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Re: [Air-l] Origin of the term "Internet" ?
by Bram Dov Abramson 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

> --- Sue Cranmer <sue(a)jcranmer.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >> Interesting discussion. How do aiorlisters then see >> the comparison between >> the the 'Internet' or 'internet' and the >> 'telephone'? The Internet, it seems to me, is a particular thing: it's the network that runs IP and uses the ICANN-administered addressing system and all the rest of it. The telephone is a class of things: it's a kind of device that we plug into the wall, because we want connectivity to a particular network. To the extent a mobile phone or cell phone gets to be a "telephone", I guess that telephone is a broader class of devices than that. Either way. many of us have several telephones. Few of us have several internets. Noone has more than one of the Internet. > The point is that there is a significant difference in > the evolution of telephone and the Internet. There > were always multiple telephone (and telegraph) > networks; there was no time where there was one > telephone network named The Telephone network. I don't know. Isn't the PSTN, The Telephone Network? Its one-ness federates a heterogeneity much in the way the Internet does: a single network because end-to-end (voice) connectivity bound by a common addressing system (ITU E.164, rather than ICANN DNS). In that sense agreement to coordinate to CCIT/CCITT/ITU-T has played a similar role in maintaining The Telephone Network (i.e. PSTN) as coordinating to IAB&IETF&Postel/ICANN has helped maintain an Internet. Sometimes the PSTN and the Internet overlap, as when E.164-numbered phone calls are terminated to Voice-over-Internet connection. They're not mirror images of one another: the Internet disaggregates some of the layers that the PSTN binds tightly together. But they're each a network, for remarkably similar meanings of "network". cheers Bram

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Any good Free E-Learning Platforms out there?
by Michael Baron 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Hi, All I am trying to find a good Platform (e.g. something similar to Blackboard or E-Courses) that will enable me to deliver online courses free of cost. Is there such a platform? My training institution is small and can not really afford to subscribe to turnitin etc. thank you very much for your help, Michael Baron -- "My Body is my Temple" "Be The Change You Want to See In The World." Gandhi

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PhD Studentships available at IPE, The Media School, Bournemouth University, UK
by Claudia Vieira 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

IPE - Research Centre in Interactivity, Personalization and Experience - The Media School - Bournemouth University PhD Studentships IPE is a collaborative interdisciplinary network focusing on the experiences derived from interactive, personalized, collaborative and increasingly mobile media forms. The centre aims to challenge notions of the consumer, the author, the user of interactive media and to diminish the perceived divide between the theory, production and experience of these forms. We are currently offering a PhD studentship in Networked Practices: Changing methodologies for interactive experience. Read more at: http://www.media.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/ipe_networked_practices.html For the next round of bursaries 08/09, we are especially interested in applications addressing the following topics: Interactivity and Personalization The commonality of interactive media lies in the users ability to directly manipulate and effect personal experiences of media. We are interested in supporting research projects that explore the changing climate of media personalization. Read more at: http://www.media.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/studentships/index.html#ipe_3 Cross-Platform Media The future of media is in innovative, flexible, repurposeable, 360 degree content. We are interested in supporting practice-based research projects that reflect creatively on the future of cross-platform media production. Read more at: http://www.media.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/studentships/index.html#ipe_1 For general inquiries about IPE and its activities, please contact me. :) cláudia gabriela marques vieira subject leader, interactive media production director of IPE, research centre in interactivity, personalization & experience the media school bournemouth university cvieira(a)bournemouth.ac.uk http://www.futurepresent.org http://www.media.bournemouth.ac.uk/impblog http://www.media.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/ipe.html _________________________________________________________ The present age ... prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence ... for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Feuerbach, Ludwig (1843) The Essence of Christianity. 2nd Ed: Preface [Online at marxists.org: www.marxists.org.uk/reference/archive/feuerbach/works/essence/index.htm] In memory of Baudrillard.

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Fwd: The 35th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy: deadline 31 March
by Jeremy Hunsinger 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

distribute as appropriate > Hosted by The National Center for Technology & Law, > http://www.tprc.org/TPRC07/CFP07.pdf > George Mason University School of Law > Arlington, Virginia > > September 28-30, 2007 > > TPRC is an annual conference on communication, information, and > internet policy that brings a diverse, international group of > researchers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit > organizations together with policy makers. It serves two primary > goals: (1) dissemination of research relevant to current > communications regulatory and policy debates in the US and around > the world; and (2) promotion of new research on emerging issues. > > The TPRC program is developed primarily from submitted papers. The > Program Committee will also consider proposals for panels, > tutorials, and technology demonstrations. Proposals for a panel > should include a one-page description of the panel, its purpose, > and a list of the potential invited panelists, preferably offering > different points of view of the problems to be discussed. > Individuals interested in leading a tutorial or technology > demonstration should submit a one-page description and a list of > the topics to be covered. If it is a technology demonstration > please specify if the participants will have opportunity to use the > technology during the conference. > > TPRC is now soliciting abstracts of papers for presentation at its > 2007 conference. Proposals should be based on current theoretical > or empirical research relevant to communication and information > policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective. TPRC welcomes > national, international, comparative, and multidisciplinary or > interdisciplinary studies. > > > >

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CfP: NRHM Special Issue on Studying the Users of Digital Education Technologies: Theories, Methods, and Analytical Approaches
by Cunliffe D J (AT) 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

Call for Papers: New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia Special Issue on Studying the Users of Digital Education Technologies: Theories, Methods, and Analytical Approaches Guest editor: Michael Khoo National Science Digital Library, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, United States: mjkhoo(a)ucar.edu Submission deadline: 16 May 2007 Acceptance notification: 2 July 2007 Final manuscripts due: 20 August 2007 Digital technologies are increasingly integral components of educational settings and Digital Libraries, serving for instance as repositories, as scaffolds to enhance face-to-face pedagogy, and as distance-learning tools. How might we understand the impact of these technologies on knowledge and learning, and what lessons might be learnt from their use, that could be applied to future technologies? Addressing these research questions requires recognition of the highly complex character of digital education technologies: they vary in size from handheld PDAs to large distributed digital library projects; they are used in a range of formal and informal educational settings ranging from schools and universities to hospitals, clinics, museums and art galleries; and they serve learners of all ages. How may researchers approach this heterogeneity and work towards useful research outcomes? This special issue of NRHM addresses issues associated with the qualitative understanding of the use of digital educational technologies in real-life contexts (with a focus on digital libraries, broadly conceived), by emphasizing the importance of contextual sociotechnical studies of technology use and design. The issue will consider educational technologies as complex mixtures of people, practices and technologies, embedded in a range of institutional, technological and social contexts. The editor therefore invites contributions that address the qualitative and sociotechnical study of digital educational technologies and users 'in the wild.' Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: - Theoretical approaches Ethnographic, anthropological, sociological, sociotechnical, activity theory, practice-based, and other approaches to the analysis of digital educational technologies - Methodological approaches Ethnography HCI, user testing, scenarios, interviews, focus groups, etc. Discourse analysis Webmetrics and use models Etc. - Applications to particular domains Science education Medical Digital Libraries User groups and use-in-context Etc. - Applied approaches Case studies Qualitative research and project evaluation strategies Communicating qualitative research results to digital library developers and sponsors Etc. The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia (NRHM) is published by Taylor & Francis and appears in both print and digital formats. For more details and indicative topics, see the journal website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13614568.asp Submissions should be sent by email to the guest editor, preferably in pdf format. Questions and enquiries concerning this call should be directed to the guest editor. Open topic papers meeting NRHM's scope in general are also welcome (send to Editor, dstudhope(a)glam.ac.uk)

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Journal CFP reminder: Beyond Broadcasting
by Graham Meikle 29 Mar '07

29 Mar '07

[apologies for any cross-posting] **Reminder: Abstracts due 1 May 2007** Call For Papers: 'Media International Australia' Issue no. 126, Feb 2008 'Beyond Broadcasting: TV for the Twenty-First Century' Theme Editors: Graham Meikle and Sherman Young The broadcast era is over. The twentieth-century broadcast model of centralised, one-way transmission of pre-packaged content to large, simultaneous audiences is increasingly challenged and complemented by newer approaches. Content, distribution channels, geographical constraints, production values, business models, regulatory approaches and cultural habits are changing as the new media technologies empower users in unexpected ways and increasingly recast TV as something that audiences create as well as watch. Cheap hardware and software allow anyone to produce original or mashed-up¹ videos. The ubiquity of camera-phones and CCTV redefines reality television. Higher-quality resources bring near-broadcast quality to video blogs and citizen journalism. Affordable editing resources allow creative re-mixes of low-brow soap-operas. And sites such as YouTube demonstrate the online demand for such non-traditional video productions. Such media forms are unlikely to replace television as we know it. But they will displace it. This issue of 'Media International Australia' invites contributions that are able to push forward our thinking about television. The following gives some indication of the range of possible topics, but is not intended to rule out other questions. * What is television in the twenty-first century? Should our definition of television change? If television is considered a cultural habit, what new habits are emerging? * Does television require an *industry*? How are audiences reinventing themselves as producers? * What are the relationships between free to air, pay TV, public broadcasting and emerging new formats? * What are the impacts of new distribution models, both legal and illegal? * What impacts do the new technologies and habits have on traditional institutions, policies and regulatory frameworks? Papers should be approximately 4-5000 words and comply with the MIA style guide, available at <http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/mia/index.html>. Further information is available from Dr Graham Meikle <graham.meikle(a)mq.edu.au> or Dr Sherman Young <sherman.young(a)mq.edu.au>. Abstracts should be sent to the theme editors by 1 May 2007. Following proposal assessments, papers for refereeing will be required by 1 August 2007, with any revisions to be completed by 15 November 2007 for publication in February 2008. About the journal: Media International Australia (MIA) publishes new scholarly and applied research on the media, telecommunications, and the cultural industries, and the policy regimes within which they operate (http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/mia/index.html) MIA was founded by Professor Henry Mayer in 1976. It was published by the Australian Film, Television and Radio School until 1997, when it moved to the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy at Griffith University. At that time, it was merged with the Centre's journal, Culture and Policy. From 2004, it became a publication of the School of EMSAH and the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, at The University of Queensland. In 2005 the Henry Mayer Lecture was established in memory of the journal's founder. Broadly inclusive and inter-disciplinary, the journal welcomes the writing of history, theory and analysis, commentary and debate. While its primary focus is Australia, the journal also aims to provide an international perspective. Dr Graham Meikle ------------------------- Senior Lecturer, Department of Media, Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia. tel: (61 2) 9850-6899 fax: (61 2) 9850-6776 email: <graham.meikle(a)mq.edu.au>

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Re: [Air-l] naturally occurring conflicts?
by Joshua Raclaw 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

I think your use of 'naturally-occurring' is a little confusing because both forms of conflict that you've described fall under the rubric of 'natural' conversation (especially in the conversation analytic framework that you've chosen to use), and because classifying flaming as 'unnatural' privileges all other forms of verbal conflict as more common or intuitive to speakers. You might want to focus more on what you see as intentionality or provocation rather than naturalness (although this carries its own set of problems when thinking through the CA notion of procedural relevance). Joshua Joshua Raclaw - PhD student Department of Linguistics Culture, Language & Social Practice Women and Gender Studies University of Colorado at Boulder http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~raclaw/ ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:55:19 +0300 >From: Jonna Ahti <jonna.ahti(a)helsinki.fi> >Subject: Re: [Air-l] naturally occurring conflicts? >To: Ellis Godard <egodard(a)csun.edu> >Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > >Hello again, > >Citerar Ellis Godard <egodard(a)csun.edu>: > >> But I don't know what you intend to mean by "naturally occurring". Is >> flaming somehow unnatural? > >Actually yes, if I look at my data. It is of course sometimes hard to know >whether a conflict is naturally occurring or if it is provoked by a hostile >member. In my data most of the conflicts are caused by misunderstandings. >Example: >a: shut up just shut up shut up >b: what?! >b: do you mean that I should shut up??? >c: she sings black eyed peas: shut up >a: I'm singing black eyed peas >b: ah, ok, good :-) > >Sometimes the members talk about the verbal duels they are taking part in >which can be very intensive and rough. That intentionally conflict-seeking >behavior I would categorize as flaming. But as I said these things will and >have to be discussed in the dissertation. Also the cultural differences have >to be taken into account: my data is from a public chat-room for the Swedish >speaking minority in Finland. Similar data in Finnish would be much more >aggressive and I assume it has partly to do with the sense of community the >members create in different chat-rooms. > >regards, >Jonna > >-- >Ms. Jonna Ahti >PhD student >NORDICA - Department of Scandinavian Languages >and Scandinavian Literature >P.O.Box 24 >00014 University of Helsinki >Finland >tel. +358-40-5625497 >jonna.ahti(a)helsinki.fi > >_______________________________________________ >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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naturally occurring conflicts?
by Jonna Ahti 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Hi all, I'm writing my phD thesis on chat-room conflicts and I would be very pleased if you could guide me to some articles written about this subject. I'm a linguist and I will use conversation analysis and discourse analysis but I'm also interested in socio linguistic and socio psychological approach to the subject. I'm familiar with all classic books and articles but it has been hard to find any good texts on social+verbal conflicts on the net. Does someone know for example this: "Online Dispute Resolution: Resolving Conflicts in Cyberspace"? I would also like to point out that my aim is to study naturally occurring verbal conflicts/disputes in stead of flaming (which, of course, will be discussed in my work). Thank you in advance! Jonna Ahti -- Ms. Jonna Ahti PhD student NORDICA - Department of Scandinavian Languages and Scandinavian Literature P.O.Box 24 00014 University of Helsinki Finland tel. +358-40-5625497 jonna.ahti(a)helsinki.fi

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naturally occuring Wiki conflicts
by Barry Wellman 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

For the heck of it, I've been watching 30-50 Wikipedia sites for the past 6 months. There are many conflicts on there, most of which get resolved. To find them, pick conflict-filled entries. Here are some I've noticed: Iran, Conrad Black, Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger, Stephane Dion, Shootings at Kent State, social network (where people keep wanting to sell their software); Anna Nicole Smith. Yup, I have eclectic tastes, plus to some extent I've been prone to watching sites where the action is. (This is a totally convenience sample.) I'm not mounting any project on this yet, but all the other studies of Wikip (in my limited experience) that I know about are macro-statistical ones. It's pretty easy to see patterns of cooperation and conflict on a micro level -- go for it. 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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Fwd: [SLED] Call for Participation in a free online conference with April 7 proposal deadline
by Jeremy Hunsinger 28 Mar '07

28 Mar '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: Vance Stevens <vstevens(a)emirates.net.ae> > Date: March 28, 2007 2:49:55 AM EDT > To: educators(a)lists.secondlife.com > Subject: [SLED] Call for Participation in a free online conference > with April 7 proposal deadline > Reply-To: SL Educators <educators(a)lists.secondlife.com> > > Hello all, > > The conference indicated here is a free online one that would be > amenable to accepting proposals pertaining to Second Life. If > interested, read on ... > > Call for Participation for WiaOC 2007 > CONNECT: a free synchronous and asynchronous online conference for > teachers and education professionals > May 18-20, 2007 > > Webheads in Action <http://webheads.info>, a world-wide cross- > cultural online community of several hundred ESL/EFL educators and > other professionals, invites your participation in CONNECT: > Conversations on Networking, Education, Communities, and > Technology, a unique conference to be held entirely online May > 18-20, 2007. > > The conference is called a convergence because it is intended to be > a fair or festival in which many communities of colleagues converge > to celebrate with us by presenting their work in a wide variety of > formats. Participation is free and open to all who are interested. > Keynote speakers include Stephen Downes, George Siemens, Etienne > Wenger, Barbara Ganley, Teemu Leinonen, and Leigh Blackall. More > information is available at <http://wiaoc.org> or <http:// > www.wiaoc.org>. > > WiAOC 2007 follows on the success of our first completely free > online global convergence <http://2005.wiaoc.org> > > Proposals for presentations at WiAOC 2007 will be accepted through > April 7, 2007. > > Proposals are invited for synchronous events, asynchronous events, > or combinations of the two. Session topics can be pedagogical or > technical, and might include examples of practical work with > students, training sessions, reports of research or research in > progress, demonstrations of new media, or descriptions or > explorations of how interaction takes place over the Internet-e.g., > how online communities form as a result of computer-mediated > communication. > > Synchronous events (including, but not limited to presentations, > demonstrations, panel / roundtable discussions, chats and > conversations) can be held at any of our partners' voice-enabled > presentation portals, or one of your own choosing. Training and > assistance will be available for presenters wishing to use our > partners' venues. > > Asynchronous events might include bulletin board discussions, > online poster sessions, integration with content management > systems, or other formats. > > To create a proposal, first register at the convergence proposal > site http://wiaoc.prof2000.pt/. > > Remember your ID and password there, because once you have > registered, you may, until the deadline, revisit the site as often > as you like to edit or add to your proposal, or create new ones. > > Tagged artifacts will be aggregated during and around the time of > this conference. Please tag any artifacts you create wiaoc2007. > > You may direct questions to WiAOC Coordinator Vance Stevens at > vstevens(a)emirates.net.ae > > We look forward to interacting with you at the WiAOC 2007: CONNECT > free online convergence > > Please feel free to distribute this notice to your colleagues as > you see fit > > The WiAOC 2007 Organization Team > > > > 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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