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Re: [Air-L] Technology and authority: Graduate programs
by 'Gail Taylor 27 May '08

27 May '08

I would look for a program where there are several faculty members who are doing research in related areas, as opposed to seeking out a particular person. People change jobs and move to other institutions. I would also look for a university where administrators are concerned with succession planning. These universities are concerned with building programs. They usually plan for faculty job changes by having other people in mind who would be good replacements and/or money available to hire replacements. Information about succession planning is public information, but usually not known without questions. Deans of programs are good starting points for the inquiry process. Department chairs and faculty also have some answers to these questions, but might also be uninformed depending on the culture at the university. If these individuals are not forthcoming with information, I would be cautious about submitting an application as this is an indication of business management practi! ce! s that also directly impact the student experience. I have several friends and acquaintances who are ABD, some of them in 2 programs at different universities, because people changed jobs and moved to other parts of the country and/or other countries. Others retired from their jobs and stopped working with students midstream in the completion of the degree programs. Depending on life circumstances, some of us are able to follow faculty who move on to other jobs. For others of us, this isn't a consideration for various reasons related to having families and other life commitments that are equally as important as getting a Ph.D. Gail --------------------------------------- Gail D. Taylor, M.Ed. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Library & Information Science Teaching Assistant "Technology enables man to gain control over everything except technology." -- Unknown

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Book announcement: Multi-Stakeholder Governance and the Internet Governance Forum
by Jeremy Malcolm 26 May '08

26 May '08

I am pleased to announce a new book - please excuse the cross-posting to several lists. Multi-Stakeholder Governance and the Internet Governance Forum Author: Jeremy Malcolm Published: May 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9805084-0-6 Pages: 639 Multi-stakeholder governance is a fresh approach to the development of public policy, bringing together governments, the private sector and civil society in partnership. The movement towards this new governance paradigm has been most marked in areas involving global networks of stakeholders, too intricate to be represented by governments alone. Nowhere is this better illustrated than on the Internet, where it is an inherent characteristic of the network that laws, and the conduct to which those laws are directed, will cross national borders. Thus momentum has developed to bring multi-stakeholder governance to the Internet, through reforms such as the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). In this groundbreaking and incisive book, Jeremy Malcolm examines the new model of multi-stakeholder governance for the Internet regime that the IGF represents. In doing so Jeremy outlines the state of the regime as it preceded the IGF's formation, and provides a faithful yet accessible account of international law, international relations, democratic theory and consensus decision- making as they bear on the topic. He then builds a compelling case for the reform of the IGF to enable it to fulfil its mandate as an institution for multi-stakeholder Internet governance. "A book that ought to be read by every participant in the UN Internet Governance Forum. Malcolm provides an exhaustive exploration of the great potential -- and the obstacles and dead ends -- faced by multi- stakeholder policy making around the Internet." — Milton Mueller, Syracuse University School Of Information Studies and XS4All Professor, Delft University of Technology "Internet governance, once a distant abstraction, increasingly touches everyone, even those seemingly remote from the Net. Jeremy Malcolm's in-depth analysis of its recent evolution and the role of the IGF, a key player in this rapidly developing field, is a timely contribution and a useful reference for scholars, practitioners and policymakers alike." — David Vaile, Executive Director, Baker & McKenzie Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre For more information please see: * The publisher's Web site: http://press.terminus.net.au/igfbook * Google Books: http://books.google.com/books?id=G8ETBPD6jHIC * Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0980508401 * Press contact: +61-8-9213 0801 / press(a)terminus.net.au -- Jeremy Malcolm LLB (Hons) B Com Internet and Open Source lawyer, IT consultant, actor host -t NAPTR 1.0.8.0.3.1.2.9.8.1.6.e164.org|awk -F! '{print $3}'

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Technology and authority: Graduate programs
by Brian Wickhem 26 May '08

26 May '08

Hello fine scholars and researchers, I'm currently looking around for Ph.D tracks and scholars for graduate school (fall '09). I'm most interested in how new media is being used to challenge authority: digital music, memes, mobile communications. After a good amount of research, I created this short list of programs that seem to be a good fit, thought it might be nice to spread it around for future students' benefits: USC (Anneberg School) UC Davis (Communications) Northwestern (Media, Technology and Society) Northwestern (Technology and Behavior Studies) Washington (Communications) NYU (Media, Culture, and Communications) Utah (Communications) U of Illinois at Chicago (Communications) Iowa (Communication Studies) UC San Diego (Communications) Michigan State (Communications Arts and Sciences) Cornell (Science and Technology Studies) Michigan (Communications Studies) Georgia Tech (Language, Literature, and Communications) UC Santa Barbara (Communications) Georgetown (Communication, Culture, and Technolgy) Rutgers (School of Communication, Information, and Library Studies) Virginia Tech (Science and Technology Studies) MIT (MediaLab) (really only a good one if you have experience in hardware/computer programming, though...) Anyone have any further suggestions as to where I/others should be looking? Any further advice would be great...and thanks in advance. Always look forward to the daily posts! Brian Wickhem

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Lessons in Second Life
by jeremy hunsinger 26 May '08

26 May '08

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Total Makeover: Change of Facebook Profile
by Gerry Mckiernan 26 May '08

26 May '08

Colleagues/ The More Things Change The More They Change ... [:-) /Gerry New York Times / May 21, 2008, 2:48 pm Big Changes Coming to Profile Pages on Facebook / By BRAD STONE Profile pages on Facebook are getting a total makeover. Facebook, based in Palo Alto, Calif., held an hourlong briefing for the news media Wednesday to preview changes coming to the site next month. The biggest change: user profiles on the service will evolve from a single, flat and often cluttered page into four tabbed sub-pages dubbed feed, info, photos and applications. >>>For More and Links to the Facebook Profiles Preview Page / Facebook Blog Entry / Facebook Profiles Preview's Video / And ....... My<<< _ Facebook 2.0_ Global Fb Group ... "intended to serve as a forum and venue for Facebook users and non-users to recommend and discuss enhancements to Facebook features and functionalities. Suggestions of present and future Facebook Apps that may enhance library programs and services are of particular interest. The organization and configuration of Facebook elements are also of great interest." >>>>>> Please Visit >>>>>>> [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/05/total-makeover-change-of-f… ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/3wp9sn ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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Finding a graduate program
by Jonathan Sterne 26 May '08

26 May '08

Hi All, I'm interested to see the responses to Jasmine. With all due respect to my colleagues (and I don't think anyone was suggesting this exactly), I'd caution students against simply applying on the basis of the subject a program offers. When my undergrads look for graduate programs (or when MA students look to move to other PhD programs), the first question I ask them is what essays and books they've read that have particularly shaped their thinking. I then suggest they get in touch with the authors and see if they are located in a suitable program. Of course, with professor movement being what it is these days, it's risky to go to a program for one person only (indeed, it's not bad to ask your potential supervisor if he or she plans to still be at the same university when you graduate, even though there are no guarantees; if it's an MA or MPhil, will the person be on sabbatical while you're there?) but students will find clusters of people who are interesting and those programs should be top choices. It's also worth looking at the actual courses offered and the subjects of student papers and theses (or dissertations), and for doctoral programs, placement patterns. I do, of course, have a standard set of programs I recommend and this discussion has added to my knowledge, and there is a reverse process to consider as well (find the program that looks interesting, see who's teaching there, read their work and see if their approach is compatible with what you want to do). But we are entering an age of unprecedented promotion and competition among graduate programs on an international level, and so it's important to make sure that students entering the process for the first time can distinguish between the promotional work a school does and the education they are likely receive. Not that anyone in the thread was doing this, but more than once I've seen programs tell students they "support" an area of study when all the faculty in it have left, or, conversely, that they support an area of study where there are not yet courses or faculty (ie, where they'd like to build if they can get the resources) or where they mean something completely different from what the student means. Best, --Jonathan -- Jonathan Sterne Associate Professor and Chair Department of Art History and Communication Studies McGill University http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/ http://sterneworks.org

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Re: [Air-L] Technology and authority: Graduate programs
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 25 May '08

25 May '08

Also re llinois Urbana-Champaign -- you can do a doctorate in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science where you have a number of Internet Researchers, and you can take our courses if in the departments suggested below. /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 10:32:20 -0700 (PDT) >From: Matt Crain <mattcrain1(a)yahoo.com> >Subject: Re: [Air-L] Technology and authority: Graduate programs >To: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Hi Brian, > >I would also add to your list the Institute of Communications Research and the (separate) Dept. of Communication, both at Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Specifically, I might suggest looking into the work of Fernando Elichirigoity at the Institute. I'd be happy to talk more about these programs off-list if you wish. > >Best, > >Matt Crain >PhD Student >Institute of Communications Research >University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign > > > >_______________________________________________ >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/ -------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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Re: [Air-L] Any recommendations?
by Sal Humphreys 25 May '08

25 May '08

Hi Not to be too picky but ... >In addition to Alice Marwick, you might want to check out the works of Jean Burgess, uni. >Canberra who did her PhD on a related topic. See >http://creativitymachine.net<http://creativitymachine.net/> and >http://creativitymachine.net/category/youtube/. Actually Jean Burgess did her PhD at Queensland University of Technology and has just finished a book, co-authored with Josh Green at MIT on YouTube. Should be out sometime this year. cheers Sal PS. Could I make a small plea for people to please edit their posts so they don't include entire screeds of previous messages - makes the daily digest version impossibly long. Dr Sal Humphreys Post Doctoral Fellow Creative Industries Faculty Z6 501 The Hub Queensland University of Technology Musk Ave Kelvin Grove 4059 Brisbane, Australia s.humphreys(a)qut.edu.au<blocked::mailto:s.humphreys@qut.edu.au> Ph. 61 7 3138 8175 Mob. 0414 456 078 http://www.salhumphreys.org<blocked::http://www.salhumphreys.org/> Projects: http://edgex.org.au<blocked::http://edgex.org.au/> <blocked::http://www.edgex.org.au/> <blocked::http://www.cci.edu.au/programs/gamesandlaw>

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(More) Open Metrics: Emerging Impact Measures
by Gerry Mckiernan 25 May '08

25 May '08

Colleagues/ A Good Review of Emerging Impact Measures from _Information World Review_ profiled in my _Scholarship 2.0_ blog: _(More) Open Metrics: Emerging Impact Measures_ "Numbers Game Hots Up" Citation metrics have become key numbers for journals, institutions and even individuals, and a host of different models are emerging / Tracey Caldwell / Information World Review / February 4 2008 / Web of Science Scopus Google Scholar H-index G Index Eigenfactor NOTE: If you are aware of other "(Open) Impact Factors Metrics", please Comment on the Posting Available at [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/05/more-open-metrics-emerging-impact… ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/3u48ud ] BTW: See Also Show Me The Data! Show Me The Data! Show Me The Data! [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2007/12/cartoonbank.html ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/3enxlr ] It includes a link to the article full text as well as A Most Appropriate Cartoon [:-) BTW: In early January Thompson Scientific launched the Citation Impact Forum , an online forum promoting scholarly discussion about all facets of citation-based research evaluation-from Thomson Scientific*s own Journal Impact Factor to emerging citation metrics, such as the h-index. Thomson Scientific Launches New Citation Impact Forum [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/01/thomson-scientific-launches-new.h… ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/4g5vwx ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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Re: [Air-L] Any recommendations?
by Bruno S. 25 May '08

25 May '08

Hi Katie, I just completed an undergrad assignment on YouTube. In addition to Alice Marwick, you might want to check out the works of Jean Burgess, uni. Canberra who did her PhD on a related topic. See http://creativitymachine.net and http://creativitymachine.net/category/youtube/. Also, be sure to check out what Michael Wesch, assistant prof. at Kansas State University, does with his classes and YouTube: http://mediatedcultures.net/youtube.htm and http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/. I'll be interested to hear more about the research on your side, does someone know of an existing working group around YouTube and new media? Cheers, Bruno Selun Student in MA Education, Policy and Society at King's College, London, UK On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 10:16 PM, <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:53:30 +1000 > From: "Katie Freund" <kmf077(a)uow.edu.au> > Subject: [Air-L] Any recommendations? > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Message-ID: <001b01c8bc88$90c67b00$51288282(a)arts2.uow.edu.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi everyone, > > > > I've been a member of the list for quite a year or so now, but this is my > first posting. So hello! > > > > I am a graduate student at the University of Wollongong in Australia and am > helping my advisor with some research. I was wondering if anyone might have > any recommendations on scholarly articles relating to Youtube that you've > come across, and also if you have any particular books that have been > released recently that deal with research online and in new media settings. > Any suggestions you might have would be extremely appreciated! > > > > Thanks to you all, and nice to meet you! > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Katie Freund. >

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