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Mobile Museum-Based Educational Activities ?
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 10 Aug '09

10 Aug '09

Colleagues/ I am greatly interested in learning of any / all Mobile-based educational activities / initiatives / projects /etc. which focus on providing relevant local / regional / museum content to any / all Mobile Devices, most notably to cell-phones. BTW: I have browsed / searched the Museum Computer Network (MCN) Project Registry as well as the available online MCN conference proceedings. Please post any / all recommendations / suggestions / etc. as (a) Comment(s) on the blog entry associated with this post at [ http://tinyurl.com/kpdybn ] Thanks A Million ! /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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The Internet & Politics: Key Readings
by Stephen Coleman 09 Aug '09

09 Aug '09

This sounds like a very interesting project, Bill. In the interest of provoking some discussion, I'm responding via the open list. I suppose that I would categorise works under three broad headings: i) those that have reflected in interesting theoretical ways about new relationships of political mediation arising from the Internet; ii) empirical studies of particular projects, applications and institutional adaptations; and iii) policy analyses and proposals relating to the Internet and politics, ranging from open source software to WSIS to the evaluation of government-funded initiatives. Under i, I would want to go back to the 1987 work by Arterton on Teledemocracy. In many respects, he raised most of the theoretical questions about media interactivity and politics that we are still asking today. These questions have been subsequently addressed in interesting ways by Wilhelm (2000) and Bimber (2003) and in several chapters in volumes edited by Hague and Loader (1999), Axford and Huggins (2000), Quah et al (2007) and Chadwick and Howard (2009. I also think that Blumler and Kavanagh's 1999 article on 'the third age of political communication' is a seminal piece in its account of the transition to a new media era - and that Nick Couldry's recent work on mediatization and mediation is illuminating. Under ii, there is much that is worth including. I would certainly include key works by Hampton and Wellman, and Kavanaugh and Patterson on the Internet and social capital; Bennett on the Internet and collective action; Gibson and Ward on political parties; and various chapters from the three volumes on the Internet and youth citizenship edited by Bennett, Loader and Dahlgren. Work by Richard Rogers, Warren Sack and John Kelly has been very useful in relation to the potential of the Internet for public deliberaration. There is less immediately obvious material to be included within the third category. There are some good articles written, jointly and separately, by John Street and Scott Wright - and Arthur Edwards, Robin Mansell, Laurence Monnoyer-Smith and Lincoln Dahlberg have all had interesting things to say. In my own work, conducted firstly in collaboration with John Gotze and then with Jay Blumler, an effort has been made to connect theory and experimentation to questions of policy. So, you will have no problem in filling four volumes. It would be stimulating if some discussion within this list could not only guide your choices, but perhaps articulate some of the different ways in which scholars have made sense of the Internet-Politics literature. Stephen Coleman Professor of political Communication and Director of Research Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds New book: The Internet and Democratic Citizenship: Theory; Practice; Policy: http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521817523

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Reminder: CFP Free Culture Research Workshop 2009, deadline Aug 8th, 2009
by Jude Choonloong Yew 08 Aug '09

08 Aug '09

Hi, Just a quick reminder about the approaching deadline for the Free Culture Research Workshop 2009. More details in the call for participation below. === Call For Participation Free Culture Research Workshop 2009 October 23, 2009 Berkman Center for Internet & Society / Harvard University (with additional support from the NEXA center at the Politecnico di Torino and iCommons) The Free Culture 2009 research workshop builds on the enthusiasm generated by the First Interdisciplinary Research Workshop on Free Culture which took place during the 2008 iSummit in Sapporo, Japan. It presents a unique opportunity for scholars whose work contributes to the promotion, study or criticism of an emerging Free Culture, to engage with a multidisciplinary group of academic peers and practitioners, identify the most important research opportunities and challenges, and attempt to chart the future of Free Culture. Our aim is to provide an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to discuss their findings, experiences, and vision for a Free Culture with peers whose backgrounds extend beyond individual disciplines, because we believe that the wider participation in the creative process (and consequently in the formation and dissemination of our modern culture) enabled by new Internet technologies, innovative legal solutions and new business models, are far-reaching and therefore deserve to be examined through the lens of multidisciplinary inquiry. More specifically, this year's workshop will be focused on: (a) participant interaction and joint reflection on key findings from cutting edge research in the field (b) the development of a research agenda, with the identification of key topics for future research (c) facilitating research collaborations and exchange of ideas between different academic institutions engaged in Free Culture research (d) fostering useful academic outputs over the next 12+ months (e) considering policy recommendations or a policy orientation that may emerge as a result of Free Culture research and scholarship Program design and participant selection will be guided by these objectives, as set by the organizing committee in consultation with the host institution. Venue Harvard University Event format The event will consist mainly of sessions oriented towards discussion and idea generation. The organizing committee will therefore strive to convene those parties that will be most helpful in engendering dialogue and providing perspectives on the future of free culture research. To that end we will do our utmost to convene academics and others who have already made an impact with their works and actions in shaping the landscape of free culture. An open call for short essays (similar in length to an extended abstract, for details see below) will complement this effort and provide opportunities for wider participation and discussion. Submitted essays will be reviewed by the program committee and the authors of accepted submissions will be invited to attend the event. We will only be able to accept a small number of participants through the open call given the small size of the event, and we seek your understanding in this respect. Every accepted essay will be disseminated before, during and after the workshop and will provide useful inputs for the structuring of the discussions and working sessions to take place during the event. However, we wish to emphasize that the focus this year will be on participant interaction and idea generation rather than on traditional podium presentation. Being invited to the workshop is therefore also not a guarantee that you will be able to present your own work, but rather an invitation to contribute your expertise and perspectives to the discussions and outcomes that the workshop will foster. Dates * Submission of short essays: Aug 9, 2009 * Notification of acceptance: Aug 23, 2009 * Event: October 23, 2009 Short essays Interested parties should submit a short essay with a title and brief text (about 1,000-1,500 words) consisting of: 1. A reflection on the main findings of the author's more recent work (from research, any type of scholarship, or practice, depending on the author's background) and how these relate to the topic of Free Culture. 2. At most 3 key challenges arising from these findings that the participants of this workshop and/or relevant third parties could attempt to address during and/or after the event (remember, accepted essays will be posted online). In the same document the author should include: 1. References, if any, cited appropriately in the main document, in APA, BlueBook or ACM format (not included in the word limit) 2. A separate paragraph explaining why this essay will be of broad enough interest and have the potential to generate interesting discussions during and after the event (not included in the word limit) 3. A short bio of the author (not included in the word limit) Given the discussion/working-session focus of the event we may not invite authors whose work may have academic merit but lack a clear fit with the objectives of the event. This also means that we do not encourage the submission of short essays that simply report on research findings, without establishing why a broader community of participants should care about the findings and what we can learn from them about the future of free culture research and practice. Forward-thinking and agenda-setting thought pieces (which should be clearly informed by one's own research or practice-related experience) will be preferred. Note that if your submission is accepted through the open call we would expect that your home institution will assist with travel support and we will provide letters of invitation to that end, if needed. We especially encourage submissions from developing countries and will try to provide assistance where possible to participants from such countries. Note that there will be no ideological 'litmus test' of any sort applied to submissions, i.e. all viewpoints are welcome and submissions will be judged purely on their potential to generate interesting discussions and point to new research directions. We especially welcome critical voices. Topics Even if we may not be looking for 'traditional' paper presentations this year, you may find it useful to look at this list of research topics that we are generally interested in: * Studies on the use and growth of open/free licensing models * Critical analyses of the role of Creative Commons or similar models in promoting a Free Culture * Building innovative technical, legal, organizational, or business solutions and interfaces between the sharing economy and the commercial economy * Modeling incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative peer production and in related social networks * Economic models for the sustainability of commons-based production * Successes and failures of open licensing * Analyses of policies, court rulings or industry moves that influence the future of Free Culture * Regional studies of Free Culture with global lessons/implications * Lessons from implementations of open/free licensing and distribution models for specific communities * Definitions of openness and freedom for different media types, users and communities * Broader sociopolitical, legal and cultural implications of Free Culture initiatives and peer production practices * Free Culture, Memory Institutions and the broader Public Sector * Open Science/ Research/ Education * Cooperation theory and practice, dynamics of cooperation and competition * Methodological approaches for studying the characteristics, history, impact or growth of Free Culture Submission Guidelines Short essays must be submitted by the given deadline for peer review. Submission entails a commitment that at least one author will attend the event in the case of acceptance. Also, authors grant the organizers the right to publish accepted submissions in the form of online proceedings or a similar format. In addition, accepted submissions will be automatically licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, unless the authors explicitly state in their submission that they wish to opt out of this licensing agreement. We encourage authors to use said license in order to promote open access to scholarly work, although decisions to opt out will be respected and will not influence the review process in any way. In any case, authors of accepted essays cannot opt out from the basic condition that they grant the organizers the right to publish the essays online. Please submit your short essay in PDF, Word or plain text format at: https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=freeculture2009 (you will need an easychair account to submit, you can create one on the spot if you don't already have one). Organizing Committee The organizing committee is tasked with setting the basic framework and agenda for this year's event, coordinating activities before, during, and after the event, and ensuring that the experience will be valuable for all participants. * Amar Ashar, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, USA * Yochai Benkler, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, USA * Giorgos Cheliotis, National University of Singapore, Singapore * Juan Carlos De Martin, NEXA Center for Internet and Society, Italy * Terry Fisher, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, USA * Urs Gasser, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, USA * Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University, USA * Colin Maclay, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, USA * Elizabeth Stark, Yale University and iCommons, USA * Prodromos Tsiavos, London School of Economics, UK * Jude Yew, University of Michigan, USA * Jonathan Zittrain, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, USA Academic Program Committee The academic program committee comprises senior scholars, recognized thought leaders and some promising young scholars from around the world. Its main task will be to assist in the review of submitted manuscripts. * Bodo Balazs, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary * Yochai Benkler, Berkman Center for Internet & Society USA * Giorgos Cheliotis, National University of Singapore, Singapore * Tyng-Ruey Chuang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan * Juan Carlos De Martin, NEXA Center for Internet & Society, Italy * Melanie Dulong de Rosnay, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands * Terry Fisher, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, USA * Urs Gasser, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, USA * James Grimmelmann, New York Law School, USA * Herkko Hietanen, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland * Minjeong Kim, Colorado State University, USA * Mathias Klang, Lund University, Sweden * Karim Lakhani, Harvard University, USA * Ronaldo Lemos, Fundacao Getulio Vargas, Brazil * Lawrence Lessig, Harvard University, USA * Lawrence Liang, Alternative Law Forum, India * John Palfrey, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, USA * Wolf Richter, Oxford University, UK * Anil Samtani, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore * Jan Philipp Schmidt, UWC/UNU-MERIT, the Netherlands * Elizabeth Stark, Yale University, USA * Victoria Stodden, Yale University, USA * Alek Tarkowski, University of Warsaw, Poland * Anas Tawileh, Cardiff University, UK * Prodromos Tsiavos, London School of Economics, UK * Ariel Vercelli, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Argentina * Jude Yew, University of Michigan, USA * Jonathan Zittrain, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, USA Note If you have questions about the event, or wish to be kept updated on this and related topics, please subscribe to the commons-research mailing list at: http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-research You can then send your emails to commons-research(a)lists.ibiblio.org and one of the organizers and/or other members of the list will follow up on your query.

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Participants Needed - Blog survey
by Ibrahim Yucel 08 Aug '09

08 Aug '09

Hello Air-l Readers Sorry for the repost: here is the correct url My name is Ibrahim Yucel and I am a PhD candidate in the college of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University. I am emailing here to asking for participants in my study regarding reading internet blogs. This study is being conducted for research. Participation is completely voluntary, confidential, and there is no compensation. Please follow the link below if you wish to participate. Thank you for your time. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=q8kT3okNwBP5VzFTKNTpVw_3d_3d Ibrahim Yucel PhD Candidate College of Information Sciences and Technology Penn State University 321D IST Building University Park, PA 16802

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Participants Needed - Blog survey
by Ibrahim Yucel 08 Aug '09

08 Aug '09

Dear Air-l Readers My name is Ibrahim Yucel and I am a PhD candidate in the college of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University. I am emailing here to asking for participants in my study regarding reading internet blogs. This study is being conducted for research. Participation is completely voluntary, confidential, and there is no compensation. Please follow the link below if you wish to participate. Thank you for your time. Click Here to take survey <https://mail.ist.psu.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://www.surveymonkey…> Ibrahim Yucel PhD Candidate College of Information Sciences and Technology Penn State University 321D IST Building University Park, PA 16802

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ENC: Analysing virtual communities
by Bernardo Sorj 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

I will be grateful if any of you you could indicate a tool for content analysis of virtual communities short messages. Thanks, Bernardo Dr. Bernardo Sorj www.bernardosorj.com www.centroedelstein.org.br

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Facebook > The Book > And Now The Author Interview
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Colleagues/ On Book TV / After Words / August 2009 Ben Mezrich recounts the creation of the social networking site, Facebook, in The Accidental Billionaires. Mr. Mezrich details the ascendancy of the website from its beginnings as a members-only service for Harvard University students to its current international status and profiles several of the principal players in the development of the site, including Facebook's current CEO Mark Zuckerberg.. Dates And Times And Links To Related Pages Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/l34cy8 ] Enjoy! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck at iastate.edu <http://lists.webjunction.org/mailman/listinfo/web4lib>

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Semantic web - social data on the web (SDoW)
by MARZIO VENEMAN 07 Aug '09

07 Aug '09

Dear subscribers Air-L, With reference to social data on the web (SDOW), I take pleasure informing you as follows: === <http://semanticweb.org/wiki/Main_Page> <http://sdow.semanticweb.org/> The Semantic Web is the extension of the World Wide Web that enables people to share content beyond the boundaries of applications and websites. It has been described in rather different ways: as a utopic vision, as a web of data, or merely as a natural paradigm shift in our daily use of the Web. Most of all, the Semantic Web has inspired and engaged many people to create innovative semantic technologies and applications. semanticweb.org is the common platform for this community. You can extend semanticweb.org. Make sure that your favourite semantic tool, event, or ontology is here! === I trust this information is sufficient for your purposes, in case you require any additional details, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned. . Yours sincerely, Cordiali Saluti . . . Marzio Veneman The Netherlands . Click here to visit my new professional profile and connect! <http://www.linkedin-ech3.com/in/rythmomachy> . . This email message may contain privilliged information and is solely intended for the recipient(s) mentioned above. To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add <max.rythmos(a)yahoo.com> to your address book or safe list. . . ________________________________ . ________________________________ ________________________________

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Syllabus suggestions - phD seminar in online relationships
by Nicole Ellison 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Hi all, I am currently putting together my syllabus for a PhD-level seminar focusing on the Internet and social relationships, and am interested in seeing similar syllabi or recommendations for scholarship that should be included. To give you a sense of the topic, currently I plan to include readings on the following: historical overview of technology & social interactions; social networks & how they are reshaped by communication technologies, self-presentation and impression formation processes, online/offline interactions, friendship, and new theorizing about the topic. I currently am considering work by Wellman, Walther, Baym, Baron, boyd, and others whose last names do not start with W or B. Please send me suggestions you might have for pieces you feel are particularly important, interesting, or innovative. Alternatively I'd love to see syllabi for related classes, grad or undergrad. Thank you! Nicole

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Sources on activism and social technologies
by Anastasia Kavada 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

Dear all, I am currently investigating the potential of the 'participatory web' (mainly social networking, video and photo-sharing sites) for activism and political participation and I'm looking to expand my list of references. I am particularly interested in chapters and journal articles based on concrete empirical research and case studies. In my experience, there is a shortage of published research in this area (I guess it's stil too early for the slow cycles of academic publishing), so I'd also be interested in any working or conference papers on the issue. I will compile a bibliography with the references that you suggest and the ones already in my database and publish it on the aoir list. Please feel free to also contact me off list at A.Kavada(a)westminster.ac.uk . Many thanks, Anastasia Kavada Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) School of Media, Arts & Design University of Westminster Harrow Campus Watford Road, Northwick Park, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3TP United Kingdom tel: +44 20 7911 5000 email: kavadaa(a)wmin.ac.uk http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-1723

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