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Cyberactivism, twitter and elections in Venezuela. Research
by Daniela Artigas Avila 25 May '11

25 May '11

This is the abstract of the latest project we have been doing, is about cyberactivism, venezuelan elections and Twitter. If some of you are interested or working with similar categories, please, let us know. We have some methodological issues to solve. More about the investigation program here (in spanish) www.apropiacion.blogspot.com *Abstract* This research aims to describe the routines developed by the users of twitter during the Venezuelan elections. It relies on the contributions of Boyd (2005), Masten and Plowman (2003) and FAO (2011) related to digital ethnography and passive observation and study methods and techniques appropriate for the work that seeks to shape and characterize participants a specific community, we also considered the research of Gonzalez (2005) and Rheingold (2002) about cyberactivism, and smart mobs. Data collection was performed with the tool The Archivist, and was the processed with the statistical software named CAVanaTuit. Among the first results we noted that the Venezuelans have developed a series of practices, games and behaviors that run regularly during the electoral day , it was observed that people become digital reporters during the establishment of voting centers, voting and the vote count. Among the most used tags, besides #26S, we found and organize by frequency of appearance: #Venezuela, #Cuba, #ElNacional, #cosasquepasaranantesdelboletín #fuerafocas. During the morning of 27S, the twitter’s Venezuelans positioned 8 of 10 trending topics in the global section on Twitter. * * *Key words*: Twitter, Venezuelan elections, ciberactivism, digital ethnography, #26S Daniela ARtigas Avila Assistant professor at Unica <http://www.unica.edu.ve> / content web coordinator at LUZ Web <http://www.luz.edu.ve> @danielaart <http://twitter.com/#/danielaart>

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Re: [Air-L] Research
by Andras Lukacs 25 May '11

25 May '11

Hi Kattie, I recently went through the same process with my IRB, so maybe I can help. 1. Participant observation in "public areas" was not a major issue as far as consent concerned. 2. Participant observation in "guilds" is done with the consent of the guild master (usually announcement on guild website). Guild members/participants have the option to op-out. 3. Interviewing 13-17. Usually happens in VOIP settings. Participants first visit my research site and read the "Assent Form". This form asks them to talk to their parents about the research and ask questions, etc. Once the interview is scheduled, I try to speak with a parent/legal guardian. This part only takes a couple minutes and aimed at gathering verbal parental consent. If parent/guardian is not available, I reschedule the interview and try to get an email permission from the parent. The procedure with the IRB was pretty tedious. If you have specific questions, please email me off-list. Cheers. ~andras On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 10:07 AM, kattie hogan <hogankattie(a)yahoo.com>wrote ( mailto:hogankattie@yahoo.com ): > I am currently a doctorate student and my interest is online adolescent > identity performances. My IRB is currently unsure about the types of > consent I should obtain from these young people and whether parental consent > must be obtained and how I would go about collecting those signatures. I > would like to work with 14-17 year olds from different geographic areas, so > face to face interviews would be a challenge. Any advice? Thank you in > advance --- Andras Lukacs Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology Loyola University Chicago alukacs(a)luc.edu

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Methodology Question Help
by Nikki Usher 24 May '11

24 May '11

Hiya: I don't think this got picked up? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nikki Usher <nikki.usher(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, May 23, 2011 at 12:03 PM Subject: Methodology Question Help To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Hi: Normally I recruit subjects for interviews in person, but this time I'm using email and I'm having a little trouble figuring out what the best practices are for methodology. Let me explain about how we got our sample without giving TOO many details since one of you might be a kind reviewer. As you may have gathered by now, I write about new media and journalism. 1) An organization provided us a list of news articles with just their headlines. 84 articles in total. So we had to find the bylines, emails and contact information. journalists are typically regarded as public figures by the IRB on account of their publishing activities and public persona. The people we were able to find and contact all had Web sites promoting their work with email addresses, etc. 2) We recruited participants via email using IRB approved language (obvs) - we were able to get approx. 34 email addresses from this initial data set - and so far have 15 respondents. We have promised to keep their responses anonymous, though the "star" of the effort is now a known quantity and would be identified as such by her responses, so she's OK with us using her name. 3) We are almost close to saturation with the thematic interview responses but we'd like more interviews to be sure. We also think a potential reviewer would think "15, really, that's super small." We are conducting some follow up emails with this first batch of email addresses. Our concern here is self-selection of respondents. However, isn't self-selection always the concern with interviews (Weiss - talking to strangers, Silverman, etc. etc.)? I just don't know what we should do about response rate because I don't normally recruit over email to a widely dispersed group of people who don't have any connection to each other. In a real life organization, you might say, talk to 15 of the reporters who all have something in common that you've been able to observe, or select to interview people based on hierarchy. 4) We have *another *data set where if we can't get saturation we can look for participants but it is much larger (about 150) - from a second wave of the organization's story output. Would we need to send out emails to all of these journalists to remain consistent, or could we just approach the first, say, dozen, going by date of story publication until we got saturation? Or would we have to start over and email EVERYONE? We are pretty sure we will reach saturation of themes quite soon. Thanks!! -- Nikki Usher, PhD USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism mobile: 213-220-7824 www.nikkiusher.com

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Another Question for Candidates from Joseph K.
by Alex Halavais 24 May '11

24 May '11

As a note, I'm sending these out to AIR-L again, because I think it's important that folks are involved in the election process, but I do encourage you to go to http://aoir.org for some individual questions, comments, links to blog posts, and personal statements. JOSEPH K. asked the following question to almost (!) all the candidates for AoIR Executive positions. """ What concrete tasks or changes to the organization would you aim to put in place during your first 90 days in office? """ So, once again, a round-up... ***** TED COOPMAN (VP candidate) ***** """ Joseph, The VP begins by working with Alex the sitting president to help him enact his agenda – he is the President. The Exec is also somewhat constrained, like any elective body, by those in it. That is, what members want to work on. Ideally… First, what I would like to see done is to set out an agenda/policy map for the first year. A clear set of goals with time-lines that consists of the presidents, the exec members, and my own plans/desires. Second, complete the ongoing comprehensive review of bylaws and make any required changes and put changes that must be voted on before the membership.This will really help. Third, I would work with Micheal the treasurer to create a plan to expand membership and secure sponsors. We have had some discussions on this and I think firming up the plan and then implementing it is possible in the near term. Related to this is the ongoing discussion on perhaps hiring someone for outreach and similar tasks. Please keep in mind that while we are all online and interactive that deliberation across timer zones is slow. Not as slow as institutional time but definitely not internet time! Also, there needs to be Exec member buy in for any changes. -TED """ ***** LORI KENDALL (VP candidate) ***** """ Joseph K.: The first thing I intend to do is to implement a formal process for transferring knowledge from one IR conference Program Chair to the next. This will involve both collecting information from this year’s Program Chair (convenient, since this is me! :) and setting up a system to continue passing on this information from year to year. My aim is two-fold. First, I would like to make it easier for new Program Chairs to get up to speed. For those who have never served in such a capacity, there is a lot to learn, both technically and procedurally. The second purpose is to improve the conference planning process and especially to improve the reviewing process. """ ***** MONICA MURERO (VP candidate) ***** """ Honorific Aoir Lifetime Member for outstanding services to the Aoir community, Prof Murero will greatly benefit Aoir on every task: administrative, financial , executive, publishing, budget and conference related matters. In fact, during the first 90 days of service (Oct-Jan.) Aoir must complete several concrete tasks. Examples include: Finalization of Conference financial matters, management of memberships, and legal duties. A highly-experienced and knowledgable candidate is crucial to make imoortant tasks concretely run from day one. Also, budgeting for the new conference, CFP , conference theme and administrative duties need to be addressed. Furthermore, the previous exec might leave “hot” unresolved tasks in the hands of the new officers that need attention, Under safe hands, important tasks can be addressed from day one. Decisions influence Aoir mid-term activities. Aoir values must be protected and tasks developed under experienced hands. With well-recognized contributes to the Aoir executive committee and a curriculum of excellence, Prof. Murero is the most experienced candidate for the VP position. Mantain the sense of community people find at the Aoir conference and air-list, and work together for the health of the association is a must. Every 2 months, the exec Report will inform members about current activities by offering new opportunities to the Aoir community. An informal, welcoming and high-quality attitude in discussing crucial topics will keep Aoir the fantastic open place for interdisciplinary discussion and collaborations we have created over the years. """ ***** ANTHONY HOFFMANN (Student Rep candidate) ****** """ Joseph – thanks for the question. As articulated in the above statement, I would like to pursue my mentorship proposal. One of the strengths of the Association is that there are very few distinctions drawn between established faculty and up-and-coming students – I believe that keeping such distinctions at a minimum (by avoiding, say, the development of separate spaces for faculty versus students) is important for maintaining AoIR’s inclusivity. A mentorship program, while it creates a distinction in terms of how and who may apply (and what role they may serve, be it mentor or mentored), ultimately serves to bring together both established and up-and-coming scholars and researchers, which I see as being in the spirit of inclusivity. Plus, it has the potential to add value and further diversity the programming of the annual conference – creating a new space for dialogue and the exchange of ideas. More to the point of the question, then: in my first 90 days in office I will aim to gather feedback as to what members of the Association, should they support such a program, would want a mentorship program to look like. From there, I will synthesize input and put forward a proposal as to how such a program might work. """ ***** KELLY QUINN (Student Rep candidate) ***** """ Hi Joseph – Thanks for the opportunity to respond. I have two specific ideas that can be quickly implemented by the AoIR Executive Committee. The first is to more effectively utilize the AoIR graduate student listserv. Currently, we have fewer than 200 subscribers on the graduate student listserv, and little activity takes place therein. I would like to see a campaign during and after the annual conference to encourage grad students to subscribe to the list, and then use it to publicize grad student conferences and cfps specifically targeting graduate students (awards, journals, fellowships), to announce talks and seminars, and to suggest grad student resources (monetary and otherwise) that might be useful to our student members. Second, to engage the entire membership a little more actively, I would encourage the Executive Committee to work toward establishing a regularly scheduled AoIR Twitter meetup, or short tweeting discussion sessions (30 minutes to an hour) that would target specific topics that are pertinent to internet researchers. Topics might include internet research ethics on specific technologies (social network sites, blogs), the use of specific research methods, strategies for recruitment, and so on. The key is holding these conversations at regularly scheduled times and announcing the topic in advance, so that any interested members could join the discussion. Because our membership is comprised of internet researchers, I believe that AoIR can and should take a leadership role in utilizing various new media formats to engage and connect its membership. """ ***** ANDREA BAKER (Open Seat candidate) ***** """ Joseph, hi, thanks for your question. I would ask that the exec committee discuss adding places and times for informal roundtable discussions to the program. If agreed, I would then help implement steps to insure that the call for papers for IR 13.0 included solicitation of discussion leaders and their topics. """ ***** SORAJ HONGLADAROM (Open Seat candidate) ***** """ Hi Joseph, my first concrete tasks would be to initiate an agenda for the committee on how to broaden the scope of the association. This can be done in several ways, but one I am having in mind is to promote the activities of the association in non-western countries, especially in Asia. For example, the association could join hands with other local groups to hold seminars on topics of our interest in the region. Soraj """ ***** MARK JOHNS (Open Seat candidate) ***** """ In the first 90 days? NONE! I would spend the first 90 days learning about the dynamics of the Executive and understanding the issues most important to the other members. Only by listening to one another and building trust in this new setting would anything be accomplished in the future. While I have met all of the Exec members, and know some quite well, every group has its own chemistry and I would spend the first 90 days trying to to see how the chemistry of this group works. """ ***** ULF-DIETRICH REIPS (Open Seat candidate) ***** """ Hi Joseph, thanks for your comment. I would begin by listening to the new president and other incoming officers (some with much more experience than me in AoIR office matters) as to what are the most important and pressing issues, and help with those as much as I can. If adequate, I would then attend to Nr. 3 above and publish a call to submit links, materials, and descriptions to a repository with useful software for Internet researchers. Furthermore, I’d write up and post information about other societies that may be of interest to AoIR members and collect comments from AoIR members about their experiences with and interests in those societies (plus pointers to more societies to add to the list). I hope in this process some ideas for joint projects will emerge, so we can contact officers from the other societies to follow up on those ideas. Also, at some point we may be able to draw a landscape of organizations with overlapping interest that may serve as a visual guide for PhD students. """ ***** CRISTIAN BERRIO ZAPATA (Open Seat candidate) ***** """ I believe two main courses must be taken: (1) begin contacts to open AOIR conference activities to other continents and cities. One of my colleagues proposed Asia. That could be. What about Brazil? Maybe Buenos Aires, Argentina? We must congregate people from various latitudes in different places. (2) Language might be a barrier in this moment. Although it is clear that English keeps being the general language of the association, we must open to other languages and built information structures to do so. (3) Both (1) and (2) required that we plan a compatible manware – repository structure. What about using AOIR as a base for exchange of professors from distant latitudes? In general, I believe the first goal is to develop AOIR globally to the side of the developing countries, as the association can bring a lot to them, opening opportunities to people in the developed countries. Exchange of knowledge and information in seek of better life for everyone. """ -- // // This email is // [x] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais, ciberflâneur // http://alex.halavais.net //

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Research
by kattie hogan 24 May '11

24 May '11

I am currently a doctorate student and my interest is online adolescent identity performances. My IRB is currently unsure about the types of consent I should obtain from these young people and whether parental consent must be obtained and how I would go about collecting those signatures. I would like to work with 14-17 year olds from different geographic areas, so face to face interviews would be a challenge. Any advice? Thank you in advance

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CFP Broadband Policy and" New Democracy"
by Richard Taylor 24 May '11

24 May '11

Dear Colleagues, With apologies for cross-postings: Call for Paper Proposals New ICTs + New Media = New Democracy? Communications policy and public life in the age of broadband A by-invitation experts' workshop New America Foundation September 20-22, 2011 Are "new media" fundamentally changing the practice of democracy? Recent years have seen a significant transition in the role computer mediated communications play in the political sphere. A technological revolution driven by economic and market forces is undermining settled practices, established institutions, and traditional communications norms. As a result, public policies governing the telecommunications and media infrastructure need to be re-examined, and their theoretical foundations and paradigmatic assumptions reformulated. Technological developments and broadband communications have forced the rules of political discourse to change: contemporary new media are circumventing and displacing old media; political candidates and public officials are finding new ways of communicating with the public; fundraising and advertising in political campaigns are being reshaped; and voiceless organizations and communities around the world are making themselves heard -- both within their national boundaries and around the world. The Institute for Information Policy at Penn State University and the New America Foundation's Open Technology Initiative are pleased to announce this call for paper proposals, which focuses on the role broadband policies play in the promotion and preservation of democracy and human rights. Authors of the selected papers will be invited to present and discuss them during a three day by-invitation-only experts workshop designed to bring together American and international experts and to be held at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC, between September 20-22, 2011. This workshop is part of a series of events focused on "Making Policy Research Accessible," organized by the IIP, with the support of the Ford Foundation. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers for review by the Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org) Paper topics may include, but are not limited to: . Freedom, democracy and justice: Changing concepts of democracy in the 21st century . Campaign financing policies in the age of broadband communications . Viability of existing telecommunications/media policies in light of technological change . Preservation of freedom of expression and the public sphere in the new media environment . Human rights and policy implications of recent popular uprisings around the world . Allocation of resources allowing broadband communication to fulfill their role in democracy . Private and public ownership of communication networks and their implications for democracy Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to pennstateiip(a)psu.edu by June 30, 2011. Please write IIPOTIWS: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Abstracts not sent according to the above instructions will not be reviewed. Accepted presenters will be notified by July 15, 2011. Prof. Richard Taylor Co-Director, Institute for Information Policy The Pennsylvania State University

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UNESCO - World Summit on the Information Society
by Monica Murero 24 May '11

24 May '11

> The World Summit on the Information Society (16-20 May, 2011) provided interesting opportunities to network with multiple stakeholders. Organized by UNESCO, ITU, UNCTAD and UNPD, the World Summit Outcome Document is available here: > http://groups.itu.int/wsis-forum2011/Agenda/OutcomeDocument.aspx > > Monica > http://aoir.org/2011/05/13/monica-murero-candidate-for-vice-president/#comm… > Vice-President Candidate, Aoir > ------------- > Monica Murero , Ph.D. > AoIR Exec, 2003-2009; AoIR Treasurer, 2005-2009 > Honorific AoIR Lifetime Member > > Director E-Life International Institute > Associate Professor in Politics of e-Government > and in Sociology of New Technology > University Federico II, Italy > Consultant, World Health Organization > LinkedIN: http://it.linkedin.com/pub/monica-murero-ph-d/16/52/606 > Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/monica_murero or @monica_murero > Facebook: murero monica >

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Book announcement 'New media technologies and user empowerment'
by Jo Pierson 24 May '11

24 May '11

New book announcement New Media Technologies and User Empowerment Jo Pierson, Enid Mante-Meijer and Eugène Loos (eds.) Peter Lang - International Academic Publishers May 2011 ISBN 978-3-631-60031-3 Peter Lang published the book 'New Media Technologies and User Empowerment' (edited by Jo Pierson, Enid Mante-Meijer and Eugène Loos) Volume 6 in 'Participation in Broadband Society' series (edited by Leopoldina Fortunati, Julian Gebhardt and Jane Vincent) 'This collection provides numerous and refreshing insights into the claims about the ever more proactive role of users of information and communication technologies. Through a variety of case studies, illustrating the array of theoretical frameworks available, the authors throw light upon the diverse ways in which users engage with innovations. From outlining the challenges of involving users in design, through appreciating the diverse origins and nature of user engagement with ICTs to critically commenting upon the constraints of the user experience, this book provides a welcome and useful contribution to the field.' (Leslie Haddon - LSE London School of Economics and Political Sciences) 'User-generated content, produsage, collective intelligence – these terms have come into their own in recent years, filled with detail as researchers explore the finer nuances of participative Web environments. This is a rich collection of such work, exploring the successes and failures of innovative online projects, and examining how they affect the rhetoric of user empowerment that surrounds Web 2.0. A very welcome addition to this field of research.' (Axel Bruns - Author of Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From Production to Produsage) Synopsis: Recent developments in new media devices and applications have led to the rise of what have become known as ‘social media’, ‘Web 2.0’, ‘social computing’ or ‘participative web’. This shift in ICT, from unidirectional to conversational media of mass self-communication has lowered the technological thresholds for everyday users to cooperate for their own benefit, to participate in online environments and social network sites, to co-create business value and to become ‘produsers’ or ‘pro-ams’. At the same time, we see an evolution towards people-centred design and user-driven innovation in the design of new media technologies. This has created new opportunities and heightened expectations regarding user empowerment in different societal arenas. However, the question remains to what extent users and communities interacting in an all-IP new media ecosystem are empowered (and not disempowered) to express their creativity and concerns in their social and cultural environment and to obtain a prominent role in the process of new media design and innovation. The book attempts to answer this question through a collection of chapters that scrutinise this issue. The different chapters focus on the way that social and economic opportunities and threats enable and/or constrain user empowerment. This work consists of four major sections, each of which examines the (potential) empowerment/disempowerment of users in relation to new media technologies from a different angle. The chapters in the first section describe different theoretical perspectives on user roles and user involvement in the new media ecosystem, referring to interpretative, positivist and critical schools of thought. Based on these overall guiding frameworks, we then explore the leverage users have, both on content level and on technological level. This refers respectively to the second and third section of the book. In the fourth section different case studies are presented, each of which highlight how user empowerment manifests itself in different new media sectors and environments (such as publishing, the music industry and social networking sites). The book is based on interdisciplinary research. It offers innovative insights based on state-of-the-art academic and industry-driven ICT user research in various European countries. This work will appeal to post-graduate students and researchers in the field of media and communication studies, social studies of technology, digital media marketing and other domains that investigate the mutual relationship between new media technologies and society. Contents: Yves Punie: Introduction: New Media Technologies and User Empowerment. Is there a Happy Ending? - Enid Mante-Meijer/Eugène Loos: Innovation and the Role of Push and Pull - Valerie Frissen/Mijke Slot: The Return of the Bricoleur: Redefining Media Business - Serge Proulx/Lorna Heaton: Forms of User Contribution in Online Communities: Mechanisms of Mutual Recognition between Contributors - Aphra Kerr/Stefano De Paoli/Cristiano Storni: Rethinking the Role of Users in ICT Design: Reflections for the Internet - James Stewart/Laurence Claeys: Problems and Opportunities of Interdisciplinary Work Involving Users in Speculative Research for Innovation of Novel ICT Applications - Marinka Vangenck/Jo Pierson/Wendy Van den Broeck/Bram Lievens: User-Driven Innovation in the Case of Three-Dimensional Urban Environments - Mijke Slot: Web Roles Re-examined: Exploring User Roles in the Media Environment - Philip Ely/David Frohlich/Nicola Green: Uncertainty, Upheavals and Upgrades: Digital-DIY during Life-change - Eva K. Törnquist: In Search of Elks and Birds: Two Case Studies on the Creative Use of ICT in Sweden - Levente Szekely/Agnes Urban: Over the Innovators and Early Adopters: Incentives and Obstacles of Internet Usage - James Stewart/Richard Coyne/Penny Travlou/Mark Wright/Henrik Ekeus: The Memory Space and the Conference: Exploring Future Uses of Web2.0 and Mobile Internet through Design Interventions - Sanna Martilla/Kati Hyyppä/Kari-Hans Kommonen: Co-Design of a Software Toolkit for Media Practices: P2P-Fusion Case Study - Ike Picone: Mapping Users' Motivations and Thresholds for Casually «Produsing» News - Stijn Bannier: The Musical Network 2.0 & 3.0 - Enid Mante-Meijer/Jo Pierson/Eugène Loos: Conclusion: Substantiating User Empowerment. For more information on the book, follow the link below: <http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseite…> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jo Pierson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT) Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT) Pleinlaan 2 / B-1050 Brussels / Belgium T: + 32 (0)2 629 2412 F: +32 (0)2 629 1700 E: Jo.Pierson(a)vub.ac.be #imuses Office: 0C.005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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this should be useful to air too.Fwd: [ciresearchers] FW: [CommunityInformaticsCanada] The Role of Facebook in Disaster Response
by gene loeb 24 May '11

24 May '11

ir RESEARCHERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS TOO. gENE ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Michael Gurstein <gurstein(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:49 AM Subject: [ciresearchers] FW: [CommunityInformaticsCanada] The Role of Facebook in Disaster Response To: ciresearchers(a)vancouvercommunity.net Cc: George Lessard <mediamentor(a)gmail.com> -----Original Message----- From: cracin-canada-owner(a)vancouvercommunity.net [mailto:cracin-canada-owner@vancouvercommunity.net] On Behalf Of media(a)web.net Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 1:38 AM Subject: [CommunityInformaticsCanada] The Role of Facebook in Disaster Response The Role of Facebook in Disaster Response http://irevolution.net/2011/05/22/facebook-and-disaster-response/ [excerpt] I've been thinking about this topic with a number of other colleagues for a while. I'm also very interested to hear any ideas and suggestions that iRevolution readers may have on this. There's no doubt that Facebook can-and already does-play an important role in disaster response. In Haiti, my colleague Rob Munro used Facebook to recruit hundreds of Creole speaking volunteers to translate tens of thousands of text messages into English as part of Mission 4636. When an earthquake struck New Zealand earlier this year, thousands of students organized their response via a Facebook group and also used the platform's check-in's feature to alert others in their social network that they were alright. See also Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) * NGO's Role in Effective Disaster Response http://causeorganizations.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/ngos-role-in-effective-di saster-response/ * After 911, Facebook Is Top Choice for Disaster Response http://midflredcross.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/after-911-facebook-is-top-choi ce-for-disaster-response/ * Fake earthquake disaster drill tests on Facebook & Twitter http://iansarn.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/fake-earthquake-disaster-drill-tests -on-facebook-twitter/ To unsubscribe (subscribe) send an email to: sympa(a)vcn.bc.ca with the message unsub (sub) ciresearchers -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D.

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Save the Dates for 2012 MEA Convention in New York!
by Janet Sternberg 24 May '11

24 May '11

Save the Dates: June 7-10, 2012 The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association at Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York 2012 MEA Convention theme and details to be announced at this year's MEA Convention in Edmonton, Canada, June 23-26, 2011 http://www.media-ecology.org

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