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research papers on computer viruses
by Stefano De Paoli 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hi All, during the past weeks I observed how the list is a powerful resource for knowing about the up to date Internet research. I was wondering. Can someone point me to interesting research papers on the theme of "Computer Viruses", from social-cultural-media points of view. This will be used for a research on "Trust" & ICT that I'm currently conducting. best S. -- Stop the numbers game http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1297797.1297815 http://portal.acm.org/ft_gateway.cfm?id=1297815&type=pdf&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUID…

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Final Push: Master's Thesis Survey
by Kristi Scott 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Hello everyone, I am doing some research for my master's thesis examining the Second Life avatar and real world self. The purpose of this research study is to better understand the personality of the real world self and primary avatar. If you could take a few minutes of your time to take this survey it would be incredibly helpful to my research. Also, please feel free to circulate the link as I'd like to get as many respondents as possible. The survey will be available for one more week, so this is the final push. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Nyu9US_2b1sE98ZOmEWojwqg_3d_3d Thank you! Kristi Scott 'Kady Whybrow'

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First Call for Papers e-Government Track HICSS-43
by Hans J. Scholl 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Dear Colleague, This is an invitation to submit a research paper to one of the minitracks of the E-Government Track at the 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-43). HICSS-43 (2010) will be held from January 5-8, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, Koloa, Kauai, HI/USA. The e-Government Track will host eight minitracks: * Development Methods for Electronic Government * Emerging Topics * E-Participation, e-Citizenship, and Digital Democracy * E-Policy, e-Governance, Ethics, and Law * E-Services and Information * Information Security * Infrastructure and Interoperability * Organization and Management Submission deadline: June 15, 2009 For details please see http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/hicss43/ Among e-Government scholars the HICSS e-Government Track has an excellent reputation. Several times it has been ranked the academically most rigorous research conference on e-Government in the world. Having a paper accepted at the e-Gov Track at HICSS means something. Best wishes, Jochen Scholl HICSS-43 E-Government Track

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Draft Conference Program Online - "YouTube & the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States"
by Stuart Shulman 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

A draft conference program is online for "YouTube & the 2008 Election Cycle in the United States": http://www.umass.edu/polsci/youtube/draft_program.pdf Full conference details: http://www.umass.edu/polsci/youtube/ The conference social network: http://youtube08election.crowdvine.com/ Registration: https://www.aux.umass.edu/forms/conferenceservices/electionsyoutube/index.h… We are excited about the group assembling and the papers. I hope to see some of you there. ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Massachusetts Amherst http://people.umass.edu/stu/ stu(a)polsci.umass.edu Editor, Journal of Information Technology & Politics http://www.jitp.net Director, QDAP-UMass http://people.umass.edu/stu/QDAP-UMass/ Associate Director, National Center for Digital Government http://www.umass.edu/digitalcenter/

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Intimacy and Virtual Worlds
by Tyler M Pace 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

Greetings, My name is Tyler Pace and I am a researcher with the Indiana University School of Informatics. My colleague, Shaowen Bardzell, and I would greatly appreciate your time and participation in our survey investigating the experience of intimacy in virtual worlds. You may participate in the survey via the following link. The survey should take about 15-30 minutes to complete. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=pPmM7g_2bdQSYreYaDMOzJ1A_3d_3d As virtual worlds continue to grow in popularity as both locations of personal enjoyment and professional conduct, it is increasingly important for virtual world researchers and designers to better understand the practices and experiences of virtual world users. Intimacy is one such topic which is fundamental to human relationships but has received little to no attention in virtual world research. This survey aims to shed light on how intimacy is constructed and experienced in virtual worlds. If you have any questions regarding this study, please feel free to contact us. Additionally, if you know of anyone who might be interested in participating in this study, please feel free to pass this message along to them. Best, Tyler Pace (tympace [at] indiana [dot] edu) Shaowen Bardzell (selu [at] indiana [dot] edu) Indiana University School of Informatics http://informatics.indiana.edu/

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Re: [Air-L] Online Research Methods Texts
by Daren Carroll Brabham 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

I found this helpful in a recent study I did using IM interviewing. It covers other online methodological issues, too: Kazmer, M.M., & Xie, B. (2008). Qualitative interviewing in Internet studies: Playing with the media, playing with the method. Information, Communication & Society, 11(2), 115-136. db --- Daren C. Brabham Graduate Teaching Fellow Department of Communication University of Utah 255 S. Central Campus Dr., Rm. 2400 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 phone: (801) 633-4796 daren.brabham(a)utah.edu www.darenbrabham.com <http://www.darenbrabham.com/>

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Re: [Air-L] Communities of practice
by brian morgan 27 Feb '09

27 Feb '09

I have found this book helpful when thinking about communities of practice: Holland, D., W. Lachicotte, D. Skinner and C. Cain. 1998. Identity and agency in cultural worlds. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. Also, Scollon, R. (2001). Mediated discourse: The nexus of practice. London: Routledge and some chapters from Jones, R. H., & Norris, S. (2005). Discourse in action: Introducing mediated discourse analysis. London [u.a.]: Routledge. I hope this is of assistance to you. b Brian Morgan Ella Cline Shear School of Education SUNY Geneseo Geneseo, NY 14454 585-245-5149 http://www.xopc29.org (main site) E-mail is not a secu

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communities of practice
by Barry Wellman 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Folks were asking today about communities of practice in relation to ICTs. Just so happens that our editorial team (Chris Nippert-Eng, me, Jess Collins, Julie Amoroso) is right now putting together the final version of the special CITASA issue of Information COmmunication and Society -- due out this August. Two of the papers are CoP: Carey Sargent's study of "Local Musicians Building Global Audiences" in Richmond & Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. You can also catch Carey talking about her research on YouTube, and listen to her bank, pinko communards on their own website. Yuri Takhteyev's "Networks of Practice as Heterogeneous Actior Networks: The Case of Software Development in Brazil." The title says it all. Both are nice case studies combining theory, observation and reflection. Enjoy. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 I regret that most of my thoughts are more than 140 characters long Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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Digital Culture Workshop
by Andrea Forte 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

Apologies for cross postings Just a reminder that the closing date for submission of abstracts for the 2nd Digital Cultures Workshop is the 28 February 2009. Full details are below. Abstracts should be sent directly to Ben Light at b.light(a)salford.ac.uk Best wishes, ***************** 2nd Digital Cultures Workshop: Social Media Publics 4-5 June 2009, University of Salford, U.K. Final Call for Contributions Organizers Ben Light and Marie Griffiths, University of Salford Sian Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores University Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University Confirmed Speakers Dr. Carsten Sørensen - Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, London School of Economics Dr. Theresa Senft - School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies, University of East London It is clear that the boundaries between the 'public' and the 'private' are becoming increasingly blurred within and amongst sites of home and work. Indeed, in the wake of reality television shows, national identity card schemes, increased social media usage and the like, publicity appears to be the order of the day. For this workshop we seek papers that discuss the issues raised for those living in environments where there is seemingly little room for privacy. As was the case last year, we intend for the workshop to be multi-disciplinary in nature, broad in the approaches participants take and issues they cover. If your work is about any aspect of digital culture, this is the workshop for you! The following are thus only indicative of potential topics that could be raised: - How do people domesticate social media in their attempts to maintain a balance in publicity and privacy? Do they? Why do they, or don't they? - What matters are raised by increased access to data about individuals and organizations? - What does the blurring of boundaries between public and private mean for our knowledge and experiences of gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity and disability? - How are ICT mediated spaces created and maintained at home, work and those spaces in between? For example, how are 'geek gamers' finding spaces to play now the only console in the house can be in the living room? - How are ICT policies shaping public and private spaces throughout societies around the world? - What privacy issues are presented by media convergence? - What role are mobile and ubiquitous computing technologies playing in public and private spaces? - How is the increased commodification of social media affecting our privacy? Following from the first workshop we continue to see this workshop having three purposes. First, we seek to give voice and structure to existing new media, ICT and technology related research which may not readily sit within conventionally accepted areas. Second, we wish to draw in research on new forms of digital technology, ICT, computing, organizing and social interactions. Third, we want to continue discussions regarding potential futures for ICT related research which combine research as related to the evolving forms and functions of work organizations and the changing boundaries and relations between these organizations and their social milieus. We seek abstracts (of up to 600 words) that focus upon some aspect of digital culture. We hope to have a special issue of a journal associated with the workshop as was the case last year (a special issue of the Journal of Information, Communication, Ethics and Society was published early in 2009 - Vol 7, Issue 1). Abstracts should be submitted to Ben Light at: b.light(a)salford.ac.uk Important Dates Abstract Submission Date: 28 February 2009 Notification of Acceptance: 31 March 2009 Workshop Dates: 4 and 5 June 2009 Workshop Arrangements The fee for presentation/attendance at the workshop is £75 GBP. This will cover refreshments and meals throughout the workshop and a workshop dinner to be held on the evening of the 4th of June. There is no fee for PhD students, however they still need to register for the workshop. PhD student registration includes refreshments during the workshop but excludes attendance at the workshop dinner (This is subject to a £25 GBP fee, payable upon registration). You will be able to register for the workshop at: https://shop.salford.ac.uk <https://staffwebmail.salford.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://shop.s…> <https://shop.salford.ac.uk/ <https://staffwebmail.salford.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://shop.s…> > Further details regarding the location of the workshop will be posted nearer the time at: http://www.iris.salford.ac.uk <https://staffwebmail.salford.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.iri…> <http://www.iris.salford.ac.uk%3E> <http://www.iris.salford.ac.uk/ <https://staffwebmail.salford.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.iri…> <http://www.iris.salford.ac.uk/%20%3Chttps://staffwebmail.salford.ac.uk/exch…> > <http://www.smmp.salford.ac.uk/ <https://staffwebmail.salford.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.smm…> <http://www.smmp.salford.ac.uk/%20%3Chttps://staffwebmail.salford.ac.uk/exch…> >

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Annotated list of conferences on communities & technology
by Derek Hansen 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

The CASCI group at Maryland put together a list of community/technology & social network conferences that may be of interest to others on this list. See http://casci.umd.edu/Publication_Venues . It is not meant to be a comprehensive list (others exist on the web for that), rather it is a list that covers conferences at the intersection of communities and technologies (particularly those with a design focus). I'd be happy to add others if people have specific suggestions that fit with the broader vision of our Center (see the main page of the CASCI website for a description). Currently our International coverage is weak, so suggestions related to major conferences in this area would be particularly helpful. Derek Hansen CASCI Director (http://casci.umd.edu) Assistant Professor University of Maryland

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