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Autocomplete research
by Jasmine E McNealy 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Hello All, I was wondering if anyone could suggests journal articles or other readings on "autocomplete" particularly with respect to the big search engines like Google and Yahoo! (and I guess Bing now). Thank you in advance for you assistance. Best, JM ________________________________ Jasmine McNealy, J.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor S.I. Newhouse of Public Communication Syracuse University 215 University Place Room 377 NH2 Syracuse, NY 13244 315-443-1151 jemcneal(a)syr.edu

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Geek Researcher Spends Three Years Living With Hackers
by Richard Forno 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Biella does great work.....ergo I'm looking forward to adding this to my must-read pile.....which right now is more like a "scholastic endtable" which is one year away from becoming am "academic-style room divider." ;) --rick Geek Researcher Spends Three Years Living With Hackers http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/coleman/ When you’re starting off as an anthropologist, you aim is to explore a subculture your peers have yet to uncover, spending years living with the locals and learning their ways. That’s what Gabriella Coleman did. She went to San Francisco and lived with the hackers. Coleman, an anthropologist who teaches at McGill University, spent three years living in the Bay Area, studying the community that builds the Debian Linux open source operating system and other hackers — i.e., people who pride themselves on finding new ways to reinvent software. More recently, she’s been peeling away the onion that is the Anonymous movement, a group that hacks as a means of protest — and mischief. When she moved to San Francisco, she volunteered with the Electronic Frontier Foundation — she believed, correctly, that having an eff.org address would make people more willing to talk to her — and started making the scene. She talked free software over Chinese food at the Bay Area Linux User Group’s monthly meetings upstairs at San Francisco’s Four Seas Restaurant. She marched with geeks demanding the release of Adobe eBooks hacker Dmitry Sklyarov. She learned the culture inside-out. Now, she’s written a book on her experiences: Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking. It’s a scholarly work of anthropology that examines the question: What does it mean to be a hacker? Earlier this month, she dropped by Wired’s offices to talk about the book. Here’s an edited transcript of the conversation: < -- > http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/coleman/ --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it.

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Global Wikipedia: International and cross-cultural issues in online collaboration
by Fichman, Pnina 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Call for Chapters: Global Wikipedia: International and cross-cultural issues in online collaboration Important dates: Proposals Submission Due: January 15, 2013 Full Chapters Due: March 15, 2013 Final Submission Due: July 1, 2013 Editors (to whom chapters should be sent and questions addressed): Pnina Fichman (fichman(a)indiana.edu) Noriko Hara (nhara(a)indiana.edu) Indiana University, Bloomington. Introduction: Wikipedia offers articles in 285 languages and more than 80% of Wikipedia articles are written in languages other than English. In addition, the English Wikipedia itself attracts users from all over the world. This global nature of Wikipedia provides a rich socio-technical environment to examine a wide range of international and cross-cultural issues. Despite the global reach of Wikipedia, most of the published works about Wikipedia are based on the English site. More research should pay attention to the global, multilingual nature of Wikipedia to gain a better understanding of online international cooperation, on one hand, and of cross-cultural variations in mass knowledge production processes and outcomes, on the other. The purpose of this book is to explore a wide range of international and cross-cultural issues as they are manifested on Wikipedia. We are particularly interested in research that takes a socio-technical perspective on the global Wikipedia and integrates social theory to explain online interactions. For example, we invite studies on online global collaboration, coordination, and conflict management in this rich socio-technical environment. We hope that these works will highlight implications for other socio-technical environments or extend the use and development of social theory. This unique publication aims to be a collection of international and cross-cultural research on the Wikipedia. We expect that this edited volume will appeal to academic researchers, graduate, and undergraduate students interested in Wikipedia and, more broadly, in social studies of information and communication technologies, as well as to Wikipedia contributors. Recommended topics: We are seeking chapters that include both empirical and conceptual work and soliciting innovative analysis of international and cross-cultural aspects of Wikipedia to be part of this book. Appropriate topics for chapters include (but are not limited to) the following list: · Case studies of Wikipedia in one of the 285 languages, with special interest in small and medium size Wikipedias; for example, focusing on policies, processes, interactions or information quality · Conflict and collaboration in editing international entries on any particular language of Wikipedia · International and cross-cultural collaboration; for example, international cooperation in fighting vandalism · Intercultural synergy across boundaries on Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects · Cross-cultural studies that compare more than one Wikipedia, for example, focusing on: · Cross-cultural comparisons of content, structures, and contributions · Comparative studies of policies, interactions, and processes · Efforts to understand similarities and differences across Wikipedia in multiple languages in user motivations, establishment and maintenance of local communities and challenges · Comparative analysis of editing policies around the globe · Information quality across two or more Wikipedia languages · Comparison of scope and representation of topics across Wikipedia in several languages · Vandalism and trolling behaviors across national and language boundaries Chapters are expected to have between 4000 and 5000 words (excluding references, figures, and tables). Only original work whose copyright is owned (or cleared) by the chapter authors and not considered for publication elsewhere can be considered for inclusion. Important dates: January 15, 2013: submit 2-3 page chapter proposals and authors’ bios (200 words) Feb 1, 2013: receive acceptance notification March 15, 2013: submit first full chapters May 15, 2013: receive reviewers’ comments July 1, 2013: submit final versions This book is scheduled to be published by Scarecrow Press. For additional information, please visit https://rowman.com/Scarecrow. Scarecrow Press is the publisher of, among other titles, Digital Media: Technological and Social Challenges of the Interactive World (2011). The publication is anticipated to be released in 2014.

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|| ACADEMIC MINDTREK || LAST CALL: 3rd June || Last CfP || * HCI * Social Media * Digital Games * Open Source * Media Management * Ambient Media *
by artur.lugmayr＠tut.fi 23 Jan '13

23 Jan '13

============================================================================================ Academic MindTrek Conference 2012: Last Call for Papers, Extended Abstracts, Posters, Demonstrations, Workshops, Tutorials 3rd-5th October, 2012 Tampere, Finland http://www.academicmindtrek.org, http://www.mindtrek.org * SOCIAL MEDIA * AMBIENT MEDIA * MEDIA MANAGEMENT * HCI * OPEN SOURCE * DIGITAL GAMES * Long and short papers, posters, demonstrations, and extended abstracts due on: 3rd JUNE 2012 (LAST CALL) Tutorials and Workshops due on: 1st JUNE 2012 in cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI contributions will be published in the ACM digital library and a selected set of high-level work will be published as book chapters or in journals ============================================================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS, EXTENDED ABSTRACTS, POSTERS, DEMONSTRATIONS, WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS We are pleased to invite you to the Academic MindTrek conference, 3rd ? 5th October 2012, which brings together a cross-disciplinary crowd of people to investigate current and emerging topics of media in the ubiquitous arena. The conference explores academically the emerging and frontier-breaking applications of new media in everyday contexts of leisure, business and organizational life. October 3rd is the main Academic MindTrek day. Due increasing popularity of the conference, we are extending the scope of Academic MindTrek 2012! The academic conference features six major themes: * Social Media * Ambient & Ubiquitous Media * Business & Media * Human-Computer Interaction (new track!) * Open Source * Digital Games SOCIAL MEDIA ?Get social!? Social media and Web 2.0 technologies are applied in ever diverse practices both in private and public communities. Totally new business models are emerging, traditional communication and expression modalities are challenged, and new practices are constructed in the collaborative, interactive media space. AMBIENT AND UBIQUITOUS MEDIA ?The medium is the message!? ? This conference track focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media with a cross-disciplinary viewpoint: ambient media between technology, art, and content. The focus of this track is on applications, location based services, ubiquitous computation, augmented reality, theory, art-works, mixed reality concepts, the Web 3.0, and user experiences that make ubiquitous and ambient media tick. MEDIA BUSINESS, MEDIA PRODUCTION AND MEDIA MANAGEMENT Media business and media management face the challenges of the emergence of new forms of digital media. This theme focuses on business studies, policies, practices, and organizational structure of media firms. It discusses competition, patterns of media usage, advertising models, and how traditional media can cope with the challenges coming from digital media focusing on media business and media management issues. HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION (HCI) The wide field of HCI is to discuss issues around human computer interaction modalities, consumer experience, design of computer systems, human aspects, universal media access, ergonomics, communication, novel interaction modalities, privacy, trusted systems, interaction theories, and sociological and psychological factors. This theme of devotes to several of these aspects, and is targeted to the scientific community dealing with several applied and theoretical aspects of HCI and user experience. OPEN SOURCE The last decade has seen a significant increase in open source initiatives such as open source software, open standards, open content, open media, or even open source hardware. On the one hand, the open movement has created new kinds of opportunities such as new business models and development approaches. On the other hand, it has introduced new kinds of technical and non-technical challenges. DIGITAL GAMES The culture and business of digital games is becoming increasingly varied. The current trends range from novel interface innovations and digital distribution channels to social game dynamics and player-generated content. The games track is open for theoretical works, empirical case studies and constructive projects. DEMONSTRATIONS The aim is to gather demonstrations from researchers and professionals from the communities related to the topics of MindTrek. The objective for the demonstrations is to provide a forum for exchanging experiences, practical projects, or media demonstrators. The target audience includes members of the academic community, industry, or laboratories who can demonstrate the results of their research projects with a practical implementation. ACADEMIC MINDTREK AS A CONFERENCE In addition, special academic sessions (e.g. tutorials, demonstrations, workshops, and multidisciplinary sessions) will be held parallel to the MindTrek business conference. Academic speakers and authors are warmly welcome to register for the business conference tracks as part of the academic conference with our special registration rate. The Academic MindTrek registration includes full service such as coffees, lunches, and social gatherings. The MindTrek Association hosts MindTrek as a yearly conference, where the Academic MindTrek conference has been a part of this unique set of events comprising competitions, world famous keynote speakers, plenary sessions, media festivals, and workshops since 1997. It is a meeting place where experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of Internet, interactive media, and the information society. MindTrek brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in various fields, ranging from sociology and the economy, to technology. The organizing committee invites you to submit original high quality full papers, long or short, addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS The scientific part of the conference is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library, which includes short and long papers, workshop proposals, demonstration proposals, and tutorial proposals. Extended abstracts will be published in the adjunct conference proceedings; however, they will not be published within the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be published in international journals, as book chapters, edited books, or via open access journals. There will also be a reward for the overall best paper from the academic conference. Several papers should follow the style guidelines of the conference. SHORT AND LONG PAPER PROPOSALS All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. Short papers should be between 2-4 pages long and the paper presentation will be 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion within a session; long papers should be 6-8 pages and will be presented in 20 minutes slots, plus 5 minutes discussion. WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with the Academic MindTrek. Workshop proposals should include the organizing committee, a 2 page description of the theme of the workshop, a short CV of organizers, duration, the proceedings publisher, and the schedule. Workshop organizers also have the possibility to add publications to the main conference proceedings. Depending on the attracted number of papers for each workshop, we provide space for either half-day or full-day workshops. DEMONSTRATIONS PROPOSALS Demonstration proposals shall be 2-3 pages and include: a) a description and motivation of the demonstration; b) general architecture of the demonstration; c) description of the main features; d) a brief comparison with other existing related demonstrations; e) audio-visual materials to illustrate the demonstration (if applicable); f) the type of license, and g) the Internet address of the demonstration (if applicable). It is strongly recommended that the authors make the demonstration (or a suitable version or movie) on the Internet during the evaluation. TUTORIAL PROPOSALS Tutorial proposals should include a 2-page description of the tutorial, intended audience, a short CV, timetable, required equipment, references, and a track record of previous tutorials. The target length of tutorials is 2-4 hours. EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Extended abstracts should be between 1-2 pages long and contain 500-800 words. They should describe the research problem, background, research questions, and the contribution to the conference. Extended abstracts will not be published within the ACM digital library. POSTER PRESENTATIONS Posters should be between 2-3 pages long and a poster should be presented during the conference. Attendees have the possibility to exhibit their posters on a A0 poster wall during the conference. SUBMISSION DEADLINES - 3rd June 2012 (LAST CALL): deadline for long papers (6-8 pages), short papers (3-4 pages), extended abstracts (1-2 pages), posters (1-2 pages) and demonstrations (2-3 pages) - 1st June 2012: deadline for tutorial proposals and workshop proposals - 5th August 2012: camera ready papers and copyright forms KEY-DATES - 15th July 2012: notification of acceptance/rejection for papers, extended abstracts, posters, and demos, tutorials - 5th August 2012: submission of camera ready papers - 3rd-5th October 2012: Academic MindTrek and MindTrek Business Conference Suggested key-dates for workshop organizers - 15th August 2012: deadline for workshop papers - 10th September 2012: deadline for camera-ready papers CONFERENCE THEMES 1. Social Media - business models, service models, and policies - social media in innovation and business - intra- and interorganizational use of social media - questions related to identity, motivation and values - blogs, wikis, collaboration and social platform designs in practice - knowledge management and learning with social media - experience management with social media - crowdsourcing, user-created content and social networks - enterprise 2.0 and social computing in work organizations - evaluation and research methods of social media - social media and community design - benefits and limitations of social media applications 2. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media - between Technology, Services, and Users - applications and services utilizing ubiquitous and pervasive technology - ubicom in eLearning, leisure, storytelling, art works, advertising, and mixed reality contexts - next generation user interfaces, ergonomics, multimodality, and human-computer interaction - art works for smart public or indoor spaces, mobile phones, museums, or cultural applications - context awareness, sensor perception, context sensitive Internet, and smart daily objects - personalization, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and ergonomics - ambient human computer interaction, experience design, usability, and audience research - software, hardware, middleware, and technologies for pervasive and ubiquitous - theoretical methods and algorithms in ubiquitous and ambient systems - business models, service models, media economics, regulations, x-commerce, and policies - user positioning, location awareness - augmented reality in ubiquitous applications - device interoperability, remote user interfaces, inter-device connections 3. Media Business, Media Studies, and Media Management - media policy, politics, practices, conception, and media regulation - organizational structures, practices, and strategies - production technology, processes, and optimization - business models, service models, public funding, and media economics - patterns of media use, engagement, and consumer experiences - advertising, media consumption, new audience models, and media user models - competition analysis, media governing, assessment, performance indicators - business and media management: gaming, social media, Internet, digital cinema, iTV - traditional media business and management: broadcasting, publishing, journalism, and movie industry - innovative service designs, strategies, and ideas - teaching & training of media management and media business 4. Human-Computer Interaction - user experience and experience design - interaction design techniques and methods - user interaction and HCI design - creativity, practices and innovation in HCI - analysis, theories, and procedures in interaction design - methods, systems, and toolkits supporting HCI - human centered computing and understanding interaction - interactivity methods - designing for experience and interactivity - design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive systems - phenomena surrounding interactivity 5. Open Source - forms of openness: open source software, open standards, open content, open media, open source hardware, and open access - establishment of an open source community - practices on developing open source systems - practices for maintaining a successful project - open source processes and techniques - differences on open source and closed source systems - using open source in commercial context - challenges of open source development - teaching open source in academia and industry 6. Digital Games - theoretical and analytical approaches on games and play - analysis of player experience - game design research - economy and business models in the game industry - innovation in and around games - digital distribution of games - online gaming - social and casual gaming - player-created content - pervasive and ubiquitous gaming - mobile and cross-media gaming - gamification, funware and playful designs PAPER SUBMISSION - Please follow the style guidelines on http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates for formatting your paper - Note that since the papers will be published by the ACM digital library all authors need to sign an ACM copyright form. (For further guidelines see: http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html) - Submit papers here http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/Conferences/2012mindtrek/ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Helj? Franssila, Tampere Univ. (UTA), FIN Karsten Wolf, Univ. Bremen, GER Hannu K?rkk?inen, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Theresa Champel, Univ. of Lisbon, PT Yuan Fu, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Moyen Mustaquim, Uppsala University, SE Dominik Strohmeier, Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), GER CONTACT Questions concerning academic content, papers, tutorials, workshops, scientific contributions: Email:academic-mindtrek-chairs@listmail.tut.fi General questions concerning payments, administration, copyright forms, local arrangements, and the venue: Email: academic-mindtrek-info(a)listmail.tut.fi PAPER SUBMISSIONS http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/Conferences/2012mindtrek/ FURTHER INFORMATION http://www.academicmindtrek.org SUPPORTED BY MindTrek Association, City of Tampere, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere University (UTA), Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Ambient Media Association (AMEA).

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Fwd: CFP: Narrative Minds and Virtual Worlds; Tampere, Finland, May 21-22, 2013
by Frans Mäyrä 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Please feel free to distribute: Call for Papers, abstract deadline January 31st, 2013 Narrative Minds and Virtual Worlds Tampere, Finland, May 21st and 22nd 2013 Keynote speakers: Marie-Laure Ryan (author of Possible Worlds, Artificial Intelligence and Narrative Theory [1991], Narrative as Virtual Reality [2001] and Avatars of Story [2006]; editor of Cyberspace Textuality [1999] and Narrative across Media [2004]) Jarmila Mildorf (author of Storying Domestic Violence [2007]; editor of Magic, Science, Technology, and Literature [2006] and Imaginary Dialogues in English [2011]) The postclassical turn in narratology has led to 1) a new emphasis on minds, both fictional and interpretative, and 2) the theoretical discovery of storyworlds. These ideas come together in cognitive-theoretically informed narratology, which is well on its way to getting to grips with the processes of immersion and readerly orientation within the storyworld, and also with perceptual positioning on the levels of storyworld, narration and the actual reading process. This conference discusses, applies and tests narratological theories of world and mind construction in different media, ranging from literature to digital games, classroom interaction and corporate communication. The conference calls for papers from any relevant field of study addressing interfaces of minds and worlds, narrative as well as virtual. Bringing together research on different narrative and quasi-narrative media will reveal both the medium-specific and the transmedial dynamics between inner and outer worlds in narrative sense-making. For instance, the narratological notions of fictional mind construction have lately been informed by theories of spatial and temporal situatedness and its effect on the reading process. The situation of game players immersed in a virtual world involves both interesting similarities with as well as differences to more prototypically narrative environments, particularly in its prioritisation of navigation and problem-solving over empathetic identification. Furthermore, the use of shared storyworlds as foundations for transmedial franchises suggests that worlds may, indeed, be translatable. This conference is inspired by interdisciplinary and transmedial studies of narrative as pursued by, among others, our keynote speakers Jarmila Mildorf and Marie-Laure Ryan. We welcome papers discussing general and theoretical issues, as well as papers focusing on particular texts or cases in any medium. Furthermore, papers may address medium-specificity or disciplinary boundaries as interpretative or methodological challenges. Possible topics include, but are not limited to o medial and intermedial construction of minds and worlds in literature and the everyday o adapting storyworlds from one medium to another o socially distributed minds in everyday conversation, narration and life stories o the role of fiction and narration in digital games o misreading virtual minds in fiction o fictional worlds in picture books and graphic novels o virtual worlds and fictional minds as tools for teaching o game worlds between real action and imaginary spaces o narrative and ludic agency in game playing o narrative, material and visual dimensions of organisational sense-making o "Theories of Mind" in different media o attributing minds and representing worlds in historical narratives o exceptional minds and bodies in fiction and the everyday o dream narratives as virtual worlds o narrative embodiment in illness narratives o the function of stories in marketing and brand development Please send a 250-word abstract to Mari Hatavara (mari.hatavara[at]uta.fi) by January 31st 2013. Be sure to give the title, author(s), affiliation(s), and e-mail address in the same document. The conference is organised by: Mari Hatavara, professor of Finnish literature at the University of Tampere School of Language, Translation and Literary Studies Matti Hyvärinen, professor of Sociology at the University of Tampere School of Social Sciences and Humanities Frans Mäyrä, professor of Information Studies and Interactive Media at the University of Tampere School of Information Sciences -- Mari Hatavara professori /professor Suomen kirjallisuus /Finnish literature Tampereen yliopisto /University of Tampere Kieli-, käännös- ja /School of Language, Translation, kirjallisuustieteiden and Literary Studies yksikkö -- Frans Mäyrä, Professor, Information Studies and Interactive Media ** INFIM/TRIM/Game Research Lab, http://gamelab.uta.fi ** School of Information Sciences, SIS, www.uta.fi/sis/ ** ** 33014 University of Tampere, Finland ** frans.mayra(a)uta.fi / fransmayra(a)gmail.com ** ** gms 050 3367650 / fax 03 3551 7503 ** www.fransmayra.fi www.unet.fi www.uta.fi/~frans.mayra

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 101, Issue 25
by Cassian Vian 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

That's an interesting example Annika. I thought I'd chip in my own anecdote as I've never formally looked into the subject but would like to read some work on it. A cousin of mine plays World of Warcraft and has made a few friends through it - some of whom he has met offline. A couple of years ago he logged on to find that a woman he had known for three years had died in a car crash. Her husband was one of the people he had met in person and he had spoken to her over voice chat. My cousin was pretty upset as you can imagine. His feelings became more confused when it transpired through a series of emails that the dead woman he was mourning never existed! The man claiming to be her husband had invented her. Going as far as to modify his voice over software whilst pretending to be his fictional wife. It's possible there are still people online who think of her as a real person who died. I found the blurring of the lines between fiction and reality, even with a subject (death) which is supposedly the ultimate in real fascinating. I'm not sure my cousin shared my academic interest though. Cassian -----Original Message----- From: annika coughlin Sent: 30 Dec 2012 22:04:49 GMT To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 101, Issue 25 Hi CT I don't have any literature recommendations, but I think it is an interesting topic. I have always wondered if any one has researched how online community members, who only know each other online, deal with the death of an online community member who they never met in the flesh. My father was an online poet from the UK, but quite popular in Australia and when we had to tell people of his death, it was quite interesting contacting the various message boards he was a member of. Also - he used to play the Wii and have a Wii character as well as a character in Animal Crossing. When we play the Wii now, his character is still on there and it is funny when he appears in games as his Wii character. In Animal Crossing, we built a memorial in the game with flowers etc near his house. It would be interesting if someone has researched anything to do with this sort of thing. Annika >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 11:35:20 +0200 >From: Cagla Taskin <ctasquin(a)yahoo.com> >To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >Subject: [Air-L] Literature on online grieving and bereavement >Message-ID: <E7681324-1D51-4053-97A8-3C1966AD2B6F(a)yahoo.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >Dear list members, > >I am currently writing my Master's thesis on practices of grieving and bereavement online, with a focus on a suicide survivors forum case study. Any literature recommendations would be highly appreciated. > >Thank you in advance, >CT > > > _______________________________________________ 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/

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Literature on online grieving and bereavement
by Cagla Taskin 01 Jan '13

01 Jan '13

Dear list members, I am currently writing my Master's thesis on practices of grieving and bereavement online, with a focus on a suicide survivors forum case study. Any literature recommendations would be highly appreciated. Thank you in advance, CT

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e-burying the dead
by Barry Wellman 31 Dec '12

31 Dec '12

About 10 years ago, my great friend Judy Merril died. As a Science Fiction editor/writer and personage around Toronto and NYC, she had a large network. It fell to me to be her Email executor. (No other social media in those days.) I had her password, and I spent real time in the next few months responding to those who were still writing to her. In some cases, people wrote as a memorial. I remember Spider Robinson's in particular. _______________________________________________________________________

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special issue of fastcapitalism on 'occupy' and 'new voices' and 'etc'
by jeremy hunsinger 31 Dec '12

31 Dec '12

distribute as appropriate-jh Here is a special issue plus a whole bunch more of fastcapitalism, i worked on the 'new voices' part as co-editor. -jh > > > Our new issue, FC9.1, has now been posted at www.fastcapitalism.com. > > As well, there is a call for papers for the next issue (FC10.1), which will be a special issue focused around the theme of gun violence and the public sphere. We hope to co-publish this special issue as a book. Jeremy Hunsinger Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech 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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New issue: Game Studies 2012 -02
by Jessica Enevold 31 Dec '12

31 Dec '12

New Issue of Game Studies Journal Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Research has just published its latest issue (Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2012). All articles are available at http://gamestudies.org/1202/ Contents: The Algorithmic Experience: Portal as Art by Michael Burden, Sean Gouglas http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/the_algorithmic_experience Art requires criticism. Portal transcends videogame tropes: it explores the human struggle against algorithmic processes through complex parallels between the player, Chell, the companion cube, and GLaDOS. Increasingly complex frustrations are experienced directly through the game’s aesthetic of play - a freedom bounded by algorithmic control. In the Double Grip of the Game: Challenge and Fallout 3 by Sara Mosberg Iversen <http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/in_the_double_grip_of_the_game>http://gamestudies.org/1202/<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/in_the_double_grip_of_the_game>articles/in_the_double_grip_<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/in_the_double_grip_of_the_game>of_the_game<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/in_the_double_grip_of_the_game> A broad notion of challenge, conceptualized as both demanding and stimulating situations, is here proposed as a basis for holistic analysis of digital games which takes both the games’ mechanic and semiotic dimensions into equal account. The offered framework is demonstrated through application in an analysis of Fallout 3. Death Loop as a Feature by Olli Tapio Leino <http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/death_loop_as_a_feature>http://gamestudies.org/1202/<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/death_loop_as_a_feature>articles/death_loop_as_a_<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/death_loop_as_a_feature>feature<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/death_loop_as_a_feature> This essay is a critical examination of the paradigmatic approach of interpreting computer games as games accessible for analysis and critique through 'research-play'. The essay justifies a differentiation between game design research and game studies, and explores the avenues of analysis and critique of single-player computer games for the latter. A Study of User Interface Modifications in World of Warcraft by Sean Targett, Victoria Verlysdonk, Howard J. Hamilton, Daryl Hepting <http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/ui_mod_in_wow>http://gamestudies.org/1202/<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/ui_mod_in_wow>articles/ui_mod_in_wow<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/ui_mod_in_wow> This paper studies the effect that user created interfaces have had on WoW and its community of users through an online survey issued to WoW players. The survey results illustrate the varied nature of this community and provide information that may aid in the creation of communities dedicated to modifying the interfaces of other software packages. Best Before: The Red Queen Dilemma of Preserving Video Games? by Staffan Björk http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/bjork_book_review Best Before: videogames, supersession and obsolescence. James Newman, 2012. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, New York. ISBN-13: 9780415577915 Circles tend to return by David Myers <http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/myers_book_review>http://gamestudies.org/1202/<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/myers_book_review>articles/myers_book_review<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/myers_book_review> The magic circle: Principles of gaming & simulation. Jan H. G. Klabbers, 2009. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. ISBN: 978908790 0076 Forever a moral subject by Torill Mortensen <http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/mortensen_book_review>http://gamestudies.org/1202/<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/mortensen_book_review>articles/mortensen_book_review<http://gamestudies.org/1202/articles/mortensen_book_review> The Ethics of Computer Games. Miguel Sicart, 2009. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press. ISBN-13: 9780262012652 ---------------------------------------- Dr. Jessica Enevold Managing Editor, Game Studies www.gamestudies.org<http://www.gamestudies.org/> enevold(a)gamestudies.org<mailto:enevold@gamestudies.org> Researcher and Lecturer Lund University, Dept. of Arts and Cultural Sciences jessica.enevold(a)kultur.lu.se<mailto:jessica.enevold@kultur.lu.se> -------------------------------- Jessica Enevold, PhD, Researcher and Lecturer Dep. of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University Biskopsgatan 7 22362 LUND, Sweden http://www.kultur.lu.se jessica.enevold(a)kultur.lu.se Managing Editor, Game Studies www.gamestudies.org enevold(a)gamestudies.org

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