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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 52, Issue 1 (Open Source Literature)
by Gabriella Coleman 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Hi Angela, I would check out Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software by Chris Kelty, which is probably the most detailed treatment of Free Software to date. The history chapters are phenomenal and really provide a new way of looking at the conditions that helped give rise to F/OSS. And even better, you can do so immediately as the book can be viewed and downloaded for free here: http://twobits.net/ (it is under a CC license) and of course purchased as well (and the book can be modulated as well!) Similarly, David Berry has also provided one of the richest accounts (though focused more on political questions) in his new book: http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=211422 I am also teaching a course on hackers this semester and there are a few pieces on F/OSS on the syllabus: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/002/321/Coleman-Hackers-ILA-Fal… Though I have not had a chance to read it (but soon will), Tim Jordan raises F/OSS in relationship to hacking in his new book (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hacking-Digital-Media-Technological-Determinism/dp/…) And it is also the relationship between hacking and F/OSS that I address in this article, co-written with Alex Golub http://ant.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/8/3/255) All best, Gabriella > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 16:33:59 +0200 > From: "Sharon Haleva Amir" <sharon(a)trebcon.com> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Open source literature > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Message-ID: <002701c93c2e$e28be170$0100000a@SHAmir> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" > > Hi Angela, you may want to get in touch with Dr. Gabriella Coleman from NYU. > Lately she worked on a book dealing with hackers as well as the free and > open source software. As an anthropologist she has an interest in the open > source programmers' community, their motives and aims. > This is her webpage - > http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Gabriella_Coleman > Good luck, Sharon > > > Best Wishes, > Sharon Haleva Amir, HCLT Fellow > )PhD Candidate) Faculty of Law, > University of Haifa, ISRAEL. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Angela Adkins > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 12:48 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Open source literature > > Hello all, > > I have been asked for literature suggestions by a colleague with a > budding interest in research on open source, particularly in how the > community of developers/contributors maintains a collaborative > environment and in resistance to open source. I would like to help him > but alas, I am not overly familiar with specific research on that topic. > But I am always impressed at the helpfulness and willingness to share on > this list, so I thought this would be a good place to ask. Does anyone > have suggestions for good sources to get started? I would gladly pass > them along--anything would be much appreciated > > Thank you! > -- _______________________________________________ Gabriella Coleman, Assistant Professor Department of Media, Culture, & Communication New York University 239 Greene St, 7th floor NY NY 10003 http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/mcc/

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Open source literature
by Angela Adkins 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Hello all, I have been asked for literature suggestions by a colleague with a budding interest in research on open source, particularly in how the community of developers/contributors maintains a collaborative environment and in resistance to open source. I would like to help him but alas, I am not overly familiar with specific research on that topic. But I am always impressed at the helpfulness and willingness to share on this list, so I thought this would be a good place to ask. Does anyone have suggestions for good sources to get started? I would gladly pass them along--anything would be much appreciated Thank you! -- Angela Adkins Department of Sociology The University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1905 Ph: (330) 234-1499 Email: ama13(a)uakron.edu

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new book on new media
by Davidgbeer＠aol.com 01 Nov '08

01 Nov '08

Dear colleagues, You might be interested in the book 'New Media: The Key Concepts' by Nicholas Gane and David Beer which has just been published by Berg. _http://www.bergpublishers.com/?tabid=3755_ (http://www.bergpublishers.com/?tabid=3755) . Best wishes Dave

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (november 2008)
by David M Silver 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

dear aoir people, happy halloween! each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies publishes book reviews and author responses. ( http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp ) books of the month for november 2008 are: Reclaiming the Media: Communication Rights and Democratic Media Roles Editors: Bart Cammaerts & Nico Carpentier Publisher: Intellect, 2007 Review 1: Arthur L. Morin Sensorium: Embodied Experience, Technology, and Contemporary Art Editor: Caroline A. Jones Publisher: MIT Press, 2006 Review 1: Kathleen O'Riordan Author Response: Caroline Jones enjoy. there's lots more where that came from. david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com

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camphone visual usages
by gaby david 31 Oct '08

31 Oct '08

hi again and sorry for not having been that detailed in my former email. my research is on "visual usages of the camphones". i have been analyzing some videos as "case sutdies" and know i am studying the visual platforms where these videos are shown and shared. however & since my approach is mainly visual, i analyse the content, the ways of visualisation and how all this will determine not only usages but content as well & viceversa. i do not come from the social sciences, i have a fine arts background and now my methodology is more in to the visual studies... so if any one of you is working from visuals , could you please let me know how are you doing it? any other of you who are into the media studies might also have good tips. hope not to have been too long. happy halloween! gaby david

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interpersonal readings
by Christian Nelson 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Hi folks, I'm teaching an interpersonal communication course next semester and would like to spend some time discussing the effects that communication via the Internet is having on interpersonal relationships. Anybody know of good readings for creating such discussion, or a good reader? Thanks for any help with this, Christian Nelson

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Participation inequality - querying the crowd
by Bernie Hogan 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

Dear AoIRers, Over the past few years I've seen numerous studies demonstrating how participation online follows an extreme skew in any given context. Many people post few comments, few people post many comments. Jakob Nielsen characterized this in a classic short article: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/participation_inequality.html This was dovetailing on some "new networks" work showing online networks having a similar skew (although, it is somewhat different for the statistically inclined - perhaps power-law rather than pareto, log-normal etc...). But for simplicity's sake, its similar- many sites have few links, few sites have many links. But while scale-free networks and extreme skews have been extensively studied from a statistical point of view (i.e. what is the parameter for this curve or how does the clustering shift over time), I can't recall any studies discussing the motivations (either social, economic or psychological) for participation inequality and why it differs from person to person or site to site. I've heard of some studies showing gender, efficacy or time online to be factors, but even these are minor - I'm more interested in why any of those people are massive contributors while others less so, not subtle variations among the massive contributors. Any thoughts? Papers? Presentations? Take care, BERNiE Bernie Hogan Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St. Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS United Kingdom http://individual.utoronto.ca/berniehogan/

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OII Search for a Research Fellow to focus on Online Relationships
by William Dutton 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

The OII is looking for a full-time Survey Research Fellow with an interest in research on the Internet and social relationships. The candidate should have training in one or more of the social sciences and specialised experience and skill in survey research and data analysis in an academic, government or business setting. Cross-cultural and international research experience is desirable. A description of the position is available at: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/newpositions.cfm The Fellow will be involved primarily with a study entitled 'Me, My Spouse and the <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/project.cfm?id=47> Internet', supported by a grant from e-Harmony.com, a US firm developing multi-national services focused on online matchmaking. The deadline for applications is soon: 6 November 2008. Please consider this post if you have an interest in this area of research, or alert your colleagues. Many thanks, Bill Professor William H. Dutton, Director Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford One St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS United Kingdom Tel +44 (0)1865 287 210 Fax +44 (0)1865 287 211 Mobile +44 (0)7768 823 906 Personal Webpage <http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/dutton/>

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 51, Issue 31
by Bates, Benjamin J 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

As an IRB member at my university, the key initial question is whether the email archive has been published (i.e., whether it is publicly available). As a general rule, content analysis of pre-existing, publicly available, materials do not require IRB review as it does not involve interaction with research subjects. If there is a question about whether the material is publicly available, you might want to go ahead and file an IRB - and the key concern will be in making sure you don't use materials in a way where "private" comments are divulged in a way that can be linked to a specific individual. I think that doing things like stripping names and other identifiers would help approvals, or stressing that you're using the text in ways that don't report specific comments, then there is less of a potential problem, and you may be able to not have to track people down for retroactive consent. Still, if you have questions about the ethics, or your institution's procedures, it's good to check with your local research compliance officer. Ben Bates University of Tennessee ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:38:22 -0400 From: Dhanaraj Thakur <dthakur(a)gatech.edu> Subject: Re: [Air-L] question about IRB and content analysis of mailing list To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20081028215920.027d2bc8(a)gatech.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed hey all, this might have come up before so pardon me if this is repetitive. I am interested in doing a content analysis of texts within an email archive. and I was wondering how to deal with IRB issues in this case. specifically, I am focusing on the text and not the authors. if I did need informed consent its seems impractical to get given the number of participants (several hundred) and age (over 5 years) of some of the emails. what should I do in that case? also, what would be the approach if the archive is available publicly or if its private? finally, are there any other major IRB requirements that I should consider in this type of exercise? thanks Dhanaraj Dhanaraj Thakur Ph.D. Student School of Public Policy Georgia Institute of Technology ------------------------------

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Three Months Trainning in Internet Research
by atah pine 30 Oct '08

30 Oct '08

I just picked up an appointment as Director of Panning, Research and Statistics in the ofice of the Governor. I want to be linked up with an Internet training Institute that I can under a three months intensive trainnig program in Internet research in any part of the globe. Regards. Atah Pine, PhD Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Office of the Executive Governor, Benue State, Nigeria

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