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Re: [Air-l] on journals ...
by William Bain 03 May '07

03 May '07

Ellis Godard wrote: "Even if those fascinated with "inter-/trans-"/boundary-crossing focus their career attention within AOIR, and those of us with disciplinary inclinations depart, to what extent can unbounded diversity provide a foundation for a home anything, much less a home discipline?" Personally, I don't see it as unbounded diversity. Or rather, different disciplines are being applied in the context of (associating) internet research. As the Internet increasingly makes available (or even becomes) library materials, research in philosophy (which is what it all is anyway, tho phil branches), in psychology, in anthropology, etc. could be done using internet research methodologies. These would be based/developed on/in internet research associations'/ societies'/groups' theories/methodologies/approaches. This is what appears to me to be happening from this side of the computer screen. Your side also seems interesting to me :-) and I think I'm learning more about it. It's the dialectics that make it interesting imho. Best regards, Bill William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

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"Validity of citing internet sources?
by joseph＠gelfer.net 03 May '07

03 May '07

Hello list members Can anyone point me in the direction of any peer-reviewed papers which argue for the validity of citing internet sources as complements to regular print sources? Heres the context: I work in the area of Religious Studies. I like to cite church and religious organisation websites as an indicator of their positions on various contemporary issues. I also like to cite blogs of religious leaders who have significant public and publishing profiles, as these often contain some pretty impassioned content that may not make it through to official outlets. Now I know some folks find using such online sources as unscholarly, even if alongside all the traditional print sources. So what Im after are papers from reputable journals which make a good case for the use of such online sources. Having had a look around the only papers I can find in the general subject area are concerned with dead links/the percentage of URL references which can no longer be verified. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks, Joseph Gelfer. www.gelfer.net

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Out of office till 13 May 2007
by prashant＠mtnforum.org 03 May '07

03 May '07

I will be away from office on leave from 4 May 2007 to 13 May 2007. In case of any urgent matters, please contact Ms. Anju Rana <anju(a)mtnforum.org>. Best regards, Prashant Sharma

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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 01 May '07

01 May '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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