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i-pol: a portal on Internet and politics
by Wainer Lusoli 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

Dear all - We have revamped [new & improved...] our research site on Internet and politics. http://www.i-pol.org It now resembles a portal, featuring both our own work [Stephen Ward, Rachel K. Gibson and Wainer Lusoli] and much wider research on Internet and politics. It provides annotated links and pointers to Internet and politics papers, initiatives, research projects, data and news. The research blog [i-blog] reviews issues related to e-government, e-democracy, Internet and electoral campaigns and e-participation. The post rate is about 3 msgs per week, on the above subjects. If you have a blog or websites dealing with Internet and politics [broadly defined], happy to exchange a link, if you are not already there. If you have something you would like to share, please get in touch. All other comments and contributions welcome, as you will see the site still needs a wee bit of work. All the best, and kind regards Wainer, Steve and Rachel -------------------------------------------- i-pol: a portal on Internet and politics http://www.i-pol.org http://del.icio.us/ipol [under construction] --------------------------------------------

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Fwd: [Asis-l] NCLIS News Release: NCLIS Urges Congress to take all necessary action to ensure Net Neutrality - 11/7/06
by Jeremy Hunsinger 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

for those of you following the net neutrality debate. Begin forwarded message: > From: Kim Miller <kmiller(a)nclis.gov> > Date: November 7, 2006 3:08:51 PM EST > To: "asis-l(a)asis.org" <asis-l(a)asis.org> > Subject: [Asis-l] NCLIS News Release: NCLIS Urges Congress to take > all necessary action to ensure Net Neutrality - 11/7/06 > Reply-To: kmiller(a)nclis.gov > > News Release 11/7/06 can be also be viewed by linking to this URL: > > http://www.nclis.gov/news/pressrelease/pr2006/ > NCLISNetNeutrality-2006-14.pdf > > ******************** > > News Release > Contact: > Information Officer > 1 202 606 9200 > info(a)nclis.gov > > For Immediate Release > > NCLIS Urges Congress to take all > necessary action to ensure Net Neutrality > > Washington, DC. USA November 7, 2006-The U.S. National Commission > on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) today announced its > position on Internet neutrality ("net neutrality"), currently being > debated in the Congress. > > "The current discussion centers on whether content transmission on > the Internet should be subject to a system of prioritization known > as 'tiered service'," said Commission Chairman Beth Fitzsimmons. > "So far, the underlying transmission of information treats all > packets of information equally but this could change unless > Congress acts to prevent a move to a tiered service." > > A tiered system of transmission would permit a substantial shift in > Internet operations, allowing Internet service providers to charge > the content creators. Thus higher fees would make content more > available, since that content would be more accessible, but those > paying lower fees would have access to their content downgraded, as > Dr. Fitzsimmons put it, "to the slow lane of the Internet highway." > > "Content created by organizations with deep pockets would rise to > the top of a search, with the higher fees essentially enabling a > content provider to 'buy' a higher position in a search," Dr. > Fitzsimmons continued. "Content created by organizations with > limited funding for such costs; community groups, schools and other > educational institutions, non-profits, and the scholarly publishing > field, for example, would be greatly restricted in having their > materials available in the early stages of a search." > > With today's announcement, the Commission takes the position that - > with respect to Internet neutrality - Congress should take action > to assure the tiered access is prevented. In fact, according to a > study done under contract for the Commission, the government has > already taken a stand. In 1992, when Congress permitted commercial > traffic on the Internet, the Committee report on the legislation > noted that the change did not alter the "goals or characteristics" > of the network. Congressman Rick Boucher, the Chairman of the House > subcommittee that developed the legislation, explained during a > hearing on the legislation: "It is essential as the network is > structured that all commercial providers of network services > receive equal treatment and that Government policy in managing the > network not favor any provider or set of providers over others." > > It has also been suggested that the Federal Communications > Commission (FCC) handle net neutrality in a regulatory manner, but > a position has been taken by the FCC as well. In August, 2005, the > FCC adopted and published four principles "to encourage broadband > deployment and preserve and promote the open and interconnected > nature of [the] public Internet." While the principles have no > legal force and have not been codified, the FCC Chairman stated at > the time that these principles will be incorporated into the > policymaking activities of the FCC. The four principles are: > > 1. Consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of > their choice. > > 2. Consumers are entitled to run applications and services of their > choice (subject to the needs of law enforcement). > > 3. Consumers are entitled to connect their choice of legal devices > that do not harm the network. > > 4. Consumes are entitled to competition among network providers, > application and service providers, and content providers. > > "The Commission is in full support of the FCC's principles," Dr. > Fitzsimmons said, "and we as a Commission - with a statutory > responsibility to advise the President and Congress in matters > having to do with libraries and information science - respectfully > encourage Congress to reiterate strongly the position it took when > legislation permitting commercial traffic on the Internet was > developed. Equal treatment of content is important to all > information seekers. " > > ABOUT NCLIS > > The U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science > (NCLIS) is a permanent, independent agency of the Federal > government charged by Public Law 91-345 to advise the President and > Congress on national and international library and information > policies, to appraise and assess the adequacies and deficiencies of > library and information resources and services, and to develop > overall plans for meeting national library and information needs. > > ****************************** > > Kim A. Miller > Special Assistant - Technical > U.S. National Commission on Libraries & Information Science > 1800 M Street, N.W.; Suite 350 North Tower > Washington, DC 20036-5841 > 202-606-9200; Fax: 202-606-9203 > www.nclis.gov <http://www.nclis.gov/> > > > > > > ____ > ________________________________________ > Asis-l mailing list > Asis-l(a)asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l 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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2006 horizon report from NMC and Educause
by Jeremy Hunsinger 10 Nov '06

10 Nov '06

the 2006 horizon report is out at http://www.nmc.org/horizon/ It has sections on: Social computing Personal Broadcasting Phones Educational Gaming Augmented Reality Contextually aware devices. I find it interesting to read the horizon reports because they provide a nice introduction to current and upcoming technologies in the academy and elsewhere. That and they are short and provide interesting citations. Jeremy Hunsinger School of Library and Information Science Pratt Institute () 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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Re: [Air-l] Web Science a Field of Study
by David Brake 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

On 6 Nov 2006, at 21:20, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Tim Berners Lee has provided me with some clarity. > > > "The web itself should be independent of the social... the first > order, it should be not an institution but a completely blank piece > of paper, a medium upon which society can do what it needs to do > and what it wants to do." TBL > It's interesting to read this in light of his remarks around the launch of the institute: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6108578.stm ... in which he expressed his concerns that the web could be used for misinformation. If the web is and should be independent of society then surely it is society that needs to be fixed in this case not the web? (Personally I believe that there are influences in both directions). I agree of course that he is calling for something that we all know already exists - interdisciplinary study of the Internet and its (inter)-relationship to society - but surely anything he does to raise the profile of Internet or Web studies (in whatever form they take) can only be good for all of us. For what it's worth Sir Tim is one of my heroes - not only because he contributed to a great extent to the development of the web (which popularised the Internet for many people) but because he has consistently fought for open standards and clearly decided early on to use his position to attempt to ensure his work is used for the public good instead of merely cashing in as he certainly could have done. --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone) --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)

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Edublog awards
by Mary-Helen Ward 09 Nov '06

09 Nov '06

Nominations are being sought for this year's edublog awards: http:// incsub.org/awards/2006/edublog-awards-2006-nominations-open/ Have at it! M-H

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AoIR Student Blog Community Forming
by Mary-Helen Ward 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

AoIR is sponsoring the formation of a student blog community in which AoIR student members can have their blogs listed and linked on the AoIR home page. If you wish to join, simply email me <mhward(a)usyd.edu.au> with 'AoIR student blogs' in the subject line and include the following information: - your name (or the pseudonym you would like to appear in the list) - the name of your blog - the url of your blog - a sentence summarising your research area/interest/focus. Background At the AoIR conference in Brisbane a small group of graduate students met with Ted Coopman, the graduate student representative on the AoIR Exec. One of the things that was suggested by participants at that meeting was the possibility that some central place be created with a list of the blogs of graduate student members of the Association. The Executive enthusiastically supported this member-generated idea and approved a small button I've designed that people can use on their blogs. The intention is to help form a student community of common interest - many of us are already linking to each other and have each other on RSS feeds, but this would create a quick way to connect with and for new student members. Also, at the PhD colloquium in Brisbane many PhD presenters reported that they found the input from faculty present to be really helpful, especially as we're all working in such a multi-disciplinary and 'out there' academic area and many of us have supervisors with more traditional research experience. Having our blogs linked would mean that we could bring up issues we were concerned about for discussion among a wider audience that has a deeper understanding of the issues of our research areas than many of the people we are in face-to-face contact with. It would also give faculty members in AoIR a way to learn the research interests of the graduate student members of this new and rapidly expanding discipline. If you know student members of the organisation who aren't on this list feel free to pass this email on to them. Mary-Helen __ Educational Developer Flexible Online Learning Team USyd eLearning Office of the Pro Vice Chancellor, Teaching and Learning

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Academic Humor
by Sam Tilden 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

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Re: [Air-l] CMC and Folklore
by Zilia C. Estrada 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

Folklore is a lot 'bigger' than is often conceptualized. Take a look at the broad range of work done by one of the contemporary leaders in the field, Alan Dundes, for example, under the folklore umbrella. His work included studies of national character, ethnic slurs, and more. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3732/is_200410/ai_n15846386 A brief overview of Dundes' work. (He died last year.) It does not have to be vernacular or "traditional" to allow for study under a folklore framework. Dundes was the one who posited that any two individuals could be identified as a group--and that anything that went on particular to that group was game for folklore studies. From that angle, AoIR could be constructed as a folk group with its own set of practices and identifications--which could be explored using CMC techniques. The field is wide open. Zilia -- Zilia C. Estrada Department of Folklore & Ethnomusicology School of Library and Information Science Indiana University, Bloomington zestrada(a)indiana.edu On 11/6/06, RGH <rgh(a)rghoward.com> wrote: > What happens if you start to shift the "folklore and CMC" to > "vernacular media" or "everyday media use" or "traditional expression > in CMC"? Would other stuff come into the sphere? > > Rob > > >digital ethnography, transcri[bed,ption] oral histories, digital mythology > >.... ;) > > > >i'm sure there are several other plausible reference points that listies > >can throw out to help.... listies, what say you? > > > >--elijah > > > > > >On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, sigalz(a)shaw.ca wrote: > > > >> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:46:45 -0700 > >> From: sigalz(a)shaw.ca > >> Reply-To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >> Subject: Re: [Air-l] CMC and Folklore > >> > >> > >> hello, > >> > >> What other key words would you use other than: CMC + Folklore? > >> > >> Sigalit > >> > >> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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/ > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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/ > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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/ > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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/ > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >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/ > > > -- > Robert Glenn Howard > Assistant Professor > > Department of Communication Arts > University of Wisconsin - Madison > rgh(a)rghoward.com > http://rghoward.com > _______________________________________________ > 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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market for digital humanities
by Davis, Boyd 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

A task force at my university is looking into developing graduate work/degrees in digital humanities, however broadly construed, and I'd be grateful for any information or suggestions with regard to potential market or opportunities for people coming through such a program. Boyd Davis bdavis(a)email.uncc.edu if you'd rather not reply to the list

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Web Science a Field of Study
by Richard Forno 07 Nov '06

07 Nov '06

(for those who havent' heard yet.......rf) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Southampton in Britain plan to announce today that they are starting a joint research program in Web science. Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the Web¹s basic software, is leading the program. An Oxford-educated Englishman, Mr. Berners-Lee is a senior researcher at M.I.T., a professor at the University of Southampton and the director of the World Wide Web Consortium, an Internet standards-setting organization. Web science, the researchers say, has social and engineering dimensions. It extends well beyond traditional computer science, they say, to include the emerging research in social networks and the social sciences that is being used to study how people behave on the Web. And Web science, they add, shifts the center of gravity in engineering research from how a single computer works to how huge decentralized Web systems work. < - > NY Times http://tinyurl.com/tkxgf

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