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

Re: [Air-L] References about interviewing online?
by Ulf-Dietrich Reips 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Here are two of ours about automated interviewing in instant messaging. The first one describes the method, the second one describes an example how the method was used with about 70'000 interviewees. Stieger, S., & Reips, U.-D. (2008). Dynamic Interviewing Program (DIP): Automatic online interviews via the instant messenger ICQ. CyberPsychology and Behavior, 11, 201-207. Paine, C., Reips, U.-D., Stieger, S., Joinson, A., & Buchanan, T. (2007). Internet users' perceptions of 'privacy concerns' and 'privacy actions'. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 65, 526-536. http://www.psychologie.uzh.ch/sowi/team/reips/papers/InternetPerceptions.pdf Also likely of relevance: Maria Krysan & Mick P. Couper: Race of Interviewer Effects: What Happens on the Web? In Vol 1(1) of the International Journal of Internet Science at http://www.ijis.net/ Best --u At 23:17 Uhr +1100 18.2.2009, Abigail Groves wrote: >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 >_______________________________________________ >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/ -- PD Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Reips Universität Zürich Psychologisches Institut Binzmühlestr. 14/13 8050 Zürich, Switzerland iScience portal: http://iscience.eu/ Publications: http://tinyurl.com/reipbl

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PhD studentship possibility: comparing online and offline psychological questionnaires
by Tom Buchanan 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Dear list members, The University of Westminster (London, UK) is currently advertising a number of funded PhD studentships. One of the potential studentships is in the Psychology Department, and has an Internet research focus, investigating the equivalence of online and paper-and-pencil psychological questionnaires. For details of the studentship competition see: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/page-17525 Details of the Psychology projects are here: http://www.wmin.ac.uk/pdf/SSHL%203.pdf (the online research one is on the second page) If anyone is interested in applying for this, informal enquiries about the project may be directed to me - buchant(a)wmin.ac.uk Thanks, Tom Buchanan -- Dr. Tom Buchanan Department of Psychology, University of Westminster 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, United Kingdom http://users.wmin.ac.uk/~buchant/ -- The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK.

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Using Wikis in Qualitative Research
by Mike Chapman 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Hello, Is anyone familiar with any publications that discuss using a wiki in qualitative research? In other words, studies where the researcher actually used the wiki as a method to facilitate interaction between researcher and participants for whatever reason? I have looked through qualitative research journals, the Journal of Computer- Mediated Communication, and New Media & Society but can't locate anything. I would think there has to be something out there but perhaps I'm looking in the wrong places? Thanks in advance for any insight. Mike __________________________________________________________ Mike Chapman Ph.D. Student Cultural Foundations, Technology, & Qualitative Inquiry School of Educational Policy & Leadership Ohio State University http://web.me.com/mcchapman

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Use of Social Network Sites in Govt and Business
by greenhow＠umn.edu 18 Feb '09

18 Feb '09

Hi there, Does anyone know where I can find information about how Government agencies and/or Businesses are using online social network sites as part of their communication and marketing strategies. I would appreciate any links to reports, news articles, example sites, papers, etc. of any thing you know of. I'm looking for these in the next couple of hours. Thank you! Christine ************************************************************************* Christine Greenhow, Ed.D. Learning Technologies Department of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education and Human Development University of Minnesota 125J Peik Hall 159 Pillsbury Drive SE Minneapolis, MN 55455 (651) 226-4015 greenhow(a)umn.edu Skype: christine.greenhow Professional Website (release date 1/15/09) http://www.cgreenhow.org/ Youth and Social Media Study www.newscloud.com/research Collaborative Research Group: www.socialnetresearch.org Networks and Neighborhoods Symposium: www.networksincyberspace.org Program Affiliations: www.admissionpossible.org Link to my profile at www.linkedin.com or www.facebook.com *************************************************************************

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WebQubed: Web 2.0 Mixed and Mashed
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

Colleagues/ While I believe that many Web 2.0 developments are Quite Innovative, I sense that the integration of Web 2.0 technologies are Not As Radical as they could be ... For Example: ***Are There Current Web 2.0 Mashups / Services / Sites / Etc. That Allow A User To:*** >Add a relevant audio / photo / video / etc. TO a private/public PDF / Word / TXT / document ? >>Add a tag to relevant audio / photo / text / video / etc. that is **Linked** to a relevant private/public audio /photo / text / video / etc. >>> Add a linked-tag (for audio / photo / text / video /etc. ) to national catalog record (via Open WordCat)? To a local OPAC record ( A PennTags & Plus)? The Question Of The Day is: To What Degree Has The Wide Variety Of Media Been Integrated Into Other Media ?? / To What Degree Has Such Media Been Mixed And Mashed To Create A New Medium ? How Might Libraries Benefit From Such Integration? BTW: I have created a Global Facebook Group that is "devoted to consideration and discussion of any and all (Im)Possible / (Im)Probable intergrations of Any and All Web 2.0 technologies" which is available is linked form [ http://tinyurl.com/d4nsw8 ] BTW: I am aware of All Things Web 2.0 >> Let The Radical Thinking Begin << /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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Fwd: Labour 2.0: campaigning for the net generation
by Andrew Chadwick 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

Hi there, London-based AIRers may find this event interesting. Cheers, Andy Chadwick Begin forwarded message: > From: Mark Harrison <mark(a)progressives.org.uk> > Date: 17 February 2009 14:59:30 GMT > To: <Andrew.Chadwick(a)rhul.ac.uk> > Subject: Labour 2.0: campaigning for the net generation > > Dear Andrew > > Thank you for agreeing to speak at ‘Labour 2.0: campaigning for the > net generation’, on Saturday 28 February 2009. I’m pleased to > confirm the arrangements for the day. > > We’re very excited that Joe Rospars, New Media Director of Barack > Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign, will be making the keynote > speech at the conference. It will follow an opening address by Rt > Hon Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’s general election coordinator. You > can see the full confirmed speaker programme at the bottom of this > email. > > Mark Harrison > Events Manager > > mark(a)progressives.org.uk > 020 3008 8180 > 07812 017265 > > > AGENDA > > 11:00 > Opening address > Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP > Secretary of State for International Development > > 11:20 > Keynote speech > Joe Rospars > New Media Director, Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign > > 12:00 > What will the future of internet campaigning look like? > Professor Andrew Chadwick, Director, New Political Communication > Unit, Royal Holloway, University of London > Greg Jackson, Tangent > Tom Steinberg, MySociety > > 12:45 > Lunch > > 13:30 > Mobilising the centre-left blogging community > Adam Bienkow, Tory Troll > Tom Barry, Boris Watch > Theo Blackwell, blogger and councillor > Alex Smith, writer and political activist (chair) > > 14:15 > Fundraising and voter ID online > Gavin Shuker, Political Insight > Jag Singh, MessageSpace > > 15:00 > Learning from the private sector > Simon Redfern > Oliver Rickman, Google > > 15:45 > Afternoon break > > 16:00 > Transforming Labour’s campaigns and communications through new media > Nick Anstead, University of East Anglia > Matthew McGregor, UK MD, Blue State Digital > Sue Macmillan, New Media Campaigns Taskforce Leader, The Labour Party > Paul Simpson, Tangent > Howard Dawber, PPC for Bexleyheath & Crayford (Chair) > > 16:45 > Close of conference debate: > Can the centre-left dominate the internet despite being in office? > James Crabtree, Senior Editor, Prospect > Derek Draper, LabourList > Rt Hon David Lammy MP > Tim Montgomerie, ConservativeHome > > 17:30 > Close > -------------------------- Professor Andrew Chadwick, Professor of Political Science, Head of Department (2006-2009), Department of Politics & International Relations, Director, New Political Communication Unit http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk, Royal Holloway, University of London. ------------------------------------------------------ Series Editor: Oxford Studies in Digital Politics: http://www.oup.com/us/digitalpolitics Associate Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics: http://www.jitp.net New book: http://handbook-of-internet-politics.com Last Book: http://www.andrewchadwick.com

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The 12th Annual SXSW Web Awards - People's Choice Award
by Steven James May 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

Dear AOIR, I hope this finds everyone well. Writing to advise that my MA thesis project, "Weekend Pictures", has been nominated for Best Student Website at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas. As part of the nomination, the project is also eligible for the People's Choice Award which is selected by the public. You can view all the nominated sites, including my project "Weekend Pictures", and vote online once a day until March 15, 2009 here: https://secure.sxsw.com/peoples_choice/. Any support, and help with spreading the word, would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Steven James May Weekend Pictures Ryerson University Toronto, Canada https://secure.sxsw.com/peoples_choice/

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mobile broadband speeds
by Paul Emerson Teusner 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

Hi everyone, According to tonight's news reports, Telstra, Australia's largest and by far most evil phone and ISP company, announced it had the world's fastest mobile broadband speeds, together with the world's largest coverage. Can't recall the coverage, but the speed mentioned was "up to" 21 Mbps. The report suspected that most people would most often experience half that to their mobile Internet devices. What do you guys think? Is Telstra having us Aussies on? Can anyone support or disprove their claim? paul emerson teusner fishers, surfers and casters - <http://teusner.org/> http://teusner.org/ bio - <http://paulteusner.org/> http://paulteusner.org/

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Library 2.0 Symposium at Yale Law School
by Michael Zimmer 17 Feb '09

17 Feb '09

This event may be of interest to many. Apologies for any cross-postings. -mz -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Associate, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org Library 2.0 Symposium to Explore the Future of Digital Collections The Yale Information Society Project will host the Library 2.0 Symposium on Saturday, April 4, 2009, at Yale Law School. The confluence of book digitization projects, user-generated content, and social networking applications is forcing us to rethink the role of libraries. This symposium will bring together leading thinkers from libraries, academia, and legal practice to lay out a vision for the future of the library and digital collections; the ethical implications of Library 2.0, including data retention and patron privacy; intellectual property rights in user-generated and traditional digital library content; and the future of book digitization projects. Featured speakers will include Ann Wolpert, head of MIT libraries and the MIT press; John Palfrey, Professor of Law and Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School; Josh Greenberg of the New York Public Library; Jeff Cunard of Debevoise and Plimpton; and a host of other luminaries. The Library 2.0 Symposium will take place in Room 127 of Yale Law School located at 127 Wall Street, New Haven, Connecticut. This event is free and open to the public but is expected to fill up quickly. Please register at your earliest convenience at http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=705106 . More information about the symposium is available on the Yale ISP web site at http://isp.law.yale.edu. The Library 2.0 Symposium is made possible by the generosity of the Oscar M. Ruebhausen Fund at Yale Law School.

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cfp: Special Issue on Learning in Virtual Worlds
by jeremy hunsinger 16 Feb '09

16 Feb '09

Apologies for x-posting-jh CALL FOR PAPERS special issue of Learning, Media and Technology issue theme: Learning in Virtual Worlds Edited by Jeremy Hunsinger and Aleks Krotoski Virtual worlds are learning worlds. There is substantial evidence that people learn in virtual worlds. While most learning in these spaces is informal, existing outside the school curriculum, formalised learning environments have also been developed in textual worlds, MOOs, MUSHes, MUDs and multi-media spaces like ActiveWorlds(R), Second Life(R), World of Warcraft (R) to support educational goals in primary, secondary, higher and lifelong learning contexts. The extensive writings on virtual reality and virtual worlds over the past four decades have covered the breadth of the phenomena and experiences of learning via CMC in these situated spaces; this call for papers seeks scholarship that builds upon and extends those accounts. We seek research that deals with learning and research in social networks or among friends, learning through play, learning through artistic creation and learning in unconventional virtual realities. We seek papers that examine learning or modes of learning that occurs in unexpected ways. For example, workshops have been transformed with the inclusion of new materials, like clay or other art equipment, encouraging participants to express themselves through different modes of communication. Such physical practices mirror the opportunities afforded in virtual environments, increasing potential outcomes by breaking down borders of expression, creating a place for play, and expanding discourse. We seek research that aims to capture similar alternative practices in learning within virtual worlds. While all forms of scholarship and research are welcome, we prefer theoretically and empirically grounded study in the social or behavioral sciences. We seek a special issue that exemplifies methodological pluralism. The use of visual evidence and representations is also encouraged. Submission guidelines: This special issue is edited by Jeremy Hunsinger and Aleks Krotoski. Please contact them at jhuns(a)vt.edu and akrotoski(a)yahoo.com to discuss your submissions. The editors welcome contributions from new researchers and those who are more well-established. Submitted manuscripts will be subject to peer review. Length of papers will vary as per disciplinary expectations, but we encourage papers of around 6000 words. Short discussion papers of 2000 words on relevant subjects are also welcomed for the 'Viewpoints' section. Learning, Media and Technology submission guidelines and referencing styles will be followed [see: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17439884.asp ] The guest editors will consider papers received by March 15, 2009. Fewer than 10 papers will be accepted. The special issue will be published in early 2010. Please send papers to jhuns(a)vt.edu, clearly indicating that your submission is for the Special Issue on learning in virtual worlds. Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Information Ethics Fellow Center for Information Policy Research Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -Jules de Gaultier () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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