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Adoro te supplex, latens deitas
by Luis Gutierrez 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

For those who observe "holy week" in the various Christian traditions, a short meditation on the legendary "mother pelican" symbol .... Adoro te supplex, latens deitas O thou our reminder of Christ crucified, Living Bread the life of us for whom he died, Lend this life to me then: feed and feast my mind, There be thou the sweetness man was meant to find. Bring the tender tale true of the Pelican; Bathe me, Jesus Lord, in what thy bosom ran – Blood that but one drop of has the worth to win All the world forgiveness of its world of sin. St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century, tr. Gerard Hopkins, 19th century. -- Luis T. Gutierrez, Ph.D. Editor, "Solidarity, Sustainability, and Non-Violence" Home page: http://pelicanweb.org/solisust.html Current issue: http://pelicanweb.org/solisustv03n04.html luisgutierrez(a)peoplepc.com

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Re: [Air-l] Origin of the term "Internet"
by William Bain 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hi folks. Just "tuppencely" and hopefully not off topic I note that Wikipedia seems to prefer capitalizing "the Internet" and the noun alone in terms like !"Internet protocols". Somehow I have a feeling the lower case forms will win out in the end, though, as seems often to happen with things like brand names. Very interesting discussion! Best wishes, Will William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.

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Back to Turnitin
by Jose-Carlos Mariategui 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

A recent memo in LSE about turnitin stated 2.2 JISC <Joint Information Systems Committee> is a national body responsible, among other things, for administering the UK HE <Higher Education> sector¹s use of the TurnItin plagiarism detection software, licensed from a US company, IParadigms. The School pays an annual subscription fee for its use of TurnItin based on fte <Full time Equivalent> student numbers: this was £4,690 for the 2006/07 session. LSE has about 8000 students (not sure what the full time equivalent is) You might also want to link to our project http://www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/Departments/owt/Research/sdaw/ Edgar Whitley <E.A.Whitley(a)lse.ac.uk> (by way of Jose-Carlos Mariategui)

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Re: [Air-l] naturally occurring conflicts?
by Jonna Ahti 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

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

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network of networks and email/e-mail
by Barry Wellman 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

While we're discussing origins: I invented the term "network of networks" in "The Network City" article with Paul Craven in Sociological Inquiry. As Casey said, "You could look it up." The term lay dormant for years even though I was proud of it and reused it in places such as our _Social Structures_ book (1988). It probably got reinvented independently when the internet came along. While we're discussing usages: I prefer "internet" to "Internet" both for scholarly reasons and because it is one less keystroke. However, I find in practice that my fingers want to write Internet, and I have too many fights to start another one with my fingers. I've just lost another one. I invariably write "email" and "e-mail". Also one less keystroke, and the way of the world is to compress away hyphenation over time. However, Sage's copyeditors insisted we go back to "e-mail" on the Bernie Hogan, Juan-Antonio Carrasco and BW article on Visualizing Social Networks that will come out sometime this year in _Social Networks_. And so it goes. 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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questioning authority
by Margie Borschke 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

On 30/03/2007, at 4:16 AM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:31:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Cannon <rcannon100(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Air-l] Origin of the term "Internet" ? > Note, I do not really consider Wired an authority on > this subject. Wired is a pop magazine that writes > teaser articles to get people to read ads. Wired is a magazine that has long played an active role in exploring and debating digital culture and if they make a style decision as they did it's significant. It's a good gauge of the way the wind blows. Plus, that piece was an explanation from the magazine's copy chief about their copy department's decision to change their style-- if anything, you must concede that Wired is an authority on itself. Magazines take copy and style questions seriously and I think its admirable that they explained their decision and that they considered such copy questions worthy of a "lifestyle" piece. Further, since the Internet is ultimately a 'pop' medium, I will continue to consider what's happening in so-called pop magazines, blogs etc. as relevant opinions and not wholly subservient to their ad sales departments.

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Re: [Air-l] air-l Digest, Vol 32, Issue 36
by Margie Borschke 31 Mar '07

31 Mar '07

On 31/03/2007, at 3:13 AM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:40:35 -0500 > From: "Kevin Guidry" <krguidry(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] questioning authority > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Message-ID: > <3d273fe80703291540g15db32a2p553926681039271(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 3/29/07, Margie Borschke <margieborschke(a)iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >> Further, since the Internet is ultimately a 'pop' medium.... > "Considerably" a pop medium I could understand and almost agree > with. But "ultimately" a pop medium? Interesting. I feel as if I'm > missing a piece of the puzzle. The ultimately was unnecessary. But I don't think I can go for considerably. I think I should have written "It is a pop (as in popular) medium". To say it is a popular medium doesn't in anyway dictate the sorts of activities that happen there. I see no problem with both the serious and silly being communicated via the same medium. The Internet is neutral with regards to content. But if one is interested in studying the culture that occurs on and around the Internet, I think dismissing one of the commercial magazines that has made a home for itself there would be a mistake. It's part of the organism. Wired's choices about style are sure to be relevant to many people. And, if I put my copy hat on, I actually disagree with their copy choice and stick with an upper case 'I' because Internet is a proper name in my books. Chicago Manual of Style is backing me up but it still remains a question of style and while many try to assert their authority when it comes to style conventions, really there is none. (Bruce Lee's style of no style being the notable exception.) MB

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reasonable security with email interviewing research participants
by Monica Barratt 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Sorry if this is a double, I wasn't sure if it went through! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Monica Barratt <monbarratt(a)gmail.com> Date: 28-Mar-2007 10:51 Subject: Re: [Air-l] FW: reasonable security with email interviewing research participants To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Cc: bodhi(a)nznet.gen.nz, Sarah Stewart <sarahs(a)tekotago.ac.nz> Hi Catherine, Sarah and the AoIR List I am a PhD Candidate (at the National Drug Research Institute at Curtin University (Perth), living in Melbourne, Australia - see http://db.ndri.curtin.edu.au/staff.asp?persid=650) My project examines online 'party drug' discussion, using a combination of observation, online surveys and online interviews. The issue of how to secure online interviews is something I've been grappling with recently too. My issues are a bit different to yours but I thought it might be good to discuss them on this list, should other researchers be able to comment on their own experiences with online interview security. In the case of my project, discussion of the topic matter has the potential to incriminate the interviewee, if they were to talk openly about their own illegal drug-related behaviours without concealing their identity or without encrypting the content. Ethics approval was granted for me to set up a process whereby communication was encrypted or the participant's identity was adequately concealed. Obviously both anonymity and encryption would be the best option, legally and ethically. Originally I was going to offer email and/or instant messaging as a platform for the online interviews, and to investigate encryption for both. This became quite complex, and I have now settled for using only instant messaging. The population I will be interviewing will generally be familiar with IM so this was seen as a good way cutting down the information required by interested participants to set up the process. I have put together an Encryption Guide to assist participants in setting up secure IM to use both while completing my interview and within their normal IM use. I have consulted with some of the academics who created the open source IM encryption software Off-the-record, and have (hopefully) skilled myself up enough to assist interviewees in setting things up. I will begin interviewing in June/July. I have tried to forsee problems, such as people not being prepared to spend time sorting out encryption, which may just not be a priority for them or may be beyond their computer literacy. The Guide offers easier (less secure but still ethically sound) options to protect the participant's identity. I am aware that there are options for encrypted online chat embedded in webpages which mean the participant would not need to download anything - I believe SPSS has such a package but it is quite expensive. One of my guiding principles throughout this project is to interact with participants and to give back knowledge and skills that may be useful to them - so providing this information that they can use outside of the research project is in fact part of the methodology. If anyone on the AoIR list has experience in this area and has the time to review my Encryption Guide, I'd be most grateful for comments and suggests on this draft. Also, you can use the guide to set up encryption for your own IM use, and you are welcome to test your set-up with me anytime (this will help prepare me for the interviewees!). You can download it from here: http://www.savefile.com/files/585220 Thanks monica Monica Barratt PhD Student National Drug Research Institute

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Fwd: [F/OSS-Discuss] "Wikimania 2007" Open for Registration & CFP
by Jeremy Hunsinger 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: Tzu-Chiang Liou <tcliou(a)iis.sinica.edu.tw> > Date: March 30, 2007 2:29:17 AM EDT > To: discuss(a)opensource.mit.edu > Subject: [F/OSS-Discuss] "Wikimania 2007" Open for Registration & CFP > Reply-To: Dicusssion list for Free/Open Source Software researchers > <discuss(a)opensource.mit.edu> > > *Sorry for cross posting* > > Dear all, > > Wikimania 2007, the third annual international Wikimedia conference > will be > held August 3-5 in Taipei, Taiwan at Chien Tan Overseas Youth > Activity Center. > > Both a scientific conference and a community event, Wikimania > brings together > members of various Wikimedia projects in order to exchange ideas, > build > relationships, and report on research and project efforts. > > It also provides an opportunity for Wikimedians and the general > public alike to > meet and share ideas about free and open source software, free > knowledge > initiatives, and wiki projects worldwide. > > Wikimania will be an interdisciplinary forum, where the > enthusiastic community > behind the Wikimedia projects and interested researchers and > practitioners can > meet to share ideas. Conference themes this year include Content > and usage > of the Wikimedia projects, Communities (social studies into / > policies and practices), > Technical infrastructure and MediaWiki, Policy including law and > Access to Knowledge. > > We expect an international audience of hundreds of people, and > extensive > media coverage. Last year's conference was held in Boston, Unite > State, > with more than 350 participants from 50 countries. > > You may fine more information on homepage of the conference: > > http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page > > We also have early bird discount, please register asap to gain more > benefit! > > http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Registration > > If you're interested in submit/present a short paper in the > conference, please > also check the website: > > http://wikimania2007.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_Participation > > Please also help circulate this information if you think it's > appropriate, thanks. > > Sincerely, > > TzuChiang Liou, Wikimania 2007 preparation team > > -- TzuChiang Liou, Program Committee Member of Wikimania 2007 > Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan E-mail: > tcliou(a)iis.sinica.edu.tw MSN: tcliou(a)msn.com GTalk: > tcliou(a)gmail.com TEL:+886-2-2788-3799 ext.1404 FAX:+886-2-2651-8660 > Mobile: +886-937835052 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss(a)opensource.mit.edu > http://opensource.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/discuss 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] origin of the term Internet Vol 32, Issue 34
by frseganti＠libero.it 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi all, I have found (in Carlini (1996) Internet, Pinocchio e il gendarme. Roma, Manifesto Libri)that the term Internet derives from the name of the organisation INTERnational NETwork Working Group, the INGW. In 1972 Winton Cerf was the head of this network that connected groups of researchers from England, France, Sweden and Italy. It was called Inter-Net and probably, as time passed, it became one single word and carried the capitalization because, as James Whyte said, it originally refferred to a noun. Francesca Seganti PhD student Department of Applied Social Studies London Metropolitan University ------------------------------------------------------ Passa a Infostrada. ADSL e Telefono senza limiti e senza canone Telecom http://click.libero.it/infostrada

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