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Lurkers wanted
by James Whyte 10 May '07

10 May '07

I would like to conduct an p2p study of "Lurker" attitudes. If you would consent to participating please email me at whyte.james(a)yahoo.com. Please provide a phone number that I can call. Your identity will be protected. Thanks, James --------------------------------- No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started.

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Couch Award - Last call!!!
by Mark D. Johns 10 May '07

10 May '07

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2007 A student award competition Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies as advocated by Couch, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches and concepts and Couch's theses, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Dr. Katherine M. Clegg Smith, Johns Hopkins University Dr. Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dr. Dennis Waskul, Minnesota State University, Mankato Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2007 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) in Vancouver, BC. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200 US, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100 US. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, October 18-20, 2007. Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark D. Johns at mjohns(a)luther.edu Application deadline is extended to May 14, 2007. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: mjohns(a)luther.edu

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we need a better word than lurking
by Barry Wellman 10 May '07

10 May '07

John Veitch gave us a useful post that showed that most people Lurk. Altho John didn't explicitly say so, the general implication is that Lurking Is a Bad Thing. But imagine if everybody was actively contributing all the time. We'd be filled with noise. (As it is, I wonder about some of the posts on this list, including mine;-)) I absolutely don't want my 13-year old cousin (whom I love dearly) to contribute to the Social Networks article, or probably anything else. Nor, in fact, do I want some ignorant person to contribute. I am not for credentialism, but I am for knowledge and expertise. Indeed, 99% of the time, I am a Reader only of Wikipedia articles. I try only to contribute when I actually know something, like Social Network, Bronx High School of Science, and Barbra Streisand. 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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book announcement
by Adrian Miles 10 May '07

10 May '07

ALT-X PRESS LAUNCHES "ILLOGIC OF SENSE: THE GREGORY L. ULMER REMIX" AS THE LATEST ADDITION TO ITS INFLUENTIAL EBOOK SERIES BOULDER, Colorado, May 10, 2007 --The Alt-X Online Network, a space "where the digerati meet the literati" and on the Internet since 1993, announces the release of a new Alt-X Press ebook entitled "Illogic of Sense: The Gregory Ulmer Remix" edited by Darren Tofts and Lisa Gye, and designed by artist Joel Swanson of hippocrit.com. Illogic of Sense: The Gregory L. Ulmer Remix Edited by Darren Tofts and Lisa Gye Design by Joel Swanson http://www.altx.com/ebooks/ulmer.html Contributors include Niall Lucy, Jon McKenzie, Linda Marie Walker, Craig Saper, Rowan Wilken, Marcel O'Gorman, Teri Hoskin, and Michael Jarrett, with an introduction by editors Tofts and Gye. "Illogic of Sense: The Gregory L. Ulmer Remix" is an exciting new ebook publication that employs theorist Gregory Ulmer's invocation to invent new forms of electronic writing. As the ebook's editors, Darren Tofts and Lisa Gye, write in their brilliant introduction, "Ulmer has been at the forefront of thinking about new cultural formations as the paradigm of literacy converges with digital culture." Ulmer's work has been central to contemporary thinking on the future of writing and his international presence as one of the leading figures in media arts discourse has influenced a multitude of disciplines from electronic literature and Internet art to critical theory, communications studies, and art history. The ebook features a diverse group of artists, theorists, and creative writers who develop new forms of hybridized "digital rhetoric." Their inventive and audacious experiments take advantage of recent developments in the field of new media studies, and as part of Alt-X's mission to participate in the creative commons provided by the Web, are available for free download. This provocative collection of multi-tracked writing puts into play many of Ulmer's breakthrough theories summed up in his most recognized hot-button terms: applied grammatology, heuretics, post(e)-pedagogy, textshop, mystory, and choragraphy. Encouraged by the example of Ulmer's own hyperrhetorical writing style, the authors incorporate collaged imagery, mp3 soundtracks, and QuickTime movies into their innovative multimedia mix while exploring how these same extensions of "writerly performance" explode the false barrier between academic discourse and spontaneous poetics, narrative and rhetoric, and autobiography and fiction. Positing an "illogic of sense" to reclaim what Ulmer calls an "anticipatory consciousness," designed to utilize the force of intuition as a way to invent emergent forms of knowledge, this grouping of hypermedia texts showcase how interdisciplinary writers can remix the methodological approach of an avant-garde philosophy propelled by Ulmer, one that prioritizes an ongoing process of discovery and media arts assemblage. The ebook is beautifully designed by artist Joel Swanson of hippocrit.com, who crosses his visionary design sensibility with state of the art technology to produce an original work of ebook-art that many will view as finally fulfilling the long-promised potential of online publishing to use stimulating visual arrangement, media hybridization, and typographical ingenuity to blur the distinction between publication, exhibition, and design performance. Simultaneously celebrating and expanding on the writing performances located in Gregory Ulmer's rich oeuvre of totally remixable source material, the collection of essays in 'Illogic of Sense' adhere to an experiential approach to creative/critical writing and in so doing teach us how to write a theory of poetics that will help us invent a new field of study that I would call interdisciplinary digital humanities." - Mark Amerika, series editor, Alt-X Press; author of "META/DATA: A Digital Poetics" (MIT Press, 2007) You can download "Illogic of Sense: The Gregory L. Ulmer Remix" ebook as well as other Alt-X ebooks for free at http://www.altx.com/ebooks/ -- cheers Adrian Miles this email is bloggable [ ] ask first [ ] private [x] vogmae.net.au

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Second Anniversary Issue
by Luis Gutierrez 10 May '07

10 May '07

Can anyone point me to information on how the internet is helping the UN MDG program? Thanks, Luis ------------------------------------------------------------ Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence (SSNV) Newsletter Volume 3, Number 5, May 2007 http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv03n05.html This issue includes: * Analysis of the U.N. Millennium Development Goals + Focus on Goal 5: Maternal Health Improvement + Combined analysis of MDGs 1 to 8 * Review of the Global Good website * A digest of new resources on the web (documents, websites, tools) * An EASTER reflection on prayer, study, and action * A reflection on the gift of life and the gift of love * Short poems on the meaning of life and the meaning of love * An invited article on "Global Governance Campaigning and the MDGs" by Patrick Bond, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv03n05bond.html The SSNV newsletter is a free monthly service of The Pelican Web. Sincerely, Luis Luis T. Gutierrez, Ph.D. Editor, Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisust.html

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CfP: Making Links 2007
by Marcus Foth 10 May '07

10 May '07

We are seeking input from past and potential new conference delegates. Please take a short survey and submit your feedback: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=792553516653 CALL FOR PAPERS Making Links 2007 Tuesday 30th - Wednesday 31st October 2007 NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre, Surry Hills, Sydney http://www.makinglinks.org.au/ The 4th annual Making Links conference is one of Australia’s leading forums for workers in the not-for-profit and community sectors to showcase their work and to explore current and emerging new media and information and communications technology (ICT). This two-day conference has regularly attracted delegates and presenters from many fields including health, environment, education, business, government, philanthropy and human services to discuss their experiences with ICT, multimedia and web technology. This year we are adding a peer reviewed academic stream to the conference and look forward to also welcoming practitioners, researchers, academics and students from a wide range of disciplines. CONFERENCE TOPICS Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: .. Community networking, community development, community capacity building .. Technology for social action, transformation and community activism, including online campaigning .. Social capital .. Open source software for non-profit and community organisations .. Online deliberation, community consultation and engagement .. Web-based training, education, e-learning and professional development .. New Media, community arts and community cultural development .. Client / constituent relationship management .. Fundraising .. Technology infrastructure, implementation and maintenance .. Strategies of using ICT to give marginalised communities a voice .. Practical workshops in IT, web development and/or multimedia ACADEMIC PAPER SUBMISSIONS Academic paper submissions (max 5000 words, APA 5th style) will be subject to a double blind review process and evaluated on the basis of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing in accordance with DEST E1 requirements. This review will be based on the full text of the submitted paper. Selected papers will be published in a special issue of the academic journal 3CMedia. It is necessary for at least one author of any accepted submission to register and attend the conference to have the paper published in the proceedings. Submissions should be emailed to Marcus Foth at m.foth [AT] qut.edu.au 01 June 2007: Full academic paper submissions due 20 August 2007: Notification of acceptance and review reports sent to authors 01 October 2007: Revised, camera ready papers due. Program announcement and close of early bird registration OTHER CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS We seek proposals for non-peer-reviewed oral paper presentations, workshops and interactive multimedia displays. A computer lab and video lounge will be available for multimedia and film presentations. Abstracts and proposals should be submitted at http:// www.makinglinks.com.au/ and will be reviewed by the conference committee. 02 July 2007: Abstracts and proposal submissions due 03 September 2007: Notification of acceptance 01 October 2007: Program announcement and close of early bird registration CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Conference Chair Jill Sergeant, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) Academic Program Chair Marcus Foth, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Organising Committee Simon Gee, CommunIT, Community Information Strategies Australia (CISA) Jan Reiher, Infoxchange Australia Liliana Ruti, Information and Cultural Exchange (ICE) Juan Salazar, Media Studies and Production, University of Western Sydney (UWS) -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/

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Conference Announcement-Chinese Internet Research Conference
by Kluver, Randy 09 May '07

09 May '07

Just a reminder, the fifth annual Chinese Internet Research Conference will be held May 21-22, 2007, at Texas A&M University. The conference will explore the role of the internet and other digital technologies on Chinese political, social, and cultural life. Presenters include: Guo Liang, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Qiu Linchuan, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Jens Damm, Free University of Berlin; Peter Yu, Michigan State University Jing Xu, Beijing University Zhang Haiying, Fudan University Zou Huahua, Yunyang Teachers College Raymond Delambre, the Sorbonne, Tian Zhihui, Communication University of China Zhou Yushu and Chao Nai-peng , Nanjing University Wei He and Shule Cao, TsingHua University Wang Xina, Peking University Liu Dehuan, Beijing University He Xiaofei, Tsinghua University Bu Wei, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences More information about the conference can be found at this webpage: http://international.tamu.edu/ipa/projects/conference.asp For more information, contact Carmen Suen at csuen(a)ipomail.tamu.edu. Randy Kluver, Ph.D. Director, Institute for Pacific Asia Texas A&M University 204 Coke 3371 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3371 Phone: (979) 845-3099 Fax: (979) 845-3085 http://international.tamu.edu/ipa/

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Reminder: Doctoral Colloquium at AoIR 8.0 Vancouver
by Nancy Baym 09 May '07

09 May '07

Call for Participation Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Annual Conference 2007, Vancouver, Canada Doctoral Colloquium =================== The AoIR 8.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers Ph.D. students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 where they will have a chance to briefly present their dissertations-in-progress and discuss them at length with peers and established senior researchers. Interested students should prepare a 2 page summary of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date and expectations and hopes from the colloquium. Faculty mentors include: Ronald Rice, Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication, University of California-Santa Barbara, United States. Maria Bakardjieva, Associate Professor. Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, Canada. Mary Bryson, Associate Professor, Education & Counselling Psychology and Special Education, The University of British Columbia, Canada. Robert Burnett, Professor and Chair, Media and Communication Studies, Karlstad University, Sweden. Lori Kendall, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States. We hope to announce additional mentors shortly. Please submit your 2 page application by Friday, May 25 2007 to: Nancy Baym : nbaym [at] ku.edu Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 15 June 2007. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare an 8 page paper on their research and the issues they wish to discuss by 1 August 2007. For further details please visit the conference website at http://conferences.aoir.org/index.php?cf=6 or contact the organizer of the AoIR Doctoral Colloquium, Nancy Baym : nbaym [at] ku.edu The AoIR 8.0 Doctoral Colloquium is sponsored by Microsoft Research. Please forward to relevant lists, and please excuse cross-postings. _______________________________________________

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usf bloggers - blogging across a campus community
by David M Silver 09 May '07

09 May '07

hello! for those of you interested in community blogging ... usf bloggers ( http://usfbloggers.com/ ) is an aggregation of blogs related to the university of san francisco. it brings together on one page blogs from USF students, classes, organizations, staff, librarians, and faculty. usf bloggers was developed by las indias ( http://lasindias.net/ ), designed by fernando martín díaz, and built with feevy ( http://www.feevy.com/ ). the best part is that usf bloggers takes a hierarchical institution (a university) and remixes its ingrediants (students, staff, faculty) onto a non-hierarchical space. it defies putting people into categories. at launch, USF bloggers includes seventeen blogs. i am sure it will grow in the summer. next fall, when USF welcomes new freshmen, transfer students, and international students (some who blog), it will grow in new directions. david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com/

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informaworld - New issue alert - Information, Communication & Society (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 09 May '07

09 May '07

fyi 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 -- updating songs, movies and history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing Return to Sender now _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 21:22:31 +0100 From: alerts(a)informaworld.com To: wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca Subject: informaworld - New issue alert - Information, Communication & Society Receiving plain text alerts? HTML alerts provide active direct links to publication content and enhanced layout. Sign in at http://www.informaworld.com, click on 'My Account' to edit your account settings and check the box to 'Receive emails in HTML format'. Dear Barry Wellman, Information, Communication & Society: Volume 10 Issue 2 (http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=issue&issn=1369-118X&volume=10&is…) is now available online at informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com) This new issue contains the following articles: EDITORIAL COMMENT p. 129 Authors: Brian D. Loader; William H. Dutton DOI: 10.1080/13691180701307339 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=10&… TESTING THE LEAP-FROG HYPOTHESIS: The impact of existing infrastructure and telecommunications policy on the global digital divide p. 133 Authors: Philip N. Howard DOI: 10.1080/13691180701307354 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=10&… DIGITAL DIVIDES AND CAPITAL CONVERSION: The optimal use of information and communication technology for youth reading achievement p. 159 Authors: Victor Thiessen; E. Dianne Looker DOI: 10.1080/13691180701307370 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=10&… DECODING THE FEMALE EXODUS FROM COMPUTING EDUCATION p. 181 Authors: Roli Varma DOI: 10.1080/13691180701307396 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=10&… COMMUNITY INFORMATICS AND THE LOCAL STATE IN THE UK: Facilitating or assimilating an agenda for change? p. 194 Authors: Ian Goodwin DOI: 10.1080/13691180701307446 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=10&… LINKED OR DIVIDED BY THE WEB?: Internet use and sociability in four European countries p. 219 Authors: Pekka Räsänen; Antti Kouvo DOI: 10.1080/13691180701307461 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=10&… SEEKING UNMEDIATED POLITICAL INFORMATION IN A MEDIATED ENVIRONMENT: The uses and gratifications of political parties' e-newsletters p. 242 Authors: Nigel A. Jackson; Darren G. Lilleker DOI: 10.1080/13691180701307495 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=10&… BOOK REVIEWS p. 265 Authors: Christopher May; Ali Mohamed; Madeleine Frost; Neal Thomas DOI: 10.1080/13691180701307545 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=10&… Should you wish to stop receiving these emails or update which email alerts you receive, please go to: http://www.informaworld.com/alerting The email address you are subscribed with is: wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca Taylor & Francis Group London Oxford Beijing Boca Raton Melbourne New Delhi New York Oslo Philadelphia Singapore Stockholm UK Head Office: Taylor & Francis, an Informa Business, 2-4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RN Informa plc ("Informa") Registered Office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London, W1T 3JH. Registered in England and Wales - Number 3099067.

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