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This Is Not A Web | WWWW
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Artists/ What Would Dali Do ? ....Clean/Clear Your Mind Of All That You Know (or Think You Know) About The World Wide Web .... ... In Reading About Barcelona And Its Art / Artists / Architecture ... It Occurred To Me That The Time Has Come To Rethink The Nature Of The Web And The Internet ... What Would Dali Do ? >From The Perspectives Of Dali / Gaudi / Miro / Piscasso / ... How Could / Should / Would The WWW Be Configured / Structured / Organized ... [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dalí ] [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaudi ] [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Miró ] [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso ] What Would Dali Do ? >>> I'm Not Interested In Art / Architecture Content On The Current Web Per Se ... But In A ReConceptualized Web = How Would Such Artists/ Architects Envision The WWW ... <<< [BTW: I'm Not Interested In Virtual Realities Per Se ... [e.g. Second Life] What Would Dali Do ? / Examples / Samples / Thoughts / Would Be Most Appreciated .... It Could Be SINful [ http://tinyurl.com/5rgff6 ] ... What Would Dali Do ? BTW: I Plan To Attend The e-Society Conference In Barcelona [ http://www.esociety-conf.org/ ] in late February 2009 / Does AnyOneElse Plan To Go ... ? /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/ ] What Would Dali Do ?

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Reminder: Online discussion on Retooling for the 21st Century: Digital skills and literacy December 1, 2008 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. EST
by Bermonte, Anne (MGS) 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Remember to register for the upcoming online discussion: December 1, 2008: Retooling for the 21st Century: Digital Skills and Literacy ePanel 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. EST. Barbara Crow, Director of Graduate Program in Communications and Culture, York University and Co-Director of the Mobile Media Lab, will lead a panel of researchers and academics who will discuss research in relationship to digital literacy pertaining to access, play, surveillance, code, copyright, policy and gaming. She will be joined by: Greg Elmer, Director of Infoscape Research Lab and Bell Globemedia Research Chair, Associate Professor at Ryerson University Jennifer Jenson, Associate Professor of Pedagogy and Technology in the Faculty of Education at York University Leslie Regan Shade, Associate Professor and Director, MA in Media Studies Concordia University, Department of Communications Studies http://digitalontario.na3.acrobat.com/digitalskills/ <http://digitalontario.na3.acrobat.com/digitalskills/> You must pre-register for this ePanel at digitalontario(a)ontario.ca Anne Bermonte Senior Project and Policy Advisor OCCIO I&IT Strategy, Policy and Planning Branch Ministry of Government Services

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Announcement: Talk by Jimmy Wales
by Nishant Shah 25 Nov '08

25 Nov '08

Dear All, The Centre for Internet and Society, in collaboration with the Bangalore International Centre, is proud to host a discussion focusing on Wikipedia and free culture, with Jimmy 'Jimbo' Wales (Founder, Wikipedia) and Sue Gardner (Wikimedia Foundation), on the 13th of December, at the Bangalore International Centre, Bangalore. You can find more details about the event at http://cis-india.org/events/wikipedia-and-free-culture It is a free event, though registration is compulsory. We shall look forward to discussions on the recent controversies and debates that have surrounded the Wikipedia, and the ways in which questions of knowledge, authority, authorship and information are changing in our rapidly transforming Information Societies. Please distribute and disseminate the information as you see suitable. We shall look forward to seeing you there, Warmly Nishant -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 0-9740074884

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Research on hypertext
by Øystein Pedersen Dahlen 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear colleagues, Is there anybody out there who knows about research on hyperlinks in web news outlets that goes beyond counting the number of hyperlinks? More precisely: content analysis of interlinked texts that gives a better understanding of the connection between the primary and linked texts, like answering question if the linked texts give the reader more knowledge and understanding of the news by using these hyperlinks. Best wishes Øystein Pedersen Dahlen Volda University College Norway

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Brenda Danet in Israel
by Barry Wellman 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Brenda Danet and I became close when I was in Israel in 1995 (at Hebrew U). She was very welcoming and supportive. More importantly, she was the mentor to an exciting band of Israeli grad students at the time. A final set of hugs to Brenda!!! 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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research papers written by googlers
by jeremy hunsinger 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

http://research.google.com/pubs/papers.html Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Information Ethics Fellow Center for Information Policy Research Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. -Jules de Gaultier () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Carl Couch Internet Research Award
by Mark D. Johns 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Please pass this along to your students! CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2009 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org/ The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies as advocated by Couch, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches and concepts and Couch’s theses, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Dr. Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Annette Markham, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Dr. Dennis Waskul, Minnesota State University, Mankato Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2009 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $500 US, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100 US. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, October 7-11, 2009 in Milwaukee. Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark D. Johns at mjohns(a)luther.edu Application deadline is April 30, 2009. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, IA 52101 USA Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: mjohns(a)luther.edu

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hyperlinks in web news
by Bella Minw 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Dear ?ystein Pedersen Dahlen: This might be very helpful to you - it is an experimental study of 149 college students and the use of in-text hyperlinks... Eveland, W. P., Marton, K., Seo, M. (2004). Moving beyond “just the facts”: The influence of online news on the content and structure of public affairs knowledge. Communication Research, 31(1), 82-108. Bellarmine Ezumah Howard University Washington, DC

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Research on collaborative filtering?
by Jason Mittell 24 Nov '08

24 Nov '08

Hi all - inspired by the excellent Clive Thompson article in today's NYT on Netflix & collaborative filtering (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/magazine/23Netflix-t.html ), I want to bring a research project off the backburner about collaborative filtering and taste cultures. Does anyone know of any research from a more cultural/social perspective on CF? The research that's I've found via searches is all about algorithms - since I don't want to build a system, but rather study their use & significance, those articles are less than useful (and utterly incomprehensible to my humanistic mind). I'd appreciate any references about recommendation systems and collectivized taste that you know of. And on a related note, if other people are interested in the topic, might we want to put together a panel for IR 10.0? If so, contact me off-list. Thanks, -Jason -- Jason Mittell, Associate Professor of American Studies and Film & Media Culture Chair of Film & Media Culture Department Middlebury College 208 Axinn Center at Starr Library Middlebury, Vermont 05753 (802) 443-3435 / fax: (802) 443-2805 Homepage: http://seguecommunity.middlebury.edu/sites/jmittell Blog: http://justtv.wordpress.com

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 52, Issue 24
by Adrian Miles 23 Nov '08

23 Nov '08

On 24/11/2008, at 10:00 AM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Is there anybody out there who knows about research on hyperlinks in > web news outlets that goes beyond counting the number of hyperlinks? > More precisely: content analysis of interlinked texts that gives a > better understanding of the connection between the primary and linked > texts, like answering question if the linked texts give the reader > more > knowledge and understanding of the news by using these hyperlinks. Anders Fagerjord, Uni of Olso, phd very much in this area, see <URL: http://fagerjord.no / > and <URL: http://fagerjord.no/research/pub.html /> cheers Adrian Miles adrian.miles(a)rmit.edu.au bachelor communication honours coordinator vogmae.net.au

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