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Website: Taking it to the Web: Political Participation in the Internet Age
by jeremy hunsinger 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Virginia Tech’s award-winning “Choices and Challenges” project has launched a new interactive website, in conjunction with its 2008 forum, “Taking it to the Web: Political Participation in the Internet Age.” The website includes a wealth of resources for learning about the topic of information technologies and politics, and offers a range of opportunities for online visitors to engage in discussion. The site also features a series of podcast interviews with experts, practitioners, and activists involved in innovative uses of information technologies for political action. Visitors can listen to the interviews individually at the site, or can subscribe to them through iTunes or other subscription services. The first interview, already online, is with Justine Lam, who coordinated an innovative web strategy for Ron Paul’s bid for the 2008 Republican Presidential Nomination. Other interviews will include leading political bloggers, international activists, and environmental movement leaders. Once registered on the site, visitors are welcome to post new content on the “open blog,” and can participate in discussions of any of the content on the site. The site can be found at www.choicesandchallenges.sts.vt.edu.

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (october 2008)
by David M Silver 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

each month, the resource center for cyberculture studies publishes book reviews and author responses ( http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp ). the book of the month for october 2008 is: Gamer Theory Author: McKenzie Wark Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2007 Review 1: Denisa Kera Review 2: Shawn Miklaucic stay tuned for more and a big, big list of new books looking for reviewers. david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com

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Mood and Attitude Measurement Tools Needed
by lauren shapiro 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Hi All - I am working on my Master's thesis looking at the relationship between mood/attitude and email miscommunication. Does anyone have any recommendations of mood or attitude measurement tools that would help me? Thanks! Lauren Shapiro

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Fwd: Free Online Access to all SAGE journals October 1-31, 2008
by jeremy hunsinger 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Mukherjee, Mithu" <mithu.mukherjee(a)SAGEPUB.CO.UK> > Date: October 1, 2008 11:47:31 AM EDT > To: JISC-E-COLLECTIONS(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Free Online Access to all SAGE journals October 1-31, 2008 > Reply-To: "Mukherjee, Mithu" <mithu.mukherjee(a)SAGEPUB.CO.UK> > > > Apologies for cross-posting > > For your information - Free Online Access to all SAGE journals until > October 31, 2008 > > Earlier this year SAGE celebrated the launch of the 500th journal > site on the award-winning SAGE Journals Online platform. > > > SAGE Journals Online provides users access to one of the largest > databases of social science, humanities, and science, technical, and > medical content in the world. More than 245 societies place their > trust in us to provide their journals with the best possible online > platform. > > To mark the occasion SAGE are offering free online access to over > 500 SAGE journals with content available from 1999-date until > October 31, 2008. > > If your institution already subscribes to SAGE journal content > through a consortial agreement, then you and your library users > already have access to this valuable content and registration is not > required. If not, faculty, researchers, and students can register at > the link below for free online access until the end of the month: > > https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FTOct2008-35 <https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FTOct2008-35 > > > > Please forward this message, if you think it will be of interest, to > your colleagues, faculty, researchers and students. > > If you have any comments about this free access period or would like > further information please do not hesitate to contact us. > > > Kind regards, > > SAGE > Tel: +44(0)20 7324 8500 > > > > >

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AoIR IR 9.0 panel: Scholarly Publishing in Transition
by Marcus Foth 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

Scholarly Publishing in Transition: Issues, Challenges & Initiatives Panel discussion at AoIR IR 9.0, Copenhagen Wednesday, October 15th, 2008, 3:15pm - 5:00pm http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=28753618322 Traditional venues for scholarly publishing are rapidly changing: established journals are moving online, online-only open access journals are proliferating, alternatives to ISI Impact Factor metrics are emerging, titles are experimenting with multimedia components, pre- print archives are being developed, and data repositories are achieving the status of publications. These and other issues are much in flux, but the rate and degree of change varies considerably between disciplines and scholarly cultures. This panel of journal editors will reflect on these changes: the issues and challenges involved, and the relevance of these developments for new media scholarship. Towards the end, the panel will open up a plenary session to discuss the implications of these developments on AoIR and its members. This discussion may include considering ways to facilitate a set of regular AoIR-themed special issues of journals. Panel members: Elizabeth A. Buchanan, co-editor of the International Journal of Internet Research Ethics Andrea Drugan, acquisitions editor, Polity Press Nick Jankowski, co-editor of New Media & Society Steve Jones, co-editor of New Media & Society Brian Loader, co-editor of Information, Communication & Society Mark Lorenzen, executive editor of Industry and Innovation Susana Tosca, co-editor of Game Studies Initiated by Nick Jankowski and Steve Jones, this event is hosted by the AoIR IR 9.0 Writing and Publications Workshop. The workshop itself (until 3pm) is only open to registered workshop participants. However, this panel discussion is open to all. Workshop organisers: Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Mia Consalvo, Ohio University, USA Greg Hearn, Queensland University of Technology, Australia -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/

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WikiScience announcement
by Felipe Ortega 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello. We would like to announce the release of WikiScience, an initiative to create a virtual space promoting interaction and interdisciplinary research among wiki researchers around the world. So far, we have only one tool online (a wiki to collect contributions, and organize ideas to further develop this initiative). In the following weeks we want to develop additional services to finally create a demo site with some useful functionalities to pursue our gobal objectives (annotated bibliography support, network of researchers, list of research tools and documentation, etc.). You can access the wiki at http://wikiscience.libresoft.es/wiki, and help us with your ideas and contributions. Best regards, F. - -- José Felipe Ortega Soto | Ph.D. Candidate / Researcher Tel: (+34)-914 888 105 | Fax: (+34)-916 647 494 | GSyC/Libresoft - U. Rey Juan Carlos jfelipe _at_ gsyc.escet.urjc.es | Edif. Departamental II - Office 116 http://libresoft.urjc.es/ | c/Tulipán s/n 28933 Móstoles (Madrid) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkjjU50ACgkQe8GFfoqY1udgxgCdHU8MLmBTmLU+yZUsh+zo/mcV h70Anj5ph287emhLyHMpVTVe9b9MMg3/ =vpfx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Tastes, Ties, and Time: Facebook data release (and some reactions)
by Michael Zimmer 01 Oct '08

01 Oct '08

I don't think this has been posted here: the first wave of a Facebook dataset from a university cohort has been released. Details below (And both Fred Stutzman and myself have commented on possible privacy concerns that still remain despite the researchers' best efforts. Links at the very bottom of this message - anyone else react to this?) -mz -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Associate, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org ==== Tastes, Ties, and Time: Facebook data release September 25, 2008 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/4682 In collaboration with Harvard sociology graduate students Kevin Lewis and Marco Gonzalez, and with UCLA professor Andreas Wimmer and Harvard professor Nicholas Christakis, Berkman Fellow Jason Kaufman has made available a first wave of Facebook.com data through the Dataverse Network Project. The dataset comprises machine-readable files of virtually all the information posted on approximately 1,700 FB profiles by an entire cohort of students at an anonymous, northeastern American university. Profiles were sampled at one-year intervals, beginning in 2006. This first wave covers first-year profiles, and three additional waves of data will be added over time, one for each year of the cohort's college career. Though friendships outside the cohort are not part of the data, this snapshot of an entire class over its four years in college, including supplementary information about where students lived on campus, makes it possible to pose diverse questions about the relationships between social networks, online and offline. ==== * Stutzman's reaction: <http://fstutzman.com/2008/09/29/facebook-datasets-and-private-chrome/#comme… > * Zimmer's reaction: <http://michaelzimmer.org/2008/09/30/on-the-anonymity-of-the-facebook-datase… >

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Symposium on Facebook, 24 October 2008, Liverpool John Moores University
by Adi Kuntsman 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Dear all, You are invited to the one day symposium on Facebook. The event is free of charge, and is aimed at researchers, lecturers and graduate students working on the topic. Please circulate this invitation widely Facebook: a network, a research tool, a world? 24 October 2008, Liverpool John Moores University For further details please visit our site: http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/MCA/91704.htm Programme: 11.00 - 11.15 Cofee 11.15 - 12.45 Living with Facebook * Facebook, social integration and informal learning at University: ‘It is more for socialising and talking to friends about work than for actually doing work’. Tristram Hooley, CRAC and Jane Wellens, University of Leicester On-line research methods training programme * Social networking or social surveillance? Understanding student's use of Facebook Rhianne Jones, Liverpool John Moors University and Salford University * Facebook's Ethics Ben Light, Kathy McGrath and Marie Griffiths, Salford University 12.45- 13.30 Lunch break 13.30 -14.45 Learning and researching with Facebook * Long lost cousins - using Facebook as an electronic focus group Fiona Frank, Department of Continuing Education, Lancaster University and Department of History, University of Strathclyde. * Whose Space is it anyway? Libraries, Librarians and Facebook Jane Secker, LASSIE project, London School of Economics 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 Email Web

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youtube users statistics
by Muzammil Hussain 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

Hello, Is anyone aware of articles, studies or reports detailing statistical information on the aggregate YouTube audience? Demographic info, good. Psychographic info, even better. Anything related to civic/political uses, fantastic. I'm aware of Youtube Insight, but the tool seems to be for specific users, not about the aggregate. I imagine what I'm asking for is quite elusive, but please do inform me of any possible leads. Thanks in advance, Muzammil

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Fwd: Faculty Position at Stanford in Management Science & Engineering
by Yosem Companys 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

fyi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Pamela Hinds <phinds(a)stanford.edu> Date: Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:13 PM Subject: Faculty Position at Stanford in Management Science & Engineering The Department of Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University will be conducting a broad area search this year in fields related to Management Science & Engineering. In the OCIS area, people with interests in the relationship between technology & work, social networks, and work practices are encouraged to apply, but we're also enthusiastic about getting applications from strong candidates who would move the Department in exciting new directions. Please see the attached description for more details.

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