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

AEJMC Best Practices in the Teaching of Diversity Competition
by Debashis Aikat 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Cherished Colleagues: I write to seek your help to spread the word about the Best Practices in the Teaching of Diversity Competition of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). See the AEJMC competition call at http://aejmc.org/_calls/bestpractices.php Please consider submitting an entry to the competition. Entries should be received by 5 p.m. Eastern Time, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. The AEJMC Teaching Committee will select winning entries for publication in an AEJMC booklet. We will invite winners to present their ideas at the 2009 AEJMC convention in Boston, Massachusetts (The Sheraton Boston Hotel), August 5-8, 2009. Showcase your best ideas and win a cash prize! First prize: $300 and certificate, Second prize: $200 and certificate, Third prize: $100 and certificate. Can you please share this message with your colleagues? Thanks for your help. I appreciate it no end. Best wishes, Deb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Debashis 'Deb' Aikat, Ph. D. Associate Professor and Media Futurist School of Journalism and Mass Communication CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da(a)unc.edu URL: http://www.jomc.unc.edu/faculty/debashis_aikat.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Webology: Volume 5, Number 4
by Alireza Noruzi 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 5, No. 4 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and available ONLINE now. ------------------ Webology: Volume 5, Number 4, 2008 TOC: http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/toc.html This issue contains: ----------------------------------------- Editorial -- Scientific collaboration and quality of scientific research -- Alireza Noruzi -- Keywords: Scientific research collaborations; Research productivity; Top papers; Highly-cited papers -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/editorial18.html ----------------------------------------- Articles - LIS open access e-journal - where are you? -- Izabella Taler -- Keywords: Open access; Library science; Periodicals; Free e-journals; E-journal indexing -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/a62.html - What is not available online is not worth reading? -- Hamid R. Jamali -- Keywords: Online access: Open access; Accessibility -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/a63.html - Virtual polling data: A social network analysis on a student government election -- Shane Tilton -- Keywords: Facebook; Elections; Political; Virtual engagement; Hierarchical linear model -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/a64.html - Nigerian university websites: A webometric analysis -- Williams E. Nwagwu & Omoverere Agarin -- Keywords: Nigerian universities; Websites; Webometric analysis; World Wide Web; Link analysis -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/a65.html ----------------------------------------- Book Reviews - Digital consumers reshaping the information profession / David Nicholas & Ian Rowlands -- Ina Fourie -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/bookreview17.html - Digital literacies: Concepts, policies and practices / Colin Lankshear & Michele Knobel -- Ina Fourie -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/bookreview18.html - Digital rights management: A librarian's guide to technology and practice / Grace Agnew -- Ina Fourie -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/bookreview19.html - Global information inequalities: Bridging the information gap / Deborah H. Charbonneau -- Dariush Alimohammadi -- http://www.webology.ir/2008/v5n4/bookreview20.html ----------------------------------------- Call for Papers -- http://www.webology.ir/cfp.html ========================================= Best regards, Alireza Noruzi, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief of Webology Website: www.webology.ir ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing.~

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Planning ahead for Milwaukee 2009
by Elizabeth A Buchanan 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Dear Colleagues..... Beer. Bratwurst. The Bronze Fonz. While anyone that lives in Milwaukee can tell you that the city holds much more than these few treasured icons, we have decided to just embrace the stereotypes with the short amount of time we have and invite conference attendees to visit two of our most popular breweries: Lakefront and Sprecher! Here are links to the breweries: Lakefront: http://www.lakefrontbrewery.com/ Sprecher: http://www.sprecherbrewery.com/index.php Tentatively, we will charter a bus to transport attendees between the conference venue/hotel, breweries, and an as-yet undecided restaurant, which will occur on Wednesday evening, October 7th. The cost, NOT including dinner, will be around twenty US dollars; this includes transportation and a tour, beer tastings, and a souvenir glass at each brewery. We would like to get an idea of how many conference-goers would be interested in attending such event, so that we can plan accordingly (i.e. reserve buses and tour times). Thank you in advance for letting us know! We look forward to seeing you in Brew City! Please respond to beer goddess Erin Hvizdak, at ehvizdak(a)uwm.edu. Best, Elizabeth Elizabeth Buchanan, Ph.D. Director, Center for Information Policy Research Associate Professor School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee cipr (at) uwm.edu Association of Internet Researchers 2009 Local Conference Co-Chair http://ir10.aoir.org/

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References about interviewing online?
by Abigail Groves 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone could suggest some references about interviewing online, particularly in the context of social research? Thanks, Abi -- Abigail Groves phd candidate National Centre in HIV Social Research UNSW Sydney 2052

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Re: [Air-L] the role of new media in reducing health care cost?
by Mariana Goya 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

More than reducing health cost, it seems to me that internet is certainly giving (or can give) more agency to patients in their health issues. The information that can be found online goes from medical information and advice given by medical institutions (mayo clinic, for instance), published research papers, patients' recommendations of doctors (as in yelp), and patients exchange of medical advice and symptoms as well as empathic feelings. An informed patient surely has more resources to make decisions related to her health and to make better questions to the doctor or even suggesting specific treatments or medicines. This access to medical information is especially important in the US where getting easy/fast access to doctors is not always possible. --- On Mon, 2/23/09, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:37:11 -0500 From: Yifeng Hu <hu(a)tcnj.edu> Subject: [Air-L] the role of new media in reducing health care cost? To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Hi all, I am looking for articles/thoughts about whether new media can play a role in reducing health care cost. Any perspectives are welcome. Thanks. Yifeng** -- Yifeng Hu, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Kendall Hall 244 The College of New Jersey 2000 Pennington Rd. Ewing, NJ 08628 Telephone: 609-771-2373 Fax: 609-637-5187 Email: hu(a)tcnj.edu Homepage: http://www.tcnj.edu/~hu/ Mariana Goya-Martinez University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Virtual Ethnography - Methodological Considerations
by tboellst＠uci.edu 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Games and Virtual Worlds" will be out soon from MIT Press - it has a sustained and interesting discussion of ethnographic methods in virtual worlds/online games! Tom Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:13:06 -0600 From: "Andras Lukacs" <Alukacs(a)luc.edu> Subject: [Air-L] Virtual Ethnography - Methodological Considerations To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Message-ID: <49A292D2.E8EB.00AF.0(a)luc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hello ? I'm trying to compile a methodological bibliography (qualitative/ethnographic) on critical studies of virtual realms/ games. The best works that actually consider methods seriously are Tom Boellstorff's book on SL and Dmitri Williams' paper - imho. (Gary Fine's ethnography on D&D is a classic of course). May I pick the lists' collective brain and get further references/suggestions? Cheers. Andras Lukacs PhD Candidate

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Consciousness of real-virtual connection
by Andrea Hein 24 Feb '09

24 Feb '09

Greetings, I am in the process of wrapping up some research and was wondering if you all could provide some information regarding a particular topic. I'm looking for research about people's level of consciousness regarding the connection between their real and virtual lives. I know that the connection between the real and virtual is well-documented and that people who inhabit virtual worlds generally acknowledge the connection between their two lives. What I'm looking for is research that discusses the point where the two lives become so intermingled, a person no longer consciously thinks of certain aspects as completely virtual or completely real. I hope this makes sense. Thank you in advance for your help. Andrea Guzman "Leigh Koppel" in SL Graduate Student Department of Communication Northern Illinois University _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®:…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_explor…

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Crowdsourcing the Broadband Stimulus
by Larry Press 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Steven Clift asked whether crowd sourcing could affect the stimulus implementation. I wonder if, in spite of Obama's apparent wish to do so, it is possible to get meaningful two-way communication with the government using the Internet. Here are six short blog posts on Obama's efforts to date: http://cis471.blogspot.com/search/label/web2%20government Larry

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The stimulus implementation
by Larry Press 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Steven Clift asks: > Can Facebook Influence Stimulus Implementation? I hope the answer is "yes!" With or without the stimulus package, we are about to install the next generation fiber and wireless Internet access network. The key question is: Who will own and control it? I've done a recent blog post pertaining to this topic: http://cis471.blogspot.com/2009/02/lets-slow-down-on-broadband-stimulus-in.… The post links to a paper: http://bpastudio.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/draft/policygeneral.doc and a PowerPoint presentation: http://som.csudh.edu/fac/lpress/471/hout/policy.ppt Note that in addition to spending on infrastructure, the stimulus bill orders the FCC to prepare a national broadband plan within one year. That may be more important than this initial spending. See the post at: http://cis471.blogspot.com/2009/02/fcc-national-broadband-plan-can.html Larry

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Virtual Ethnography - Methodological Considerations
by Andras Lukacs 23 Feb '09

23 Feb '09

Hello — I'm trying to compile a methodological bibliography (qualitative/ethnographic) on critical studies of virtual realms/games. The best works that actually consider methods seriously are Tom Boellstorff's book on SL and Dmitri Williams' paper - imho. (Gary Fine's ethnography on D&D is a classic of course). May I pick the lists' collective brain and get further references/suggestions? Cheers. Andras Lukacs PhD Candidate Loyola University Chicago Department of Sociology

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