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Flickr Research
by Sigrid Jones 26 Sep '09

26 Sep '09

Hi I have to admit that I do not have the time to read all the Air-L newsletters, but I try. Yesterday somebody pointed out to me that there had been a thread on Flickr research this summer, which I missed, but my name was mentioned. As I have received several emails with enquiries about my work on Flickr, I have decided to put some of my conference papers online, and may add some more, although they have not been published yet. The link is here: http://wordandimage.wordpress.com/about/ Please forgive this shamless act of self promotion :-) Sigrid Sigrid Jones, MA, Mag. phil. Research Fellow University of Vienna Faculty of Philosophy and Educational Sciences Garnisongasse 3 1090 Wien T +43-1-4277-467 36 F +43-1-4277-467 39 http://mediaeducation.univie.ac.at/miva/wp_en/ http://wordandimage.wordpress.com On Sep 26, 2009, at 12:00 AM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Air-L Digest, Vol 62, Issue 24 (Tom Boellstorff) > 2. Priceline + $53/night = AoIR Hotel (Paul, Christopher) > 3. "Going Mobile with Library Services" > New Technologies: > Libraries & Beyond Conference | July 30 2009 (McKiernan, Gerard > [LIB]) > 4. Re: Yay for Jeremy (Radhika Gajjala) > 5. Re: Air-L Digest, Vol 62, Issue 24 (scott(a)scottmacleod.com) > 6. Online news (Mariana Goya) > 7. FW: Post-doc opportunity in Amsterdam Spring 2010 (Kruse, Holly) > 8. In internet's way: terrorism, hate, child pornography and > crime-facilitating speech on the free highway (Sharon Haleva > Amir) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:03:50 -0700 > From: Tom Boellstorff <tboellst(a)uci.edu> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 62, Issue 24 > Message-ID: <A73642DF-D139-416B-BA77-9A24F9CDD0B1(a)uci.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > Congrats, Jeremy! > > > tom boellstorff + professor > department of anthropology + university of california, irvine > editor-in-chief + american anthropologist > > http://www.anthro.uci.edu/faculty_bios/boellstorff/boellstorff.php > > On Sep 24, 2009, at 3:00pm, 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..." >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:20:07 -0700 > From: "Paul, Christopher" <paulc(a)seattleu.edu> > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Priceline + $53/night = AoIR Hotel > Message-ID: > <0026120D87ADF24D8063981EC4350792063B713E(a)OITEX3.seattleu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I'd procrastinated booking my hotel for the AoIR conference and went > on > Priceline to name my own price for a hotel last night. > > > > I used the Choose Your Own Price option and selected downtown, which > ended up with me booked in the conference hotel for $53 a night plus > tax. > > > > The conference hotel shows up in the 3.5 star category and I'm staying > Wednesday through Saturday. > > > > With Choose Your Own Price you don't know what hotel you'll get, which > means that you could end up somewhere else, but I figured this was a > big > enough discount that it was worth passing the news along to other > AoIRers. Good luck. > > > > -chris paul > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:10:09 -0500 > From: "McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]" <gerrymck(a)iastate.edu> > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Cc: "McKiernan, Gerard \[LIB\]" <gerrymck(a)mail.adp.iastate.edu> > Subject: [Air-L] "Going Mobile with Library Services" > New > Technologies: Libraries & Beyond Conference | July 30 2009 > Message-ID: > <4F6D7F02E570D846825FD3A8B8C252650158FF83(a)exchs018.its.iastate.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Colleagues/ > > > > !!! A Most Excellent Presentation !!! > > > > /Gerry > > > > "Going Mobile with Library Services" > New Technologies: Libraries & > Beyond Conference | July 30 2009 > > > > Carrie Gits and Rich Ackerman / Alvin Sherman Library / Nova > Southeastern University > > > > Overview > > > > This talk discusses how libraries are using the mobile web to deliver > services to patrons and provides a simple template for providing > library > information on mobile platforms. > > > >> Recommended reading > > > > [snip] > > > >> Source code > > > > [snip] > > > >> References > > > > Links To Slides and Presentation Links Available At > > > > [ http://tinyurl.com/yet2ard > <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:// > tinyurl.c > om/yet2ard> ] > > > > enJOY ! > > > > BTW > >>> Follow Me On Twitter >>> http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs > <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:// > twitter.c > om/GMcKBlogs> > > > > /Gerry > > > > Gerry McKiernan > > Associate Professor > > Science and Technology Librarian > > Iowa State University Library > > Ames IA 50011 > > > > gerrymck(a)iastate.edu > > > > There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying > > > > The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed > > Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:17:22 -0400 > From: Radhika Gajjala <cyborgwati(a)gmail.com> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Yay for Jeremy > Message-ID: > <421b98a80909241817n484b2643g1150c4b6f3cd314e(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > congratulations Jeremy - but I hadnt we already given you the degree > at AOIR? > > > :) > > r > > On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Barry Wellman > <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> wrote: >> Didn't see it on the previous digest, but gotta announce that Jeremy >> Hunsinger got his PhD today (Monday) at VaTech. (We won't count the >> minor >> tweaks he has to do.) Yay, yay, yay (and it's about time). >> >> IMHO, Jeremy was THE main man in keeping AoIR going, with all his >> behind >> the scenes computer / dbase/ listserve work. And I say this with >> thanks to >> Steve Jones (the non-spam one) and Nancy Baym. >> >> Now let's get him a job near Toronto, and make me and wifey happy. >> >> ?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 >> ?Updating history: ? ? ?http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/ >> cybertimes.php >> ? >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > > > -- > Radhika Gajjala > Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies > Interim Women's Studies Director 2009-2010 > 233 Shatzel > Bowling Green State University > Bowling Green, OH 43403 > http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:27:13 -0500 > From: scott(a)scottmacleod.com > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 62, Issue 24 > Message-ID: > <S368835AbZIYB1N/20090925012713Z+1624(a)ams07.chi.affinity.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Congratulations, Jeremy! > > > All the best, > Scott > > > http://scottmacleod.com > http://worlduniversity.wikia.com > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:37:44 -0700 (PDT) > From: Mariana Goya <mgoyam(a)yahoo.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Online news > Message-ID: <11080.8710.qm(a)web65603.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Dear AOIRs: > I am > a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana- > Champaign. I am > currently doing my thesis research about how people read online > news. I?m > inviting you to participate in a study whose objective is to know > how we cognitively > process online news. Participants in the study will have to read > short news > articles online and to answer some questions about them. The study > will take around > 15 minutes, depending on your reading speed. All your answers will > be managed > anonymously. > > ? > > Thank > you very much for helping me with my thesis research! > > ?Feel > free to send the link to other people to invite them to participate. > > ? > > The study can be accessed here: > > ? > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=96SIKynaEuzDLFFh1O3NaA_3d_3d > > ? > > Thanks a lot for your help! > > Mariana Goya-Martinez > > ? > > IRB Protocol Number_09385_ ????IRB Approval Date__April 9, > 2009____Faculty Sponsor: Dr. William Brewer? > > Note: You have to be 18 years old or > older to participate. > ---Mariana Goya-Martinez? > Doctoral student of Communication? > Institute of Communications Research? > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign? > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:39:03 -0500 > From: "Kruse, Holly" <holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu> > To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] FW: Post-doc opportunity in Amsterdam Spring 2010 > Message-ID: > <5E0BB54BEC5EBA44B373175A080E640115125D37(a)ophelia.ad.utulsa.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Forwarded on request. > > Holly > > > ---------------------------- Original Message > ---------------------------- > Subject: Post-doc opportunity in Amsterdam Spring 2010 > From: "Jeannette Haagsma" <jeannette.haagsma(a)vks.knaw.nl> > Date: Fri, September 25, 2009 10:43 am > To: air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Subject: Post-doc opportunity in Amsterdam > > > Virtual Knowledge Studio, 3-month Postdoctoral Fellowship, KNAW > > Applications are invited for three-month fellowships within the > Virtual > Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences (VKS) for > Spring > 2010. The fellowship is designed for junior scholars who have recently > received their PhDs in order to provide the following: experience of > working within an interdisciplinary research group, an opportunity to > prepare material for publication and to develop new research ideas. > Deadline for applications is 15 November 2009. > > Please find more information on the VKS website: > http://www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl/opportunities.php > > > > > > Kind regards > > > > Jeannette Haagsma > > Organizational Coordinator > > > > Virtual Knowledge Studio > > for the Humanities and Social Sciences (VKS-KNAW) > > > > Cruquiusweg 31 > > 1019 AT Amsterdam > > The Netherlands > > > > Tel: +31 20 8500 270 > > Fax: +31 20 8500 271 > > > > Email: jeannette.haagsma(a)vks.knaw.nl > > www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:13:46 +0300 > From: "Sharon Haleva Amir" <sharon(a)trebcon.com> > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] In internet's way: terrorism, hate, child pornography > and crime-facilitating speech on the free highway > Message-ID: <003801ca3e1c$b1ed0f30$0100000a@SHAmir> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear AoIR's, I'm forwarding on request an invitation to attend > University of > Hull's Inaugural Lecture in the subject of terrorism, hate crimes > and child > pornography over the web. > > For further details please contact Prof. Raphael Cohen-Almagor at > R.Cohen-Almagor(a)hull.ac.uk > > For further details (including RSVP) see below - > > Enjoy your weekend & congrats JeremyJ, Sharon. > > Best Wishes, > > Sharon Haleva Amir, HCLT Fellow > > (PhD Candidate) Faculty of Law, > > University of Haifa, ISRAEL. > > -------------------------------------------------- > > On behalf of the University of Hull > > The Vice-Chancellor has pleasure in inviting you and your partner to > attend > the Inaugural Lecture entitled > > In internet's way: terrorism, hate, child pornography and crime- > facilitating > speech on the free highway - to be given by Professor Raphael Cohen- > Almagor > in the Middleton Hall at the University on Monday 19 October 2009 > Commencing > at 6.00 pm. > > The Lecture will be followed by a wine reception in the Art Gallery, > Middleton Hall > > RSVP > > Sophie Appleton > > Department of Politics and International Studies > > University of Hull > > HU6 7RX > > T: 01482 465800 F: 01482 466208 > > S.Appleton(a)hull.ac.uk > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 62, Issue 25 > ************************************* >

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CfP for the EDem10: 4th International Conference on eDemocracy, Danube University Krems, Austria
by Noella Edelmann 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Please find enclosed the CfP for the 4th International Conference on eDemocracy. Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please disseminate this CFP to any relevant lists and among your colleagues and students. We would also like to invite you (or anyone from your research group / organisation) to contribute papers to this conference. Thanks in advance. ********************************************************************************************************************************* EDem10 4th International Conference on eDemocracy 6 and 7 May 2010 Danube University Krems Austria www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem *A revolution doesn*t happen when a society adopts new tools. It happens when society adopts new behaviours* (Clay Shirky) Call for Papers It is only now, during the first decade of the 21st Century, that those scientific eDemocracy visions developed in both in the 60s and the 90s are becoming reality and implemented. Surprisingly, it is not the IT developments in IT alone that are responsible for successful eDemocracy projects - it is all those members of society who use them, as they adopt new behaviours. The new, digital generation lives and breathes new values: they collaborate, compile content together, share their ideas, create networks on social platforms and organise themselves quickly and simply. The new values held, the new behaviours, the changed mindset, with improved usability and a usage of the internet which still continues, has led to a rapid and radical change in our society. The EDem10 focuses on these changes which can be seen occurring in different areas and which are manifest in different way: * Transparency & Communication (freedom of information, free information access, openness, information sharing, blogging, micro-blogging, social networks, data visualization, eLearning, empowering, *) * Participation & Collaboration (innovation malls, innovation communities, bottom up, top down, social networks, engagement and accountability, collaborative culture, collaboration between C2C, G2C, *) * Architecture, Concepts & Effects (access and openness, user generated content, peer production, network effects, power laws, long tail, harnessing the power of the crowd, crowd sourcing, social web, semantic web, *) * Different Fields: open government initiatives, eDemocracy, eParticipation, eVoting, * Different Disciplines: law, social science, computer science, political science, psychology, sociology * Research Methods On primary aim is to bring together researchers and practitioners. We would like to invite individuals from academic, applied and practitioner backgrounds as well as public administration offices, public bodies, NGO/NPOs, education institutions and independent organisations to submit their contributions into one of the 6 categories: 1. finished research 2. ongoing research 3. finished projects 4. ongoing projects 5. workshops 6. PhD colloquium submission. Confirmed Speakers: Micah Sifry Co-founder and editor of the Personal Democracy Forum; editor of TechPresident; Sunlight Foundation Consultant (USA) www.personaldemocracy.com Andy Williamson Director eDemocracy Programme at the Hansard Society London (U.K.) http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/ Ismael Peña-López Lecturer and researcher, School of Law and Political Science Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain) http://ictlogy.net/ Workshops by: Pan European eParticipation Network Committee on E-Democracy of the Council of Europe (CAHDE) The conference language is English; submissions in German (with an abstract in English) are also acceptable. Fees: EUR 105,- for authors and PEP-NET Members EUR 125,- early bird rate for participants who register until 28.02.2010 EUR 145,- for participants who register after 28.02.2010 The fee includes conference, proceedings and social program during the conference. A pre-conference social program will be announced later. The Proceedings will be published by the Austrian Computer Society. The EDEM conference series is jointly organised by the Danube University Krems and the University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna. Deadlines: Submission of papers (max. 10 pages): 21.12.2009 Notification of acceptance: 31.01.2010 Final paper submission: 28.02.2010 Conference: 6-7 May 2010 Submissions: Please send your submission in pdf format to peter.parycek(a)donau-uni.ac.at or alexander.prosser(a)wu-wien.ac.at . Submission via a Web page will be made available soon. All submissions will be submitted to a double-blind full paper review by at least 2 reviewers. To facilitate the review process, please write a separate cover sheet with the paper title and affiliation/s and omit the affiliations in the actual paper. Format and Further Information: www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem Programme Committee: Ah Lian Kor (Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K.) Andy Williamson (Hansard Society, U.K.) Asim Balxi (Selcuk University, Turkey) Bozidar Klicek (Faculty of Organisation and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Croatia) Carl-Markus Piswanger (Austrian Federal Computing Centre, A) Christian Rupp (Austrian Federal Chancellery, Austria) Chuch Hirt (CEE CN, Slovakia) Cornelia Wallner (SORA, Austria) Dan Jellinek (Headstar.com, U.K.) Daniel van Lerberghe (Politech Institute, Belgium) Ella Taylor-Smith (Edinburgh Napier University, UK) Noella Edelmann (Danube-University Krems, Austria) Erich Schweighofer (Institut für Europarecht, Internationales Recht und Rechtsvergleichung, University of Vienna, Austria) Bengt Feil (TuTech Innovation GmbH, Germany) Flooh Perlot (Institut für Strategieanalysen, Austria) Frank Wilson (Interaction Design Ltd., U.K.) Graham Orange (Leeds Metropolitan University, U.K.) Georg Aichholzer (Institute of Technology Assessment, Austria) Günther Schebeck (Austrian Parliament) Hans Hagedorn (Zebralog, Austria) Helle Zinner-Henriksen (Center for Applied ICT, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark) Jeremy Millard (Danish Technological Institute, Denmark) Josef Makolm (Ministry of Finance, Austria) Julia Glidden (21c Consultancy Ltd., U.K.) Lasse Berntzen (Vestfold University, Norway) Rolf Luehrs (TuTech Innovation GmbH, Germany) Francesco Molinari (IDEAL-EU, Italy) Peter Mambrey (Fraunhofer-FIT Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik, Germany) Matjaz Gams (Jožef Stefan Institute, SLO) Matt Poelmans (Burgerlink, Netherlands) Melanie Volkamer (CASED, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany) Peter Cruickshank (Edinburgh Napier University, UK) Peter Mambrey (Fraunhofer-FIT Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik, Germany) Peter Reichstädter (Austrian Federal Chancellery, Austria) Ralf Lindner (Fraunhofer ISI, Germay) Robert Müller-Török (INTECO, Germany) Rudolf Legat (Austrian Environmental Agency, Austria) Sylvia Archmann (Federal Chancellery, Austria) Thomas Buchsbaum (Austrian Foreign Ministry, Council of Europe/CAHDE, Austria) Thomas F. Gordon (Fraunhoger FOKUS, Germany) Tom van Engers (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Ursula Maier-Rabler (University of Salzburg, Austria) Valerie Frissen (Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands) Yannis Charalabidis (National Technical University of Athens - eGovenment and Business Research, Greece) I look forward to seeing you! Noella Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS Researcher EDem10 Conference www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government www.jedem.org Digital Government Blog http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ Centre for E-Government Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems Austria Tel.: ++43 2732 893 2303 www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov noella.edelmann(a)donau-uni.ac.at

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FW: Post-doc opportunity in Amsterdam Spring 2010
by Kruse, Holly 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Forwarded on request. Holly ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Post-doc opportunity in Amsterdam Spring 2010 From: "Jeannette Haagsma" <jeannette.haagsma(a)vks.knaw.nl> Date: Fri, September 25, 2009 10:43 am To: air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Post-doc opportunity in Amsterdam Virtual Knowledge Studio, 3-month Postdoctoral Fellowship, KNAW Applications are invited for three-month fellowships within the Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences (VKS) for Spring 2010. The fellowship is designed for junior scholars who have recently received their PhDs in order to provide the following: experience of working within an interdisciplinary research group, an opportunity to prepare material for publication and to develop new research ideas. Deadline for applications is 15 November 2009. Please find more information on the VKS website: http://www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl/opportunities.php Kind regards Jeannette Haagsma Organizational Coordinator Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities and Social Sciences (VKS-KNAW) Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands Tel: +31 20 8500 270 Fax: +31 20 8500 271 Email: jeannette.haagsma(a)vks.knaw.nl www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl

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Online news
by Mariana Goya 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Dear AOIRs: I am a doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. I am currently doing my thesis research about how people read online news. I’m inviting you to participate in a study whose objective is to know how we cognitively process online news. Participants in the study will have to read short news articles online and to answer some questions about them. The study will take around 15 minutes, depending on your reading speed. All your answers will be managed anonymously. Thank you very much for helping me with my thesis research! Feel free to send the link to other people to invite them to participate. The study can be accessed here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=96SIKynaEuzDLFFh1O3NaA_3d_3d Thanks a lot for your help! Mariana Goya-Martinez IRB Protocol Number_09385_ IRB Approval Date__April 9, 2009____Faculty Sponsor: Dr. William Brewer Note: You have to be 18 years old or older to participate. ---Mariana Goya-Martinez Doctoral student of Communication Institute of Communications Research University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 62, Issue 24
by Tom Boellstorff 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Congrats, Jeremy! tom boellstorff + professor department of anthropology + university of california, irvine editor-in-chief + american anthropologist http://www.anthro.uci.edu/faculty_bios/boellstorff/boellstorff.php On Sep 24, 2009, at 3:00pm, 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..." > > >

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Yay for Jeremy
by Barry Wellman 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Didn't see it on the previous digest, but gotta announce that Jeremy Hunsinger got his PhD today (Monday) at VaTech. (We won't count the minor tweaks he has to do.) Yay, yay, yay (and it's about time). IMHO, Jeremy was THE main man in keeping AoIR going, with all his behind the scenes computer / dbase/ listserve work. And I say this with thanks to Steve Jones (the non-spam one) and Nancy Baym. Now let's get him a job near Toronto, and make me and wifey happy. 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 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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"Going Mobile with Library Services" > New Technologies: Libraries & Beyond Conference | July 30 2009
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Colleagues/ !!! A Most Excellent Presentation !!! /Gerry "Going Mobile with Library Services" > New Technologies: Libraries & Beyond Conference | July 30 2009 Carrie Gits and Rich Ackerman / Alvin Sherman Library / Nova Southeastern University Overview This talk discusses how libraries are using the mobile web to deliver services to patrons and provides a simple template for providing library information on mobile platforms. > Recommended reading [snip] > Source code [snip] > References Links To Slides and Presentation Links Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/yet2ard <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://tinyurl.c om/yet2ard> ] enJOY ! BTW > >>> Follow Me On Twitter >>> http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://twitter.c om/GMcKBlogs> /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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Priceline + $53/night = AoIR Hotel
by Paul, Christopher 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

I'd procrastinated booking my hotel for the AoIR conference and went on Priceline to name my own price for a hotel last night. I used the Choose Your Own Price option and selected downtown, which ended up with me booked in the conference hotel for $53 a night plus tax. The conference hotel shows up in the 3.5 star category and I'm staying Wednesday through Saturday. With Choose Your Own Price you don't know what hotel you'll get, which means that you could end up somewhere else, but I figured this was a big enough discount that it was worth passing the news along to other AoIRers. Good luck. -chris paul

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CfP: Information and Communication Technologies and the Current Crisis
by Christian Fuchs 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Please direct questions about potential contributions directly to the issue editors Marcus Breen m.breen(a)neu.edu and David Hakken dhakken(a)indiana.edu. Christian Fuchs Editor of tripleC * * * * * * * * Call For Papers - Special Issue of tripleC (http://www.triple-c.at) Information and Communication Technologies and the Current Crisis: How Are They Connected? The Crisis that began in 2007 continues to convulse the world. Labelled by some as merely a recession, yet it is associated with dramatic changes in national and global power. Others frame the Crisis as merely a consequence of over-promoting a narrow range of financial transactions associated with subprime mortgage instruments. These were indeed overly aggressively oversold by deregulated bankers, but this was likely only an important trigger of the Crisis, not the primary cause. In this special issue, we will explore the notion that much of the basis of the Crisis should be assigned to financial transactions not just made possible but also strongly afforded by use of computer technologies. Thus, those operating at the highest levels of algorithmic capacity bear substantial responsibility for the Crisis. For students of technological innovation and diffusion, many questions emerge about the connection between the Crisis in general and computerization. Some of the questions involve the tight relationship between cultures of technological empowerment and financial elites. Others questions, while appearing initially to be purely economic, turn out on examination to articulate strongly with the public interest, civil society, policymaking, and public discourse more generally. These in turn lead to further, perhaps quite new critical questions about the emerging relationships between capitalism, democracy and the data-information-knowledge-technology nexus. Thus, equally important for responsibility is specification of what is known within computer science about the technological dimensions of the Crisis of this crisis. Ultimately, a rethinking of the very notion of "crisis" itself may be needed. Some specific questions authors may choose to address include: * What kind of crisis is this, how is it different from previous ones, how are these differences related to automated ICTs and the changed practices they have afforded? * What role do computer professionals have in the crisis? * Does this crisis suggest a dystopian post-human future? * What media theories best explain the crisis, or has the time arrived for newly radical approaches in this area? * How does public policy fit in the private world of computerization? * What historical guides are available as tools to foster better analyses of technological crisis? * Will the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China) be the "winners" of this crisis? * Are there artistic innovations that help refine political and policy responses to this crisis? * What new knowledge innovations are needed to understand the forces at work in this crisis and its implications for democracy? * What new questions need to be addressed to orientate research about the crisis? * How are the computing-, information-, and media-industries affected by this crisis? How will they develop in the future? This special issue of tripleC is intended to feature research from both theoretical and practical perspectives. We seek contributions from any theoretical, professional, or disciplinary perspective that offers innovative analysis that promotes debate about technology and the Crisis. Submission deadline: Full papers should be submitted until February 1st, 2010. All papers will be peer reviewed. The special issue will be published in 2010. tripleC -- Cognition, Communication, Co-operation: Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society (http://www.triple-c.at) promotes contributions within an emerging science of the information age with a special interest in critical studies following the highest standards of peer review. Submissions must be formatted according to tripleC's guidelines (http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/about/submissions#authorGuidelines) make use of APA style, and use the style template (http://triplec.at/files/journals/1/template-0.dot) Papers should be submitted online by making use of the electronic submission system (http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/user/register, http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/login) When submitting to the electronic system, please select "Special issue on crisis & communication" as the journal's section. ISSUE CO-EDITORS: David Hakken (dhakken(a)indiana.edu) and Marcus Breen (m.breen(a)neu.edu) David Hakken is professor of informatics at Indiana University. Marcus Breen is associate professor of communication studies at Northeastern University.

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Professionalization Website
by Jonathan Sterne, Dr. 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hi Everyone, Apologies for crossposting. Since 1999, I have been maintaining 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. Thank you. Sincerely, --Jonathan -- Jonathan Sterne Associate Professor and Chair Department of Art History and Communication Studies McGill University http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/ http://media.mcgill.ca http://sterneworks.org

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