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Re: [Air-L] Online Research Methods Texts
by Daren Carroll Brabham 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

I found this helpful in a recent study I did using IM interviewing. It covers other online methodological issues, too: Kazmer, M.M., & Xie, B. (2008). Qualitative interviewing in Internet studies: Playing with the media, playing with the method. Information, Communication & Society, 11(2), 115-136. db --- Daren C. Brabham Graduate Teaching Fellow Department of Communication University of Utah 255 S. Central Campus Dr., Rm. 2400 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 phone: (801) 633-4796 daren.brabham(a)utah.edu www.darenbrabham.com <http://www.darenbrabham.com/>

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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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FYI: DERI, NUI Galway launches the boards.ie SIOC Data Competition
by Uldis Bojars 26 Nov '08

26 Nov '08

Hi, Please find attached information about a competition involving a large amount of online community data. Feel free to forward this message to others who may be interested in this competition. Uldis http://captsolo.net/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Breslin <john.breslin(a)deri.org> Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 4:52 PM Subject: DERI, NUI Galway launches the boards.ie SIOC Data Competition The Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI) at NUI Galway is running a unique competition from 1st August to 30th September 2008 in conjunction with boards.ie, Ireland's largest discussion forum site. The competition is an open contest in which entrants can win over €4000 in Amazon.com vouchers by submitting an interesting creation based on an RDF data set of discussion posts from boards.ie over the past ten years: * The first prize is an Amazon voucher for $4000 (~€2500) * The second prize is a voucher for $2000 (~€1250) * The third prize is a voucher for $1000 (~€625) Read the rules and find out more information on the contest at: http://data.sioc-project.org/ The data set (approximately 9 million documents) has been represented in the Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC) RDF format developed by DERI, NUI Galway for expressing the information contained in social websites (forums, mailing lists, blogs, etc.). Entrants may create whatever they feel is interesting based on this data: it could be a novel web application that makes use of the data set, a report on analyses performed on the data, a tool that allows one to visualise or browse the semantic structure, or whatever else the imagination can come up with! The data reflects ten years of Irish online life, collected between 1998 and 2008 from boards.ie. boards.ie is one of Ireland's busiest websites, with over a million unique visitors a month. The most popular discussion areas are 'after hours', soccer, motors, poker, and computers. Popular topic threads include one about a virtual pub (over 4000 pages), member discussions (2800 pages), poker stories (1800 pages), Liverpool rumours (1250 pages), recruitment in the Gardaí (800 pages long), and a freebie list (250 pages). To enter the competition, go to http://data.sioc-project.org/ to access the data sets and view the guidelines. There will be three prizes for the top entries, as judged by an independent panel of three experts. The contest is open to anyone except current / former researchers with DERI and employees of boards.ie Ltd. One person may make multiple entry submissions. The closing date is the 30th September 2008. The purpose of this contest is to generate interesting applications or creations that make use of community data represented in the SIOC Semantic Web format. All rights to these creations will remain with the contest participants (not including the underlying data, whose copyright remains with the creators). Neither DERI nor boards.ie Ltd. will acquire any commercial rights to these applications or creations as submitted through this contest. Up until now, this data has been publicly viewable, but it was difficult to leverage it without any added semantics due to the fact that it was embedded in heavily-styled HTML pages. (DERI is a Centre for Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET) established at NUI Galway in 2003 with funding from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). After five years of operation, DERI has become an internationally-recognised institute in Semantic Web research, education and technology transfer.) -- Dr. John Breslin DERI, NUI Galway http://www.johnbreslin.org/ john.breslin(a)deri.org

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convergence
by Sabryna Cornish 06 Nov '08

06 Nov '08

Hi all--I am teaching a graduate course on media convergence. I have a good idea for readings for the course, but wanted some suggestions from list serv members about what they might require graduate students to read. I am purposely not including a description of the course to see what list serv members think about when they consider the term media convergence. I will say this is a theoretically based course. Thanks in advance for any help! Sabryna Sabryna Cornish Assistant professor of journalism Department of communication Northern Illinois University

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AEJMC Midwinter Conference
by Homero Gil de Zuniga 12 Oct '08

12 Oct '08

Hola all ~ Please feel free to distribute widely. This is a fantastic conference to receive useful feedback about "developing-stage-papers" : - ) Best, HGZ Homero Gil de Zuniga Assistant Professor School of Journalism College of Communication University of Texas - Austin www. utexas. edu Voice (512) 471 6323 Fax (512) 471 7979 2009 AEJMC MIDWINTER CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS AND PANEL PROPOSALS March 6-8, 2009 Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Oklahoma (Conference web page: http://www.ou.edu/gaylord) The AEJMC Midwinter Conference is an annual forum for the presentation of research in areas relevant to the 12 AEJMC divisions, interest groups and commissions sponsoring the conference. The conference follows a rather informal structure that allows for presentations and extended discussions in a relaxed setting. This year, 12 AEJMC divisions, interest groups and commissions are participating in the conference, scheduled for March 6-8 at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication (University of Oklahoma) in Norman, Oklahoma. The location offers participants many winter diversions outside the conference activities, including world-class museums and art galleries. Questions about paper proposal submissions to specific divisions, interest groups and commissions can be directed to the appropriate contacts below. General questions about the conference can be sent to Elanie Steyn, Conference Site Host (Elanie(a)ou.edu) and Homero Gil de Zuniga, Communication Technology Division Midwinter Chair (hgz(a)mail.utexas.edu) Paper submissions: Authors should submit research paper proposals consisting of a 300- to 500-word abstract to the relevant division/interest group/commission contact person. Do not submit full papers. The abstracts should give a clear sense of the scope of the research and the method of inquiry used. Conclusions should be highlighted for works that have been completed by the submission deadline. Do not send full research papers for consideration. However, authors of proposals accepted for presentation at the conference must submit complete research papers, not exceeding 30 pages, to their discussant two weeks prior to the conference. PAPERS PRESENTED AT THIS CONFERENCE ALSO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PRESENTATION AT THE NATIONAL AEJMC CONVENTION. Accepted authors are encouraged to use feedback from reviewers at this conference as they improve and finalize works in progress for submission to the national conference. Panel submissions: Panel organizers should submit proposals to the relevant division/interest group/commission contact person indicating the panel title, a description of the sessions focus, the issues to be discussed, and a list of panelists (potential and confirmed), including affiliation. Format: Identify the papers author(s) or panels organizer(s) on the title page only and include the mailing address, telephone number and e-mail address of the person to whom inquiries should be addressed. The title should be on the first page of the text and on running heads on each page of text. Include your abstract or proposal as an attachment in a standard word-processing format (preferably Word or RTF). Also, please ensure that you remove any identifying information from your document (with the exception of the title page). Deadline: All abstracts and panel proposals must be e-mailed to the appropriate division/interest group/commissions midwinter paper chair (see below) by December 13, 2008. Please include an e-mail address so that the midwinter paper chairs can notify you by January 10, 2009. Registration: Details on conference registration, hotel accommodation, and travel information will be available at http://www.ou.edu/gaylord. AEJMC Midwinter Paper Calls by Division/Interest group/Commission Communication Technology Division Homero Gil de Zuniga, University of Texas - Austin (hgz(a)mail.utexas.edu) 512-471-6323 Communication Theory and Methodology Division Michel M. Haigh, The Pennsylvania State University (mmh25(a)psu.edu) 814.863.3850 Commission on the Status of Women Barbara Barnett, University of Kansas (barnettb(a)ku.edu) 785-864-7659 Cultural and Critical Studies Division Jane Marcellus, Middle Tennessee State University (jmarcell(a)mtsu.edu) 615-898-5282 Entertainment Studies Interest Group Brad Yates, University of West Georgia (byates(a)westga.edu) 678 839-4938 Graduate Education Interest Group Jessalynn Strauss, University of Oregon (jstrauss(a)uoregon.edu) 541 346-4169 International Amy Schmitz Weiss, San Diego University (digitalamy.sw(a)gmail.com) 619 594-6301 Mass Communication & Society Janet A. Bridges, Sam Houston State University (JABridges(a)shsu.edu) 936-294-3651 Media Management and Economics Hugh Martin, University of Georgia (hjmartin(a)uga.edu) 706 542-5033 Minorities and Communication Frances Ward-Johnson, Elon University (Fward2(a)elon.edu) 336 278-5738 Religion and Media Interest Group Amanda Sturgill, Baylor University (Amanda_Sturgill(a)baylor.edu) 254 710-6322 Visual Communication Jennifer George-Palilonis, Ball State University (Jageorge2(a)bsu.edu) 765 285-8216

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Call for Nominations for 2008 AIIP Technology Award
by Mark Goldstein 08 Oct '08

08 Oct '08

The Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP - http://www.aiip.org/) is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for our ninth annual AIIP Technology Award. Members and non-members alike are welcome to nominate any company or individual that produces information products (databases, web organizers, Internet sites) as an entry in the competition via a short and simple nominations form found online. There will be two categories; one for web based services and another for desktop software. Successful entries in each category will be new or revamped products or technologies that help information professionals with their day-to-day operations in locating, analyzing and organizing information. The product must be related to the information field; AIIP does not consider accounting, word-processing, database or spreadsheet, or other programs not directly related to locating, analyzing, or organizing data appropriate for this award. The deadline for nominations is October 10, 2008. You will find more information about the AIIP Tech Award and access to the simple nomination form at: http://www.aiip.org/TechAwardNominations Please consider nominating your favorite information products. You can send the completed nomination forms or your questions to: Ed Vawter, AIIP Technology Awards Committee Co-Chair, E-mail: qdinfo(a)comcast.net &/or Mark Goldstein, Co-Chair, E-mail: markg(a)researchedge.com. Electronic submittal of the entry form via e-mail is preferred. Previous winners of the AIIP Technology Award include: 2007: XLineSoft ASPRunner Professional, with honorable mention for IBM Visual Communication Lab's Many Eyes 2005: Copernic Desktop with honorable mention for Devon Technologies DEVONagent and Wolff Worldwide 2004: Net Snippets Professional Edition, with honorable mentions for Dialog Corporation's DialogLink 4.0 and Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 2003: Google Toolbar 2002: askSam 5 2001: eGems Collector Pro 2000: IPO Express 1999: Webforia Organizer The AIIP Technology Award will be presented to the winners at Internet Librarian Conference (http://www.infotoday.com/il2008/) on Monday, October 20, 2008 in Monterey CA. Thanks to our friends at Information Today for their continued support of AIIP and its initiatives. Please consider what information products are most useful to you in your endeavors and help them and us as we select the best of breed for our annual AIIP Technology Award. Thanks! Best Regards, Mark Goldstein, AIIP Secretary President, International Research Center Voice & Fax: 602-470-0389, Skype: mark.goldstein LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/markgoldstein E-Mail: markg(a)researchedge.com, IRC: http://www.researchedge.com/ Harnessing Global Information Resources for Informed Decision Making

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Lessons in Second Life (day and time change)
by jeremy hunsinger 07 Oct '08

07 Oct '08

distribute as appropriate -jh we're returning to our fall schedule. tuesdays at noonish slt, 3ish est. Every Week on Tuesday(noon-1:30pm 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/ 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 _______________________________________________ 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/ ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ softwareandculture mailing list softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.com _______________________________________________ softwareandculture mailing list softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.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/ _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators

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CfP: Public and Situated Displays to Support Communities - OZCHI 2008 Workshop
by Marcus Foth 02 Oct '08

02 Oct '08

PUBLIC AND SITUATED DISPLAYS TO SUPPORT COMMUNITIES Workshop in conjunction with OZCHI 2008: http://www.ozchi.org/ Tuesday 9th December 2008 James Cook University, Cairns, Australia http://wraydisplay.lancs.ac.uk/ozchi08 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=42033775024 KEY DATES Submission deadline extended to October 10th. Please note that workshop participants are eligible for early bird registration after the normal deadline. October 10th 2008: Submission deadline October 24th 2008: Notification of acceptance October 31st 2008: Camera-ready submission December 9th 2008: Workshop AIMS AND SCOPE This OZCHI 2008 workshop will discuss the ways that public, situated displays can support communities. Our primary aim is to explore the potential for situated displays to support communities of all kinds by bringing together many individual community display projects, with the added benefit of increasing awareness and communication between researchers involved in this field. We hope to share experiences of working with communities and the challenges this can involve and explore the different approaches, techniques and technologies used by the workshop participants. In doing this, we aim to learn which of those have proved successful, which have not been so successful, and facilitate comparison of the various approaches and the contrasting communities in which they were based. It is our hope that the workshop will encourage collaboration between disparate research groups, and if suitable the outcomes of the event may be considered for publication in an appropriate venue. The day will comprise conference-style paper presentations, discussion of emerging themes and issues from the presentations, and a group design exercise based around a scenario for a new community display. We welcome all contributions related to the use of public situated displays in supporting communities. Relevant areas for discussion include, but are not limited to, the following: - Exploration of different settings and deployment environments - Techniques for gathering requirements and information for design - Display designs and design techniques - Discussion of key deployment challenges - Issues arising from working with communities - Evaluation of community displays and different interaction techniques - Issues arising from display content and repurposing of content - Access control and possible solutions and approaches - Persuasiveness and community-building effects - Sustainability and evolution of solutions - Managing multiple displays - Enticing and encouraging users, incentives to contribute - Role of gatekeepers and local champions - Spaces and places SUBMISSION We invite submissions of up to three pages in OZCHI submission format (see http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/Submitting) Submissions should be made via the workshop site: http://wraydisplay.lancs.ac.uk/ozchi08 PROVISIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Michael Arnold (University of Melbourne, Australia) Margot Brereton (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Areti Galani (Newcastle University, UK) Matt Jones (Swansea University, UK) Christian Kray (Newcastle University, UK) Gary Marsden (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Ann Morrison (University of Queensland, Australia) Kenton O'Hara (Hewlett-Packard Labs, UK) Mark Perry (Brunel University, UK) Fiona Redhead (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Ingrid Richardson (Murdoch University, Australia) Mark Rouncefield (Lancaster University, UK) ORGANISERS Nick Taylor (Lancaster University, UK) Keith Cheverst (Lancaster University, UK) Christine Satchell (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Marcus Foth (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Ian MacColl (Australasian CRC for Interaction Design) -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/

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Symposium on Facebook, 24 October 2008, Liverpool John Moores University
by Adi Kuntsman 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Dear all, You are invited to the one day symposium on Facebook. The event is free of charge, and is aimed at researchers, lecturers and graduate students working on the topic. Please circulate this invitation widely Facebook: a network, a research tool, a world? 24 October 2008, Liverpool John Moores University For further details please visit our site: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91704.htm Programme: 11.00 - 11.15 Cofee 11.15 - 12.45 Living with Facebook * Facebook, social integration and informal learning at University: ‘It is more for socialising and talking to friends about work than for actually doing work’. Tristram Hooley, CRAC and Jane Wellens, University of Leicester On-line research methods training programme * Social networking or social surveillance? Understanding student's use of Facebook Rhianne Jones, Liverpool John Moors University and Salford University * Facebook's Ethics Ben Light, Kathy McGrath and Marie Griffiths, Salford University 12.45- 13.30 Lunch break 13.30 -14.45 Learning and researching with Facebook * Long lost cousins - using Facebook as an electronic focus group Fiona Frank, Department of Continuing Education, Lancaster University and Department of History, University of Strathclyde. * Whose Space is it anyway? Libraries, Librarians and Facebook Jane Secker, LASSIE project, London School of Economics Dr. Adi Kuntsman Lecturer in Internet and Communication School of Media, Critical and Creative Arts Liverpool John Moores University Dean Walters, 1 St. James Road Liverpool, L1 7BR Email Web

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