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Dave Sirfry's state of the live web report
by Jeremy Hunsinger 05 Apr '07

05 Apr '07

http://www.sifry.com/alerts/archives/000493.html obviously this will be technorati.com oriented, but it has some interesting insights and data that some researchers might find useful to know and critique. 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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is a term paper dead?
by Maciej Kos 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Hello, I came across this article: "Cut-and-Paste Is a Skill, Too" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/23/AR200703230… by Jason Johnson, former technology director at Washington's Lowell School, is an information technology consultant at Ingenium Corp. "Now I watch my former teaching colleagues grade papers not simply by marking a dangling participle here or an incomplete thought there, but by Googling phrases from their students' work, searching for the suspected source of yet another cut-and-paste job. I wonder if that's really what teachers should be doing. As kids today plagiarize more and more from the Internet, the old-fashioned term paper -- composed by sweating students on a typewriter as they sat elbow-deep in reference books -- has no useful heir in the digital age. It's time for schools and educators to recognize the truth: The term paper is dead." As a teacher, I have the same problem. On the other hand, the Internet has improved the quality of my lectures - I know that my every word is being googled by students during the class. This does not only make me prepare better but also makes students' questions more interesting. How do you deal with plagiarism? Do you allow your students to be online during classes? Any thought on how this all will change in the next 10-20 years? Regards, Maciej

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AMIS Volume on E-Government (2nd Call for Chapters/Call for Reviewers)
by Jochen Scholl 04 Apr '07

04 Apr '07

Call for Volume Chapters and Reviewers (Submission Deadline September 30, 2007) Electronic Government: Information, Technology, and Transformation (Volume Title) To appear as a volume within the Advances in Management Information Systems (AMIS) series published by ME Sharpe, Armonk, NY. AMIS is a series of research monographs devoted to the principal aspects of information systems with Dr. Vladimir Zwass as the series editor. AMIS is intended to become a lasting record of both the knowledge about organizational information systems and of research methods for creating new knowledge. For more information about the AMIS monograph series, please visit http://www.mesharpe.com/amis.htm. As the volume editor, I would also like to invite you to join the reviewer team, which will meet the highest standards of academic peer reviewing. Please send contact information and a short statement of interest regarding either one or both (submission and reviewer team membership) to me (jscholl(a)u.washington.edu) Thank you! For further details please see http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/CfP_AMIS_e_Gov.html Since EG is a relatively new domain of study, the first contribution of this volume is to serve as a springboard and a steward for developing and demonstrating principles, accepted standards, and exemplars of disciplinary (e.g., IS), multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and perhaps transdisciplinary EG. The second envisioned contribution of this volume would aim at sharpening and accentuating the various topical orientations within EG through review and representation of unique and exemplary research contributions. The third (and implicit) contribution of this volume would lie in furthering the development of a worldwide academic scholarship in EG. For this volume theoretical, empirical, quantitative, or qualitative research contributions are sought. Inquiries are welcome regarding any submission- or review-related question. Please send your inquiries and submissions electronically to Dr. Hans J Scholl AMIS EG Volume Editor University of Washington jscholl(a)u.washington.edu The deadline for submitting a manuscript to the AMIS volume on EG is September 30, 2007. However, we encourage you to submit your manuscript earlier and will send it out for review immediately upon receipt. Again, please find further details under http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/CfP_AMIS_e_Gov.html

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real good e-writing
by Barry Wellman 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

I received this note from the word guy of one of our local newspapers. He basically argues for consistency. Grist for our mill. Which reminds me: there's a show opening tonight in Toronto called e-dentity. 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 _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:31:45 -0400 To: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> Subject: RE: real good Dear Barry W, Thanks for the note. The [newspaper's] style has been to stick with e-mail, not because it's better than email but because so many other constructions, some ephemeral and some lasting, use the e- format -- e-commerce, e-books, etc. -- and we like to be consistent.

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workshop announcement
by Charles Steinfield 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Colleagues, I am posting the following workshop announcement on behalf of Filippo Dal Fiore, who is organizing this for the upcoming Communities and Technologies 2007 Conference. with best regards, Charles Steinfield ------- Workshop for 3rd Annual Communities&Technologies Conference (June 28-30, 2007, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI) - The paradox of communication. Towards a society of inattention? - Abstract (full description on website: https://ebusiness.tc.msu.edu/ cct2007/page4i.html) The overabundance of communication opportunities inside and outside the workplace, through e-mails, instant messages and mobile connectivity, can be detrimental to their degree of reflectiveness and care. People are often unable to properly deal with an excess of communications; their continuous partial attention could lead to a more superficial and disrupted approach, in some cases resulting in digitally amplified problems. Implications are still unclear, both on the level of accuracy with which decisions are taken and initiatives are managed as well as on social capital. This workshop is aimed at exploring this issue and its relevance in the social and organizational sciences. Without denying the many positive sides of hyper-connectivity and multi-tasking, it will prioritize empirical research findings on the topic. How to participate The proposed full-day workshop will be open to scientists and practitioners of all disciplines, prioritizing empirical research focussed on the conditions under which the depicted society of inattention scenario is true and the ones under which it is not. The final objective will be that of shaping a multi-disciplinary research agenda on the topic as well as enucleating recommendations on how to build digital systems that protect users’ attention and how to design educational initiatives explicitly dedicated to proper use of new media. Participants will be recruited through a call for extended abstracts. 10 to 15 scholars will be selected to present their work and participate into a structured debate. Expressions of interests and extended abstracts should be sent to: Filippo Dal Fiore - dalfiore(a)mit.edu - by May 11, 2007. Important dates · Deadline for submitting extended abstracts: May 11, 2007 · Communication of acceptance: May 18, 2007 · End of early registration to workshop and/or conference: May 25, 2007 · Workshop date: June 28, 2007 Workshop homepage: https://ebusiness.tc.msu.edu/cct2007/page4i.html Conference homepage: http://ebusiness.tc.msu.edu/cct2007/ Workshop Organizer: Filippo Dal Fiore, M.I.T. and University of Salzburg, dalfiore(a)mit.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------

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Re: [Air-l] Origin of the term "Internet"
by Kevin Sherman 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

i prefer to double underline and bold the "I" in internet. Moreover, i increase the font size by 2. Thus, if "nternet" were represented in 12 point, the "I" would be represented in 14 point. From an interpretivist perspective, i feel this treatment is more in keeping with mine own views of the phenomenon in question (i.e. the Internet). kevin Kevin Sherman PhD Candidate Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication www.aut.ac.nz/research/research_institutes/icdc/

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Back to Turnitin
by Margie Borschke 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

I read the turnitin discussion with great interest. I was wondering if anyone here knows apx. how much an institution pays for the basic service and if its pay per use, per class or whatever? ( I asked then, but the question bounced.)

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (march 2007)
by David M Silver 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

folks, a new set of book reviews [ http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp ] from the resource center for cyberculture studies [ http://rccs.usfca.edu/ ] for march 2007: 1. Connecting: How We Form Social Bonds and Communities in the Internet Age Author: Mary Chayko Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2002 Review 1: Chrys Egan Author Response: Mary Chayko 2. New Technologies at Work: People, Screens and Social Virtuality Editors: Christina Garsten & Helena Wulff Publisher: Berg Publishers, 2003 Review 1: Petra Sonderegger 3. Saved from Oblivion: Documenting the Daily from Diaries to Web Cams Author: Andreas Kitzmann Publisher: Peter Lang, 2004 Review 1: Timothy D. Ray Author Response: Andreas Kitzmann 4. The Wired Homestead: A Sourcebook on the Internet and the Family Editors: Joseph Turow & Andrea Kavanaugh Publisher: MIT Press, 2003 Review 1: Carolyn Jabs 5. Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Deconstructing WSIS Editors: Jan Servaes & Nico Carpentier Publisher: Intellect Books, 2006 Review 1: Arthur L. Morin Author Response: Nico Carpentier 6. Virtual Morality: Morals, Ethics and New Media Editor: Mark J. P. Wolf Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, 2003 Review 1: Steven A. Benko Author Response: Mark J. P. Wolf enjoy. david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com/

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International Journal of Design: First Issue Available On-Line
by Ken Friedman 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

International Journal of Design now available www.ijdesign.org Dear Colleagues, It is a great pleasure to announce the first issue of the International Journal of Design. It is available on-line at www.ijdesign.org. This on-line version is open access, freely available for anyone, anywhere to download, read, distribute, and use for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution. If you like what you see, you can email the entire issue or any article to a friend. A printed version of the journal will also be available for the cost of printing and distribution. Our vision is to publish high-quality design research, and to disseminate this research to the widest possible audience. We invite you to submit your best work to the International Journal of Design and to encourage your colleagues to do the same. We hope you will enjoy reading the first issue of IJDesign. If you have any suggestions that will help us to improve the journal, please let us hear from you. Sincerely, Lin-Lin Chen Editor-in-Chief, IJDesign International Journal of Design www.ijdesign.org

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evaluation of SMS campaigns
by Redante Asuncion-Reed 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hello all I had a tremendous response to my first query on my research for my theses I thought I'd go to the list once again. I am looking for literature, web sites, books, and any other resources that can give me a good overview of evaluation of SMS campaigns. If you can suggest resources specific to evaluation of SMS campaigns undertaken by NGOs and civil society organizations that would be great. What I am looking for are general guidelines in evaluating whether your SMS campaign was successful or not. What metrics are used, and how does one define ROI (return on investment) in a social justice SMS campaign? What I have discovered so far in my research is that the actual numbers are pretty low in many SMS campaigns by NGOs in terms of how many signed a petition, for example, by SMS. However, despite the low numbers, many NGOs still were able to use SMS campaigning to push their agenda successfully and that there is a tremendous interest among NGOs to use SMS technology for their campaigns. This is true particularly in developing countries. Any help will be appreciated. Redante ____________________________________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097

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