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history of the internet in australia
by Paul Emerson Teusner 20 Jul '08

20 Jul '08

Hi guys, I'm in a spot of bother, and I was wondering if anybody knows of any article that speak of a history of the Internet in Australia. Any directions you could point me in would be really helpful. Thanks. paul emerson teusner fishers, surfers and casters - <http://teusner.org/> http://teusner.org/ bio - <http://paulteusner.org/> http://paulteusner.org/

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Internet Social Ties - Expert Panel Survey Review
by R.Mabry-Hubbard (UMC Student) 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Dear AoIR Members, For my dissertation, I am investigating the relationship between rurality, the Internet, and social ties. If you have about 20 or so minutes, please feel free to take the pilot survey as part of my "expert panel" review and comment on the questionnaire*. This survey has been pilot tested several times already with lay volunteers. The "expert panel" pilot survey is open for testing until Friday, August 23 at midnight (CST) and requires the password, "aoir" (no quotation marks). Please click or copy into your browser the following link. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=UnV_2flQcyHKMHgizAfGZ_2bwg_3d_3d Survey participants can elect to receive a summary of the results in late Fall2008. In addition, educators can receive a small, raw data set of their students' participations for teaching purposes only. Thank you. Robin AOIR Username: RymHubbard *Questionnaire is modeled on the Strength of Internet Ties survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project (2006) and the Social Capital Assessment Tool (SOCAT) by the World Bank (2004) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robin Y. Mabry Hubbard, MBA, EdS, ABD PhD Candidate - Rural Sociology [Community Informatics] Email: ryh352(a)mizzou.edu My Homepage: http://www.rrchubbard.org ~ Our Future arrived Yesterday! ~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [My Philosophy? A Human Story of Contradictions]

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Call for Hosting Mobile Life Events – 2009 and onwards
by I. Kushchu 17 Jul '08

17 Jul '08

Call for Hosting mLife Events – 2009, 2010 and onwards ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- Mobile technologies influence our life at a significant proportion. Recently, Mobile IT companies and telecom operators started to promote themselves as “a life style” company. The objective of the mLife Events is to discover, promote and disseminate the knowledge of the tools, applications and services , which “make mobile technologies to fit and add value to our life”. mLife Events explore the impact of mobile technologies on individuals, societies, governments and economies. mLife Events are normally held during the first half of September every year - a July date may also be possible - and are composed of a number of conferences, which are all prime events in their respective filed. The participants to the conferences are a good balance of three interdependent groups of professionals and organizations: Public sector, Private sector and Researchers. The conference format is as interactive as possible via a number of plenary sessions, practice talks, research presentations and exhibitions. This year two conferences are being held: the EURO mGOV and mSOCIETY conferences. Next year, with the addition of First International Conference on Mobile Development, three conferences are being planned. Information on current conferences can be found at http:// www.mgovernment.org/events/ The conference series are promoted by the Mobile Government Consortium International (mGCI), which aims to sustain continuity of the organization and the high quality of the conferences for the forthcoming years in line with its objective to support the positive impact of mobile technologies to social and economical welfare for the societies. The mGCI is soliciting proposals from public and private sector teams and institutions to host the mLife events for the year 2009 and onwards. Interested teams should write to mGCI with the followings: -- the proposed venue and the dates – about a week -, -- the venue's international accessibility -- the proposed organization team and the chairs -- background and experience of the organizing team -- financial plans and predictions -- relevant local and international events -- other relevant information Please submit your proposals no later than 15th of August 2008 to Info(a)mgovernment.org and for any questions please write to Prof. Kushchu, Director, mGCI or ik(a)mgovernment.org. ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853 == please visit mLife events www.mgovernment.org/events/

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Call for Participation: Mobile Life Conferences and Exhibitions 2008
by I. Kushchu 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

-- Apologies for Cross Postings -- Call For Participation to Mobile Life 2008 ---------------------- The mLife Events organization team invites you to join this year's exciting forums, talks and discussions for exploring, creating, exchanging and disseminating knowledge of impact of mobile technologies on individuals, societies, governments and economies. 15-19, September, 2008, Antalya Sheraton Voyager, Turkey http://www.mgovernment.org/events/ mlife(a)mgovernment.org Multiple Conferences, Exhibitions and Demos -------------------------------------------------------------- 15-16, September, - The Third European Conference on Mobile Government 17 September, - Mobile Crossover - an interactive day of exhibitions, demos, showcases of devices, applications and services 18-19, September, - The First International Conference on Mobile Society Several Special Sessions including: ------------------------------------------------ - Mobile Government Summit - Public sector experts from different countries discussing common experiences, lessons learned and challenges on mGovernment - Mobile Development - how mobile technologies impact -positive and negative - economic and social development? Around 15 plenary talks/sessions including ---------------------------------------------------------- --- Practice talks by top level representations from the public and telecom sector -- Research and visionary talks by reputable researchers -- Panels and discussions on key issues Who should attend? -------------------------- -- Organizations in the mobile value chain including carriers, device manufacturers, content, applications and service producers -- Public sector organizations, project managers, policy and decision makers,-- Researchers interested in the issues dealing with positive or negative impacts of mobile technologies Sponsors, Organizers and supporters ------------------------------------------------- --- TURKCELL (Diamond Sponsor), TurkSat (Gold Sponsor) --- Mobile Government Consortium International, UK, AykeyNet, UK, Dept. of Computer Engineering,TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey, Center for Information and Society, University of Washington, USA., CISCO, TUBITAK More Info and Registrations ------------------------------------- -- please visit http://www.mgovernment.org/events/ or send an email to mlife(a)mgovernment.org -- Registrations are here: http://www.mgovernment.org/events/ registration.php ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853 == please visit mLife events www.mgovernment.org/events/

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CFP: Global Fusion Conference
by Mia Consalvo 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

FYI: This is a small conference mostly devoted to media studies, but with a growing focus on new media, and international/global studies as well. CALL FOR PAPERS GLOBAL FUSION CONFERENCE 2008 Ohio University Inn and Conference Center Athens, OH, Friday Oct. 31 – Sunday Nov. 2, 2008 The purpose of the Global Fusion Conference series is to promote academic excellence in international-intercultural communications studies worldwide. These conferences bring together scholars and professionals interested in mass communication, journalism, comparative broadcasting, diplomacy, transnational communication, advertising, new communications technologies, media economics and privatization, cultural effects, visual communication, media and international law, and global dialogues in search of peace. The conference series is sponsored by the Global Fusion Consortium comprised of the Ohio University Scripps College of Communication, Southern Illinois University's College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, the Texas A&M University Department of Communication, and the University of Texas at Austin College of Communication. Paper Submission Guidelines Global Fusion 2008 will conduct two peer-reviewed paper competitions (one for faculty, one for graduate students) on any topic dealing with the areas of interest listed above. Papers jointly authored by students and faculty must be submitted to the faculty competition. Papers must not exceed 30 pages, including references, and should conform to the latest APA style manual. A separate title page should include a 200 word abstract, state whether the paper is a faculty or student submission, and for each author: Her/his name, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, and telephone number. Please send the body of the paper, and the separate title/abstract page, as attachments to an email message to the following address global.fusion(a)ohiou.edu (PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN E-MAIL ADDRESS) The deadline for submissions is 11:00pm. EST, August 1, 2008. But earlier submissions are encouraged to permit a timely paper review process. For those who are currently living outside the United States an expedited review process will be available to help with making travel arrangements, and visa applications where necessary. Decision notices will be e-mailed to those who submitted papers by September 1, 2008. -- Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. School of Media Arts & Studies (formerly the School of Telecommunications) Ohio University 9 South College Street Athens, Ohio 45701 USA 740.597.1521

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IR 9.0 registration
by bl506＠york.ac.uk 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Sincere apologies to those of you who have had problems registering and paying fees through Paypal for the IR 9.0 conference. I'm happy to report that we are once again ready to take your money and include you in the programme - that's program for those of you who are still learning english! But please follow those online instructions carefully to make sure you register and pay all in one go. Any problems just let me know and we will get you through it somehow. I should also apologise for my presumption that presenters could easily amend their details and abstracts on the online system. This seems to be more problematic so I will be asking participants to send their titles, abstracts and biogs directly to me in the near future. Brian Brian D. Loader, Co-Director, Social Informatics Research Unit, Department of Sociology, Wentworth College, University of York, Heslington, YORK YO1 5DD. United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0) 1904 432639 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 433043 email: bl506(a)york.ac.uk

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Action Research and New Media: Concepts, Methods and Cases
by Marcus Foth 16 Jul '08

16 Jul '08

Pre-publication announcement Hearn, G., Tacchi, J., Foth, M., & Lennie, J. (2008, in press). Action Research and New Media: Concepts, Methods and Cases. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. With a foreword by Douglas Schuler. Action research is now a well-documented and well-accepted research methodology. Moreover, it is especially appropriate in new media research, where innovation and change are continual, and where processes and outcomes are usually not predictable and often involve fuzzy and subjective human elements. This book offers a systematic, in- depth academic overview of the application of action research methods to the field of new media. In this space, it is the first publication of its kind in what is a new but rapidly growing field. This book is divided into three sections. Introducing the two key concepts, namely, new media and action research, the first section describes the underlying principles, processes, questions, methods and tools that are relevant to an action research approach to new media inquiry. This is followed by a deeper exploration of three advanced, innovative approaches to action research and new media: ethnographic, network, and anticipatory action research. The third and final section presents four case studies and their individual applications of action research in different new media contexts. Scheduled to be released in August 2008. Table of contents and further information at: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00014077/ If you are interested in this book, we'd appreciate it very much if you could please ask your liaison librarian to place a pre-publication order with their preferred distributor. Thank you! ISBN 978-1-57273-866-9 (hard bound) ISBN 978-1-57273-867-6 (paper bound) Best Regards, marcus -- 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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PhD in Digital Content Management: Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL), Dublin, Ireland
by Ríona Finn 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

PhD Studentship in Digital Content Management The School of Computing at Dublin City University has an opening for a PhD research position. The position is available from 1 April 2008. The position is available for up to 4 years. Research in the research group (http://www.computing.dcu.ie/~cpahl) focuses on a range of techniques for software and information systems engineering. The working group comprises six researchers and offers a dynamic multi-cultural research atmosphere with high international visibility. The project is "Generation of Metadata and Subject Models: Subject Models and Lightweight Domain Models". The objective is to research and develop tools to support automatic and semi-automatic generation of lightweight subject ontologies. Information extraction techniques from semi-structured text sources e.g. document collections (corporate), website material, hypermedia encyclopaedia shall be used. The approach is to use knowledge to find knowledge (ontological and category knowledge). The project aims to develop a set of tools to provide informed generation or extension of subject models and ontologies. This project is part of the Science Foundation Ireland SFI funded CSET Next Generation Localisation, in which digital content management is a research area that is addressed in close collaboration between Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin. Candidates are expected to have an interest in pursuing research in foundations and techniques for information architectures. A stipend of € 16,000 per year for initially three years (tax free) plus a generous travel allowance is available for the position. PhD candidates need to possess a University degree (normally, a four-year Bachelor or a Master degree) in Computer Science or a closely related discipline. Ideally, candidates have a strong background in the foundations of domain modelling and ontologies as well as techniques and methods of information extraction and model generation. Fluency in English (spoken and written) is required. Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is a vibrant city located at Ireland's east coast. Dublin is Ireland's economic, cultural and academic centre. Dublin and Ireland are tourist hot spots that offer a wide range of recreational activities. Dublin's airport is well connected to Great Britain, mainland Europe and North America. Please send your application (electronically as PDF or as plain ASCII text), including a CV, a list of publications (if applicable), copies of certificates and transcripts, and the names of at least two academic references to Dr. Claus Pahl, email: Claus.Pahl-at-dcu.ie. For more information see http://www.computing.dcu.ie/~cpahl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Claus Pahl School of Computing Dublin City University Dublin 9 Ireland Phone: ++353 +1 700 5620 Fax: ++353 +1 700 5442 eMail: Claus.Pahl-at-dcu.ie Web: http://www.computing.dcu.ie/~cpahl Ríona Finn, Administrator, Centre for Next Generation Localisation, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland Tel: +353 (0)1 700 6707 Fax: +353 (0)1 700 5442 Mob: +353 (0)87 623 4464 Web: http://www.cngl.ie Email: rfinn(a)computing.dcu.ie

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After Convergence - Issue 13 of the Fibreculture Journal - online now
by Kathleen O'Riordan 15 Jul '08

15 Jul '08

After Convergence - Issue 13 of the Fibreculture Journal - online now Edited by Caroline Bassett (University of Sussex, UK), Maren Hartmann (University of the Arts Berlin, Germany), Kate O'Riordan (University of Sussex, UK) http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue13/ After convergence: what connects? Making this question the subject of this special issue we set out to address two questions at once. The first was: 'Are we after convergence?' and by this we meant to invite explorations of the exhaustion of the original convergence model. The second was: 'What kind of convergence are we after?' Which is to say what kind of convergence do we want? -- Adrian Mackenzie - Wirelessness as Experience of Transition David M. Berry - A Contribution Towards A Grammar of Code Jonathan Sterne, Jeremy Morris, Michael Brendan Baker and Ariana Moscote Freire - The Politics of Podcasting Caroline Bassett - New Maps for Old?: The Cultural Stakes of '2.0' Teodor Mitew - Repopulating the Map: Why Subjects and Things are Never Alone Aylish Wood - Proliferating Connections and Communicating Convergence Helen Thornham - Making games? Towards a theory of domestic videogaming

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PERFORMANCE IN SECOND LIFE THIS WEDNESDAY
by Charles Baldwin 14 Jul '08

14 Jul '08

PERFORMANCE IN SECOND LIFE THIS WEDNESDAY Sandy Baldwin and Alan Sondheim, PERFORMANCE IN SECOND LIFE as part of THE ACCIDENTAL ARTIST Exhibition We're doing Theatrical Performance to the Nth Degree: Avadrama with scripts by Sandy Baldwin and Alan Sondheim, using EXPERIMENTAL AVATAR BEHAVIORS AND TEXTS Wednesday, July 16th, at 4pm and 10pm Eastern (Daylight Savings) Time, US Please attend - and if you can't make it, check out THE ACCIDENTAL ARTIST Exhibition which changes almost daily!

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