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Workshop call: Online Patient Experience, HCI 2011
by Phoenix Mo 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Apologies if cross-posted ==================================================================== We invite submissions for the 1st Workshop on Online Patient Experience (PEx) and its role in e-health. The Internet has an important role in the provision of reliable, relevant and timely health information for the public and patients. Traditionally, authoritative health information has been based on facts and figures, not the experiences of patients. However the rise of patient-generated content on the Internet, in the form of online patient experiences (PEx) has changed the landscape of health decision-making. Online PEx can have both positive and negative influences - PEx can enhance social support, and facilitate adjustment to an illness but can also raise anxiety levels and in an unmoderated format can deliver very powerful but misleading messages. PEx is important for researchers and e-health designers alike and in this workshop we seek to bring the new PEx community together to share new approaches and findings. The workshop is being run as part of the 25th BCS conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI 2011) which is being held in July at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne with the theme "health, wealth and happiness" - see www.hci2011.co.uk Position papers of 2-4 pages should be sent to Dr. Phoenix Mo (phoenix.mo(a)northumbria.ac.uk) by the 1st May 2011. Full workshop details available here: https://sites.google.com/site/opex2011/

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RIP Paul Baran
by jeremy hunsinger 28 Mar '11

28 Mar '11

Paul Baran 1926 to 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Baran Begin forwarded message: > From: Dave Farber <dfarber(a)me.com> > Date: March 27, 2011 6:36:28 PM CDT > To: ip <ip(a)listbox.com> > Subject: [IP] Paul Baran > Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net > > > > Paul passed away last night due to complications from lung cancer. There will be an obituary in the New York Times tomorrow written by Katie Hafner > > Paul was an long time friend and mentor. I will miss him > > Dave > Archives | Modify Your Subscription | Unsubscribe Now Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -Jules de Gaultier () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Reminder: CfP "Web Search Engine Research" book - abstracts due 31 March
by Dirk Lewandowski 27 Mar '11

27 Mar '11

Call for Chapters Web Search Engine Research Publisher: Emerald Library and Information Science Book Series http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/books/series.htm?id=1876-0562 Book Editor: Dirk Lewandowski, Professor in Information Science, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany) Proposal Submission Deadline: 31 March 2011, accepted Full Chapters Due: 15 June 2011 Introduction Since the advent of Web search engines in the 1990s, research has been conducted on their use and their quality in both computer science and in library and information science. While research in computer science mainly focuses on technical aspects of search engines, the focus of information science research is on users? behaviour when using search engines and how their interactions can be evaluated. Furthermore, information science research takes into account search engines? impact on society. However, it does not solely take the perspective of search engines as ?new media?, but can take a unique perspective integrating technical aspects, user aspects and their impact on their role in knowledge acquisition. The book therefore will follow a wide approach, and the editor is seeking contributions from a variety of research areas. Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Retrieval effectiveness * User satisfaction * Evaluation of search engine interfaces * Search engines? index quality * The impact of search on society * Reliability of search results * Query log analysis * User guidance in the search process * Index and/or results freshness, diversity of results * Influence of search engine optimization (SEO) on results quality. Submission Information Potential contributors are invited to submit a chapter proposal (approx. 500 words) to the Book Editor by 31 March 2011, detailing the background, motivations and structure of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified in short order as to the status of their proposal and sent organizational guidelines. Full chapters should be at least 8,000-9,000 words in length and are due by 15 June 2011. Inquiries and Submissions Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically to Dirk Lewandowski, dirk.lewandowski(a)haw-hamburg.de PDF version of this text: http://www.bui.haw-hamburg.de/fileadmin/user_upload/lewandowski/doc/Call_fo… -- Prof. Dr. Dirk Lewandowski Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences) Fakultät Design Medien Information Department Information Finkenau 35, Raum 268 D - 22081 Hamburg Tel.: 040-42875 3621 Fax: 040-42875 3609 http://www.bui.haw-hamburg.de http://www.bui.haw-hamburg.de/lewandowski.html

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List of Grad Programs and Research Centers
by Sravan Bhamidipati 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

Hello everybody. I am Sravan from India, and am new to the group. I am looking for Ph.D. programs in Internet Studies. The existing AoIR Wiki lists for Graduate Programs<http://wiki.aoir.org/index.php?title=Graduate_Programs>and Research Centers <http://wiki.aoir.org/index.php?title=Research_Centers> seem incomplete, given the large variety of people seen in the email archives. It will be very helpful for students if you could reply to this thread with a name and/or URL of your department, if it offers a graduate program and/or conducts research in this field. I will subsequently update the Wiki pages. Thank you all in advance. -- Sravan Bhamidipati Software Performance Engineer Symantec Corporation

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FW: [ciresearchers] Journal of Community Informatics special issue with selected Prato Conference papers is now out.
by Michael Gurstein 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

-----Original Message----- From: ciresearchers-owner(a)vancouvercommunity.net [mailto:ciresearchers-owner@vancouvercommunity.net] On Behalf Of Larry Stillman Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 10:35 PM To: ciresearchers(a)vancouvercommunity.net; communityinformatics(a)vancouvercommunity.net Subject: [ciresearchers] Journal of Community Informatics special issue with selected Prato Conference papers is now out. Special Thanks to Mike Gurstein and other editorial volunteers for their help. http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/current (just a simple cut and past below) Special Issue: Prato Community Informatics Conference: 2010 Editorial: Special Issue Prato Conference Ricardo Gomez, Larry Stillman The Ethical Responsibility of Researchers in Community Informatics Michael Gurstein Articles Flying blind, or going with the flow?: Using constructivist evaluation to manage the unexpected in the GraniteNet project Catherine Arden, Kathryn McLachlan, Trevor Cooper Public Access to the Internet and Social Change: An experience in Colombia, between silence and hope Ricardo Gomez, Luis Fernando Baron-Porras Using Collaboration Patterns for Contextualizing Roles in Community Systems Design Aldo de Moor Poetic publics: Agency and rhetorics of netroots activism in post-earthquake LAquila Pamela Pietrucci Open educational resources or closed learning management systems? The Challenge of Designing ICT Support for Learning Communities in Higher Education Patricia Arnold ICTs Meanings and Practices: Contributions from the Social Representation Approach Mauro Sarrica Lighting up the Dark: Telecenter Adoption in a Caribbean Agricultural Community Paola Prado e-Research Infrastructure and Community Research Tom Denison, Graeme Johanson Applying a Community Informatics Approach as Part of Rehabilitation in US Prisons Lassana Magassa Equity, pedagogy and inclusion. Harnessing digital technologies to support higher education access and success Alison Elliott Inside the "People of the Wheelbarrows": participation between online and offline dimension in the post-quake social movement Manuela Farinosi, Emiliano Treré Reviews Participation in Broadband Society Vols. 1 & 2 Larry Stillman

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Re: [Air-L] Prospects for Peace & Democracy in Russia (Barry Wellman)
by Inna Kouper 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

I hope that the book by Metta Spencer is much more complicated and that the abstract of the talk misrepresented it. We already have claims made by scholars that there would be no orange revolution in Ukraine without livejournal, that facebook and twitter brought changes to Egypt, and so on. Such claims are not only technologically deterministic, they lack historical, sociological, and ethnographic sensibilities. Grassroots movements in Russia need much more than skype (or any new media for that matter) to "proliferate transnational dialogues". It would benefit us as scholars and activists to at least acknowledge that even if we don't have means to theorize and practice it. Inna > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Speaker: Metta Spencer > > Date: Thursday March 31st > Dept of Sociology, U of Toronto, 725 Spadina Avenue, 1200-1:30 > > Title: "The Prospects for Peace and Democracy in Russia" > > Abstract: > > Metta Spencer's new book, The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy, is > based mainly on hundreds of interviews between 1982 and 2010 that she > conducted in Russia and Eastern Europe. It reflects not only the stories of > leading members of Gorbachev's advisers, but also intellectuals and > dissidents. Focusing on the remarkable interactions between Russian and > foreign elites, especially during the Gorbachev years, it shows how markedly > his democratic and peaceable political, foreign, and military policies came > from Western peace workers. Because those transnational civil society > organizations were obviously "bridging" groups (in Putnam's terminology) > they were especially conductive to democracy. For twenty years, however, > such associations have diminished-largely because Putin, to prevent a > Russian color revolution, has blocked international political projects. For > the sake of democratization, Spencer proposes that the new media (e.g. > Skype) now be used to proliferate thousands of sustained transnational > dialogues at the grassroots level. > > > > >

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CfP: ACM CSCW 2012 Papers & Notes: expanded focus, new review process, deadline June 3
by Joe McCarthy 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

The ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Media is a premier venue for presenting research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, and communities. CSCW encompasses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. Although work is an area of focus, CSCW embraces research and technologies supporting a wide range of recreational and social activities using a diverse range of devices. The conference brings together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in both technical and social aspects of collaboration. CSCW 2012 will be held February 11-15, 2012, in Seattle, Washington, USA. The deadline for Papers & Notes submission is June 3; titles and abstracts of Papers & Notes must be submitted by May 27. The early submission date of June 3 reflects a new review process, wherein authors of promising submissions will be given a month to revise their 10-page Papers and/or 4-page Notes to address concerns raised by reviewers and increase their potential for achieving the level of clear contribution required for a CSCW Paper or Note. We have instituted this process to promote greater diversity while maintaining the high level of quality expected of CSCW Papers and Notes. Only complete submissions will be reviewed, and not all submissions will be eligible for revision, but we hope that the opportunity for revision in some cases may help prospective authors from outside the traditional CSCW community to structure the presentation of their work in a format that is better aligned with CSCW standards. The complete Call for Participation, including information about Workshops, CSCW Horizon, Demonstrations, Panels, Posters, Videos, the Doctoral Colloquium, and Student Volunteers - as well as Papers and Notes - can be found at cscw2012.org <http://cscw2012.org>. You can also follow announcements about the conference on Twitter, @ACM_CSCW2012 <http://twitter.com/acm_cscw2012>, and/or "like" us on Facebook, www.facebook.com/CSCW2012 <http://www.facebook.com/CSCW2012> We look forward to your participation! *The CSCW 2012 Committee * *Conference Co-chairs *Steve Poltrock Carla Simone, /University of Milano-Bicocca/ *Treasurer *Stephen Hayne, /Colorado State University/ *Papers & Notes Co-chairs *John Riedl, /University of Minnesota/ Gloria Mark, /University of California, Irvine/ Jonathan Grudin, /Microsoft Research/ -- *The 2012 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Media* 11-15 February 2012 Seattle, Washington, USA /Homepage/: http://cscw2012.org /Twitter/: @ACM_CSCW2012 <http://twitter.com/acm_cscw2012> /Facebook/: http://www.facebook.com/CSCW2012

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Symposium - Net Cultures: Mobility and Location in Social Networks
by Adriana de Souza e Silva 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

**Apologies for cross-postings. *** Please help me promote the first research symposium of the Center for Network Culture, which will take place on April 29 2001 at the IT University of Copenhagen (see flyer below). The symposium's main foci are the mobile and local aspects of today’s networked culture. Further information about the event and its speakers can be found at the CNC homepage: http://itu.dk/networkculture/ Speakers will address topics, such as: • Mobile communication and location awareness in everyday life practices; • New urban spatialities developed with mobile gaming and locative social media; • Privacy and surveillance issues as they relate to location-based social networks; • Identity and spatial construction through locative media art / performance design; • Civic engagement and political participation through mobile social media, new mapping practices and location-aware technologies. Invited Speakers: • Mimi Sheller (Drexel University, USA), KEYNOTE • Christian Licoppe (Telecom Paristech, France) • Ana Maria Nicolaci-da-Costa (Pontificial Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil) • Larissa Hjorth (RMIT University, Australia) IT University of Copenhage, Auditorium 1 Rued Langgaards Vej 7 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark The event is free. Registration required as seating is limited. RSVP to net-cultures(a)itu.dk with name and affiliation. ________________________ Adriana de Souza e Silva, Ph.D Associate Professor IT University of Copenhagen, Digital Culture and Mobile Communication Group North Carolina State University, Department of Communication http://www.souzaesilva.com

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Prospects for Peace & Democracy in Russia
by Barry Wellman 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Speaker: Metta Spencer Date: Thursday March 31st Dept of Sociology, U of Toronto, 725 Spadina Avenue, 1200-1:30 Title: "The Prospects for Peace and Democracy in Russia" Abstract: Metta Spencer's new book, The Russian Quest for Peace and Democracy, is based mainly on hundreds of interviews between 1982 and 2010 that she conducted in Russia and Eastern Europe. It reflects not only the stories of leading members of Gorbachev's advisers, but also intellectuals and dissidents. Focusing on the remarkable interactions between Russian and foreign elites, especially during the Gorbachev years, it shows how markedly his democratic and peaceable political, foreign, and military policies came from Western peace workers. Because those transnational civil society organizations were obviously "bridging" groups (in Putnam's terminology) they were especially conductive to democracy. For twenty years, however, such associations have diminished-largely because Putin, to prevent a Russian color revolution, has blocked international political projects. For the sake of democratization, Spencer proposes that the new media (e.g. Skype) now be used to proliferate thousands of sustained transnational dialogues at the grassroots level.

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Re: [Air-L] list of open access journals dealing with technology
by Scott MacLeod 24 Mar '11

24 Mar '11

BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; } BODY { font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px; }Dear Jeremy and AoIR, I think http://www.webnographers.org [1] in one form or another will be up again at some point. It's presently down, partly due to spam. Webnographers.org was an extensive wiki-listing of papers, books, videos, syllabi, tools and much more, which Jenny Ryan originated, and for which I was the main aggregator. World University and School's 'Internet Studies' wiki subject page - http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internet_Studies [2] - also has some of these open teaching and learning resources - such as papers, books, videos, syllabi, tools - and is growing. I hope both wiki Webnographers.org and WUaS's 'Internet Studies' subject page will further complement AoIR's wiki. Best, Scott Scott MacLeod World University and School http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/World_University 415 480 4577 http://scottmacleod.com scott(a)scottmacleod.com On Thu 24/03/11 6:38 AM , jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu sent: before we get a list posted to the list, which i think might be a bit much for some folks, perhaps this reply directly to Katy, or really we have a list of journals on the wiki, maybe adding them there would be good. > Click on technology and engineering ( it's the last link ). > > Thank you, > Ashim > _______________________________________________ > The mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > Links: ------ [1] http://www.webnographers.org [2] http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Internet_Studies

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