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Open access e-book: Digital Passages. Moroccan-Dutch youths performing diaspora, gender and youth cultural identities across digital space
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Dear AIR-L members, Apologies for my shameless self-promotion: over the last couple of years I have benefited from discussions on the mailinglist during the research for and writing of my dissertation. After defending the thesis, it has been published as an open-access e-book: Digital Passages. Moroccan-Dutch youths performing diaspora, gender and youth cultural identities across digital space The book can be downloaded in pdf form from: http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2012-0614-200543/UUindex.…<blocked::http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/2012-0614-200543/UUindex.html> Summary: Digital Passages considers how the relations between gender, diaspora and youth culture are digitally articulated by Moroccan-Dutch youths between the age of 12 and 18 years old. Combining new media, gender and postcolonial theory, a transdisciplinary analysis is carried out of a young ethnic-minority population whose contribution to digital culture was undertheorized. In particular I explored how Moroccan-Dutch youths appropriate digital spaces in order to convey their belongings across multiple axes of identification such as gender, sexuality, diaspora, religion and youth-culture. The study was conducted in the context of Wired Up, a research project funded by a Utrecht University High Potential grant, bringing together humanities and social science scholars to analyze digital media use among migrant youths. Together with other Wired Up researchers, a large-scale survey was developed. 1408 students in seven secondary schools completed this survey. Furthermore, in-depth interviews were carried out with a group of 43 Moroccan-Dutch youths, 21 girls and 22 boys, between the age of 12 and 18 years old. Online, narratives were gathered through participant observation. >From the survey I learned that Moroccan-Dutch youths consider online discussion forums, instant messaging (IM), online social networking sites (SNSs) and video sharing platforms most important. These four types of digital space were analyzed on a case-study basis. Survey data showed computer ownership and Internet access is widespread among Moroccan-Dutch youths, however I revealed that digital divides go beyond ownership and access. Exploring how offline exclusionary mechanisms travel online and establish new digital divides, I unraveled how technological decisions and mainstream user preferences contribute to medium-specific spatial hierarchies. The focus was in fact on the ways in which hierarchies are subverted from below and how the medium-specificity of each of the four applications studied informs these processes differently. An inventory was made of space invader strategies Moroccan-Dutch youths employ to cope with multiple forms of inequality. With the title Digital Passages, I referred not only to their navigation across bordered digital spaces, but also capture the digitization of key identity formation processes such as voice, romance, affectivity and the negotiation of coming-of-age, gender, diaspora, generational, religious and youth cultural expectations. Rather than a straightforward continuation of migrant cultural legacies the informants are actively transforming those legacies in ways that resonate with the dominant local and global youth cultures in which they grow up. My cartography of Moroccan-Dutch youths' multi-spatial digital identity performativity provides a history of the present full of promises but also full of personal experiences of struggle. The relationship between profit-driven digital templates and user cultures and conveying belonging across multiple axes of identification remains intricate and complex. At certain points, the private/public and online/offline world overlap or augment one another and at others they collide, providing room for re-signification. The boys and girls I interviewed are confronted with various aspects of Dutch multicultural society: while they are often considered the other, in their everyday digital convivial encounters they nevertheless also establish and connect new passages between their Dutch, Moroccan-Dutch, Muslim, gender, diaspora and youth cultural belongings. I'm looking forward to receiving any comments and/or questions you might have. Hope this is of interest, Best wishes, Koen Leurs Koen Leurs, PHD | Utrecht University | Muntstraat 2a, 3512 EV Utrecht | tel. 030-253 7859 | K.H.A.Leurs(a)uu.nl<blocked::mailto:K.H.A.Leurs@uu.nl> | www.uu.nl/wiredup<blocked::http://www.uu.nl/wiredup> | www.koenleurs.net<blocked::http://www.koenleurs.net/> | www.digitalcrossroads.nl<blocked::http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl/>

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Reminder: Call for Proposals: Cybersafety stream for the 2013 World Congress on Family Law and Childern's Rights
by Jeremy Blackman 30 Jul '12

30 Jul '12

Hi all, Just a friendly reminder that the deadline for proposals for the cybersafety stream at the 2013 World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights (in Sydney), is looming. We would welcome your input to the Congress. Please see the letter below, which outlines the call for proposals. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you would like to discuss. It's shaping up to be a fabulous congress. Kind regards, Jeremy. Re: Call for session proposals for the 6th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights, Sydney, 17-20 March 2013 I am writing to invite you to participate in the 6th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights to be held in Sydney from 17-20 March 2013. The World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights is a significant event held every four years to bring international attention to the serious issue of the safety of children. Supported by the United Nations, the World Congress is an Australian initiative with worldwide support and recognition. Attracting judges, lawyers, legislators, policy makers, doctors, healthcare professionals, non-government organisations, educators and human rights organisations, the World Congress seeks outcomes that promote and protect the rights of children. For further information about the event, you can visit the official website at: www.lawrights.asn.au/ While the conference predominantly focuses on law and children's rights, the 2013 Congress provides The Alannah and Madeline Foundation with an opportunity to emphasise the integral role that schools, the community and children can play in cybersafety education and innovation. The Alannah and Madeline Foundation has been asked to partner with the 6th World Congress to organise a stream dedicated to cybersafety issues and best practice. We invite you and/or those in your networks to submit a proposal for a session as part of the cybersafety stream, which we envisage to encompass the following broad issues: * Cybersafety: youth, children and the legal frameworks * Psychology and sociology of online behaviour * Cybersafety education and the role of schools, children, families and the community * Disadvantaged and vulnerable youth in the online world * The nature and design of online environments and their suitability for youth * Positive opportunities for youth in the online world. In striving for an informative and engaging event, we are assembling a range of presentation types, from lecture-style to highly interactive workshops. Further information regarding submissions can be found below. The deadlines for proposal submissions are as follows: * Call for proposals closes: Friday 3rd August * Inform speakers: Friday 17th August We hope you will give consideration to becoming involved in the 6th World Congress on Family Law and Children's Rights; it will have a major impact in helping to protect children in Australia and across the world. The Foundation is coordinating the cybersafety stream, so please send your proposals and/or queries to: Jeremy Blackman, Senior Cybersafety Specialist - jeremy.blackman(a)amf.org.au or +61 (3) 9697 0666. Yours sincerely, The Hon. Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC National Centre Against Bullying (NCAB) Chair Overview of proposal submissions: Presentations will not necessarily be restricted to any of the six cybersafety themes listed above. There is room to consider sessions on any area of cybersafety that might be of interest to an international congress. Session length: 45 or 90 minutes Proposal length: 150 - 200 words Proposal to contain: * Overview of session content * Description of format (e.g. lecture style, workshop, interactive discussion) * Intended outcome(s) of session (i.e. the key concepts your audience members will take away) * Ideal session length (45 or 90 minutes) * Name and contact details of presenter(s). Please send proposals to: Jeremy Blackman, Senior Cybersafety Specialist - jeremy.blackman(a)amf.org.au or +61 (3) 9697 0666. All proposals will be reviewed by The Alannah and Madeline Foundation's World Congress Committee before being accepted.

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FW: [ciresearchers] Reminder, final deadline for abstracts: Journal of Community Informatics CFP: Southern Africa Special Issue
by michael gurstein 29 Jul '12

29 Jul '12

From: shaun.pather(a)gmail.com [mailto:shaun.pather@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Shaun Pather Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 7:18 AM To: ciresearchers(a)vancouvercommunity.net; ci-research-sa(a)vcn.bc.ca Cc: Jackie Phahlamohlaka; joci(a)cput.ac.za Joci Subject: [ciresearchers] Reminder, final deadline for abstracts: Journal of Community Informatics CFP: Southern Africa Special Issue Dear Colleagues Thank you for all those who have already submitted their extended abstracts. We have also received a few request over the past week, for a few extra days to submit abstracts, as the CFP did not reach some constituencies. As such the deadline for abstract submission has been extended to Thursday 02 August. Extended Abstract submission (750 - 100 words): Email to: joci(a)cput.ac.za Subject header: JOCI abstract submission A response on abstract acceptance will be made by 06 August. The original call is reposted below. Please refer to the attached for more details. --------------------------------------- We have pleasure in announcing a call for papers for a special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics, focusing on Southern African countries (Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and Zimbabwe). University academics in South Africa should take note that JoCI is indexed by the IBSS, and published research articles will therefore be eligible for accreditation at your universities. We welcome submissions of completed research articles, case studies or book reviews relating to the following: . Internet and ICT use and appropriation by specific groups, especially disadvantaged groups; . The use of ICTs for community based service delivery as for example in health, municipal services, education, amongst others; . Internet content production (blogs, sites, etc.) aimed at social and community development; . The role of mobile telephony in a Community Informatics context in relation to grassroots development; . Analyses of initiatives for democratization of internet and ICT for social development; . Policy analysis of specific countries or cross-country analyses of national policy and how this relates to community based use of ICTs; . Investigations of the social, political and cultural aspects of the 'digital divide'; . Community informatics as it relates to e-Democracy, e-Participation, and e-Government; . Political and private initiatives for digital inclusion in education, and for cultural production and preservation; . Joint public and private actions and policies related to digital inclusion; . Cybersecurity for Community Informatics. The above list is not exhaustive and we welcome submissions of papers on other topics but which have a strong Community Informatics theme. You may contact either of the special issue editors if you want to clarify the scope of your submission. Important Dates: 1. Submission of extended abstracts (750-1000 words): 02 August 2012 2. Article submission: September 06th 2012 3. Final article due: December 15th 2012 4. Publication: February 2013 **Please refer to attached CFP for further details and submission procedures. -------------------------- Special issue editors: Shaun Pather: <mailto:pathers@cput.ac.za> pathers(a)cput.ac.za Jackie Phahlamohlaka: <mailto:jphahlamohlaka@csir.co.za> jphahlamohlaka(a)csir.co.za

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need help - sample surveys of social media advocacy campaign usability?
by Radhika Gajjala 29 Jul '12

29 Jul '12

Hi all, This is just a call for help. Does anyone on list have sample (and what they think is a good one or two) surveys that are designed to test social media advocacy/social justice campaign - usability survey that they can point me to? I find many usability surveys that test for how the interface is usable or not - but they dont necessarily test for the effectiveness of content in relation to conveying the social change and advocacy part ... thanks, r ---- -- Radhika Gajjala http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik [websites under re-construction]

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Criteria for proving that online data (especially forum comments) are real?
by Maria Eronen 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

Hi, Would anyone know what are the criteria concerning internet material's validity? Is it common that you as a researcher will be asked to prove that the material you have collected from the internet is real. Since a lot of internet data disappears everyday, mere url addresses are not enough. Even html files can be modified after saving webpages. I would appreciate if someone had time to answer. Maria

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Help
by Guiquan Xu 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

Hello. Could you help me unsubscribe the mailing list? Thanks! >Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. social change? (Andr? Brock) > 2. substantive solutions -- Re: Criteria for proving that online > data (especially forumcomments) are real? (Michael Scarce) > 3. verifying internet content --- Re: Criteria for proving that > online data (especially forum comments) are real? (Michael Scarce) > 4. (link to) verifying internet content --- Re: Criteria for > proving that online data (especially forum comments) are real? > (Michael Scarce) > 5. Re: social change? (John McNutt) > 6. Re: social change? (Andr? Brock) > 7. Re: social change? (Radhika) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 17:42:32 -0500 >From: Andr? Brock <andre.brock(a)gmail.com> >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >Subject: [Air-L] social change? >Message-ID: > <CACTG5woCXbNms2C-Bt7qwWa5EAA5t72aPMV4D6nPRSAKdjWVgQ(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > >via Radhika: > > I find many usability surveys that test for how the interface is usable or > not - but they dont necessarily test for the effectiveness of content in > relation to conveying the social change and advocacy part ? > >This describes information science in a nutshell. Can i steal? > >Andr? > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:33:32 -0700 >From: Michael Scarce <scarce(a)mac.com> >To: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org >Subject: [Air-L] substantive solutions -- Re: Criteria for proving > that online data (especially forumcomments) are real? >Message-ID: <40A745DB-ACCA-4EA4-909D-B263C807083E(a)mac.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > >I was pleased to see this question posed to the group. I've been doing research utilizing a web-based national survey, offering a $25 Amazon.com electronic gift code upon completion. The only identifying information respondents are asked to actively provide us is their email address for receipt of the code. We do not use "panels" of participants. We do not screen them by telephone. We do not have prior email exchanges with assignment of unique ID codes. > >I completed what I believe to be an overly exhaustive lit review, contacted others around the country doing similar work, etc. I continue to hear of researchers landing big grants after throwing around Facebook/Twitter-like buzz language, they collect data, and then cannot publish their results and analyses because journal editors now ask, "How can you explain that you were able to establish the 'uniqueness' of each respondent as an individual rather than a repeat responder?" In other words, can you validate your data as being a sample of 100 individuals versus one person who responded 100 times with junk data? > >We learned the web survey service to which we subscribe has the ability to gather a number of what I call "paradata" about the survey site visitors. > >I revised the welcome page of the survey to include a privacy statement informing the research subject that if they continue with the survey by proceeding to the next page, their IP address, GeoIP information, web browser UserAgent string, site referrer, etc. will be collected. > >After the survey's initial screening questions, if the respondent qualifies, they are presented with an electronic informed consent document. The consent form explains in very basic language that anyone who access the survey by altering their internet connection in any way that might obscure or misrepresent their online presence will be deemed ineligible. We went several rounds with this back and forth with our IRB on this. In the end, they were quite pleased and have begun referring other researchers my way who struggle with similar issues. > >Our primary problem was this: the web survey could block duplicate respondents based on IP address as well as using cookies. However, we were taken aback at the huge number of proxy users --- some individuals took the survey over 30 times in less than a day, providing 30 different email addresses! > >After implementing the privacy page and revising the consent form, I created an algorithm for weeding out the vast majority of proxy users, in addition to people who know they can simply unplug their cable modem for a few hours, plug it back in, and be re-assigned a new dynamic IP from their ISP. Aside from the high prevalence of "cheaters," I found a wide range of sophistication and motivations behind the techniques people used. For example, there is "marketing" (aka spam) software that can auto-generate a few dozen free email accounts with the press of a button, even configuring them all to forward to the same address, and each of them sounding reasonably realistic like "johndoe631(a)gmail.com." There are web sites selling subscriptions to "professional survey takers." The customer subscribes, and the web site gives them a list of surveys scraped from search engines, offering some kind of reward or incentive. I believe one of the sites was something like "swagbucks.com." > >I've written an article that serves as a methods paper to describe and outline this process of eliminating false data, validating research subjects, and study design that allows for the ability to ethically disqualify those who complete surveys over and over. It had the potential to drain our study's budget and leave us with nothing we could use., I included a case study of how we worked with our IRB in responding to someone who actually complained and demanded their incentive after taking the survey 15 times. It's a tricky game, substantiating their ineligibility and deception without teaching them how they were detected and prompting them to find other security vulnerabilities. The article focuses on the more technical aspects of the process, judgment calls, and the algorithm --- not just a simple statistical formula. In summary, I suggest Internet researchers must begin to think like hackers, which I happen to be. In the process of polishing the paper to submit for public > ation, I'm struggling with what journals I want to target. The survey itself is related to HIV and cancer, so I could go that route, something methodological, or techie, or more obscure like "The Journal of Medical Internet Research," and so on. > >I'm working on a second paper that addresses the many ethical aspects and considerations for collecting data from Internet research subjects, sometimes without their knowledge or consent, for purposes of data validity. For example, IP addresses are among the list of HIPAA-defined identifiers of personal health information. > >Any suggestions for publication submission, or how to better frame the piece within a particular discipline or field of study, would be greatly appreciated. > > >- Michael Scarce > >_________________________________ >Michael Scarce >Michael.Scarce(a)ucsf.edu >Research Specialist >UCSF Division of Infectious Diseases / >Center for AIDS Prevention Studies >50 Beale Street, Suite 1300 >San Francisco, CA 94105 > > phone (415) 597-4979 > fax (415) 597-9213 > > >On Jul 26, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Marj Kibby wrote: > >> Is there additional onus of proof for web based material? How do you prove that survey responses are real, that notes from interviews are real .... >> >> The verification is in how you frame the project and write up the results. >> >> Marj >> >> >> >> >> >> Associate Professor Marjorie Kibby, B.Ed, M.A, Ph.D, FHERDSA >> Director, Student Experience FEDUA >> Head of Discipline: Film, Media and Cultural Studies >> School of Humanities and Social Science >> The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia >> Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au >> +61 2 49216604 >>>>> Maria Eronen <m85327(a)student.uwasa.fi> 27/07/12 6:24 AM >>> >> Hi, >> >> Would anyone know what are the criteria concerning internet material's >> validity? Is it common that you as a researcher will be asked to prove >> that the material you have collected from the internet is real. Since >> a lot of internet data disappears everyday, mere url addresses are not >> enough. Even html files can be modified after saving webpages. >> >> I would appreciate if someone had time to answer. >> >> Maria >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:52:21 -0700 >From: Michael Scarce <scarce(a)mac.com> >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >Subject: [Air-L] verifying internet content --- Re: Criteria for > proving that online data (especially forum comments) are real? >Message-ID: <FF035FE3-C0E6-41E0-B5F7-D1477350797B(a)mac.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII > >Maybe you're already familiar with these, but try the following: >http://www.kfinder.com/newweb/Publishers/MedCite/MedCite.html#CiteVerify > >It appears that MedCite might have gone under, but it was a wonderful and free service for researchers. You could simply enter the URL of the web content you wanted to reference, MedCite would actually archive and store the content, and then issue a kind of doc ID to be used in your reference citation, making it easy for others to access that same stored content. > >In lieu of that, try the Internet Archive's "Wayback Machine." at http://www.archive.org > >Because Internet content is so dynamic and constantly disappearing, I have relied on the Wayback Machine heavily to access sites and information that have been long gone for more than a decade. > >If other utilize different methods for this sort of thing, please share. > >Michael Scarce > > >_________________________________ >Michael Scarce >Michael.Scarce(a)ucsf.edu > >Research Specialist >UCSF Division of Infectious Diseases / >Center for AIDS Prevention Studies >50 Beale Street, Suite 1300 >San Francisco, CA 94105 > > phone (415) 597-4979 > fax (415) 597-9213 > >On Jul 26, 2012, at 1:22 PM, Maria Eronen wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Would anyone know what are the criteria concerning internet material's validity? Is it common that you as a researcher will be asked to prove that the material you have collected from the internet is real. Since a lot of internet data disappears everyday, mere url addresses are not enough. Even html files can be modified after saving webpages. >> >> I would appreciate if someone had time to answer. >> >> Maria >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:10:06 -0700 >From: Michael Scarce <scarce(a)mac.com> >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >Subject: [Air-L] (link to) verifying internet content --- Re: Criteria > for proving that online data (especially forum comments) are real? >Message-ID: <0584595C-C830-4DDB-9A24-378415AC508E(a)mac.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > >Here is the service: > >http://www.webcitation.org > >Description from the site: > >The Problem >Authors increasingly cite webpages and other digital objects on the Internet, which can "disappear" overnight. In one study published in the journal Science, 13% of Internet references in scholarly articles were inactive after only 27 months. Another problem is that cited webpages may change, so that readers see something different than what the citing author saw. The problem of unstable webcitations and the lack of routine digital preservation of cited digital objects has been referred to as an issue "calling for an immediate response" by publishers and authors [1]. > >An increasing number of editors and publishers ask that authors, when they cite a webpage, make a local copy of the cited webpage/webmaterial, and archive the cited URL in a system like WebCite?, to enable readers permanent access to the cited material. > >What is WebCite?? >WebCite?, which used to be a member of member of the International Internet Preservation Consortium, is an on-demand archiving system for webreferences (cited webpages and websites, or other kinds of Internet-accessible digital objects), which can be used by authors, editors, and publishers of scholarly papers and books, to ensure that cited webmaterial will remain available to readers in the future. If cited webreferences in journal articles, books etc. are not archived, future readers may encounter a "404 File Not Found" error when clicking on a cited URL. Try it! Archive a URL here. It's free and takes only 30 seconds. > >A WebCite?-enhanced reference is a reference which contains - in addition to the original live URL (which can and probably will disappear in the future, or its content may change) - a link to an archived copy of the material, exactly as the citing author saw it when he accessed the cited material. > > >On Jul 28, 2012, at 4:52 AM, Michael Scarce wrote: > >> Maybe you're already familiar with these, but try the following: >> http://www.kfinder.com/newweb/Publishers/MedCite/MedCite.html#CiteVerify >> >> It appears that MedCite might have gone under, but it was a wonderful and free service for researchers. You could simply enter the URL of the web content you wanted to reference, MedCite would actually archive and store the content, and then issue a kind of doc ID to be used in your reference citation, making it easy for others to access that same stored content. >> >> In lieu of that, try the Internet Archive's "Wayback Machine." at http://www.archive.org >> >> Because Internet content is so dynamic and constantly disappearing, I have relied on the Wayback Machine heavily to access sites and information that have been long gone for more than a decade. >> >> If other utilize different methods for this sort of thing, please share. >> >> Michael Scarce >> >> >> _________________________________ >> Michael Scarce >> Michael.Scarce(a)ucsf.edu >> >> Research Specialist >> UCSF Division of Infectious Diseases / >> Center for AIDS Prevention Studies >> 50 Beale Street, Suite 1300 >> San Francisco, CA 94105 >> >> phone (415) 597-4979 >> fax (415) 597-9213 >> >> On Jul 26, 2012, at 1:22 PM, Maria Eronen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Would anyone know what are the criteria concerning internet material's validity? Is it common that you as a researcher will be asked to prove that the material you have collected from the internet is real. Since a lot of internet data disappears everyday, mere url addresses are not enough. Even html files can be modified after saving webpages. >>> >>> I would appreciate if someone had time to answer. >>> >>> Maria >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 5 >Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:46:47 -0400 >From: "John McNutt" <mcnuttjg(a)netzero.com> >To: <andre.brock(a)gmail.com>, <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >Subject: Re: [Air-L] social change? >Message-ID: <003c01cd6ccf$d092e3d0$71b8ab70$(a)netzero.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >I think the problem is that measuring the effectiveness of social change >techniques, especially in the political arena (this is about advocacy, >right?), isn't all that easy. The link between technique > Application > >result is full of confounding variables and alternative possibilities. It >is easy to see when something happens, much more work to substantiate the >cause. > >John > > > >John G. McNutt, Professor >University of Delaware >School of Public Policy and Administration >Coordinator, MPA Nonprofit Concentration >Newark, DE 19716 >Voice:? 302.831.0765 >Fax 302.831.4425 >mcnuttjg(a)udel.edu > >UD Experts http://udapps.nss.udel.edu/experts/17480775379-John_G_McNutt >Be ashamed to die until you've won some victory for humanity-Horace Mann >Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pitiful that it has >to be us. Jerry Garcia >? >**************************************************************************** >*********** >? > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org >[mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Andr? Brock >Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 6:43 PM >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >Subject: [Air-L] social change? > >via Radhika: > > I find many usability surveys that test for how the interface is usable >or > not - but they dont necessarily test for the effectiveness of content >in > relation to conveying the social change and advocacy part ? > >This describes information science in a nutshell. Can i steal? > >Andr? >_______________________________________________ >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/ > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 6 >Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 13:50:57 -0500 >From: Andr? Brock <andre.brock(a)gmail.com> >To: John McNutt <mcnuttjg(a)netzero.com> >Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >Subject: Re: [Air-L] social change? >Message-ID: > <CACTG5woHX=hMFUf+xOUbEikUGi9vHxfZHCQVr4jnxd74AB547Q(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > >I agree that measuring social change over the short term - in any >discipline - is difficult. My issue, however, is that much of the >measuring is done ere an assessment/evaluation schema is ever applied. Why >do we (and I include myself) uncritically assume that information and The >Digital* are transformative when it comes to underrepresented groups? I >know firsthand of the difficulty; particularly when many of the underserved > are vehemently technologically determinist themselves...how do you argue >with someone's belief about their own community? > >Just once I'd lke to see some research on how The Digital* shaped the >political behaviors of wealthy donors to a GOP Super PAC. I bet we'd see a >multivariate, critical analysis of ALL the information behaviors they >brought to the table, rather than a blanket assumption that The Digital* >changed them. > >/end rant. > >Andr? >__________________________ >* "The Digital" (see 'The Sugar' as a Black euphemism for diabetes) refers >to ICTs, their content, protocols, practices, users, designers, AND >beliefs. You're welcome. > > >On Saturday, July 28, 2012, John McNutt wrote: > >> I think the problem is that measuring the effectiveness of social change >> techniques, especially in the political arena (this is about advocacy, >> right?), isn't all that easy. The link between technique > Application > >> result is full of confounding variables and alternative possibilities. It >> is easy to see when something happens, much more work to substantiate the >> cause. >> >> John >> >> >> >> John G. McNutt, Professor >> University of Delaware >> School of Public Policy and Administration >> Coordinator, MPA Nonprofit Concentration >> Newark, DE 19716 >> Voice: 302.831.0765 >> Fax 302.831.4425 >> mcnuttjg(a)udel.edu <javascript:;> >> >> UD Experts http://udapps.nss.udel.edu/experts/17480775379-John_G_McNutt >> Be ashamed to die until you've won some victory for humanity-Horace Mann >> Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pitiful that it has >> to be us. Jerry Garcia >> >> >> **************************************************************************** >> *********** >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org <javascript:;> >> [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of >> Andr? Brock >> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 6:43 PM >> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org <javascript:;> >> Subject: [Air-L] social change? >> >> via Radhika: >> >> I find many usability surveys that test for how the interface is >> usable >> or >> not - but they dont necessarily test for the effectiveness of content >> in >> relation to conveying the social change and advocacy part ? >> >> This describes information science in a nutshell. Can i steal? >> >> Andr? >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org <javascript:;> 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/ >> >> > >-- >Andre Brock >Assistant Professor - Library and Information Science/POROI >University of Iowa >Iowa City, IA 52242 > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 7 >Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 17:13:55 -0400 >From: Radhika <cyborgwati(a)gmail.com> >To: "andre.brock(a)gmail.com" <andre.brock(a)gmail.com> >Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >Subject: Re: [Air-L] social change? >Message-ID: <2A28399F-9A10-43D3-9A90-B926DC25F88E(a)gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > >Andre, > >I couldn't have said it better > >My question about he effectiveness of social advocacy campaigns online was not based in an assumption that the campaigns in themselves are beyond reproach. The assumptions behind these campaigns must be critically examined. > > >Because technology design is a product of situated values....we get to be tech deterministic. > >Because "technology" does not exist "objectively" out there.. .. We do attribute bad or good effects from it. > >This form of tech determinism is the form revealed when we approach the study from within communities that feel forced into adopting any kind of technology, because if they don't adopt it, they are told they will be "left behind". > >Users from positions of lesser power in global hierarchies cannot afford not to be technologically deterministic. > >R > >On Jul 28, 2012, at 2:50 PM, Andr? Brock <andre.brock(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I agree that measuring social change over the short term - in any >> discipline - is difficult. My issue, however, is that much of the >> measuring is done ere an assessment/evaluation schema is ever applied. Why >> do we (and I include myself) uncritically assume that information and The >> Digital* are transformative when it comes to underrepresented groups? I >> know firsthand of the difficulty; particularly when many of the underserved >> are vehemently technologically determinist themselves...how do you argue >> with someone's belief about their own community? >> >> Just once I'd lke to see some research on how The Digital* shaped the >> political behaviors of wealthy donors to a GOP Super PAC. I bet we'd see a >> multivariate, critical analysis of ALL the information behaviors they >> brought to the table, rather than a blanket assumption that The Digital* >> changed them. >> >> /end rant. >> >> Andr? >> __________________________ >> * "The Digital" (see 'The Sugar' as a Black euphemism for diabetes) refers >> to ICTs, their content, protocols, practices, users, designers, AND >> beliefs. You're welcome. >> >> >> On Saturday, July 28, 2012, John McNutt wrote: >> >>> I think the problem is that measuring the effectiveness of social change >>> techniques, especially in the political arena (this is about advocacy, >>> right?), isn't all that easy. The link between technique > Application > >>> result is full of confounding variables and alternative possibilities. It >>> is easy to see when something happens, much more work to substantiate the >>> cause. >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> John G. McNutt, Professor >>> University of Delaware >>> School of Public Policy and Administration >>> Coordinator, MPA Nonprofit Concentration >>> Newark, DE 19716 >>> Voice: 302.831.0765 >>> Fax 302.831.4425 >>> mcnuttjg(a)udel.edu <javascript:;> >>> >>> UD Experts http://udapps.nss.udel.edu/experts/17480775379-John_G_McNutt >>> Be ashamed to die until you've won some victory for humanity-Horace Mann >>> Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pitiful that it has >>> to be us. Jerry Garcia >>> >>> >>> **************************************************************************** >>> *********** >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org <javascript:;> >>> [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of >>> Andr? Brock >>> Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 6:43 PM >>> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org <javascript:;> >>> Subject: [Air-L] social change? >>> >>> via Radhika: >>> >>> I find many usability surveys that test for how the interface is >>> usable >>> or >>> not - but they dont necessarily test for the effectiveness of content >>> in >>> relation to conveying the social change and advocacy part ? >>> >>> This describes information science in a nutshell. Can i steal? >>> >>> Andr? >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org <javascript:;> 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/ >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Andre Brock >> Assistant Professor - Library and Information Science/POROI >> University of Iowa >> Iowa City, IA 52242 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >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/ > >End of Air-L Digest, Vol 96, Issue 33 >************************************* > >

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Re: [Air-L] Criteria for proving that online data (especially forumcomments) are real?
by Marj Kibby 28 Jul '12

28 Jul '12

Is there additional onus of proof for web based material? How do you prove that survey responses are real, that notes from interviews are real .... The verification is in how you frame the project and write up the results. Marj Associate Professor Marjorie Kibby, B.Ed, M.A, Ph.D, FHERDSA Director, Student Experience FEDUA Head of Discipline: Film, Media and Cultural Studies School of Humanities and Social Science The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au +61 2 49216604 >>> Maria Eronen <m85327(a)student.uwasa.fi> 27/07/12 6:24 AM >>> Hi, Would anyone know what are the criteria concerning internet material's validity? Is it common that you as a researcher will be asked to prove that the material you have collected from the internet is real. Since a lot of internet data disappears everyday, mere url addresses are not enough. Even html files can be modified after saving webpages. I would appreciate if someone had time to answer. Maria _______________________________________________ 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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Fwd: Any room for our new social software!
by laetitia le chatton 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: laetitia le chatton <laetitia.lechatton(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [Air-L] Any room for our new social software! To: Peter Gloviczki <glovi002(a)umn.edu> Hello Peter, I am glad to see the first answer from the mailing list, I am of course very willing to pursue the development of the Socrator with my team, especially as a phd student. It is too late this year for submission to the annual AOIRL conference, I will keep me updated for next submissions. Laetitia On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 2:52 PM, Peter Gloviczki <glovi002(a)umn.edu> wrote: > Good morning, Laetitia, > > Organizations like this one are a good start, you might consider > attending the AOIR yearly conference and networking with others about > your ideas. Other associations (ICA-International Communication > Association, comes to mind) would also provide you with the chance to > discuss your ideas with interested people. This software sounds > promising, and I hope you'll continue developing this work. > > Kindly, Peter > > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 5:22 AM, laetitia le chatton > <laetitia.lechatton(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear scholars, > > > > I am a freshly gradutated master student in digital culture (ex > humanistic > > informatics) from the University of Bergen in Norway. I presented a > master > > thesis describing the vision I had of a new kind of social software you > > will find different from the existing twitters, facebook and co. > > Me and my small team of engineers have been developing the Socrator : > > "Upload your idea and make it chat!" > > > > Shortly, the Socrator is a motor for conversations > > > > - some users create and store interactive conversations on any topic, > > uploading all kinds of multimedia material they find necessary to the > > conversation > > - other users are meant to have these conversations: they access this > > material by having a chat with the Socrator > > > > -Søkrat was a java desktop prototype for 2 years during the elaboration > of > > my master thesis > > -now the Socrator is becoming web technology and will have much more > > elaborated skills ( sept 2012 first version) > > > > I was wondering if any of you heard about strategies to get financial > > support in IT projects from the European Union (i am French) or from > > scandinavian governments (but the whole team leaves in Norway) > > > > Naturally; I am also open to propositions for articles or conferences > > I could use as a platform to describe the Socrator technology > > > > The student lifestyle doesn't get what big ideas are about! hehe > > Looking forward to see your answers > > private email at laetitia(a)socratons.com > > > > > > > > -- > > Laetitia > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > > > -- > Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D. > http://petergloviczki.com > -- Laetitia -- Laetitia

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Re: [Air-L] Joint Book Signing for Networked
by Andrew Herman 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Hi Marguerite (and Barry!) I am going to use the book in my 4th year Research Specialization course for our honors Comm Studies majors. Who is the appropriate contact for getting a desk copy, stat? Andrew Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Director, Graduate Program in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> Marguerite B Avery <mavery(a)MIT.EDU> 07/27/12 9:15 AM >>> Hi Barry, That's great! Take some pictures! Margy -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marguerite Avery Senior Acquisitions Editor Communications, Information Science and Science, Technology, & Society The MIT Press 55 Hayward Street Cambridge, MA 02142 | mavery(a)mit.edu | 617-253-1653 | 617-258-6779 (fax) | http://mitpress.mit.edu -----Original Message----- From: Barry Wellman [mailto:wellman@chass.utoronto.ca] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 8:48 AM To: communication and information technology section asa; aoir list Cc: Marguerite B Avery; Colleen Lanick; lee rainie; Katie Persons Subject: Joint Book Signing for Networked Rare event: BOTH Lee Rainie & me will do joint Networked book signing at Sheraton Toronto 2030 tonight after Lee's World Future Society Keynote tonight 1900. Open to public. 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 Just published: NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman. MIT Press. http://www.amazon.com/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/r… Hardbound $19; Kindle $16 http://www.amazon.ca/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/re… _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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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Joint Book Signing for Networked
by Barry Wellman 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Rare event: BOTH Lee Rainie & me will do joint Networked book signing at Sheraton Toronto 2030 tonight after Lee's World Future Society Keynote tonight 1900. Open to public. 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 Just published: NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman. MIT Press. http://www.amazon.com/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/r… Hardbound $19; Kindle $16 http://www.amazon.ca/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/re… _______________________________________________________________________

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