August 2012 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Curating Public Sphere readings discussion
by David Brake 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Dear all, In the spirit of the recent Arab Spring literature collection I and colleagues produced <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DU8AOlkTV6F0ZyoGcbk_060iBZG5tWKwj_n97EJ…> I was thinking I might try to pull together the many texts mentioned recently and commentary and make a public document to help other scholars and act as a convenient record. Any objections? Should it be limited to the texts or can I use some of the valuable commentary? If so would those who commented on texts wish to be identified and have their email addresses (suitably spam-protected) added? -- David Brake (@drbrake http://davidbrake.org/) Senior Lecturer, Journalism & Communications, University of Bedfordshire http://www.beds.ac.uk/departments/jc +44 (0) 1582 743028

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Re: [Air-L] Public Sphere Article?
by Taylor-Smith, Ella 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Hi Peter Levine's summaries are useful intros e.g. Habermas and critical theory (a primer) http://peterlevine.ws/?p=9224 John Dewey primer http://peterlevine.ws/?p=9258 where are citizens in the Capabilities Approach? http://peterlevine.ws/?p=9348 More from this series here: http://peterlevine.ws/?cat=26 -Ella Ella Taylor-Smith Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith(a)napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm @OnlineAmbition Edinburgh Napier University is one of Scotland's top universities for graduate employability. 93.2% of graduates are in work or further study within six months of leaving. The university is also proud winner of the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education 2009, awarded for innovative housing construction for environmental benefit and quality of life. This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373

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Re: [Air-L] Public Sphere article?
by Tessa Houghton 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Dear Adam, While I'm in agreement with some of the other comments in that students shouldn't be coddled, I do know that there are plenty of mature academics who shrink at the mention of delving into Habermas! And Fraser is best with a Habermasian context to respond to. I've found the following really useful as a primer for introducing students to the concept in the context of digital communication/media. No one article is comprehensive, of course, and I also agree that Papacharissi (2002) (as well as Downey & Fenton (2003) 'New media, counter publicity and the public sphere')) are useful texts, particularly given the importance of the concept of counterpublicity. Dahlgren, P. (2001). ‘The Public Sphere and the Net: Structure, Space, and Communication’ in Bennett, W.L. & Entmann, R. (eds.) (2001), *Mediated Politics: Communication in the Future of Democracy*, pp. 33-55. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Cheers, Tessa ----------------------------- Dr Tessa J. Houghton<http://www.nottingham.edu.my/Modern-Languages/People/tessa.houghton> Assistant Professor in Media and Communication School of Modern Languages and Cultures The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus<http://www.nottingham.edu.my/index.aspx> Malaysia ph: +60 3 8924 8704 e: tessa.houghton(a)nottingham.edu.my <tessa.houghton(a)gmail.com> twitter: @TidgeH <https://twitter.com/#%21/TidgeH> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:39:13 -0400 > From: Adam Fish <rawbird(a)gmail.com> > To: Mediaanthropology EASA <medianthro(a)lists.easaonline.org>, > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Public Sphere Article? > Message-ID: > <CAD-s=SzOKB5kAct3k9krUtB=3n1-BUwRQvwbMoioiugEYz= > v_w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dear List, > > I am teaching an undergraduate course on media and the public sphere > and looking for an article that introduces the public sphere. Habermas > is too dense; Nancy Fraser probably too. The article could be an > anthropological case study that frames the data in the theory of the > public sphere or a more straight theoretical article. Any ideas? > > Thank you! > > Best, > > -- > Adam Fish, PhD > Lecturer, Media Studies > Sociology Department, Lancaster University > mediacultures.org, @mediacultures > > >

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Fee waiver and Ignite-IR deadline today
by Alexander Halavais 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Just a quick reminder that if you planned to submit a proposal for the Ignite series, today (August 15, or at least before i wake up on the 16th) is your last chance. The ignite talks were a great way to get out fresh ideas last year to a large audience, and a lot of fun to watch. More details: http://ir13.aoir.org/ignite-ir/ Likewise, if you want to apply for the IR fee waiver and travel stipend, be sure to email your application today. More details: http://aoir.org/fee-waivertravel-stipend-for-ir13-0/ For those of you starting out your semesters, best of luck for the fall and I look forward to seeing you in Salford for a mid-semester break. I am already transcribing a map of the local pubs onto a silk handkerchief in case I get lost. Best, Alex -- -- // // This email is // [x] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais, ciberflâneur // http://alex.halavais.net //

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Re: [Air-L] Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools?
by Marj Kibby 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Is is possible to get access to non-public data http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Index 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 >>> Peter Timusk <ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca> 15/08/12 9:04 AM >>> Monika I am not sure how you will get the demography variables you obviously need. I use a handle to do my edits on Wikipedia. That's all you see in the edit history. Of course some like me may have a male first name in this handle or a female first name. In my legal studies BA we learned that we had to cite the first names of scholars because this allowed us to see the gender. Wikipedia do not know my gender. Unlike some paid web site that may have my credit card data and access to my gender which they could in turn share with a researcher I don't think Wikipedia have much real data about me they can share. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Monika Sengul-Jones Sent: August-14-12 6:39 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? Hello Air-L list: This summer I'm doing research on Wikipedia entries in the field of Science and Technology Studies. A central question I'm asking is the extent to which this field, as it is now on Wikipedia, includes/features/references contributions made by women, feminist theorists, and feminist theory. To answer this, I'm gathering data on existing pages using a variety of mixed methods. I would like to ask for recommendations on tools for extracting the history of editing on a page. I want to see how many times a given article has been edited, by whom, and what types of edits and content contributions are made over time. So far, I've found the "history" tool on the Wikipedia page limited. I cannot see how many edits have been made on a particular article and understanding what kinds of edits are made (e.g. grammatical, content) requires going into each historical page view. I'd love to find a way to download the history of an article and extract the data into a spreadsheet -- perhaps this is a tall order. So far, I've found tools for extracting data on Wikipedia from the Digital Methods Initiative website (which was first introduced to me by this list serve! :)). Specifically, the program History Flow is useful to an extent for visualizing types of content contributions and edits over time. But there is no way to translate these visualizations into a spreadsheet format -- as far as I can tell -- so I've been doing that manually, somehow piecing together the history of edits on an article. Meanwhile, I was recommended a tool called WikiChecker ( http://en.wikichecker.com/article/?a=science_studies) but the summary format is limited and, at times, contradictory to data I get elsewhere. If anyone has any other tools or methods to suggest for ways to collect data on content contributions and edits on Wikipedia I would be most grateful. I'd also be happy to be in conversation with anymore interested in the concept of the project. I'm working on it as a part of the FemTechNet Initiative, spearheaded by Anne Balsamo and Alexandra Juhasz. I'm not sure if information on the initiative has circulated here, so I'll paste in a copy of the "call" which took place last spring. * http://aljean.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/femtechnet-long-form-invite-may-20 12.pdf * Thank you, Monika -- Monika Sengul-Jones Graduate Student Communication & Science Studies University of California, San Diego msengul(a)ucsd.edu _______________________________________________ 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/

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IR 13: Registration reminder
by Attwood, Feona 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Just a quick reminder that our conference, IR 13: Technologies is running at MediaCity, University of Salford, UK this year 18-21 October and that early bird registration ends on 1 September. Our speakers will be Liesbet van Zoonen, Zizi Papacharissi, Daniel Miller and Terri Senft, with more speakers to be announced shortly. Please do check out the website for further details http://ir13.aoir.org<http://ir13.aoir.org<http://ir13.aoir.org/>/> Twitter: #ir13 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/internetresearch13<http://www.facebook.com/internetresearch13%3Chttps://www.facebook.com/inter>

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researcher's fantasy football league need 2 more players
by jeremy hunsinger 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Since 2005 or so... I have been running a fantasy league in relation to air-l, most of the players come from here, and this year we have two slots available for new participants, so if you'd like to join send me an email off-list. Jeremy Hunsinger Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.tmttlt.com You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. --Mark Twain

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Looking for a free Wordpress site that allows template programming
by Lois Scheidt 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

I teach an Advanced Web Site Design course for undergraduates at the community college level. I would like to give my students some experience designing for dynamic websites but I do not have that option on the college server system. To that end I am asking if anyone on the list knows of a free online Wordpress host that allows users to design their own templates? The ones I have found only allow access to a limited family of predesigned templates and do not allow editing the templates. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Lois -- Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Candidate - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com CV: http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com

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thanks to all
by Gabriella Coleman 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Hi everyone, Thanks for the great suggestions. I am only teaching one class on piracy so I could not fit most of them in but I suspect they will come in handy for me or my students in the near future. Biella

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 97, Issue 10
by Patricia Jeter 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Hi Kevin, I'm finishing up my Master program at Rutgers University. For my capstone project I tackled markers of online identity deception by doing a content analysis of comments associated with about a dozen YouTube videos. Also, about a year ago, I did an ethnographic study of the community associated with a blog so in that case I was analyzing the content of the message boards associated with the blog. I hope you find this helpful. Regards, Patti Moore-Jeter http://virtuallifeconcreteworld.wordpress.com/ -----Original Message----- > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 01:22:20 +0000 > From: Kevin G Crowston <crowston(a)syr.edu> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] What kind of data do you content analyze? > Message-ID: <868D227F-04A0-4C76-AD76-E0F5CD970616(a)syr.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > My research group is working on a tool to apply natural language processing technology to content analyze large volumes of text. Our initial use case is looking for evidence of various group processes reflected in email messages of online groups (e.g., showing appreciation). However, we want to the tool to be generally useful and so are planning to extend the tool to handle other kinds of texts. We spent some time discussing what a reasonable next target would be (e.g., generic text files, web-based discussion groups, tweets), but I thought I should solicit opinions from other researchers. Hence the question: what kind of data are you content analyzing? > > Kevin Crowston > Syracuse University Phone: +1 (315) 443-1676 > School of Information Studies Fax: +1 (815) 550-2155 > 348 Hinds Hall Web: http://crowston.syr.edu/ > Syracuse, NY 13244-4100 USA >

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