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Help with sources
by Brian Holland 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

A long-time lurker to this point and, as a law prof, feeling like a bit of an outsider, so I'm sorry if this is a bit misplaced ... Background: I am writing an article arguing that images posted to SMS sites should, in some cases, be protected from copyright claims via fair use. In essence, I am arguing that such use is "transformative" (and thus protected by fair use) because it serves a purpose distinct from the original; i.e., originally news, aesthetic, etc., now as markers in offloaded and/or transactive memory. Issue I'm having: I am familiar with the extensive writing about issues attendant to the sharing function of these websites (and I address this to an extent by linking memory to identity), but I can't find much of anything in the legal literature on the archiving or repository function (except re: issues of privacy, post-death protection, evidence, etc., which aren't really on point for my focus on the social and psychological aspects). Request: Can anyone steer me towards literature that I might find helpful? Thanks in advance, and my apologies if this is off track for the list. Brian H. Brian Holland Professor of Law Texas Wesleyan School of Law

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Thanks
by Natalie Sappleton 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Many thanks to those that responded to my request for details of infoviz courses, both on list and offlist. It is much appreciated. Natalie "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "

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Reminder: Call for presentations LGM2013
by Medialab-Prado Comunicación 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Please spread! //////////////////////////////////////////// Only 4 days left to propose your talk for the Libre Graphics Meeting 2013: Future Tools! *Call for presentations* The Libre Graphics Meeting is looking for in-depth presentations on Libre Graphics technologies, showcases of excellent work made using Libre Graphics tools and new ideas for future approaches, tools and standards. CFP: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/call-for-presentations Deadline: 15 February 2013 *The Libre Graphics Meeting needs your support* Please help us bring developers to Madrid for the Libre Graphics Meeting 2013: Future Tools. We aim to raise 10.000$ to support volunteer developers and presenters that would otherwise be unable to journey to Madrid. Your donation will be used for travel only and every contribution counts! http://pledgie.com/campaigns/19064 *Sign up for LGM* The event gathers developers and designers from all over the world to work together on the many different tools in the Free, Libre and Open Source toolbox. LGM is free to attend and open to all. Registration is not required but it would be nice to know who will be there in Madrid, next spring. Register here: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/registration Participants so far: http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2013/participants _______________________________________________ Libre-graphics-meeting mailing list Libre-graphics-meeting(a)lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libre-graphics-meeting

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:: Academic MindTrek Conference 2013 :: DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS 28th APRIL 2013 :: Cf Papers, Posters, Tutorials, Extended Abstracts, Demos, and Workshops
by artur.lugmayr＠tut.fi 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

==================================================================================== ACADEMIC MINDTREK CONFERENCE 2013 in cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI "Making Sense of Converging Media? Call for Papers, Extended Abstracts, Posters, Demonstration, Workshops, Tutorials 1st-4th October, 2013 Tampere, Finland http://www.academicmindtrek.org, http://www.mindtrek.org Long and short papers, posters, demonstrations, and extended abstracts due on: 10th May 2013 Tutorials and Workshops due on: 28th April 2013 contributions will be published in the ACM digital library and a selected set of high-level work will be published as book chapters or in journals ==================================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, POSTERS, DEMOS, WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS We are pleased to invite you to the Academic MindTrek conference, 1st - 4th October 2013, which brings together a cross-disciplinary crowd of people to investigate current and emerging topics of media in many facets. The conference explores academically the emerging and frontier-breaking applications of new media in everyday contexts of leisure, business and organizational life. October 2nd is the main Academic MindTrek day with other sessions on the preceding and following days. Due to increasing popularity of the conference, we are extending the scope of Academic MindTrek 2013! The academic conference features six major themes: * Social Media * Ambient & Ubiquitous Media * Business & Media * Human-Computer Interaction (new track!) * Open Source * Digital Games Why participating? -------------------------------------------------------------- The MindTrek Association hosts MindTrek as a yearly conference, where the Academic MindTrek conference has been a part of this unique set of events comprising competitions, world famous keynote speakers, plenary sessions, media festivals, and workshops since 1997. It is a meeting place where researchers, experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of Internet, interactive media, and the information society: * Real chance for media enthusiasts to think outside the box * Brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in various fields, ranging from sociology and the economy to technology * The highest ranked papers will be published in academic journals (e.g. in 2012 we published a selected set of articles in ACM Computers in Entertainment, Electronic Markets - The International Journal on Networked Business, and the International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence. * Provides a chance to learn from the vast media genre at large * Allows participants to exchange views with cross-disciplinary experts * Aims to provide insights about the convergence of the various media and the future of media * High-level keynote speakers. A few examples from previous years: Keith Partridge, Tomi T. Ahonen (Consultant), Latif Ladid (IPV6 Forum), Beat Schwegler (Microsoft), Cinzia dal Zotto (Univ. of Neuchatel), Ari Ojansivu (Google), Ramine Darabiha (Rovio), Molly R?nge (Crowdculture), Slava Kozlov (Philips Design), Dave Nielsen (CloudCamp), Janne J?rvinen (F-Secure), Olavi Toivainen (Nokia), Herbert Snorrason (OpenLeaks), Tuija Aalto (YLE), Juha Kaario (Varaani), among many others. Also this year we are preparing a wide set of invited speakers & keynotes. Social Media -------------------------------------------------------------- "Get social!" Social media and Web 2.0 technologies are applied in ever diverse practices both in private and public communities. Totally new business models are emerging, traditional communication and expression modalities are challenged, and new practices are constructed in the collaborative, interactive media space. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media -------------------------------------------------------------- "The medium is the message!? - This conference track focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media with a cross-disciplinary viewpoint: ambient media between technology, art, and content. The focus of this track is on applications, location based services, ubiquitous computation, augmented reality, theory, art-works, mixed reality concepts, the Web 3.0, and user experiences that make ubiquitous and ambient media tick. Media Business, Media Production and Media Management -------------------------------------------------------------- Media business and media management face the challenges of the emergence of new forms of digital media and focuses on leadership practices, business models and value chains. It discusses competition, patterns of media usage, advertising models, and how traditional media can cope with the challenges coming from digital media focusing on media business and media management issues. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) -------------------------------------------------------------- The wide field of HCI is to discuss issues around human computer interaction modalities, consumer experience, design of computer systems, human aspects, universal media access, ergonomics, communication, novel interaction modalities, privacy, trusted systems, interaction theories, and sociological and psychological factors. This theme of devotes to several of these aspects, and is targeted to the scientific community dealing with several applied and theoretical aspects of HCI and user experience. Open Source -------------------------------------------------------------- The last decade has seen a significant increase in open source initiatives such as open source software, open standards, open content, open media, or even open source hardware. On the one hand, the open movement has created new kinds of opportunities such as new business models and development approaches. On the other hand, it has introduced new kinds of technical and non-technical challenges. Digital Games -------------------------------------------------------------- The culture and business of digital games is becoming increasingly varied. The current trends range from novel interface innovations and digital distribution channels to social game dynamics and player-generated content. The games track is open for theoretical works, empirical case studies and constructive projects. Demonstrations -------------------------------------------------------------- The aim is to gather demonstrations from researchers and professionals from the communities related to the topics of MindTrek. The objective for the demonstrations is to provide a forum for exchanging experiences, practical projects, or media demonstrators. The target audience includes members of the academic community, industry, or laboratories who can demonstrate the results of their research projects with a practical implementation. Special academic sessions (e.g. tutorials, demonstrations, workshops, and multidisciplinary sessions) will be held parallel to the MindTrek business conference. Academic speakers and authors are warmly welcome to register for the business conference tracks as part of the academic conference with our special registration rate. The Academic MindTrek registration includes full service such as coffees, lunches, and social gatherings. The organizing committee invites you to submit original high quality full papers, long or short, addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. Conference Publications -------------------------------------------------------------- The scientific part of the conference is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library, which includes short and long papers, workshop proposals, demonstration proposals, and tutorial proposals. Extended abstracts will be published in the adjunct conference proceedings; however, they will not be published within the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be published in international journals, as book chapters, edited books, or via open access journals. There will also be a reward for the overall best paper from the academic conference. All the papers should follow the style guidelines of the conference. Short and Long Paper Proposals -------------------------------------------------------------- All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. Short papers should be between 2-4 pages long and the paper presentation will be 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion within a session; long papers should be 6-8 pages and will be presented in 20 minutes slots, plus 5 minutes discussion. Workshop Proposals -------------------------------------------------------------- Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with the Academic MindTrek. Workshop proposals should include the organizing committee, a 2 page description of the theme of the workshop, a short CV of organizers, duration, the proceedings publisher, and the schedule. Workshop organizers also have the possibility to add publications to the main conference proceedings. Depending on the attracted number of papers for each workshop, we provide space for either half-day or full-day workshops. Previous examples include e.g. a workshop on eLearning. Nevertheless, feel free to suggestion your own. Demonstrations Proposals -------------------------------------------------------------- Demonstration proposals shall be 2-3 pages and include: a) a description and motivation of the demonstration; b) general architecture of the demonstration; c) description of the main features; d) a brief comparison with other existing related demonstrations; e) audio-visual materials to illustrate the demonstration (if applicable); f) the type of license, and g) the Internet address of the demonstration (if applicable). It is strongly recommended that the authors make the demonstration (or a suitable version or movie) on the Internet during the evaluation. Tutorial Proposals -------------------------------------------------------------- Tutorial proposals should include a 2-page description of the tutorial, intended audience, a short CV, timetable, required equipment, references, and a track record of previous tutorials. The target length of tutorials is 2-4 hours. Previous examples include a tutorial on audio based media. However, feel free to suggest your own. Extended Abstracts -------------------------------------------------------------- Extended abstracts should be between 1-2 pages long and contain 500-800 words. They should describe the research problem, background, research questions, and the contribution to the conference. Extended abstracts will not be published within the ACM digital library. Poster Presentations -------------------------------------------------------------- Posters should be between 2-3 pages long and a poster should be presented during the conference. Attendees have the possibility to exhibit their posters on a A0 poster wall during the conference. Submission Deadlines -------------------------------------------------------------- - 10th May 2013: deadline for long papers (6-8 pages), short papers (3-4 pages), extended abstracts (1-2 pages), posters (1-2 pages) and demonstrations (2-3 pages) - 28th April 2013: deadline for tutorial proposals and workshop proposals - 30th June 2013: notification of acceptance/rejection for papers, extended abstracts, posters, and demos, tutorials - 20th July 2013: camera ready papers and copyright forms - 5th August 2013: submission of camera ready papers - 1st-4th October 2013: Academic MindTrek and MindTrek Business Conference Suggested key-dates for workshop organizers - 15th August 2013: deadline for workshop papers - 10th September 2013: deadline for camera-ready papers Conference Themes -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Social Media - business models, service models, and policies - social media in innovation and business - intra- and interorganizational use of social media - questions related to identity, motivation and values - blogs, wikis, collaboration and social platform designs in practice - knowledge management and learning with social media - experience management with social media - crowdsourcing, user-created content and social networks - enterprise 2.0 and social computing in work organizations - evaluation and research methods of social media - social media and community design - benefits and limitations of social media applications 2. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media - between Technology, Services, and Users - applications and services utilizing ubiquitous and pervasive technology - ubicom in eLearning, leisure, storytelling, art works, advertising, and mixed reality contexts - next generation user interfaces, ergonomics, multimodality, and human-computer interaction - art works for smart public or indoor spaces, mobile phones, museums, or cultural applications - context awareness, sensor perception, context sensitive Internet, and smart daily objects - personalization, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and ergonomics - ambient human computer interaction, experience design, usability, and audience research - software, hardware, middleware, and technologies for pervasive and ubiquitous - theoretical methods and algorithms in ubiquitous and ambient systems - business models, service models, media economics, regulations, x-commerce, and policies - user positioning, location awareness - augmented reality in ubiquitous applications - device interoperability, remote user interfaces, inter-device connections 3. Media Business, Media Studies, and Media Management - media politics: policy, practices, conception, and media regulation - production technology: processes, and optimization - business models: value chain/value net, revenue models, and product architecture - strategic and operational Management of TIME Industries: Technology, Information, Media, Entertainment - key data analytics: balanced scorecard, competition analysis, performance indicators, social media monitoring, google analytics, ? - media use: patterns, engagement, and consumer experiences - customer relationship management: communities & engagement 4. Human-Computer Interaction - user experience and experience design - interaction design techniques and methods - user interaction and HCI design - creativity, practices and innovation in HCI - analysis, theories, and procedures in interaction design - methods, systems, and toolkits supporting HCI - human centered computing and understanding interaction - interactivity methods - designing for experience and interactivity - design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive systems - phenomena surrounding interactivity 5. Open Source - forms of openness: open source software, open standards, open content, open media, open source hardware, and open access - establishment of an open source community - practices on developing open source systems - practices for maintaining a successful project - open source processes and techniques - differences on open source and closed source systems - using open source in commercial context - challenges of open source development - teaching open source in academia and industry 6. Digital Games - theoretical and analytical approaches on games and play - analysis of player experience - game design research - economy and business models in the game industry - innovation in and around games - digital distribution of games - online, mobile and cross-platform games - social and casual games - pervasive and ubiquitous games - augmented and altered reality games - mobile and cross-media games - gamification, funware and playful design - player-created content Paper Submission -------------------------------------------------------------- - Please follow the style guidelines on http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates for formatting your paper - Note that since the papers will be published by the ACM digital library all authors need to sign an ACM copyright form. (For further guidelines see: http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html) - Submit papers here http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2013mindtrek/ Organizing Committee -------------------------------------------------------------- General Chair Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Program Chairs Helj? Franssila, Tampere Univ. (UTA), FIN Track chair: Social Media Hannu K?rkk?inen, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Track chair: Ambient Media Moyen Mustaquim, Uppsala University, SE Track chair: Media Business, Media Studies, and Media Management Johanna Gr?blbauer, St. P?lten University of Applied Sciences (FH), AT Track chair: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Dominik Strohmeier, Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), DE Track chair: Digital Games Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Panel Chair Jari Jussila, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Conference Management Consultant Yuan Fu, TUT, FIN Program Committee (from Academic Mindtrek 2012 - to be confirmed) -------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Eichhorn, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Anders Larsson, Uppsala University, Sweden Andreas Sackl, Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria Annika Waern, Stockholm University, Sweden Antti Salovaara, Aalto University, Finland Antti Syv?nen, University of Tampere, Finland Ben Kirman, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom Bj?rn Von Rimscha, University of Zurich, Switzerland Conor Linehan, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom Corinna Ogonowski, University of Siegen, Germany Cumhur Erkut, Aalto University, Finland Eija Kaasinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland Elina Ollila, Knight Wish, United States Hannu K?rkk?inen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Hannu Korhonen, University of Tampere, Finland Hannu Paunonen, Metso Automation, Finland Helj? Franssila, University of Tampere, Finland Jaakko Stenros, University of Tampere, Finland Jaakko Suominen, University of Turku, Finland Jan Krone, University of Applied Sciences St. Poelten, Austria Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere, Finland Jan-Niklas Antons, Technische Universit?t Berlin, Germany Jari Jussila, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Jeff McCarthy, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Joerg Niesenhaus, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Juho Hamari, HIIT, Finland Jukka vanhala, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Jussi Holopainen, Independent, Germany Jussi Okkonen, University of Tampere, Finland Karin Puehringer, University Salzburg, Austria Katrin Schoenenberg, T-Labs, TU-Berlin, Germany Kristina Kunze, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Germany Leena Arhippainen, Center for Internet Excellence / University of Oulu, Finland Mark Lochrie, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Paul Murschetz, University of Westminster, United Kingdom Per Backlund, University of Sk?vde, Sweden Peter Haric, Leitbetriebe Institut, Austria Sara Kepplinger, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany Sebastian Egger, Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria Sonja Kangas, Souplala, Finland Staffan Bj?rk, Gothenburg University, Sweden Sujan Shrestha, Towson University, United States Svenja Hagenhoff, University Erlangen, Germany Teija Vainio, University of Tampere, Finland Thomas Olsson, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Tobias Nystr?m, Uppsala University, Sweden Veikko Ikonen, VTT, Finland Yuan Fu, EMMi Lab. Finland Yue Dai, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Contact -------------------------------------------------------------- Questions concerning academic content, papers, tutorials, workshops, scientific contributions: Email: academic-mindtrek-chairs(a)listmail.tut.fi General questions concerning payments, administration, copyright forms, local arrangements, and the venue: -------------------------------------------------------------- Email: academic-mindtrek-info(a)listmail.tut.fi Submit papers here -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2013mindtrek/ Further Information -------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.academicmindtrek.org Supported by -------------------------------------------------------------- MindTrek Association, City of Tampere, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere University (UTA), Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Ambient Media Association (AMEA)

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sometimes the unexpected award is especially nice
by Barry Wellman 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Lee Rainie-Barry Wellman Networked: The New Social Operating System http://www.amazon.com/Networked-The-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/r… received Honorable Mention (2d prize) for the PROSE award in Sociology & Social Work from the Association of American Publishers (1st person to reference Samuel Johnson gets a cup of coffee) Congrats to first prize winner: Princeton University Press Against Security: How We Go Wrong at Airports, Subways, and Other Sites of Ambiguous Danger By Harvey Molotch and the other Honorable Mention winner: Oxford University Press Ancestors and Relatives: Genealogy, Identity, and Community By Eviatar Zerubavel Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:@barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $19; Kindle $16 Old/newCybertimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 It's still rock & roll to me ________________________________________________________________________

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CCA Technology & Emerging Media 2012 Proceedings
by Guillaume Latzko-Toth 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

(apologies for crossposting) We are pleased to announce that the first proceedings of papers presented in the Technology and Emerging Media track of the Canadian Communication Association are now online: http://www.tem.fl.ulaval.ca/en/waterloo-2012/ We hope this is just the beginning of a long-standing tradition, and would be delighted to see more AoIRers at forthcoming CCA conferences. Guillaume Latzko-Toth & Florence Millerand Track co-chairs, Technology and Emerging Media Canadian Communication Association

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 103, Issue 11
by David Hakken 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

In some of the the various reviewers over the years of my book on _Cyborgs@Cyberspace?_ (Routledge 1999) have taken up my attempt to "realm" research on the social correlates of digital technologies. While there is now much more data, people sometimes still seem to think my efforts there to provide an integrated framework for this research still has some merit. David Hakken Information Ethnographer Professor of Social Informatics Social Informatics Group Leader School of Informatics 901 E. !0th Street Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47406 dhakken(a)indiana.edu Faculty Fellow, Department of Computer Science & Engineering University of Trento, Italy http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/research/profiles/dhakken.asp Office Hours, fall, 2012: M 10-10:30; 1:30-3 On Feb 10, 2013, at 6:00 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 17:06:20 -0800 > From: Tom Boellstorff <tboellst(a)uci.edu> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] internet/flesh "realms" > Message-ID: <070E9757-2E54-493B-92AC-662549A84576(a)uci.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > In terms of the internet/flesh "realms" issue - this is something > I'm going to working on quite a bit I hope, and I discuss it in some > detail in "Rethinking Digital Anthropology" (In Digital > Anthropology. Heather A. Horst and Daniel Miller, editors. Pp. 39? > 60. London: Berg, 2012.) > > For details, goto http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/boellstorff/publications/ > > > On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:01 PM, 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. internet/flesh "realms" (Barry Wellman) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 14:34:58 -0500 >> From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> >> To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> >> Subject: [Air-L] internet/flesh "realms" >> Message-ID: >> <Pine.SGI.4.64.1302091427571.28287808(a)origin.chass.utoronto.ca> >> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >> >> There's been a lot written and researched on this already. >> But the issue keeps coming on. (I really wish scholarship were more >> cumulative.) >> >> In addition to the items posted in the previous AoIR list, may I >> suggest >> >> Nathan Jurgenson's theoretical essays on "digital dualism", such as >> http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2011/09/13/digital-dualism-and-the-f… >> >> The Rainie-Wellman _Networked_ book, especially Part II >> http://www.amazon.com/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/r… >> >> which itself picks up on writing I've done for 15 years, such as >> >> "An Electronic Group is Virtually a Social Network" >> "Physical Place and Cyber Place: The Rise of Personalized Networking" >> ""Personal Relationships: On and Off the Internet" (with Jeff Boase) >> "Social Connectivity in America" with Hua (Helen) Wang >> >> all get-able on my website >> http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/publications/index.html >> >> Enjoy, >> Barry Wellman >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab >> Director >> Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room >> 388 >> University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 >> twitter:@barrywellman >> http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax: >> +1-416-978-3963 >> NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry >> Wellman >> MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $19; Kindle >> $16 >> Old/newCybertimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 It's still rock & roll to >> me >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 103, Issue 10 >> ************************************** >> > > > > > tom boellstorff/professor/department of anthropology/university of > california/irvine/website > > >

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Registration now open - Queer feminist social media praxis, University of Sussex
by Aristea Fotopoulou 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Queer, Feminist and Social Media Praxis workshop, Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies, 17 May 2013, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. Registration is now open. To register, please visit: http://queerfemdigiact.wordpress.com/registration/ In this workshop we will explore a range of themes around digital technology and social media in relation to gender/sexuality activism and social equality. Workshop keynote speaker: Alex Juhasz (Pitzer, USA, Fembot Collective) Closing plenary Radical art practices, feminism, new technologies and performance with : Maria Chatzichristodoulou (a.k.a. Maria X), Sally-Jane Norman (Attenborough Centre for Creative Arts), Kira O’Reilly, Kate O’Riordan (UCSC/Sussex), Joanna Zylinska (Goldsmiths). There will be over 30 academic papers, workshops, film screenings and performances over the workshop day. We have also scheduled a queer film-screening of The Owls on the evening of the 16th of May, with producer Alex Juhasz present for a Q&A session. The provisional programme will be coming out in the next few weeks. The workshop is linked to the second annual conference of the International Feminist Journal of Politics, (Im)possibly Queer International Feminisms, between May 17-19, 2013. The Workshop is organised by the Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Sussex and partly supported by the EPSRC/CC+ Network Sustaining networked knowledge: expertise, feminist media production, art and activism. We look forward to welcoming you to Brighton in May! The Queer, Feminist and Social Media Praxis Team. web: http://queerfemdigiact.wordpress.com/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Queer-Feminist-and-Social-Media-Praxis-Works… Dr Aristea Fotopoulou Research fellow EPINET Centre for Material Digital Culture University of Sussex Falmer, BN1 9RG Arts B337 Tel: 01273 678634 http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/206365

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physical/digital worlds
by Tacli Yazicioglu 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

For online data collection Robert V. Kozinet's Netnography (2010) must be the source as he is both the founder of the method and the first academic who published in online ethnography in 1996. On 2/11/13 1:00 AM, "air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org" <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. physical/digital worlds (Baker, Andrea) > 2. Re: physical/digital worlds (Natalya Godbold) > 3. Re: internet/flesh "realms" (Tom Boellstorff) > 4. Re: physical/digital worlds (Charles Ess) > 5. Re: physical/digital worlds (Mark C. Lashley) > 6. Re: physical/digital worlds (Peter Gloviczki) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 18:54:27 -0500 >From: "Baker, Andrea" <bakera(a)ohio.edu> >To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >Subject: [Air-L] physical/digital worlds >Message-ID: <C9C537E8-1ED3-4524-899C-CB4BB2C4A9D9(a)ohio.edu> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Hi, everyone, > >Thanks so much for all your help, from those of you commenting both here >in the list and off of it. > >Yes, Barry, it was Nathan Jurgenson's work that first inspired me to >carry on with my current project, sorry I didn't mention knowing about >it. I also consulted with him initially, well before posting my inquiry. > Nathan and PJ Rey are running their third Theorizing the Web >conference, this year in NYC. > >Of course, much work has dealt with the issue some, including mine on >relationships, identities and communities, and thanks for your own >important list of contributions, your references. Thankfully there is >now such a wealth of writing and research available. However, some of us >think we still have a way to go in, to use your words, "flesh"-ing out >dimensions of the processes. There's really still much more to say about >it at this time, imo. Most these days seem to not only accept that >online/mobile/cmc interaction is real but that it is less discrete from >other activities than many of us early internet researchers and private >citizens had originally conceived, and experienced back then. > >Anyone else who has specific references, please feel free to continue >sending them to me and/or posting them. > >Here are my original questions previously posted to the aoirlist. I'm >hoping the formatting is better this time: >"For a piece I'm preparing on interaction back and forth between online >and offline or from digital to physical worlds and back, I'm looking for >references about how that works for people, especially those who are >members of online communities. > >More than particular data to show this communication in process, although >that is good too, I want to conceptualize themovement, the "flow" from >one realm to another, to describe what is happening. Also, how does the >online communication, including that through mobile phones, affect the >offline interaction, and how do the offline encounters affect what goes >on inside the online communities and in other social media containing >some of the same people interacting offline. This project is part of my >music fan research on fan communities, identities, and relationships. >I'm already aware of the articles in the first issue of Mobile Media and >Communication (January, 2013), and of Lauren Sessions-Goulet's excellent >paper of a few years back on offline meetings and online communities, and >have a few other helpful sources. I've done a body of work on romantic >online relationships so I understand many of the dynamics there. > >Please feel free to write off list or on. Thanks so much in advance! >cheers, >andee (andrea baker)" > >thanks! --a > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 11:33:02 +1100 >From: Natalya Godbold <ngodbold(a)gmail.com> >To: "Baker, Andrea" <bakera(a)ohio.edu>, air-l(a)aoir.org >Subject: Re: [Air-L] physical/digital worlds >Message-ID: > <CALu7UUaKP5M0gHs3VVCWVVuLvnCcXtb5F3o2TPtS85tsHwNdvw(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >You might find this useful? >Orgad, S. (2009). Question Two: How can researchers make sense of the >issues involved in collecting and interpreting online and offline data? >Internet inquiry : conversations about method. A. N. Markham and N. K. >Baym. Los Angeles, Sage Publications: 33-53. > > >On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Baker, Andrea <bakera(a)ohio.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, everyone, >> >> Thanks so much for all your help, from those of you commenting both here >> in the list and off of it. >> >> Yes, Barry, it was Nathan Jurgenson's work that first inspired me to >>carry >> on with my current project, sorry I didn't mention knowing about it. I >> also consulted with him initially, well before posting my inquiry. >>Nathan >> and PJ Rey are running their third Theorizing the Web conference, this >>year >> in NYC. >> >> Of course, much work has dealt with the issue some, including mine on >> relationships, identities and communities, and thanks for your own >> important list of contributions, your references. Thankfully there is >>now >> such a wealth of writing and research available. However, some of us >>think >> we still have a way to go in, to use your words, "flesh"-ing out >>dimensions >> of the processes. There's really still much more to say about it at >>this >> time, imo. Most these days seem to not only accept that >>online/mobile/cmc >> interaction is real but that it is less discrete from other activities >>than >> many of us early internet researchers and private citizens had >>originally >> conceived, and experienced back then. >> >> Anyone else who has specific references, please feel free to continue >> sending them to me and/or posting them. >> >> Here are my original questions previously posted to the aoirlist. I'm >> hoping the formatting is better this time: >> "For a piece I'm preparing on interaction back and forth between online >> and offline or from digital to physical worlds and back, I'm looking for >> references about how that works for people, especially those who are >> members of online communities. >> >> More than particular data to show this communication in process, >>although >> that is good too, I want to conceptualize themovement, the "flow" from >>one >> realm to another, to describe what is happening. Also, how does the >>online >> communication, including that through mobile phones, affect the offline >> interaction, and how do the offline encounters affect what goes on >>inside >> the online communities and in other social media containing some of the >> same people interacting offline. This project is part of my music fan >> research on fan communities, identities, and relationships. >> I'm already aware of the articles in the first issue of Mobile Media and >> Communication (January, 2013), and of Lauren Sessions-Goulet's excellent >> paper of a few years back on offline meetings and online communities, >>and >> have a few other helpful sources. I've done a body of work on romantic >> online relationships so I understand many of the dynamics there. >> >> Please feel free to write off list or on. Thanks so much in advance! >> cheers, >> andee (andrea baker)" >> >> thanks! --a >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > > >-- >Natalya Godbold >PhD Candidate (Human Information Behaviour / Health Communication) >Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences >University of Technology, Sydney > >Autonomous, Responsible, Alone (Interdisciplinary Press): >https://www.interdisciplinarypress.net/online-store/medical-humanities/aut >onomous-alone-responsible >Social Information Research (Emerald) >http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=1876-0562&volume=5 > > > > >?`~.. ?><((((?>?. .~??`~.. ?><((((?>?. .~??`~.. ?><((((?>?. >.><((((?>`~.??.~??`~.?.~??`~...?><((((?> .,,.~??`~.. ?><((((?>?. >.....,,.><((((?>`~.??.~??`~.?.~??`~...?><((((?> .~??`~.. ?><((((?>?. >.,,.~??`~.. ?><((((?>?. .~??`~.. > > > > > >UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F >DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may >contain >confidential information. 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Do. > >Please consider the environment before printing this email. > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 17:06:20 -0800 >From: Tom Boellstorff <tboellst(a)uci.edu> >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >Subject: Re: [Air-L] internet/flesh "realms" >Message-ID: <070E9757-2E54-493B-92AC-662549A84576(a)uci.edu> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > >In terms of the internet/flesh "realms" issue - this is something I'm >going to working on quite a bit I hope, and I discuss it in some detail >in "Rethinking Digital Anthropology" (In Digital Anthropology. Heather A. >Horst and Daniel Miller, editors. Pp. 39?60. London: Berg, 2012.) > >For details, goto http://faculty.sites.uci.edu/boellstorff/publications/ > > >On Feb 9, 2013, at 3:01 PM, 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. internet/flesh "realms" (Barry Wellman) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 14:34:58 -0500 >> From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> >> To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> >> Subject: [Air-L] internet/flesh "realms" >> Message-ID: >> <Pine.SGI.4.64.1302091427571.28287808(a)origin.chass.utoronto.ca> >> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed >> >> There's been a lot written and researched on this already. >> But the issue keeps coming on. (I really wish scholarship were more >> cumulative.) >> >> In addition to the items posted in the previous AoIR list, may I suggest >> >> Nathan Jurgenson's theoretical essays on "digital dualism", such as >> >>http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2011/09/13/digital-dualism-and-the >>-fallacy-of-web-objectivity/ >> >> The Rainie-Wellman _Networked_ book, especially Part II >> >>http://www.amazon.com/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199 >>/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1325258020&sr=1-1 >> >> which itself picks up on writing I've done for 15 years, such as >> >> "An Electronic Group is Virtually a Social Network" >> "Physical Place and Cyber Place: The Rise of Personalized Networking" >> ""Personal Relationships: On and Off the Internet" (with Jeff Boase) >> "Social Connectivity in America" with Hua (Helen) Wang >> >> all get-able on my website >> http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/publications/index.html >> >> Enjoy, >> Barry Wellman >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director >> Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 >> University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:@barrywellman >> http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 >> NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman >> MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $19; Kindle $16 >> Old/newCybertimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 It's still rock & roll to me >> >> >>________________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 103, Issue 10 >> ************************************** >> > > > > >tom boellstorff/professor/department of anthropology/university of >california/irvine/website > > > > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 05:32:31 +0100 >From: Charles Ess <charles.ess(a)gmail.com> >To: "Baker, Andrea" <bakera(a)ohio.edu>, Air list > <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >Subject: Re: [Air-L] physical/digital worlds >Message-ID: <CD3CE16F.56F4E%charles.ess(a)gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" > >Hi Andrea and colleagues, >Two sorts of quick suggestions - > >1. In the direction of the history of the broader conceptualizations of >the >relationships/interactions you describe: >A) partly by way of invoking both Barry Wellman's taxonomy of "the three >ages of Internet Studies" and Heidi Campbell's similar taxonomy of three >waves of research on religion online (both in Consalvo and Ess, The >Handbook >of Internet Studies, Blackwell, 2011), I developed an overview chapter on >the history of the virtual/online // >actual-real-material-"meatspace"/offline distinctions-relationships for >our >2011 anthology: >Self, Community, and Ethics in Digital Mediatized Worlds.? In C. Ess and >M. >Thorseth, eds., Trust and Virtual Worlds: Contemporary Perspectives, >3-30.? >Oxford: Peter Lang, 2011. >B) For a variety of reasons, AoIRists will likely want to also be aware >generally of the now publicized results of the Onlife Initiative, a >European >Commission "Digital Futures" project - ><https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-initiative>. >Broadly, the project sought to move us conceptually further down the road >regarding the basic assumptions that have undergirded most of our >thinking, >research, and policy-making in conjunction with, e.g., "the information >society" over past several decades. As the phrase "onlife" is meant to >suggest, the once hard (with the usual caveats) distinctions asserted >between "the online" and "offline life" have been (largely) shifted >towards >strong interrelationality (a point that is now made in many, many ways, of >course, but is also one of the characterizations of the third Age / Wave >in >Campbell and Wellman's taxonomies). >In addition to what the Onlife Manifesto articulates in terms of >developing >new conceptual approaches towards what is characterized as a >hyperconnected >era, AoIRists may find some of the background papers that contributed to >the >development of the manifesto helpful as well: ><https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-web-output> > >2. In terms of more specific analyses, I find especially helpful >A) Lomborg, Stine. Negotiating Privacy Through Phatic Communication: A >Case >Study of the Blogging Self. Philosophy and Technology 25 (2012):415?434. >DOI >10.1007/s13347-011-0018-7. >Stine draws on Simmel's understanding of the sociable self - i.e., as >first >used to theorize and describe "offline" sociabilities - to analyze >interactions and negotiations online between a prominent blogger and her >readers/respondents. This analysis I found to be particularly useful in a >number of ways, beginning with the details Stine careful documents of the >negotiations between those engaged with the blog, as these negotiations >involve perspective-taking and phatic communication that work to both >preserve individual privacy while simultaneously constructing and >maintaining the shared personal space (in Danish and other Germanic >language, the _intimsf?re_ - the "intimate sphere" of close(r/est) >relationships) online. These details, among other things, show how such >online processes are extremely similar to their offline counterparts - >again, challenging especially 1990s' tendencies towards hard dualisms >between the online and the offline. >More broadly - though this may take you beyond your primary focus - >Stine's >work thereby provides an empirically-grounded analysis that fits with both >other similar work in Internet Studies as well as in contemporary >philosophy >on identity and, most basically, conceptions/assumptions regarding >selfhood >- hence the article's inclusion in this special issue of the journal >Philosophy and Technology, as dedicated to these matters. >For the introduction: >?At the Intersections Between Internet Studies and Philosophy: ?Who Am I >Online?? (Introduction to special issue), Philosophy & Technology: Volume >25, Issue 3: (September, 2012): 275-284. DOI 10.1007/s13347-012-0085-4. > >(In these directions - of course, "the networked self" from Wellman and >Haythornthwaite has worked prominently over the past decade, e.g., most >recently in Julie Cohen's 2012 _Configuring the Networked Self: Law, Code, >and the Play of Everyday Practice_. New Haven: Yale University Press. ><http://www.juliecohen.com/page5.php>. At the same time, however, still >more strongly relational notions of selfhood have been emerging in >neurobiology (e.g., enactivism, the embodied mind, and other umbrella >terms) >and ethics (beginning with ecological ethics and feminist ethics / ethics >of >care - now with feminist concepts of "relational autonomy" and parallel >notions of distributed epistemic and ethical responsibility). Such >strongly >relational emphases, most broadly, appear to have been characteristic of >notions of selfhood in the pre-modern "West" and still typically function >strongly in societies shaped by Confucian and Buddhist traditions, for >example. >What's of interest here regarding ethics is how such relational selves >draw >on virtue ethics: hence the importance of Shannon Vallor's work on virtue >ethics vis-a-vis social networking - most recently, Social Networking and >Ethics. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2012 Edition), >Edward N. Zalta (ed.), forthcoming URL = ><http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2012/entries/ethics-social-networki >ng >/>. >As well, the relational emphases in several Confucian and Buddhist >societies >appear to be shift towards more individual emphases, e.g., >Hansen, Mette Halskov and Rune Svarverud (eds.). 2010. The Rise of the >Individual in Modern Chinese Society, Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of >Asian >Studies.) > >For my part, I find the "flow" you refer to helpfully analyzed especially >from phenomenologically-informed frameworks (where such flow experiences >are >initially described in offline contexts) as well as, classically, in >Cs?kszentmih?lyi et al. I know there's some work along these lines in >Game >Studies, for example, and, when I get a few more minutes, can cobble >together a list of those references. In the meantime, someone(s) else on >this list may have such a bibliography ready to hand? > >In any event, hope some of this is of some use - and hope to hear more >about >your work at AoIR in Denver! > >Best, >- charles >Associate Professor in Media Studies >Department of Media and Communication > >Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations ><http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/> > >University of Oslo >P.O. Box 1093 Blindern >NO-0317 >Oslo Norway >email: charles.ess(a)media.uio.no > > > > >On 10.02.13 00:54, "Baker, Andrea" <bakera(a)ohio.edu> wrote: > >> Hi, everyone, >> >> Thanks so much for all your help, from those of you commenting both >>here in >> the list and off of it. >> >> Yes, Barry, it was Nathan Jurgenson's work that first inspired me to >>carry on >> with my current project, sorry I didn't mention knowing about it. I >>also >> consulted with him initially, well before posting my inquiry. Nathan >>and PJ >> Rey are running their third Theorizing the Web conference, this year in >>NYC. >> >> Of course, much work has dealt with the issue some, including mine on >> relationships, identities and communities, and thanks for your own >>important >> list of contributions, your references. Thankfully there is now such a >>wealth >> of writing and research available. However, some of us think we still >>have a >> way to go in, to use your words, "flesh"-ing out dimensions of the >>processes. >> There's really still much more to say about it at this time, imo. Most >>these >> days seem to not only accept that online/mobile/cmc interaction is real >>but >> that it is less discrete from other activities than many of us early >>internet >> researchers and private citizens had originally conceived, and >>experienced >> back then. >> >> Anyone else who has specific references, please feel free to continue >>sending >> them to me and/or posting them. >> >> Here are my original questions previously posted to the aoirlist. I'm >>hoping >> the formatting is better this time: >> "For a piece I'm preparing on interaction back and forth between online >>and >> offline or from digital to physical worlds and back, I'm looking for >> references about how that works for people, especially those who are >>members >> of online communities. >> >> More than particular data to show this communication in process, >>although that >> is good too, I want to conceptualize themovement, the "flow" from one >>realm to >> another, to describe what is happening. Also, how does the online >> communication, including that through mobile phones, affect the offline >> interaction, and how do the offline encounters affect what goes on >>inside the >> online communities and in other social media containing some of the same >> people interacting offline. This project is part of my music fan >>research on >> fan communities, identities, and relationships. >> I'm already aware of the articles in the first issue of Mobile Media and >> Communication (January, 2013), and of Lauren Sessions-Goulet's >>excellent paper >> of a few years back on offline meetings and online communities, and >>have a few >> other helpful sources. I've done a body of work on romantic online >> relationships so I understand many of the dynamics there. >> >> Please feel free to write off list or on. Thanks so much in advance! >> cheers, >> andee (andrea baker)" >> >> thanks! --a >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:16:09 -0500 >From: "Mark C. Lashley" <lashley.mark(a)gmail.com> >To: Charles Ess <charles.ess(a)gmail.com> >Cc: Air list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org>, "Baker, Andrea" > <bakera(a)ohio.edu> >Subject: Re: [Air-L] physical/digital worlds >Message-ID: <DDD2503F-70B6-489A-9ED2-2CE9AECC9643(a)gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > >Mark C. Lashley >Doctoral Candidate, >Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication >Graduate Assistant, >George Foster Peabody Awards >The University of Georgia >Room 320, Journalism Building > >Email | Twitter | Academia.edu | HuffPostTV > >On Feb 9, 2013, at 11:32 PM, Charles Ess <charles.ess(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Andrea and colleagues, >> Two sorts of quick suggestions - >> >> 1. In the direction of the history of the broader conceptualizations of >>the >> relationships/interactions you describe: >> A) partly by way of invoking both Barry Wellman's taxonomy of "the three >> ages of Internet Studies" and Heidi Campbell's similar taxonomy of three >> waves of research on religion online (both in Consalvo and Ess, The >>Handbook >> of Internet Studies, Blackwell, 2011), I developed an overview chapter >>on >> the history of the virtual/online // >> actual-real-material-"meatspace"/offline distinctions-relationships for >>our >> 2011 anthology: >> Self, Community, and Ethics in Digital Mediatized Worlds. In C. Ess >>and M. >> Thorseth, eds., Trust and Virtual Worlds: Contemporary Perspectives, >>3-30. >> Oxford: Peter Lang, 2011. >> B) For a variety of reasons, AoIRists will likely want to also be aware >> generally of the now publicized results of the Onlife Initiative, a >>European >> Commission "Digital Futures" project - >> <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-initiative>. >> Broadly, the project sought to move us conceptually further down the >>road >> regarding the basic assumptions that have undergirded most of our >>thinking, >> research, and policy-making in conjunction with, e.g., "the information >> society" over past several decades. As the phrase "onlife" is meant to >> suggest, the once hard (with the usual caveats) distinctions asserted >> between "the online" and "offline life" have been (largely) shifted >>towards >> strong interrelationality (a point that is now made in many, many ways, >>of >> course, but is also one of the characterizations of the third Age / >>Wave in >> Campbell and Wellman's taxonomies). >> In addition to what the Onlife Manifesto articulates in terms of >>developing >> new conceptual approaches towards what is characterized as a >>hyperconnected >> era, AoIRists may find some of the background papers that contributed >>to the >> development of the manifesto helpful as well: >> <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-web-output> >> >> 2. In terms of more specific analyses, I find especially helpful >> A) Lomborg, Stine. Negotiating Privacy Through Phatic Communication: A >>Case >> Study of the Blogging Self. Philosophy and Technology 25 >>(2012):415?434. DOI >> 10.1007/s13347-011-0018-7. >> Stine draws on Simmel's understanding of the sociable self - i.e., as >>first >> used to theorize and describe "offline" sociabilities - to analyze >> interactions and negotiations online between a prominent blogger and her >> readers/respondents. This analysis I found to be particularly useful >>in a >> number of ways, beginning with the details Stine careful documents of >>the >> negotiations between those engaged with the blog, as these negotiations >> involve perspective-taking and phatic communication that work to both >> preserve individual privacy while simultaneously constructing and >> maintaining the shared personal space (in Danish and other Germanic >> language, the _intimsf?re_ - the "intimate sphere" of close(r/est) >> relationships) online. These details, among other things, show how such >> online processes are extremely similar to their offline counterparts - >> again, challenging especially 1990s' tendencies towards hard dualisms >> between the online and the offline. >> More broadly - though this may take you beyond your primary focus - >>Stine's >> work thereby provides an empirically-grounded analysis that fits with >>both >> other similar work in Internet Studies as well as in contemporary >>philosophy >> on identity and, most basically, conceptions/assumptions regarding >>selfhood >> - hence the article's inclusion in this special issue of the journal >> Philosophy and Technology, as dedicated to these matters. >> For the introduction: >> ?At the Intersections Between Internet Studies and Philosophy: ?Who Am I >> Online?? (Introduction to special issue), Philosophy & Technology: >>Volume >> 25, Issue 3: (September, 2012): 275-284. DOI 10.1007/s13347-012-0085-4. >> >> (In these directions - of course, "the networked self" from Wellman and >> Haythornthwaite has worked prominently over the past decade, e.g., most >> recently in Julie Cohen's 2012 _Configuring the Networked Self: Law, >>Code, >> and the Play of Everyday Practice_. New Haven: Yale University Press. >> <http://www.juliecohen.com/page5.php>. At the same time, however, still >> more strongly relational notions of selfhood have been emerging in >> neurobiology (e.g., enactivism, the embodied mind, and other umbrella >>terms) >> and ethics (beginning with ecological ethics and feminist ethics / >>ethics of >> care - now with feminist concepts of "relational autonomy" and parallel >> notions of distributed epistemic and ethical responsibility). Such >>strongly >> relational emphases, most broadly, appear to have been characteristic of >> notions of selfhood in the pre-modern "West" and still typically >>function >> strongly in societies shaped by Confucian and Buddhist traditions, for >> example. >> What's of interest here regarding ethics is how such relational selves >>draw >> on virtue ethics: hence the importance of Shannon Vallor's work on >>virtue >> ethics vis-a-vis social networking - most recently, Social Networking >>and >> Ethics. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2012 Edition), >> Edward N. Zalta (ed.), forthcoming URL = >> >><http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2012/entries/ethics-social-network >>ing >> />. >> As well, the relational emphases in several Confucian and Buddhist >>societies >> appear to be shift towards more individual emphases, e.g., >> Hansen, Mette Halskov and Rune Svarverud (eds.). 2010. The Rise of the >> Individual in Modern Chinese Society, Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of >>Asian >> Studies.) >> >> For my part, I find the "flow" you refer to helpfully analyzed >>especially >> from phenomenologically-informed frameworks (where such flow >>experiences are >> initially described in offline contexts) as well as, classically, in >> Cs?kszentmih?lyi et al. I know there's some work along these lines in >>Game >> Studies, for example, and, when I get a few more minutes, can cobble >> together a list of those references. In the meantime, someone(s) else on >> this list may have such a bibliography ready to hand? >> >> In any event, hope some of this is of some use - and hope to hear more >>about >> your work at AoIR in Denver! >> >> Best, >> - charles >> Associate Professor in Media Studies >> Department of Media and Communication >> >> Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations >> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/> >> >> University of Oslo >> P.O. Box 1093 Blindern >> NO-0317 >> Oslo Norway >> email: charles.ess(a)media.uio.no >> >> >> >> >> On 10.02.13 00:54, "Baker, Andrea" <bakera(a)ohio.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hi, everyone, >>> >>> Thanks so much for all your help, from those of you commenting both >>>here in >>> the list and off of it. >>> >>> Yes, Barry, it was Nathan Jurgenson's work that first inspired me to >>>carry on >>> with my current project, sorry I didn't mention knowing about it. I >>>also >>> consulted with him initially, well before posting my inquiry. Nathan >>>and PJ >>> Rey are running their third Theorizing the Web conference, this year >>>in NYC. >>> >>> Of course, much work has dealt with the issue some, including mine on >>> relationships, identities and communities, and thanks for your own >>>important >>> list of contributions, your references. Thankfully there is now such >>>a wealth >>> of writing and research available. However, some of us think we still >>>have a >>> way to go in, to use your words, "flesh"-ing out dimensions of the >>>processes. >>> There's really still much more to say about it at this time, imo. >>>Most these >>> days seem to not only accept that online/mobile/cmc interaction is >>>real but >>> that it is less discrete from other activities than many of us early >>>internet >>> researchers and private citizens had originally conceived, and >>>experienced >>> back then. >>> >>> Anyone else who has specific references, please feel free to continue >>>sending >>> them to me and/or posting them. >>> >>> Here are my original questions previously posted to the aoirlist. I'm >>>hoping >>> the formatting is better this time: >>> "For a piece I'm preparing on interaction back and forth between >>>online and >>> offline or from digital to physical worlds and back, I'm looking for >>> references about how that works for people, especially those who are >>>members >>> of online communities. >>> >>> More than particular data to show this communication in process, >>>although that >>> is good too, I want to conceptualize themovement, the "flow" from one >>>realm to >>> another, to describe what is happening. Also, how does the online >>> communication, including that through mobile phones, affect the offline >>> interaction, and how do the offline encounters affect what goes on >>>inside the >>> online communities and in other social media containing some of the >>>same >>> people interacting offline. This project is part of my music fan >>>research on >>> fan communities, identities, and relationships. >>> I'm already aware of the articles in the first issue of Mobile Media >>>and >>> Communication (January, 2013), and of Lauren Sessions-Goulet's >>>excellent paper >>> of a few years back on offline meetings and online communities, and >>>have a few >>> other helpful sources. I've done a body of work on romantic online >>> relationships so I understand many of the dynamics there. >>> >>> Please feel free to write off list or on. Thanks so much in advance! >>> cheers, >>> andee (andrea baker)" >>> >>> thanks! --a >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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: 6 >Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 10:29:31 -0600 >From: Peter Gloviczki <glovi002(a)umn.edu> >To: "Baker, Andrea" <bakera(a)ohio.edu> >Cc: Air list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >Subject: Re: [Air-L] physical/digital worlds >Message-ID: > <CAHhM1_ZP_smznfeY5qELQPk9aSHwGJoCrz-sr35i4dmzmUKN5Q(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >Good morning, Andrea, > >This is a great question. I like Turkle's book Life on the Screen and >I think it might be of some use for you in regards to this issue. I >also wanted to mention Licklider & Taylor's essay, The Computer as a >Communication Device (1968), because I think it might be helpful in >terms of the conceptualization questions that you raise in your note. >It is linked here: <http://memex.org/licklider.pdf>. > >Sincerely, Peter > >>> Hi Andrea and colleagues, >>> Two sorts of quick suggestions - >>> >>> 1. In the direction of the history of the broader conceptualizations >>>of the >>> relationships/interactions you describe: >>> A) partly by way of invoking both Barry Wellman's taxonomy of "the >>>three >>> ages of Internet Studies" and Heidi Campbell's similar taxonomy of >>>three >>> waves of research on religion online (both in Consalvo and Ess, The >>>Handbook >>> of Internet Studies, Blackwell, 2011), I developed an overview chapter >>>on >>> the history of the virtual/online // >>> actual-real-material-"meatspace"/offline distinctions-relationships >>>for our >>> 2011 anthology: >>> Self, Community, and Ethics in Digital Mediatized Worlds. In C. Ess >>>and M. >>> Thorseth, eds., Trust and Virtual Worlds: Contemporary Perspectives, >>>3-30. >>> Oxford: Peter Lang, 2011. >>> B) For a variety of reasons, AoIRists will likely want to also be aware >>> generally of the now publicized results of the Onlife Initiative, a >>>European >>> Commission "Digital Futures" project - >>> <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-initiative>. >>> Broadly, the project sought to move us conceptually further down the >>>road >>> regarding the basic assumptions that have undergirded most of our >>>thinking, >>> research, and policy-making in conjunction with, e.g., "the information >>> society" over past several decades. As the phrase "onlife" is meant to >>> suggest, the once hard (with the usual caveats) distinctions asserted >>> between "the online" and "offline life" have been (largely) shifted >>>towards >>> strong interrelationality (a point that is now made in many, many >>>ways, of >>> course, but is also one of the characterizations of the third Age / >>>Wave in >>> Campbell and Wellman's taxonomies). >>> In addition to what the Onlife Manifesto articulates in terms of >>>developing >>> new conceptual approaches towards what is characterized as a >>>hyperconnected >>> era, AoIRists may find some of the background papers that contributed >>>to the >>> development of the manifesto helpful as well: >>> <https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-web-output> >>> >>> 2. In terms of more specific analyses, I find especially helpful >>> A) Lomborg, Stine. Negotiating Privacy Through Phatic Communication: A >>>Case >>> Study of the Blogging Self. Philosophy and Technology 25 >>>(2012):415?434. DOI >>> 10.1007/s13347-011-0018-7. >>> Stine draws on Simmel's understanding of the sociable self - i.e., as >>>first >>> used to theorize and describe "offline" sociabilities - to analyze >>> interactions and negotiations online between a prominent blogger and >>>her >>> readers/respondents. This analysis I found to be particularly useful >>>in a >>> number of ways, beginning with the details Stine careful documents of >>>the >>> negotiations between those engaged with the blog, as these negotiations >>> involve perspective-taking and phatic communication that work to both >>> preserve individual privacy while simultaneously constructing and >>> maintaining the shared personal space (in Danish and other Germanic >>> language, the _intimsf?re_ - the "intimate sphere" of close(r/est) >>> relationships) online. These details, among other things, show how >>>such >>> online processes are extremely similar to their offline counterparts - >>> again, challenging especially 1990s' tendencies towards hard dualisms >>> between the online and the offline. >>> More broadly - though this may take you beyond your primary focus - >>>Stine's >>> work thereby provides an empirically-grounded analysis that fits with >>>both >>> other similar work in Internet Studies as well as in contemporary >>>philosophy >>> on identity and, most basically, conceptions/assumptions regarding >>>selfhood >>> - hence the article's inclusion in this special issue of the journal >>> Philosophy and Technology, as dedicated to these matters. >>> For the introduction: >>> ?At the Intersections Between Internet Studies and Philosophy: ?Who Am >>>I >>> Online?? (Introduction to special issue), Philosophy & Technology: >>>Volume >>> 25, Issue 3: (September, 2012): 275-284. DOI 10.1007/s13347-012-0085-4. >>> >>> (In these directions - of course, "the networked self" from Wellman and >>> Haythornthwaite has worked prominently over the past decade, e.g., most >>> recently in Julie Cohen's 2012 _Configuring the Networked Self: Law, >>>Code, >>> and the Play of Everyday Practice_. New Haven: Yale University Press. >>> <http://www.juliecohen.com/page5.php>. At the same time, however, >>>still >>> more strongly relational notions of selfhood have been emerging in >>> neurobiology (e.g., enactivism, the embodied mind, and other umbrella >>>terms) >>> and ethics (beginning with ecological ethics and feminist ethics / >>>ethics of >>> care - now with feminist concepts of "relational autonomy" and parallel >>> notions of distributed epistemic and ethical responsibility). Such >>>strongly >>> relational emphases, most broadly, appear to have been characteristic >>>of >>> notions of selfhood in the pre-modern "West" and still typically >>>function >>> strongly in societies shaped by Confucian and Buddhist traditions, for >>> example. >>> What's of interest here regarding ethics is how such relational selves >>>draw >>> on virtue ethics: hence the importance of Shannon Vallor's work on >>>virtue >>> ethics vis-a-vis social networking - most recently, Social Networking >>>and >>> Ethics. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2012 Edition), >>> Edward N. Zalta (ed.), forthcoming URL = >>> >>><http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2012/entries/ethics-social-networ >>>king >>> />. >>> As well, the relational emphases in several Confucian and Buddhist >>>societies >>> appear to be shift towards more individual emphases, e.g., >>> Hansen, Mette Halskov and Rune Svarverud (eds.). 2010. The Rise of the >>> Individual in Modern Chinese Society, Copenhagen: Nordic Institute of >>>Asian >>> Studies.) >>> >>> For my part, I find the "flow" you refer to helpfully analyzed >>>especially >>> from phenomenologically-informed frameworks (where such flow >>>experiences are >>> initially described in offline contexts) as well as, classically, in >>> Cs?kszentmih?lyi et al. I know there's some work along these lines in >>>Game >>> Studies, for example, and, when I get a few more minutes, can cobble >>> together a list of those references. In the meantime, someone(s) else >>>on >>> this list may have such a bibliography ready to hand? >>> >>> In any event, hope some of this is of some use - and hope to hear more >>>about >>> your work at AoIR in Denver! >>> >>> Best, >>> - charles >>> Associate Professor in Media Studies >>> Department of Media and Communication >>> >>> Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations >>> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/> >>> >>> University of Oslo >>> P.O. Box 1093 Blindern >>> NO-0317 >>> Oslo Norway >>> email: charles.ess(a)media.uio.no >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10.02.13 00:54, "Baker, Andrea" <bakera(a)ohio.edu> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, everyone, >>>> >>>> Thanks so much for all your help, from those of you commenting both >>>>here in >>>> the list and off of it. >>>> >>>> Yes, Barry, it was Nathan Jurgenson's work that first inspired me to >>>>carry on >>>> with my current project, sorry I didn't mention knowing about it. I >>>>also >>>> consulted with him initially, well before posting my inquiry. >>>>Nathan and PJ >>>> Rey are running their third Theorizing the Web conference, this year >>>>in NYC. >>>> >>>> Of course, much work has dealt with the issue some, including mine on >>>> relationships, identities and communities, and thanks for your own >>>>important >>>> list of contributions, your references. Thankfully there is now such >>>>a wealth >>>> of writing and research available. However, some of us think we >>>>still have a >>>> way to go in, to use your words, "flesh"-ing out dimensions of the >>>>processes. >>>> There's really still much more to say about it at this time, imo. >>>>Most these >>>> days seem to not only accept that online/mobile/cmc interaction is >>>>real but >>>> that it is less discrete from other activities than many of us early >>>>internet >>>> researchers and private citizens had originally conceived, and >>>>experienced >>>> back then. >>>> >>>> Anyone else who has specific references, please feel free to continue >>>>sending >>>> them to me and/or posting them. >>>> >>>> Here are my original questions previously posted to the aoirlist. >>>>I'm hoping >>>> the formatting is better this time: >>>> "For a piece I'm preparing on interaction back and forth between >>>>online and >>>> offline or from digital to physical worlds and back, I'm looking for >>>> references about how that works for people, especially those who are >>>>members >>>> of online communities. >>>> >>>> More than particular data to show this communication in process, >>>>although that >>>> is good too, I want to conceptualize themovement, the "flow" from one >>>>realm to >>>> another, to describe what is happening. Also, how does the online >>>> communication, including that through mobile phones, affect the >>>>offline >>>> interaction, and how do the offline encounters affect what goes on >>>>inside the >>>> online communities and in other social media containing some of the >>>>same >>>> people interacting offline. This project is part of my music fan >>>>research on >>>> fan communities, identities, and relationships. >>>> I'm already aware of the articles in the first issue of Mobile Media >>>>and >>>> Communication (January, 2013), and of Lauren Sessions-Goulet's >>>>excellent paper >>>> of a few years back on offline meetings and online communities, and >>>>have a few >>>> other helpful sources. I've done a body of work on romantic online >>>> relationships so I understand many of the dynamics there. >>>> >>>> Please feel free to write off list or on. Thanks so much in advance! >>>> cheers, >>>> andee (andrea baker)" >>>> >>>> thanks! --a >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/ > > > >-- >Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D. >http://petergloviczki.com > > >------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >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 103, Issue 11 >************************************** >

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The Onlife Manifesto -Digital Agenda for Europe - European Commission
by Charles Ess 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Dear AoIRists, This may be of interest to many of us, for a variety of reasons: Digital Agenda for Europe European Commission The Onlife Initiative - A Europe 2020 Initiative Chairman: Luciano Floridi Members: Stefana Broadbent - Nicole Dewandre - Charles Ess - Jean-Gabriel Ganascia - Mireille Hildebrandt - Yiannis Laouris - Claire Lobet-Maris - Sarah Oates - Ugo Pagallo - Judith Simon - May Thorseth - Peter-Paul Verbeek The Onlife Manifesto and the book ("user's manual") accompanying it are now publicly and freely available online: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/Onlife_Initia tive.pdf The Onlife Initiative - Concept Reengineering: rethinking public spaces in the digital transition The deployment of ICTs and their uptake by society affects radically the human condition by modifying our relationships to ourselves, to others and to the world around us. The increasing pervasiveness of ICTs upsets established reference frameworks and blurs the boundaries between real and virtual, shifting the primacy from entities to connections & information. Concept reengineering puts us in the best position to reflect meaningfully on what is happening to us, and thereby helps us envision the future in positive terms. Fear of the new or rejection of the unknown can be overcome by better understanding of the concepts we are dealing with. The "Onlife initiative" aims to help us better understand these concepts. For more information about the Onlife Initiative see: http://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/onlife-initiative Enjoy! - charles Associate Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/> University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess(a)media.uio.no

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