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Free Culture <FAIL > Research Workshop 2009
by Mary Bryson 17 Jul '09

17 Jul '09

Take a look at the lack of inclusion of women (FreeCultureFail) on the Organizing and Academic Program Committees for this event. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5486 There are 12 people on the former and 28 people on the latter. According to the person from the Free Culture Research Workshop group that I contacted: "Based on my count, there are 4 women in all on both Committees, with <Person X> serving on both the organizing and academic committees. The other 3 women serve in the academic committee..." 4 women out of 40 people. One woman on the Organizing Committee. That's some kind of "free culture". Free Culture Fail, as far as I can tell. Maybe there is a story here. Or not. Mary -- Dr. Mary K. Bryson, Professor and Director, Network of Centers and Institutes in Education (NCIE) & Center for Cross-Faculty Inquiry (CCFI), Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia CCFI: Innovation Works Here http://ccfi.educ.ubc.ca/ -----Original Message----- > Date: Thu Jul 16 12:33:25 PDT 2009 > From: "jeremy hunsinger" <jhuns(a)vt.edu> > Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: [Icommons] Free Culture Research Workshop 2009 > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > > > > > The Free Culture Research Workshop 2009 > > <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5486> is looking for scholars > > working on: > > > > * 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 > > > > It is tremendously exciting to see the commons attracting this > > research > > interest. The workshop will be held October 23 at Harvard. Submissions > > are due August 9. <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5486> > > > > Also see the last year¹s post on the First Interdisciplinary Research > > Workshop on Free Culture <http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/ > > 8436>. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Icommons mailing list > > Icommons(a)lists.ibiblio.org > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/icommons > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Fwd: [Icommons] Free Culture Research Workshop 2009
by jeremy hunsinger 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

> > The Free Culture Research Workshop 2009 > <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5486> is looking for scholars > working on: > > * 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 > > It is tremendously exciting to see the commons attracting this > research > interest. The workshop will be held October 23 at Harvard. Submissions > are due August 9. <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/5486> > > Also see the last year’s post on the First Interdisciplinary Research > Workshop on Free Culture <http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/ > 8436>. > > _______________________________________________ > Icommons mailing list > Icommons(a)lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/icommons

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WikiWars: Call for Participation, 12th-13th January, 2010
by Nishant Shah 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

*WikiWars Call for Participation; 12th, 13th January, 2010, Bangalore Event One for the Critical Point of View Reader* *CPOV (CRITICAL POINT OF VIEW) CONTEXT: *The Wikipedia has emerged as the de facto global reference of dynamic knowledge. Different stakeholders – Wikipedians, users, academics, researchers, gurus of Web 2.0, publishing houses and governments have entered into fierce debates and discussions about what the rise of Wikipedia and Wiki cultures means and how they influence the information societies we live in. The Wikipedia itself has been at the centre of much controversy, pivoted around questions of accuracy, anonymity, vandalism, expertise and authority. The Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore, India) and the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam, Netherlands) are working together to produce a critical Reader on Wikipedia and to build a Wikipedia Knowledge Network. Under the rubric CPOV, we propose two events that bring together different perspectives, approaches, experiences and stories that critically explore different questions and concerns around Wikipedia. The proceeds from these two events will result in a Reader that consolidates critical points of view about Wikipedia. *WIKIWARS CONFERENCE:* The first conference to be held in Bangalore, called WikiWars, invites participation from users, scholars, academics, practitioners, artists and other cultural workers, to share their experiences, ideas, experiments, innovations, applications and stories about Wikipedia. The WikiWars conference embodies the spirit that guides an open encyclopaedia like the Wikipedia, by referring to the edit battles that users enter into over topics that have many points of view. WikiWars also refers to the contradictory positions adopted by different stakeholders on the various issues of credibility, authority, verifiability and truth-telling, on the Wikipedia. This conference calls for diverse and varied knowledges to come together in a critical dialogic space that informs and augments our understanding of the Wikipedia. *CONFERENCE THEMES:* The possible themes and areas for presentations (projects, experiences, experiments, stories or documentation) can include but are not limited to: - Wiki Theory: Endorse, question/contest or delineate the theoretical approaches and view points on the Wikipedia - Wikipedia and Critique of Western Knowledge Production: The predominance of textual or linguistic cultures, post-western knowledge production systems, and indigenous knowledge systems - Wiki Art: Art that uses Wikipedia models, structures or data to explore and expand the practice of Wikipedia project; and accounts that document Wikipedia based art practices or debates - Designing Debate: Suggestions, innovations, critiques and ideas that focus on the design and form of the Wikipedia, to explore the claims of neutrality, objectivity, emergent hierarchy, control and authenticity on the Wikipedia - Critique of Free and Open: Areas like Wikipedia governance, economic practices of and around Wikipedia, and the nature of freedom in usage, production and participation on the Wikipedia - Global Politics of Exclusion: Exploring questions of non-western material inclusion, language, connectedness, oral histories, women, non-geeks, and alternative material that cannot be documented on Wikipedia etc. - The Place of Resistance: Space of resistance and dissent in the Wikipedia, structures that allow for alternative voices, experiences and ideas - Wikipedia and Education: Wikipedia usage in classrooms as a teaching resource, and its effect on pedagogy, the role of Wikipedia in the knowledge production sector, and mobilisation of academic communities around the Wikipedia For detailed information on each theme, please go to http://cis-india.org/publications/workshops/conference-blogs/Wikiwars *WHO SHOULD APPLY:* The conference in Bangalore aims to bring together an interesting mix of diverse voices from different cultures, geo-political spaces, and context-based practices from around the world, to start consolidating the approaches, experiences, and impact of the Wikipedia: 1. Students and Wikipedia users who belong to different local chapters or have editorial/contribution experiences on the Wikipedia, 2. Academics and publishers who are exploring the changes caused by Wikipedia, both in classroom pedagogy and in knowledge production systems, 3. Researchers and theoreticians, practitioners and proponents, artists and social activists, who are interested in Wikipedia cultures and their socio-political conditions, should be attending this conference. *HOW TO APPLY: *To apply for the conference, please send the following information by email to infowiki(a)cis-india.org by the 31st of August, 2009. 1. A note of interest (450 - 700 words) detailing your ideas and possible contribution 2. Your updated resume 3. A sample of your work (term papers, published articles, peer-reviewed papers, books, art-projects, social intervention projects etc.) *CONFERENCE TIME-LINE:* *Last Date for submitting Note of Interest and Funding options – 31st August, 2009 Announcement of short-listed proposals – 21st September, 2009. Sharing of Detailed Proposals with all participants – 15th December, 2009 Announcement of Conference Schedule and Logistics – 30th December 2009 Online Registration for non-presenting participants – 3rd January 2010 Conference Dates – 12th, 13th January 2010 * *TRAVEL SUPPORT:* Travel support is available for some of the conference participants (national and international). The selected participants will be provided with the basic travel and accommodation costs for the duration of the conference from their home-countries/cities to travel to Bangalore for the conference. If you are applying for travel support, please indicate clearly in your “Note of Interest” any of these three options: 1. Full travel support required. 2. Partial travel support required with estimate. 3. Travel support not required. Travel support will be provided by the conference organisers on a case-by-case basis. *CONFERENCE ORGANISERS: *Sunil Abraham (Sunil(a)cis-india.org) and Nishant Shah (Nishant(a)cis-india.org ), Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. If there are any queries regarding the WikiWars conference please write to us. *RESEARCH AND EDITORIAL TEAM:* Geert Lovink and Sabine Niederer (Amsterdam), Nathaniel Tkacz (Melbourne), Johanna Niesyto (Siegen), Sunil Abraham and Nishant Shah (Bangalore). -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-86-21-66130376

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online health information
by Dina Ralt 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

People are following popular rather than accurate health information. Based on its search engine ranking and page view statistics, the English Wikipedia is a prominent source of online health information compared to the other online health information providers studied. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2009, 16(4),471-479 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B7CPS-4WNB0TY-8&_u ser=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanch or=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=c5bdedef 48e5951ad92c6b29e47c1bd4> &_udi=B7CPS-4WNB0TY-8&_user=10&_coverDate=08%2F31%2F2009&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig =search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0 &_userid=10&md5=c5bdedef48e5951ad92c6b29e47c1bd4 This is despite the data of Wikipedia that are less complete, and that has more errors of omission than the comparator database. Ann Pharmacother. 2008, 42(12), 1814-1821 <http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/abstract/42/12/1814> http://www.theannals.com/cgi/content/abstract/42/12/1814 Dr. Dina Ralt The Gertner Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center Phone 972-3-5224750 Cellular 972-52-8000210 http://nettingno.blogspot.com/ Life is too short to be in a hurry...

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call for papers new journal Psicologia Culturale
by Luca Tateo 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Dear friends, here you can download the first call for papers of the new journal Psicologia Culturale. http://www.unisa.it//download/3747_11020_1149787701_call%20for%20papers%20p… this is the journal web page http://www.unisa.it//Dipartimenti/DISCED/Personale/Iannaccone_Antonio/psico… best, -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luca Tateo, PhD Dept. of Economy, Institutions and Society, University of Sassari (Italy) home address: via Rufoli, 23 Ogliara I-84135 Salerno mobile +39.392.5178418, +39.347.5423594 office +39.089.962106 ltateo(a)unisa.it, network.salerno(a)tiscali.it Skype ID: luca.tateo lucatateo.blog.tiscali.it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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M/C 'Obsolete' issue is Live.
by Jason Wilson 16 Jul '09

16 Jul '09

Dear Colleagues, I'm delighted to advise that the 'obsolete' issue of M/C, the Journal of Media and Culture, is now live. It's available at the following link. http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal We're excited to be able to present a range of perspectives on the issues raised by the topic of obsolescence, and hope you'll enjoy the issue as much as we wnjoyed putting it together. Contents as follows: * EDITORIAL: Obsolete - Jason Anthony Wilson, Jason Jacobs * FEATURE: The Re-Wiring of History - Greg Shapley * FEATURE: Lament for a Lost Running Order? Obsolescence and Academic Journals - John Hartley, * Academia 1.0: Slow Food in a Fast Food Culture? (A Reply to John Hartley) - Kate Bowles * Unplanned educational obsolescence: Is the 'traditional' PhD becoming obsolete? - Donna Lee Brien * Obsolescence: Uncovering Values in Technology Use - Jina Huh, Mark S. Ackerman * Anywhere but the Home: the Promiscuous Afterlife of Super 8 - Peter Thomas * Save the Videogame! The National Videogame Archive: preservation, supersession and obsolescence. - James Newman * Onward Through the Fog: Computer Game Collection and the Play of Obsolescence - Jason Thompson, Ken S. McAllister, Judd Ethan Ruggill * Digital Games Distribution: the presence of the past and the future of obsolescence - Christopher Luke Moore Feedback and discussion on the articles is welcome. Keep your eyes peeled for further developments as Jason Jacobs and I continue work on a much longer series of projects around obsolescence. All the best JW Dr. Jason Wilson Lecturer in Digital Communication School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication University of Wollongong NSW, Australia T +61 (0)2 42213088 M +61 (0)432955503 E jasonw(a)uow.edu.au skype jason_a_w http://gatewatching.org http://delicious.com/jason_a_w http://twitter.com/jason_a_w ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail

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[Fwd: Call for papers: Special issue of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) on Empirical Research on Free/Libre Open Source Software]
by Gabriella Coleman 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

fyi -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for papers: Special issue of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) on Empirical Research on Free/Libre Open Source Software Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:28:44 +0200 From: Kevin Crowston <crowston(a)syr.edu> To: Gabriella Coleman <biella(a)nyu.edu> Dear Gabriella Coleman, We would also appreciate your sharing the call with students or colleagues who you think might be interested. Thanks! Important dates Deadline for articles 15 October 2009 Initial decisions by 15 January 2010 Revisions due 15 April 2010 Final decision by 15 July 2010 Call for papers: Special issue of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) Empirical Research on Free/Libre Open Source Software Over the past decade, the Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) phenomenon has revolutionized the ways in which organizations and individuals create, distribute, acquire and use information systems and services, making it an increasingly important topic of research for information systems researchers. FLOSS has moved from a curiosity to the mainstream: it has become a useful instrument for educators and researchers, an important aspect of e-government and information society initiative and a consideration in all technology business plans (e.g., Fitzgerald 2006). The apparent success of FLOSS development has challenged the conventional wisdom of the software and business communities about the best ways to develop and acquire software. The research literature on software development and on distributed work more generally emphasizes the difficulties of distributed software development (e.g., Herbsleb et al. 2000), but the apparent success of FLOSS development presents an intriguing counter-example. Characterized by a globally distributed developer force and a rapid and reliable software development process, effective FLOSS development teams somehow profit from the advantages and overcome the challenges of distributed work (Alhoet al. 1998). Traditional organizations have taken note of these successesand have sought ways of leveraging FLOSS methods for their own distributedteams. More broadly, FLOSS development provides a commonly referred to model for open collaboration, increasingly seen as a viable approach to community-based development of systems and information resources more generally. Thus, while in many ways unique, the distributed and self-organizing natureof FLOSS teams represents a mode of work that is increasingly common in many organizations. As well, FLOSS development is an important phenomena deserving of study foritself (Feller 2001). FLOSS is an important commercial phenomenon involving all kinds of software development firms, large, small and startup. Millions of users depend on FLOSS systems such as Linux or Firefox, and the Internet is heavily dependent on FLOSS tools. These systems are an integral partof the infrastructure of modern society, making it critical to understand more fully how they are developed. Furthermore, FLOSS is an increasingly important venue for students learning about software development. However, researchers are just beginning to understand how people in these communities coordinate software development and the work practices necessary to their success. Part of the challenge to researchers is that FLOSS is a complex phenomenon that requires an interdisciplinary understanding of its engineering, technical, economic, legal and socio-cultural dynamics. It is similar to many other phenomena (e.g., virtual teams, user innovation, distributed software engineering, voluntary organizations, social movements), without being exactly like any, making it difficult to identify and to apply relevant theories.Indeed, the term FLOSS includes groups with a wide diversity of participants and practices, with varying degrees of effectiveness, but the dimensionsof this space are still unclear. Empirically, the study of FLOSS is blessed with an abundance of certain kinds of “trace” data, generated throughthe everyday actions of developers. However, these data are limited to particular aspects of FLOSS work and are often difficult to connect to constructs of theoretical interest. As a result, research on FLOSS is in critical need of careful conceptualization and theorizing, with particular attentionto delineating the boundaries of theories in useful taxonomies of project types. The growing research literature on FLOSS has addressed a variety of questions. First, numerous explanations have been proposed for why individuals decide to contribute to projects without pay (e.g., Bessen 2002; Franck et al.2002; Hann et al. 2002; Hertel et al. 2003; Markus et al. 2000). These authors have mentioned factors such as increasing the usefulness of the software (Hann et al. 2004), personal interest (Hann et al. 2004), ideological commitment, development of skills (Ljungberg 2000) with potential career impact (Hann et al. 2004) or enhancement of reputation (Markus et al. 2000). Further work in this area will need to distinguish between motivations for different kinds of projects and for developers with vastly different levels of commitment and contribution to a project and develop richer datasets of actual developer beliefs, intentions and behaviours. A methodological concern is developing valid samples of participants given the highly skewed distributions of activity. Second, researchers have investigated the processes of FLOSS development (e.g., Raymond 1998; Stewart et al. 2002). Many of these studies have been done at the project level, e.g., using available data about project-level measures to predict success. These studies are often limited by the available data, which may only weakly reflect theoretical constructs of interest. Afew studies have been done at the level of individual developers, though many of the same concerns apply. For example, co-membership in projects can be viewed as a social network (e.g., Méndez-Durón et al. 2009), but strong theory is needed to interpret the network. On the other hand, since data are available longitudinally, there is an opportunity to perform strongertests of theory (e.g, Subramaniam et al. 2009). Fewer studies have grappled with the details of work practices within projects, in part because data about these practices are more difficult to identify, collect and analyze. Mainly Logs of email and other kinds of linguistic interactions are generally available, but are quite time consuming to analyze. As well, such studies reveal only the public face of developers’ actions, leaving their private work hidden. Still, detailed studies of FLOSS practices could be quite revealing for understanding this form of distributed work. Third, researchers have examined the implications of FLOSS from economic and policy perspectives. For example, some authors have examined the implications of free software for commercial software companies or the implicationsof intellectual property laws for FLOSS (e.g., Di Bona et al. 1999; Kogut et al. 2001; Lerner et al. 2001). Lamastra (2009) found that FLOSS solutions developed by a sample of Italian companies were more innovative than the non-FLOSS solutions. Overall though, the nature and implications of participation of firms in FLOSS development are still open topics for research. Finally, a few authors have examined the use of FLOSS and its implementation in organizations. For example, Fitzgerald et al. (2003) examined the broad implementation of FLOSS in an Irish hospital. Implementation studies seem like a particularly promising area for information systems researchers, though such studies face a challenge to explicitly theorize about the relationship between the distinctive properties of FLOSS and the processes of implementation and use. Example topics for the special issue The research reviewed above, while extensive, is still just a starting point for understanding the phenomenon of FLOSS development and use. Papers areinvited for the special issue on any topic related to FLOSS development and use. Papers should be theory-driven or theory-building, with clear implications for further research and practice. Example topics include: Social science: Understanding organizational and psychological issues in FLOSS • Diversity and international participation in FLOSS projects • Learning, knowledge sharing, collaboration, control or conflict in FLOSS projects • Dynamics of FLOSS project communities, building and sustaining • FLOSS historical foundations • FLOSS and social networks • FLOSS and social inclusion • Economic analysis of FLOSS • Knowledge management, e-learning and FLOSS FLOSS systems development: • FLOSS and distributed development • Lessons from FLOSS for conventional development • Open sourcing vs. offshoring of development • FLOSS and standards • Mining and analyzing FLOSS project repositories • Documentation of FLOSS projects Emerging perspectives: Lessons from FLOSS applied to other fields • Diffusion and adoption of FLOSS innovations • FLOSS and alternative intellectual property regimes • FLOSS, Open Science and "Open Knowledge" • Licensing, intellectual property and other legal issues in FLOSS • FLOSS and innovation • Economics of FLOSS Studies of FLOSS deployment: Current studies and future issues • Case studies of FLOSS deployment, migration models, success and failure • FLOSS in the public sector (e.g., government, education, health care) • FLOSS in vertical domains and the 'secondary' software sector (e.g.,automotive, telecommunications, medical devices) • FLOSS-compatible IT governance architectures • FLOSS applications catalog (functionality, evaluation, platforms, support providers, training needs) • FLOSS education and training • FLOSS, e-government and transformational government • FLOSS business models and strategies We particularly hope to receive papers that cut across these dimensions anduse the phenomenon of FLOSS to theorize about the evolving nature of technology-supported distributed work. References Alho, K., and Sulonen, R. "Supporting virtual software projects on the Web," in: Workshop on Coordinating Distributed Software Development Projects, 7th International Workshop on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE ’98), Palo Alto, CA, USA, 1998. Bessen, J. "Open Source Software: Free Provision of Complex Public Goods," in: Research on Innovation, 2002. Di Bona, C., Ockman, S., and Stone, M. (eds.) Open Sources: Voices from theOpen Source Revolution. O'Reilly & Associates, Sebastopol, CA, 1999. Feller, J. "Thoughts on Studying Open Source Software Communities," in:Realigning Research and Practice in Information Systems Development: The Social and Organizational Perspective, N.L. Russo, B. Fitzgerald and J.I. DeGross (eds.), Kluwer, 2001, pp. 379–388. Fitzgerald, B. "The transformation of Open Source Software," MIS Quarterly (30:4) 2006. Fitzgerald, B., and Kenny, T. "Open source software in the trenches: Lessons from a large-scale OSS implementation," International Conference on Information Systems, 2003. Franck, E., and Jungwirth, C. "Reconciling investors and donators: The governance structure of open source," No. 8, Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensführung und -politik, Universität Zürich. Hann, I.-H., Roberts, J., Slaughter, S., and Fielding, R. "Economic incentives for participating in open source software projects," the Twenty-Third International Conference on Information Systems, 2002, pp. 365–372. Hann, I.-H., Roberts, J., and Slaughter, S.A. "Why developers participatein open source software projects: An empirical investigation," in: Twenty-Fifth International Conference on Information Systems, Washington, DC, 2004, pp. 821–830. Herbsleb, J.D., Mockus, A., Finholt, T., and Grinter, R.E. "Distance, dependencies, and delay in a global collaboration," the 2000 ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 2000, pp. 319-328. Hertel, G., Niedner, S., and Herrmann, S. "Motivation of software developers in Open Source projects: an Internet-based survey of contributors to the Linux kernel," Research Policy (32), Jan 1 2003, pp 1159–1177. Kogut, B., and Metiu, A. "Open-source software development and distributed innovation," Oxford Review of Economic Policy (17:2) 2001, pp 248–264. Lamastra, C.R. "Software innovativeness: A comparison between proprietaryand Free/Open Source solutions offered by Italian SMEs," R\&D Management (39:2) 2009, pp 153--169. Lerner, J., and Tirole, J. "The open source movement: Key research questions," European Economic Review (45) 2001, pp 819–826. Ljungberg, J. "Open Source Movements as a Model for Organizing," European Journal of Information Systems (9:4) 2000. Markus, M.L., Manville, B., and Agres, E.C. "What makes a virtual organization work?," Sloan Management Review (42:1) 2000, pp 13–26. Méndez-Durón, R., and García, C.E. "Returns from Social Capital in Open Source Software Networks," Journal of Evolutionary Economics (19) 2009, pp 277–295 Raymond, E.S. "The cathedral and the bazaar," First Monday (3:3) 1998. Stewart, K.J., and Ammeter, T. "An exploratory study of factors influencing the level of vitality and popularity of open source projects," the Twenty-Third International Conference on Information Systems, 2002, pp. 853–857. Subramaniam, C., Sen, R., and Nelson, M.L. "Determinants of open source software project success: A longitudinal study," Decision Support Systems (46:2) 2009, pp 576--585. -- **************************************************** Gabriella Coleman, Assistant Professor Department of Media, Culture, & Communication New York University 239 Greene St, 7th floor NY NY 10003 212-992-7696 http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Gabriella_Coleman

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Fwd: [IAMCR] CALL FOR PAPERS - I INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF DIGITAL TELEVISION
by jeremy hunsinger 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

> Subject: [IAMCR] CALL FOR PAPERS - I INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM OF > DIGITAL TELEVISION > > *[image: topo-en.jpg] > * > > ** > > *Call for Papers* > > > Each author(a) is allowed to send two (02) works, provided that one > is in > co-authorship with other researcher. Everyone has to be subscribed > on the > event. > > *Graduate students* - Each abstract should be between 300 and 500 > words and > contain information about the work (objectives, methodology, results > and > conclusion). > > *Researchers, graduate students and professionals *- Each abstract > should be > between 800 and 1000 words and have information about the work > (objectives, > methodology, results and conclusion). > > For both cases, abstracts should contain three to six keywords. > > After evaluation of the views, each job can be accepted for oral > presentation and publication in the meeting abstracts, oral > presentation and > publication in the journal of the event, or even rejected. > > Papers accepted for publication in the meeting abstracts will also be > presented in a special session, but will not be published in the > annals > complete. > > The papers accepted for oral presentation will be presented at working > session on November 20. The presentation is required to the > acceptance of > the article - otherwise, will be included in the meeting abstracts. > The work > actually presented in the working sessions will be published in the > annals > of the event. > > For submission is required to be inscripted at the event. > > More information about the submission process can be conferred on > the site > of the event: www.faac.unesp.br/simtvd . > > *DEADLINES* > > The abstract submission is open from June 18 to August 09, without > extension. > > Acceptance will be sent until August 17. > > The deadline for submission of completed work is September 17. > > *ABSTRACTS > * > Must be written in Times New Roman, size 12, with interline 1.5 pt. > In the > first line, please put the paper title (in bold), name and last name > of the > author. In the skirting (body 10), put a mini-curriculum including the > institution affiliation and an email address for contact. > > Leave two spaces and present the summary of the work, with essential > information (objective, methodology, results and conclusion). After > the > summary report, 3 to 6 keywords, separated by dots. May be presented > in > Spanish, Portuguese or English. > > *Full Article formatting > * > The article, in. Doc (Word 97-2003 compatible version), should contain > between 30 thousand and 40 thousand characters. Must be submitted > according > to ABNT, in Times New Roman, size 12, 1.5 pt interlining, top and left > margins of 3 cm, bottom and right margins of 2 cm and A4. > > *Abstract*: After the name of the author or co-authors, include a > summary of > up to 500 characters in TNR, 12, lined the banks left and right > (justified) > with a single line (1.0 pt). > > *Keywords* (summary below): three to six, separated by dots. TNR, > 12, lined > to left. > > *Footnote*: The first page should contain a brief resume (maximum five > lines) of the author and co-authors. TNR, 10, single (1.0), justified. > > *Headings*: TNR 12, bold, aligned left, one line space before and > after > them. > > *References*: TNR, 12, single-spaced (1.0), according to ABNT. > > ** > > *INSCRIPTION > * > The inscription for SIMTVD 2009 should be made by Internet until > November > 09 (will not be done during the event). 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Livestream of the Keynotes from the Symposium "Web as Culture"
by Thies Boettcher 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

Dear all, the keynote lectures from the Symposium "Web as Culture" (Giessen, Germany), hosted by the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) and the Centre for Media and Interactivity (ZMI) will be streamed here: www.webasculture.de/wordpress/live/ Please take note that the first two keynotes are in German, the others in English. Programme: The times given here are in Central European Time (UTC +1) Thursday, July 16, 2009 13:00 - 14:00 Prof. Henning Lobin "Web as Culture" (German) (New York: 7 a.m., LA 4 a.m., New Dehli 4:30 p.m., Tokio 8 p.m. etc.) 16:30 - 17:30 Prof. Angelika Storrer "Chatspeak: How web users adapt written language to synchronous communication" (German) (New York: 11:30 a.m., LA 8:30 a.m., New Dehli 9 p.m., Tokio 0:30 a.m. etc.) Friday, July 17, 2009 17:00 - 18:00 Prof. Manfred Faßler "Smart ethnic groups. Or: what and how are we looking for in Networks?" (English) (New York: 12 noon, LA 9 a.m., New Dehli 9:30 p.m., Tokio 1 a.m. etc.) Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:00 - 12:00 Prof. Steven Thorne "Culture, technology, and mediation" (English) (New York: 5 a.m., LA 2 a.m., New Dehli 2:30 p.m., Tokio 6 p.m.) <https://elysion.uni-giessen.de/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://cultdoc.uni…> ___________________________________ Thies W. Böttcher M.A. | PhD Fellow & Research Assistant (Website) International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) Gießener Graduate School for the Humanities (GGK) Justus Liebig University Gießen Alter Steinbacher Weg 38 35394 Gießen Germany Tel.: +49.641.99 300 46 Tel.: +49.641.99 300 41 (GCSC Office) Fax: +49.641.99 300 49 thies.boettcher(a)gcsc.uni-giessen.de <mailto:thies.boettcher@gcsc.uni-giessen.de> http://gcsc.uni-giessen.de/ <http://gcsc.uni-giessen.de/> http://cultdoc.uni-giessen.de/ <http://cultdoc.uni-giessen.de/> www.uni-giessen.de/videoblog-gcsc <http://www.uni-giessen.de/videoblog-gcsc>

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CFP: E-Youth. Balancing between opportunities and risks?
by Van Cleemput Katrien 15 Jul '09

15 Jul '09

e-Youth Balancing between opportunities and risks? Multidisciplinary conference May 27th & 28th 2010 Antwerp, Belgium http://www.ucsia.be/eyouth UCSIA and the University of Antwerp are pleased to announce the organisation of a two-day international, multidisciplinary conference on children, adolescents & ICT. We welcome a broad audience including researchers, educators, students, policy makers, NGO and industry representatives to share research results and discuss policy and educational issues regarding children’s and adolescents’ use of information and communication technologies. The conference will focus on national and international research dealing with social, cultural, economic, legal, psychological and ethical issues regarding youngsters’ uses of different internet applications and mobile telephony. Contributions on both the multiple opportunities offered by technologies and on the (new) risks youngsters are confronted with are welcomed. Research and initiatives concerning the educational and mediating role of parents and educators will be discussed too. The conference will also provide a forum for good practices of sensitizing or educational campaigns. Oral presentations, posters and demonstrations can be submitted about -but not limited to- the following issues: 1. Youngsters and ICT: a heterogeneous group > gap in access and competences – social differences – distributive (in-)justice 2. Youngsters and ICT: developmental changes and related needs > the construction of the self and social networks – self-disclosure & privacy – sexual exploration – technological & social normativity – entertainment and education needs 3. Youngsters and ICT: a vulnerable (target) group? > electronic marketing – riskful contacts (harassment, racism, cyberbullying, ...) 4. Youngsters and ICT: awareness, protection and empowerment > perception of ICT-related risks – parental mediation – sensitizing and educational campaigns 5. Youngsters and ICT: ethical & legal issues > Adapting research methods – ethical issues – legislation, self- and co-regulation Practical information: Date: 27-28 May 2010 Location: Meerminne building, City Campus, University of Antwerp, Belgium Organisers: UCSIA & MIOS University of Antwerp Enrolment fee: 35 € (one day) or 60 € (two days) Website: http://www.ua.ac.be/eyouth or http://www.ucsia.org/eyouth E-mail: e-youth(a)ua.ac.be

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