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epistemology, process, method, policy, generalization... not "quant or qual"
by Radhika G 09 May '14

09 May '14

Excellent reminder of primary source/context and debate, David! Trust Terri to ask the questions that lead us back to sources:) The comparison of method in the preface for that work also contrasts Moliere's so-called flat character descriptions to more complex character sketches by Cervantes and Shakespeare. I would say though that the issues raised in Malinowski's book are still relevant - in terms of epistemology. Of *how* we acquire the information and build it up as knowledge that then feeds into world views. Two points I'd like to raise: 1] if we take away the moralizing that seems implicit in "armchair" vs "hands-on" research - what might we learn from each in relation to internet research methods? I'm not sure that these are mutually exclusive if we want a larger overall picture. 2] Going back to Malinowski's issue with what he terms "armchair theorizing" should also remind us of the policy implications of the research we do - and the reason that generalizing based on partial information and developing policy that is "generalizable" is problematic. just my 2 cents. Radhika ___ http://radhikagajjala.org ____ On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 5:56 AM, David Hakken <dhakken(a)indiana.edu> wrote: > > From: Terri Senft <tsenft(a)gmail.com> > > To: Ellis Godard <egodard(a)csun.edu>, "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" > > <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Three Questions (was qual/quant and all that) > > Message-ID: > > < > CAMsrFiFto+tHkBNtMOe3ar-XzKQ8mSQE-PLz4dGMH2dASRPzkw(a)mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > > > > 3. Does anyone have an actual reason to use the term, "armchair > > theorizing?" > > > Dear Terri > I'll skip the hard questions and go for the easy one. "Armchair > theorizing" was the term used in introductory anthropology courses for the > standard 19th Century form of ethnography/ethnology, which involved > collecting information on the customs of "primitive" social formations by > sending letters to various government officials, missionaries, and traders > requesting such information, and then assembling the answers into a general > account. Sir James Frasier's _The Golden Bough_ was the usual example. This > approach was critiqued, ultimately and most famously, by Malinowski in his > _Argonauts of the Western Pacific_ (being republished now by Routledge) who > argued for actual fieldwork among the peoples of interest. This is often > referred to as the "revolution" in anthropological methods. > > David Hakken > Information Ethnographer > Professor of Social Informatics > School of Informatics and Computing > 901 E. 10th Street, #318 > Indiana University > Bloomington, IN 47408 > dhakken(a)indiana.edu > 812-856-1869 office; 812-391-2966 cell; 812-856-1995 fax > Faculty Fellow at the Department of > Computer Science and Engineering, > University of Trento, Italy > http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/research/profiles/dhakken.asp > > Trento office hours (May-mid-July) > by appointment > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 118, Issue 9
by David Hakken 09 May '14

09 May '14

> From: Terri Senft <tsenft(a)gmail.com> > To: Ellis Godard <egodard(a)csun.edu>, "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" > <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Three Questions (was qual/quant and all that) > Message-ID: > <CAMsrFiFto+tHkBNtMOe3ar-XzKQ8mSQE-PLz4dGMH2dASRPzkw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > 3. Does anyone have an actual reason to use the term, "armchair > theorizing?" > Dear Terri I'll skip the hard questions and go for the easy one. "Armchair theorizing" was the term used in introductory anthropology courses for the standard 19th Century form of ethnography/ethnology, which involved collecting information on the customs of "primitive" social formations by sending letters to various government officials, missionaries, and traders requesting such information, and then assembling the answers into a general account. Sir James Frasier's _The Golden Bough_ was the usual example. This approach was critiqued, ultimately and most famously, by Malinowski in his _Argonauts of the Western Pacific_ (being republished now by Routledge) who argued for actual fieldwork among the peoples of interest. This is often referred to as the "revolution" in anthropological methods. David Hakken Information Ethnographer Professor of Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing 901 E. 10th Street, #318 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47408 dhakken(a)indiana.edu 812-856-1869 office; 812-391-2966 cell; 812-856-1995 fax Faculty Fellow at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Trento, Italy http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/research/profiles/dhakken.asp Trento office hours (May-mid-July) by appointment

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Re: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that
by Işık Barış Fidaner 09 May '14

09 May '14

qual is academy, quant is industry, and qual/quant distinction is their divide as presently comprehended within both sides http://www.publicseminar.org/2013/12/against-social-determinism/#.U2hqAleYh… On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 1:02 AM, <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > 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. qual/quant and all that (Barry Wellman) > 2. Re: qual/quant and all that (Ellis Godard) > 3. CFP - (Charles Ess) > 4. Re: qual/quant and all that (Deller, Ruth A) > 5. Asking for readings about Digital Life (radian ye) > 6. Re: Asking for readings about Digital Life (Janna Anderson) > 7. Re: Asking for readings about Digital Life (M.E. Luka) > 8. CFC: Workshop: Paratext in Digital Culture: Is Paratext > Becoming the Story? University of Bergen 28-29 August 2014 > (Jill Walker Rettberg) > 9. New book: Open Standards and the Digital Age (Andrew Russell) > 10. Re: qual/quant and all that (Ellis Godard) > 11. Looking for the data about google's market share in the > search engine market (Sung Wook Ji) > 12. Re: Looking for the data about google's market share in the > search engine market (Jeanine Finn) > 13. Ebook: digital politics guide for 2014 (Colin Delany) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 18:09:23 -0400 > From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > Message-ID: > <Pine.SGI.4.64.1405071806140.13558489(a)origin.chass.utoronto.ca> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > I am disappointed in the implicit assumption that folks are either qual or > quant. > > When I had influence in the Toronto Sociology dept, I helped lead the way > to ensure all grad students took a basic stats course and a basic > ethnography course. They don't have to use both, but they have to be > literate readers of both, and not shy away from use in fear or ignorance. > > I continue to think it is the only way forward for serious IR scholarship > > Barry Wellman, who was doing "mixed methods" before it was called that. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder > Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building > 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman > NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen > NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman > MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 > Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 15:39:53 -0700 > From: Ellis Godard <egodard(a)csun.edu> > To: 'Barry Wellman' <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca>, 'aoir list' > <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > Message-ID: <030f01cf6a45$44ad4ed0$ce07ec70$@edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I'm less interested in the methods folks employ than in their epistemology > about their methods. Many ideas - that numbers are bad, that science is > evil, that "positivism" is dead, etc. - are pollutive nonsense that > perpetuate a qual/quant distinction that's partly spurious. Numbers are > great, as is exploratory work that can't quite yet be subjected to > quantification. Ethnographers can count things, and we can count things > about ethnographies. Kumbaya. > -eg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Barry Wellman > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 3:09 PM > To: aoir list > Subject: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > > I am disappointed in the implicit assumption that folks are either qual or > quant. > > When I had influence in the Toronto Sociology dept, I helped lead the way > to > ensure all grad students took a basic stats course and a basic ethnography > course. They don't have to use both, but they have to be literate readers > of > both, and not shy away from use in fear or ignorance. > > I continue to think it is the only way forward for serious IR scholarship > > Barry Wellman, who was doing "mixed methods" before it was called that. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder > Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building > 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman > NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen > NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman > MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 > Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 > ________________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > 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: Thu, 08 May 2014 06:44:11 +0200 > From: Charles Ess <charles.ess(a)gmail.com> > To: Air list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] CFP - > Message-ID: <CF90D83B.8F533%charles.ess(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > > Dear AoIRists, > > On behalf of the conference organizers - please distribute as you judge > best. > - charles ess > == > > Call for Papers > INAUGURAL VOX-POL CONFERENCE: ?VIOLENT ONLINE POLITICAL EXTREMISM: SETTING > A RESEARCH AGENDA? > > WHEN: August 28 ? August 29, 2014 a > WHERE: King?s College London > > The VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (NoE) is an EU-funded academic research > network focused on researching the prevalence, contours, functions, and > impacts of Violent Online Political Extremism and responses to it. > > The inaugural VOX-Pol conference will be held at King?s College London on > 28-29 August 2014, and will feature panels and papers describing and > discussing cutting-edge research on violent extremism and the Internet, > and addressing frontiers in social science methodologies for this > research. The conference will include hands-on workshops on using > free/open-source software packages for social network analysis, content > analysis, and data collection. > > Perspectives from any academic discipline are welcome, particularly: > communications, computer science, cultural studies, information science, > international relations, internet studies, law, media studies, philosophy, > political science, psychology, and sociology. > > The following topics are of particular interest: > - - Online radicalisation; > - - The Internet and recruitment into violent political > extremist groups; > - - Methodologies for terrorism-related Internet research; > - - Network analysis and violent online political extremism; > - - The content and functioning of violent political extremist > Internet forums; > - - The role of video in violent online political extremism; > - - Children/youth, violent extremism, and new media; > - - Women/gender, violent extremism, and new media; > - - Sexual orientation, violent extremism and new media; > - - Case studies of particular groups? use of new media (e.g. > al-Qaeda and related, FARC, Hamas, Hizbollah, dissident Irish Republicans, > Neo-Nazis, etc.); > - - Case studies of the manifestation(s) and workings of violent > political extremism on specific online platforms (e.g. Facebook, Flickr, > Twitter, YouTube, etc.); > - - Policy/legislative responses to violent online political > extremism; > - - Critical responses to research on, reporting of, and > governmental responses to the conjunction of violent extremism and the > Internet; > - - Ethical issues surrounding online extremism-related > research. > - We welcome papers or panel proposals in all these areas, > particularly where they report significant new results. Innovative > methodological papers are especially welcome. > Authors of individual papers should submit a 300-word abstract at our > proposal submission page, > https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vope2014 by 16 May 2014. Panel > proposals should include a 200-word abstract and confirmed list of min. 3 > panelists.A selection of papers will be considered for publication in the > journals Policy and Internet, and Perspectives on Terrorism. > > > Deadlines > - Abstract deadline: 300 words to be submitted by 16 May 2014 > - Registration: from 14 April 2014 > - Decision on abstracts: 16 June 2014 > - Registration Deadline: 14 August 2014 ? no on-site registration > - Early bird registration deadline: 13 July 2014 > > Travel Funding > The conference organisers are able to provide a number of travel grants > for PhD students, early career researchers, end-users, and colleagues from > the developing world. Support may be requested for registration fees, > transportation, and accommodation. Further details will be provided when > decisions are made on selected papers. > > > For more information, visit http://www.voxpol.eu <http://www.voxpol.eu/>; > for conference-related queries, email conference(a)voxpol.eu. > > Dr. Maura Conway > Senior Lecturer in International Security > School of Law and Government > Dublin City University > Glasnevin > Dublin 9 > Ireland > Tel. +353 1 700 6472 > E-Mail. maura.conway(a)dcu.ie > Skype. galwaygrrl > Twitter: @galwaygrrl > Website: http://doras.dcu.ie/view/people/Conway,_Maura.html > ********** > VOX-Pol Project on Violent Online Political Extremism > Website: http://www.voxpol.eu <http://www.voxpol.eu/> > > Twitter: @VOX_Pol > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 09:32:35 +0000 > From: "Deller, Ruth A" <R.A.Deller(a)shu.ac.uk> > To: 'aoir list' <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > Message-ID: > <D613DA7973AF0E4985AF66F86C4A09F8F919D39F(a)kidney.hallam.shu.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I think I may have accidentally started something I didn't mean to! When > I mentioned stats as an example in my email to the list a couple of days > ago, it wasn't my intention to start a quantitative vs qualitative debate, > I was just using it as a (perhaps extreme) example of how you might be > assigned papers to review that are out of your comfort zone - really as a > response to Jill's suggestion of people identifying their disciplinary > backgrounds in the submissions process because she discussed wishing she'd > been able to review more Humanities papers and submit in a format more > comfortable to Humanities scholars -it was never meant to be a statement > about quant vs qual vs mixed-methods or anything like that! > > Ruth > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto: > air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ellis Godard > Sent: 07 May 2014 23:40 > To: 'Barry Wellman'; 'aoir list' > Subject: Re: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > > I'm less interested in the methods folks employ than in their epistemology > about their methods. Many ideas - that numbers are bad, that science is > evil, that "positivism" is dead, etc. - are pollutive nonsense that > perpetuate a qual/quant distinction that's partly spurious. Numbers are > great, as is exploratory work that can't quite yet be subjected to > quantification. Ethnographers can count things, and we can count things > about ethnographies. Kumbaya. > -eg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Barry Wellman > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 3:09 PM > To: aoir list > Subject: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > > I am disappointed in the implicit assumption that folks are either qual or > quant. > > When I had influence in the Toronto Sociology dept, I helped lead the way > to ensure all grad students took a basic stats course and a basic > ethnography course. They don't have to use both, but they have to be > literate readers of both, and not shy away from use in fear or ignorance. > > I continue to think it is the only way forward for serious IR scholarship > > Barry Wellman, who was doing "mixed methods" before it was called that. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder > Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building > 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman > NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen > NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman > MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 > Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 > ________________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > 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: Thu, 8 May 2014 17:58:56 +0800 > From: radian ye <radianye(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about Digital Life > Message-ID: > < > CAEfxYybXoPGCyxXBhdHo0qgzWd70dCoD5VmkfpFMHYsd39TZVw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, everyone. I'm preparing for a course about "digital life". Can you > recommend me some books/papers/online materials? > Especially focusing in the following perspectives: > > 1) human behavior, everyday life and information society > 2) the growing importance of ICTs, social and environmental capital in > profiling the competitiveness of cities, in other words, smart home and > smart city > > Thanks in advance. > > ------------------------------- > WeiMing YE > School of Humanities & Social Sciences B402 > Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School > University Town, Nanshan District > Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China > TEL: 86-755-26032170 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 12:05:03 +0000 > From: Janna Anderson <andersj(a)elon.edu> > To: radian ye <radianye(a)gmail.com>, "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" > <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about Digital Life > Message-ID: <CF90E92F.3F39C%andersj(a)elon.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Lee Rainie and I just published a research report for Pew Research and > Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center in March 2014 gathering > and analyzing the opinions of hundreds of experts tied to their > expectations for the evolution of digital life by 2025. Of course, what a > survey like this does is measure people's current attitudes about today's > trends and their likely extrapolation. > > The "Digital Life in 2025" report is freely available online at the > following links: > > The PDF - > http://www.elon.edu/docs/e-web/imagining/surveys/2014_survey/PEW-Elon%20DIg > ital%20Life%20in%202025_Report%20I%203-11-14.pdf > > The Imagining the Internet site for the report ? with much more additional > content, including nearly all respondents' full responses in two > qualitative data sets that could be further studied and analyzed by other > researchers - > http://www.elon.edu/e-web/imagining/surveys/2014_survey/2025_Internet_Impac > t.xhtml > > The Pew Research site on the report - > http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/03/11/digital-life-in-2025/ > > We will be publishing seven more reports this year based on the data > gathered from seven additional questions in the same survey. The next > report - on expectations regarding the development and impacts the > Internet/Cloud of Things and wearable computing - is likely to be > published in May. > > Thank you to the many AoIR members who shared their wisdom in this survey. > > Best regards, > Janna > > > -- > Janna Quitney Anderson > Director, Imagining the Internet Center > www.imaginingtheinternet.org > Associate Professor > School of Communications > Elon University > > andersj(a)elon.edu > Twitter: @JannaQ https://twitter.com/JANNAQ > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jannaanderson > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/janna.anderson > > > > > > On 5/8/14 5:58 AM, "radian ye" <radianye(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >Hi, everyone. I'm preparing for a course about "digital life". Can you > >recommend me some books/papers/online materials? > >Especially focusing in the following perspectives: > > > >1) human behavior, everyday life and information society > >2) the growing importance of ICTs, social and environmental capital in > >profiling the competitiveness of cities, in other words, smart home and > >smart city > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > >------------------------------- > >WeiMing YE > >School of Humanities & Social Sciences B402 > >Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School > >University Town, Nanshan District > >Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China > >TEL: 86-755-26032170 > >_______________________________________________ > >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: 7 > Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 09:22:31 -0300 > From: "M.E. Luka" <meluka(a)gmail.com> > To: Janna Anderson <andersj(a)elon.edu> > Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about Digital Life > Message-ID: > < > CA+7ZVt51+GObMn9XN7viXCqhO-CzN7FAvrBeRE0JWc7wwHPt8w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > That's a great collection of linked reports. Thanks for sharing it. > > ME > > Mary Elizabeth Luka > Vanier Canada Graduate Scholar | HASTAC Scholar | PhD Candidate (ABD) > Joint Program in Communication, Concordia University > > twitter | instagram: meluka01 > linkedin: *http://www.linkedin.com/in/maryelizabethluka > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/maryelizabethluka>* > email: meluka(a)gmail.com | mobile: +1-902-292-9957 > web: http://moreartculturemediaplease.com > > > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Janna Anderson <andersj(a)elon.edu> wrote: > > > Lee Rainie and I just published a research report for Pew Research and > > Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center in March 2014 gathering > > and analyzing the opinions of hundreds of experts tied to their > > expectations for the evolution of digital life by 2025. Of course, what a > > survey like this does is measure people's current attitudes about today's > > trends and their likely extrapolation. > > > > The "Digital Life in 2025" report is freely available online at the > > following links: > > > > The PDF - > > > http://www.elon.edu/docs/e-web/imagining/surveys/2014_survey/PEW-Elon%20DIg > > ital%20Life%20in%202025_Report%20I%203-11-14.pdf > > > > The Imagining the Internet site for the report ? with much more > additional > > content, including nearly all respondents' full responses in two > > qualitative data sets that could be further studied and analyzed by other > > researchers - > > > http://www.elon.edu/e-web/imagining/surveys/2014_survey/2025_Internet_Impac > > t.xhtml > > > > The Pew Research site on the report - > > http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/03/11/digital-life-in-2025/ > > > > We will be publishing seven more reports this year based on the data > > gathered from seven additional questions in the same survey. The next > > report - on expectations regarding the development and impacts the > > Internet/Cloud of Things and wearable computing - is likely to be > > published in May. > > > > Thank you to the many AoIR members who shared their wisdom in this > survey. > > > > Best regards, > > Janna > > > > > > -- > > Janna Quitney Anderson > > Director, Imagining the Internet Center > > www.imaginingtheinternet.org > > Associate Professor > > School of Communications > > Elon University > > > > andersj(a)elon.edu > > Twitter: @JannaQ https://twitter.com/JANNAQ > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jannaanderson > > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/janna.anderson > > > > > > > > > > > > On 5/8/14 5:58 AM, "radian ye" <radianye(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >Hi, everyone. I'm preparing for a course about "digital life". Can you > > >recommend me some books/papers/online materials? > > >Especially focusing in the following perspectives: > > > > > >1) human behavior, everyday life and information society > > >2) the growing importance of ICTs, social and environmental capital in > > >profiling the competitiveness of cities, in other words, smart home and > > >smart city > > > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > > > >------------------------------- > > >WeiMing YE > > >School of Humanities & Social Sciences B402 > > >Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School > > >University Town, Nanshan District > > >Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China > > >TEL: 86-755-26032170 > > >_______________________________________________ > > >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: 8 > Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 14:15:03 +0000 > From: Jill Walker Rettberg <Jill.Walker.Rettberg(a)lle.uib.no> > To: list list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] CFC: Workshop: Paratext in Digital Culture: Is > Paratext Becoming the Story? University of Bergen 28-29 August 2014 > Message-ID: <0D3582D2-0787-4293-AAE1-5F02AB5E2266(a)lle.uib.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Workshop: > Paratext in Digital Culture: > Is Paratext Becoming the Story? > > University of Bergen > 28-29 August 2014 > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS > > In december 2012, a one-day workshop Exploring Paratexts in Digital > Contexts was organized at the University of Bergen by the Digital Culture > Research Group. The point of departure of this first workshop was > paratextual theory as it was first articulated by G?rard Genette in 1987 > (Seuils / English translation Paratexts. Thresholds of Interpretation > 1997). This event was followed by the book Examining Paratextual Theory and > its Applications in Digital Culture edited by Nadine Desrochers and Daniel > Apollon (forthcoming Spring 2014). These two initiatives have revealed a > strong interest in the academic community for appraising the potential and > limits of paratextual theory in digital culture. > > The Digital Culture and Electronic Literature Research Groups at UiB > invite potential contributors and attendants to a new workshop Pasts, > Presents and Futures of Paratext in Digital Culture: Is Paratext Becoming > the Story? The goal of this workshop is to share ongoing research on > paratextual devices, functions and strategies in digital culture and > brainstorm about new research opportunities. The participants will explore > further how paratext and related concepts may contribute to a better > understanding of the nature and function of digital objects. > > KEYWORDS > paratextual theory, paratext, digital culture, digital objects, digital > literacy, multiliteracy, multimedia, digital content, electronic > literature, digital art, remediation, digital materiality, ebooks, text > technology, metadata, markup. > > HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WORKSHOP? > > The submission and acceptance of an abstract is required. Attending > participants without presentation are also welcome. This workshop is opened > to all interested. Feel free to spread this call to whom may be interested. > > > REGISTRATION INFO > > Organizer > : > Digital Culture Research Group and > Electronic Literature Research Group > > Dpt. of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies > > Faculty of Humanities > University of Bergen , Norway > > Workshop Advisory Committee > Nadine Desrochers, UdeM, EBSI, Montr?al > > Scott Rettberg, UiB Digital Culture > > Patricia Tomaszek, UiB Digital Culture > > Jill Walker Rettberg, UiB Digital Culture > > Daniel Apollon, UiB Digital Culture > > Date > Workshop start: 28 August 2014 09H00 > > Workshop end: 29 August 2014 13h00 > > Location: > University of Bergen > , Humanities Faculty, HF-bygget, > Sydnesplassen 7, > 5007 Bergen, Norway > > Participation is open to: > > Participants with accepted abstract > > Participants only interested in attending the workshop > > > Contributions welcomed > : > - Short oral presentation of maximum 20 minutes followed by a 10 minute > discussion (abstract between 300 and 800 words). > - Book or chapter presentation by author(s) or editor(s) of maximum 15 > minutes followed by a 5-minute discussion (required: book description > maximum one page and /or copy of brochure in PDF format). > - Presentation of resources, metadata tools and technologies 20 minutes > followed by a 10-minute discussion (abstract between 300 and 800 words). > > Cost > : > > Participation in the workshop is free to all. > Participants will cover their own travel and lodging expenses. > Food and beverages will be provided during the workshop. > > A dinner will be offered by the University of Bergen to contributing > participants Thursday evening 28 > Review form: > > Submitted abstracts will be reviewed for acceptance by the Workshop > Advisory Committee. > > To register to the workshop: > > 1. Download the workshop package at > : > > > https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4MkGfaDvQfxVXZqZzBOQklJMlE&usp=sha… > > > 2. Email your registration form and your abstract (two MS Word documents) > to Daniel.Apollon(a)uib.no DEADLINE June 5, 2014 > > > IMPORTANT DATES > Deadline for abstract submission : 5 June > Notification of acceptance: 20 June > Preliminary program: 21 June > Final registration of attending non-contributing participants: 7 August > Arrival of participants: 27 August > Workshop start: 28 August 09h00 > Workshop end: 29 August 13h00 > Business meeting(for those who would like to discuss future research > collaboration):29 august 15h00-17h00 > > > CONTACT > : > Daniel Apollon > > Digital Culture Research Group > > Dpt. of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies > > University of Bergen > > Postal address: PB 7805, 5020 BERGEN, Norway > > Office address: Room 349, HF-bygget Sydnesplassen 7, 5007 Bergen > > Phone: +47 55 58 24 27 > > Mobile: (+47) 480 45 347 > > Email: Daniel.Apollon(a)uib.no > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 10:20:24 -0400 > From: Andrew Russell <arussell(a)stevens.edu> > To: AoIR mailing list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] New book: Open Standards and the Digital Age > Message-ID: <0A3D1E2A-17EA-419A-AD57-4E83CB6EC792(a)stevens.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Hi everyone - > > I?m writing to add my voice to the chorus of our colleagues who, following > list custom, have proudly/sheepishly announced the publication of their > books! My own book is now available: > > Andrew L. Russell > Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks > (Cambridge University Press, 2014) > available in paperback, hardcover, and e-book formats > http://www.arussell.org/open > > How did openness become a foundational value for the networks of the > twenty-first century? > > Open Standards and the Digital Age answers this question through an > interdisciplinary history of information networks that pays close attention > to the politics of standardization. For much of the twentieth century, > information networks such as the monopoly Bell System and the American > military's Arpanet were closed systems subject to centralized control. In > the 1970s and 1980s, however, engineers in the United States and Europe > experimented with design strategies to create new digital networks. In the > process, they embraced discourses of "openness" to describe their > ideological commitments to entrepreneurship, technological innovation, and > participatory democracy. > > The rhetoric of openness has flourished - for example, in movements for > open government, open source software, and open access publishing - but > such rhetoric also obscures the ways the Internet and other "open" systems > still depend heavily on hierarchical forms of control. > > > Contents: > 1. Introduction > 2. Ideological origins of open standards I: telegraph and engineering > standards, 1860s?1900s > 3. Ideological origins of open standards II: American standards, > 1910s?1930s > 4. Standardization and the monopoly Bell System, 1880s?1930s > 5. Critiques of centralized control, 1930s?1970s > 6. International standards for the convergence of computers and > communications, 1960s?1970s > 7. Open systems and the limits of democratic design, 1970s?1980s > 8. The Internet and the advantages of autocratic design, 1970s?1990s > 9. Conclusions: open standards and an open world. > > > I hope you enjoy it! If anyone is interested in a review copy, please > contact me or Frances Bajet (fbajet(a)cambridge.org) > > Best regards, > > Andy > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D. > Director, Program in Science & Technology Studies > Associate Professor, History > College of Arts & Letters > Stevens Institute of Technology > Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 > > t. 201-216-5400 || f. 201-216-8245 > arussell(a)stevens.edu || @RussellProf > www.stevens.edu/cal/sts || www.arussell.org > > Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks > (Now available from Cambridge University Press, Amazon.com, and elsewhere) > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 08:14:42 -0700 > From: Ellis Godard <egodard(a)csun.edu> > To: "'Deller, Ruth A'" <R.A.Deller(a)shu.ac.uk>, 'aoir list' > <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > Message-ID: <049f01cf6ad0$3d4c5bf0$b7e513d0$@edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Unintended consequences are a natural part of conversation - asides, > reminders, etc. :) > > I can understand both the suggestion from you that folks might hesitate at > something too statistical and Barry's critique of the idea that someone > would be only a quant or qual person. Partly, it's a disciplinary > difference: You're in Communications (and I've taught methods courses in > such departments, where quant skills are narrower) and he's in Sociology > (my > own discipline, rife with riffs about qual vs quant). > > But to the extent there's tension between the two ideas, you win: Reviewers > should have a level of expertise in what they're reviewing that exceeds the > baseline literacy level Barry thinks all Soc students should have. > > -eg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Deller, > Ruth A > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 2:33 AM > To: 'aoir list' > Subject: Re: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > > I think I may have accidentally started something I didn't mean to! When I > mentioned stats as an example in my email to the list a couple of days ago, > it wasn't my intention to start a quantitative vs qualitative debate, I was > just using it as a (perhaps extreme) example of how you might be assigned > papers to review that are out of your comfort zone - really as a response > to > Jill's suggestion of people identifying their disciplinary backgrounds in > the submissions process because she discussed wishing she'd been able to > review more Humanities papers and submit in a format more comfortable to > Humanities scholars -it was never meant to be a statement about quant vs > qual vs mixed-methods or anything like that! > > Ruth > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ellis Godard > Sent: 07 May 2014 23:40 > To: 'Barry Wellman'; 'aoir list' > Subject: Re: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > > I'm less interested in the methods folks employ than in their epistemology > about their methods. Many ideas - that numbers are bad, that science is > evil, that "positivism" is dead, etc. - are pollutive nonsense that > perpetuate a qual/quant distinction that's partly spurious. Numbers are > great, as is exploratory work that can't quite yet be subjected to > quantification. Ethnographers can count things, and we can count things > about ethnographies. Kumbaya. > -eg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Barry Wellman > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 3:09 PM > To: aoir list > Subject: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > > I am disappointed in the implicit assumption that folks are either qual or > quant. > > When I had influence in the Toronto Sociology dept, I helped lead the way > to > ensure all grad students took a basic stats course and a basic ethnography > course. They don't have to use both, but they have to be literate readers > of > both, and not shy away from use in fear or ignorance. > > I continue to think it is the only way forward for serious IR scholarship > > Barry Wellman, who was doing "mixed methods" before it was called that. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder > Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building > 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman > NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen > NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman > MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 > Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 > ________________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ > 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: 11 > Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 13:14:40 -0400 > From: Sung Wook Ji <jis(a)umail.iu.edu> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Looking for the data about google's market share in > the search engine market > Message-ID: > <CAJc46eLZMjJcfrxZb5DgXkp7ds+Df3V_AuiMkq4u+Zbe= > 6Y4Eg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi everyone. This is my first post to Air-L. > > I've been trying to find the data about the market share of Google in the > search engine market. > > Can anyone let me know where can I find the country-specific Google's > market share in the search engine market (from 2007 to 2012)? > > Thank you > > Best regards, > > > Sung Wook Ji > > Visiting Assistant Professor > Dept. of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media > Michigan State University > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 12:22:08 -0500 > From: Jeanine Finn <jefinn(a)ischool.utexas.edu> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Looking for the data about google's market share > in the search engine market > Message-ID: <4B3672EC-B6CD-4027-8B6F-E4ABF1D960DC(a)ischool.utexas.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > comScore is the usual go-to for the latest data on this, I believe: > > > http://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press_Releases/2014/4/comScore_Releases_Ma… > > They post press releases with the US data, but I think they have other > country data deeper in the site. > > Search Engine Watch is another good source - maybe better for historical > data: http://searchenginewatch.com > > Best, > Jeanine > > > <----------------------------------------------------> > Jeanine Finn > Doctoral Student > School of Information > University of Texas at Austin > jefinn(a)ischool.utexas.edu > https://www.ischool.utexas.edu/~jefinn/ > > > > > > > On May 8, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Sung Wook Ji <jis(a)umail.iu.edu> wrote: > > > Hi everyone. This is my first post to Air-L. > > > > I've been trying to find the data about the market share of Google in the > > search engine market. > > > > Can anyone let me know where can I find the country-specific Google's > > market share in the search engine market (from 2007 to 2012)? > > > > Thank you > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Sung Wook Ji > > > > Visiting Assistant Professor > > Dept. of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media > > Michigan State University > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: 13 > Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 16:05:39 -0400 (EDT) > From: Colin Delany <cpd(a)epolitics.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Ebook: digital politics guide for 2014 > Message-ID: <1199083598.10991300.1399579539147.JavaMail.root(a)his.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi folks, my first post here as well, after soaking up information from > y'all for a while, and it's about another book! The latest version of my > ebook/guide to digital politics is out and available on Amazon (for Kindle > and other e-readers) and as a PDF on Epolitics.com (free or > pay-what-you-like). The title: "How to Use the Internet to Win in 2014: A > Comprehensive Guide to Online Politics for Campaigns & Advocates." > > Earlier versions (for 2010 and 2012) have been used in undergrad and grad > classes as well as by political campaigns and advocacy groups, and this > edition covers every significant aspect of online politics in 2014, > including political data, social media, email fundraising, targeted > advertising, online-enabled field organizing, budgets and staffing and much > more. Here's a link to details, a chapter list and download info: > http://www.epolitics.com/WinningIn2014 > > I hope this community finds it useful! Students are encouraged to download > the free version, of course. > > --cpd > > > Colin Delany > Epolitics.com -- digital strategy for politics and advocacy > http://www.epolitics.com > 202-422-4682 > cpd(a)epolitics.com > @epolitics > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > 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 118, Issue 8 > ************************************* >

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Re: [Air-L] Three Questions (was qual/quant and all that)
by Terri Senft 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hi Gang, I'm in the middle of writing up something longer about these issues, but I want to toss out three questions that have been eating at me: 1. Do members of this organization understand how parameters of rigorous scholarship are determined in the Humanities? Do they understand how these parameters overlap with social and hard sciences--and how they diverge from them? If your answer to either of these questions is "No," then we all need to talk before anyone agrees to review a paper that signals 'humanities' in its abstract. Btw, for those with institutional memory, this was a similar discussion AoIR had with folks more versed in hard science protocols who didn't understand why our work didn't look like a CHI submission. 2. Do we really believe that "mixed methods" only refers to a combination of quantitative and qualitative work? Because I didn't get that memo, and I'm not sure anyone else working into interdisciplinary fields has, ether. Yet every time someone speaks to this point, we go down this some over-worked territory. God forbid we ever get to stuff like video analysis plus network analysis plus user experience testing plus journaling from a phenomenological standpoint plus exit polling. We'll just leave that work to the 21 year olds hanging on YouTube trying to assess whether the medium is working for them as budding stars. Oh, and by the way, Ruth Deller works in the UK, so please don't assume how other fields are structured (in this case communications) based on your experiences in the U.S. It's inaccurate and can come off as well, a little patronizing. 3. Does anyone have an actual reason to use the term, "armchair theorizing?" This is the second time that term has popped up on this list, and I'm keen to learn its meaning. As it stands, it strikes me as the equivalent as "dumb ass grant securing chart making." Now we've both launched insults at entire fields with no data. More soon, but honestly, friends. Can we stop with the straw men and try and actually get back to the things being brought up by Jill earlier? Frustrated but always with love for all, Terri On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Ellis Godard <egodard(a)csun.edu> wrote: > Unintended consequences are a natural part of conversation - asides, > reminders, etc. :) > > I can understand both the suggestion from you that folks might hesitate at > something too statistical and Barry's critique of the idea that someone > would be only a quant or qual person. Partly, it's a disciplinary > difference: You're in Communications (and I've taught methods courses in > such departments, where quant skills are narrower) and he's in Sociology > (my > own discipline, rife with riffs about qual vs quant). > > But to the extent there's tension between the two ideas, you win: Reviewers > should have a level of expertise in what they're reviewing that exceeds the > baseline literacy level Barry thinks all Soc students should have. > > -eg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Deller, > Ruth A > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 2:33 AM > To: 'aoir list' > Subject: Re: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > > I think I may have accidentally started something I didn't mean to! When I > mentioned stats as an example in my email to the list a couple of days ago, > it wasn't my intention to start a quantitative vs qualitative debate, I was > just using it as a (perhaps extreme) example of how you might be assigned > papers to review that are out of your comfort zone - really as a response > to > Jill's suggestion of people identifying their disciplinary backgrounds in > the submissions process because she discussed wishing she'd been able to > review more Humanities papers and submit in a format more comfortable to > Humanities scholars -it was never meant to be a statement about quant vs > qual vs mixed-methods or anything like that! > > Ruth > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ellis Godard > Sent: 07 May 2014 23:40 > To: 'Barry Wellman'; 'aoir list' > Subject: Re: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > > I'm less interested in the methods folks employ than in their epistemology > about their methods. Many ideas - that numbers are bad, that science is > evil, that "positivism" is dead, etc. - are pollutive nonsense that > perpetuate a qual/quant distinction that's partly spurious. Numbers are > great, as is exploratory work that can't quite yet be subjected to > quantification. Ethnographers can count things, and we can count things > about ethnographies. Kumbaya. > -eg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Barry Wellman > Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 3:09 PM > To: aoir list > Subject: [Air-L] qual/quant and all that > > I am disappointed in the implicit assumption that folks are either qual or > quant. > > When I had influence in the Toronto Sociology dept, I helped lead the way > to > ensure all grad students took a basic stats course and a basic ethnography > course. They don't have to use both, but they have to be literate readers > of > both, and not shy away from use in fear or ignorance. > > I continue to think it is the only way forward for serious IR scholarship > > Barry Wellman, who was doing "mixed methods" before it was called that. > _______________________________________________________________________ > > NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder > Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building > 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman > NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen > NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman > MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 > Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 > ________________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- <http://goog_689013053> <http://goog_689013053> Dr. Theresa M. Senft Global Liberal Studies Program School of Arts & Sciences New York University 726 Broadway NY NY 10003 home: *www.terrisenft.net <http://goog_689013053>* (needs a serious updating) facebook: www.facebook.com/theresa.senft twitter: @terrisenft

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Digital Life
by Barry Wellman 08 May '14

08 May '14

Dear Prof. Ye, I will proudly suggest Lee Rainie & my Networked book, which puts digital life into context, from family to work to creativity. It's now out in English (at a low cost) and Italian, it will come out in Mandarin in 2015, and is coming out in June in Korean. Many courses have used it, and any course that orders 20+, gets either me or Lee Rainie (the head of Pew Internet) to skype in for an hour's lecture. If you order 100, you get both of us. The Amazon.com URL is below. Good luck in your course Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 ________________________________________________________________________

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Ebook: digital politics guide for 2014
by Colin Delany 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hi folks, my first post here as well, after soaking up information from y'all for a while, and it's about another book! The latest version of my ebook/guide to digital politics is out and available on Amazon (for Kindle and other e-readers) and as a PDF on Epolitics.com (free or pay-what-you-like). The title: "How to Use the Internet to Win in 2014: A Comprehensive Guide to Online Politics for Campaigns & Advocates." Earlier versions (for 2010 and 2012) have been used in undergrad and grad classes as well as by political campaigns and advocacy groups, and this edition covers every significant aspect of online politics in 2014, including political data, social media, email fundraising, targeted advertising, online-enabled field organizing, budgets and staffing and much more. Here's a link to details, a chapter list and download info: http://www.epolitics.com/WinningIn2014 I hope this community finds it useful! Students are encouraged to download the free version, of course. --cpd Colin Delany Epolitics.com -- digital strategy for politics and advocacy http://www.epolitics.com 202-422-4682 cpd(a)epolitics.com @epolitics

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Looking for the data about google's market share in the search engine market
by Sung Wook Ji 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hi everyone. This is my first post to Air-L. I've been trying to find the data about the market share of Google in the search engine market. Can anyone let me know where can I find the country-specific Google's market share in the search engine market (from 2007 to 2012)? Thank you Best regards, Sung Wook Ji Visiting Assistant Professor Dept. of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media Michigan State University

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qual/quant and all that
by Barry Wellman 08 May '14

08 May '14

I am disappointed in the implicit assumption that folks are either qual or quant. When I had influence in the Toronto Sociology dept, I helped lead the way to ensure all grad students took a basic stats course and a basic ethnography course. They don't have to use both, but they have to be literate readers of both, and not shy away from use in fear or ignorance. I continue to think it is the only way forward for serious IR scholarship Barry Wellman, who was doing "mixed methods" before it was called that. _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________

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New book: Open Standards and the Digital Age
by Andrew Russell 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hi everyone - I’m writing to add my voice to the chorus of our colleagues who, following list custom, have proudly/sheepishly announced the publication of their books! My own book is now available: Andrew L. Russell Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2014) available in paperback, hardcover, and e-book formats http://www.arussell.org/open How did openness become a foundational value for the networks of the twenty-first century? Open Standards and the Digital Age answers this question through an interdisciplinary history of information networks that pays close attention to the politics of standardization. For much of the twentieth century, information networks such as the monopoly Bell System and the American military's Arpanet were closed systems subject to centralized control. In the 1970s and 1980s, however, engineers in the United States and Europe experimented with design strategies to create new digital networks. In the process, they embraced discourses of "openness" to describe their ideological commitments to entrepreneurship, technological innovation, and participatory democracy. The rhetoric of openness has flourished - for example, in movements for open government, open source software, and open access publishing - but such rhetoric also obscures the ways the Internet and other "open" systems still depend heavily on hierarchical forms of control. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Ideological origins of open standards I: telegraph and engineering standards, 1860s–1900s 3. Ideological origins of open standards II: American standards, 1910s–1930s 4. Standardization and the monopoly Bell System, 1880s–1930s 5. Critiques of centralized control, 1930s–1970s 6. International standards for the convergence of computers and communications, 1960s–1970s 7. Open systems and the limits of democratic design, 1970s–1980s 8. The Internet and the advantages of autocratic design, 1970s–1990s 9. Conclusions: open standards and an open world. I hope you enjoy it! If anyone is interested in a review copy, please contact me or Frances Bajet (fbajet(a)cambridge.org) Best regards, Andy --------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D. Director, Program in Science & Technology Studies Associate Professor, History College of Arts & Letters Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 t. 201-216-5400 || f. 201-216-8245 arussell(a)stevens.edu || @RussellProf www.stevens.edu/cal/sts || www.arussell.org Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks (Now available from Cambridge University Press, Amazon.com, and elsewhere)

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CFC: Workshop: Paratext in Digital Culture: Is Paratext Becoming the Story? University of Bergen 28-29 August 2014
by Jill Walker Rettberg 08 May '14

08 May '14

Workshop: Paratext in Digital Culture: Is Paratext Becoming the Story? University of Bergen 28-29 August 2014 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS In december 2012, a one-day workshop Exploring Paratexts in Digital Contexts was organized at the University of Bergen by the Digital Culture Research Group. The point of departure of this first workshop was paratextual theory as it was first articulated by Gérard Genette in 1987 (Seuils / English translation Paratexts. Thresholds of Interpretation 1997). This event was followed by the book Examining Paratextual Theory and its Applications in Digital Culture edited by Nadine Desrochers and Daniel Apollon (forthcoming Spring 2014). These two initiatives have revealed a strong interest in the academic community for appraising the potential and limits of paratextual theory in digital culture. The Digital Culture and Electronic Literature Research Groups at UiB invite potential contributors and attendants to a new workshop Pasts, Presents and Futures of Paratext in Digital Culture: Is Paratext Becoming the Story? The goal of this workshop is to share ongoing research on paratextual devices, functions and strategies in digital culture and brainstorm about new research opportunities. The participants will explore further how paratext and related concepts may contribute to a better understanding of the nature and function of digital objects. KEYWORDS paratextual theory, paratext, digital culture, digital objects, digital literacy, multiliteracy, multimedia, digital content, electronic literature, digital art, remediation, digital materiality, ebooks, text technology, metadata, markup. HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WORKSHOP? The submission and acceptance of an abstract is required. Attending participants without presentation are also welcome. This workshop is opened to all interested. Feel free to spread this call to whom may be interested. REGISTRATION INFO Organizer : Digital Culture Research Group and Electronic Literature Research Group Dpt. of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Bergen , Norway Workshop Advisory Committee Nadine Desrochers, UdeM, EBSI, Montréal Scott Rettberg, UiB Digital Culture Patricia Tomaszek, UiB Digital Culture Jill Walker Rettberg, UiB Digital Culture Daniel Apollon, UiB Digital Culture Date Workshop start: 28 August 2014 09H00 Workshop end: 29 August 2014 13h00 Location: University of Bergen , Humanities Faculty, HF-bygget, Sydnesplassen 7, 5007 Bergen, Norway Participation is open to: Participants with accepted abstract Participants only interested in attending the workshop Contributions welcomed : - Short oral presentation of maximum 20 minutes followed by a 10 minute discussion (abstract between 300 and 800 words). - Book or chapter presentation by author(s) or editor(s) of maximum 15 minutes followed by a 5-minute discussion (required: book description maximum one page and /or copy of brochure in PDF format). - Presentation of resources, metadata tools and technologies 20 minutes followed by a 10-minute discussion (abstract between 300 and 800 words). Cost : Participation in the workshop is free to all. Participants will cover their own travel and lodging expenses. Food and beverages will be provided during the workshop. A dinner will be offered by the University of Bergen to contributing participants Thursday evening 28 Review form: Submitted abstracts will be reviewed for acceptance by the Workshop Advisory Committee. To register to the workshop: 1. Download the workshop package at : https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4MkGfaDvQfxVXZqZzBOQklJMlE&usp=sha… 2. Email your registration form and your abstract (two MS Word documents) to Daniel.Apollon(a)uib.no DEADLINE June 5, 2014 IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstract submission : 5 June Notification of acceptance: 20 June Preliminary program: 21 June Final registration of attending non-contributing participants: 7 August Arrival of participants: 27 August Workshop start: 28 August 09h00 Workshop end: 29 August 13h00 Business meeting(for those who would like to discuss future research collaboration):29 august 15h00-17h00 CONTACT : Daniel Apollon Digital Culture Research Group Dpt. of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen Postal address: PB 7805, 5020 BERGEN, Norway Office address: Room 349, HF-bygget Sydnesplassen 7, 5007 Bergen Phone: +47 55 58 24 27 Mobile: (+47) 480 45 347 Email: Daniel.Apollon(a)uib.no

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