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cafe near AIR conference
by Philip N Howard 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Organic independent coffee house with free wifi, near AIR events: http://www.treescoffee.com/ http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=trees+coffee+vancouver&ie=U…

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Re: [Air-L] Immigrant internet use refs request
by Karen Farquharson 18 Oct '07

18 Oct '07

Hi Andrew (and list), The Wired High Rise Project in Melbourne looked at residents' computer use, many of whom were migrants. Its final report is here: http://www.sisr.net/publications/0603wiredfinal.pdf. The focus was more on bridging the digital divide, but they did look at what residents used their computers for. There also might be some useful stuff in Linda Leung's _Virtual Ethnicity_ (2005 Ashgate Publishing), though her focus is race/ethnicity rather than migrant status. Cheers, Karen >>> "Andrew Whelan" <amj.whelan(a)gmail.com> 18/10/2007 1:07 am >>> Hi all, We have a project at Trinity starting, researching immigrants' internet use here in the Irish context. In particular, we're interested in how immigrants are accessing local government and social services online, but also how the internet is used for political activity, including political activity related to the country of origin. I'd be very grateful if anyone could suggest useful reading in this area (somewhat to my surprise, an archive search yielded few results). Best, Andrew -- http://231074.blogspot.com/ http://www.tcd.ie/sociology/ http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/ _______________________________________________ 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/ Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Re: [Air-L] Impact of AT&T divestiture on American college and
by NANCY MCDONALD-KNWRTHY 17 Oct '07

17 Oct '07

and isn't it ironic... now Verizon is owner of MCI... and MCI used to be owner of WorldCom, (I'm NOT going to say how much Bernie Ebbers screwed up my retirement before he went to jail)... W-com bought UUnet, which bought Compuserv... and I've worked with ALL of them... including Qwest, which bought LCI (a local Ohio company, originally)... and Lucent, which was the equipment maker of the original AT&T... and then there are all those "baby bells" who when the break-up happened, all were teh "local and regional" telcos (LATAs), while AT&T took the long distance part.. there is so much "incest" in this industry... and there are so many buyouts from so many of the "babies"... buying each other... very hard to keep up!!!! but I loved all the work I did with them all!! (was tech writer and project manager before back to school to research). There is plenty of stuff written about the telecom industry... Nancy McDonald-Kenworthy, GA CSTW Writing Center Tutor www.cstw.org Ohio State University ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heidelberg, Chris" <Chris.Heidelberg(a)ssa.gov> Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 5:41 pm Subject: Re: [Air-L] Impact of AT&T divestiture on American college and > You are correct John! MCI began making noise with its microwave > technology in 1968 and AT&T has actually almost reconstituted itself > with the exception of Verizon cities and some Quest locations. The > question becomes why did AT&T breakup to reform! I wrote about this in > my literature review for my dissertation. > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of John Laprise > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 4:46 PM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Impact of AT&T divestiture on American college > and > There is probably information available prior to the scope of your > research. > The long distance market began to be deregulated in the early > 1970's and > at that time AT&T's competitors were trying to offer cheaper service > provisioned with satellite and microwave links rather that the > wirelinelinks offered by AT&T. Later-on dorms were probably > considered by > carriers to be profit centers. High density living space with tech > readyconsumers...easy to wire up, relatively. If you can strike a > deal with > the university there are no last mile issues...you dig a trench > anywhereyou want because the University says its ok. > > John Laprise > Ph.D. Candidate > Media, Technology, and Society > School of Communication > Northwestern University > Evanston, IL USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > Associationof 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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Feminists, Postcolonial Theorists, and Queer Research conversation at AoIR
by Michele White 17 Oct '07

17 Oct '07

Dear Colleagues, The Feminists, Postcolonial Theorists, and Queers Doing Internet Research birds of a feather casual conversation and meeting is not mentioned in the schedule. I wanted to remind everyone that we would be meeting from 5-6pm in room 1510 on Thursday 18 October during the AoIR conference. After our conversation, a group of us will be having dinner together. I look forward to seeing you later this week. We have a related listserv and info is available at http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/femptheoryqueer-aoir.org All my best, Michele

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Follow-up to Netville study
by Keith N. Hampton 17 Oct '07

17 Oct '07

If you are interested in a follow-up to the "Neighboring in Netville" paper that appeared in City & Community in 2003. My longitudinal study that builds on that project is in the current issue Information Communication & Society (iCS): "Neighborhoods in the Network Society: The e-Neighbors study" http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a783039772~db=all~order=pag e Abstract This study examines whether the Internet is increasingly a part of everyday neighborhood interactions, and in what specific contexts Internet use affords the formation of local social ties. Studies of Internet and community have found that information and communication technologies provide new opportunities for social interaction, but that they may also increase privatism by isolating people in their homes. This paper argues that while the Internet may encourage communication across great distances, it may also facilitate interactions near the home. Unlike traditional community networking studies, which focus on bridging the digital divide, this study focuses on bridging the divide between the electronic and parochial realms. Detailed, longitudinal social network surveys were completed with the residents of four contrasting neighborhoods over a period of three years. Three of the four neighborhoods were provided with a neighborhood email discussion list and a neighborhood website. Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was used to model over time the number of strong and weak ties, emailed, met in-person, and talked to on the telephone. The neighborhood email lists were also analyzed for content. The results suggest that with experience using the Internet, the size of local social networks and email communication with local networks increases. The addition of a neighborhood email list further increases the number of weak neighborhood ties, but does not increase communication multiplexity. However, neighborhood effects reduce the influence of everyday Internet use, as well as the experimental intervention, in communities that lack the context to support local tie formation. -Keith -------------------------------------------- Keith N. Hampton Assistant Professor Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania 3620 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 www.mysocialnetwork.net

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Re: [Air-L] Impact of AT&T divestiture on American college and
by John Laprise 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

There is probably information available prior to the scope of your research. The long distance market began to be deregulated in the early 1970's and at that time AT&T's competitors were trying to offer cheaper service provisioned with satellite and microwave links rather that the wireline links offered by AT&T. Later-on dorms were probably considered by carriers to be profit centers. High density living space with tech ready consumers...easy to wire up, relatively. If you can strike a deal with the university there are no last mile issues...you dig a trench anywhere you want because the University says its ok. John Laprise Ph.D. Candidate Media, Technology, and Society School of Communication Northwestern University Evanston, IL USA

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Impact of AT&T divestiture on American college and university campus computer networks?
by Kevin Guidry 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

All, I am currently trying to piece together a history of technologies provided in American college and university residence halls. I am particularly focusing on technologies used for non-curricular communication and entertainment such as buzzers, telephones, televisions, computer labs, and in-room network connections. I'm really interested in knowing why these technologies were introduced and supported (market forces, consumerism, experimentation, academic uses, etc.). While I certainly welcome input on the broader topic, I turn to you to recommend sources to help me understand what effect, if any, the 1984 divestiture of AT&T may have had on the development of American college and university campus computer networks and telecommunications, particularly computer networks installed in residence halls. From primary and secondary sources, I already know that some institutions (the pioneers, as far as I can tell) began installing and experimenting with in-room network connections in the mid 80s. So the timing is right and it opens the door to examine the possibility that the AT&T divestiture helped spur these particular telecoms innovations and experiments, directly or indirectly. But I need (a) a broad understanding of the impact of the breakup and (b) empirical evidence of impact made on American colleges and universities. Are there particular resources you can recommend to help me understand the impact of the AT&T breakup on large American organizations and the development of computer networks? I have a feeling that there are a handful of definitive descriptions but this is a new area for me to explore and I welcome guidance. Kevin

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MMORPG Survey
by Joseph Simpson 16 Oct '07

16 Oct '07

Hi, I am a graduate student at Oklahoma State University and I am working on my masters thesis. I have just completed the construction of a new survey for MMORPG players. I am using a snow-ball sampling method for my respondants, so I need as much word of mouth support as I can get. The survey measures the impact of gaming as an emotional social ritual on community commitment and solodarity. Any one who has played or is playing an MMORPG is welcome to take the survey and I would apreciate any help in getting the word out. The survey can be taken at my website at www.josephmsimpson.com and if you wish to get a hold of me you can reach me at josephmsimpson(a)hotmail.com. I will be at this years conference in Vancouver presenting if you have any questions my paper session is Religion and Ritual 10:30 on Friday room 2245. Thank YouJoseph M. Simpson B.S. _________________________________________________________________ Peek-a-boo FREE Tricks & Treats for You! http://www.reallivemoms.com?ocid=TXT_TAGHM&loc=us

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Position: Director of MS in Interactive Communications Program
by Alex Halavais 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

Hello, everyone, If you are not already in the air for AIR--and for those who cannot join us this year--I thought I would note that we are hiring for someone to direct our MS in Interactive Communication program at Quinnipiac University. The official announcement is below. In short, we are looking for a "administrator-professional-scholar"--someone who has experience administering university programs (ideally, online graduate programs), someone who can demonstrate significant experience in the interactive industry (e.g., producer for online news or entertainment), and someone who has a solid grounding in new media theory and practice. If that seems too specific, we're mainly looking for interesting people to work with, and people ambitious enough to be able to foster the top program in the area. Since we pulled from the AIR crowd for our last hire, we hope there may be someone who fits this bill as well, and is looking for a move to Connecticut. Please drop me a note if you are in Vancouver and would like to chat informally about the position, the university, or anything else, for that matter :). Best, Alex Director of Interactive Communications Online Graduate Program The School of Communications of Quinnipiac University seeks an experienced administrator to direct an innovative professionally oriented online graduate program in interactive communications. The M.S. program in Interactive Communications prepares students for career advancement and opportunities as content producers or Web development managers for media companies or other firms that create and distribute information or entertainment online. Our graduates hold key positions in the online divisions of media and advertising companies such as A&E Entertainment Digital Media, AvenueA/Razorfish, CSTV, ESPN, the Journal-Register Co., Tribune Co. Young & Rubicam, and work in online marketing and Web development divisions for regional and global corporations and nonprofit organizations. This is a 12-month administrative appointment. Duties include overseeing curriculum development, student advising and working closely with the Associate Vice President for Online Programs on marketing, recruitment, and corporate outreach efforts. The Director will also teach in the program. This position is available August 2008. An advanced degree is required, and a high level of technical proficiency is expected. Experience in online environments, strong leadership abilities, and excellent communication skills are essential. Previous administrative experience and media professional experience required. The Ed McMahon Mass Communications Center at Quinnipiac University is a state of the art instructional facility and includes an all digital fully high definition television studio and post production facility. Quinnipiac University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian institution located in Hamden, Connecticut, 90 minutes north of New York City and 2 hours from Boston. The University has 280 full-time faculty and enrolls 5,400 full-time undergraduate and over 2,000 graduate students in more than 50 programs of study in Business, Health Sciences, Law, Liberal Arts, Education, and Communications. Quinnipiac University consistently ranks among the top northern regional universities in US News and World Report's America's Best Colleges. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae and contact information for three references electronically to: Dr. David Donnelly at david.donnelly(a)quinnipiac.edu. Consideration of candidates will begin November 15, 2007 and continue until position is filled. Quinnipiac University has a strong commitment to the principles and practices of diversity throughout the University community and we welcome candidates who would enhance that diversity. -- // // This email is // [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais // Social Architect // http://alex.halavais.net //

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CFP - deadline extended.
by Radhika Gajjala 15 Oct '07

15 Oct '07

I will be at Vancouver - aoir conference if anyone has questions re this call. ____ DEADLINE EXTENDED: PLEASE SUBMIT ABSTRACTS BY DECEMBER 1, 2007. Title: Everyday 3D Lives: Digital Embodiment, Performativity and Globalization Editor : Radhika Gajjala [ http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ] see blog post from today - at cyberdiva.org/blog Radhika Gajjala Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator School of Communication Studies 302 West Hall Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43402 http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik http://www.cyberdiva.org/blog

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