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Re: [Air-L] IR 10.0: call for reviewers: AREAS OF EXPERTISE???
by Andrew Herman 11 Feb '09

11 Feb '09

Thanks, guys. Will do. Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> Ana Abreu <anatec6(a)gmail.com> 02/11/09 9:14 AM >>> Dear Andrew, At the end of the form, there is the option Reviewer with some space to write our areas of expertise. Best, Ana Abreu 2009/2/11, Andrew Herman <aherman(a)wlu.ca>: > > Again: where/how can we list our areas of expertise???? > > Andrew Herman, Ph. D. > Associate Professor > Department of Communication Studies > Wilfrid Laurier University > Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 > CANADA > 519 884-1970 x3693 > >>> Ana Abreu <anatec6(a)gmail.com> 02/11/09 8:41 AM >>> > Just correcting: l > > Dr Ana Abreu > Adjunct Professor > Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar > 51 16 3351 8668 > anatec6(a)gmail.com > anaabreu(a)ufscar.br > > 2009/2/11, Ana Abreu <anatec6(a)gmail.com>: > > > > Dear Susanna, > > > > Íve just created my account. It will be a pleasure to review AOIR > > abstracts. > > > > Best, > > Ana Abreu > > anatec6(a)gamil.com > > anaabreu(a)ufscar.br > > > > > > 2009/2/10, Susanna Paasonen <susanna.paasonen(a)helsinki.fi>: > >> > >> Dear all, > >> > >> My warmest thanks to all of you who have enrolled as reviewers for > the IR > >> 10.0 conference. As the submission deadline is drawing closer (next > Monday, > >> to be exact), I would like to invite as many of you as possible to > consider > >> taking up the task (by registering at > >> http://ocs.sfu.ca/aoir/index.php/ir/10/user/account) The broader > pool of > >> reviewers we have, the better chances we have of ensuring expert > opinion on > >> all papers. Given the fundamentally interdisciplinary nature of aoir > as a > >> scholarly community, this is by no means a minor issue. Your input is > >> greatly appreciated. > >> > >> with all best, > >> Susanna > >> > >> Susanna Paasonen > >> Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies > >> Program Chair / IR 10.0 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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/ > >> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [Air-L] IR 10.0: call for reviewers: AREAS OF EXPERTISE???
by Andrew Herman 11 Feb '09

11 Feb '09

Again: where/how can we list our areas of expertise???? Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> Ana Abreu <anatec6(a)gmail.com> 02/11/09 8:41 AM >>> Just correcting: l Dr Ana Abreu Adjunct Professor Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCar 51 16 3351 8668 anatec6(a)gmail.com anaabreu(a)ufscar.br 2009/2/11, Ana Abreu <anatec6(a)gmail.com>: > > Dear Susanna, > > Íve just created my account. It will be a pleasure to review AOIR > abstracts. > > Best, > Ana Abreu > anatec6(a)gamil.com > anaabreu(a)ufscar.br > > > 2009/2/10, Susanna Paasonen <susanna.paasonen(a)helsinki.fi>: >> >> Dear all, >> >> My warmest thanks to all of you who have enrolled as reviewers for the IR >> 10.0 conference. As the submission deadline is drawing closer (next Monday, >> to be exact), I would like to invite as many of you as possible to consider >> taking up the task (by registering at >> http://ocs.sfu.ca/aoir/index.php/ir/10/user/account) The broader pool of >> reviewers we have, the better chances we have of ensuring expert opinion on >> all papers. Given the fundamentally interdisciplinary nature of aoir as a >> scholarly community, this is by no means a minor issue. Your input is >> greatly appreciated. >> >> with all best, >> Susanna >> >> Susanna Paasonen >> Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies >> Program Chair / IR 10.0 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > _______________________________________________ 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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IR 10.0: call for reviewers
by Susanna Paasonen 11 Feb '09

11 Feb '09

Dear all, My warmest thanks to all of you who have enrolled as reviewers for the IR 10.0 conference. As the submission deadline is drawing closer (next Monday, to be exact), I would like to invite as many of you as possible to consider taking up the task (by registering at http://ocs.sfu.ca/aoir/index.php/ir/10/user/account) The broader pool of reviewers we have, the better chances we have of ensuring expert opinion on all papers. Given the fundamentally interdisciplinary nature of aoir as a scholarly community, this is by no means a minor issue. Your input is greatly appreciated. with all best, Susanna Susanna Paasonen Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies Program Chair / IR 10.0

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Survey: Social Media and Virtual Worlds in Higher Education
by Sarah Robbins 11 Feb '09

11 Feb '09

*Apologies for cross posts** As part of a series of reports I'm writing about the use of social media and virtual worlds in higher education I'm conducting a survey of higher ed faculty, staff, and administrators. The survey is being sponsored by Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com) who will be publishing the reports. I hope you'll all be willing to participate! The survey can be found here<http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KuusGmF_2fPO4zEdUnpwjFKA_3d_3d>: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=KuusGmF_2fPO4zEdUnpwjFKA_3d_3d One lucky survey participant will win a Kindle! Thanks so much! Sarah PS: Please feel free to pass the survey link on to anyone you think might be willing to participate including mailing lists or blog posts! Sarah "Intellagirl" Robbins PhD Candidate, Ball State University Director of Emerging Technologies, Kelley Executive Partners at Indiana University www.ubernoggin.com http://www.intellagirl.com Yahoo: Intellagirl Skype: Intellagirl SecondLife: Intellagirl Tully

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Does Comm Sci notice the internet?
by Barry Wellman 11 Feb '09

11 Feb '09

A provocative Q, to be sure, and of course, the answer to members of this list is Yes. BUT I just went thru the entire "intersections" (with other disciplines) issue of the J of Communication (54, 4, 12/08) and didn't notice one mention of the Internet, or the new media in general. Perhaps I missed some obscure thing, but I wuz amazed. Having started this, please excuse me if i don't respond personally. Deadlined on my book chapter NOW. 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 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-L] Virtual Ethnography and CyberAnthropology
by Denise N. Rall 11 Feb '09

11 Feb '09

Dear AIR-ers - This continues as one of the best topics in AIR in recent years (for me, anyway). I forgot to mention two people who influenced the approach I took in my thesis. Such as the one offered by Phil Howard: (In fact I have thanked him personally with 'saving' my thesis - all credit to him and no blame!) Howard, P. N. (2002). "Network ethnography and the hypermedia organization: new media, new organizations, new methods." New Media & Society 4(4): 550-74. >From his paper: "Social scientists are increasingly interested in innovative organizational forms made possible with new media, known as epistemic communities, knowledge networks, or communities of practice, depending on the discipline. Some organizational forms can be difficult to study qualitatively because human, social, cultural, or symbolic capital is transmitted over significant distances with technologies that do not carry the full range of human expression that an ethnographer or participant observer hopes to experience. Whereas qualitative methods render rich description of human interaction, they can be unwieldy for studying complex formal and informal organizations that operate over great distances and through new media. Whereas social network analysis renders an overarching sketch of interaction, it will fail to capture detail on incommensurate yet meaningful relationships. Using social network analysis to justify case selection for ethnography, I propose 'network ethnography' as a synergistic research design for the study of the organizational forms built around new media." Second great approach was provided by Jo Tacchi, Greg Hearn, and their team. This is specifically a method, and while I haven't read the book, what I know of Tacchi and her colleagues, it's an approach well worth considering if one is framing the research towards action research. Tacchi, J., G. Hearn, et al. (2004). Ethnographic Action Research: A Method for Implementing and Evaluating New Media Technologies. Information and Communication Technology: Recasting Development. K. Prasad. Delhi, BR Publishing Corporation. Apologies if these have been mentioned previously, I haven't read the whole string yet. Denise N. Rall, PhD. Internationalisation Project Officer Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Office: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Presenter, Internet Research 9.0, 15-18 October 2008, Copenhagen, DK Make Yahoo!7 your homepage and win a trip to the Quiksilver Pro. Find out more

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Re: [Air-L] virtual ethnography and online fieldwork
by John Postill 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

There is so much to digest and reflect upon in Don Slater's detailed response to my post about suburban internet practices and ethnographic research that I'll just take up briefly his third point about the notion of 'practice', namely: > > 3. Does the idea that suburbs have some similar properties (and > therefore (?) comparable internet practices) in Kuala Lumpur and Toronto > necessitate recourse to concepts of macro structure and global > processes? Don't think so, in which case I'm not that bothered. I've > probably got a very complicated process to unravel, and vast range of > contingencies to track, so that I can see how these similar properties > might arise from similar architectural and spatial arrangements, > work/life relations, domestic arrangements (nuclear family?), class > cultures, the practices of transnational corporations, and so on. And > on, and on. Many of us have found the notion of 'practice' very useful > in many of these studies as it posits an elementary unit of analysis > that embraces so many features of a social setting without reducing them > to structures. > I wholly agree with Don's practice-theoretical stance, which is the one I've adopted in my own recent work (synthesised with field theory). There is no need to resort to 'concepts of macro structure and global processes' to account for the emergence of analogous internet-related practices in geographically remote localities, in this particular case practices related to residential activism in middle-class suburbs. Given roughly equivalent issues on the ground (traffic, schools, crime, etc) suburban people in different parts of the world will come up with similar (internet) practices to address them - these local processes and the resulting practices are analogous but independent from one another. Of course, from a comparative perspective the contrasts are as interesting as the similarities. I think of local residential politics as being an L-shaped Bourdieuan field of practice, with the vertical axis (= subfield) representing the three tiers of government (four in EU countries), and the horizontal axis representing the non-governmental subfield of residential activism, a subfield increasingly mediated by internet and mobile technologies. I hope this can be a way around the macro-micro problem mentioned by Don. Internet-related practices sustain this resilient L-shaped field: they may allow for more fluid and egalitarian interactions among leading residents, but they do not alter the vertical/hierarchical subfield of government. John Dr John Postill Senior Lecturer in Media Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield S11 8UZ United Kingdom j.postill(a)shu.ac.uk http://johnpostill.wordpress.com/

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Re: [Air-L] Using ANT as ethos and method
by gus andrews 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

Tamara, I have also taken a stab at using ANT for describing digital culture and what is "cool" and not cool -- look for my article in Fibreculture: http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue8/issue8_andrews.html As Jeremy mentioned, I found ANT was a little unwieldy for describing zeitgeisty arguments, and it's definitely not so much a method; it's better suited for understanding change over time in more concrete scientific arguments. While Latour and others have critiqued the original model he set up, I saw him speak this past weekend at Columbia and it's interesting how much his ANT ideas still shape what he's working on now :) That said, I've also done some work on why MMO play "isn't cool," drawing on the yet-unpublished dissertation of a friend of mine, Austin Grossman. Both of us drew on The Dialectic of the Enlightenment to make the case. I covered this in my master's thesis -- let me know if you'd like a look at it. Gillian "Gus" Andrews Doctoral student, Communications in Education Teachers College, Columbia University

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Re: [Air-L] Does Comm Sci notice the internet?
by Daren Carroll Brabham 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

@ Meryl Krieger - I hesitated to name names, which lead to much of my generalization....but you're right...Indiana's various iterations of communication have their act together with new media. They're a good model to follow for comm programs looking to take up issues of new media. 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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Blizzard data analyst job opening
by Dmitri Williams 10 Feb '09

10 Feb '09

A contact at Blizzard asked me to post this. It's not obvious from the posting, but the position is of flexible rank/seniority, i.e. from an advanced undergrad to a Ph.D. http://www.blizzard.com/us/jobopp/o-data-analyst.html -- Dmitri Williams Assistant Professor Annenberg School for Communication dmitri.williams -theatsign- usc -dot- edu

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