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Ethics and Online Presentation?
by Amy Barackman 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Dear All, I am currently helping Dr. Koelsch from Duquesne University do research on the ethics related to the online presentation of participant narratives. I would love to get input from the AoIR group on the relevant research on this topic. Specifically, I am interested in the following: 1) Is there precedent for putting narratives on an online site for general use? 2) If not, what might be some ethical issues that would differentiate the confidentiality of narratives in an online space from those that are published in a book or journal? Any leads would be appreciated! Amy -- Amy Barackman, M.A. Graduate Student Duquesne University Pittsburgh, PA 15282 (203) 648-6005

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two faculty positions at Michigan State University
by Charles Steinfield 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce two faculty positions at Michigan State University to start in the fall of 2010. Please consider applying, or if not a good fit for you, please forward this note to any of your colleagues who might find either position of interest. Thanks for your help! Brief descriptions of each position are pasted in below, and the full announcements with application instructions are online at http://cas.msu.edu/jobs . with best regards, Charles Steinfield Professor and Chair Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Michigan State University Health Communication Technology The Department of Communication and the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University are seeking an individual to fill an open-rank tenure-track faculty position in Health Communication Technology beginning fall 2010. Candidates will pursue funded scholarly research opportunities in areas that focus on the improvement of health services through communication technology. Examples of these include telemedicine, online health information and services, and the use of technology in health communication such as electronic medical records. The successful candidate will design new health communication technology curricula and teach existing courses in computer mediated communication, communication technology, research methods, organizational communication, and/or human computer interaction. A PhD in Communication, Information Studies, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Health Informatics or a related discipline is required. Computational Journalism The School of Journalism and the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media at Michigan State University are seeking an innovative, dynamic individual to fill a full-time, tenure stream position in Computational Journalism at the Assistant Professor level. Candidates will be expected to gain recognition through peer- reviewed scholarly publications. Faculty are also expected to pursue external funding to support their research activity, which may result in a reduced teaching load. Candidates will join an enthusiastic, multidisciplinary faculty team and should be able to contribute through research and design experience at the intersection of journalism and information or computer science. To fill this position we seek a person who uses information and communication technology to collect and disseminate news in a cutting edge fashion. The ability to use information technology to create new tools, services or technical systems to both gather and disseminate news is highly desired.

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Re: [Air-L] Textbook on the social web?
by RBerkman＠aol.com 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

If AIR-L has not done this already, a compilation and annotated bibliography of these and related works (perhaps with links to reviews if not done by AIR-L members themselves) made available easily and freely would be a very good service for those in this field, and perhaps for a wider audience as well. Bob Berkman Associate Professor Media Studies The New School

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fyi...potential Hotmail security/privacy issue
by Richard Forno 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

(Just passing along for any AIR'ers who may be using Hotmail. Not exactly a good idea from a security/privacy concern, IMHO -rick) Hotmail imposes tracking cookies for logout By Chris Williams 2th November 2009 15:19 GMT Hotmail users are now unable to log out of their account if the browser they are using does not accept third party cookies. The move by Microsoft raises security concerns, particularly as PCs on corporate networks and in cybercafes and libraries are often set to reject cookies. < - > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/12/hotmail_cookies/

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Re: [Air-L] Twitter Re-Design
by Gonzalo Bacigalupe 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Danah, Great article! Missed my T Station stop while reading it. @bacigalupe Message: 1 Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:15:44 -0500 From: danah boyd <aoir.z3z(a)danah.org> To: "Mary K. Bryson" <mary.bryson(a)ubc.ca> Cc: Subject: Re: [Air-L] Twitter Re-Design Message-ID: <C6A56100-4E76-4280-A1AF-D31EBC68D084(a)danah.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I share your disappointment. Scott Golder, Gilad Lotan, and I investigated retweeting practices in the spring and summer and found a whole plethora of different practices that are not supported by this implementation. We wrote this up in a HICSS paper that will be published and presented in January, but we've made a draft version available for those who want to know more about retweeting: Tweet, Tweet, Retweet: Conversational Aspects of Retweeting on Twitter danah boyd, Scott Golder, Gilad Lotan HICSS 2010 http://www.danah.org/papers/TweetTweetRetweet.pdf

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Twitter Re-Design
by Mary K. Bryson 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

RE: Why Retweet works the way it does http://evhead.com/2009/11/why-retweet-works-way-it-does.html <BY: Evan Williams (born March 31, 1972) is an American entrepreneur who has founded several Internet companies, including Pyra Labs (creator of weblog-authoring software Blogger) and Twitter, of which he is currently CEO.> I think it's interesting that Ev <creator of Twitter> misses the most valued function of the retweet <to this user>, which is the linkage between the retweeter and the original author of the RT tweet - the creator of Twitter's new modification of retweet removes the citation factor - The current Twitter syntax of say, Richard Smith retweeting something about surveillance and blogging makes me follow a link about say, blogging, precisely because Richard Smith is citing it. For the URL simply to appear in my InBox from ZX would be meaningless. This is a good example of where a tool designer fails to talk to users about what is good about the actual design and what would then, be lost in the supposed "improvement". Mary -- Dr. Mary K. Bryson, Professor and Director, Network of Centers and Institutes in Education (NCIE) & Center for Cross-Faculty Inquiry (CCFI), Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia Archive: http://ubc.academia.edu/MaryKBryson CCFI: Innovation Works Here http://ccfi.educ.ubc.ca/

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Ethics and Facebook Research?
by Angela Thomas 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hello All, I wonder whether anybody might be able to point me to any papers or updated ethics statements from AoIR / the AoIR membership about the ethics of conducting research on facebook please. Many thanks in advance, Angela -- Angela Thomas, PhD English, Arts and New Media Literacies University of Sydney http://angelaathomas.com

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Re: [Air-L] Textbook on the social web?
by RBerkman＠aol.com 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Sure--just would need to know AIR-L's institutional procedures/guidance/any resources etc. Bob Berkman Can I suggest that those who want this great resource volunteer to lead an effort to create it?

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Textbook on the social web?
by Linda Elen Olsen 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Dear list. I am going to teach a course that is supposed to give an introduction to 'the social web' (an overview of different aspects of the social web such as social information systems (IS), social networks, social tagging/semantic web, social gaming/digital culture etc.) and some related topics. Now, I realize that it might be hard to find a textbook that includes all of the topics in my course, but after a lot of searching on my own I thought I'd ask you guys: Do any of you know of a decent textbook that gives an introduction to 'the social web'? Or that comes close? Your help would be of great assistance (to me and others)! :-) Have a nice day. Best regards, Linda Elen Olsen University of Bergen, Norway

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Re: [Air-L] Ethics and Facebook Research?
by RBerkman＠aol.com 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

I wrote a chapter on the ethics of social media research in a book I recently wrote for market researchers, "The Art of Strategic Listening: Finding Market Intelligence Through Blogs and Other Social Media" (Paramount Press, 2008). (I'm planning to present a case study at that ACM workshop in Savannah in February.) Bob Berkman, Associate Professor Media Studies The New School

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