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Launch of new association for metaphor studies
by Jeremy Hunsinger 06 Dec '06

06 Dec '06

> > Please distribute! > Ruth > Ruth Wodak > Professor in Discourse Studies > Department of Linguistics and English Language > Lancaster University > Lancaster LA1 4YT > United Kingdom > Tel: xx44 1524 592437 > Fax: xx44 1524 843085 > http://www.l ing.lancs.ac.uk/staff/wodak/index.htm > http://www.univie.ac.at/discourse-politics-identity > http://www.wittgenstein-club.at > > > From: Semino, Elena > Sent: 06 December 2006 09:53 > To: EI-STAFF > Subject: Launch of new association for metaphor studies > > > Announcing a new international association for metaphor studies: > > Researching and Applying Metaphor - RaAM > > After ten years and six conferences, RaAM is now being formalised > into an association so that it can work more effectively to serve > metaphor scholars around the world. The aims of the new association > are: > > 1. To advance the study of metaphor, metonymy and other aspects of > figurative language, with a commitment to the application of > metaphor research to 'real world' issues. > > 2. • To encourage the development of rigorous research methods for > the study of metaphor, metonymy and other aspects of figurative > language in real world contexts. > > 3. • To foster interdisciplinary collaboration in this area of study. > > Future activities planned: > > · Biennial RaAM conference – next conference in 2008. > > · RaAM seminars and workshops – Spain, March 2007 > > · RaAM research training activities > > · RaAM prize(s) e.g. for best doctoral dissertation / > research paper. > > · RaAM website and discussion board / list > > · RaAM publications: conference proceedings; collections > from seminars > > If you work with metaphor, or related areas, and are concerned with > research and application to real world issues, we invite you to > join us! > > Go to www.raam.org.uk for further information on the association > and how to register as a member. > > No subscriptions until 2007! > > > > > Dr Elena Semino > Department of Linguistics and English Language > Bowland College > Lancaster University > Lancaster LA1 4YT > UK > tel: +44 01524 594176 > fax: +44 01524 843085 > email: e.semino(a)lancaster.ac.uk > Web: http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/staff/elena/elena.htm > _______________________________________________ > lnc mailing list > lnc(a)lists.languageandcapitalism.info > http://lists.languageandcapitalism.info/listinfo.cgi/lnc- > languageandcapitalism.info jeremy hunsinger Assistant Professor Pratt Institute www.cddc.vt.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] preparing digital identity syllabus
by Alice Tiara 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

You also might want to look at the online identity bibliography I maintain at my blog: http://www.tiara.org/blog/?page_id=78 I keep promising to update it, but I'll definitely add the suggestions made so far on the list. I obviously also work on identity, and I'd be interested in an identity-focused list. One of my subjects of study is the Identity 2.0/identity management community (Kim Cameron etc.), including the Identity Gang list which discusses digital identity. Their concept of "identity" tends to be very narrow and focused on the development of very particular enterprise-focused applications, but if you're interested in that work I can send you over a bibliography in that area as well. Alice Marwick New York University alice.marwick(a)nyu.edu alicetiara(a)gmail.com http://www.tiara.org

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Re: [Air-l] preparing digital identity syllabus
by Philip Howard 05 Dec '06

05 Dec '06

Also Howard, Philip N., John Carr, and Tema J. Milstein. Digital Technology and the Market for Political Surveillance. Surveillance and Society 3, no. 1 (2005): 59¬-73.

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Job: Media Studies Program, University of Virginia, Asst/Assoc Prof
by Lauren M. Squires 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Please distribute to other lists that may have interested parties - and if anyone has questions about UVA or their MDST Program, I'm happy to entertain whatever I'm qualified to answer. http://as400.hrs.virginia.edu/cgi-bin/db2www/jobs/facdet06.mac/details?posn… The Media Studies Program at the University of Virginia seeks to hire a tenure track assistant or tenured associate professor beginning fall 2007. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D., significant teaching experience with undergraduate students, and an excellent research promise in the interdisciplinary field of media studies. For tenured appointment, candidates must show exceptional scholarly record in media studies. Areas of academic specialization are open, but the Program is particularly interested in candidates with innovative scholarship in the following possible areas: media in a global context; race, ethnicity, and/or sexuality and media; media policy; political economy of media industries; intellectual property and/or media law; critical studies in journalism. Desirable start date for the position is August 25, 2007. Inquiries can be directed to: judym(a)virginia.edu. Review of applications begins October 24, 2006 and will continue until the position is filled. Please send a letter of application, full CV, and names of at least three references to: Andrea Press, Chair, Search Committee University of Virginia Media Studies Program 401 New Cabell Hall PO Box 400866 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4866 The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. A demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity in pedagogy and scholarship is integral to the vision of the Media Studies Program. Therefore the search committee particularly welcomes applications from women, ethnic minorities, and other underrepresented groups. -- lauren m. squires lx: http://polyglotconspiracy.net cmc: http://sociocmc.blogspot.com

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preparing digital identity syllabus
by Christoph Engemann 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

greetings, I am teaching a seminar on digital identity in the sts program at ut austin and and preparing my syllabus. I'd appreciate any input for recommended readings. as the class will also entail an historical element I am especially interested in recommendations on literature dealing with early identity/authentication in computer systems. thanks christoph -- Christoph Engemann, Dipl. Psych. Graduate School of Social Sciences University of Bremen Postfach 330 440 28334 Bremen/Germany Telephone: ++49 (0)179 1233 933 engemann(a)gsss.uni-bremen.de www.gsss.uni-bremen.de http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blogs/engemann/

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e-petitions continued
by Dominic Pinto 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Tom Driberg of mysociety.org has reacted to some of the various points I relayed from the list, and my own comments, viz., >>>>>>>>>>> Tom Steinberg says: Hello Dominic (and your colleagues by proxy), Let me tackle your various questions and arguments. >Friends are highly dubious about this petition system, and that the support of say the repeal of the Hunting Act is representative. They are completely entitled to feel that way about this or any other initiative we run. However, Im afraid that whilst thousands of people per day are making use of it, though, thats not a good enough reason to persuade me to suggest to the trustees, developers or our volunteer community that we should annul our contract and close down the site. > Surely you dont envisage Blur or Broon acting because the highest number counted support the repeal of the Hunting Act? Speaking personally, I think youre probably right about the chances of the pro fox-hunting people getting a repeal of this act under this government. However, I hope it is pretty obvious that we didnt build this petition system because we thought the government would and should do everything that was petitioned for: it is simply a new channel in our multi-layered representative democracy. It does not make the rest of the political universe vanish. >yes, it would have been possible to build in deliberation. It has been done in relation to Parliamentary Committees, and in departmental consolations. Why not with No10? Excellent news - please point me to examples. I am especially keen to see ones that can deal with over 1000 parallell discussions on different topics. > Were you allowed to do so? I dont know, you should tell us, did you ask? No, I didnt ask. I was much more concerned that the process of actually signing and making petitions should be percieved as transparent and trustworthy by most users, as it clearly is. However, we have now added lots of features that I didnt ask for, and nor did No10 as the site was being designed. This is what it means to run a beta. > Is moderation too expensive when billions are spent in man+equipment in Iraq You might have noticed that mySociety hasnt launched any military action in Iraq recently. This is a question to direct to No10. I am sure your view that this is a good use of money will form part of their considerations on the issue of discussion systems - you can let them know directly by mailing the support address on the petitions homepage. >I couldnt see any party political reference, and in any case why should that be a bar? There is a strict division of powers over rejections or acceptances - this is No10s business not ours. However you appear to have quoted No10s justification in your own email, relating to Mrs Thatcher. If you think that they should have allowed her to be mentioned, please drop No10 a mail through the support address on the homepage of the petitions site. >Is that a likely development? We could see powerful parliamentary committees questioning the government closely on what steps it will be taking? As Stephen Coleman would doubtless point out now, the executive and the Parliament are different things. Im not aware of any such plans, but why not ask your MP to raise the idea in the House of Commons? Personally I would be happy to see petitions given some sort of more formal status, although I have not spent much time working out exactly what. Do you have any views? all the best, Tom written on November 30th, 2006 >>>>>>>>>>>> Anyone can try the petition system out (well, as long as you're a citizen of something, an elector of the UK - form the site: You must be a British citizen or resident to sign the petition. Or, if you're an expatriate, you're in an overseas territory, a Crown dependency or in the Armed Forces without a postcode .... And contribute directly to these discussions - I'm no proxy :-) http://www.mysociety.org/2006/11/14/no10-petitions-system-goes-live Dominic Pinto BA MIEEE MCMI MRi FRSA http://www.ecademy.com/user/dominicpinto e-m: dominic.pinto(a)ieee.org M: +44 780 302-8268 Ph: +44 207 379-8341 In the U.S. M/Cell: +1 215 667-3001

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Conferences and CFP's for the newsletter
by Mark Bell 04 Dec '06

04 Dec '06

Folks, For the Events section of the newsletter, I am compiling a list of upcoming conferences and cfp's. If you know of an upcomming event or CFP, please email me DIRECTLY so that I can add it to the list. This is open to all geographical regions. Thank you so much, M -- Mark Bell MA student in Ball State University's Digital Storytelling program http://www.storygeek.com "The future is here...it's just not widely distributed." - Tim O'Reilly

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (december 2006)
by David M Silver 01 Dec '06

01 Dec '06

Folks, a new set of book reviews [ http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp ] from the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies for December 2006: 1. Allegories of Communication: Intermedial Concerns from Cinema to the Digital Editors: John Fullerton & Jan Olsson Publisher: John Libbey Publishing, 2004 Review 1: Kristen Daly 2. Close Reading New Media: Analyzing Electronic Literature Editors: Jan Van Looy & Jan Baetens Publisher: Leuven University Press, 2003 Review 1: Mary Leonard 3. Eloquent Images: Word and Image in the Age of New Media Editors: Mary E. Hocks & Michelle R. Kendrick Publisher: MIT Press, 2003 Review 1: Vika Zafrin Review 2: Alan Razee Author Response: Mary Hocks 4. Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds Author: Jesper Juul Publisher: MIT Press, 2005 Review 1: Curt Carbonell Review 2: Randy Nichols Author Response: Jesper Juul 5. How Images Think Author: Ron Burnett Publisher: MIT Press, 2004 Review 1: Leanne Stuart Pupchek Author Response: Ron Burnett 6. Internet Politics: States, Citizens and New Communication Technologies Author: Andrew Chadwick Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006 Review 1: Viviane Serfaty Author Response: Andrew Chadwick 7. Literate Lives in the Information Age: Narratives of Literacy from the United States Authors: Cynthia L. Selfe & Gail E. Hawisher Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004 Review 1: Lisa A. Kirby Author Response: Cynthia L. Selfe & Gail E. Hawisher 8. Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia Editors: Chris Berry, Fran Martin, Audrey Yue Publisher: Duke University Press, 2003 Review 1: Terri He Author Response: Chris Berry, Fran Martin, & Audrey Yue 9. My First Recession: Critical Internet Culture in Transition Author: Geert Lovink Publisher: V2/NAi Publishers, 2003 Review 1: Michel Bauwens 10. Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices of Civic Engagement Editor: Gerard Hauser, Amy Grim Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004 Review 1: David Schulz 11. The Deepening Divide: Inequality in the Information Society Author: Jan A. G. M. van Dijk Publisher: Sage, 2005 Review 1: Alan Zaremba 12. The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace Author: Vincent Mosco Publisher: MIT Press, 2004 Review 1: Dale Bradley Author Response: Vincent Mosco 13. The Souls of Cyberfolk: Posthumanism as Vernacular Theory Author: Thomas Foster Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2005 Review 1: Michele Braun Review 2: Kim Toffoletti Author Response: Thomas Foster 14. Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction Author: Nick Montfort Publisher: MIT Press, 2003 Review 1: Russell Mills Review 2: T. Michael Roberts Author Response: Nick Montfort enjoy. david silver university of san francisco http://silverinsf.blogspot.com/ ________________________ Cyberculture-announce mailing list http://dockmaster.usfca.edu/mailman/listinfo/cyberculture-announce

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OII Summer Doctoral Programme 2007
by Homero Gil de Zuniga 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Feel free to distribute this info as widely as you can. HGZ *************** Dear Colleagues The OII is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 5th OII Summer Doctoral Programme, which will be hosted by our partners at The Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School from 16-27 July, 2007. Applications are welcomed from students in any discipline who are currently undertaking doctoral research on social, political, legal and economic issues relating to the Internet. Further details about the programme and details for applying are available at http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/sdp/Y2007.cfm The deadline for applications is 5pm GMT on 12th February 2007. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone who you think might be interested. If you need any further information please don't hesitate to contact sdp(a)oii.ox.ac.uk Kind regards Suzanne ------- Suzanne Henry Events Officer Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St Giles, OX1 3JS Tel: +44 (0)1865 287209 Fax: +44 (0)1865 287211 www.oii.ox.ac.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme Mailing List To unsubscribe, or for additional help regarding this list, please e-mail: webhelp(a)oii.ox.ac.uk.

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Call for Chapters - Handbook of Web Log Analysis
by Professor Amanda Spink 30 Nov '06

30 Nov '06

Handbook of Web Log Analysis - Call for Chapters (Proposals Submission Deadline: 01 January 2007. Full Chapters Due: 01 May 2007) CO-EDITORS Bernard J. Jansen (The Pennsylvania State University) Amanda Spink (Queensland University of Technology) Isak Taksa (Baruch College) INTRODUCTION Web search engines have emerged as one of the dominant technologies today, leaving few aspects of our lives untouched. Search applications on individual Web sites are increasingly important for people to locate needed information. Analyses of customer interactions within Web sites provide insight into user intent. Ecommerce Web sites leverage customer actions to provide better services and products. Millions of people build relationships on social networking Web sites. For these and a variety of other domains, both academic and industry researchers increasingly use Web logs to study the interactions between people and Web services. Important issues are arising, including the logging techniques used, the process of data collection and cleaning, how to analyze the data, ensuring privacy, building trust, and which quantitative and qualitative techniques produce the best understanding of user behavior. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVES OF THE BOOK The edited book, “Handbook of Web Log Analysis”, will provide an understanding of Web log analysis methods and processes. This book will provide an understanding of the tools and techniques used to analyze Web logs, including quantitative and qualitative methods. Each chapter will push forward our understanding of Web log analysis from various perspectives, including research from information science, computer science, information systems, communications, among others. The book will critically examine the significant issues, theories, and techniques surrounding Web log analysis. Topics include, but are not limited to, analysis of: search engines, single Websites, search applications, e-commerce sites, blogs, recommender systems, digital libraries, personal information repositories, multimedia collections, social networking sites, listservs, and the burden of addressing privacy and trust in any such logging application. Manuscripts should focus primarily on theories, models, processes, approaches, challenges, limitations, or tools of Web log analysis and not on empirical results. THE TARGET AUDIENCE The books is intended for use by information technology professionals, Web site designers, ecommerce organizations, information architects, search engine developers, and researchers involved in various aspects of understanding the customers and users of Web sites. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before 1 January 2007, a 2-5 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by 1 February 2007 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by 01 May 2007. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea Group Reference imprints. FURTHER INFORMATION Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to: Dr. Bernard J. Jansen Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences and Technology The Pennsylvania State University 329F IST Building IST Building, University Park PA 16802 Tel: (814) 865-6459 Fax: (814) 865-6426 E-mail: jjansen @ ist.psu.edu *************************************** Amanda Spink Professor of Information Technology Faculty of Information Technology Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus 2 George St, GPO Box 2434 Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia http://www.fit.qut.edu.au Tel: 61-7-3864-9583 Fax: 61-7-3864-2703 Email: ah.spink(a)qut.edu.au Homepage: http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~spinkah/

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