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40-minute interview on Wisconsin Public Radio about Twitter, New New Media, and Iran
by Paul Levinson 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

The interview was conducted at 7am this morning. You can listen to it anytime at http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/jca/jca090624b.rm PL

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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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private/public space & new media
by Holly Kruse 06 Jul '09

06 Jul '09

As promised, here are the sources people suggested to me in response to my query about research on new technology and public & private space. I've excluded the ones that were in the bibliography of sources that I'm using in my current book (and/or used in my last one) that I posted to air-l a few days ago. Several of these I had already looked at and/or have, some I was aware of but hadn't looked at, and some were new to me. Because I mostly just copied and pasted these from email messages, this list is in no particular order and uses no format or style. Apologies for that. There are several suggestions that I will be looking at as I write what is supposed to be my brief (ha) summary chapter, and in further revisions to the rest of the manuscript. Thanks so much to everyone! Holly ----- Holly Kruse Faculty of Communication The University of Tulsa 800 S. Tucker Drive Tulsa, OK 74104 918-631-3845 holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu or holly.kruse(a)gmail.com http://personal.utulsa.edu/~holly-kruse ****** The first chapter of _Publics and Counterpublics_ by Michael Warner and his _Trouble with Normal_ Erving Goffman, _Relations in Public_ Julie Cohen, "Cyberspace As/And Space," _Columbia Law Review_, 2007. Chris Kelty, _Two Bits_ Douglas Thomas, _Hacker Culture_ Bryan Pfaffenberger, "'If I Want It, It¹s OK': Usenet and the (Outer) Limits of Free Speech," _The information Society_, 1996. Baron, Naomi S. and Ylva Hard af Segerstad (in press), "Cross-cultural patterns in mobile phone use: Public space and reachability in Sweden, the US, and Japan", _New Media & Society_. Keith N Hampton, Oren Livio, & Lauren F. Sessions, "The Social Life of Wireless Urban Spaces: Internet Use, Social Networks, and the Public Realm," forthcoming, _Journal of Communication_. Rohan Samarajiva & Peter Shields, "Telecommunication networks as social space: implications for research and policy and an exemplar," Media, Culture & Society, Vol. 19, No. 4, 535-555 (1997) Greg Downey's "Telegraph Messenger Boys," 2002; and his co-edited a 2004 anthology. Info on both at http://www.journalism.wisc.edu/~gdowney/index.php danah boyd's dissertation at http://www.danah.org/papers/TakenOutOfContext.pdf Helen Nissenbaum's paper "Privacy as Contextual Integrity", http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=534622 Fran Tonkiss's book "Space, the City and Social Theory" (Polity, 2005) Robert Sommer. Personal Space: The Behavioral Basis of Design Humphreys, L. (2005). "Social topography in a wireless era: The negotiation of public and private space." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 35(3): 367-384. Humphreys, L. (2005). "Cellphones in public: Social interaction in a wireless era." New Media & Society. 7(6): 813-836. Anna McCarthy, Ambient Television, Duke, 2001 Anna McCarthy & Nick Couldry, MediaSpace, Routledge, 2004 NOW/HERE: Space, Time and Modernity, Roger Friedland and Deidre Boden, particularly "The Compulsion of Proximity," Boden&Molotch. CULTURE POWER PLACE Exploration in Critical Anthropology, Gupta and Ferguson Janet Sternberg's dissertation, "Misbehavior in Cyber Places: The Regulation of Online Conduct in Virtual Communities on the Internet" Shani Orgad's book, _Storytelling Online: Talking Breast Cancer on the Internet_ (Peter Lang, 2005) Lars Qvortrup (ed.), _Virtual Space_ John Monberg's online bibliography, which includes several space/place sources: https://www.msu.edu/~jmonberg/cmcbib.html

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in dis-praise of the Chronicle
by Barry Wellman 01 Jul '09

01 Jul '09

I was appalled by the Chronicle's article -- especially the headline -- on the putative death of e-lists such as this one. First, they gave no systematic evidence, just some anecdotes. Although the article was more nuanced than the headline: "on the one hand, on the other hand." Yet, still anecdotes. Second, they ignored the organizational ecology research that has shown that some organizations die and some get born all the time. Third, the posts by my fellow Canucks Catherine Middleton and Peter Timusk clearly showed the difference between 140 character Tweets (which I do a fair amount) and posts to this list (ibid). Both of their posts were too nuanced to be short tweets. Fourth, as Marc Smith can show you, even the older Bulletin Boards are still thriving. Indeed, my hunch is that each communication form adds on to the other, rather than displacing it, which is why I never get much writing done (today's excusive, anyway). Happy Canada Day to All (except Janet Napolitano), 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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new resource on privacy rights and SNS - EU
by Charles Ess 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Thanks to Line Lundh for pointing me towards this recent EU opinion: Opinion 5/2009 on online social networking ARTICLE 29 DATA PROTECTION WORKING PARTY Adopted on 12 June 2009 <http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/fsj/privacy/docs/wpdocs/2009/wp163_en.pdf> To quote from the Summary: Key recommendations focus on the obligations of SNS providers to conform with the Data Protection Directive and to uphold and strengthen the rights of users. Of paramount importance, SNS providers should inform users of their identity from the outset and outline all the different purposes for which they process personal data. Particular care should be taken by SNS providers with regard to the processing of the personal data of minors. The Opinion recommends that users should only upload pictures or information about other individuals, with the individual¹s consent and considers that SNS also have a duty to advise users regarding the privacy rights of others. Should make for interesting discussion! cheers, - charles ess 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 President, Association of Internet Researchers 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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Fwd: private/public space & new media
by Peter Timusk 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Begin forwarded message: > > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Peter Timusk <ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca> >> Date: June 29, 2009 5:14:18 AM GMT-04:00 >> To: Holly Kruse <holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu> >> Subject: Re: [Air-L] private/public space & new media >> >> I have read Thomas' Hacker Culture for a fourth year paper on the >> harm of computer crime. (http://www.webpagex.org/LAWS4908.html) It >> is not a bad book and involves some Foucault. >> >> and would also suggest this below although I have not read it and >> it appears to not be about the net per say. Certainly there is the >> move to the right and fear taking away our public spaces and the >> net is rather public with many of us thinking it is private. I >> think Brian Loader has some writings or edited writings on public >> space.http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/soci/about/s_load.htm >> >> Dimitrakaki Angela. Private Views: Spaces & Gender In Contemporary >> Art From Britain: Liverpool, April 1997 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001) >> >> I just ordered a copy. >> >> >> On 28-Jun-09, at 4:07 PM, Holly Kruse wrote: >> >>> As promised, here are the sources people suggested to me in >>> response to my >>> query about research on new technology and public & private >>> space. I've >>> excluded the ones that were in the bibliography of sources that >>> I'm using in >>> my current book (and/or used in my last one) that I posted to air- >>> l a few >>> days ago. Several of these I had already looked at and/or have, >>> some I was >>> aware of but hadn't looked at, and some were new to me. Because I >>> mostly >>> just copied and pasted these from email messages, this list is in no >>> particular order and uses no format or style. Apologies for that. >>> >>> There are several suggestions that I will be looking at as I write >>> what is >>> supposed to be my brief (ha) summary chapter, and in further >>> revisions to >>> the rest of the manuscript. Thanks so much to everyone! >>> >>> Holly Peter Timusk statistical computer programmer ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca address 701-151 Parkdale Avenue Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1Y 4V8 Phone 613-729-8328 May all your numbers be quality numbers... even if they are only average numbers.

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Social networks study
by Peter Timusk 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Here is an interesting study of social networks in Canada http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/090626/dq090626a-eng.htm available in pdf or html French or English http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-008-x/11-008-x2009002-eng.htm Peter Timusk statistical computer programmer ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca address 701-151 Parkdale Avenue Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1Y 4V8 Phone 613-729-8328 May all your numbers be quality numbers... even if they are only average numbers.

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Re: [Air-L] Internet User Research
by Catherine Middleton 30 Jun '09

30 Jun '09

Hello John (and Air-L), Thanks for sharing your research. Like some others on the list, I'm not surprised by your results at all. I've done a lot of work with colleagues looking at Statistics Canada Internet Use Survey data, trying to understand how people who say yes, they use the internet, actually spend their time online. The most recent data are from 2007, and one of the key findings is that combining the frequency of online access (e.g. daily, weekly etc.) with hours online reveals that about 45% of the (online) population are online daily AND for more than 5 hours a week (high intensity users). Given that about 70% of the total adult (>17) population were online at the time of this survey, just over 30% of adult Canadians were using the internet daily and for more than 5 hours a week as of late 2007. So arguably, intensity of use is low. Along the same lines, the only things that 50% or more of the total Canadian adult population (not just internet users) were doing online in 2007 were general web browsing and email. As has been noted here, some people in the tech sector and some internet researchers tend to discount these data, maybe not being able to imagine that many people really do spend less than 5 hours online per week. It's important to distinguish between internet adoption and use, and much more work is needed to understand what use really means. Hours online isn't a particularly good measure of use (especially as people adopt mobile phones with ubiquitous access), but it's been a starting point for many studies. The qualitative work John is doing provides good insights into real usage behaviours, and work to find good measures of engagement based on quantitative data continues. If you're interested in this topic, my work in this area is available at http://www.broadbandresearch.ca/ourresearch/papers.html (scroll down for conference papers based on Statistics Canada data). Also look for the papers from the "Beyond Broadband Access: Data-Based Information Policy For a New Administration Workshop" to be held in Washington, DC, this September. For some recent industry data, see 2008/2009 Accenture US Consumer Technology Research Findings http://www.accenture.com/NR/rdonlyres/040BE0BE-1FE5-45DD-9791-AC1D40A45A2C/… Then of course there is another entire discussion about the disconnect between discourses about the need for, and use of next generation broadband networks, and the data about what the average user actually does online. Cheers, Catherine Middleton Ted Rogers School of Management Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada catherine.middleton(a)ryerson.ca

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Re: [Air-L] Internet User Research
by Denise N. Rall 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

There's been a bit of research on naive computer users in advanced technological environments, if I have understood the question correctly. Robinson, L. H. and K. J. Thoms (2001). "A longitudinal study of college student computer knowledge." Journal of Computer Information Systems Fall 2001: 9-12. There was something recently in the Chronicle of Higher Education on this but I can't locate it at the moment. Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD. Special Projects, Faculty of Arts & Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Mobile +(61) (0)438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Join the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Internet Research 10.0, October 7-11, Milwaukee, WI, USA > Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail

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Re: [Air-L] Death to lists?
by Denise N. Rall 29 Jun '09

29 Jun '09

Alex - I couldn't agree more. Most hard scientists engaged in cutting edge research are not blogging or using social networks. First they don't have time, second they are not engaged in seeking opinions from non-specialists, and third, this is not a venue for collaboration on research projects that are under development and therefore, cannot be casually disclosed before publication. Lastly, as has been mentioned here before, blogging is not going to count (except possibly in new media??) for promotion and tenure. It is well known that mathematicians and physicists use their own networks, mostly managed by email. As I'm married to a scientist, I know that all of his collaboration happens over email, not Facebook. All of my collaboration from colleagues for AoIR conferences happens via email. I am an iconoclast in that I read this list, before this list I read Phil Agre, then I read some online Africa list, an online publishing list, and before that, I read news. I am definitely looking for content and colleagues' thoughts rather than 'friends' or images. But I can see that for some the aspect of friends is more important than facts (roughly speaking). I would be quite depressed to lose this list but I would hope to find another text-based interchange and not have to enter SL to talk to others. P.S. Alex how do I get rid of the 1140 character post and return to 80 column. I tried ASCII encoding which I thought would work but no luck so far. Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD. Special Projects, Faculty of Arts & Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Mobile +(61) (0)438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Join the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Internet Research 10.0, October 7-11, Milwaukee, WI, USA --- On Mon, 29/6/09, Alex Halavais <alex(a)halavais.net> wrote: > From: Alex Halavais <alex(a)halavais.net> > Subject: [Air-L] Death to lists? Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail

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