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Communication Technologies of Empowerment: Programme details
by Francisco Seoane 02 May '07

02 May '07

ICS International Postgraduate Conference: "Communication Technologies of Empowerment" Leeds, United Kingdom, 18 May, 2007 http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/pgconference/ The Institute of Communications Studies (ICS) at the University of Leeds will be hosting an international postgraduate day conference. Under the title "Communication Technologies of Empowerment", this event seeks to provide a platform for exchange and collaboration by bringing together young scholars who are studying how the latest developments in communication are affecting democracy and cultures by enabling new forms of political participation and citizen engagement, and enriching cultural experience. Welcome address: Prof. Stephen Coleman, Dr Graham Roberts, Dr Katharine Sarikakis Panel sessions: - E-Participation top-down: Institutional and Governmental Initiatives - E-Participation bottom-up: Individual and Public Engagement - Digital Governance and Social Change - Politics and Media Regimes - Culture and Media Technologies - Social Representation and Media Technologies Poster Session: Culture, Technology and Protest Registration is now open. All welcome! (Attendance Fee: 15 £, the fee is intended to cover refreshments and lunch) Programme details and registration information are available at the conference website: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/pgconference/ Contact: Anna Zoellner Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds Houldsworth Building, level 3 Leeds LS2 9JT a.zoellner(a)leeds.ac.uk ------- Francisco Seoane Perez Provisional PhD student Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds E-mai: icsfsp(a)leeds.ac.uk Webpage: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/f.perez ____________________________________________________________________________________ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com

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on journals ...
by Barry Wellman 02 May '07

02 May '07

I am disappointed by much of what I have recently read about journal writing. I want to provide different ideas. 1. The people I hang out with, small and large, write for journals because they have something to say. Sure, they'd like jobs, tenure, etc, but that is a secondary consideration. And the raises post-tenure are small enough that major publication is a bummer on a cost-benefit basis. We write because we want to. 2. As an inter-/trans- kind of guy, I depend on journal referees to keep out the crap. Of which there is a huge amount as anyone who referees knows. My problem is finding the time to actually read what has been well refereed. The last thing I want to do is to have poor papers pour at me. 3. This, btw, is my big beef at AoIR conferences -- not enough refereeing. It's not nice to waste people's time with poorly researched and poorly written papers. 4. I am involved with Wikipedia, and it works pretty well (altho unlikely Phoebe Ayers, I observe more vandalism and 3RR cases -- see current Wikipedia Signpost for Vandalism stats -- I guard the gates of Barbara Streisand, Anna Nicole Smith and Sandra Oh daily -- as well as the articles on Social Network stuff. But this would not be a good model for refereeing. Remember, that most comments in blogs, etc are junk. Who'd want to waste their time sifting through, when there is good research to be done -- and written up. Having said this, I am off on a trip to May 10, and may not get a chance to respond. And YMMV, Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman for fun: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-l] I'm researching virality in social networks - suggested papers?
by George Floros 01 May '07

01 May '07

John Veitch said > AC Nielsen report "In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers > who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users > account for almost all the action". John, can I bug you for a link to that report or perhaps its' presentation/summary/anything ? Best regards, George Floros MD, MSc Thessaloniki, Greece

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Re: [Air-l] Social media in rural communities
by qCentral/Mary L. Gray 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hi Steven, I'm completing a book about LGBT and queer young people's uses of new media (primarily personal websites, lists, online coming out stories) to negotiate identity and public belonging in the rural United States. There's a small piece of that coming out in the journal "American Studies" (if the review process finishes before I retire). The larger ethnographic study (19 months in rural KY and along 3 of its state borders) will be out (please!) by Fall 2008. It's tentatively titled "Out in the Country: Youth, Media, and the Queering of Identity" NYU Press. </shameless self-promotion in the guise of sharing information> ; ) Mary ________________________ Mary L. Gray, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication and Culture Affiliate Faculty Gender Studies Department and American Studies Program Indiana University Mottier Hall-Ashton Center 1790 East 10th St. Bloomington, IN 47405-9700 ph. 812/855.4379 fx. 812/855.6014 email: mLg(a)indiana.edu http://www.indiana.edu/~qcentral On Apr 30, 2007, at 4:17 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Message: 10 > Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:47:21 -0500 > From: "Steven Clift" <slc(a)publicus.net> > Subject: [Air-l] Social media in rural communities > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Message-ID: <08dd01c78b3e$d82539e0$6600a8c0@publicus> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > I am looking for research/researchers exploring the use of social/ > citizen > media in rural communities/areas. > > This might include uses of interactive web 2.0 tools and the like > either > autonomously by rural folks "MySpace" or collectively around local > community > "OurSpace." > > Cheers, > Steven Clift > E-Democracy.Org > > P.S. We are working up a grant proposal to extend Issues Forums > <http://e-democracy.org/if to a few rural Minnesota communities > built from a > series of generic citizen media and online engagement outreach > presentations > across the state. > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Steven Clift - clift(a)publicus.net > > Web: http://publicus.net > Blog: http://dowire.org/notes > NGO: http://e-democracy.org > > Replies to slc@ may be missed. > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >

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I'm researching virality in social networks : suggested papers?
by Tom Shelley 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

Hi everyone, I'm looking to research virality and social architecture in social networks. If you could point me towards some papers that deal with these topics I'd be very grateful. Some of the areas that interest me are as the following : How does social design affect the spread of social networks? If there were a paper with great real world examples that would be perfect. What specific features can help hinder the spread of a social network? How different invitation models effect the spread of a social network, and the subsequent community development? aSmallWorld vs MySpace vs college-only Facebook. Can a rapid spreading site destroy the original community? How to create a truly social space as opposed to YASN? These are issues that are clearly very important and I'd love to find some great research on them. Thanks a lot , Tom

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The 3rd Living Knowledge conference
by Jeremy Hunsinger 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

The 3rd Living Knowledge conference 'COmmunities building knowledge: innovation through citizens' science and university engagement' will take place in Paris from 30 August 30 till 1 September 2007. The conference will provide a forum where information on community based research, carried out in both community and academic settings, on new forms of partnerships between research and civil society and on new modes of innovation, can be shared and developed. It aims at disseminating and exchanging information on community based and participatory research, on citizens' science and cooperative innovation. Registration for the conference is open now! <http://www.livingknowledge.org/lk3> www.livingknowledge.org/lk3. You can also submit a proposal for a contribution (workshop or presentation) within on of the five conference theme's. At the conference website you will find an overview of topics that can be addressed in the theme's. The (extended) deadline to submit a proposal is April 30. Proposals can be submitted online at the conference website <http://www.livingknowledge.org/lk3> www.livingknowledge.org/lk3. Conference themes: * University engagement with communities * Citizens' science and social movements * Research policy - from local to global * Innovation and citizens - added values for communities * Participatory processes in science and technology For additional information about the conference you can contact <mailto:citizens-research-LK3@sciencescitoyennes.org> citizens-research-LK3(a)sciencescitoyennes.org I kindly request you to forward this announcement to your colleagues and in your networks. The conference organisation committee and the Living Knowledge Network hope to meet you in Paris this summer. Caspar de Bok ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ------------------------- 3rd Living Knowledge conference Communities building knowledge: innovation through citizens' science and university engagement Paris (Fr): August 30 - September 1, 2007 website: <http://www.livingknowledge.org/lk3> http://www.livingknowledge.org/lk3 email: <mailto:citizens-research-LK3@sciencescitoyennes.org> citizens-research-LK3(a)sciencescitoyennes.org The 3rd Living Knowledge conference 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

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Social media in rural communities
by Steven Clift 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

I am looking for research/researchers exploring the use of social/citizen media in rural communities/areas. This might include uses of interactive web 2.0 tools and the like either autonomously by rural folks "MySpace" or collectively around local community "OurSpace." Cheers, Steven Clift E-Democracy.Org P.S. We are working up a grant proposal to extend Issues Forums <http://e-democracy.org/if to a few rural Minnesota communities built from a series of generic citizen media and online engagement outreach presentations across the state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steven Clift - clift(a)publicus.net Web: http://publicus.net Blog: http://dowire.org/notes NGO: http://e-democracy.org Replies to slc@ may be missed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Fwd: ETHICOMP Doctoral Consortium 2007
by Jeremy Hunsinger 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

> > In the 12 years that ETHICOMP has been in existence it has grown a > vibrant international academic community concerned with the ethical > and social dimensions of information and communication > technologies. One of the most important aspects of this growth has > been the number of doctoral students studying in this area. It is > from this part of our community that our academic leaders of the > future will emerge. To support their development a new initiative, > ETHICOMP Doctoral Consortium is to be launched 13-14 September 2007 > at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort > University, Leicester, UK. > Consortium Directors > Dr Penny Duquenoy, UK, Assoc Prof Nancy Pouloudi, Greece and Dr > Bernd Stahl, UK > > Outline > The consortium will comprise a series of master classes in which > doctoral students will engage with experienced supervisors in the > field to help them hone their research ideas and review their > research strategies. Keynote addresses on relevant topics will > complete the programme. > The cost of attendance will be confirmed but will be kept to a > minimum. There is a limited number of places (probably 20-25) due > to the interactive nature of the consortium. Students at any stage > of their studies can apply. Places will be awarded on the basis of > submitted proposals. Submission procedure > A proposal should be submitted using the following headings: > > Personal Details > Full Name, Nationality > Country of residence > Email address > University of study, Name and title of first supervisor > Title of research, Year of study, Mode of study (pt/ft) > > Details of Proposal > Part A - 500 words explaining the nature of the research being > undertaken and the approach being adopted > Part B - 250 words explaining why a place at the consortium should > be awarded. > Part C - a brief endorsement by the first supervisor > > Personal Details, Part A and Part B embedded in an email should be > submitted by the student. > Part C should be emailed by the first supervisor (the student > should arrange this) > > The language for the consortium is English, and all submitted > proposals must be in English. > > Proposals should be submitted to ccsr(a)dmu.ac.uk by 15 June 2007 > > For more information please visit http://www.ccsr.cse.dmu.ac.uk/ > conferences/ethicomp/ethicomp07/index1.html > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Mohammed Hawash > CCSR Webmaster > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Centre Of Computing and Social Responsibility > Faculty Of Computing Sciences and Engineering > The Gateway > De Montfort University > Leicester > LE1 9BH > > Tel: (+44) 0116 250 6143 > Fax: (+44) 0116 207 8159 > ------------------------------------------------------------ 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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Virginia Tech Launches April 16 Archive
by Jeremy Hunsinger 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

> > For immediate release > > Virginia Tech Launches April 16 Archive > http://www.april16archive.org/ > > BLACKSBURG, Va., April 30, 2007 - Virginia Tech's Center for > Digital Discourse > and Culture (CDDC) is pleased to announce the launch of the April > 16 Archive > (www.april16archive.org) This new online archive assists artists, > humanists, > social scientists, and all other scholars who seek, today and in > the future, to > develop a better understanding of the violent events of April 16, > 2007 at > Virginia Tech. It is also available to the general public of the > Commonwealth > of Virginia, the United States of America, and the world at large > as we come to > terms with a local, national, and global event that will have > ramifications for > years to come. This archive works actively to deploy electronic > media for the > collection, interpretation, preservation, and display of stories > and digital > objects related to the tragedy of April 16, 2007 and its many > effects as text, > image, and sound. Developed in cooperation with George Mason > University's > Center for History and New Media (CHNM), this project is receiving > technical, > curatorial and administrative support from Virginia Tech students, > faculty, and > staff. > > The archive will preserve a diverse record of the events > surrounding April 16, > 2007 by collecting first-hand observations, photographic images, sound > recordings, media reports, personal writings, official statements, > individual > blog postings, and any other documents that can be stored as > digital files. In > addition to local reactions, the archive welcomes responses from > across the > globe in any language. Through this archive, we aim to leave a > positive legacy > for the larger community and contribute to a collective process of > healing, > especially as those affected by this tragedy tell their stories in > their own > words. The larger trend exemplified by this project is the "digital > memory > bank." Memory banks are being used to preserve the richness of the > present as > it transitions to the past, thereby ensuring that the collected > records can be > both readily accessible and carefully preserved for future access. > > The April 16 Archive welcomes contributions from the Virginia Tech > community, as > well as from anyone around the world who wants to share words of > support or > reflection following the events of April 16, 2007. The attacks > happened in > Blacksburg, Virginia, but they were experienced around the world > through mass > media and community ties. The accounts of that day from any site > across the > globe are, therefore, very important to the April 16 Archive as it > documents > the full impact of this tragic event. For more information, visit > www.april16archive.org or contact admin(a)april16archive.org. For media > inquiries, contact Brent Jesiek, Manager of the CDDC, at (540) > 231-7614 or > cddc(a)vt.edu. > > Established in 1998, Virginia Tech's Center for Digital Discourse > and Culture is > one of the world's first university based digital points-of- > publication for new > forms of scholarly communication, academic research, and cultural > analysis. > Virginia Tech's College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (CLAHS) > as well as > the Institute of Distance and Distributed Learning (IDDL) actively > support the > Center for Digital Discourse and Culture. The CDDC is also working > with > Virginia Tech's newly established Institute for Society, Culture, > and the > Environment (ISCE) to develop new scholarly initiatives, such as > the April 16 > Archive, tied into the practices of rhetoric, representation and > the public > humanities. > > This story is also posted on the April 16 Archive website: > http://www.april16archive.org/news/ 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] I'm researching virality in social networks : suggestedpapers?
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 30 Apr '07

30 Apr '07

This paper discusses how design of social interactions in conjuction with media affects network formations. Examples are from small online learning groups. Haythornthwaite, C. (2002). Strong, weak and latent ties and the impact of new media. The Information Society, 18(5), 385 - 401. This one extends this to consider effects on and of the Internet as a whole. Haythornthwaite, C. (2005). Social networks and Internet connectivity effects. Information, Communication & Society, 8(2), 125-147. /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:41:08 +0100 >From: "Tom Shelley" <tom(a)projectredstripe.com> >Subject: [Air-l] I'm researching virality in social networks : suggested papers? >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Hi everyone, > >I'm looking to research virality and social architecture in social networks. >If you could point me towards some papers that deal with these topics I'd be >very grateful. > >Some of the areas that interest me are as the following : > >How does social design affect the spread of social networks? If there were a >paper with great real world examples that would be perfect. > >What specific features can help hinder the spread of a social network? > >How different invitation models effect the spread of a social network, and >the subsequent community development? aSmallWorld vs MySpace vs college- only >Facebook. > >Can a rapid spreading site destroy the original community? > >How to create a truly social space as opposed to YASN? > >These are issues that are clearly very important and I'd love to find some >great research on them. > >Thanks a lot , > >Tom >_______________________________________________ >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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