October 2009 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

New (and old) media at work
by Barry Wellman 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

For a book that I am co-authoring, Wenhong Chen, Anna Brady and I are gathering research literature (and good lit reviews) about the use of new media (ICTs, cellphones) at work. SOme comparisons to old media -- face to face, landline phone, letters -- would be useful too. This is not my area of expertise, so I apologize if you know the obvious and I don't. We're interested in three categories: a. communication within an organization (such as Anabel Quan-Haase and I did in our hyperconnected networks paper). Including distributed work (and yes we know about the Bailey, etc book) b. communication between organizations c. communication while at work with friends, family, etc. (probably the hardest to find). To save space, could you send all responses to my associate Anna Brady ( anna.brady(a)utoronto.ca ). We'll collate and post in a few weeks. For this, much thanks. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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looking for roommate(s) for AoIR 10
by Lauren Cruikshank 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

Hi all, After a cancellation this week, I'm adding my request for one or possibly two female roommates (non-smoking) for the conference to this list. I have a room reserved in the conference hotel with both an extra double bed and a cot available, checking in on the 7th and checking out on the 11th. Please contact me offlist at lrc(a)yorku.ca if you need a spot to sleep! Thanks and looking forward to it, Lauren ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lauren Cruikshank Media, Communication and Culture York University, Toronto, Canada. lrc(a)yorku.ca European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, Switzerland. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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by Alex Randall 02 Oct '09

02 Oct '09

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Vooks = Text+Video+Etc. > Coming To An iPhone Near You ...
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

Colleagues/ >>>As I Noted On More Than One Occasion > We Are MultiModal Social Creatures<<< Think About The Possibilities For Information Literacy / Museum Education / Reference Works / YouNameIt /Gerry Curling Up With Hybrid Books, Videos Included / MOTOKO RICH / NYTimes / October 1 2009 For more than 500 years the book has been a remarkably stable entity: a coherent string of connected words, printed on paper and bound between covers. But in the age of the iPhone, Kindle and YouTube, the notion of the book is becoming increasingly elastic as publishers mash together text, video and Web features in a scramble to keep readers interested in an archaic form of entertainment. On Thursday, for instance, Simon & Schuster, the publisher of Ernest Hemingway and Stephen King, is working with a multimedia partner to release four "vooks," which intersperse videos throughout electronic text that can be read - and viewed - online or on an iPhone or iPod Touch. And in early September Anthony E. Zuiker, ... released "Level 26: Dark Origins," a novel - published on paper, as an e-book and in an audio version - in which readers are invited to log on to a Web site to watch brief videos that flesh out the plot. Some publishers say this kind of multimedia hybrid is necessary to lure modern readers who crave something different. But reading experts question whether fiddling with the parameters of books ultimately degrades the act of reading. [snip] The new hybrids add much more. In one of the Simon & Schuster vooks, a fitness and diet title, readers can click on videos that show them how to perform the exercises. A beauty book contains videos that demonstrate how to make homemade skin-care potions. Not just how-tos are getting the cinematic work-up. Simon & Schuster is also releasing two digital novels combining text with videos a minute or 90 seconds long that supplement - and in some cases advance - the story line. "Everybody is trying to think about how books and information will best be put together in the 21st century," said Judith Curr, publisher of Atria Books, the Simon & Schuster imprint that is releasing the electronic editions in partnership with Vook, a multimedia company. She added, "You can't just be linear anymore with your text." In some cases, social-networking technologies enable conversations among readers that will influence how books are written. The children's division of HarperCollins recently released the first in a young-adult mystery series called "The Amanda Project," and has invited readers to discuss clues and characters on a Web site. As the series continues, some of the reader comments may be incorporated into minor characters or subplots. [snip] Some authors believe the new technologies can enrich books. For his history of street songs in 18th-century France, Robert Darnton, director of the Harvard University Library, will include links to recordings of the actual tunes. [snip] Links To Full Text And Article Links And Added Link Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/ybyao2f ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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2nd CFP: Special JVWR Issue on Virtual Worlds for Kids
by Sun Sun LIM 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (http://jvwresearch.org/ <https://exchange.nus.edu.sg/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://jvwresearch.or…> ) Special issue, Vol. 3 (3), 2010: Virtual Worlds for Kids Abstract Deadline: 20 October 2009 Guest Editors: Sun Sun LIM, National University of Singapore, sunlim(a)nus.edu.sg Lynn Schofield Clark, University of Denver, Lynn.Clark(a)du.edu While virtual worlds for young adults have received considerable research attention, virtual worlds for young children - from preschoolers to preteens - have not been studied as extensively. Yet statistics indicate that children worldwide are using the Internet at younger and younger ages, and are exploring a wide range of online environments including virtual worlds such as Neopets, Habbo Hotel, Club Penguin, Webkinz, BarbieGirls.com, MoshiMonsters etc. Participation in such virtual worlds have been found to aid in the development of children's social, linguistic and technological skills, and to offer them enriching learning experiences, outlets for creative expression and opportunities for identity exploration. At the same time however, concerns about the potentially adverse impact of such virtual worlds prevail, be it moral panics about sexual grooming, fears of online addiction or more mundane worries about exposure to online advertising. While research on children's participation in virtual worlds is growing, clearly more light needs to be shed on the benefits and harms of children's participation in these engaging and increasingly popular multimedia environments. This special issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research will explore children's participation in online virtual worlds, and focus specifically on the preschool to preteen group, from about 3 to 14 years of age. We welcome participation from a broad range of academic researchers and practitioners using a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches from such fields as communications, psychology, education, computer science, sociology, anthropology and marketing. Topics of interest are (but not limited to): * typologies of children's virtual worlds * ethnographies of children's use of virtual worlds * avatar building, identity exploration and peer dynamics * educational uses of children's virtual worlds * lifestage analyses comparing experiences of children of different ages * supervisory strategies of parents, guardians, teachers * joint online activities of siblings and other family members * family online activities in virtual worlds * policy and public education responses * industry self-regulation measures * advertising and marketing to children in virtual worlds * research methods and ethical issues Please submit a 500 word abstract to the guest editors as an e-mail attachment no later than 20 October, 2009. The five best abstracts will also be submitted as a panel for consideration by the Children, Adolescents and the Media interest group of the International Communication Association 2010 conference (held from 22 - 26 June 2010 in Singapore). Please include full contact information and a biographical note (up to 75 words) on each of the authors and indicate whether you wish to be considered for the ICA panel submission. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by 10 November, 2009 and will then be invited to submit a full paper to the guest editors. Manuscripts should be no more than 8,000 words, including notes and references, conform to APA style, and submitted by 31 March , 2010. All papers will be subject to anonymous peer review following submission. We also welcome submissions in the form of think pieces and interactive online exhibits with accompanying detailed descriptions, and other forms of scholarship. Important dates 20 October 2009: Deadline for abstract submission 10 November 2009: Announcement of results 31 March 2010: Submission of full papers 22-26 June 2010: ICA conference in Singapore September 2010: Publication of special issue

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Appel à contribution - Interactivité et lien social
by Éric GEORGE 01 Oct '09

01 Oct '09

Appel à contribution Interactivité et lien social revue tic&société (http://www.ticetsociete.org) Hier comme aujourd'hui, l'analyse de l'interactivité est résolument tournée vers la quête d'un principe inédit de sociabilité. Cet enjeu n'a cessé d'alimenter les débats tant le mot interactivité, terme polysémique inscrit au croisement de multiples disciplines (informatique, design et ergonomie, sciences de l'ingénieur, économie, sciences sociales, éducation, études des médias et en communication, littérature, journalisme) semble osciller entre le label marketing et le simple gadget. Pour éviter l'un ou l'autre des ces écueils, la littérature sur l'interactivité qui se systématise dès la fin des années 1970 préfère aborder l'interactivité en partant d'un objet concret, à savoir le média interactif. Mais on ne parvient pas à s'entendre sur cette expression polysémique, sinon pour observer qu'en l'adoptant à tort ou à raison, on perd en précision aussi bien à propos de la définition du terme interactivité que de celle du mot média. Néanmoins, les débats sur les médias interactifs ont l'avantage d'étendre la réflexion sur l'interactivité à d'autres champs d'investigation. Le questionnement sur l'interactivité conduit à interroger le fonctionnement des logiciels ou des interfaces des ordinateurs, des jeux vidéo, des téléphones portables et autres objets du quotidien que l'on dote de capteurs électroniques et de puces à microprocesseurs. Peu à peu, l'interactivité s'affranchit de son statut de mot-valise et s'affirme comme un principe de régulation généralisé composé de relations multiples, constantes, indépendantes des variations spatiales, temporelles et communicationnelles entre médias, au sein des médias et entre médias et utilisateurs. Ensemble de liens qui font relation, débouchant sur d'autres liens qui ne reposent que sur d'autres liens faisant à leur tour relation, l'interactivité s'impose progressivement dans le contexte de l'imbrication croissante des environnements sociotechniques dans notre vie quotidienne. Ce numéro thématique de tic&société a trois objectifs. D'abord, il s'agit de revenir sur les investigations déjà entreprises à propos de l'interactivité et de son influence sur les pratiques sociales afin de mettre en évidence les enjeux épistémologiques du concept. Ensuite, il s'agit d'explorer les pratiques inédites qui se construisent dans les cadres de l'interactivité pour en souligner les enjeux socioculturels, économiques et politiques. Enfin, il s'agit de s'interroger sur l'acceptation sociale de l'interactivité, les résistances qu'elle peut susciter et la place qu'elle occupe au sein des discours nationaux et internationaux sur la gouvernance des TIC. tic&société accueille des contributions interdisciplinaires et internationales proposant une perspective théorique, une enquête de terrain ou réunissant ces deux approches. La priorité est donnée aux articles qui répondent à l'un des trois objectifs proposés ci-dessus ou qui les recoupent. Les contributeurs sont invités à soumettre leurs textes en français, en anglais, en espagnol ou en allemand accompagnés d'un résumé de 3000 caractères en français, en anglais et en espagnol. Les textes doivent faire environ 40000 caractères espaces compris. Les auteurs sont invités à respecter les consignes concernant la mise en forme du manuscrit (consignes disponibles sur le site de la revue, rubrique « Consignes aux auteurs »). Les manuscrits feront l'objet de deux évaluations selon la procédure de lecture à l'aveugle. Les contributions en anglais, allemand et espagnol seront évaluées puis traduites en français dans la mesure du possible. Les textes doivent être envoyés par courriel au plus tard le 1er novembre 2009 à l'attention de Christian Papilloud, coordonnateur de ce numéro thématique « Interactivité et lien social » : christian.papilloud(a)unicaen.fr ou papilloud(a)uni.leuphana.de Il est aussi possible de proposer des textes hors-thème. Nous nous réservons toutefois le droit, soit de les diffuser dans la rubrique « Varia », soit de les conserver pour un prochain numéro thématique. Merci, dans ce cas, d'envoyer les textes à l'adresse suivante : comite-editorial(a)ticetsociete.org Christian Papilloud Professeur des universités Université de Caen Basse-Normandie, France Université Leuphana Lüneburg, Allemagne

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