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Do these online transparency, participation indicators jive?
by Steven Clift 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

I am drafting a framework for evaluating local governments around the United States for their online support for democracy. Most academic reviews have focused on candidate website features or those looking at e-government general have had only a few citizen participation indicators (and pretty crude ones). There are some good explorations(1) of online transparency more or less focused on information products (which is 1/5 of the picture IMHO). While this draft guide - http://pages.e-democracy.org/Sunshine_2.0 - will be used initially by local League of Women Voter chapters, I fully expect that it will be used by local reporters, researchers and others. So, what do you think of these indicators? What you would change/add/delete? What are you researching? Full spreadsheet: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArhmVl0vhGLVdG5hZ25IYlVSNGx6QWRxa3F… The draft list (w/o detail): * Information "Your" Government How request information via FOI Accountability Information - The Transparency Ten Pack Open Data Initiative Document Register E-Transparency System * Representation Elected/appointed governance body clear on home page and Elected Officials List Appointed Officials and Bodies Election Information Council Member/Mayor Site Section Council Member/Mayor E-Newsletter or Blog E-Response Tool - E-Petition Receiver * Decision-Making Public Meeting Calendar, Agenda, and Minutes Public Meeting Documents Webcasts - Live and On-Demand Performance Data Document Register * Engagement 311/Web Comment Form/General E-mail Inbox Online surveys and polls or requests for comments on reports or proposals Policy Pack - Response, Community Engagement, Social Media Use Online Exchange with Public (External Tools) Online Government Engagement (Government Managed) * Online Features Community Links Section Site Search Web Feeds E-Updates Services What's New/What's Popular Personalized E-Alerts (1) For a review of online transparency measures, wee number 10 - Lasse Berntzen et al eGovMon project, Norway - listed from: http://pages.e-democracy.org/Local_Government_2.0

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Theories of computer networks
by Holly Kruse 06 Sep '10

06 Sep '10

Hi all: I'm curious: what are recommended sources for social and cultural theories of computer networks?: specifically, social theories having to do with the technology's expansion across space. I'm need to make a fairly explicit analogy between the social implications of the historical development/organization and colonization of space of computer networks and another, older communication technology. I don't need to make analogies to other older communication technologies (writing, print, telegraph, telephone, radio, TV, etc. – or phonograph, on which I've written. I pretty familiar with that literature). For purposes of this project, I just need sources on computer networks. I probably need to re-read Castells, because it's been a while. Anything else? Thanks! Holly ---- Holly Kruse Department of Communications Rogers State University 1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd. Claremore, OK 74017 918-343-7879 hkruse(a)rsu.edu or holly.kruse(a)gmail.com http://hollykruse.com or http://www.rsu.edu/academics/comm/kruse.asp

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Re: [Air-L] Theories of computer networks
by Julian Hopkins 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

If you haven't read it already, I think you might find Harvey relevant, e.g. Harvey, D., 1990. The condition of postmodernity: an enquiry into the origins of cultural change, Cambridge, MA: Blackwell. Cheers, Julian ++++++++++ Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins Skype: julhop -----Original Message----- Message: 4 Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 16:03:44 -0500 From: Holly Kruse <holly.kruse(a)gmail.com> To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Theories of computer networks Message-ID: <25EF7C05-0E49-4618-A55D-1A1E2F271BAC(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Hi all: I'm curious: what are recommended sources for social and cultural theories of computer networks?: specifically, social theories having to do with the technology's expansion across space. I'm need to make a fairly explicit analogy between the social implications of the historical development/organization and colonization of space of computer networks and another, older communication technology. I don't need to make analogies to other older communication technologies (writing, print, telegraph, telephone, radio, TV, etc. ? or phonograph, on which I've written. I pretty familiar with that literature). For purposes of this project, I just need sources on computer networks. I probably need to re-read Castells, because it's been a while. Anything else? Thanks! Holly ---- Holly Kruse Department of Communications Rogers State University 1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd. Claremore, OK 74017 918-343-7879 hkruse(a)rsu.edu or holly.kruse(a)gmail.com http://hollykruse.com or http://www.rsu.edu/academics/comm/kruse.asp

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Blogbots at large?
by Stephen J Cavrak Jr 05 Sep '10

05 Sep '10

Blogbots at large? Does anyone here know the story (stories) behind the apparently machine generated blog(posts) like this one ... http://j.mp/9Zhv6O ... (nee http://dominic.bestestzone.com/2010/09/04/the-story-of-the-barefoot-bandit/) (In this case, bestestzone.com hosts a dozen or so similar blogs, each, interestingly, with a different wordpress template, etc ... #curiousminds Thoughts, suggestions, hints, etc, appreciated.

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Re: [Air-L] [cultstud-l] Professionalization Website
by Andrew Herman 04 Sep '10

04 Sep '10

Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor and Chairperson Department of Communication Studies Graduate Program in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> "Jonathan Sterne, Dr." <jonathan.sterne(a)mcgill.ca> 09/03/10 5:56 PM >>> Hi Everyone, Apologies for crossposting. Since 1999, I have maintained a collection of web pages that provides links to useful resources for people on the academic job market in communication studies, though others in critical humanities fields may find the materials useful as well. In recent years, I have added material on other aspects of professional life and will continue to do so. You can find it at: http://sterneworks.org/Academe I am always looking for good suggestions for material to add to the site, and as you'll see, I have used it to archive some material that has been circulated in other fora. If you have a suggestion for a link or a document worth archiving, please email me at jonathan.sterne(a)mcgill.ca. Please note that I do not post or keep track of job ads, nor am I particularly interested in promoting commercial services. I intend to continue building the site, so suggestions for other areas to cover would be appreciated. There are also probably typos and other small errors on the new pages that need correction. Among the new materials this year are an updated set of grantwriting tips from Haidee Wasson and a talk I gave last fall entitled "Demystifying Tenure." At some point this fall, the page will undergo a major revamp and resdesign, with some additional new materials (including a critical review of NCA's guide to professionalization). Thank you. Sincerely, --Jonathan -- (Sabbatical contact information for September 2010-May 2011) Jonathan Sterne Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 75 Alta Road Stanford, CA 94305 USA +1 650-321-2052 http://sterneworks.org http://casbs.org http://mcgill.ca/ahcs http://media.mcgill.ca _______________________________________________ CULTSTUD-L mailing list: CULTSTUD-L(a)lists.comm.umn.edu http://lists.comm.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/cultstud-l

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Re: [Air-L] Permission to reproduce webpages?
by Philippa Smith 04 Sep '10

04 Sep '10

Just as an aside and to throw a spanner in the works - I've had a situation where we wanted to use a screenshot from an online newspaper but because the source of the article was Associated Press we had to get their permission as well to reproduce the text. This came at a financial cost. It's worth noting whether websites contain material from other sources that might also need permission. Unfortunately this is a can of worms scenario. Kind regards Philippa Philippa Smith PhD Candidate Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication AUT University Auckland NEW ZEALAND >>> André Brock<andre.brock(a)gmail.com> 09/02/10 9:41 AM >>> Thanks to everyone who's answered me so far (Hi, Annette!). The legal advice was particularly helpful, and i'm going to follow Ulf-Dietrich's advice and contact the websites - i have contacts at a couple of them. Does AoIR have a specific statement on fair use of Internet/ICT materials for research in the field? I know we have an extensive set of materials on Ethics... (and no, i'm not volunteering to write it. i'm just asking) André On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:22 AM, Andre Brock <andre.brock(a)gmail.com> wrote: > For the first time in, well, ever I've been asked by a journal to obtain > permission from a website to reproduce a screenshot of a webpage. Not, to > be clear, of an image on the page - but of the page itself. I've been > offered the option of removing the image and replacing it with a URL, but > from an archival standpoint that's problematic. Webpages with dynamic > content change all the time, not to mention that authors sometimes change > formats/platforms, modify pages, or remove content that was included in the > original analysis. > > I don't want to miss the publishing deadline, but I need to know: "where > dey do dat at?!?" (translation: since when did fair use guidelines get bent > so badly in academic publishing?) > > André Brock > Assistant Professor, SLIS/POROI > University of Iowa > > -- Andre Brock Assistant Professor - Library and Information Science/POROI University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Professionalization Website
by Jonathan Sterne, Dr. 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Hi Everyone, Apologies for crossposting. Since 1999, I have maintained a collection of web pages that provides links to useful resources for people on the academic job market in communication studies, though others in critical humanities fields may find the materials useful as well. In recent years, I have added material on other aspects of professional life and will continue to do so. You can find it at: http://sterneworks.org/Academe I am always looking for good suggestions for material to add to the site, and as you'll see, I have used it to archive some material that has been circulated in other fora. If you have a suggestion for a link or a document worth archiving, please email me at jonathan.sterne(a)mcgill.ca. Please note that I do not post or keep track of job ads, nor am I particularly interested in promoting commercial services. I intend to continue building the site, so suggestions for other areas to cover would be appreciated. There are also probably typos and other small errors on the new pages that need correction. Among the new materials this year are an updated set of grantwriting tips from Haidee Wasson and a talk I gave last fall entitled "Demystifying Tenure." At some point this fall, the page will undergo a major revamp and resdesign, with some additional new materials (including a critical review of NCA's guide to professionalization). Thank you. Sincerely, --Jonathan -- (Sabbatical contact information for September 2010-May 2011) Jonathan Sterne Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Stanford University 75 Alta Road Stanford, CA 94305 USA +1 650-321-2052 http://sterneworks.org http://casbs.org http://mcgill.ca/ahcs http://media.mcgill.ca

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CFP: Game Studies Area of the Popular Culture Association/American Cultrue Association National Convention
by Voorhees, Gerald 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Game Studies: 2011 PCA/ACA National Conference. The Game Studies area of the National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference invites proposals for papers and panels on games and game studies for the joint meeting of the National Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association and the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Conference to be held Wednesday, April 20, through Saturday, April 23, 2010, at the Marriott Rivercenter San Antonio and the Marriott-San Antonio Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX The organizers seek proposals covering all aspects of gaming, gaming culture and game studies. Proposals can address any game medium (computer, social, console, tabletop, etc) and all theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. Possible topics include but are not limited to: -- new game mediums and platforms (Facebook, iPhone/iPad/iPod, etc) -- representation or performance of race, class, gender and sexuality in games -- gaming culture, game specific cultures, and multicultural and cross-cultural issues -- game development, design, authorship and other industry issues -- game advertising, reviews, packaging, promotion, integrated marketing and other commercial concerns -- political and legal entailments such as regulation, censorship, intellectual property -- ludology, textual criticism, media ecology, narratology, etc as paradigms for games studies -- player generated content in MUDs and MMORPGs, Mods, maps and machinima -- game genres, platforms, consoles, console wars and connections to other media -- serious games for education, business, healthcare, (military) training, etc -- space and place in games, play spaces, virtual/physical communities, mobile gaming and localization -- digital literacy, discourse practices, social norms and norming, the politics of play -- public discourse/controversy over violence, militarism, sex, criminality, racism, etc in games So that there will be ample time for discussion, each individual paper presentation should be designed to last approximately fifteen minutes (there will be four presentations per session with time for Q&A). For individual paper submissions, your 250-word (maximum) abstract must be received by December 15, 2010. At the top of your proposal, please include the title of the paper, your name (and the name of any co-presenters), affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address. This information will be used in the program and to mail your conference materials. At the end of your abstract, please include a list of 3 to 5 keywords. The Game Studies area of the National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference also invites complete panel submissions, which may take the form of debates, dialogs, roundtable discussions, thematic panels, (or other format,) and be designed to last approximately eighty minutes. For complete panel submissions, please submit a 250-word panel abstract, as well as 100-word abstracts for each individual presentation. Be sure to include the proposed title of the panel, the organizer's name, affiliation, mailing address, and email, and include this information for all panelists. Panel submissions must be received by December 15, 2010. Technology for use during presentations may be limited. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.pcaaca.org/ <http://www.pcaaca.org/> Please also note that presenters will be required to join either the Popular Culture Association or the American Culture Association prior to attending the conference, as well as pay a registration fee for the conference. Please email all paper and panel proposals to digitalgames.pcaaca(a)gmail.com <mailto:digitalgames.pcaaca@gmail.com> . Questions and concerns can be sent to the address above, or may be directed to one of the area chairs listed below. Katie Whitlock, Theatre Department, California State University, Chico klwhitlock(a)csuchico.edu <mailto:klwhitlock@csuchico.edu> Gerald Voorhees, Nido Qubien School of Communication, High Point University gvoorhee(a)highpoint.edu <mailto:gvoorhee@highpoint.edu> Joshua Call, Department of English, Grand View University jcall(a)grandviewl.edu <mailto:jcall@grandviewl.edu> Tony Avruch, American Culture Studies Program, Bowling Green State University avruch.pca(a)gmail.com <mailto:avruch.pca@gmail.com> Gerald Voorhees, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Games and Interactive Media Nido R. Qubein School of Communication Drawer 33 High Point University High Point, NC 27262-3598 Tel: 336.841.9174 Office: Qubein 356 www.communication.highpoint.edu/ Co-Chair, Game Studies Area Popular Culture Association National Conference http://www.pcaaca.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in an inspiring environment with caring people.

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THATCamp Cologne, September 17/18, University of Cologne, Germany
by Cornelius Puschmann 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Dear colleagues, THATCamp Cologne is a European digital humanities unconference and hackday that will take place at the University of Cologne, Germany, on 17-18 September 2010 (Friday and Saturday). We invite scholars, developers, librarians, and everyone interested in the intersections of technology and the humanities to attend and participate. Program? THATCamp Cologne is an unconference, meaning that the program will be developed from the bottom up via the website and finalized during the initial brainstorming session on Friday. A program outline is available here: http://thatcampcologne.org/program Registration? Participation is free and snacks/wireless Internet will be provided. Register here to secure your spot: http://thatcampcologne.org/wp-login.php?action=register Objectives? Learn new methods, exchange ideas, develop visions and code things on the spot (hackday). Themes? - DH tools, platforms, services, and APIs - cultural heritage data - text encoding and analysis - data hosting/curation/archiving - linked data - visualization - mobile device integration - geographic information systems (GIS) - semantic web, ontologies - teaching and learning DH methods THATCamp Cologne is supported by: Cologne Center for eHumanities (CCeH), Cologne, Germany & Institute for Documentology and Scholarly Editing (IDE) --- Cornelius Puschmann (University of Düsseldorf) and Patrick Sahle (CCeH) Dr. des. Cornelius Puschmann, M.A. Department for English Language and Linguistics Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Building 23.11, Level 1, Room 21 Universitätsstrasse 1 40225 Düsseldorf Germany, Germany +49 211 811 59 2 (office) +49 176 811 78 0 67 (mobile) http://ynada.com

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Invite to IGF Workshop - Innovative Internet Governance Ideas and Approaches - An Open Discussion Space
by Fouad Bajwa 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

As everyone gets ready for the IGF2010 in Lithuania, I would like to invite IGF participants, your colleagues and thought leaders to a workshop organized for all of you as the first ever open discussion space workshop at IGF. You are all invited to participate in the IGC Workshop: *No. 54. Innovative Internet Governance Ideas and Approaches - An Open Discussion Space * * * *(I*GF Theme: Development) where you will be allowed to freely share your ideas and opinions about Internet Governance that can possibly help change the world we live in today. Link to the workshop information page: ** http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/index.php/component/chronocontact/?chronofor… *Workshop Description:* A workshop that provides stakeholders the opportunity to share positive ideas for stimulating socio-economic change in the developing world utilizing the Internet. This will be a venue for both developed and developing world participants. An example may be the ideas presented by Tim Berners-Lee at TED for Opening Data to the world that helped in providing concrete relief information on the ground during the Haiti earthquake crisis. Another idea may be Google's mapping of the Sudan crisis. *With the participation of all stakeholders*, including youth, the workshop will record the many positive ideas that evolve from this venue, measure the changes that they have enabled over time, and at the next IGF meeting identify which ideas had the greatest impact over the past 12 months since presented. *A round table open to all participants of the workshop.* The format will be 5 minutes given to each of the participants to share an existing or revolutionary idea. The Internet governance dimensions of each idea will also be explored. All the ideas will be recorded and categorized under various topics for measurement of impact over the following year. *There will be no formal panellists.* All participants will be given 3-5 minutes to share an idea. The moderator will be Fouad Bajwa. Participants are listed on the wiki at http://wiki.igf-online.net/wiki/Open_space_for_Internet_governance_ideas. This workshop was formerly titled "Revolutionary Internet Governance Ideas that can help change the Developing World". * Kindly let me know if you are participating so that we can arrange a list of participants before hand for record taking! If members from your organization or friends are participating, kindly inform them as well! *Organization:* Internet Governance Caucus *Contact Person:* Fouad Bajwa fouadbajwa(a)gmail.com

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