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Risky Behaviors and Online Safety: A 2010 Literature Review
by Richard Forno 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Risky Behaviors and Online Safety: A 2010 Literature Review http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/06/24/risky-behaviors-and-on… I’m pleased to announce a rough draft of Risky Behaviors and Online Safety: A 2010 Literature Review for public feedback. This Literature Review was produced for Harvard Berkman Center’s Youth and Media Policy Working Group Initiative, co-directed by John Palfrey, Urs Gasser, and myself and funded by the MacArthur Foundation. This Literature Review builds on the 2008 LitReview that Andrew Schrock and I crafted for the Internet Safety Technical Task Force. This document is not finalized, but we want to make our draft available broadly so that scholars working in this area can inform us of anything that we might be missing. Risky Behaviors and Online Safety: A 2010 Literature Review It’s been almost two years since the Internet Safety Technical Task Force completed its work. As a co-director of that project, I coordinated the Research Advisory Board to make certain that we included all of the different research that addressed online safety. When we shared our report, we were heavily criticized as being naive and clueless (or worse). Much of the criticism was directed at me and the researchers. We were regularly told that social network sites would radically change the picture of online safety and that we simply didn’t have new enough data to understand how different things would be in a few years. Those critiques continue. As researchers who were actively collecting data and in the field, many of us are frustrated because what we see doesn’t match what the politicians believe. It’s been two years since we put out that first Lit Review and I’m glad to be able to share an updated one with all sorts of new data. Not surprisingly (to us at least), not much has changed. What you’ll find is that researchers have gone deeper, getting a better picture of some of the dynamics and implications. You’ll also find that the overarching picture has not changed much. Many of the core messages that we shared in the ISTTF report continue to hold. In this updated Lit Review, we interrogate the core issues raised in the ISTTF report and introduce new literature that complements, conflicts, or clarifies what was previously said. We bring in international data to provide a powerful comparison, most notably from the reports that came out in the EU and Australia. And we highlight areas where new research is currently underway and where more research is necessary. This Literature Review does not include information on sexting, which can be found in Sexting: Youth Practices and Legal Implications. It also does not include some of the material on self-harm because we are working on a separate review of that material (to be released soon). As I said, this is a draft version that we’re putting out for public commentary and critique. We will continue to modify this in the upcoming months. If you think we’re missing anything, please let us know!! http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2010/06/24/risky-behaviors-and-on…

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testing internet user
by anna 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Hello everyone! I am preparing my research experiment on web site usability and I have to do a pre-test to select people for it: I need to define if they are beginners, intermediate or advanced internet users (in general). You know, something similar to English-level tests: if a person can do A, he/she is a beginner, if A and B - intermediate, and if A, B and C - then we have an advanced level of English. I was wondering if there exists the same test to find out what kind of Internet user you are? Because if not, there should be one, I think! Will appreciate your messages about this issue, Thanks a lot! Anna Ivanova ivanova.re(a)gmail.com PS. do not hesitate to contact me a bit later if you are also interested in this question, so that I can tell you what answers I got from this list. > ************************************ -- anna . -- Самые низкие цены на недвижимость. http://domoteka.ru/

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Re: [Air-L] testing internet user
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

You asked about testing a user's internet expertise level. I just came across a test that John Horrigan used for an FCC study on Internet use. The report gives results for how many people said they understood 'very well' the following terms refresh or reload - 61% operating system - 44% Internet browser cookie - 42% JPEG file - 41% spyware or malware - 40% widget - 16% This seems like a nice simple way to find out about internet knowledge and there are his numbers to compare it to. /Caroline Broadband Adoption and Use in America, OBI Working Paper Series no. 1, By John B. Horrigan, Federal Communications Commission, 2010. [It's online from various locations.] ------------- Hello everyone! I am preparing my research experiment on web site usability and I have to do a pre-test to select people for it: I need to define if they are beginners, intermediate or advanced internet users (in general). You know, something similar to English-level tests: if a person can do A, he/she is a beginner, if A and B - intermediate, and if A, B and C - then we have an advanced level of English. I was wondering if there exists the same test to find out what kind of Internet user you are? Because if not, there should be one, I think! Will appreciate your messages about this issue, Thanks a lot! Anna Ivanova ivanova.re at gmail.com PS. do not hesitate to contact me a bit later if you are also interested in this question, so that I can tell you what answers I got from this list. -------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Leverhulme Visiting Professor, Institute of Education, University of London (2009-10) Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820 (haythorn(a)illinois.edu)

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Terrorism & New Media Conf. Reg. Now Open
by Maura Conway 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** Registration for the TERRORISM and NEW MEDIA conference is now open at http://www.dcu.ie/~cis/TNM/registration/ <http://www.dcu.ie/%7Ecis/TNM/registration/> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference: TERRORISM and NEW MEDIA Dublin City University, Ireland 8 to 9 September 2010 WEBSITE: http://www.dcu.ie/~cis/TNM/index.html <http://www.dcu.ie/%7Ecis/TNM/index.html> ORGANISERS - Conference Chair: Dr. Maura Conway - Co-Organiser: Lisa McInerney All queries and conference-related correspondence should be directed to: terrorisminternetconf(a)dcu.ie PLENARY SPEAKERS - Dr. Jarret Brachman, North Dakota State University - Dr. John Horgan, International Center for the Study of Terrorism, Pennsylvania State University - Prof. Philip Seib, Annenberg School, University of Southern California RATIONALE The purpose of this conference is to bring together academics from a broad range of disciplines with policy-makers and security practitioners that have knowledge and/or expertise that can facilitate advances in the study of Terrorism and New Media, particularly the Internet, in novel ways. PROGRAMME This is the first academic conference to subject the relationship between terrorism and new media, particularly the Internet, to truly multi-disciplinary scrutiny. The one-day conference (Wednesday, 8 September) will feature c.19 panels and a number of plenary addresses. The conference will be followed on Thursday, 9 September by a workshop devoted to the robust debate and analysis of currently 'hot' topics in the realm of terrorism and the Internet, particularly the question of the role of the Internet in processes of radicalisation. Accepted proposals include the following topics: - Online radicalisation - The Internet and recruitment - Old terrorism and new media - Methodologies for terrorism-related Internet research - Terrorism informatics - Network analysis and online terrorist activity - New Internet tools/platforms and radicalisation/terrorism (for example, online gaming, video-sharing, photo-sharing, social networking, micro-blogging, online payment mechanisms, etc.) - Violent Islamism and the Internet - The content and functioning of jihadi Internet forums - Jihadi video producers and content - Children/youth, terrorism, and new media - Women/gender, terrorism, and new media - Case studies of particular groups? use of new media (incl. al-Qaeda, Hizbollah, dissident Irish Republicans, etc.) - Policy/legislative responses to terrorists? online presence - Critical responses to research on, reporting of, and governmental responses to the conjunction of terrorism and the Internet - Ethical issues surrounding online terrorism-related research The workshop scheduled for September 9, will comprise of the following working groups (TBC): - Methodologies and Tools for Researching Online Radicalisation - Online Radicalisation: Arguments 'For' and 'Against' - Ethical and Legal Issues in Researching Online Radicalisation - Countering Online Terrorist Activity - FP7: Future Research Planning REGISTRATION The conference is now open for registration at http://www.dcu.ie/~cis/TNM/registration/ <http://www.dcu.ie/%7Ecis/TNM/registration/> Registration Fees are as follows: Standard: €130 (Late reg., post 8 July: €195) Graduate Student (full-time): €65 (Late reg., post 8 July: €110) Accompanying partner (welcome reception and conference dinner only): €60 Conference fee includes refreshments, lunch, welcome reception on the evening of Tuesday September 7 and the conference dinner on the evening of Wednesday September 8. DEADLINES - Early bird registration deadline: 8 July 2010 - Registration closes: 26 July 2010 CONVENORS This conference is convened by the Centre for International Studies, School of Law & Government, Dublin City University in partnership with the International Communication Working Group of the British International Studies Association (BISA) and sponsorship from the following: - Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences - Office of the Vice-President for Research (OVPR), Dublin City University - British International Studies Association - Centre on Public Diplomacy, Annenberg School, USC - School of Law & Government, Dublin City University -------------------------- Dr. Maura Conway MA Programme Director School of Law & Government Dublin City University Glasnevin Dublin 9 Ireland Tel. +353 1 700 6472 E-Mail. maura.conway(a)dcu.ie ********** Terrorism & New Media Conference DCU, 8 - 9 September 2010 http://www.dcu.ie/~cis/TNM/index.html

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CfP: 5th International Conference on Communities & Technologies, C&T 2011, Brisbane 29 June - 2 July 2011
by Marcus Foth 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Call for Papers 5th International Conference on Communities & Technologies – C&T 2011 29 June – 2 July 2011, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/ The biennial Communities and Technologies (C&T) conference is the premier international forum for stimulating scholarly debate and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities – both physical and virtual – and information and communication technologies. C&T 2011 welcomes participation from researchers, designers, educators, industry, and students from the many disciplines and perspectives bearing on the interaction between community and technology, including architecture, arts, business, design, economics, education, engineering, ergonomics, information technology, geography, health, humanities, law, media and communication studies, and social sciences. The conference program will include competitively selected, peer-reviewed papers, as well as pre-conference workshops, a doctoral consortium, and invited keynote and panel speakers. We look forward to welcoming you to an exciting conference in Brisbane, Australia's new world city. Marcus Foth Conference Chair IMPORTANT DATES 10 December 2010: Full papers and workshop proposals due 24 January 2011: Review reports due 18 February 2011: Notification of acceptances sent to authors 4 March 2011: Camera ready papers due 30 April 2011: Workshop papers, Doctoral Consortium and Student Volunteer applications due 29 June 2011: Pre-conference workshops and Doctoral Consortium 30 June – 2 July 2011: C&T 2011 conference at QUT, Brisbane, Australia CONFERENCE TOPICS C&T 2011 welcomes contributions in all areas of community and technology research, design and development. In addition, we particularly invite authors to address any of the following topics: Augmented Reality Civic Intelligence Context and Location Awareness Community-centred Design and Evaluation Methodologies Community Engagement E-research with Communities E-government and E-governance Participation Smart Community Services Sustainability Universal Usability and Accessibility Urban Informatics Tangible Interfaces for Community Interaction Technologies of Scale Making Visualisation Techniques Working across Cultures PAPER SUBMISSIONS All submissions must be written in English. Papers must be no longer than 10 pages, including all additional material such as references, appendices, and figures. Please format papers using the ACM SIGCHI two column layout available at http://www.sigchi.org/chipubform. Full papers must include a title, sufficient space for the author name(s) to appear on the paper, contact information and affiliations, abstract, keywords, body, and references. Papers submitted by the due date will undergo a double blind peer review process by an international panel and evaluated on the basis of their significance, innovation, academic rigour, and clarity of writing. Accepted papers will be included in the published conference proceedings if at least one author of any accepted submission has registered and attends the conference. Papers are submitted via an online submission system that will be opened in September 2010. Please send any questions to Jesper Kjeldskov, Technical Program Chair: jesper AT cs.aau.dk WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Workshops are half day or full day sessions prior to the main conference program on 29 June 2011. Workshop proposals (max of 2 pages, using the ACM SIGCHI two column layout available at http://www.sigchi.org/chipubform) should be aimed at a community with a common interest. If you are working in an emerging area of Communities and Technologies, consider organising a workshop as an opportunity to advance the field and build momentum. C&T workshops might address basic or applied research and practice, new methodologies, emerging application areas, design innovations, management and organisational issues, or education. Each workshop should generate ideas that give the C&T community a new, organised way of thinking about the topic, or ideas that suggest promising directions for future research. Some workshops result in edited books or special issues of journals; you may consider including this goal in your workshop proposal. Please send proposals to Jaz Choi, Workshop Chair: h.choi AT qut.edu.au DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium is scheduled prior to the main conference program on 29 June 2011. The Doctoral Consortium offers research students a special forum where they can present, discuss and progress their research plans with peers and established senior researchers. Research students wishing to attend the consortium should submit 4 pages, using the ACM SIGCHI two column layout available at http://www.sigchi.org/chipubform, addressing 4 headings: Aims and Background; Significance and Innovation; Methodology; Questions and Issues (that is, identify those areas you seek feedback on). Places at the consortium will be offered based on a review of the submitted proposals. Please send applications to Christine Satchell, Doctoral Consortium Chair: christine.satchell AT qut.edu.au VOLUNTEERS C&T actively encourages students to volunteer at the conference. Being a student volunteer is a great way to support the research community, meet other students in the field, and attend an international ACM conference. You will help the conference organisers with the running of the conference and support the setting-up of presentations and workshops. You will see the latest in C&T research and development, and have fun while learning about running the conference. In return, you will get free registration. To apply, email us your contact details (email, phone, university), an abstract of your research project, a CV, and the reasons why you would like to be a student volunteer. Applications close on 30 April 2011. Please send applications to Ronald Schroeter, Volunteers Chair: r.schroeter AT qut.edu.au -- Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth Principal Research Fellow Urban Informatics Research Group Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/

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Survey : Digital Natives with a Cause?
by Vishal Makhija 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Hello, Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. I am resending this mail as I guess the earlier one did not have the required hyper-links. Apologies for the inconvenience caused, if any. Founded in 2008, The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS - http://www.cis-india.org/) is a Bangalore-based independent, non-profit, research organisation which is involved in research on the emerging field of the Internet and its relationship to the society. CIS brings together scholars, academics, students, programmers and scientists to engage in a large variety of Internet issues like governance, privacy and freedom of expression, etc. CIS works in the areas of histories of the Internet, digital natives, and a reader on the Wikipedia, enhancing higher education for the downtrodden, and accessibility for the disabled, openness, telecom and Internet governance. CIS runs different academic and research programmes and is receptive to new ideas and collaborations, projects and campaigns from the public. CIS, in collaboration with Hivos' Knowledge Programme (http://www.hivos.net/) launched a project, Digital Natives with a Cause? (http://www.cis-india.org/research/dn/dnrep) in 2008. As younger generations growing up in emerging information societies learn to engage with their geo-political and socio-cultural environments, a form of technology-mediated identity, popularly dubbed as the Digital Native, has been the discussion of a growing public and intellectual debate. These digital natives are transforming the ways in which they understand themselves as well as the world around them while engaging with Internet and digital technologies. Young users of technology are moving towards a reconfiguration of the world, where questions of identity, political participation, social transformation, cultural production, education, and livelihood are being restructured. The Digital Natives Research Programme focuses on producing new knowledge frameworks, vocabularies and lexicons to understand, investigate and support these new citizens or netizens rather who shall be the agents of change in the future. After the initial research (click here for a free download http://www.cis-india.org/publications/cis/nishant/dnrep.pdf/view) CIS will gather responses from young users of technology to help us understand, document and support different practices aimed at social transformation and political participation more efficiently. We believe that the world we live in is changing rapidly and the rise of Internet technologies has a lot to do with it. As young users of technology (as opposed to young users who use technology) adopt, adapt and use these new technologised tools to interact with their environment, new ways of effecting change emerge. This survey is an attempt to capture some of the information which gives us an insight into who the people are using these technologies, the ways in which they use them and what their perceptions and experiences are. The survey will not take more than seven minutes of your precious time and it will help us get a better sense of the way things are. Please click here (http://bit.ly/9tbO9v) to start the survey. We would also appreciate if you could share the link to the survey with your friends and relatives via your blog, tweets or other social networking pages. Your help would go a long way in enabling us to find out how the youth of today are shaping the society and influencing the political/social scenario around them. Please note that the data collected as part of the survey would be anonymous and not used for any commercial purposes. We would also acknowledge your help in preparing the final report. In case you need any further information or clarifications, please feel free to call us at +91 - 080 - 25350955 or write to us at nishant(a)cis-india.org With best compliments, Vishal

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Survey : Digital Natives with a Cause?
by Vishal Makhija 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Hello, Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. Founded in 2008, The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is a Bangalore-based independent, non-profit, research organisation which is involved in research on the emerging field of the Internet and its relationship to the society. CIS brings together scholars, academics, students, programmers and scientists to engage in a large variety of Internet issues like governance, privacy and freedom of expression, etc. CIS works in the areas of histories of the Internet, digital natives, and a reader on the Wikipedia, enhancing higher education for the downtrodden, and accessibility for the disabled, openness, telecom and Internet governance. CIS runs different academic and research programmes and is receptive to new ideas and collaborations, projects and campaigns from the public. CIS, in collaboration with Hivos' Knowledge Programme, launched a project, Digital Natives with a Cause? in 2008. As younger generations growing up in emerging information societies learn to engage with their geo-political and socio-cultural environments, a form of technology-mediated identity, popularly dubbed as the Digital Native, has been the discussion of a growing public and intellectual debate. These digital natives are transforming the ways in which they understand themselves as well as the world around them while engaging with Internet and digital technologies. Young users of technology are moving towards a reconfiguration of the world, where questions of identity, political participation, social transformation, cultural production, education, and livelihood are being restructured. The Digital Natives Research Programme focuses on producing new knowledge frameworks, vocabularies and lexicons to understand, investigate and support these new citizens or netizens rather who shall be the agents of change in the future. After the initial research (click here for a free download), CIS will gather responses from young users of technology to help us understand, document and support different practices aimed at social transformation and political participation more efficiently. We believe that the world we live in is changing rapidly and the rise of Internet technologies has a lot to do with it. As young users of technology (as opposed to young users who use technology) adopt, adapt and use these new technologised tools to interact with their environment, new ways of effecting change emerge. This survey is an attempt to capture some of the information which gives us an insight into who the people are using these technologies, the ways in which they use them and what their perceptions and experiences are. The survey will not take more than seven minutes of your precious time and it will help us get a better sense of the way things are. Please click here to start the survey. We would also appreciate if you could share the link to the survey with your friends and relatives via your blog, tweets or other social networking pages. Your help would go a long way in enabling us to find out how the youth of today are shaping the society and influencing the political/social scenario around them. Please note that the data collected as part of the survey would be anonymous and not used for any commercial purposes. We would also acknowledge your help in preparing the final report. In case you need any further information or clarifications, please feel free to call us at +91 - 080 - 25350955 or write to us at nishant(a)cis-india.org With best compliments, Vishal

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anyone familiar with this site?
by Abbe Forman 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

In my search for valid and reliable Facebook stats, I came across this site: http://www.facebakers.com/ Is anyone familiar with it or know if it is reliable? Or know of a better place to get similar stats? thanks much Abbe -- Abbe E. Forman, Ph.D. Temple University Wikygy Project Computer and Information Sciences Phone: 215-204-4207 http://astro.temple.edu/~afmusic <http://astro.temple.edu/%7Eafmusic>

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email statistic?
by Monica Ann Schepers Riordan (mschpers) 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

Hello everyone, I am deep in the turmoil of writing my dissertation results and am wondering if anyone knows of an article/paper that suggests the average length of an email? I have attempted to find this statistic (or even a paper detailing the number of characters in a corpus and how many emails existed within the corpus so I could calculate it myself) but have failed miserably. I realize there are several factors that dictate how short or long an email may be, but in the interest of simplifying analyses for comparison, I would love to find an average. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Monica Riordan _____________________ The University of Memphis Department of Psychology mschpers(a)memphis.edu

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Final CFP for EURO mGOV, mSOCIETY and mDEVELOPMENT 2010
by Prof. I. Kushchu 22 Jun '10

22 Jun '10

---- Apologies for X postings ---- MOBILE LIFE CONFERENCES 2010 NEW CONFERENCE DATES: 27-28-29 October 2010 The Grand Hotel, Brighton, UK, http://www.m4life.org conf(a)m4life.org --- Research Paper Submission Deadline : 25th of JUNE 2010 -- The 5th European Conference on Mobile Government (The EURO mGOV 2010) -- The 3rd International Conference on Mobile Society (mSOCIETY 2010) -- The 2nd Int. Conference on Mobile Development (mDevelopment 2010) mLife Events: Social Implications of Mobility for Organizations in the Mobile Value Chain The influences of mobile technologies range from personal relations to interaction in society, and from the transformation of the public sector to the dynamics of economic development. mLife conference and exhibitions are prime events for all organizations and professionals who would like to monitor, take part in, and shape the development of the social impact of the mobile revolution. They provide opportunities to businesses, public sector organizations and researchers to explore the frontiers of the social mobile revolution and be informed in order to reach their goals. The three conferences will cover all aspects of mobile life, technology, services, implementation as they relate to individuals, society, economies and governments. The mLife 2010 key plenary speakers: -- Serge Ferre, NOKIA, Vice President Corporate and Head of EU Representation -- Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director, National Center for Digital Government (ncdg.org) Director, Science, Technology and Society Initiative (umass.edu/sts) -- Dorothy Gordon, Director-General, Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT -- William H. Dutton, Professor and Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, Professor of Internet Studies, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Balliol College -- ibrahim Kushchu, Associate Prof. and Founding Director, mGCI, UK -- Rain Rannu, Founder at Fortumo Ltd, Estonia -- Roland Traunmüller, Professor Emeritus, the Institute for Informatics in Business and Government at Linz University, Austria. Important dates are: • Practice talk proposals : Ongoing until 30th of JUNE 2010 • Research Paper Submission Deadline : 25th of JUNE 2010 • Notification of acceptance : 14th of July 2010 • Camera Ready: 30th of July 2010 • NEW CONFERENCE DATES: 27-28-29 October 2010 Conference web site (http://www.m4life.org) for updates, detailed information on submissions and participation on Also, looking forward to your contributions of proposals for panels, workshops, and demos ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 327876 - Visit mLife Conferences http://www.m4life.org

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