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Re: [Air-L] Basic intro/survey article on "what is new media?"
by Lisa Gye 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

Check out Issue 10 of the Fibreculture Journal - devoted entirely to new media studies New Media, Networks and New Pedagogies http://journal.fibreculture.org/issue10/index.html Cheers, Lisa Lisa Gye Postgraduate program leader Media and Communications Swinburne University of Technology Building AS427 Tel: +613 92148345 http://www.lisagye.net http://www.sportswithoutborders.net.au/ http://www.altx.com/ebooks/ulmer.html The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Dorothy Parker >>> "Daren Carroll Brabham" <daren.brabham(a)utah.edu> 25/08/08 6:57 AM >>> Hi everyone, We have a freshman interest group course for aspiring communication majors in our department, and I've been asked to visit the class to give a very basic overview of new media studies. The instructor for the course is asking me if I know of any good article or book chapter that could serve as that day's assigned reading. Unfortunately, I know of only a few of these kinds of articles, and all of them are (by new media standards) old as heck: 2003 and earlier. Does anyone know of a very recent article or book chapter they could point me to that provides an overview of new media studies, a "state of the research" article, or something that begins to answer in broad terms "What is new media studies?" ...or even a good online resource...? Thanks! db --- Daren C. Brabham Graduate Teaching Fellow Department of Communication University of Utah 255 S. Central Campus Dr., Rm. 2400 Salt Lake City, UT 84112 phone: (801) 633-4796 daren.brabham(a)utah.edu www.darenbrabham.com <http://www.darenbrabham.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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A little OT but about fake identities in RL and online (and scandalous!)
by Holly Kruse 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

I am now your trusty air-l email list manager, but back in 1994 I founded Setters-L, which is still the primary internet forum for the four setter dog breeds (English, Gordon, Irish, and Irish Red & White), and I ran it for several years before handing it over to a new admin team in the early 2000s. During the fairly early years of the 1990s, there was a subscriber who went by "Clark Rocke" (or "Rocka" -- I can't exactly remember), and he adopted a special needs Gordon setter from, as I recall, Montana. He explained to me during the subscription process that this wasn't his full name, and that his name was in fact Clark Rockefeller. He said that he didn't want people to know who he really was and just be interested in him because he was a Rockefeller. Because Setters-L didn't/doesn't allow anonymous or pseudonymous subscriptions, that was a bit of an issue, and probably what started my back channel chats with him. I think he also posted to the list about taking the dog to the club in Manhattan to which he belonged to swim, which was allowed for rehab purposes because of who he was. This was also a time when I was with my now-ex, who grew up in Manhattan, and he and I went there fairly frequently with dogs in tow. Thus, "Clark" and I chatted about getting together with our dogs. I fell out of touch with him and well, here's what he's been up to lately (and when he was on Setters-L, and before). From the New York Times: FASHION & STYLE | August 24, 2008 Ready-Made Rockefeller By PAM BELLUCK and SARA RIMER The fine art and town house convinced many that Clark Rockefeller was real. Now the charade is over. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/fashion/24rockefeller.html I'm sure this case raises some interesting scholarly questions, especially about identity -- in this case, taking on a false identity in real life, then taking on a different (but reallly the same) identity online in a faux effort to deflect attention away from the supposed real life identity which is in fact fake -- but at the moment I'm just floored by my experience with a now-notorious fakester... and kidnapper. Holly --- Holly Kruse Faculty of Communication The University of Tulsa 800 S. Tucker Drive Tulsa, OK 74104 918-631-3845 holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu or holly.kruse(a)gmail.com http://personal.utulsa.edu/~holly-kruse

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Fwd: The Cooperation Research Group at Harvard seeks Research Assistants
by RGL 24 Aug '08

24 Aug '08

>>> Join Professor Benkler's Cooperation Research Group >>> >>> >>> The Cooperation Research Group, led by Professor Yochai Benkler, >>> analyzes the design of cooperative human systems through a >>> combination >>> of interdisciplinary observational, experimental, and theoretical >>> studies. As part of this project, the group is embarking on a new >>> effort to provide a map of commons-based and cooperative peer >>> production today. >>> >>> Research Assistants will have the opportunity to contribute >>> substantively to this project, conducting and writing case >>> studies as >>> well as providing input on overall research design and execution. >>> >>> Familiarity with research on cooperation, organizations, and case >>> study >>> methodology highly valued. Familiarity with research on motivation, >>> sociology, economics, and/or social psychology is also a plus. >>> >>> The position will begin in mid-September. The required commitment is >>> approximately 15 hours per week (including weekly case study >>> research >>> group meetings) through December 15. >>> >>> For the full job posting, please visit: >>> http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships/cooperation >>> >>> >>> Application Materials: >>> >>> * Letter of Interest >>> >>> * CV/Resume >>> >>> * A writing sample (500-1000 words) >>> >>> * Contact information - email and/or phone - for no fewer >>> than two >>> references (professional or academic). >>> >>> Please submit all required materials to Janet Moran at >>> jmoran(a)law.harvard.edu no later than September 5, 2008 at 5pm. >>> >>> >> >

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(no subject)
by Michael Farrugia 23 Aug '08

23 Aug '08

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Social Networking and Young Children
by Jason Nolan 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Thanks for that site, Danah. I'm wondering if anyone's working on the topic of or knows anything about Social Networking and young children. I mean under the age of 8-10, in this case. I have found some sites (I'm writing on Anme's Diary at the moment), but there are obviously not a lot of them. I'd like to hear from anyone who's interested in this area. Jason Jason Nolan, PhD Assistant Professor Ryerson University Room KHS 350 350 Victoria Street Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 2K3 ph: +1-416-979-5000 x7030 fax: +1-416-979-5239 http://ryerson.ca/~jnolan Learning Inquiry http://learning-inquiry.info School of Early Childhood Education http://www.ryerson.ca/ece/ MA Program in Early Childhood Studies http://www.ryerson.ca/graduate/programs/childhood_studies/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:39:12 -0700 > From: danah boyd <aoir.z3z(a)danah.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Social Networking and Youth > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Message-ID: <82745D0C-E679-4B8A-9EDB-9B60911A45A7(a)danah.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > I maintain a list of all research that I know on social network sites > (both in the US and abroad) here: http://www.danah.org/ > SNSResearch.html > > Not all of it is on youth but a bunch of it is. > > danah > > > On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Jung-Whan De Jong wrote: > >> Could anyone recommend must-read studies that look at young people's >> use of social networking sites in America and globally? >> >> Marc de Jong >> PhD Candidate Sociology >> > *************************************

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 49, Issue 22
by Bruno Selun 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Large unanswered social issues aside, I'd be wary of requiring/compelling students to knowingly break the Terms of Service of any company. Creating an account with fake information, pooled passwords, or a group account is directly addressed in the TOS at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/terms.php I know it's a simplistic POV, but if you can't subvert TOS, established policies and assumptions in an educational context for an educational purpose, then where can you? Isn't it also at college people should be taught to be wary of Big Brother? Bruno

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Call for Participation: EURO mGOV 2008 and mSOCIETY 2008
by I. Kushchu 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Dear Colleagues We have posted the program for the Mobile Life Events and Conferences at the http://www.mgovernment.org/events/ At this link you will be able to download the detailed programs for the The Third European Conference on Mobile Government (EURO mGOV 2008) and The First International Conference on Mobile Society (mSOCIETY 2008). The conferences are running during 14th and 19th, September 2008. Looking forward to your participation ... Cheers Kushchu ------- 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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Roskilde
by Ken Friedman 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Friends, When visiting the cathedral, be sure to visit the burial vault of the Danish royal family. And next door, the Roskilde Museum of Contemporary Art. Ken Friedman On Aug 20, 2008, at 9:38 AM, Charles Ess wrote: > Roskilde is an easy, ca. 20 minute train ride from Copenhagen - and > worth the visit for a number of reasons, including the cathedral, ----- 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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MSc and Certificate in Cyberpsychology
by Grainne Kirwan 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

Dear all, There are a limited number of places remaining on the MSc in Cyberpsychology and the Certificate in Cyberpsychology programmes which will be starting in IADT, Ireland, this autumn. Both of these courses are part-time, and are designed to fit around full-time employment without the need to take any time off. Further details on the MSc are available at http://www.iadt.ie/en/ProspectiveStudents/SchoolsCourses/SchoolofCreativeTe… Details on the Certificate are available at http://www.iadt.ie/en/ProspectiveStudents/SchoolsCourses/SchoolofCreativeTe… Please feel free to forward this information to anyone who you think might be interested, or to e-mail me any queries that you may have. Many thanks Grainne Dr. Gráinne Kirwan Programme Co-ordinator MSc in Cyberpsychology Department of Learning Sciences School of Creative Technologies Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Kill Avenue Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin Rep. of Ireland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IADT Disclaimer.This e-mail and any other items transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or relay on this e-mail. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by return email or inform Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art | Design | Technology's (IADT) Information Communication Technology Office on 01 2144770 or mailto:support@iadt.ie Any views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of IADT. IADT does not guarantee that this e-mail is free from viruses, worms or the like. Please undertake your own checks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Accommodations in Copenhagen
by Rhiannon Bury 22 Aug '08

22 Aug '08

I thought I'd send my message to the list in case others have similar questions. Can the local folks in Copenhagen say more about the location of the hotels listed in terms of their proximity to the University (eg, how many minutes walk, ease of transit etc). When I try to get more information from the websites, it comes up in Danish. :) Also, the Copenhagen City Centre hostel is mentioned but on their website, they name two in English: Copenhagen Downtown and Copenhagen City. Which one is it? Again the main page is in English but the details seem to be only in Danish. Thanks. Rhiannon Bury

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