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looking for a collaborative real-time editor
by Kimberly Silk 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hello, I have 2 researchers who would like to work on the same document simultaneously, with the ability to see each other's edits in real time. Any suggestions out there? Thanks, Kim -- Kimberly Silk, MLS Data Librarian, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto President-elect, Faculty of Information Alumni Association, University of Toronto M: (416) 721-8955 kimberly.silk(a)gmail.com

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Quantitative research in information systems
by Hakikur Rahman 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Dear Colleagues, I am looking for in-depth research papers and case studies on quantitative research in information systems and technologies. It would be great to have them for a research work. Thanking you in advance. Best regards, Hakik Hakikur Rahman Post-Doc researcher University of Minho.

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Re: [Air-L] Digital Divide
by Javier Pinzón 19 Jun '09

19 Jun '09

> Can anyone suggest an article or book with data that is as current as > possible on the digital divide? Hi Peter: In the book "Word Matters - Multicultural perspectives on information societies" there is a chapter on "Digital Divide" (May 2006) by Kemly Camacho. Find it here: http://vecam.org/article549.html I underline the following: "to talk about the digital divide and the strategies to face it, one should start out from the society we dream to be and not from the technology." Good luck, Javier -- http://funredes.org/javier

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hoover
by Barry Wellman 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

jeremey, you had it right the first time, altho my parents used the more traditional "damn hoover" instead of "hoover damn". 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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FINAL REMINDER [CFP | deadline: February, 1 2009] 9th International Conference of Sociocybernetics
by Fabio Giglietto 21 May '09

21 May '09

9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SOCIOCYBERNETICS 'MODERNITY 2.0': EMERGING SOCIAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACTS URBINO, ITALY 29 JUNE - 5 JULY 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS In recent years, the Internet and other information and communication technologies have had great impacts on almost all aspects of human life, locally and globally. The extant of these impacts can be seen in the ubiquity of the use of the prefix 'e-', as in e-commerce, e-business, e-government, e-democracy, e-science, e-learning, e-entertainment and so on. Thanks to the cheaper prices and ease of use of these technologies, more and more people are able to access digital contents, as part of a mass audience, and more and more people are able to create and publish content off their own initiative. The Web has moved from being a one-way communication channel extending traditional media, to a complex "peer-to-peer" communication space with a blurred author/audience distinction and new ways to create, share and use knowledge in a social way. This establishes new global fora, started by a few, and sustained by millions of local acts. This change of paradigm is currently profoundly transforming most areas of our lives: our interactions with other people, our relationships, ways of gathering, creating and disseminating information, ways of developing social norms, opinions, attitudes and even legal aspects as well as ways of working and doing business. It also raises a strong need for theoretical, empirical and applied studies related to how people may interact on the Web, how they actually do so and what new possibilities and challenges are emerging in the individual, business and technology dimensions. It is not the first time in the history of social media that a new technology becomes suddenly available to a wider group of people due to a specific social, economical and historical context. The last time something similar happened, the availability and diffusion of the printing press, according to many authors, the opportunities for the rise of modern society emerged. We are probably facing a similar new extraordinary change that we can barely describe today. According to the law of accelerated return identified by Ray Kurzweil, this change is taking place at a much faster speed than before. This is a major challenge for social science in a world where 'internet time' now runs at a clock speed several orders of magnitude faster than that of academic research. In order to explore these possibilities and tackle the challenges, a more interdisciplinary scientific approach is required. The visionary founding fathers of cybernetics and systems theory urged for this new vision of the sciences as soon as they started working on teleological machines interacting with human beings during the Second World War. Not surprisingly, today, Sir Tim Berners Lee (the inventor of the World Wide Web) is developing a vision for new field of interdisciplinary study called Web Science. The goal of this conference is therefore to bring researchers and practitioners together to explore within a sociocybernetic approach the issues and challenges related to social aspects of the new communication technologies and especially the Web. Possible topics should include, but are not limited to: * Local issues with respect to a particular geographical region, political entity or cultural or ethnic group; * Global issues affecting all mankind in the 21st century; * Emerging technologies and the link between the micro and macro levels of individual actors and social institutions, respectively; * Social systems and economic models of the web; * Y Generation and participation on the web (politics, business and entertainment); * Culture, knowledge and social impact of the Semantic web; * e-Social Science; * Cyberculture, knowledge and local communities; * Teaching the digital natives in networked space; * The public/private distinction on the Internet; * Cybernetics and Web Science; * Social capital in social network sites (SNSs). Papers with a strong sociocybernetic orientation addressing other topics (conceptual, methodological, practical) are also welcomed ABSTRACTS AND THE REVIEW PROCESS Please submit a 500 to 1000 word detailed abstract for the review process and for assignment to a particular session. In addition, 250 word regular abstracts are needed for the Conference Programme and Abstracts booklet and for publication on the RC51 website. All abstracts should be sent to the Chair of the Abstracts Committee, Michael Paetau via the online abstract submission form: http://larica-virtual.soc.uniurb.it/rc51/call/abstract-submission/. DEADLINES * February, 1 2009: 500-1000 word detailed abstracts * March, 1, 2009: Notification of acceptance * May, 3, 2009: 250 word regular abstracts * May, 24, 2009: Registration * June, 14, 2009: Full paper SESSION AND LANGUAGES The official language of the conference will be English. VENUE AND ACCOMMODATION The 9th International Conference of Sociocybernetics will take place in the Faculty of Sociology of University of Urbino "Carlo Bo". More info: http://larica-virtual.soc.uniurb.it/rc51/logistics/. CONTACTS AND INFORMATION Official conference website: http://larica-virtual.soc.uniurb.it/rc51/. For any further questions and information, please consult the RC51 website at http://www.unizar.es/sociocybernetics/. You may also directly contact any of the members of the International Organizing Committee or the Coordinator of the National Organizing Committee. Please forward the Call for Papers to your friends and colleagues who may be interested in attending the conference.

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Julian Dibbell to Speak in 2009 Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture
by Sarina Chen 19 May '09

19 May '09

Julian Dibbell, author of Play Money: or, How I Quit My Day Job and Made Millions Trading Virtual Loot (Basic, 2006), and My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World (Henry Holt, 1999), will speak in the Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture Series during the 2009 annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), on Friday, May 23, 2009, at 4:30 pm, in Ohio State Room, in Downtown Chicago Marriott. Dibbell’s lecture is entitled, “Kittens, Kittens, and the Crisis of Online-Cultural Propriety: An Exercise in Memetic Literacy. The Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture Series is sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (http://www.cccsir.org ) and supported by the International Communication Association (ICA, http://www.icahdq.org ). The lecture series is designed to bring leading Internet thinkers to the ICA Conference to promote Internet research to foster collaborations with communication researchers. For questions and comments about this event, please contact Shing-Ling Sarina Chen at sarina.chen(a)uni.edu .

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Digital Culture 2009
by Ben Light 07 May '09

07 May '09

2nd Digital Cultures Workshop: Social Media Publics 4-5 June, 2009 University of Salford, U.K. Call for Papers Organizers Ben Light and Marie Griffiths, University of Salford. Sian Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores University Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University. Confirmed Speakers Dr. Carsten Sørensen Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics Dr. Theresa Senft School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies, University of East London It is clear that the boundaries between the public¹ and the private¹ are becoming increasingly blurred within and amongst sites of home and work. Indeed, in the wake of reality television shows, national identity card schemes, increased social media usage and the like, publicity appears to be the order of the day. For this workshop we seek papers that discuss the issues raised for those living in environments where there is seemingly little room for privacy. As was the case last year, we intend for the workshop to be multi-disciplinary in nature, broad in the approaches participants take and issues they cover. If your work is about any aspect of digital culture, this is the workshop for you! The following are thus only indicative of potential topics that could be raised: ·How do people domesticate social media in their attempts to maintain a balance in publicity and privacy? Do they? Why do they, or don¹t they? ·What matters are raised by increased access to data about individuals and organizations? ·What does the blurring of boundaries between public and private mean for our knowledge and experiences of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and disability? ·How are ICT mediated spaces created and maintained at home, work and those spaces in between? For example, how are geek gamers¹ finding spaces to play now the only console in the house can be in the living room? ·How are ICT policies shaping public and private spaces throughout societies around the world? ·What privacy issues are presented by media convergence? ·What role are mobile and ubiquitous computing technologies playing in public and private spaces? ·How is the increased commodification of social media affecting our privacy? Following from the first workshop we continue to see this workshop having three purposes. First, we seek to give voice and structure to existing new media, ICT and technology related research which may not readily sit within conventionally accepted areas. Second, we wish to draw in research on new forms of digital technology, ICT, computing, organizing and social interactions. Third, we want to continue discussions regarding potential futures for ICT related research which combine research as related to the evolving forms and functions of work organizations and the changing boundaries and relations between these organizations and their social milieus. We seek abstracts (of up to 600 words) that focus upon some aspect of digital culture. We hope to have a special issue of a journal associated with the workshop as was the case last year (a special issue of the Journal of Information, Communication, Ethics and Society is to be published early in 2009). Abstracts should be submitted to Ben Light at: b.light(a)salford.ac.uk <mailto:b.light@salford.ac.uk> Important Dates Abstract Submission Date: 28 February 2009 Notification of Acceptance: 31 March 2009 Workshop Dates: 4 and 5 June 2009 Workshop Arrangements The fee for presentation/attendance at the workshop is £75. This will cover refreshments and meals throughout the workshop and a workshop dinner to be held on the evening of the 4th of June. There is no fee for PhD students, however they still need to register for the workshop. PhD student registration includes refreshments during the workshop but excludes attendance at the workshop dinner (This is subject to a £25 fee, payable upon registration). >From February 2009, you will be able to register for the workshop at: https://shop.salford.ac.uk Further details regarding the location of the workshop will be posted nearer the time at: http://www.iris.salford.ac.uk If you experience any difficulties regarding the workshop arrangements, please do get in touch with Nathalie Audren-Howarth at: n.audren(a)salford.ac.uk. Accommodation Delegates should arrange their own accommodation with their preferred hotel. Below are a few hotels in the area. Best wishes, Ben. Ben Light Professor of Technology and Society Director: IS, Organisation and Society Research Centre School of Media, Music and Performance University of Salford Adelphi House SALFORD M3 6EN Tel. +44 (0)161 295 5443 www.benlight.org www.smmp.salford.ac.uk www.isos.salford.ac.uk

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religious uses of social media?
by Charles Ess 05 May '09

05 May '09

Dear AoIR-ists, On behalf of a colleague who is seeking to help a monastic community - I'm trying to develop an inventory of (possible/actual) uses of social media such as SNS's, Twitter, etc. that either (a) fit within - rather than disrupt or distort - the disciplines and practices defining / constituting monastic life and contemplation, and/or (b) might foster one or more of those practices, e.g. _lectio divina_ and other forms of guided/disciplined contemplation of sacred texts, community prayer, etc. I have some interesting examples from my previous (very modest) work in these domains - but all of which emerged prior to the explosion of social media such as SNS's, Twitter, etc. So ... any suggestions for more contemporary examples, resources, contacts, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance, - charles ess President, Association of Internet Researchers Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA Professor MSO (med særlige opgaver), Department of Information and Media Studies Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Co-editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics <http://ijire.net/> Co-chair, CATaC conferences <www.catacconference.org> Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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Diigo Group: Internet Researchers
by Alex Halavais 05 May '09

05 May '09

Stuart Shulman's post on the YouTube & the Election conference reminds me... I've set up a group on Diigo for those who want to share Internet Research related bookmarks and annotations. Hope you will join me there: http://groups.diigo.com/groups/internet-researchers I've been using Diigo in my courses, and while it's still a bit rough around the edges, it's a great tool. - Alex -- -- // // This email is // [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais, ciberflâneur // http://alex.halavais.net //

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Invitation - US Issues Forum - Deliberative Experiment
by Steven Clift 01 May '09

01 May '09

The results thus far - online political discussions among people with diverse views is are a vast waste of time. Why? Political blog comments are mostly echo chambers that separate people into reaffirming silos and online news comments are full of anonymous diatribe. E-Democracy.Org would like to engage interested academics and students in an experiment to see if a few key rules/technologies can improve the quality of discussions. We use real names, require civility (supported by facilitation, rules, and possible member suspensions), and unique limited the frequency one can post to once every 12 hours (on our local Issues Forums it is 2 every 24 hours). We created the world's first election information website in 1994 and since then have focused our civic mission around hosting online dialogue as a trusted neutral host. For more information visit: http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/us Also, as we build our participatory audience, we are interested in having public policy schools and individual academics share their work. Think of our members as a roving book club looking to discuss the substance of national policy issues not just punditry. Feel free to pass this invitation on to others. Steven Clift E-Democracy.Org

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