March 2013 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

school of open launches
by gene loeb 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

This is good news. Gene -- [OERU] The School of Open has launched! Inbox x Cable Green 11:26 AM (5 hours ago) to Educause, contacts, OER, OER, OER-DISCUSS, oer-university The School of Open has launched! Take a free online course on copyright, CC licenses, Wikipedia, open science, open culture, open video formats, and more at http://schoolofopen.org/. Read more about the launch at http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/37179. Please help spread the word - thank you. Cable -- Cable Green, PhD Director of Global Learning Creative Commons @cgreen <http://twitter.com/cgreen> http://creativecommons.org/educationcab<http://creativecommons.org/education> https://creativecommons.net/donat <https://creativecommons.net/donate/> With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D.

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Re: [Air-L] [CIOP] [JoCI] New Special Issue: Community Informatics and Improving Health
by gene loeb 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Hi, I thought you would be interested in this. Gene Gene Loeb, *h.D. On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:57 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Colleagues: **** > > ** ** > > The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue > at http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej. We invite you to review the > Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and > items of interest.**** > > ** ** > > Thanks for the continuing interest in our work,**** > > ** ** > > Michael Gurstein, Ph.D.**** > > Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics, Vancouver CANADA Phone > 604-602-0624 gurstein(a)gmail.com**** > > ** ** > > The Journal of Community Informatics**** > > Special Issue: Community Informatics for Improving Health Table of Contents > **** > > http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/40**** > > ** ** > > Editorial**** > > --------**** > > Overview of ICTs and Health**** > > Lareen Ann Newman**** > > ** ** > > Editorial: Community Informatics for Improving Health**** > > Michael Gurstein**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Articles**** > > --------**** > > Developing decentralised health information systems in developing > countries –cases from Sierra Leone and Kenya**** > > Edem Kwame Kossi, Johan Ivar Sæbø, Jørn > Braa, Mohamed Mumeneeh**** > > Jalloh, Ayub Manya**** > > ** ** > > Improving community health equity: the potential role for mHealth in Papua > New Guinea**** > > Belinda Jane Loring**** > > ** ** > > Capturing Qualitative Spatial Data to Understand Social Epidemiology in > Public Health**** > > William R Buckingham**** > > ** ** > > Narrating Aboriginality On-Line: Digital Storytelling, Identity and Healing > **** > > Naomi Adelson, Michelle Olding**** > > ** ** > > Decreasing Health Disparities through Technology: Building a Community > Health Website**** > > Olga Idriss Davis, Kristen Bean, Dominica > McBride**** > > ** ** > > Bridging the Digital Divide: A Bilingual Interactive Health Kiosk for > Communities Affected by Health Disparities**** > > Kristen Bean, Olga Davis, Hector Valdez**** > > ** ** > > ‘MYBus’: Young People's Mobile Health, Wellbeing and Digital Inclusion**** > > Bjorn Nansen, Kabita Chakraborty, Lisa > Gibbs, Colin MacDougall, Frank**** > > Vetere**** > > ** ** > > Concussion Information on the Move: The Role of Mobile Technology in > Concussion Management**** > > Osman Hassan Ahmed, Andy J Pulman**** > > ** ** > > With a little help from my friends: experiences of building a virtual > community for children with cancer**** > > Paula Hicks, Jane B. Grimson, Owen P. > Smith**** > > ** ** > > Impact of Internet on delivery of critical cardiac health care :**** > > Sudeepa - Banerjee**** > > ** ** > > A review on mHealth research in developing countries**** > > Wallace Chigona, Mphatso Nyemba, > Andile Metfula**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Reports**** > > --------**** > > Socio-technical approach to community health: designing and developing a > mobile care data application for home-based healthcare, in South Africa*** > * > > Retha de la Harpe, Hugo Lotriet, Dalenca > Pottas, Mikko Korpela**** > > ** ** > > Perceived Benefits Of Remote Data Capturing In Community Home-Based Care:* > *** > > The Caregivers’ Perspective**** > > Nobubele Angel Shozi, Dalenca Pottas, Nicky Mostert-Phipps > **** > > ** ** > > Health Impact Assessment of a UK Digital Health Service**** > > Sue Heather Wright, Irfan Ghani, John > Kemm, Jayne Parry**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > Points of View**** > > --------**** > > W(h)ither Community: Locating participatory approaches to ICT-enabled > health and development**** > > Ian Pringle**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ________________________________________________________________________ > The Journal of Community Informatics http://www.ci-journal.net**** > > ** ** > -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D.

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Update on simple historical Twitter hashtag searches
by Scott Rodgers 12 Mar '13

12 Mar '13

Dear Air-L, I thought I should follow up with a small but perhaps not so insignificant update on my query to the list from January (see below) where I outlined my difficulties in accessing 'historical' Twitter data, specifically a simple search of all tweets using a specific hashtag over around a two year period. Without getting too prematurely excited, it does seem that Twitter has listened to complaints that this rather basic search functionality should be provided to general users, not just big data analysis companies. Today when I searched for a specific hashtag in the ‘discover’ tab, I noticed that a user can indeed now go back (apparently) indefinitely and read all tweets using a particular hashtag. Very best, Scott On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Scott Rodgers <rodgers_scott at hotmail.com>wrote: > > Hello all, > > Apologies if I am about to jump in with a question discussed previously > (if so, I am happy to look through the archives) but I have been spending a > lot of time trying get a sense of how one can access 'historical' Twitter > data. A collaborator and I have a fairly small-scale project, for which > we'd like to look back about 2 years at maybe 1-3 specific hashtags all > related to a local neighbourhood campaign. >From what I have garnered from a > lot of looking around, the only way to get at historical data is by > purchasing services from third parties with access to the Twitter fire > hose. The problem there is that such companies only seem to offer much more > extensive services than we need - we do not need, for instance, full-scale > quantitative analytics of tweet data, mood, and the like. We simply want to > generate a list of tweets using a certain hashtag over a certain period, > for the purposes of qualitative analysis (it would be linked with > interviews and other secondary information) > . > > Any help or pointers would be much appreciated. > > Very best, > Scott Rodgers > www.publiclysited.com >

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call for participants for AOIR panel - That was Then, This is Now
by Ilana Gershon 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

We would like to have one or two more people on a panel for AOIR on social change. Please let me know if you would be interested in participating on the following panel: That was Then, This is Now This panel begins with a thought exercise.Each panelist has chosen a classic text from their home discipline and asks: what would happen if the author of that text revisited that topic today, using tools, techniques, or perspectives shaped by recent innovations in information technology and/or the digital humanities?We are building on a question that one of our panelists, the historian of computing Nathan Ensmenger, asks in his article "The Digital Construction of Technology: Rethinking the History of Computers in Society," about Bruno Latour's ground breaking ethnography of scientific practice, Laboratory Life.If Latour were to revisit the Salk Institute, what would he make of the pervasive presence of computers, computer-based instruments, and computational metaphors?How would this change the ways in which he did his research, his interpretation of the role of (increasingly digital) inscription devices, or his conclusions about the ways in which social interaction shapes the formation of scientific knowledge?Each of our panelists will perform a similar thought experiment as a starting point for thinking about the historical transformations happening both to one's object of analysis and to the practice of scholarship in the Internet era. Please keep in mind that abstracts are due March 13th. Apologies for the short notice, Ilana

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Call for Papers: GigaNet workshop on internet governance, Geneva, 17-18 May
by Roxana Radu 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

** ** *The global governance of the Internet:* *Intergovernmentalism, multistakeholderism and networks* * * *International workshop * *Geneva, Switzerland, 17-18 May 2013* *A **GigaNet* <http://giga-net.org/>* workshop, organized in cooperation with the **Programme for the Study of International Governance*<http://graduateinstitute.ch/internationalgovernance/welcome.html> * at the **Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies*<http://www.graduateinstitute.ch/> * * *Call for memos* The unprecedented growth and the fast development of the Internet have prompted new forms of interaction and collective action, generating a series of institutional changes, innovations and challenges. Following the WCIT conference in Dubai, more and more questions have been raised regarding the role and relevance of intergovernmental organizations in Internet governance. In parallel to the policy discussions on the issue, this two-day workshop proposes a series of scholarly debates on the role of intergovernmental organizations in Internet governance and on the promises and limitations of multistakeholderism. The workshop builds on the proximity to ITU's World Technology Policy Forum and the Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG) consultations for the 2013 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and aims to review current research on global Internet policy-making. We invite five-page long memos that address the role and future of different models of governance of the Internet, presenting recently completed research or work in progress. Papers from any discipline or institution, from emerging as well as established scholars, are encouraged. Key questions to be addressed include, but are not limited to, the following: · What are the long-term implications of the failure of the WCIT? Is talk of an Internet “Cold War” relevant, or misleading? · How can we assess the role of intergovernmental organizations in Internet governance? · How can cooperation between intergovernmental organizations and NGOs be structured? · What are the potential and limitations of multistakeholder models of governance? · What role do non-hierarchical networks currently play in global Internet governance, and should that role be increased or diminished? · What is the relevance of sovereignty and jurisdiction when the Internet creates cross-border harm? Extended abstracts of approximately 800 words can be submitted through the Easy Chair website<https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=giganetgeneva2013> *.** **It is expected that participants prepare 5 to 7-page long **memos **that will be circulated in advance and a 15-minute presentation on the day of the workshop.* *IMPORTANT DATES* Deadline for extended abstracts (of approx. 800 words) submission: *March 18, 2013*. Decisions will be made by March 25, 2013. Memos expected by May 3, 2013. Attendance at the workshop is free and open to all interested parties. The initial Program Committee includes: Roxana Radu, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Jean-Marie Chenou, University of Lausanne John Laprise, Program Committee Chair, GigaNet Milton Mueller, Steering Committee Chair, GigaNet Anne-Claire Jamart, Programme for the Study of International Governance, The Graduate Institute *** The Global Internet Governance Academic Network <http://giga-net.org/>(GigaNet) is a scholarly community initiated in spring 2006 in conjunction with the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF). Its four principal objectives are to: (1) support the establishment of a global network of scholars specializing in Internet governance issues; (2) promote the development of Internet governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study, (3) advance theoretical and applied research on Internet governance, broadly defined: and; (4) facilitate informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and Internet governance stakeholders (governments, international organizations, the private sector, and civil society). Alongside the annual symposium preceding the IGF, five GigaNet regional workshops have been so far held in Paris, France (2008), Brussels, Belgium (2009), Seoul, So. Korea (2009), Montreal, Canada (2010), and Washington D.C, U.S (2011). The Programme for the Study of International Governance<http://graduateinstitute.ch/internationalgovernance/welcome.html>provides a forum for scholars of governance and international organizations to interact with practitioners from the policy world in order to analyze global governance arrangements across a variety of issues. Offering a unique platform for innovative research and exchange, scholars engage with people working at the United Nations in Geneva, in addition to the many non-governmental actors working on aspects of public and private governance in international Geneva. The Programme is based at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies <http://www.graduateinstitute.ch/> -- Roxana Radu PhD Candidate in International Relations/Political Science Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement Geneva - Switzerland -- Roxana Radu PhD Candidate in International Relations/Political Science Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement Geneva - Switzerland

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Call for Participation - Digital Methods Summer School 2013
by Esther Weltevrede 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Dear all, The Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) will host its 7th annual Summer School from 24 June to 5 July 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This year's Summer School is dedicated to the challenges of studying social media data. It is organized for new media researchers (broadly conceived), and is open to (early stage) PhD candidates, advanced master's degree students, recent graduates and motivated scholars. It is a working Summer School, in that all participants work on projects, collectively conceived, that explore this year's theme. The announcement and call for participation are now online at http://www.digitalmethods.net/. Please note that the early bird application deadline is Wednesday 20 March 2013. This year's local organizers are Simeona Petkova and Natalia Sanchez, and are reachable together at info [at] digitalmethods.net or separately at simeona [at] digitalmethods.net and natalia [at] digitalmethods.net. You may drop them a line with any questions. Feel free to forward the call to interested individuals. Looking forward to your application and to the Summer School, the Digital Methods team Best wishes Esther Call for Participation - Digital Methods Summer School 2013 [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012] [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012] <http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/7535028826/> [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/7535045964/> [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/7535051156/> [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/7535058620/> [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/7535060786/> [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/7535099468/> [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012]<http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/7535134026/> [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012] [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012] <http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/7535118470/> [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012] [image: Digital Methods Summer School 2012] Digital Methods Summer School 2013: On the challenges of studying social media data New Media & Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam, 24 June - 5 July 2013 University of Amsterdam Turfdraagsterpad 9 1012 XT Amsterdam Directions and Map<https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Station+Amsterdam-Centraal,+Stationsplei…> You are not the API I used to know: On the challenges of studying social media data A set of #hashtagged tweets and @follow networks visualised to study crisis response to a natural disaster. Facebook likes, shares, comments, and liked comments tabulated over time for an activist page to study relationships between content formats and engagement. LinkedIn profile completeness percentages measured for a group of civil servants to study online grooming. Social media data are employed increasingly for work in the arts and social sciences, and are even becoming an expected research strategy alongside the fieldwork, surveys and interviews when studying contemporary states of affairs. The 2013 Digital Methods Summer School would like to examine critically the status of the findings, while at the same time reviewing and actively employing the techniques. Is there increasingly a unified approach to the study of social media data? Are there recipes and preferred tools (or utensils)? Are we still allowed to hack the graph? The question of how to study online data is increasingly a piece with how big data companies provide them. More specifically, has polling APIs supplanted scraping as the appropriate means of data collection? What are the effects of the research ethics debate on social media research practice? There are also the information graphics and data visualisations to consider. The preferred outputs mark the return of the graph visualisation, if it ever went away. What does the graph visualisation mean for the interpretation and presentation of research findings? There is also the question of what is actually being measured, apart from activity in social media. How to ground the findings? In even more online data? About "Digital Methods" as Concept Digital methods is a term coined<https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/MoreIntro> as a counter-point to virtual methods, which typically digitize existing methods and port them onto the Web. Digital methods, contrariwise, seek to learn from the methods built into the dominant devices online, and repurpose them for social and cultural research. That is, the challenge is to study both the info-web as well as the social web with the tools that organize them. There is a general protocol to digital methods. At the outset stock is taken of the natively digital objects that are available (links, tags, threads, etc.) and how devices such as search engines make use of them. Can the device techniques be repurposed, for example by remixing the digital objects they take as inputs? Once findings are made with online data, where to ground them? Is the baseline still the offline, or are findings to be grounded in more online data? About the Summer School The Digital Methods Summer School, founded in 2007 together with the Digital Methods Initiative, is directed by Professor Richard Rogers, Chair in New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. The Summer School is one training opportunity provided by the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI). DMI also has a Winter School<https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool>, which includes a mini-conference, where papers are presented and responded to. Winter School papers are often the result of Summer School projects. The Summer School is coordinated by two PhD candidates in New Media at the University of Amsterdam, or affiliates. This year the coordinators are Natalia Sanchez and Simeona Petkova both of the University of Amsterdam. The Summer School has a technical staff as well as a design staff. The Summer School also relies on a technical infrastructure of some nine servers hosting tools and storing data. Participants bring their laptops, learn method, undertake research projects, make reports, tools and graphics and write them up on the Digital Methods wiki. The Summer School concludes with final presentations. Often there are guests from non-governmental or other organizations who present their issues. For instance,Women on Waves<http://www.womenonwaves.org/> came along during the 2010 and Fair Phone <http://www.fairphone.com/> to the 2012 Summer School. Digital Methods people are currently interning at Greenpeace International and the Global Reporting Initiative<https://www.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx> . Previous Digital Methods Summer Schools, 2007-2012, https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiSummerSchool. What's it like? Digital Methods Summer School flickr stream 2012<http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/sets/72157630494878374/> The Digital Methods Initiative was founded with a grant from the Mondriaan Foundation, and the Summer School is supported by the Center for Creation, Content and Technology (CCCT), University of Amsterdam, organized by the Faculty of Science with sponsorship from Platform Beta. Applications and fees To apply for the Digital Methods Summer School 2013, please send a one-page letter explaining how digital methods training would benefit your current work, and also enclose a CV. Mark your application "DMI Training Certificate Program," and send to info [at] digitalmethods.net. The early bird application deadline is 20 March 2013. Early bird candidates will be informed on 21 March. The regular deadline for applications for the Summer School is 25 April. Notices will be sent on 26 April. Please address your application email to the Summer School coordinators, info [at] digitalmethods.net. Informal queries may be sent to Simeona, simeona [at] digitalmethods.net. The Summer School costs EUR 295 per person. Accepted applicants will be informed of the bank transfer details upon notice of acceptance to the Summer School. The fee must be paid by 24 May 2013. Housing and Accommodations The Summer School is self-catered, and there are abundant cafes and a university mensa nearby. The Digital Methods Summer School is located in the heart of Amsterdam. There are limited accommodations available to participants at reasonable rates. Please contact the local organizers for details. For those who prefer non-University accommodations, we suggest airbnb or similar. For shortest stay, there is Hotel Le Coin<http://www.lecoin.nl/indexEN.html>, where we have a university discount. Summer School Training Certificate The Digital Methods Summer School issues completion certificates to participants who follow the Summer School program, and complete a significant contribution to a Summer School project. For previous Summer School projects, see for example https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WikipediaAsASpaceOfControversy. Schedule The Summer School meets every day. Please bring your laptop. We will provide abundant connectivity. We start generally at 9:30 in the morning, and end around 5:30. There are morning talks two-three days per week. On the last Friday we have a boat trip on the canals of Amsterdam. Preparations: Online Tutorials and Lectures Digital Methods researchers have given tutorials and talks which are useful and sometimes even entertaining! Audio and Video Tutorials <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiTutorials> Social Media & User-Generated Content Twitter hashtag #dmi13 We shall have a list of summer school participants on Twitter How to do Digital Methods? Presentation materials from the 2012 Summer School There are many highlights, including a digital methods tool medley! Summerschool 2012 Presentations<https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/Summerschool2012Presentations> Together with an overview of all Summer School projects from last year: Projects 2012 <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/Dmi2012Projects> Suggestions for Evening Hangouts Amsterdam suggestions for the evenings<https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/Summerschool2012Eveninghangouts> . Digital Methods Winter School 2012 and 2013 Revisited Apart from the Summer Schools, the other opportunity for training and organized workshops (as well as presenting a paper from a project that you worked on during the Summer School) is the Winter School. The Digital Methods Winter School 2013 was concerned with the data sprint and the book sprint <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2013> (and other short-form method). The 2012 Winter School was dedicated to "Interfaces for the Cloud <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2012>" and API critique, where Metahaven, the critical Dutch design group, presented their work that actually renders the politics of the cloud. See Daniel van der Velden's article<http://www.e-flux.com/journal/captives-of-the-cloud-part-i/> (including part II<http://www.e-flux.com/journal/captives-of-the-cloud-part-iI/>). The Winter School 2013 was dedicated to short-form method<https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2013> and the book sprint. We share the book sprint expert, Adam Hyde, with his talk recorded, available online <http://data.booksprints.net/vid/>. We look forward to welcoming you to Amsterdam in the Summertime!

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Free labour in the digital age - CFP
by Eran Fisher 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Please consider submitting papers for a special issue of the Italian SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO (Sociology of Work) entitled FREE AND UNPAID WORK, GRATUITY, COLLABORATIVE ACTIVITY AND PRECARIOUSNESS: Processes of subjectivity in the age of digital The special issue will feature both Italian and English articles. Please see the CFP for details Thanks, Eran -- Eran Fisher, PhD Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication The Open University of Israel ד"ר ערן פישר המחלקה לסוציולוגיה, מדעי המדינה ותקשורת האוניברסיטה הפתוחה Forthcoming: Internet and Emotions<http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415819442/>(with Tova Benski), Routledge 2013 Media and New Capitalism in the Digital Age<http://www.amazon.com/Media-New-Capitalism-Digital-Age/dp/0230616070/ref=sr…>, Palgrave 2010 קפיטליזם בעידן התקשורת הדיגיטלית<http://www.resling.co.il/book.asp?book_id=631>, רסלינג 2011

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youth and online recruitment and interviews
by Erica Ciszek 11 Mar '13

11 Mar '13

Hi all, I am looking for resources and advice on recruitment and research with youth in online spaces. I am hoping to talk to 13-17 year old LGBTQ youth about their experiences with anti-bullying outreach efforts. I'm hoping to carry out interviews through Facebook chat, Google chat and email. I recognize that getting this study approved by the IRB at my institution will be quite the challenge. Does anyone have any suggestions or models for navigating this process? Getting parental consent won't work for this project, so I'm looking for ways to address issues of anonymity, etc. I would greatly appreciate it! All the best, Erica Ciszek Doctoral Student Graduate Teaching Fellow School of Journalism and Communication University of Oregon eciszek(a)uoregon.edu www.ericaciszek.com

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youth and online recruitment and interviews
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

Erica, This is an important topic and your study could make a real contribution. But...I know that my institution's IRB would not approve the study as you have described it. If you are interviewing youth under 18, parents must consent. I am curious about why you think parents would not give consent? Personally, I think parents want to protect their kids from bullying and their perspectives might be an interesting complement to the youth interviews and add more depth to your study. A suggestion: you might want to stick with one social media site, to simplify your process. You will also need to make sure that your study does not violate the user parameters of the community-- for recruiting or for collecting data.. This site may be of interest: http://www.ncjj.org/irb/index.asp Also, you might find chapters in Cases in Online Interview Research (2012) of interest. - Chapter 3. Case: Stranger in a Strange Land: The Challenges and Benefits of Online Interviews in the Social Networking Space Allison Deegan Allison discusses issues and challenges of a study that involved interviews conducted in Facebook using chat, with young (but over age 18) participants. - Chapter 4. Case: Interviewing in Virtual Worlds: An Application of Best Practices Jonathan Cabiria Jon was able to convince his IRB to allow (adult) participants' avatars to "sign" the informed consent, in a study about LGBT experiences in virtual worlds as compared to "real" worlds. He offers his insights into finer points of protection of digital representations of human subjects. (The book is on Amazon, print or Kindle, as well as other booksellers.) I'f be happy to chat with you if you want to contact me off list. All the best, Janet Janet Salmons Ph.D. Core Faculty, Capella University School of Business Doctoral Program and Vision2Lead, Inc. Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter at #einterview Now available as Kindle e-books: Online Interviews in Real Time and Cases in Online Interview Research PO Box 943 Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com

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'Hello World: travels in virtuality' now on Kindle
by Sue Thomas 10 Mar '13

10 Mar '13

Researchers interested in the history of virtual life in general and in LambdaMOO in particular might like to know that my 2004 book 'Hello World: travels in virtuality' is now available on Kindle (and very reasonably priced!). E-pub to follow in a few weeks. http://travelsinvirtuality.typepad.com/helloworld/ Best Sue _________ Sue Thomas Research Professor of New Media IOCT/Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities Fletcher Building De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK w: http://www.technobiophilia.com<http://www.technobiophilia.com/> Technobiophilia: Nature and Cyberspace e: sue.thomas(a)dmu.ac.uk<mailto:sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk> t: @suethomas<http://www.twitter.com/suethomas> g: +suethomas<https://plus.google.com/110733806086330324299/>

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