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new AoIR Executive Committee + solstitial greetings
by Charles Ess 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

Hi all, I know it's a very busy time of year, but I wanted to pass on to you a bit of an update from the new Executive Committee. In addition to some of the usual sorts of things taken up by the Executive Committee (e.g., listserv and membership management questions, whether or not we should pursue the suggestion of several members to start our own journal, etc.), we have spent quite some time since Vancouver on the following items: 1. AoIR 2008 / Internet Research 9.0, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 - Planning continues apace, with Lisbeth Kastrup as chair of the Local Organizing Committee, and Brian Loader, Program Chair. We anticipate an expanded CFP to come out before 21. December or so, along with affiliated website, including accommodation information, etc. (Our solstice gift ...) Also: look for an announcement soon - watch this space! - for a conference on Website histories, affiliated with AoIR 2008 / IR 9.0, at Aarhus University: double your pleasure and professional engagements when coming to Denmark next Fall for AoIR! 2. As Åsa Rosenberg, our new Graduate Student representative, notes below, there is work to be done on redesigning the AoIR web site. In other news: look for the next Newsletter soon! == The Executive Committee for 2007-2009 is as follows: President - Charles Ess Vice-President - Mia Consalvo Treasurer - Monica Murero Secretary - Sabyrna Cornish Graduate Student - Asa Rosenberg Open Seats (3) - Axel Bruns, Heidi Campbell, Marcus Foth Past President - Matthew Allen Systems Officers (2) - Alex Halavais, Holly Kruse Here is what we hope will be a helpful introduction to your new Executive Committee: _______________________________________________ MATTHEW ALLEN (PAST PRESIDENT) Matthew Allen has been taking a break from day to day engagement with AoIR affairs prior to commencing a review of the AoIR by-laws. Email: <M.Allen(a)exchange.curtin.edu.au> _______________________________________________ MIA CONSALVO (VICE-PRESIDENT) I am the new VP for AoIR, and after a bit of a rest from the recent conference, I'm ready to dive into exec work. I'm currently teaching in the School of Telecommunications at Ohio University, and I'm co-editing (with Charles Ess and Robert Burnett) the Blackwell Handbook of Internet Studies, and also writing about fashion in MMOGs. For the immediate term I want to familiarize myself with the aoir-exec, and begin planning for the 2009 AoIR conference. Mia Consalvo <consalvo(a)ohio.edu> _______________________________________________ MONICA MURERO (TREASURER) Monica continues her close and much appreciated attention to matters of budget and membership, with a view towards insuring that AoIR remains financially sound. email: <murero(a)eircom.net> _______________________________________________ SABRYNA CORNISH (SECRETARY) I have been working with Matt on getting the membership into a workable document to make it easier to determine who the members are and also help facilitate renewals when necessary. I have been putting the notes together from the exec meetings at the conference and also have been working on a media kit for the AoIR that can go to the news media and general public. Sabryna Cornish Assistant professor of journalism Department of communication Northern Illinois University Email: <a135672(a)wpo.cso.niu.edu> _______________________________________________ ÅSA ROSENBERG (GRADUATE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE) Hi, my main undertaking is trying to get http://www.aoir.org rebuilt so that it better suits the current needs of the organization. This will probably take some time, but next on my list is to try to establish a stable communication channel for grad students. The Grad student mailing list is open at this time and all grads are more then welcome to join and post to it. http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-grad-aoir.org -asa Department of Sociology Göteborg University, Sweden <asa.rosenberg(a)sociology.gu.se> _______________________________________________ MARCUS FOTH (OPEN SEAT) I have been on the executive of AoIR for just over a month now and it has been a steep learning curve in many aspects. I think it is good to get a few new pairs of fresh eyes to look at established things and sometimes question things in order to check if there are opportunities to improve on what we've achieved so far. That is at least one of my goals. I'm also excited to work with my fellow 'executers' to focus on AoIR as a member-based support network and explore new ideas and new ways to enable members to network and collaborate. Marcus Foth Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/ _______________________________________________ AXEL BRUNS (OPEN SEAT) I'm a Senior Lecturer in the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. I'm particularly interested in AoIR maintaining and expanding its international reach (without losing its strong support base in North America and Europe) and building an even stronger sense of collegiality across our membership. Of course the conferences are one key to this, and as chair of the 2006 conference I'm keen to use that experience to support the planning for Copenhagen in October 2008, and the development of our conference schedule for the years beyond. -- Dr Axel Bruns http://snurb.info/ Senior Lecturer, Media & Communication a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au Creative Industries Faculty, Z2-202, CIP Skype: LexaSnurb Queensland University of Technology +61 7 3138 5548 Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J _______________________________________________ HEIDI CAMPBELL (OPEN SEAT) Howdy, I work at the home of the fighting Texas Aggies as an Assistant Professor of Communication in Media Studies (Whoop!). I'm still learning the ropes of the executive after my first month on board and am staying active in our discussions of AoIR business as well as my involvement in the AoIR Ethics Working Group. I am looking forward to helping develop AoIR's networking and international profile. Assistant Professor Department of Communication Texas A&M University College Station TX 77843-4234 (email) heidic(a)tamu.edu (web) http://comm.tamu.edu/people/profiles/campbell.html _______________________________________________ HOLLY KRUSE - LIST MANAGER I'm Holly Kruse, assistant professor of communication at the University of Tulsa, list manager for air-l and air-exec, and the reason why Axel has only just joined us. Sorry! I've been doing the usual thing of approving air-l subscriptions after receiving brief bios from potential subscribers (and sometimes investigating a bit further), helping subscribers with subscription issues, and dissuading people who do executive searches online and think subscribing to air-l might provide them with some sort of professional organizational certification (???) from subscribing to the list (the last is a recent phenomenon.) Holly -- Holly Kruse Faculty of Communication The University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave. Tulsa, OK 74104 918-631-3845 holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu or holly.kruse(a)gmail.com http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~holly-kruse _______________________________________________ ALEX HALAVAIS (SYSTEMS OFFICER) I'm Alex Halavais, and I teach in the Interactive Communication program at Quinnipiac University. I am taking on a second term in this position. Generally, I hope to simplify some of the (too) complicated processes that require systems support, and look for small, high-value ways of leveraging our systems. Much of that role is supporting active members of the AoIR community who are working on projects that have some computing component. I'll be supporting groups who are developing the new aoir.org website, as well as those who are working on our support for Copenhagen. If you have a project you want to work on for the benefit of AoIR, please let me know, and I can try to put you in touch with others who share your interests. // Alexander C. Halavais // Social Architect // http://alex.halavais.net _______________________________________________ CHARLES ESS (PRESIDENT) Mostly, I've been working on keeping up with these very busy folk - along with groundwork and organizational matters for the AoIR 2008 / IR 9.0 and affiliated conferences. _______________________________________________ As you can see (if you've read this far, that is), AoIR is moving forward in good ways, both as we review and revise some of our foundations (website, by-laws, membership system, conference management software) and as we expand our offerings and services to our members. For example, this year begins an affiliation with the journal Information, Communication & Society, which will publish the first AoIR special issue, made up of selected papers from AoIR 2007 / IR 8.0 (thanks, Barry Wellman, Carolyn Haythornthwaite, and Mia Consalvo!) - and next year's AoIR 2008 / IR 9.0 conference will feature not only the marvelous facilities of IT-University and Copenhagen University (along with the delights of Copenhagen itself) - but also an affiliated conference that will significantly enhance participants' understanding and enjoyment. We hope - and trust - that your engagement with AoIR will continue to be both professionally beneficial and personally rewarding. Happy holidays! - c. Guest Professor (fall, 2007), Department of Media Studies IT Park Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Office: (45) 8942 9219 Mobile: (45) 2986 8967 Distinguished Research Professor, Global Studies Center <http://www.drury.edu/gp21> Drury University Springfield, MO 65802 USA President, Association of Internet Researchers <www.aoir.org> Co-Editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire.html Co-chair, CATaC conferences <www.catacconference.org> Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php> Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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PhD Course on 'The Evolution of Media' at University of Copenhage n
by Mogens Olesen 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

Dear AoIR'ers Att. PhD Students: a PhD Course is coming up on March 6th-7th 2008 at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The title is The Evolution of Media: from Face-to-Face to FaceBook and will include guest lectures by Professor Robert K. Logan, University of Toronto, Professor Niels Ole Finnemann, University of Aarhus, Professor Terje Rasmussen, University of Oslo, Professor Klaus Bruhn Jensen, University of Copenhagen and Associate Professor Bo Kampmann Walther, University of Southern Denmark. The Course Presentation is available at http://www.fmkj.dk/fmkjkurser/index.php?anchor=47 <http://www.fmkj.dk/fmkjkurser/index.php?anchor=47> Deadline for enrolment is February 11th 2008. PhD Students with interests in these or related topics are most welcome to contact Annette Nørballe - <mailto:annoe@ruc.dk> annoe(a)ruc.dk - for further information. Kind Regards, Mogens Olesen PhD Fellow Department of Film and Media Studies University of Copenhagen Njalsgade 80 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark <mailto:olesen@hum.ku.dk> olesen(a)hum.ku.dk Tlf. + 45 35 32 81 03

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Just out: Geert Lovink & Trebor Scholz (eds.), "The Art of Free Cooperation"
by geert lovink 14 Dec '07

14 Dec '07

Geert Lovink & Trebor Scholz (eds.), "The Art of Free Cooperation" What are the rules of collaboration in “free cooperation”? If you are anxiously awaiting an answer to this question, or debates linking web-based, cooperation-enhancing technologies to the broader world of political activism, check out this book. Put together as a response to what the editors identified as a "crisis in new-media art education," FC contains essays from media theorists and critics Howard Rheingold, Christoph Spehr, Brian Holmes and the editors. The book provides concrete tactics and techniques for voluntary associations, be they cultural, political, social, economic, and examines the dynamics (or, the methodologies and politics) that can emerge within such groups, and also comes with DVD packed with additional texts, highlights from an international "Free Cooperation" conference, and a feature-length film collage, narrated by Tony Conrad. Limited copies are available. 274 pp, $20 For more information or to buy the book, go to: http://autonomedia.org/node/41

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FW: [CSL]: new book: Remote Relationships in a Small World
by Dmitry Epstein 13 Dec '07

13 Dec '07

Following a number of presentations at the last AoIR conference, I thought this book announcement can interest some. -----Original Message----- From: Interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society [mailto:CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Joanne Roberts Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 3:14 AM To: CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [CSL]: new book: Remote Relationships in a Small World From: Holland, Samantha [mailto:S.Holland@leedsmet.ac.uk] Sent: 12 December 2007 16:37 To: CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: new book: Remote Relationships in a Small World Remote Relationships in a Small World Holland, Samantha (ed.) New York: Peter Lang (2008) How do people have relationships when they are apart, or develop them when they've never even met? From MySpace and weblogs to romance and sexuality, this book draws together a range of studies on <remote relationships>, investigating the intricate, intimate ways that people forge connections online. The term 'remote' refers to the technologies that facilitate forms of communication, and also underlines the lack of physicality involved in these relationships, developed at a distance. Using empirical data, these collected essays explore a wide variety of relationships, examining the methodological and ethical issues that researchers face. Remote Relationships in a Small World, part of a new generation of online studies, responds to the need for research that focuses on social relationships. Contents Jayne Armstrong: Researching DIY Grrrl (E)Zine Culture: A Methodological and Ethical Account - Andrea J. Baker/Monica T. Whitty: Researching Romance and Sexuality Online: Issues for New and Current Researchers - Janet Finlay/Lynette Willoughby: Exploring Online Learning Relationships: A Case Study in Higher Education - Simeon J. Yates/Eleanor Lockley: Moments of Separation: Gender, (Not So Remote) Relationships, and the Cell Phone - Natilene Bowker: Participating in the World (Wide Web): Social Connections for People with Disabilities - Samantha Holland/Julie Harpin: <It's Only MySpace>: Teenagers and Social Networking Online - Lilia Efimova/Andrea Ben Lassoued: On How Relationships Develop via Weblogs: A Co-constructed Narrative - Naomi Rosh White/Peter B. White: Remote Relationships as Theatre: Travellers and Group E-mails - Rhiannon Bury: Remotely Embodied Friendships in Female Fan Communities - Jonathan Paul Marshall: Cybermind: Paradoxes of Gender and Relationship in an Online Group - David Jacobson: <Two Levels of Personal>: The Cultural Context of Intimacy in Instant Messaging - Dennis D. Waskul/Phillip Vannini: Ludic and Ludic(rous) Relationships: Sex, Play, and the Internet - Sarah Earle/Keith Sharp: Online Relations between the Men Who Pay for Sex - Marcus Wigan: A Remote Marriage: The Theory and Practice of Being Apart and Staying Together. Reviews <This volume provides excellent analyses of a wide range of mediated relationships from some of the best researchers in the field. Anyone interested in online relationships, sociality, or identity will want to own this book.> (Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?vID=68630&vLang=E&vNoHB=true To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm ************************************************************************ ************ Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html ************************************************************************ ************* **************************************************************************** ******** Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html **************************************************************************** *********

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Conference: Broadcast News and the Active Citizen
by Stephen Coleman 13 Dec '07

13 Dec '07

I hope that this conference might be of interest to list members: BROADCAST NEWS AND THE ACTIVE CITIZEN A Dialogue between Media Researchers and Practitioners about the changing relationship between Broadcast News and Citizenship Monday, January 7, 2008, University of Leeds KEYNOTE SPEAKERS PETER HORROCKS, Head of (the recently converged) BBC Newsroom JOHN DOWNING, Southern Illinois University (author of Radical Media) Presenters include: Brian McNair, University of Strathclyde Chris Atton, Napier University Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths College - University of London Vicky Taylor, BBC Interactive Simon Bucks, Sky News Mark Waddington, ITV Local USER GENERATED CONTENT - CITIZEN JOURNALISM - INTERACTIVITY - PRODUSAGE - COMMUNITY MEDIA - LOCALISM Broadcast news institutions are responding in unprecedented ways to a public which increasingly produces and consumes its own journalism. The conference will explore the changing relationship between Broadcast News and Citizenship. These trends challenge traditional notions of citizenship and the role of broadcasters. While enabling exploration of a broad range of topics related to these phenomena, we seek to develop insights, in particular, into how the major news broadcasters of the UK - at the local and national levels - adapt to an increasingly active, engaged, and demanding public. The cost of the conference (including lunch and wine reception) is £25. The reduced fee for students/unwaged is £10. For information or to register, please visit: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/news-citizen <https://outlook.leeds.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://ics.leeds.ac.u…> . Contact news.citizen(a)leeds.ac.uk for further information or call Sarah Ventress on 0113-343-5805

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Inaugural Issue of JITP Released ~ PDF Version Free Online @ www.jitp.net
by Stuart Shulman 13 Dec '07

13 Dec '07

The first issue of the Journal of Information Technology & Politics is available free online at: http://www.jitp.net/ JITP Table of Contents # Editor's Introduction Stuart W. Shulman # The Effect of Risk Perceptions on Online Political Participatory Decisions Samuel J. Best, Brian S. Krueger, and Jeffrey Ladewig # Cyber-Terror - Looming Threat or Phantom Menace? The Framing of the US Cyber-Threat Debate Myriam Dunn Cavelty # Democracy and E-Rulemaking: Web-Based Technologies, Participation, and the Potential for Deliberation David Schlosberg, Stephen Zavestoski, and Stuart W. Shulman # From Indifference to Making the Difference: NNITs and Patterns of Political Participation among Korea's Younger Generations Jongwoo Han # Rethinking Government-Public Relationships in a Digital World: Customers, Clients or Citizens? Patrice A. Dutil, Cosmo Howard, John Langford, and Jeffrey Roy # Book Review: WEB CAMPAIGNING and NEW MEDIA CAMPAIGNS AND THE MANAGED CITIZEN # Book Review: THE WEALTH OF NETWORKS: HOW SOCIAL PRODUCTION TRANSFORMS MARKETS AND FREEDOMS # Book Review: DIGITAL ERA GOVERNANCE: IT CORPORATIONS, THE STATE, AND E-GOVERNMENT # Book Review: DIGITAL GOVERNMENT: TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC SECTOR PERFORMANCE. # Book Review: DIGITAL STATE AT THE LEADING EDGE -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Director, Sara Fine Institute School of Information Sciences Director, Qualitative Data Analysis Program University Center for Social and Urban Research http://qdap.ucsur.pitt.edu University of Pittsburgh 121 University Place, Suite 600 Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412.624.3776 (v) 412.624.4810 (f) http://shulman.ucsur.pitt.edu Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics http://www.jitp.net

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cfp: learning and research in Second Life
by Jeremy Hunsinger 13 Dec '07

13 Dec '07

apologies for crossposting, distribute as appropriate -jh Call for Papers/Participation Please join us in a workshop on learning and research in Second Life on October 17, 2007 in Vancouver at Internet Research 8.0 (http:// wiki.aoir.org/index.php?title=About_IR8.0) Paper Deadline August 15th. Second Life(R) is a 3d virtual environment created by Linden Lab which has captured the attentions of researchers and teachers from around the world from a variety of disciplines. This workshop aims to improve the understanding of Second Life as a Learning and Research environment. It will bring 35 researchers together to collaborate, discuss and workshop diverse topics related to research and learning in Second Life. We will pursue a full-day schedule in which participants will discuss their work and interests on four different topics: learning in Second Life, integrated learning, the contributions of research to the community and ethical research methods. How can we better enable learning in this sphere? How can we better enable research? As a highlight, Robin Linden will give a talk to the group, and members of Linden Lab will participate throughout the day. We encourage researchers to submit papers and short biography to slworkshop(a)tmttlt.com which will be selected and distributed amongst participants before the workshop. First invitations will be offered to those who provide full papers for consideration. These papers have two purposes: first is to provide a common platform for understanding our research and teaching and second submitted papers may be considered for publication in an edited volume being produced in relation to the workshop, or possibly in peer reviewed publication derived from the workshop (these are currently under discussion). Subsequent invitation will be made based upon research/teaching statement and biography. If you are interested in participating, please send an email containing your information to slworkshop(a)tmttlt.com. Decisions will be made by September 1st, barring incident. There is a limit of 35 participants at the physical meeting; the event will be simulcast into Second Life. We welcome professionals, faculty and graduate students to participate. This workshop is sponsored by Linden Lab creators of Second Life and is organized by Jeremy Hunsinger and Aleks Krotoski. Free lunch, coffee breaks and the room is included in participation. jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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online community statistics
by Lorraine R Buis 12 Dec '07

12 Dec '07

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone out there has any citations for updated statistics/estimates of the number of Internet users who use online communities. The most current estimates I can find are from a 2001 Pew Internet & American Life report that indicate that approximately 100 million American Internet users have used an online community. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! Lorraine Buis, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Veterans Affairs Health Services Research & Development

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Giveaway of the day - MP3 Recorder Studio
by Lois Ann Scheidt 12 Dec '07

12 Dec '07

Today's Giveaway of the Day software is called MP3 Recorder Studio and it allows you to record internet calls in MP3 format. Might be a very useful tool for research interviews. If you don't already monitor the Giveaway of the Day site I suggest you start doing so...they give away lots of software that could be useful for research purposes. Oh and when you install do read the txt file for activation information. Check out http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/ Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Student - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Adjunct Instructor - School of Informatics, IUPUI, Indianapolis IN USA and IUPUC, Columbus IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com

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Anglican Ministry in Second Life
by Mark Brown 12 Dec '07

12 Dec '07

Greetings, I lead the Anglican Ministry in Second Life which over a short period of time has grown to 5 church services a week and more than 300 members. It is doing something very unusual within the church, constructive and effective engagement with the internet. I am looking for someone interested in undertaking some research to assist in documenting and analyzing this unusual fledgling programme. For background information see: http://slangcath.wordpress.com/ In Christ, Revd Mark Brown http://brownblog.info _________________________________________________________________ Overpaid or Underpaid? Check our comprehensive Salary Centre http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent%2Emycareer%2Ecom%2E…

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