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Re: [Air-L] BFF
by NANCY MCDONALD-KNWRTHY 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

"Best Friends Forever" from a South Park tv show episode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Friends_Forever Nancy McDonald-Kenworthy, GA CSTW Writing Center Tutor www.cstw.org Cultural Studies, Coll. of ED, OSU. ----- Original Message ----- From: Nancy Baym <nbaym(a)ku.edu> Date: Saturday, September 29, 2007 9:13 pm Subject: [Air-L] BFF > Does anyone on here know the origin of the term BFF? A scholar who > studies friendship has asked me and I don't know. > > Nancy > > -- > Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym > Communication Studies, University of Kansas > Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 102, Lawrence, KS 66045- > 7574, USA > Blog: http://www.onlinefandom.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/ >

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"unsubscribing" from a social networking site
by Christopher Lueg 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Dear all There is something I find quite interesting. Someone created an account with one of the biggest social networking sites around using one of my email addresses (without my permission; probably a typo only causing a problem because the social networking site does not seem to verify email addresses). I noticed the unauthorized use of my email address because I received a "new friend" message belonging to that account. Nothing unusual as the respective address is with a popular "freemail" provider and is (ab)used fairly frequently. I merely keep the address as a way to learn how many sites (still) don't use confirmed-opt-in and how sites respond to abuse notifications (some of the sites owned by big media companies are the worst). The interesting bit is the approach the social networking site recommends to solve the abuse problem: > If you are the owner of the email account, you can delete the profile > that is using it. First, from [site], click on the "forgot my > password" link, to have the password sent to the email address > associated with the account. > Then, return to [site], click on 'Account Settings' and then click > on 'Cancel Account'. An email will be sent to the email address used as > the login name to verify Account Deletion. This is a fairly common response actually. Over the years the respective address has been (ab)used to subscribe to quite a few newsletters, join online communities etc. When complaining, most sites suggest I "unsubscribe" by clicking certain unsubscribe links or follow certain "unsubscribe" procedures similar to above. Usually, they are surprised when I tell them I can't unsubscribe something I never subscribed to... after all, it's not my subscription! Just like the above social networking site account is not my account (verified). My impression is the sites just try to off-load inconvenient administration work but by doing so they put third parties not associated with their business dealings in an awkward position. Any thoughts? Best regards christopher -- Dr. Christopher Lueg Professor of Computing University of Tasmania Private Bag 100 Hobart TAS 7001, Australia christopher.lueg(a)utas.edu.au http://www-staff.it.uts.edu.au/~lueg/ CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B

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AoIR: new executive for 2007-2009
by Matthew Allen 03 Oct '07

03 Oct '07

Dear all It is with great pleasure that I can now announce the executive for the period of 2007-2009. President - Charles Ess Vice-President - Mia Consalvo Treasurer - Monica Murero Secretary - Sabyrna Cornish Graduate Student - Asa Rosenberg Open Seats - Axel Bruns, Heidi Campbell, Marcus Foth Past-President - Matthew Allen Holly Kruse and Alex Halavais will for the time being continue as our trusted and hardworking systems and list managers. The new executive will take over at the AGM on Friday night at the AoIR conference in Vancouver. My thanks to all those voted: commiserations to those who failed to get elected and my congratulations to the winners. Thanks, too, to Jenny Stromer-Galley who acted as the Vote counter. Matt Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://smi.curtin.edu…> +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aoir.org/>

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MySpace swearing - new paper
by m.thelwall＠blueyonder.co.uk 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

I think sites like MySpace that are full of informal comments are a goldmine of information for anyone interested in informal communication and culture. I don't think we've properly started to exploit this opportunity yet. Comments welcome on the article below (submitted to a journal): Thelwall, M. (2007). Fk yea I swear: Cursing and gender in MySpace. Available: http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~cm1993/papers/MySpaceSwearing_online.doc Abstract: Youth-orientated social network sites like MySpace are important venues for socialising and identity expression. Analysing such sites can therefore give a timely window into otherwise hidden aspects of contemporary culture. In this article MySpace member home pages are used to analyse swearing in the U.S. and U.K. The results indicate that almost all young MySpaces and about half of middle-aged MySpaces contain some swearing, for both males and females. There was no significant gender difference in the U.K. for strong swearing, especially for younger users (16-19). This is perhaps the first large-scale evidence of gender equality in strong swearing frequency in any informal English language use context. In contrast, U.S. male MySpaces contain significantly more strong swearing that those of females. The U.K. female assimilation of traditionally male swearing in the informal context of MySpace is suggestive of deeper changes in gender roles in society, possibly related to the recent rise in ladette culture.

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[SLED] lessons in second life
by Jeremy Hunsinger 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

distribute as appropriate -jh Every Week on Tuesday (1:30-3pm SLT) join us for Lessons in Second Life, an open table forum centering on what can be learned in sl in both formal and informal settings. The forum is open to faculty, students, and interested parties of all kinds. We meet at the _blacklibrary hyperborea 91, 30, 26 im buridan simon for more information. Come share your ideas for learning in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/hyperborea/92/30/26/ this week's Lessons in Second Life is brought you by: Friends of Napping next week's Lessons in Second Life is brought to you by the United Sisterhood Against Primhogs Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators

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CfP General Online Research Conference, Hamburg
by Anja Göritz 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

(Sorry for crossposting) ------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------------------------------------------- 10th International GOR Conference GOR 08 GENERAL ONLINE RESEARCH 2008 March, 10-12, 2008 Hamburg University, Germany organized by: German Society for Online Research - DGOF e.V. local organizers: EARSandEYES GmbH, Hamburg (main sponsor) Chair for Marketing and Branding, Hamburg University, Prof. Sattler ------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference topics include theories, methods, and findings pertaining to social and business aspects of the Internet and mobile communication. The aim of the conference is to document the progress of Internet science, innovative developments, and practical experience. Traditionally, GOR conferences have been excellent opportunities for dialogue between: - researchers and users of Internet science - universities and companies - customers and suppliers. ------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- Conference Languages: --------------------- English, German ------- Topics: ------- A: The Internet as a Tool for Market, Opinion and Social Research - Method Effects in Online Data Collection - Mobile Data Collection - Statistical Biases in Online Sampling - Best Practice Examples and Case Studies from Market Research - Innovative Data Collection Tools - Online Access Panels - Quality Standards - Data Mining - Online Experiments - New Methods of Qualitative Research - Cultural Effects in Cross-National Studies - Mixed Mode Studies B: Internet Metrics - Indices of the Digital Divide(s) and Digital Inequality - Measurement of Online Social Networks - Use of Logfiles and Databases - Indices of the Information Society - Measurement of Coverage - Diffusion of Visual Online & Mobile Communication C: The Internet in its Context Internet, Mobile Communication, and Civil Society - Online Groups & Online Communities - Social Networks and Relationships Online & Offline - Digital Inequality - E-Democracy - Internet, Social Movements, and Collective Action - Internet & Science Electronic & Mobile Business - E-Business - Evaluation of Web-Sites and E-Commerce - Mobile Commerce - Electronic CRM and its Relation to Online Market Research Internet & Mobile Communication in Everyday Life - Mobile & Online Entertainment - Social and Psychological Effects of Internet Use - E-Health - E- & M-Learning - Web 2.0 - New Forms and Formats: Internet-TV, Blogs, Podcasts, RSS etc. Internet & Mobile Communication in Organizations - Online Employee Surveys - Virtual Teams & Online Communities of Practice - Online Knowledge Exchange and Knowledge Management ----------------------- Types of Contributions: ----------------------- 1.) Paper: Paper presentations of research results include an oral presentation of 20 min duration plus 10 min for discussion. 2.) Poster: Posters will be discussed in designated time slots. 3.) Session: There is the opportunity to propose a group of (3-5) interrelated papers within one session. 4.) Roundtable Report: These 10 min oral presentations without slides are work-in- progress reports. 3-5 interrelated reports will be discussed at one Roundtable. 5.) Workshop: You may propose teaching a 2.5 or 5 hour pre-conference workshop covering key methods of Internet science. ------------------------ Awards and Publications: ------------------------ An independent jury will award a prize for the best poster(s). Total prize money: EUR 500,-. A prize will be awarded for the best paper from market research practice. Selected contributions on Mobile Market Research will be invited for publication in an edited volume. ---------- Workshops: ---------- There will be tutorial workshops covering key methods of Internet science. The workshops will take place on the eve of the GOR (March 10, 2008) and throughout the GOR. Participation in workshops is not free of charge, and the number of participants is limited. Registered visitors of the conference have priority. More information is available at http://www.gor.de. ----------------------- Exhibition Stand Space: ----------------------- Companies will have the opportunity to book exhibition stand space for presentations of products or services. More information is available at office(a)dgof.de. ------------------------------------- Social Events and Membership Meeting: ------------------------------------- The traditional Early-Bird-Meeting takes place in the evening of March 10, 2008. Visitors and participants will have the opportunity to socialize with colleagues and meet with other researchers. On Tuesday evening (March 11, 2008) there will be a social event with dancing. During the conference there is a meeting of the members of the German Society for Online Research. Members will receive additional information about the meeting at a later date. ---------------------- Submission Guidelines: ---------------------- If you would like to contribute to the conference by presenting a paper, roundtable report, a poster, a complete session, or by teaching a workshop submit an abstract electronically no later than October 21, 2007 at http://www.gor.de Abstracts, which should be in the English language, may be up to 350 words long. An additional German language version is appreciated. To enable a thorough review, abstracts should be informative. Where applicable, include the design, methods, and main results. Authors may present in English or German. At any rate, the slides of the papers need to be in English. Abstracts can only be submitted via the Web-based tool located at the GOR website. All abstracts will be reviewed by an international board. Authors will receive notification of acceptance by December 1, 2007. A preliminary program will be posted by January 1, 2008 at http://www.gor.de Transparencies or slides in English that accompany accepted oral presentations are to be sent by February 17, 2008. --------------------------------- Conference Fees and Registration: --------------------------------- Conference fees include tax, conference materials, two lunches, the evening event, drinks and snacks during breaks. Researchers: 180 Euros First authors: 145 Euros Students: 90 Euros Commercial participants (e.g., company representatives, free-lancers, consultants): 465 Euros Early registrants (i.e., registration by January 15, 2008) get a 15% discount. DGOF members get a 20% discount, which cannot be combined with the early registrants' discount. For participants other than first authors, day tickets are available, as well. Registration for all participants begins December 1, 2007 at http://www.gor.de. First authors must not register later than January 31, 2008. First authors will have to pay full conference fees in advance. -------------------- Important Deadlines: -------------------- 10/21/2007 deadline for abstract submission 12/01/2007 feedback on acceptance / registration begins 01/01/2008 preliminary program available 01/31/2008 deadline for first author registration 02/17/2008 deadline for sending in slides 03/10 - 03/12/2008 conference and workshops -------------------- How to Get in Touch: -------------------- Conference website, abstract submission, workshops: http://www.gor.de Business activities and any further questions: office(a)dgof.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- Kind regards, Anja Goeritz -- Dr. Anja Goeritz Erlangen-Nuremberg University Dept. of Organizational & Social Psychology Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nuremberg, Germany www.goeritz.net

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FW: [DDN] fwd: Call for researchers: Public Access ICT Landscape Study
by Katy E. Pearce 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

----------------------- Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone -----Original Message----- From: "Andy Carvin" <andycarvin(a)yahoo.com> Date: Monday, Oct 1, 2007 11:51 pm Subject: [DDN] fwd: Call for researchers: Public Access ICT Landscape Study To: Reply- "The Digital Divide Network discussion group" <digitaldivide(a)digitaldivide.net>To: "digitaldivide list" <digitaldivide(a)digitaldivide.net> [DDN] fwd: Call for researchers: Public Access ICT Landscape Study Passing this along; please contact the researchers directly at ictstudy(a)u.washington.edu if you have any questions as I am not affiliated with the project. -andy ------- Call for ICT Researchers - Submit Expression of Interest by 8 October 2007 Public Access ICT Landscape Study Expression of Interest Country research teams The University of Washington Center for Internet Studies (CIS) is conducting a study of public access ICT environments in 25 countries. The research will include an examination of physical infrastructures (libraries, telecenters, kiosks, etc.), public access policies, stakeholder analyses (especially within government), and the information needs of disadvantaged communities, among others. To implement this study, CIS is seeking qualified in-country research teams to conduct interviews, surveys and local language data analyses. The expected timeframe for the engagement is November 2007 through August 2008. The final list of countries is still being determined, and one of the criteria is the availability of a local research team with the capacity to undertake this research. For details of this request and list of countries, visit: http://www.cis.washington.edu/projects/publicaccessICTlandscape/countrysele… Interested parties should send a 1-page Expression of Interest in a Word or text file by October 8 to: ictstudy(a)u.washington.edu _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE(a)digitaldivide.net http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to digitaldivide-request(a)mailman.edc.org with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.36/1041 - Release Date: 10/1/2007 10:20 AM

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effect of Internet on paper consumption?
by Hang Ryeol Na 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

Dear all, I am preparing to write a paper about the effect of internet commerce on paper consumption in terms of sustainable development. As there has been a lot of debate on whether the internet decreased or increased paper consumption, for example, paperless office, online bill and payment, etc. I am interested in what factors contributed to the increase and what others to the decrease. Do you have any information, or can you provide any resource of the data showing the effect of internet on paper consumption? If there are any statistics of companies which saved the cost by, for example, making the customers move from the traditional paper bill to online bill, it would be great. It would be even greater if any analysis is available of what made or did not make it possible to save the cost in such a way. I need to understand why there are both success and failure in such cases. My focus is on how to decrease the paper consumption with internet, or, whether it is feasible or not. Thanks for your consideration. Sincerely, Hang Ryeol Na _________________________________________________________________ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE

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Re: [Air-L] effect of Internet on paper consumption?
by Laur Kanger 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

If talking about sustainable development vis-a-vis internet commerce and the use of paper, have You considered taking a wider perspective in account? For example, even if studies WOULD show that e-commerce does reduce the use of paper (as I see, there have been some works that cast some doubts on that fact), the overall impact of ecological cost of producing and constant renewing of ICT's and the infrastructure involved might still render the positive results (in terms of paper use) negative. I think it was in Dordoy, A. & Mellor, M. (2001). Ch 68 „Grassroots Environmental Movements: Mobilisation in an Information Age”. In „Manuel Castells. Volume III. From the Informational City to the Information Age” (2004), eds F. Webster & B. Dimitriou. London: Sage, pp 248-264, where the authors cited Harpold & Philip who said something along the lines "the environmental impact of producing ICTs is very hard to assess". They didnät get to the bottom of the problem though... Sincerely, Laur Kanger > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hang Ryeol Na [mailto:nhr24@hotmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, 30 September 2007 9:35 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] effect of Internet on paper consumption? > > Dear all, > > I am preparing to write a paper about the effect of internet commerce on > paper consumption in terms of sustainable development. > As there has been a lot of debate on whether the internet decreased or > increased paper consumption, for example, paperless office, online bill > and payment, etc. I am interested in what factors contributed to the > increase and what others to the decrease. > > Do you have any information, or can you provide any resource of the data > showing the effect of internet on paper consumption? > > If there are any statistics of companies which saved the cost by, for > example, making the customers move from the traditional paper bill to > online bill, it would be great. It would be even greater if any analysis > is available of what made or did not make it possible to save the cost > in such a way. I need to understand why there are both success and > failure in such cases. My focus is on how to decrease the paper > consumption with internet, or, whether it is feasible or not. > > Thanks for your consideration. > > Sincerely, > > Hang Ryeol Na > > _________________________________________________________________ > Discover the new Windows Vista > http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE > _______________________________________________ > 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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Literature request - harm and offence arising from Internet content and behaviour
by David Brake 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

In 2006 I contributed to the following book: Livingstone, S. M. and A. M. Hargrave (2006) Harm and Offence in Media Content: A Review of the Evidence, Intellect, Bristol. <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/ newsAndEvents/archives/2006/HarmAndOffenceInMedia.htm> It included a section on the harms and offence arising from Internet use. Themes covered at the time were: Pornography Harmful contact (paedophiles, bullying, stalking) Hate content online We will be producing a supplement to this book which will be available online and which will incorporate research from 2005 to the present (including if possible as-yet-unpublished work). If you have produced or are aware of any research on these themes or others you believe please either share them here or email me off-list as soon as possible. --- 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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