Social Research: Methods, Issues, and Ethics

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Research fellowships (Digital Ecosystems, Cultural Enterprise)
by Matthew Allen 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Dear all Curtin University is now calling for applications for 2009's postdoctoral and senior research fellowships. These are highly competitive and prestigious awards with 4-year terms. 13 in total are available across the whole university. Because of Curtin's current desire to concentrate research into a small number of key areas, preference (strong preference I am told) will be given to applications in designated areas. Two designated specialisations apply particularly to Internet research and would enable a successful applicant to join the Department of Internet Studies. These specialisations are digital ecosystems and cultural enterprise. They are vague enough, I suspect, to enable many different research projects to be successfully proposed, but do require a degree of concentration of networked information technologies, and on the production/understanding of cultural forms and businesses. All the information is at: http://research.curtin.edu.au/grants/fellowships.cfm. The closing date is 31 October. IF you want to join the Internet Studies Department, then your key reference is the Head of School, Media, Culture and Creative Arts (within which net studies fits) A/Prof Steve Mickler. However, please cc me into any correspondence to him so I can keep abreast of potential applications. I would be delighted to provide advice as well, prior to any formal contact. (Note - I am not contactable between 5 and 24 September). Matt Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor and Head of Department, Internet Studies School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://netstudies.curtin.edu.au <http://netstudies.curtin.edu.au/> +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Immediate Past President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aoir.org/>

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military websites
by Oren Golan 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

Hi Everyone, Does anyone know of sources on military websites? Nowadays, most armies sustain these websites. The role of the Internet as a military tool has been described in Lausin et. al's paper on Knowledge management in the US army (2003) ; papers that deal with Al Qaeda's global war and others. However, I haven't found much writing on the meanings and roles of military websites that go beyond their strategic importance, particularly those created by the armies and the state. I would appreciate any help you could extend. Many Thanks Oren Golan, PhD msogolan(a)mscc.huji.ac.il

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CFP: The Territoire/Places of Writing Studies in Higher Education (CFP Deadline Sept. 20/30, 2008)
by Doreen Starke-Meyerring, Dr. 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Dear colleagues, the Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing/ Association canadienne de rédactologie (CASDW/ACR; formerly Canadian Association of Teachers of Technical Writing/L'Association canadienne de professeurs de rédaction technique et scientifique) invites you to submit proposals for its international conference at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, from May 24-May 26, 2009. With the conference theme "The Territoire/Places of Writing Studies in Higher Education: Canadian and International Perspectives," we invite proposals that help us identify, interrogate, and illuminate the various locations-physical, administrative, and intellectual-that shape our identities and practices as researchers and teachers of writing. The theme also echoes the recent name change of our association to reflect the growth of our field and the rich diversity of the work undertaken in Writing Studies, including genre studies; rhetorical theory; composition studies; engineering communication; business communication; writing in digital environments; writing centre theory and practice; writing in the disciplines; professional, technical, and scientific communication, and more. Please see the complete call for proposals in English and French (our two conference languages) on our web site at http://casdw-acr.mcgill.ca/en/cfps.htm (English) or http://casdw-acr.mcgill.ca/fr/cfps.htm (French). Please also distribute our call widely to other interested colleagues who may not be on this listserv. We look forward to receiving your proposals and hope to see you in Ottawa in 2009! ****************************************************** Doreen Starke-Meyerring, Ph.D. Associate Director, Centre for the Study and Teaching of Writing Assistant Professor, Rhetoric and Writing Studies Department of Integrated Studies in Education McGill University 3700, rue McTavish Montréal, QC H3A 1Y2, Canada T: 514.398.1308 F: 514.398.4529 E: doreen.starke-meyerring @ mcgill.ca W: http://webpages.mcgill.ca/staff/group1/dstark1/web/starke-meyerring/ President, Canadian Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing/ Association candienne de rédactologie http://casdw-acr.mcgill.ca ******************************************************

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Psychoanalysis and Cinema
by Orion Anderson 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER FALL COURSE at BOSTON GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS Psychoanalysis, Cinema, & Professional Practice BEGINS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 6:008:00 p.m. PSYCHOANALYSIS, CINEMA & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: IN TREATMENT AS IMAGINARY SIGNIFIER Siamak Movahedi, Ph.D., Director, Program on Psychoanalysis and Culture This course revolves around the interface of psychoanalysis and media. We compare the cinematic representation of psychoanalysis with current practice. We begin the course with the psychoanalysis of film scripts, textual systems, and perceiving subjects. We have borrowed the expression Imaginary Signifier from Christian Metz's book (Psychoanalysis and Cinema: The Imaginary Signifier) in order to examine the unconscious fantasies that spectators bring to their perception of film images. We will study controversies surrounding issues of therapeutic boundaries, analytic parameters, and practices of self disclosure by the analyst. This will prepare us for watching segments of the HBO TV series IN TREATMENT as we offer interpretations of selected sequences of the show. Visits from prominent Boston psychoanalysts will be part of the course. This course may be taken by matriculating or non-matriculating students for credit, or as a continuing education course. For information, contact Dr. Movahedi at movahedis(a)bgsp.edu or siamak.movahedi(a)umb.edu For information on other Psychoanalysis & Culture Courses Offered at the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, click here. http://www.psych-culture.com/docs/Psychoanalysis_and_Culture_at_BGSP.pdf To view the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Schedule for Fall 2008 Schedule, please click here. http://www.bgsp.edu/pdf/Fall 2008 Class Week Schedules.pdf For information on the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis, please click here: http://www.bgsp.edu/index.html For an overview of the PSYCHOANALYSIS AND CULTURE PROGRAM at BGSP, please click here. http://www.bgsp.edu/pdf/PsyaCulture Program Review.pdf For additional information, please Contact: Siamak Movahedi, Ph.D., Program Director Email: psychculture(a)bgsp.edu Phone: 617-277-3915 The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Program in Psychoanalysis and Culture The Masters and Doctor of Psychoanalysis (Psya.D.) programs in Psychoanalysis & Culture offers students a cutting edge curriculum and prepares them through interdisciplinary study for scholarly research, teaching and professional practice. While social scientists and scholars in humanities and cultural studies are becoming increasingly interested in the psychoanalysis of culture and in the cultural analysis of psychoanalysis, very few institutions of higher education provide an arena for such interdisciplinary undertaking. This program, the first of its kind in the United States, has emerged to fill the gap in the academy for such critical pursuits. Its distinct mission is to promote systematic dialogue between psychoanalysis, critical social theory, and cultural analysis. The program includes a concentration in PSYCHOANALYSIS AND SOCIAL THEORY and in THE STUDY OF VIOLENCE.

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call for contributions gender & ICT symposium
by E.Rommes 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

**Call for Contributions // Extended Deadline: September 15, 2008** 5th European Symposium on Gender & ICT "Digital Cultures: Participation - Empowerment - Diversity" University of Bremen, Germany, March 5 - 7, 2009 ** Keynotes*: Lucy Suchman (Lancaster University/UK), Tanja Paulitz (Univerity of Graz/A), Chat Garcia Ramilo (APC/Manila) *Information Society with its variety of new information and communication media offers many new options to participate in today's social, cultural, political and economic activities. However, chances are still distributed unequally, e.g. by class, ethnicity, age - and by gender. Access to and the ability to use information and communication technology (ICT) are necessary prerequisites for participation. On top of this, involvement in ICT design is a highly prestigious activity. On the 5th European Gender and ICT Symposium we will take a closer look at the complex interdependences between gender and ICT. We will explore ways to increase appreciation of diversity in design and use and to strengthen empowerment and participation by means of ICT. This conference, the fifth in a row of symposia held in Europe since 2003, traditionally provides a meeting point for researchers from various disciplines and research schools dealing with gender and ICT. We invite you to share your experiences! *Submission* of /abstracts/ by* September 15*, 2008. Submission of /posters/ by January 15, 2009 *For more details, see the attached Call for Contributions and* http://gict2009.de Program chairs Prof. Dr. Susanne Maass, Prof. Dr. Heidi Schelhowe Conference organisation Maike Hecht, Marlott Hederich, Anja Kümmel, Carola Schirmer, Susanne Maass, Heidi Schelhowe

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ASIST> Final call: 4th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG SI)
by Howard Rosenbaum 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

[Apologies for cross-posting] DEADLINE extended to September 2! Second Call for Papers and Participation: 4th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG SI) People, information and technology: The social analysis of computing Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Saturday, October 25, 2008, 8:30-12:30 PM Hyatt Regency Columbus, Ohio The purpose of this ASIST preconference research symposium is to disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT) across all areas of ASIST. The symposium includes members of many SIGs and defines "social" broadly to include critical and historical approaches and well as contemporary social analysis. It defines "technology" broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper) as well as state of the art computer systems. This year's theme is "People, information and technology: The social analysis of computing” In keeping with the theme of the conference, the symposium is soliciting work that focuses on the relationships of mutual shaping between people and information as mediated by technology. According to Horton, Davenport, and Wood-Harper (2005; 52) “the impetus for researchers to consider both social and technical aspects as mutually constitutive as a means of understanding technology introduction and use has a growing audience.” This symposium will highlight research focusing on the social realities of ICT based information systems (broadly defined) in IS in order to better understand the following: ~ How are the design, implementation, use, disuse, and ongoing reconfiguration of information and ICTs influenced by social groups, organizations, politics, and culture? ~ How do information and ICTs shape those creating, implementing and using them? ~ What are the roles of information and ICT in ongoing social change at various levels of social analysis such as groups, organizational units, political entities or cultural systems? ~ What are the complex reciprocal relationships among information, ICT, people, social groups and the environments that surround and pervade them? ~ What are the variations in meanings or interpretations of information and ICT across social groups and organizations? ~ What are the moral or ethnical consequences of ICT system development and use? We are particularly interested in work that assumes a critical stance towards the notion of mutual shaping – what is involved in people transforming information and information transforming people? A critical analysis is useful because it “bring into question established social assumptions and values regarding information and communication technologies (ICTs) and established understandings of ‘information,’ particularly as they play themselves out and are institutionalized in social and professional discourses and professional training.” (Day, 2007; 575). We encourage all scholars, both beginning and established, interested in social aspects of ICT (broadly defined) to share their research and research in progress by submitting an extended abstract of their work and attending the symposium. This year, the SIG SI is partnering with SIG USE to offer a comprehensive full day program. The theme of this symposium fits well with the main themes of the SIG USE symposium meaning that there would be a full day of exploration of the question of the transformative relationships between people, information, and ICTs from two different but clearly related perspectives. The SIG SI symposium will take place on Saturday morning and the SIG USE symposium will be in the afternoon. Collectively, the two sessions can offer a comprehensive full day program, although each will work well as a stand-alone event. The two SIGs will co-sponsor a networking lunch that will take place in between the two events [Cost: Pay-on-your-own. Further details to be announced later]. There will be a discount for people who register for both symposia. Call for papers and posters: Submit a short paper (2000 words) or poster (500 words) by September 2, 2008 Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations. Acceptance announcements made by September 9, in time for conference early registration (ends Sept 12th). Tentative Schedule Paper presentations: 8:30-10:45 pm Break: 10:45-11:15 (with poster viewing) Closing Keynote Discussion: 11:15-12:30 pm Lunch with SIG-USE: 12:30-1:30 PM Fees Members $60 - $70 after Sept. 12 Non-members $70 - $80, after Sept. 12 If you register for the SI Symposium and the SIG-USE Symposium you will receive a $10 discount: Members $140 - $150 after Sept. 12 Non-members $150 - $160, after Sept. 14 Organizers: Howard Rosenbaum, School of Library and Information Science -Indiana University hrosenba(a)indiana.edu Elisabeth Davenport, School of Computing, Napier University e.davenport(a)napier.ac.uk Kalpana Shankar, School of Informatics -Indiana University shankark(a)indiana.edu Day, R. (2007). Kling and the “critical”: Social informatics and critical informatics. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 58(4): 575–582. Horton, K., Davenport, E. and Wood-Harper, T. (2005). Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas. Information Technology & People 18(1): 50-67

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