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4 PHD MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIPS4 PHD MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIPS
by Brügger Niels 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

4 PHD MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIPS4 PHD MOBILITY SCHOLARSHIPS Applications are invited for 4 mobility scholarships (3-year PhD scholarship) at the Graduate School of Humanities, Faculty of Humanities, Aarhus University, Denmark. These scholarships are available as of 1 September 2010 for at period of up to three years (5+3). Candidates who are awarded the scholarship must commence their PhD programme on 1 September 2010. The PhD scholarship will be financed by the Danish Council for Independent Research under the Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation. Mobility scholarships may be awarded to candidates with qualifying degrees from educational institutions outside Denmark or from Danish educational institutions other than the institution awarding the scholarships. Graduates of Aarhus University are therefore not eligible to apply. Two scholarships are available for studies in the subject areas covered by the ICT, Communication, Media Studies and JournalismPhD programme, and two scholarships are available for studies in the subject areas covered by the Anthropological and Archaeological Studies PhD programme. Deadline for applications: 15 March 2010 at 12 noon. Read more at: http://www.phd.humaniora.au.dk/en/scholarships/vacant/f10_mobil_uk Best wishes, Niels Brügger ------------------------------------------------------------ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS January 2010 Website Analysis, Papers from The Centre for Internet Research, 12, The Centre for Internet Research, Aarhus 2010, [ get an electronic copy at: http://www.cfi.au.dk/publikationer/skrifter/012_brugger ] November 2009 Dræber dr.dk dagbladene?, www.kommunikationsforum.dk, 25. november, København 2009, 4 pages [ in Danish ] [ http://www.kommunikationsforum.dk/artikler/draeber-dr-dot-dk-dagbladene ] March 2009 Website history and the website as an object of study, New Media & Society, 11/1-2, Sage, London 2009, 115-132 [ get an electronic copy at: http://nms.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/11/1-2/115?etoc ] INTERESTED IN WEB HISTORY? You may want to join the mailing list webhistory(a)imv.au.dk at http://mail.imv.au.dk/mailman/listinfo/webhistory INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF DR.DK? You may want to join the Facebook group "dr.dk's historie" [in Danish] at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61000607153 NIELS BRÜGGER, Associate Professor, PhD Institute of Information and Media Studies University of Aarhus Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8942 1111 Phone (direct) +45 8942 9226 Telefax + 45 8942 5950 E-mail nb(a)imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Profile at Kommunikationsforum [in Danish]: www.kommunikationsforum.dk/Niels-Brugger The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.imv.au.dk The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk

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Conference Announcement: 50th Anniv of PLATO System (June 2-3, 2010)
by Brian Dear 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

[ Conference Announcement ] "PLATO @ 50" A 2-day Conference Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the PLATO Computer System and its Online Community Co-produced by the PLATO History Foundation and the Computer History Museum, with major support from Microsoft Corporation. WHERE AND WHEN: Computer History Museum Mountain View, California June 2-3, 2010 --> This is a FREE conference and is open to the public. <-- HOW TO REGISTER (FREE): http://www.computerhistory.org/events/index.php?id=1260822096 FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://platohistory.org/conference/50th-anniversary ABOUT THIS CONFERENCE: This once-in-a-lifetime conference focuses on the history and significance of the PLATO computer system and online community. PLATO began in 1960 as an experimental computer-based education system running on the ILLIAC-1 computer at the University of Illinois. During the 1960s the system expanded greatly and as early as 1963 PLATO offered college courses for credit. One of the pioneering efforts of the 1960s became a true phenomenon by the 1970s, where the PLATO IV system, funded by NSF and ARPA, supported 1000 simultaneous users connected via gas-plasma flat-panel display terminals with built-in touch screens (the gas-plasma flat-panel display was invented for the PLATO system, decades before it would emerge as a television technology for consumers). For nearly ten years, there were more users connected to the various PLATO systems installed around the world in the 1970s and early 80s than there were on all of ARPANET, the major precursor to the Internet. This conference is the first opportunity to discover an entire, amazingly rich and vibrant history of computing, social media, and online community that flourished long before many people would have thought it was possible for such things to exist. A HANDS-ON EVENT: A number of fully-restored, functioning PLATO terminals will be available during the conference for actual hands-on interacting with a live PLATO system that includes thousands of courseware lessons on subjects ranging from elementary math and reading to advanced chemistry and calculus; games (Empire, Avatar, Moria, etc.); and social media (TERM-talk, Talkomatic, Notes, Personal Notes, etc.) WHO SHOULD ATTEND: * Anyone interested in Social Media, Social Software, Blogs, Online Newspapers, Digital Journalism, Online Communities: it all emerged on PLATO years before anywhere else. * Anyone interested in Internet Studies (come find out everything that happened before the Internet took off) and the History of Technology and Computing * Anyone interested in the history of online games, online virtual goods and economies, multiplayer games, MUDs, sports games, card games, simulations, and how PLATO influenced and continues to influence and inspire game development today * Anyone interested in the impact of computers on society, cyberculture, online relationships, online addiction, privacy issues, censorship, and the controversies of anonymous online postings. * Anyone interested in computer-assisted instruction, e-Learning, CBT, computer-based education, authoring systems, online testing and administration. PLATO was the largest government-funded system in the history of educational computing. * Anyone who loves technology, computers, and the Internet, and wants to learn what the Future looked like decades ago, at a time when Google's founders were still in diapers, and Apple and Microsoft had not yet been founded. PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE: (NOTE: SUBJECT TO REVISION - follow the platohistory.org site for updates) [----------- Wednesday June 2 -----------] 6pm-7pm: Reception 7pm: General Introductions, and an Overview of PLATO History Featuring John Hollar, CEO of Computer History Museum, and Brian Dear, PLATO History Foundation 7:20pm: Panel #1: SEEING THE FUTURE THROUGH THE PAST: A CONVERSATION WITH DONALD BITZER AND RAY OZZIE Featuring Dr. Donald Bitzer, Distinguished Research Professor and creator of PLATO, and Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect, Microsoft Corporation. Dr. Bitzer was only 26 when he began work on creating the PLATO system in the summer of 1960. Ray Ozzie got his start as a student programmer on PLATO at the University of Illinois in the 1970s, and the experience has guided and inspired his career (which includes creating Lotus Notes, named after PLATO Notes) ever since. [----------- Thursday June 3 -----------] 8am: Coffee 8:30am Morning sessions Panel #2: AN EARLY ONLINE COMMUNITY: PEOPLE PLUS COMPUTING GROWS COMMUNITES Featuring Dave Woolley, Doug Brown, Kim Mast, and others. How PLATO's online community emerged in 1972-73, including one of the first conferencing/message-board systems (PLATO Notes), the first multi-user chat room (Talk-o-matic), one of the first instant messaging applications (TERM-talk), sophisticated remote-monitoring functionality, live online consulting and help, PLATO's electronic mail (Personal Notes), and more. Learn how the PLATO system provided its thousands of users with one of the earliest glimpses of what would be coming decades later with the Internet and Web. Panel #3. PLATO GAMES: AN EARLY, ROBUST COMMUNITY OF MULTI-PLAYER, ONLINE GAMES Featuring Brand Fortner, John Daleske, Andrew Shapira, and others. PLATO's games are legendary and some of the earliest examples of sophisticated multi-player games, including Empire (precursor of NetTrek and dozens of others), Airfight (precursor of Microsoft Flight Simulator), Avatar/Moria/Oubliette/DND (precursors of DOOM, EverQuest, and World of Warcraft), and countless other games. 12:00pm LUNCH INCLUDED 1pm: Afternoon sessions PANEL #4: PLATO SOFTWARE: DRIVEN BY A CLEAR, COMPELLING CHALLENGE Featuring Bruce Sherwood, Michael Walker, Bob Rader, others. Learn about how the PLATO system software evolved over the years, including the powerful TUTOR authoring language, the powerful graphics editors, sophisticated answer judging, and other tools and utilities. PANEL #5: EARLY ON-LINE EDUCATION AND COURSEWARE: LESSONS LEARNED, INSIGHTS GLEANED Featuring Dr. Ruth Chabay and others. Find out the lessons learned from one of the earliest and most major courseware development projects across all areas from elementary education to college-level to industry and government. What can we learn from the evolution of courseware from its designers and their subsequent careers? PANEL #6: PLATO HARDWARE: MISSION-BASED DEVELOPMENTS LED OTHER PLACES Featuring Donald Bitzer, Roger Johnson, Larry Weber, others. Learn about the amazing innovations including the history of the gas-plasma flat-panel display (which, in 1968, was a major inspiration for Alan Kay and his "Dynabook" personal laptop computer), PLATO's touch panel, the CYBER mainframes and custom peripheral systems, and other innovations. PANEL #7: A CLOSE LOOK AT A CULTURE OF INNOVATION: WHAT DON BITZER WROUGHT; WHAT CAN BE LEARNED FROM IT Featuring Bob Sutton, CK Gunsalus, Bob Price (former CEO of Control Data Corporation), David Frankel, and others. Learn about the culture of the PLATO laboratory at the University of Illinois that enabled and empowered bright people to excel. Also covered will be lessons learned from Control Data Corporation's marketing and commercialization of PLATO, its many years of interactions and collaboration with the University of Illinois, and CDC's own PLATO innovations in hardware, software, courseware, and addressing society's major unmet needs. 5:30 (approx) Wrap-up and conference closing. (Once again: times, speakers, etc. still subject to some revision and minor changes). This is not your average conference. It is going to be a major historical event and one that offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear and meet many of the original PLATO system creators, users, and researchers. This free event is sure to fill up early, so register early to make sure you can attend. HOW TO REGISTER (FREE): http://www.computerhistory.org/events/index.php?id=1260822096 FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://platohistory.org/conference/50th-anniversary LATEST UPDATES: see the PLATO History Blog at http://platohistory.org See you there! Brian Dear PLATO History Foundation La Jolla, California http://platohistory.org brian(a)platohistory.org

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Call for papers_2nd Internationl Workshop on Internet Survey Methods
by Youkang Chin 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

The Second International Workshop on Internet Survey Methods “Use of Internet Survey Methods in Official Statistics” Date : 8^th~9^th September, 2010 Venue : Statistical Center of Statistics Korea, Daejeon, South Korea Organizer : Statistics Korea, International Statistical Cooperation Office : [1]www.kostat.go.kr Workshop Description The theme of the 2nd International Workshop on Internet Survey Methods is "Use of Internet Survey Methods in Official Statistics.” The Workshop will explore major concerns that national statistical offices are facing in the era of Internet and how each office is coping with the changes in environment of conducting surveys. National case studies and researches on using Internet surveys in official statistics will be presented. At the same time, the Workshop will touch the general issues of Internet surveys such as mixed-mode surveys and its measurement error, estimation for non-probability samples and technical issues of Internet surveys(questionnaire design and visualization etc). The tentative discussion topics are; ? (Special Topic) National Case Studies on Applying Internet Surveys in Official Statistics ? Mixed-mode Surveys ? Estimation for Non-Probability Samples - Propensity Score Adjustment: Concept, Application and Case Studies - Weighting Scheme for Voluntary Samples ? Technical Issues on Conducting Internet Surveys - Questionnaire Design and Visualisation The Workshop language is English. Please contribute to the above workshop topics. The presentation of applications, best practice examples and case studies are encouraged. In particular, new and innovative approaches are strongly recommended to be discussed. Call for Papers Statistics Korea’s 2nd International Workshop on Internet Survey Methods will take place at Statistical Center in Daejeon, Korea from 8-9 September 2010. The Workshop will be titled “Use of Internet Survey Methods in Official Statistics.” Mostly, statisticians from national statistical offices around the world and methodologists from private organizations and universities will be invited as speakers. Anyone who has a special interest in statistical or methodological issues can join our workshop. We invite papers addressing the following themes: · Use of Internet Surveys in Official Statistics · Mixed-mode surveys : Coverage, Errors, Response Rates etc · Estimation for non-probability samples : Propensity Score Adjustment, Weighting Scheme for voluntary samples · Survey Design : Questionnaire design, Visualization etc. Those who wish to contribute a paper must submit your proposal via email to : cyk0221(a)korea.kr by 9th May 2010. It should include a 300-word abstract (English only, MS-word format) of the content of the presentation, as well as its title and your contact details. Acceptance notification will be delivered at the end of May. In the case where your proposal has been accepted, the final full paper should be submitted by 15th August 2010. This deadline should be met in order to publish a conference proceedings prior to the workshop. We will provide a decent level of financial support for the invitees whose paper is selected for presentation. ·Organizer : Youkang Chin (cyk0221(a)korea.kr) Youkang CHIN(Ms.) Assistant Director International Statistical Cooperation Division Statistics Korea 82(0)42 481 2124 cyk0221(a)korea.kr [PutAck.jsp?ack_args=c2VudF9maWxlPWN5azAyMjFAa29yZWEua3IvLlNlbnQvMTI2Nz A1NzA3Mzg0MS4xMTg0MC5rb3JlYSZzZW5kX2RhdGU9MjAxMDAyMjUwOTE3NTMmc3ViamVjd D1DYWxsIGZvciBwYXBlcnNfMm5kIEludGVybmF0aW9ubCBXb3Jrc2hvcCBvbiBJbnRlcm5l dCBTdXJ2ZXkgTWV0aG9kcw==&to_email=air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org______________ _______________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________] References 1. http://www.kostat.go.kr/

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attitudes about the internet
by Barry Wellman 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Dear Colleagues, Melissa Godbout and I are writing a paper, using large-scale Canadian survey data about the link between attitudes towards the internet, mobile phones, and tech in general. Linking this to: -- demographics of users -- actual use of these devices. We just don't know the attitudes literature in this area. We'd appreciate it if you'd point us to some key recent articles. We'll work back from there. And of course, RT (retweet to non-tweeps) to the list what we come up with. Many thanks in advance, 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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by Barry Wellman 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Nadja, et al. Few lists take attachments, including this one. So your's was probably automatically deleted. At least 2 Good reasons: 1. Keeps list down to manageable size. 2. Vastly reduces malware issues. Best bets are to paste into the body of the text (as you eventually did) and/or put link to website. 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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Call for papers
by nadja.miczek＠zegk.uni-heidelberg.de 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

last try :-) don't know what happened to the attachment, sorry. Call for Papers "Religions on the Internet - Aesthetics and the Dimensions of the Senses" Special issue of "Online ? Heidelberg Internet Journal", due for publication in October 2010 We herewith invite scholars from Religious, Cultural, Social, Media Studies and other related disciplines to hand in proposals for possible articles which deal with questions of the aesthtics and sensual dimensions of religions and rituals on the Internet. When we look on the various representations of religious groups and individuals on personal homepages, in weblogs, in virtual worlds or the like and when we follow their communications on religious topics online, the visual and auditive aspects of the medium seem to play a major role. Using pictures, videos, icons, as well as music and other sounds, the internet users can design a multisensual virtual environment which might implicate its own notion of 'aesthetics'. This might be the case in e.g. a virtual Church environment which is embedded in an area with plashy waterfalls and bird sound instead of organ music or for religious groups in social networks who link to home-made Youtube videos, online games and other homepages. But we also must not forget the connection to these sensual dimensions that refer to and rely on the (offline) bodies of religious practitioners. Religions and rituals on the Internet might most probably provoke emotional or other physical reactions. Furthermore, in transfer processes between the offline and online realm there might be a redefinition of what seems to be an 'appropriate' design for religious settings. As the aesthetic and sensual dimensions of religions and rituals on the internet are so far a mostly neglected area of research, we call upon theoretical and methodical reflection as well as on empiric studies referring to these topics. We are looking forward to receive the title and a short abstract (max. 250 words) of the planned article until 31st of March 2010. Further important dates and deadlines are: April 15th: Notification on the acceptance of your proposal by the editors August 31st: Submission deadline for full article September 15th: Deadline for comments, requests of revisions by the editors (if necessary) September 31st: Submission deadline for revised articles November, 1st: Publication of the Online Journal Please send your abstract to the following Email-addresses: Simone.Heidbrink(a)zegk.uni-heidelberg.de Nadja.Miczek(a)zegk.uni-heidelberg.de -- Nadja Miczek M.A. SFB 619 Ritualdynamik - Teilprojekt C2 Institut für Religionswissenschaft Universität Heidelberg Akademiestr. 4-8 D - 69117 Heidelberg Tel.: ++49-(0)6221-547682 Fax.: ++49-(0)6221-547624 E-Mail: nadja.miczek(a)zegk.uni-heidelberg.de http://www.rituals-online.uni-hd.de/ http://www.sl-research.de

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Online Dating Studies
by Nicole Ellison 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Hi Erhardt, In addition to the work already mentioned, there is a lot of research in the communication, social psych and sociology traditions on online dating. First authors you might want to google (scholar) include: Andrea Baker Nicole Ellison Andrew Fiore Jennifer Gibbs Jeff Hancock Catalina Toma Monica Whitty There is also a pew report on online dating from 2006 that might be useful (Madden & Lenhart). Good luck, nicole

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call of papers - heidelberg journal of religions on the internet
by nadja.miczek＠zegk.uni-heidelberg.de 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

this time with the attachment, sorry. Best Nadja -- Nadja Miczek M.A. SFB 619 Ritualdynamik - Teilprojekt C2 Institut für Religionswissenschaft Universität Heidelberg Akademiestr. 4-8 D - 69117 Heidelberg Tel.: ++49-(0)6221-547682 Fax.: ++49-(0)6221-547624 E-Mail: nadja.miczek(a)zegk.uni-heidelberg.de http://www.rituals-online.uni-hd.de/ http://www.sl-research.de

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call of papers - heidelberg journal of religions on the internet
by nadja.miczek＠zegk.uni-heidelberg.de 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Dear AOIR members Attached please find a call for papers for the Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet. For any further questions do not hesitate to contact me. Best regards, Nadja Miczek -- Nadja Miczek M.A. SFB 619 Ritualdynamik - Teilprojekt C2 Institut für Religionswissenschaft Universität Heidelberg Akademiestr. 4-8 D - 69117 Heidelberg Tel.: ++49-(0)6221-547682 Fax.: ++49-(0)6221-547624 E-Mail: nadja.miczek(a)zegk.uni-heidelberg.de http://www.rituals-online.uni-hd.de/ http://www.sl-research.de

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recording activity in facebook and web survey best practices?
by Michael Lee 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Dear AOIRs, My name is Michael Lee, I am a sociologist currently studying communication and software engineering in Costa Rica. In my thesis (communication) I am working with uses and gratifications approach to Facebook. One of my objectives it to try to identify uses related to political activity and convergence. This objective suggest an ethnographic approach. Question 1: I would like to know if there are software tools able to record the activity of 10 users that have agreed to let me follow their activity for one month. Even better if these tools were open source. I am also using Lime Survey so I have access to a server in case it is needed. Question 2: I am trying to find readings about best practices in online surveys. I have found advice in blogs and websites about completion time and number of items (1) but I would like to read a deeper analysis. (1) http://www.ccs.uottawa.ca/webmaster/voxco/best-practices.html http://www.constantcontact.com/aka/docs/pdf/Top10SurveyBestPractices.pdf Thanks a lot for any resource you could provide, Michael Lee. Communication Student University of Costa Rica www.ucr.ac.cr

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