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Looking for academically valid stats about the internet
by Jeremy Depauw 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

Hi all !! I am currently trying to compile a set of data about internet usage and especially about the following list: -number of page indexed by google -number blogs in technorati -number à videos on youtube -number of article in wikipedia -nomber of user registered on facebook and on linkedin Do you know if there is a central doc that woud provide those stat ? if yes, is it, to your opinion, "academically usable"? Thank you in advance for your help... Jer'm -- Jeremy Depauw The Power of Knoweldge Sharing and Skills Synegism Journal de recherche: http://dev.ulb.ac.be/~jdepauw/dotclear/index.php

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"Taken Out of Context" (my dissertation)
by danah boyd 19 Jan '09

19 Jan '09

I just posted my dissertation online and since many folks from this list have asked me to share it, I thought I'd post the link and abstract here. If you have comments (especially critical feedback), I'm all ears. "Taken Out of Context: American Teen Sociality in Networked Publics" http://www.danah.org/papers/TakenOutOfContext.pdf Abstract: As social network sites like MySpace and Facebook emerged, American teenagers began adopting them as spaces to mark identity and socialize with peers. Teens leveraged these sites for a wide array of everyday social practices - gossiping, flirting, joking around, sharing information, and simply hanging out. While social network sites were predominantly used by teens as a peer-based social outlet, the unchartered nature of these sites generated fear among adults. This dissertation documents my 2.5-year ethnographic study of American teens' engagement with social network sites and the ways in which their participation supported and complicated three practices - self- presentation, peer sociality, and negotiating adult society. My analysis centers on how social network sites can be understood as networked publics which are simultaneously (1) the space constructed through networked technologies and (2) the imagined community that emerges as a result of the intersection of people, technology, and practice. Networked publics support many of the same practices as unmediated publics, but their structural differences often inflect practices in unique ways. Four properties - persistence, searchability, replicability, and scalability - and three dynamics - invisible audiences, collapsed contexts, and the blurring of public and private - are examined and woven throughout the discussion. While teenagers primarily leverage social network sites to engage in common practices, the properties of these sites configured their practices and teens were forced to contend with the resultant dynamics. Often, in doing so, they reworked the technology for their purposes. As teenagers learned to navigate social network sites, they developed potent strategies for managing the complexities of and social awkwardness incurred by these sites. Their strategies reveal how new forms of social media are incorporated into everyday life, complicating some practices and reinforcing others. New technologies reshape public life, but teens' engagement also reconfigures the technology itself. - - - - - - - - - - d a n a h ( d o t ) o r g - - - - - - - - - - "taken out of context i must seem so strange" musings :: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts

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Undergrad panel for IR 10.0
by Mark D. Johns 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

In an earlier posting here I announced that I would attempt to organize an undergraduate panel for IR 10.0 in Milwaukee. I've received a few papers, and would still have room for two or three more. I NEED THEM THIS WEEK! This is *NOT* a paper competition (see the Couch Award call at www.cccsir.org if you’re interested in that), and I don’t have time to read and "judge" hundreds of undergraduate papers. But as you graded papers at the end of fall semester, if you came across an undergraduate’s paper that... 1. Is truly an EXCEPTIONAL paper dealing with QUALITY internet research (you be the judge), and 2. It is likely that your institution would fund the student next fall to get to Milwaukee to present it, and 3. The student is a traditional, 18 to 20-something undergrad -- OR, if a non-traditional student, an undergrad who might be in a position to go on to grad school with this sort of encouragement... ...then talk to the student about it, and if s/he is willing, send me their paper electronically. CLEARLY mark the message as an UNDERGRAD PANEL SUBMISSION. NO GUARANTEES! The panel will be submitted to be considered and accepted (or not) through the regular IR 10.0 vetting process. If there are really, really OUTSTANDING undergrad papers in that stack that you are grading, see if the student is interested and if your school will pick up the tab to send them if accepted. If so, send the paper to me and we'll see what happens. I WILL NEED TO HAVE THE FULL PAPERS THIS WEEK, no later than Jan. 25, to put the panel together and meet the IR 10.0 submission deadline. -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA http://academic.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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YouTube: The Reference Tool
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Colleagues/ Seems Obvious To Me ... /Gerry New York Times / January 18, 2009 / Ping At First, Funny Videos. Now, a Reference Tool / By MIGUEL HELFT FACED with writing a school report on an Australian animal, Tyler Kennedy began where many students begin these days: by searching the Internet. But Tyler didn't use Google or Yahoo. He searched for information about the platypus on YouTube. "I found some videos that gave me pretty good information about how it mates, how it survives, what it eats," Tyler said. Similarly, when Tyler gets stuck on one of his favorite games on the Wii, he searches YouTube for tips on how to move forward. [snip] While he favors YouTube for searches, he said he also turns to Google from time to time. Tyler's way of experiencing the Web - primarily through video - may not be mainstream, at least not yet. But his use of YouTube as his favorite search engine underscores a shift that is much broader than the quirky habits of children. The explosion of all types of video content on YouTube and other sites is quickly transforming online video from a medium strictly for entertainment and news into one that is also a reference tool. As a result, video search, on YouTube and across other sites, is rapidly morphing into a new entry point into the Web, one that could rival mainstream search for many types of queries. Additional Excerpts and Link to Full Article Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/8oj885 ] /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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IPv6 Latest Report 2009
by Alaa Al-Din Al-Radhi 18 Jan '09

18 Jan '09

Dear Colleagues A new report on IPv6. May be you find it interesting http://tinyurl.com/7q8kbw Alaa __________________________________________________________________ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/

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Number of Online News Websites?
by Angela Lee 17 Jan '09

17 Jan '09

Greetings, I'm sorry for the spam, but does anyone have, or know know where I can find, the most recent statistics on the number of online news websites in existence? Somehow I am having trouble finding records beyond 1999... Any pointer is greatly appreciated, and thank you in advance. :) Angela -- Angela M. Lee Ph.D. Student Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania

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Cisco 2008 Annual Security Report
by Alaa Al-Din Al-Radhi 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Dear Colleagues A very good resource to read http://cisco.com/en/US/prod/vpndevc/annual_security_report.html Alaa __________________________________________________________________ Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to Yahoo! Answers and share what you know at http://ca.answers.yahoo.com

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INVITATION: War, conflict and reconciliation on the Internet
by Adi Kuntsman 16 Jan '09

16 Jan '09

Dear all, You are cordially invited to the research symposium,War, conflict and reconciliation on the Internet, on Wednesday the 21 of January, at 4-6pm, Liverpool John Moores Universitym Dean Wwalters Building, room 103. The event is free and open to all. For more details and directions, please visit our website http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91705.htm War, conflict and reconciliation on the Internet Speakers: Lucy Noakes, University of Brighton,"'Websites of Remembrance: British Memories of the Second World War on the Internet‘" Evropi Chatzipanagiotidou, Sussex University, "The new faces of Cyprus on Facebook: the Internet as a tool for peace and reconciliation" Adi Kuntsman, LJMU, "Cyberwars and cyberhate: Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and homophobia on the Russian-language Internet" Look forward to seeing you there Adi ---- Dr. Adi Kuntsman Lecturer in Internet and Communication Schoolof Media, Critical and Creative Arts LiverpoolJohn Moores University 1 St. James Road, Liverpool , L1 7BR Tel 0151 231 5035 Email Web

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Reminder: LIT 2009, LNBIP proceedings, deadline: 1 Feb 2009
by Dominik Flejter 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

*************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS *************************************************************************** 2nd Workshop on Legal Informatics and Legal Information Technology (LIT 2009) in conjunction with 12th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2009) Poznan, Poland April 27 or 28, 2009 http://bis.kie.ae.poznan.pl/12th_bis/wscfp.php?i=34&ws=lit2009 *************************************************************************** Deadline for submissions: February 1, 2009 *************************************************************************** The Legal Informatics and Legal Information Technology workshop weld as part of the 12th International Conference on Business Information Systems. The BIS Conference is held annually and is a leading world conference in the area of Business Information Systems. Submissions are rigorously refereed. Accepted papers are published in the Springer's Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing Series. After a long hiatus, the domain of Law and Information Technology is finally receiving much attention, not only from researchers, but also from practitioners. Hence there is a need for forums that discuss new research and innovative applications in Law and Information Technology. The workshop is receptive to all papers dealing with any topic in the interdisciplinary domain of Law and Information Technology. TOPICS OF INTEREST * Automated semantic indexing, information extraction and categorization of legal documents * Computational models for legal reasoning * Information Technology and Dispute Resolution * Information Technology and Crime Prevention * Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in Law * Knowledge management in the legal domain * Legal argumentation * Legal discourse modeling and legal reasoning * Legal electronic agents * Legal Expert Systems * Legal ontologies and their creation and use * Legal reasoning and its computer representation * Natural language processing in law * Online Dispute Resolution * Question answering retrieval in law and governmental services * Risk management in law * Semantic Web technologies for law and e-government * Specialized knowledge representation and logics for law * Text mining and knowledge extraction in law SUBMISSION * Long papers: max. 12 pages * Work-in-progress reports: max. 6 pages * Demo papers: max. 4 pages Papers must be submitted in PDF format according to Springer LNBIP template available from http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-487211-0. Submission system is available at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lit2009. Papers approved for presentation at LIT 2009 will be published in BIS 2009 workshop proceedings, as a volume in Springer's Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series. WORKSHOP FORMAT All authors of accepted papers as well as other participants will be asked to read accepted papers abstracts before the workshop (papers will be available on-line in advance) to facilitate discussion. Workshop participants will be also invited to take part in the BIS conference and other BIS workshops. IMPORTANT DATES * February 1, 2009 - submission deadline for papers * February 22, 2009 - notification of acceptance/rejection * March 15, 2009 - submission of final papers * April 27 or 28, 2009 - the workshop ORGANIZERS * Poznan University of Economics, Department of Information Systems (http://kie.ae.poznan.pl/) CHAIRS * Piotr Stolarski * Tadeusz Tomaszewski PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be extended) * Emilia Bellucci, Victoria University, Australia * Tania Cristina D'Agostini Bueno, Presidente da Diretoria Executiva IJURIS, Brasil * Hugo Hoeschl, IJURIS Research Group, Brasil * Arno Lodder, Free University of Amsterdam, Netherlands * Rafal Morek, University of Warsaw, Poland * Erich Schweighofer, University of Vienna, Austria, Austria * Piotr Stolarski, Poznan University of Economics, Poland * Andrew Stranieri, University of Ballarat, Australia * Tadeusz Tomaszewski, Poznan University of Economics, Poland *************************************************************************** -- Dominik Flejter < http://dominik.flejter.net/ > Poznan University of Economics Department of Information Systems < http://www.kie.ae.poznan.pl/ > BIS 2009 Organizing Committee

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2nd Call For Papers EGOV09 Linz/Austria
by Hans J. Scholl 15 Jan '09

15 Jan '09

Apologies for Double Postings Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals Eighth international EGOV conference 2009, Linz (Austria), August 30 - September 3, 2009 The international EGOV conference annually presents the state of e-Government and e-Governance research and practice. Thereby, the conference provides important guidance in this fast-moving domain of study. http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2009/call-for-papers The EGOV conference brings together leading researchers and professionals from all over the globe and from many disciplines. Over the years, the interest has increased tremendously. The 2008 conference attracted some 130 participants from more than 30 countries from all over the world including developing countries, with 32 contributions in outstanding research, 25 contributions in ongoing research, 10 projects contributions and 5 workshops. Also, 10 PhD papers were accepted and presented at the doctoral colloquium preceding the conference. Every year the EGOV Conference proves its capacity to serve as a platform for academics and professionals and as an important ground for networking in the community. Organizational and user-related issues long discussed among researchers have finally gained influence on practice. Conversely, e-Government practice has influenced and inspired e-Government research. A wide range of topics has received scholarly attention. In recent years, the assessment of e-Government efforts, the prospects of e-Government as a research discipline, and the role of information and communication technology for development rank among the top topics on the research agenda. These themes will also be well-received contributions at EGOV 2009. The eighth EGOV conference includes, but is not limited to the following topics around e-Government and e-Governance and other fields of ICT application in the public sector: - Research theories and frameworks for public sector modernization with the support of ICT - Research methods, method integration and techniques - Analyzing and assessing contemporary research in e-Government and e-Governance - Designing systems for the public sector: innovative cases and systems - Studying ICT usage, acceptance and performance of technology-supported public sector activities: methods and contemporary case analyses - Future directions in research and practice of ICT in the public sector - Innovation management, change management and complexity management in shaping public sector advancements - Transformation, customer-driven public sector reengineering and change management - Mass collaboration of stakeholders in government modernization: participative governance, simulation, animation, gaming and policy modeling - New ways of innovative developments: crowd sourcing, grid computing, social software etc. - Economics, evaluation and stakeholders - Theories, concepts and solutions to deal with specific challenging topics in the application field: complexity, system dynamics, evolution, change management, mobile technologies, information preservation, trust and privacy, information management, ICT4D, information quality, adaptability and agility, integration and interoperation, systems and enterprise architecture, domain-specific social networking cases and solutions, semantic technologies, etc. - Crises management, emergency and disaster response, public-private cooperation, transnational government - Education, training courses, and curricula The EGOV Conference Series hosts four distinct formats of contributions: Scientific papers (distinguished between completed research and ongoing research); project presentations, and workshops. These formats encourage scientific rigor and discussions of the state of the art in the study domain, but also welcome innovative research in progress, and studies of practical e-Government or e-Governance projects, as well as system implementation. We seek innovative and rigorous contributions. Accepted papers of high-quality, completed research will be published in Springer Os Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS.) Ongoing research and project papers will be published in the Trauner (Linz) proceedings. Read more in the submission guidelines and review criteria The conference will again host a PhD student colloquium providing doctoral students with an international forum for presenting their work, networking opportunities and cross-disciplinary inspiration. Read more about the PhD Colloquium ... Submission of papers: February 28, 2009 Submission of workshop/panel proposals: April 15, 2009 Submissions to PhD colloquium: April 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance for papers: April 15, 2009 Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels/PhD submissions: May 15, 2009 Camera-ready papers due: Papers in LNCS proceedings: May 31, 2009 Papers in Trauner Druck proceedings: June 15, 2009 For 2009, EGOV will be first time co-located with ePart, the new International Conference on e-Participation, which will be dedicated to topics on e-Participation and e-Democracy. ePart will be parallel to EGOV at the conference venue. To submit a paper to EGOV, please consult www.egov-conference.org/egov-2009 <http://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2009> . To submit a paper to ePart, please consult www.demo-net.org/epart/. The deadline for contributions in the categories completed research, ongoing research, projects and cases, and issues of general development is 28th February 2009. Workshops, panels and PhD proposals may be submitted until the 15th April 2009. We would appreciate if you could spread the word about the open calls and open submission system to your colleagues, collaborators and communities. Dr. Hans J (Jochen) Scholl, MBA Associate Professor The Information School University of Washington Mary Gates Hall, Suite 310C Box 352840 Seattle, WA 98195-2840, USA Skype: jochenscholl Phone: (206) 616-2543 Fax: (206) 616-3152 Website: http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl

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