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Re: [Air-L] artists working on on-line dating project
by Rhiannon Bury 26 Jun '08

26 Jun '08

You should also look at Monica Whitty and Adrian Carr's "Cyberspace Romance: The Pyschology of Online Relationships", published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. Rhiannon Bury

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CfP: Ubiquitous Sustainability: Citizen Science & Activism
by Marcus Foth 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Submission deadline has been extended to Mon 7th July 2008. Call for Papers Ubiquitous Sustainability: Citizen Science & Activism Workshop at the 10th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2008) 21 September 2008, Seoul, South Korea In this workshop we want to explore new approaches to bring about real environmental change by looking at the success of empowering technologies that enable grassroots activism and bottom up community participation. Ubiquitous computing is transforming from being mostly about professional communication and social interaction to a sensor rich personal measurement platform that can empower individuals and groups to gain an awareness of their surroundings, engage in grassroots activism to promote environmental change, and enable a new social paradigm - citizen science. This workshop brings together fresh ideas and approaches to help elevate individuals to have a powerful voice in society, to act as citizen scientists, and collectively learn and lobby for change worldwide. Full call for papers and the accepted workshop proposal submission: http://www.urban-atmospheres.net/Ubicomp2008/ Key Dates: 7 July: EXTENDED submission deadline for workshop position papers (2-4 pages) 25 July: Notification for position papers 21 Sept: Day of workshop If you are on facebook, please join the Urban Informatics group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2493830797 and rsvp for the workshop at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22061180539 Organizers: Eric Paulos Intel Research Berkeley, USA Marcus Foth Queensland University of Technology, Australia Christine Satchell QUT and The University of Melbourne, Australia Younghui Kim Hongik University, South Korea Paul Dourish University of California, Irvine, USA Jaz Hee-jeong Choi 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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article on Internet Studies lexicon
by John Postill 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Dear colleagues Some of you may remember that a couple of years ago we had an exchange on this list on the conceptual lexicon of Internet Studies, see archived thread http://listserv.aoir.org/htdig.cgi/air-l-aoir.org/2006-July/010274.html Well, I'm very glad to report that a descendant of the draft I was working on at the time dealing with this question has now been published as Postill, J. 2008 Localizing the internet beyond communities and networks, New Media and Society 10 (3), 413-431 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444808089416 Many thanks to those of you who participated in that interesting discussion and I welcome comments or queries about this piece via email or blogged at http://johnpostill.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/anthill-cobwebs-and-internet-st… John Dr John Postill Senior Lecturer in Media Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield S11 8UZ United Kingdom j.postill(a)shu.ac.uk http://johnpostill.wordpress.com/

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ASIST> 4th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG SI)
by Howard Rosenbaum 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

[Apologies for cross-posting] First Call for Papers and Participation: 4th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG SI) People, information and technology: The social analysis of computing Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Saturday, October 25, 2008, 8:30-12:30 PM Hyatt Regency Columbus, Ohio The purpose of this ASIST preconference research symposium is to disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT) across all areas of ASIST. The symposium includes members of many SIGs and defines "social" broadly to include critical and historical approaches and well as contemporary social analysis. It defines "technology" broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper) as well as state of the art computer systems. This year's theme is "People, information and technology: The social analysis of computing” In keeping with the theme of the conference, the symposium is soliciting work that focuses on the relationships of mutual shaping between people and information as mediated by technology. According to Horton, Davenport, and Wood-Harper (2005; 52) “the impetus for researchers to consider both social and technical aspects as mutually constitutive as a means of understanding technology introduction and use has a growing audience.” This symposium will highlight research focusing on the social realities of ICT based information systems (broadly defined) in IS in order to better understand the following: ~ How are the design, implementation, use, disuse, and ongoing reconfiguration of information and ICTs influenced by social groups, organizations, politics, and culture? ~ How do information and ICTs shape those creating, implementing and using them? ~ What are the roles of information and ICT in ongoing social change at various levels of social analysis such as groups, organizational units, political entities or cultural systems? ~ What are the complex reciprocal relationships among information, ICT, people, social groups and the environments that surround and pervade them? ~ What are the variations in meanings or interpretations of information and ICT across social groups and organizations? ~ What are the moral or ethnical consequences of ICT system development and use? We are particularly interested in work that assumes a critical stance towards the notion of mutual shaping – what is involved in people transforming information and information transforming people? A critical analysis is useful because it “bring into question established social assumptions and values regarding information and communication technologies (ICTs) and established understandings of ‘information,’ particularly as they play themselves out and are institutionalized in social and professional discourses and professional training.” (Day, 2007; 575). We encourage all scholars, both beginning and established, interested in social aspects of ICT (broadly defined) to share their research and research in progress by submitting an extended abstract of their work and attending the symposium. This year, the SIG SI is partnering with SIG USE to offer a comprehensive full day program. The theme of this symposium fits well with the main themes of the SIG USE symposium meaning that there would be a full day of exploration of the question of the transformative relationships between people, information, and ICTs from two different but clearly related perspectives. The SIG SI symposium will take place on Saturday morning and the SIG USE symposium will be in the afternoon. Collectively, the two sessions can offer a comprehensive full day program, although each will work well as a stand-alone event. The two SIGs will co-sponsor a networking lunch that will take place in between the two events [Cost: Pay-on-your-own. Further details to be announced later]. There will be a discount for people who register for both symposia. Call for papers and posters: Submit a short paper (2000 words) or poster (500 words) by August 29, 2008 Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations. Acceptance announcements made by September 9, in time for conference early registration (ends Sept 12th). Tentative Schedule Paper presentations: 8:30-10:45 pm Break: 10:45-11:15 (with poster viewing) Closing Keynote Discussion: 11:15-12:30 pm Lunch with SIG-USE: 12:30-1:30 PM Fees Members $60 - $70 after Sept. 12 Non-members $70 - $80, after Sept. 12 If you register for the SI Symposium and the SIG-USE Symposium you will receive a $10 discount: Members $140 - $150 after Sept. 12 Non-members $150 - $160, after Sept. 14 Organizers: Howard Rosenbaum, School of Library and Information Science -Indiana University hrosenba(a)indiana.edu Elisabeth Davenport, School of Computing, Napier University e.davenport(a)napier.ac.uk Kalpana Shankar, School of Informatics -Indiana University shankark(a)indiana.edu Day, R. (2007). Kling and the “critical”: Social informatics and critical informatics. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 58(4): 575–582. Horton, K., Davenport, E. and Wood-Harper, T. (2005). Exploring sociotechnical interaction with Rob Kling: five “big” ideas. Information Technology & People 18(1): 50-67

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CFP: Special issue: Culture of Virtual Worlds, Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
by Mia Consalvo 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

FYI... please email me offlist if you have questions about submitting, and feel free to forward as appropriate. Thanks! CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Special Issue: Culture of Virtual Worlds Deadline: September 30, 2008 Publication Date: November 20, 2008 Guest Editors Mark Bell, Indiana University Mia Consalvo, Ohio University * jvwresearch.org * Early users of virtual worlds trumpeted their potential to bring together like-minded groups to create community, to encourage social activism, and to explore facets of identity. Over the past 20 years, we have seen virtual worlds develop from text-based to graphical, and from 2D to 3D interactive spaces. Some spaces have focused primarily on game-related activities, from MUD through Ultima Online and World of Warcraft, while others have concentrated on social aspects of being, allowing users to define their own goals, and often create many parts of the spaces they inhabit--from LambdaMoo to The Palace and Second Life. Virtual worlds have also become big business at the same time as some worlds remain resolutely tied to different goals. Yet what of the cultures that have grown up in, around, and through virtual worlds in this same time period? What do we know about that culture, or more accurately, those cultures and how to define them? Individuals, groups, and corporations are exploring the potentials of virtual worlds, and what is created in that process says as much about our everyday lives as it does about our times spent online. But what do we know? Because of their richly detailed spaces, virtual worlds tend to encourage specific sorts of participants and players, along with expectations about behavior and culture. Yet at the same time, we cannot know how participants will create a livable space, develop a unique culture, until it happens. How is that process occurring in today's virtual worlds? What do we know about past virtual worlds to guide us? We are slowly learning about how identity shifts and mutates online, yet isn't as free-floating as early theorists claimed. What of users who are in game-centric versus non-game centric places--how does game versus non-game make a difference in who uses the space, how, and why? Likewise, we now see virtual worlds with transnational user bases. How does that impact the culture, the creation, and the experience of virtual worlds. What happens when virtual worlds emerge, when they expand quickly, and when they die, either slowly or suddenly? What happens to users and how do they make sense of those experiences? How do developers play a role in managing all those expectations, and how much *can* they actually control? These questions are only the tip of iceberg, just as today's virtual worlds are at the forefront of emergent design of 3D spaces. This special issue of the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is dedicated to exploring the issue of culture in virtual worlds. We welcome articles from academic researchers and practitioners in areas such as communications, sociology, psychology, anthropology, information systems, political science, game studies and cultural studies. Topics of interest include (but not limited to): • Definitions of Virtual Cultures • Ethnographies of Virtual Worlds • Social mechanics and networking in Virtual worlds • Historical development of Virtual Worlds • Identity • Differing goals of play versus non-play centric spaces • Emergent practices, player-generated content, activities • Dynamics of economies • "Serious" uses of Virtual Worlds • Transnational game spaces, player groups Guidelines and Deadlines We welcome submissions in the form of essays, papers, original research, interactive online exhibits with accompanying detailed descriptions, and other forms of scholarship. For specific submission instructions visit: http://jvwresearch.org. Deadline for Submission: September 30, 2008 Publication: November 29, 2008 For further information contact: Mark Bell, Indiana U, typewriter(a)gmail.com Mia Consalvo, Ohio U, consalvo(a)ohio.edu About the Journal The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is an online, open access academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and engages established and emerging scholars from around the world. The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research is a transdisciplinary journal that engages a wide spectrum of scholarship and welcomes contributions from the many disciplines and approaches that intersect virtual worlds research. Editorial Board Edward Castronova, Indiana University, United States James Paul Gee, Arizona State University, United States Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States Jorge Peña, University of Texas at Austin, United States Joseph Straubhaar, University of Texas at Austin, United States Kathleen Tyner, University of Texas at Austin, United States Natalie Wood, Saint Joseph's University, United States Editor Jeremiah Spence, University of Texas at Austin, United States Associate Editors Mark W. Bell, Indiana University, United States Sun Sun LIM, National U. of Singapore, Singapore Suely Fragoso, Universidade do Vale do Rio do Sinos/Unisinos, Brazil Joe Sanchez, University of Texas at Austin, United States Amanda Salomon, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Henry Segerman, University of Texas at Austin, United States Yesha Y. Sivan, Shenkar College & Metaverse Labs, Israel Stephanie Smith, NASA JSC Learning Technologies, United States Caja Thimm, University of Bonn, Germany ******************************************* -- 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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New Features in the Coding Analysis Toolkit - Free Software for Coding Text
by Stuart Shulman 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/cat-updates.htm This 9-minute Screencast presents several of the new Coding Analysis Toolkit features, such as: - Primary Account holder as coder - Split datasets for sub-coding - Creating sub-codes - Merge datasets - Archive datasets I am a particular fan of the split datasets feature. It allows you to take a pass over your data and code it into "big buckets" which then can be split into unique datasets to be coded at a finer granularity with sub-codes. Keep the ideas coming! ~Stu -- Stuart Shulman http://shulman.ucsur.pitt.edu

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Internet communication usages?
by Jasmine 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hello, I am a postgraduate student at the University of Surrey, currently working on my dissertation on language usage and CMC (predominantly email and instant messaging), focusing on judgments and perceptions. I.e., what is 'Netspeak' and what is thought about it. I am wondering if anyone here would know of resources that would be of assistance - in particular, if there are any major studies breaking down Internet communication usage by age and education. Thank you for your consideration. Jasmine Sent from my iPod

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CFP: A Decade of Media Practice
by Lina Khatib 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Journal of Media Practice Call for Papers Special Issue: A Decade of Media Practice: Changes, Challenges and Choices The Journal of Media Practice is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2009! To mark this anniversary, the Journal is looking for contributions from colleagues involved in media practice around the world, whether as teachers or practitioners. The current decade is witnessing vast changes in the production, consumption and forms of media. With digital technology, video art, documentary, film and other visual media are all going through interesting changes at the institutional, artistic and audience levels. Web 2.0 is blurring the lines between the production and consumption of media, and is opening up new spaces of expression in societies where state censorship hinders freedom of speech in traditional media. It is also instigating changes in web design. Satellite television is consolidating itself as the primary medium in places like the Middle East. Digital radio is opening up new possibilities for broadcasting. More synergies are being created between different media forms, whether between the internet and television, the internet and documentary, or any number of other possibilities. The Journal invites international contributions responding to the changes and challenges in the media practice landscape over the last decade, be it television, radio, video art, documentary, film, screenwriting, the internet, the press, or any other form of print, audio, visual or audiovisual media, and the choices that those changes and challenges have created for media practitioners, institutions and audiences. In addition to academic articles, the Journal encourages the submission of: - Interviews with key media personnel and artists - Reflections by media practitioners on their own practice (whether within institutions or as independent practitioners) - Reviews of exhibitions and other media events - Critical pieces about changes in technology, content and delivery of media products and tools, or the work of media institutions around the world Articles should be 5000 words, reviews 500-1000 words, and critical pieces and reflections between 1000-3000 words. The Editor is happy to discuss other possibilities with potential contributors prior to the deadline below. All submissions are subject to peer review. Please send all completed submissions to jmp(a)rhul.ac.uk. The deadline to receive all completed material (full articles, reviews etc.) is October 17, 2008. Informal queries, speculative abstracts and proposals can be sent to the Editor Lina Khatib: lina.khatib(a)rhul.ac.uk in advance of the October deadline. Dr Lina Khatib Department of Media Arts Royal Holloway, University of London Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Media-Arts/staff/khatib.htm Editor: Journal of Media Practice Co-Editor: Middle East Journal of Culture & Communication

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an article on music culture and web 2.0
by davidgbeer＠aol.com 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Dear colleagues, Apologies for this act of self promotion but readers of the AIR list might be interested in the following article which has just been published: Beer, D. (2008) ‘Making friends with Jarvis Cocker: Music culture in the context of Web 2.0’, Cultural Sociology, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 222-241. Here is a link to the journal http://cus.sagepub.com/current.dtl Best wishes, Dave Beer ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.

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Live Internet radio on Technology Enhanced Learning
by cristina costa 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Sorry about the cross-post...I just thought this might interest you. Graham Attwell is doing another edition of the UK JISC Emerge sponsored Sounds of the Bazaar LIVE internet radio broadcast. The programme will go out LIVE tomorrow (Wednesday) at 12.15 GMT/ 13:15 BST/ 14:15 CEST (Check other times here: *http://tinyurl.com/5ld993 )*. Interviews, features, music, poetry and more. Guests include John Pallister from Wolsingham School, Guenter Beham from the EU APOSLE project, the kids from Cwmglas primary school in Swansea, Nicola Witton and Scott Wilson from the Emerge ARGOSI project and hopefully other participants from the summer school. You are all invited to listen to the programme. It forms part of our ongoing work to develop a community of practice around research and practice in technology enhanced learning. Please try and join us for some summer fun. You can listen to the programme by going to *http://icecast.commedia.org.uk:8000/emerge.mp3.m3u*<http://icecast.commedia.org.uk:8000/emerge.mp3.m3u>in your browser. The programme should stream form your MP3 player of choice. We will have a chat room operating alongside the programme - go to * http://client11.addonchat.com/sc.php?id=302479*<http://client11.addonchat.com/sc.php?id=302479>. And if you would like to come on the programme just drop me an email - * graham10(a)mac.com* <graham10(a)mac.com> or skype me. Look forward to talking to you all tomorrow. Best wishes Cristina

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