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has anyone ever read Jacques Ellul?
by Peter Timusk 07 Oct '07

07 Oct '07

Has anyone ever read Jacque Ellul's The Technological Society, tr. Wilkinson, John (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964) ? and if so, when did you read it and what ideas do you use from it or still find current? thanks for any discussions Peter Timusk, B.Math statistics (2002), B.A. legal studies (2006) Carleton University Systems Science Graduate student, University of Ottawa just trying to stay linear. Read by hundreds of lurkers every week.

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Purdue University's Serious Games Research Forum
by Kisselburgh, Lorraine G 07 Oct '07

07 Oct '07

Dear colleagues, We invite you to join us for a Serious Games Research Forum at Purdue University, October 11-12, 2007. The keynote speaker will be James Gee, Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University, and author of the recently released "Good Video Games and Good Learning: Collected Essays on Video Games, Learning and Literacy." Participants include Alice Robison, of MIT's Comparative Media Studies; Mia Consalvo, of Ohio University; Ben Stokes of MacArthur Foundation and Games to Change; Sheri Graner Ray, of Sirenia Games; Christoph Hoffmann, of Purdue University; Samantha Blackmon, of Purdue University; and others. In addition to humanistic and social science perspectives on serious games, the forum includes presentations from Purdue faculty in computer science, computer graphics technology, and engineering, with a presentation about the new games-based course in aerospace design planned for Fall 2008. There will be a Town Hall forum Thursday evening 7-9pm; the Friday research forum runs from 9am-3:45pm. The day ends with a tour of Purdue's Envision Center for Data Perceptualization, and a presentation by Gary Bertoline on cyber-enabled learning infrastructures. We will be live streaming (and archiving) the Friday 9 am keynote presentation; the remaining presentations will be podcast. More information can be found at: www.purdue.edu/dp/dlc/gameforum. Registration is recommended. We hope you can join us! Regards, Lorraine ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Lorraine G. Kisselburgh Ph.D. candidate (Media, Technology, and Society / Organizational Comm ) Research Assistant, Department of Communication and Discovery Park Department of Communication * Purdue University West Lafayette, IN 47907-2098 lorraine(a)purdue.edu * (765)-494-3429 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --

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Gender disparity in Free Software versus ICT
by Conor Schaefer 06 Oct '07

06 Oct '07

Stumbled upon (funny how it's hard to use that phrase now... I should have said "serendipitously found"!) this tonight. It was linked from http://www.libervis.com/. It's a very small site just pointing out that the ratio of women to men is far worse within the Free Software community than in general ICT (which, as we all know, is very far from the global norm). It even lists a little bit of literature on sources at the bottom. http://www.gendershouldntmatter.org/ Conor

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 39, Issue 6
by Seeta Nyary 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

I will be out of the office on Friday Oct.5

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Technical Editor Position - Journal of Global Buddhism
by Elisabeth Arweck 05 Oct '07

05 Oct '07

5/10/07 This may be of interest.... Elisabeth ------- Dear Colleagues, The Journal of Global Buddhism is seeking a new technical editor. Michael Wilson, who has worked in the position since the establishment of the journal in 2000, is leaving. We are very grateful to Michael for doing a wonderful job. The position of technical editor is of great importance in an online journal, and Michael has worked hard at, amongst other things, designing the journal website and then ensuing that it ran smoothly. Requirements: The technical editor for the JGB would need to know the following programs: HTML, CSS, Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver Additional skills in the following would be useful: Flash, Adobe Pagemaker, Photoshop Previous experiences in working with online applications would be of much value but not an absolute necessity. Please note that the JGB is run completely by volunteers. If you would like to apply, please send a brief CV and cover letter explaining why you would like to work at the JGB and describing your experience in this field of work. Though the journal does not pay a salary, you will be involved in an inspiring and exciting team. Please forward your letter of interest via email to the managing editor: Cristina Rocha mailto:c.rocha@uws.edu.au Many thanks, Cristina Dr. Cristina Rocha Managing Editor: Journal of Global Buddhism www.globalbuddhism.org Author of "Zen in Brazil: The Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity", Hawaii University Press, 2006. http://www.uws.edu.au/research/researchcentres/ccr/ccrpeople/rocha ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Re: [Air-L] Queer online
by jonathan 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

You may also want to check out a special issue of the International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies (guest edited by Jonathan Alexander, UC, Irvine) , entitled "Queer Webs: Representations of LGBT People and Communities on the World Wide Web." Vol. 7, Nos. 2 & 3. April/May 2002. ---- Chrystie Myketiak <MYKETIAK(a)DAL.CA> wrote: > If you have not looked at John Edward Campbell's book _Getting it on > online_ you > should. He studies three online communities: gay muscle, gay bear and > gay chub. > > Chrystie Myketiak > Interaction, Media and Communication Research Group > Computer Science > Queen Mary, University of London > > Quoting Alexis Turner <subbies(a)redheadedstepchild.org>: > > > Sorry, are you looking for reading or resources? Or both? Your > > message wasn't > > entirely clear. > > > > If resources, I would suggest Bear 411. > > -Alexis > > > > > > On Wed, 3 Oct 2007, Steven Doran wrote: > > > > ::Hi there, > > :: > > ::Venturing into a new area hear and was just wondering if anyone can > > make suggestions on good reading in the world of online queer > > indentity, especially Bear culture. Anything from chat rooms to > > message boards to online personal ads. All comments are welcome. > > :: > > ::Thanks, > > :: > > ::Steven Doran > > ::Institute for Communications Research > > ::University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign > > ::sedoran2@uiuc.edu > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/

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Clarification re Media@LSE's 5th Anniversary Conference
by David Brake 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

The conference below will be hosted by the media department of the London School of Economics at its central London campus. See the conference website for more details. > Fifth Anniversary Conference: Media, Communication and Humanity > > Sunday 21st - Tuesday 23rd September 2008 > In celebration of our Department’s fifth anniversary year, we > invite critical thinking about how the media and communications > environment is implicated in shaping our perceptions of the human > condition and thus, increasingly, mediating human values, actions > and social relations. We welcome proposals for papers offering > theoretical insight and/or empirical work on this theme, focused on > the five linked areas below. > > Communication and Difference > Democracy, Politics and Journalism Ethics > Globalisation and Comparative Studies > Innovation, Governance and Policy > Media and New Media Literacies > Abstracts should be submitted by 1 March 2008. > > See conference website <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/ > Conference/Default.htm> for further details. > > We very much hope you will join us in our celebrations, Robin > Mansell and Sonia Livingstone. > > Confirmed speakers: > > Sandra Ball-Rokeach > Annenberg School for Communication, USA > > Lilie Chouliaraki > LSE, UK > > Peter Dahlgren > Lund University, Sweden > > Daniel Dayan > Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France > > John Downing > Southern Illinois University, USA > > Anthony Giddens > LSE, UK > > Carolyn Marvin > Annenberg School for Communication, USA > > Mark Poster > University of California, Irvine, USA > --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone) Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm

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Help with Facebook Research
by Catherine Dwyer 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

hello, I am planning a survey of Facebook members at NJIT, where I am a PhD student. I would like to write a web crawl or similar program to identify through Facebook who is part of the NJIT network. I have seen other papers discuss this technique, but I need more specific details as to how to accomplish it. Any ideas? Many thanks, Cathy Dwyer, Lecturer Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems Pace University http://csis.pace.edu/~dwyer Office location: CS/IS Faculty Offices 163 Williams Street #225 212-346-1728

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Politics: Web 2.0: An International Conference: Second Call For Papers
by Chadwick Andrew 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

Politics: Web 2.0: An International Conference: Second Call For Papers Hosted by the New Political Communication Unit, Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London. http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk April 17-18, 2008. http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/politics-web-2-0-conference/ *Apologies for Cross-Posting* Second call for papers Has there been a shift in political use of the Internet and digital new media - a new Web 2.0 politics based on participatory values? How do broader social, cultural, and economic shifts towards Web 2.0 impact, if at all, on the contexts, the organizational structures, and the communication of politics and policy? Does Web 2.0 hinder or help democratic citizenship? This conference provides an opportunity for researchers to share and debate perspectives. Confirmed keynote speakers to date Stephen Coleman, Institute for Communications Studies, University of Leeds; Rachel Gibson, Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester; Helen Margetts, Oxford Internet Institute; Micah Sifry, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of Personal Democracy Forum and formerly of The Nation; Michael Turk, Vice President of Industry Grassroots for the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, formerly e-campaign director, Bush-Cheney '04, and e-campaign director for the Republican National Committee. Further keynote speakers to be announced. Conference Sponsor Routledge Publishers. Potential themes could include (in no particular order): * Theorizing Web 2.0. * Changes in political journalism, news production, and consumption. * Social networking (MySpace, Facebook) and election campaigning. * Citizen activism from the local to the transnational. * Blogs, wikis, and user-generated content. * Changing social, cultural, and political identities. * Social software and social media: design, technologies, tools, and techniques. * Social network analysis. * Surveillance, privacy, and security. * Security, foreign policy and international communication. * Hacktivism. * Radical transparency. * The impact of online video. * E-government, web 2.0, and new models of public service delivery. * New models of social and political collaboration and problem-solving. * 'Little brother' phenomena. * Political life in virtual worlds. * Netroots versus the war room model of election campaigning. * New challenges for media regulation. * Collaborative production of political knowledge networks. * Changing party, interest group, and social movement strategies. * Web 2.0 and political marketing. * Collective intelligence, smart mobs, crowdsourcing. * Fragmenting audiences, the long tail, and the political economy of web 2.0 media. * Civil society, civic engagement, and mobilization. * Web 2.0, ICT4D and the changing digital divide. * The politics of intellectual property. * Hyperlocalism. * The political aesthetics of Web 2.0. Journal of Information Technology and Politics special issue Conference presenters will be invited to submit their papers to a peer review process for publication in a special issue of the new Journal of Information Technology and Politics. http://www.jitp.net. Submitting a paper or panel proposal Paper proposals should be submitted via the secure online form here: http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/web-2-0-conference-form/ Full panel proposals are also welcome. If you would like to propose a panel of three papers on a common theme, with or without a discussant, please email the proposal to the Conference Convenor: Dr. Andrew Chadwick (Andrew.Chadwick(a)rhul.ac.uk) Deadline for all proposals: November 2, 2007. Successful proposals will be announced in December 2007. Details of accommodation packages will be released early in 2008. About the New Political Communication Unit Led by the Department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, the New Political Communication Unit was created in the Spring of 2007. Our research agenda consists of three strands: * Comparative and international political communication: the Internet's impact on political mobilization, campaigning and identity; the relationship between media, war, new security challenges and conflict; audience reception studies in the context of the proliferation of media; the dynamic between citizens' changing uses of media and a transforming news environment; citizen journalism; technology and mobilities. * Communication and comparative governance: e-government, e-democracy and the changing interface between representative institutions, public bureaucracies and citizens; changing organizational practices shaped by new patterns of communication. * Comparative and international communication policy: Internet and new media governance and regulation; privacy, surveillance and security, the political economy of new media; cultural diversity policy; digital divide and development issues. We offer a taught Masters stream in New Political Communication and PhD supervision in our areas of expertise. The Unit's network inside Royal Holloway incorporates academic staff from the Department of Politics and International Relations, the Department of Media Arts, the School of Management, the UNESCO Centre for ICT4D in the Department of Geography, the Department of Psychology and the Department of Computer Science. Our external networks include scholars and practitioners in a wide variety of organisations and countries. For more information, please visit our home page About Royal Holloway Royal Holloway is one of the major Colleges of the federal University of London and is among the elite group of ten university institutions whose departments all hold the top three ratings for research, with scores of 4, 5 and 5*. Our beautiful parkland campus is about 15 minutes by taxi from London Heathrow airport, and about 35 minutes from central London by train. For further information visit the College home page: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/ --------------------------------- Dr Andrew Chadwick, Head of Department, Department of Politics & International Relations, Director, New Political Communication Unit, Royal Holloway, University of London. ------------------------------------------------------ New Political Communication Unit: http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk Associate Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics: http://www.jitp.net Department Pages: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/politics-and-IR/about-us/chadwick Latest Book Site: http://www.andrewchadwick.com

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Media@LSE's 5th Anniversary Conference: Media, Communication and Humanity
by David Brake 04 Oct '07

04 Oct '07

> Fifth Anniversary Conference: Media, Communication and Humanity > > Sunday 21st - Tuesday 23rd September 2008 > In celebration of our Department’s fifth anniversary year, we > invite critical thinking about how the media and communications > environment is implicated in shaping our perceptions of the human > condition and thus, increasingly, mediating human values, actions > and social relations. We welcome proposals for papers offering > theoretical insight and/or empirical work on this theme, focused on > the five linked areas below. > > Communication and Difference > Democracy, Politics and Journalism Ethics > Globalisation and Comparative Studies > Innovation, Governance and Policy > Media and New Media Literacies > Abstracts should be submitted by 1 March 2008. > > See conference website <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/ > Conference/Default.htm> for further details. > > We very much hope you will join us in our celebrations, Robin > Mansell and Sonia Livingstone. > > Confirmed speakers: > > Sandra Ball-Rokeach > Annenberg School for Communication, USA > > Lilie Chouliaraki > LSE, UK > > Peter Dahlgren > Lund University, Sweden > > Daniel Dayan > Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France > > John Downing > Southern Illinois University, USA > > Anthony Giddens > LSE, UK > > Carolyn Marvin > Annenberg School for Communication, USA > > Mark Poster > University of California, Irvine, USA > --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone) Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.htm

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