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editing wikipedia
by Barry Wellman 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

Please forgive my belated response to the wikipedia editing debate, as I am abroad (lovely Harrogate, UK) and only on once per day (or less). I have been actively involved with Wikipedia for about 6 months, and have found it a good experience. I have been surprised by the accuracy of the articles (in general), the comprehensiveness of the articles (EB would never do one on Bronx gangs of the 1950s-1960s), and the activity of people in monitoring vandalism, sillyness, and fixing bad formats, etc. It's an interesting mixture of hierarchy and anarchy. However, I do agree that editing procedures are cumbersome once you want to put in formatting, references, etc. Moreover, it's hard (for me) to find the guides for what to do, and when I do, the guides (as for Referencing) are not as clearly written as I'd like. We need _Wikipedia for Dummies_! Having said that, the standard Wikipedia response would be something like, "Stop complaining. Fix it yourself." Wish I could, but I have neither the expertise nor the time. This may be Wikiblasphemy, but I wonder if a core paid staff of clear technical writers would be useful for preparing such key help tasks. Best, 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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Video Vortex (conference and list); Responses to YouTube
by geert lovink 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

Video Vortex Conference: November 30 and December 1 2007, Amsterdam (NL) Organized by the Institute of Network Cultures First announcement (shorter air version), March 16, 2007 More on the Event: http://www.networkcultures.org/videovortex/ List info: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/videovortex_listcultures.org In response to the increasing potential for video to become a significant form of personal media on the Internet, this conference examines the key issues that are emerging around the independent production and distribution of online video content. What are artists and activists responses to the popularity of ‘user-generated content’ websites? Is corporate backlash eminent? After years of talk about digital conversions and crossmedia platforms we are now witnessing the merger of the Internet and television at a pace that no one predicted. For the baby boom generation, that currently forms the film and television establishment, the media organisations and conglomerates, this unfolds as a complete nightmare. Not only because of copyright issues but increasingly due to the shift of audience to vlogging and video-sharing websites as part of the development of a broader participatory culture. The opening night will feature live acts, performances and lectures under the banner of video slamming. We will trace the history from short film to one-minute videos to the first experiments with streaming media and online video, along with exploring the way VJs and media artists are accessing and using online archives. The Video Vortex conference aims to contextualize these latest developments through presenting continuities and discontinuities in the artistic, activist and mainstream perspective of the last few decades. Unlike the way online video presents itself as the latest and greatest, there are long threads to be woven into the history of visual art, cinema and documentary production. The rise of the database as the dominant form of storing and accessing cultural artifacts has a rich tradition that still needs to be explored. The conference aims to raise the following questions: - How are people utilising the potential to independently produce and distribute independent video content on the Internet? - What are the alternatives to the proprietary standards currently being developed? - What are the commercial objectives that mass media is imposing on user-generated content and video-sharing databases? - What is the underlying economics of online video in the age of unlimited uploads? - How autonomous are vloggers within the broader domain of mass media? - How are cinema, television and video art being affected by the development of a ubiquitous online video practice? - What type of aesthetic and narrative issues does the database pose for online video practice? Conference themes: Viral Video critique Vlogging Critique Participatory Culture, Participatory Video Real World Tools and Technologies Theory & History of the Database Narrative and the Cinematic Database Taxonomy and Navigation Internet Video: Art, Activism, and Public Media Evening Programme / Exhibition (see website for details) Video Vortex Discussion List: With this discussion list we like to gather responses to the rise of YouTube and similar online video databases. What does YouTube tell us about the state of art in visual culture? Is YouTube the corporate media structure of the 21st century? What are the artist responses to YouTube aesthetics? General information about the mailing list is at: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/videovortex_listcultures.org To post to this list, send your email to: videovortex(at)listcultures.org This list is meant for all those interested in the topic, and will possibly continue after the event in late 2007. Practical info: Date November 30 and December 1, 2007. Venue PostCS 11, PostCS building Oosterdokskade 3-5 1011 AD Amsterdam T: 020 - 62 55 999 www.ilove11.nl Organized by Institute of Network Cultures, HvA Interactive Media, Amsterdam Editorial team Geert Lovink, Sabine Niederer, Shirley Niemans Affiliated researchers Seth Keen, Vera Tollmann Production Shirley Niemans For further information, please contact Shirley Niemans, shirley(at)networkcultures.org

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Fwd: [ciresearchers] URGENT: Contribute to a Blog Supporting the Canadian Community Access Program
by Miraj Khaled 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

Please consider posting comments in the blog mentioned below [ before Monday ] in support of continuing funding for the Community Access Program in Canada. http://ict-cap.blogspot.com/ Miraj Khaled Vancouver, Canada --- Michael Gurstein <gurstein(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:20:42 -0700 > From: Michael Gurstein <gurstein(a)gmail.com> > To: cracin-canada(a)vancouvercommunity.net, > gta(a)vancouvercommunity.net, > ciresearchers(a)vancouvercommunity.net > Subject: [ciresearchers] URGENT: Contribute to a > Blog Supporting the Canadian Community Access > Program > > Colleagues: > > Some of you will recall that the rumours went round > 4 or 5 months ago > about the Canadian government's intention to cut all > funding for the > Community Access and related programs (and in one > fell swoop destroy > almost all of the community informatics > infrastructure in the country!). > > > The rumours died down and very modest interim > funding was made > available. > > The rumours again are hot and heavy and as below the > budget will be > announced on Monday and it appears that there is > still time to have an > influence on whether the program lives or dies... > > If for no other reason than to see as good a case as > any I've seen for > commuity access facilities (in the 20 or so blog > posts already in place) > take a look at http://ict-cap.blogspot.com/ and if > possible contribute > something to the discussion. > > MG > -----Original Message----- > From: bev(a)prcn.org [mailto:bev@prcn.org] On Behalf > Of Bev > Sent: March 15, 2007 2:00 PM > To: tap(a)pcnastream.com > Subject: [tap] Comments > Importance: High > > > TAP > Hi everyone, > I am really hoping that all of you can visit > http://ict-cap.blogspot.com/ and post a comment now. > Our budget comes > down on Monday - there is very little time to make > an impact - but we > have heard that Ottawa is monitoring the blog - a > few INTERNATIONAL > comments on the CAP program would go a LONG way. > Please post today. > Bev > TAP(a)telecenters.ca ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html

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Re: [Air-l] is this ethical?
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 17 Mar '07

17 Mar '07

In the US, ethically (and possibly legally) there is a problem if an instructor makes this mandatory and/or does not provide an alternative for those who do not want to make their work or their name public. This is something we have discussed at my faculty and with university representatives. It relates to compliance with the US Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) as it affects and interacts with new ways of having students contribute to class (blogs, wikis, web pages, etc.). Basically, some people need to keep their identity private, and the universities accommodate that through various means. Instructors need to bear these regulations in mind as well as their ethical responsibilities to students when asking for public postings. /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:44:32 -0500 >From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> >Subject: [Air-l] is this ethical? >To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > >I have Google Alert set to identify anything online that mentions my name. >(I want to know who is talking about me and perhaps learn from their >comments.) > >Recently, I have been disturbed because Google Alert keeps popping up >Blogspot entries that clearly come from class blog entries. > >While I am happy that folks are reading my stuff, I am aghast that their >entries are on the web for all to read. (Altho I smile that they say nice >things.) > >I know that I don't post my students' term papers on the web [I only give >'em to Turnitin;-)], but this strikes me as an even greater invasion of >the students' privacy. Shouldn't such within-class stuff be password >protected? > >I'm putting one innocuous example up below my .sig, but I've encountered >at least four others. > > 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 > _____________________________________________________________________ > >3) What was "Netville" in the suburbs of Toronto? Why's it important in >relation to the paradox argument? > >This was written buy our good friend Barry wellman again ( jokes) . The >Netville in the suburbs was looking at the internet as a part of how it >structures the community life if it hinders and brings people closer >together within the community environment. > >http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/publications/neighboring/ neighboring_netville.pdf > >It looks at how the internet is effecting community life whereby it is >leading people away from the enclosures of the community social life by >now engaging on the internet for their social activity or on the other >hand is this use of the internet bringing the community closer together as >a whole. > >With relation to the paradox this is where the argument fell that the >influence of the internet has decreased the social interaction within the >community. This study looks at how the internet supports weaker ties >within the community helps mend bridges and bring the community closer >together but still looking it as a context rather than the paradox by >stating the negative side. > >_______________________________________________ >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/ ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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is this ethical?
by Barry Wellman 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

I have Google Alert set to identify anything online that mentions my name. (I want to know who is talking about me and perhaps learn from their comments.) Recently, I have been disturbed because Google Alert keeps popping up Blogspot entries that clearly come from class blog entries. While I am happy that folks are reading my stuff, I am aghast that their entries are on the web for all to read. (Altho I smile that they say nice things.) I know that I don't post my students' term papers on the web [I only give 'em to Turnitin;-)], but this strikes me as an even greater invasion of the students' privacy. Shouldn't such within-class stuff be password protected? I'm putting one innocuous example up below my .sig, but I've encountered at least four others. 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 _____________________________________________________________________ 3) What was "Netville" in the suburbs of Toronto? Why's it important in relation to the paradox argument? This was written buy our good friend Barry wellman again ( jokes) . The Netville in the suburbs was looking at the internet as a part of how it structures the community life if it hinders and brings people closer together within the community environment. http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/publications/neighboring/neighboring_… It looks at how the internet is effecting community life whereby it is leading people away from the enclosures of the community social life by now engaging on the internet for their social activity or on the other hand is this use of the internet bringing the community closer together as a whole. With relation to the paradox this is where the argument fell that the influence of the internet has decreased the social interaction within the community. This study looks at how the internet supports weaker ties within the community helps mend bridges and bring the community closer together but still looking it as a context rather than the paradox by stating the negative side.

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No email Fridays
by Darren Purcell 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2939232&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 I am curious what friends on the list in organizational comm think about this? I can't imagine a day without email...at least a workday. Darren

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Fwd: [WDL] Become a reviewer for Furtherfield.org
by Jeremy Hunsinger 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

Begin forwarded message: > From: marc <marc.garrett(a)FURTHERFIELD.ORG> > Date: March 16, 2007 7:24:29 AM EDT > To: WRITING-AND-THE-DIGITAL-LIFE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: [WDL] Become a reviewer for Furtherfield.org > Reply-To: WRITING-AND-THE-DIGITAL-LIFE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > > Become a reviewer for Furtherfield.org > ++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Furtherfield receives regular submissions from artists and groups > from all over the world, inviting us to feature and review their > projects. We have an excellent team of reviewers working with us at > the moment. Yet, because we are receiving more innovative and high > quality media artworks from different cultural contexts, than we > ever have before, we are finding it hard to keep up. So, now we > need even more reviewers. > > We welcome contributions from all kinds of writers - but would > especially value bi-lingual reviewers who are able to introduce > work created by artists in non-English-speaking cultures. > > We are also interested in people who understand and know net art, > software art, social networks, live net art, live Internet tv, open > source, tactical media, art blogs, net films, media art connected- > self institutions, psychogeography, activist games, media art > related exhibitions online and in spaces, and related conferences. > > As a reviewer you will be asked to select from these works and > contribute to the context of what is being created and write about > why it is relevant. You will also have the option of seeking out > and writing about other works that you personally think should be > seen on Furtherfield. > > If you possess knowledge and enthusiasm for any of these subjects, > are able to write and communicate clearly;-) and are interested in > being part of a explorative group, that is growing daily as an > adventurous, networked and mult-platformed community in its own > right. And like us, are passionately and critically engaged in > investigating the constant shifts and reinvention of the creative, > digitally related vista as we know it; we welcome you aboard... > > Furtherfield has been working on a brand new CMS/Interface & design > with new features that enable reviewers to have more control over > their own text, images and different formats when reviews are > submitted. It was supposed to be finished last year, thankfully > after much hard work it will be up within about 4 weeks. > > contact - marc garrett: > marc.garrett(a)furtherfield.org > http://www.furtherfield.org > > Note: Please do not apply unless you are sure that you are > definately interested. > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|> > > Other projects related to Furtherfield: > http://www.http.uk.net > http://blog.visitorsstudio.org > http://blog.game-play.org.uk > http://www.nodel.org (with many others) > http://netartfilm.furtherfield.org > http://blog.furtherfield.org > http://www.furthernoise.org > > ********** > * Visit the Writing and the Digital Life blog http:// > www.hum.dmu.ac.uk/blogs/wdl/ > * To alter your subscription settings on this list, log on to > Subscriber's Corner at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/writing-and- > the-digital-life.html > * To unsubscribe from the list, email listserv(a)jiscmail.ac.uk with > a blank subject line and the following text in the body of the > message: SIGNOFF WRITING-AND-THE-DIGITAL-LIFE Jeremy Hunsinger () 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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Call for Chapters: Collaborative Learning using Concept Mapping
by Rita Marriott 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

CALL FOR CHAPTERS Proposals Submission Deadline now: 6/30/2007 Full Articles Due: 9/31/2007 Handbook of Research on Collaborative Learning using Concept Mapping For more information please access the website http://www.idea-group.com/requests/details.asp?ID=178 or send an e-mail to rita.marriott(a)yahoo.com. I look forward to hearing from you Best wishes Rita de Cassia Veiga Marriott Editor Birmingham University / UK --------------------------------- TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV.

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OURMedia 06 Conference Sydney April 2007: full program now online
by Tanya Notley 16 Mar '07

16 Mar '07

The OURMedia 06 International Conference, Sustainable Futures: Roles and Challenges for Community, Alternative and Citizens' Media in the 21st Century will be held in Sydney April 9-13th 2007. The full program and schedule are now online: http://www.ourmedia07.net/ The conference includes 130 presentations and workshops that will be delivered by international and national experts, researchers, funding bodies, policy makers, activists and local community development practitioners from 40 different countries. OURMedia aims to build strategies and collaborations amongst action researchers, engaged academics, community practitioners, artists and advocates for the promotion of communication rights, effective access to ICT, community and citizen participation in the media and community engagements that foster social change, women's participation in the sector and cultural development and revitalisation. The OM6 conference will explore the significance of independent community and alternative media and the major challenges in the decades lying ahead. Keynote panelists & invited speakers . John D.H. Downing (Professor of International Communication; Founding Director, Global Media Research Center, Southern Illinois University, USA) . Sharon Bhagwan Rolls (Founding Director, femLINKPACIFIC: Media Initiatives for Women, Fiji. AMARC Asia-Pacific) . Luis Evaristo dos Santos Soares (Coordinator, Community Radio Center, Timor Leste) . Suman Basnet (World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters [AMARC AP]- Regional Coordinator for Asia and Pacific regions, Nepal) . Stuart Allan (Professor of Cultural Studies, University of the West of England, UK) . Faye Ginsburg (Professor of Anthropology; Director, Centre for Media, Culture & History, New York University, USA) . Helen Molnar (Executive Director, MC Media & Associates) . Clemencia Rodriguez (Oklahoma University; Our Media Network) . Alfonso Gumucio-Dagron (Communication for Social Change Consortium; Our Media Network) . Robert A. Hackett (Simon Fraser University; NewsWatch Canada) . Dorothy Kidd (University of San Francisco; Media Alliance, USA) . Andrew Garton (Association for Progressive Communications, Australia) . Barry Melville (President, Community Broadcasting Association of Australia) . Nalaka Gunawardene (Director and CEO, Television for Education - Asia Pacific [TVEAP]) . Kosala Keerthirathne (Kothmale Community Media Centre - UNESCO Program Coordinator) . Raghu Mainali (Director, Community Radio Support Centre, NEFEJ, Nepal) ************************************* Tanya Notley OM6 Organizing Committee Member PhD Candidate Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology Email: t.notley(a)qut.edu.au ************************************ OURMedia/NUESTROSMedios A network of alternative, community & citizens media research and practice http://Ourmedianet.org ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Subscribe to the mailing list: Send e-mail to clemencia (AT) ou.edu ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 6th Conference: Sydney, April 2007 http://www.ourmedia07.net/

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unesco Community Multimedia Centres programme evaluation
by Jeremy Hunsinger 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

some of you might be interested in this: The UNESCO supported "Community Multimedia Centers" are community- based facilities offering both community radio broadcasting and telecenter services. Radio broadcasts by local people in local languages are now possible at low cost due to the development of small, inexpensive, easy-to-operate broadcast facilities. In Africa and other regions, where languages are spoken and national broadcast networks are weak, community radio provides a new and important medium for communication of news, information, and entertainment. The radio not only informs, educates and entertains, but it also empowers the community by giving a strong public voice to the voiceless, and thus encouraging greater accountability in public affairs. This UNESCO initiative showing the world the power of CMCs is in its fifth year of operation, with 39 pilot CMCs established in communities across Latin America/Caribbean, Africa and South Asia. Read the recent evaluation of the UNESCO program. http:// portal.unesco.org/ci/en/files/ 22129/11477736959CMC_Evaluation_Final.pdf/CMC+Evaluation_Final.pdf Jeremy Hunsinger () 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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