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CfP Electronic Commerce Research - Metaverses/SL: Deadline 1st December
by Savvas Papagiannidis 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Electronic Commerce Research: Special Issue Call Reminder Deadline: 1st December 2007 For more information please visit: http://www.ebusiness-newcastle.com/news/article.php?id=40 I HAVE AN AVATAR THEREFORE I EXIST: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN METAVERSES Millions of users from around the globe participate in massive multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPG), such as Second Life and World of Warcraft, 3D worlds that are often considered the next generation Web. With their user base growing at an exponential rate we are already experiencing the development of a phenomenon that may be as significant as the Web itself. The rapid development of MMORPGs and metaverses is likely to bring about significant business as well as social, legal, policy, methodological and technological opportunities and challenges. This special issue aims to explore these and contribute to this rapidly expanding field by focusing on issues relevant to electronic business and management. Academics and practitioners are invited to submit conceptually and empirically based original papers addressing areas such as those listed below: Business opportunities and challenges Marketing implications Identity management issues Virtual economies and economic policies Virtual entrepreneurship and metaverse ebusiness models Developing MMORPGs and related strategies and ebusiness models Real money trading Consumer and business ethics in metaverses Case studies (e.g. Second Life, World of Warcraft etc) Human-computer interaction issues in metaverses Psychological aspects of participating in metaverses Legal issues (e.g. copyright and ownership of virtual property) The above areas are just indicative and this special issue would welcome papers discussing other relevant topics. For the manuscripts guidelines please visit the journal's web site. All papers, accompanied by a short biographical note for each author (approximately 200-250 words per author), should be submitted as an email attachment to the Guest Editors (Email: savvas.papagiannidis(a)ncl.ac.uk) All papers will be double blind refereed.

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one web day conflict
by Barry Wellman 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

It's unfortunate that OneWebDay comes on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish religion -- when we do without. Whoever creating the scheduling mismatch has something to atone for. Fortunately, they can do it this Saturday. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-7162 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days _______________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-L] AoIR 8.0 Let's Play: Calling all Birds of a Feather!
by ebenyehu＠sfu.ca 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

can anyone do that? even if I have not been registrated yet or presenting a paper? i do have a very good topic to discuss with a group.. MA candidate SIAT, sfu On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:31:50 -0400 air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Hi all, > > Richard and I are finalizing the conference schedule, and we have slots > available on Thursday from 5-6 PM and Saturday from 5-6 PM for Birds of a > Feather Sessions. > > If you haven't been to one, BoF sessions are informal gatherings for people > interested in a particular topic. We don't have pre-set topics--those are > created by individuals, and in the past they have included areas such as > health online, LGBT issues, game studies, digital divide, etc etc. > > In addition to having topics set by you, the format/agenda of such meetings > is also up to you to decide. You can have an informal chat, meet like > minded > others, put together a call for conference or future action--the choice is > yours. We merely provide rooms and opportunities. > > SO! If you are interested in leading a BoF session please email me OFFLIST > at consalvo(a)ohio.edu by next Wednesday, September 26 with 1) your area of > interest for a session, 2) date preferred (Thursday or Saturday) and > 3) your > contact information. In the event of duplicated topics, I will assign > moderator to the first person who suggested it, or perhaps ask you to > share. > :) > > If you have questions, please email me offlist. > > Thanks everyone! > Mia > > -- > Mia Consalvo, Associate Professor > Director of Graduate Studies > 213 RTV Building > School of Telecommunications > 9 South College Street > Ohio University > Athens, OH 45701 > > 740.597.1521 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Fwd: [Icommons] Fwd: [A2k] OneWebDay, Sept. 22 - next Saturday
by Jeremy Hunsinger 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: Anirudh <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com> > Date: September 20, 2007 12:10:12 PM CDT > To: icommons(a)lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [Icommons] Fwd: [A2k] OneWebDay, Sept. 22 - next Saturday > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson(a)realmeasures.dyndns.org > > Date: Sep 17, 2007 11:18 AM > Subject: [A2k] OneWebDay, Sept. 22 - next Saturday > To: A2K(a)lists.essential.org, upd-discuss(a)lists.essential.org , > ecommerce(a)lists.essential.org > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [Discuss] OneWebDay, Sept. 22 - next Saturday > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:22:04 -0400 > From: WWWhatsup <joly(a)punkcast.com> > Reply-To: discuss(a)isoc-ny.org > To: isoc-ny(a)yahoogroups.com , discuss(a)isoc-ny.org > > http://www.onewebday.org/?p=240 > > OneWebDay, Sept. 22, is an Earth Day for the internet. > > Here's a very short overview video that will give you the idea > http://youtube.com/watch?v=twDyBfjUXv8 and a Rocketboom interview > about OneWebDay http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/rb_07_aug_20/flash. The > first OneWebDay took place in 2006. > > It's easy to take the web for granted. But it's worth taking a moment > to reflect on what the web could mean to humankind in the future. > That's the purpose of OneWebDay, held each September 22. > > There are substantial threats to the free flow of information online, > all over the world. Many governments censor online content. (see > http://opennet.net ). Many people in developing nations can't get > online at all. We need to ensure that the internet used by future > generations will be open and empowering — access to the internet is > central to the future of humanity. > > The idea behind OneWebDay is to encourage people to think of > themselves as responsible for the internet, and to take good and > visible actions on Sept. 22 that (1) celebrate the positive impact of > the internet on the world and (2) shed light on the problems of access > and information flow. > > OneWebDay is a global, decentralized event. We're encouraging people > around the world to meet up on Sept. 22 to talk about how the web > could change lives around the world in the future. We're aiming for at > least fifty of these events, and thanks to the Internet Society and > others we've already heard from Poland, Italy, Colombia, the > Philippines, Bulgaria, Kenya, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Belgium, Ethiopia, > Tunisia, and other countries. In the US, there will be events in Los > Angeles, Boston, Austin, and New York. > > Click on http://www.onewebday.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page page to see > these events. > > These events can range from sponsoring a teaching event (how to edit a > wiki, how to post a photo online etc) to helping a school or town set > up internet connections, to having a panel of speakers talk about the > ways the world has been/will be changed by the internet. We're working > with the Internet Society and the Internet Archive to encourage these > offline events, but anyone not affiliated with these groups is more > than welcome to get involved. In the US, the American Libraries > Association, the Sunlight Foundation, the Center for Democracy & > Technology > http://communities.justicetalking.org/blogs/day14/default.aspx and > other groups are working on OneWebDay-related announcements and > events. > > If readers would like to stage an offline OneWebDay event, let us know > at dan(a)onewebday.org what you're thinking of, and we'll make sure > there's a wiki page for you on onewebday.org to help your planning. > > *Online,* we're encouraging people to make their own short videos and > post them on blip.tv or youtube or dotsub.com tagged "onewebday2007?. > Suggested topics: > > + how the web has changed your life > > + how you'd like the web to change the world in the future > > + highlights of what you've seen online the day you make the video > > + your favorite online event ever > > + something you've done online with other people in other countries > > The internet is made of people, not just machines. It's up to us to > protect it. We can use OneWebDay around the world to raise awareness > of the threats to the internet — including censorship, inadequate > access, control of various kinds — and to celebrate the positive > impact of the internet on human lives. > > ==== > > Specifics for NY: > > New York City, 3-4pm, Washington Square Park Speakers to include Jimmy > Wales, founder of Wikipedia; Andrew Baron, founder of Rocketboom; Dana > Spiegel, NYCWireless; Birju Pandya, charityfocus.org ; Lauren Klein, > One Laptop Per Child. > > Rain Location: For Your Imagination, 22 West 27th Street, 6th Floor, > New York, NY 10001 > > Sept. 22, Noon to 2:30pm, free public classes in honor of OneWebDay at > NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program, 721 Broadway, 4th Floor > (cross street Waverly Place), *must rsvp at itp(a)onewebday.org to > attend.* > > Subjects to include: > -how to build a router antenna and turn your home into a neighborhood > hotspot > -how to live stream video online > -how to set up a blog and podcast > -all about Creative Commons > > Plus, the iCommons/OneWebDay Party: part of 50 Great Parties Around > the World. > > Time: 10pm > > Date: Sept. 22 > > Place: For Your Imagination, 22 West 27th Street, 6th Floor, New > York, NY 10001 > > Who should attend: Anyone who likes the internet and its > transformative effect on human lives > > Why you should attend: The internet is under threat around the > world, and it's up to us to celebrate and protect it. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > WWWhatsup NYC > http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss(a)isoc-ny.org > http://lists.isoc-ny.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > A2k mailing list > A2k(a)lists.essential.org > http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k > _______________________________________________ > Icommons mailing list > Icommons(a)lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/icommons jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Re: [Air-L] Second life strike at IBM
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

Interesting -- nice to tie this with Emmett who wrote in 1982 about email as a "gripenet" for IBM employees! Also, Romm & Pliskin who reported on email being used to organize a strike by Israeli teachers. /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:19:43 +0100 >From: "Yanuar Nugroho" <yanuar-n(a)unisosdem.org> >Subject: [Air-L] Second life strike at IBM >To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >dear all, > >this may be of interest: >http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/ibm-workers-to-walk-out--in-second- life/2007/09/19/1189881553044.html >seems to me an inspiration for cross-border, creative global campaign .. :-) > >best, >y > >------------------ >Yanuar Nugroho >http://audentis.wordpress.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/ ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate 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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Second life strike at IBM
by Yanuar Nugroho 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

dear all, this may be of interest: http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/ibm-workers-to-walk-out--in-second-life/2007… seems to me an inspiration for cross-border, creative global campaign .. :-) best, y ------------------ Yanuar Nugroho http://audentis.wordpress.com

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MindTrek Conference, October 3-4, Tampere, Finland
by Katri Lietsala 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

---------------------------------------------------- MindTrek, 3 – 4 October 2007 Tampere, Finland, http://www.mindtrek.org ---------------------------------------------------- MindTrek 2007 is proud to announce keynote speakers like: Jyri Engeström (Jaiku), Rick Falkving (The Swedish Pirate Party), Marc Canter (Broadband Mechanics), and Jim Zemlin (Linux Foundation). The conference streams will present the current themes of digital media. The streams are: * Social Media (http://www.mindtrek.org/ohjelma/social-media-stream_en) * Open Source Business & Innovation (http://www.mindtrek.org/ohjelma/open-source-innovation-stream_en) * Ubimedia (http://www.mindtrek.org/ohjelma/ubimedia-stream_en) * Games as Services (http://www.mindtrek.org/ohjelma/games-as-services-stream_en) * Government, eGovernment – Virtually Yours (http://www.mindtrek.org/ohjelma/information-society-e-services-stream_en) For full details on this conference, and to register, please visit: http://www.mindtrek.org -- Katri Lietsala Digital Media Adviser The Hypermedia Laboratory at the University of Tampere http://www.uta.fi/hyper

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e-Social Science 2007 Conference, 7-9 October 2007, Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
by Yuwei Lin 19 Sep '07

19 Sep '07

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** ---------------------------------------------------- The 3rd International Conference on e-Social Science 7 – 9 October 2007 Ann Arbor, Michigan, US http://ess.si.umich.edu/index.htm ---------------------------------------------------- /// Registration will close in 2 weeks!!! /// The aim of the e-Social Science 2007 Conference is to bring together international representatives of the social science and cyberinfrastructure research communities in order to create better mutual awareness, harmonize understanding, and instigate coordinated activities to accelerate research, development, and deployment of cyberinfrastructure to support the social science research community. A related objective is to articulate both the technical and social/organizational prerequisites for success in these endeavours. The e-Social Science 2007 Conference will feature three keynote speakers: - Daniel E. Atkins, first director of the U.S. National Science Foundation's Office of Cyberinfrastructure - Roberta Balstad, who until recently was director of Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) - Carole Goble, director of the myGrid project in the UK, the largest UK e-Science pilot project. For full details on this conference, and to register, please visit http://ess.si.umich.edu/index.htm Registration will close on 1st October, 12 noon (EST). -- Yuwei Lin | yuwei at ylin dot org http://www.ylin.org

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Re: [Air-L] Internet usage
by loriken＠uiuc.edu 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

Alecea, I don't know the context or purpose of your research, but I'd like to persuade you not to use an "informal open ended survey" for your data-gathering method. By "preliminary research" I assume you mean that you're doing an exploratory study. Surveys are better suited to collection of data that will be analyzed deductively. If you have open-ended questions you want to ask people, you're probably better off doing qualitative in-depth interviews. In this instance, you're likely to lose the advantages of qualitative methods without gaining the advantages surveys can give. If you'd like to discuss this further, feel free to contact me off list. Lori

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Wikipedia editing in the Washington Post
by Barry Wellman 18 Sep '07

18 Sep '07

GIven the WikiInterest in this list, fyi: There is a reasonable article in a very recent Washington Post about edit wars in Wikipedia, including my WikiFriend Tina Voz (Tvoz) talking about her editing interactions re Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson, etc. (Tina outed herself in the article, so I am not giving away an secrets). Another recent editwar about Fred had to do with mentioning the sizable age gap between Fred and his wife, and the extent to which her physical appearance is relevant (i.e., what picture to show). On Wikipedia, Debating 2008 Hopefuls' Every Facet - washingtonpost.com Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, September 17, 2007; Page A01. On Sen. John McCain's Wikipedia entry, the argument has been over whether he is a ... www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/16/AR2007091601699.ht… PS: While I am at, two Wikipedia articles need a lot of upgrading by people more knowledgeable than me: Virtual Community Social Network Service (e.g., Facebook) Besides the thinness of the discussion, both tend to be magnets for promoters of obscure social-software services. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Room 418 Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-7162 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing "Return to Sender" these days _______________________________________________________________________

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