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Disability and the Internet: Access, Mediation, Representation
by Adi Kuntsman 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Disability and the Internet: Access, Mediation, Representation Friday 5th December 2008 Liverpool John Moores University The Cultural Disability Studies Research Network in association with Liverpool John Moores University's MA in Communication and Internet Studies 'Critical Internet Studies' Seminar Series presents a free event hosted and funded by Liverpool John Moores University. Launching the CDSRN's Theorising Disability in the Media Study Day Series this event is the first of a series of study days providing a forum for focused critical analysis and debate around disability, representation and the mass media. Providing an overview of research at the intersection of disability studies and internet studies this event will assess the challenges and advantages of the convergence of scholarly and activist perspectives in internet production, practice and theory. Confirmed Speakers Include: Dr. Helen Kennedy - Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds Prof. Ben Light - IS, Organisations and Society Research Centre and School of Media, Music and Performance, University of Salford Dr. Peter Wheeler - Business School, Edge Hill University Panel presentations include: Disability and Social Networking * Teaching Disability and the Internet * Autism and On-Line Advocacy * Embodied Health Movements and On-Line Campaigning Programme details available at http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91707.htm To register for this event please contact info(a)cdsrn.org.uk. Due to limited places early registration is recommended. Cultural Disability Studies Research Network www.cdsrn.org.uk MA in Internet and Communication Studies http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91514.htm -- Dr. Adi Kuntsman Lecturer in Internet and Communication School of Media, Critical and Creative Arts Liverpool John Moores University Dean Walters, 1 St. James Road Liverpool, L1 7BR http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91728.htm

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C&RL News: Creative Commons For Librarians / Faculty / Students
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Colleagues/ Hot Off The Press ... / How Timely ... Thanks, Molly !! /Gerry "The beauty of "Some Rights Reserved": Introducing Creative Commons to librarians, faculty, and students" C&RL News / November 2008 / Vol. 69, No. 10 / Molly Kleinman [ http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2008/nov/be autyofsrr.cfm <http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/2008/nov/b eautyofsrr.cfm> ] Must Listen --- Author Podcast <http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/2008/11/06/acrl-podcast-the-beauty- of-some-rights-reserved/> (13:45) [ http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/2008/11/06/acrl-podcast-the-beauty-o f-some-rights-reserved/ ] These are difficult times when it comes to copyright on campus. Big music companies are suing fans, publishers are suing librarians, and the principle of "fair use" is under siege everywhere. Litigation-happy content holders have fostered a climate of fear in which every student is a music pirate and every professor a book thief. While I don't doubt that there is some copyright infringement happening on university campuses, the bigger problem by far is the chilling effect of all these lawsuits and "copyright awareness campaigns." Scholars and students are afraid to do the one thing that copyright law has intended from the beginning: "Promote the Progress of Science and the Useful Arts"1 by creating new works and building on the works of those who came before. Every academic librarian knows at least one sad story about a professor who couldn't include necessary illustrations in her book because her publisher was worried about a copyright lawsuit, or a digitization project that couldn't get approved because the copyright status of the materials was uncertain. Additional problems result from major changes to copyright law over the last 40 years. Until recently, creators had to register their copyrights to receive protection and mark their works with a properly formatted copyright notice or the work entered automatically into the public domain, where anybody was free to reuse it however they wished. That all changed in 1978, when the United States dropped the registration requirement; since then, copyright automatically occurs the moment a work is "fixed in a tangible medium of expression." Now, every new work is copyrighted-lecture notes, e-mails, snapshots, doodles, presentation slides. And where once copyright lasted for 14 years, with the option to renew for another 14, now copyright lasts for the lifetime of the author, plus an additional 70 years after the author's death, for an average duration of more than a century. That's a very long time, and it leaves thousands of works orphaned: under copyright but without a locatable copyright holder. Between the fear and the orphans, life is hard for an ordinary academic who just wants some pictures to liven up her classroom presentations, or the student who would like to add a soundtrack to his final project. Enter Creative Commons Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that created a set of simple, easy-to-understand copyright licenses. These licenses do two things: They allow creators to share their work easily, and they allow everyone to find work that is free to use without permission. The value of those two things is enormous. Before Creative Commons licenses, there was no easy way a creator could say, "Hey world! Go ahead and use my photographs, as long as you give me attribution." Similarly, there was no place for members of the public to go to find new works that they were free to reuse and remix without paying fees. Creative Commons changed all that. As it says on its Web site, "Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright-all rights reserved- and the public domain-no rights reserved. Our licenses help you keep your copyright while inviting certain uses of your work-a 'some rights reserved' copyright."2 [MORE] Happy Monday! /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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China Defines Internet Addiction
by Mark D. Johns 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

It's official, internet researchers. We are all over the edge. I'll look forward to seeing you all at boot camp. See news story below. -- 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 China Defines Internet Addiction Internet addiction is on the rise in the world's largest Net market, and now Chinese doctors have officially defined it as an... Steven Schwankert, IDG News Service Monday, November 10, 2008 12:10 AM PST Internet addiction is on the rise in the world's largest Net market, and now Chinese doctors have officially defined it as an ailment. Users who spend six hours or more per day online, and exhibit at least one symptom including difficulty sleeping or concentrating, yearning to be online, irritation, and mental or physical distress are classified as meeting the definition of addiction. Being hooked on the Internet has been considered a problem in Chinese society as early as 2005, when the first clinic dedicated to Internet addiction opened in Beijing. It began accepting patients who exhibited dependency symptoms for those of substance abuse. China also has "boot camps" designed to help addicts kick the habit by helping to change their routine. About 10 percent of China's 253 million Internet users exhibit some form of addiction to the medium, and 70 percent of those people are young men, an official Xinhua News Agency report said.

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Workshop Announcement and CFP: Surveillance and Empowerment
by Hector Postigo 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Apologies for cross-posting. -hector ________________________ Hector Postigo Associate Professor Temple University Dept. of Broadcasting Telecommunications and Mass Media School of Communication and Theatre Annenberg Hall 2020 North 13th Street. Room 205 Philadelphia, PA OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Workshop on Surveillance & Empowerment March 20-22, 2009 Vanderbilt University; Nashville, Tennessee, USA This workshop will bring together transdisciplinary and international scholars studying the social implications of contemporary surveillance with a particular interest in the complexities of empowerment. In the surveillance studies literature, there have been significant contributions on social sorting, digital discrimination, privacy invasion, racial profiling, sexual harassment, and other mechanisms of unequal treatment. In contradistinction, this workshop seeks to explore the potential of surveillance for individual autonomy and dignity, fairness and due process, community cooperation and empowerment, and social equality. Key to this inquiry will be questioning the extent to which surveillance can be designed, employed, and regulated to contribute to democratic practices and/or the social good. The very framing of the workshop in terms of "surveillance and empowerment" begs the question of empowerment for whom and for what purposes. Thus, we seek to provoke a broad discussion about the ways in which surveillance practices may unfairly embody advantages for some groups over others and to explore alternatives. To this end, the workshop organizers seek to include as many different voices as possible, from as many different countries as possible. Given the diversity of scholarly interest in and approaches to surveillance, the workshop will be structured around discussion themes that individuals from any disciplinary background can participate in. Possible research areas might include (but aren't limited to): . Surveillance in post-authoritarian societies - toward restrictions and counters to the unleashed surveillance of former regimes. . Ubiquitous computing environments that provide care for the dependent and elderly. . Social networking tools employed by social movements. . Surveillance of environmental toxins and waste management. . Monitoring of energy consumption at any level. . Surveillance of corporations, government agencies, or political parties by watchdog groups. . Policies for ensuring privacy, accountability, and transparency with video or other surveillance systems. The findings of the workshops will be disseminated by means of a special issue of a journal, such as Surveillance & Society or Theoretical Criminology, or as an edited book. Travel stipends, food, and lodging will be provided for all participants. Participants will be chosen to provide a balanced representation of both junior and senior scholars, disciplinary training, and international perspectives. Graduate students and participants from outside the U.S. are especially encouraged to apply. Potential participants should submit: 1. A 500-750 word abstract that discusses how your current and/or future research fits with the proposed workshop theme of surveillance and empowerment, and 2. A two-page curriculum vitae or resume, listing your relevant publications and experience. Deadline: January 5, 2009 Submit materials to: workshop(a)publicsurveillance.com Full papers will not be required in advance of the workshop. Article submissions for the journal will be requested in the months following the workshop (at a date yet to be determined). Should we decide to pursue an edited book as an outcome of this workshop, we will ask participants to submit titles, abstracts, and brief biographies. We will select and notify participants by January 20, 2009. For more information, please contact Torin Monahan (torin.monahan(a)vanderbilt.edu) or visit www.publicsurveillance.com/workshop.html. This project is supported by the National Science Foundation (under grant #0623122 and #0853749) and by the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University. The Workshop Committee (Torin Monahan, Gary T. Marx, Simon A. Cole, Jill A. Fisher) Torin Monahan, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Human & Organizational Development Associate Professor of Medicine Vanderbilt University www.torinmonahan.com

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ASA2009: Call for Papers
by Keith Hampton 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

CALL FOR PAPERS American Sociological Association Meeting 2009 Section on Communication and Information Technologies San Francisco, Aug 8-11 DEADLINE: January 14, 2008 Only completed papers, not abstracts or letters of intent, may be considered by session organizers. Session #1: Cultural Divergences and Convergences: Mediated Communication, Community, and Social Networks Organizer: Laura Robinson, Santa Clara University Through social networking, commerce, or political activism, many internet users engage in a host of mediated communities and social networks. To date, little attention has been paid to how cultural context shapes differentiated use of IT both within and beyond national borders. This session takes on this challenge by examining how new media practices diverge or converge in different cultural settings both in the United States and internationally. Papers will explore differences and similarities between how different cultural groups use mediated communication to initiate, sustain, or strengthen different forms of community and/or social networks. Session #2: Sociology of Communications and IT Organizer: Keith N. Hampton, University of Pennsylvania Open session on any topic related to the study of the sociology of communications, media, or information and communication technologies. Quantitative, qualitative, conceptual, critical, and theory contributions are welcome. Topics may include: health, politics, work, relationships, virtual environments, social networks, media, teaching, software, hardware, the Internet, cell phones, mobile computing, etc. Session #3: Roundtables Organizer: Steven G. Hoffman, SUNY Buffalo HOW TO SUBMIT: All submissions for the 2009 program must be made via the online system which will open on the ASA website in early December. Details on the submission process and participation policies can be found at: http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/meetings/2009_participation_polici es IMPORTANT REMINDER: In past years, the Section has received many more paper submissions than can be accepted in the regular section sessions. If you select a Section session as your 1st or 2nd preference (as part of the online submission process), session organizers will do their best to forward your paper to additional session organizers for consideration. However, you are also strongly urged to select the box to have your paper forwarded to a Roundtable Session. Keith Hampton CITASA, Chair http://citasa.org/

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In the Game blog and notes from the workshop
by Wirman Hanna 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Dear all, As there has been a lot of interest towards the outcomes of the IR9.0 pre-conference workshop 'In the Game', we have been blogging about the themes that arose and were discussed during the event. The blog can be found at http://inthegameworkshop.blogspot.com/ Also the abstracts for the workshop are available there. Please have a look and feel free to comment on the blog as well. Best regards, hanna -- hanna wirman, PhD Student University of the West of England, UK tel (UK): +44 784 699 2063 tel (FIN): +358 40 865 3782 tel (DK): +45 277 179 17 email: hanna.wirman(a)uwe.ac.uk url: http://www.hannawirman.net

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Digital divide in high education at Canada
by Cristian Berrio Zapata 10 Nov '08

10 Nov '08

Dear all: I am surveying any information about digital divide in high education at Canada; studies, plans, policies, programs or whatever. Do you have any information? Thanks -- Cristian Berrío Zapata

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Re: [Air-L] Gender differences in internet Behaviour
by Sue Malta 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Dear Air-list My apologies for the previous email - please ignore! Kind regards Sue Malta >>> "Dr. Rasha Abdulla" <rasha(a)aucegypt.edu> 10/11/08 1:14 AM >>> Hi Shrwan, I conducted such an analysis on a sample of Arab and Egyptian students. The results are published in my book "The Internet in the Arab World: Egypt and Beyond" which came out in 2007 as part of the Digital Formations series published by Peter Lang, Inc. The book is available from Amazon. Hope you find the information useful. On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Shrwan Khanal <shrwan1976(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all > I am researching on gender differences on internet use pattern, knowledge, > purpose of internet use. It is a case study of University of Zambia, > Zambia. > The data was collected(using structured questionnaire) in last autumn among > 300 students (from the internet cafe within University premise). Could > someone help me identifying some of the theoretical or conceptual aspect of > this kind of study. It would also be helpful if similar study was done in > other developing world where internet is introduced recently. > > -- > Shrwan Khanal > Masters Programme in Development and International Cooperation > University of Jyvaskyla > Finland > cell:0442733433 > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Journalism and Mass Communication The American University in Cairo www.rashaabdulla.com _______________________________________________ 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/ ----- Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Re: [Air-L] Gender differences in internet Behaviour
by Sue Malta 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Dear Dr Abdulla Our apologies for not contacting you sooner. We have had some minor difficulties with email and, upon investigation, it looks like we did not receive your original email submission. The editors have had a look at your article this morning and whilst the material it contains is interesting, unfortunately it does not fit within the scope of the journal. We therefore are not in a position to consider your article for publication. We thank you for your interest and hope that you will have greater luck elsewhere. Kind regards Sue Malta ............................................... Sue Malta Managing Editor International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society (iJETS) Swinburne University of Technology John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Email: ijets(a)swin.edu.au Or: smalta(a)swin.edu.au www.swin.edu.au/ijets >>> "Dr. Rasha Abdulla" <rasha(a)aucegypt.edu> 10/11/08 1:14 AM >>> Hi Shrwan, I conducted such an analysis on a sample of Arab and Egyptian students. The results are published in my book "The Internet in the Arab World: Egypt and Beyond" which came out in 2007 as part of the Digital Formations series published by Peter Lang, Inc. The book is available from Amazon. Hope you find the information useful. On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Shrwan Khanal <shrwan1976(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all > I am researching on gender differences on internet use pattern, knowledge, > purpose of internet use. It is a case study of University of Zambia, > Zambia. > The data was collected(using structured questionnaire) in last autumn among > 300 students (from the internet cafe within University premise). Could > someone help me identifying some of the theoretical or conceptual aspect of > this kind of study. It would also be helpful if similar study was done in > other developing world where internet is introduced recently. > > -- > Shrwan Khanal > Masters Programme in Development and International Cooperation > University of Jyvaskyla > Finland > cell:0442733433 > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Journalism and Mass Communication The American University in Cairo www.rashaabdulla.com _______________________________________________ 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/ ----- Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Ellyssa Kroski: On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 09 Nov '08

09 Nov '08

Colleagues/ I have discovered that an Open Access / Pre-Print of _On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies_ by Ellyssa Kroski is Now Available [ http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00015024/ ] /Gerry On the Move with the Mobile Web: Libraries and Mobile Technologies Table of Contents Chapter One: What is the Mobile Web?.................................................................... ........................ 3 Chapter 2: Mobile Devices ........................................................................ ..................................... 10 Chapter Three: What Can You Do with the Mobile Web?: Mobile Web Applications................... 21 Chapter 4: Library Mobile Initiatives ........................................................................ ..................... 41 Chapter 5: How to Create a Mobile Experience ........................................................................ ..... 49 Chapter Six: Getting Started with the Mobile Web ........................................................................ 54 _On the Move with the Mobile Web_ is an issue in the Library Technology Reports series (44 (5) 2008) [ http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/on-the-move-with-the-mobile-web-librar ies-and-mobile-technologies.html ] Thanks For Your Outstanding Work, Ellysa !!! Regards, /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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