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Re: [Air-l] Gender and Video Games
by Julian Hopkins 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Hello Adam, This article may be useful: Gender and Computer Games: Exploring Females' Dislikes Tilo Hartmann and Christoph Klimmt http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue4/hartmann.html Regards, Julian ++++++++++ Julian Hopkins Lecturer HELP University College - ADP Kuala Lumpur tel: +60 3 2095 8791 x2913 email: julianh(a)help.edu.my Message: 2 Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2006 00:22:39 -0700 From: "Adam Matthew Ormond" <aormond(a)uci.edu> Subject: [Air-l] Gender and Video Games To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Message-ID: <000801c6e52a$613072b0$0300a8c0@MATT> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello Everyone, I am co-authoring a book chapter on First Person Shooter (FPS) games and violence, and am looking for demographic and statistical information on the types of video/computer games girls play, ages of players, reasons for playing, and impact on the development of perception and identity. Would anyone be able to direct me to any resources covering this subject matter? Adam Matthew Ormond, Ed.D. Lecturer Department of Education University of California, Irvine 2001 Berkeley Place Irvine, CA Phone: (949) 824-2882 Email: aormond(a)uci.edu Office: BP2082

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Wikipedia entry cited by UK educational establishment
by David Brake 02 Oct '06

02 Oct '06

Long-overdue recognition of its usefulness or beginning of the end of civilization? I don't want to speculate - but I certainly raised an eyebrow when I saw http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/childhood/ - the website for a 30 part radio history of childhood. It's a flagship series on Radio 4, broadcast (and produced?) by the BBC with some kind of relationship to the Open University and one of the two external links given on the site was to a Wikipedia entry. I don't know if this is a new policy from the BBC or just some web producer taking their own initiative but it's a sign of the times that this would have been considered... --- 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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new reviews in cyberculture studies (october 2006)
by David M Silver 01 Oct '06

01 Oct '06

new reviews [ http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp ] for october 2006: 1. Communication Researchers and Policy-Making Editor: Sandra Braman Publisher: MIT Press, 2003 Review: Amin Alhassan Author Response: Sandra Braman 2. Material Virtualities: Approaching Online Textual Embodiment Author: Jenny Sunden Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing, 2003 Review: Clarissa Lee Author Response: Jenny Sunden 3. Star Trek: Technologies of Disappearance Author: Alan N. Shapiro Publisher: Avinus Verlag, 2004 Review: Radim Hladik Author Response: Alan N. Shapiro 4. Technology and the Dream: Reflections on the Black Experience at MIT, 1941-1999 Author: Clarence G. Williams Publisher: MIT Press, 2003 Review: Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas COMING SOON! reviews of: Computer Mediated Communication: Social Interaction and the Internet; Culture + Technology: A Primer; Eloquent Images: Word and Image in the Age of New Media; Figurski at Findhorn on Acid; Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds; Internet Politics: States, Citizens and New Communication Technologies; Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia; My First Recession: Critical Internet Culture in Transition; Publicity's Secret: How Technoculture Capitalizes on Democracy; Techno Fashion; The Cinema Effect; The Digital Sublime: Myth, Power, and Cyberspace; The Mirror and the Veil: An Overview of American Online Diaries and Blogs; and The Souls of Cyberfolk: Posthumanism as Vernacular Theory. enjoy. david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com

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Announcement: CFP - Journal issue on Regulation of the Internet
by Matthew Allen 01 Oct '06

01 Oct '06

The International Journal of Communications Law and Policy (http://www.ijclp.org) and the Association of Internet Researchers (http://aoir.org) is pleased to announce a call for further papers for a special issue on Internet regulation linked to the IRv7 Conference ('Internet Convergences'). The selection committee - composed of the editorial board of the IJCLP and Matthew Allen (Curtin University of Technology), Fay Sudweeks (Murdoch University) and Axel Bruns (Queensland University of Technology) - will review and consider all submissions for publication. We have already received several papers from the conference which are in the process of being reviewed and would now encourage experts from all disciplines and nationalities to submit further papers for publication by 1st December 2006. Acceptance will be notified by the end of the year for publication in 2007 following strict double-blind peer review. The special issue is defined as follows: The Internet has been characterised as a communications technology that, in its global reach and empowerment of individual users, undermines the jurisdictional authority of both sovereign nations and the international bodies to which those nations subscribe. In such a world, it was imagined, 'regulation' would decline or become irrelevant. This characterisation, part of the rhetorical promotion of the Internet in the 1990s, is wrong in two fundamental ways. Firstly, laws and policies that seek to regulate the Internet have proliferated in recent years and demonstrate significant attention by national governments to the business of governing the Internet; equally global discussions to create international understandings of the Internet have also become more significant even if, for the moment, have been less fruitful than purely national legislation. Second, and at least as importantly, it is now apparent that the Internet involves additional regulatory authorities users, systems administrators, software writers and large corporations. If anything, therefore, the Internet can be said to involve increased, or at least more complex webs of, regulatory activity. In this special issue of IJCLP, we bring together papers that explore aspects of regulation, governance and policy-making at all three levels - systemic, national and international - so as to provide insights into network of network regulation. All inquiries should be mailed to Matthew Allen (m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au) and Boris Rotenberg (boris_rotenberg(a)yahoo.it) final submissions to Simone F. Bonetti (simo.bonetti(a)tiscalinet.it) Formatting and other requirements are stated on the IJCLP website. Submissions must be in English and should be between 4-8,000 words in length. Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://smi.curtin.edu…> +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aoir.org/>

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Nicole Reinhold/AMS/CE/PHILIPS is out of the office.
by Nicole Reinhold 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

I will be out of the office starting 2006-09-29 and will not return until 2007-01-20.

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Launch Announcement: M/C Dialogue
by Axel Bruns 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - 30 September 2006 M/C - Media and Culture is proud to introduce M/C Dialogue http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/ Edited by Jinna Tay Welcome to M/C - Media and Culture's latest publication, M/C Dialogue (http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/) M/C Dialogue is a site for researchers in culture and the media, and for anyone else interested in discourse, discussion, and debate about ideas, processes and people - probably, most of us! Our launch begins with a series of stimulating conversations with Adjunct Professor George Negus, Smart State Fellow Toby Miller, SBS Television Programme Executive Jane Roscoe, and Novelist/Academic Paul Magrs, each interviewed by researchers in their fields. We invite you to read their views, to post questions and comments, and to start new dialogues about their topics - we hope that together we can make this an engaging site that you will enjoy visiting and reading. Jinna Tay Editor, M/C Dialogue Axel Bruns General Editor, M/C - Media and Culture --------------------------------------------------------------------------- About M/C Dialogue M/C Dialogue (http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/about) is a peer- reviewed publication that presents accessible dialogues between prominent cultural thinkers and researchers in related fields. The tone is accessible but intelligent; informal but informed. M/C Dialogue provides the reader with an up-to-date summary of the recent work of important thinkers, as well as showing the human side of these public figures. M/C Dialogue aims to * Present an accessible introduction to the thinking of important figures in the analysis and understanding of culture * Show that ideas are always produced in a social context. The voices of theorists, producers, intellectuals or artists are not abstract and esoteric - they are embodied and tied up in emotions and interpersonal interactions. * Provide an invaluable opportunity for scholars to network with key figures in their fields, by facilitating interactions and collaborations. We welcome proposals for further interviews. If you have any upcoming events with possible interviewers & interviewees please let us know. All feedback is appreciated. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit all four M/C publications at <http://www.media-culture.org.au/>. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All contributors are available for media contacts: mc(a)media-culture.org.au. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- end -- Dr Axel Bruns, General Editor editor(a)media-culture.org.au M/C - Media and Culture http://www.media-culture.org.au/

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Lachlan Brown
by Sam Tilden 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

I'm doing research on trolls. Has anyone any information on when Lachlan Brown can be found. Or any clues as to his identity. I've tried all the email addresses in the listserv archives. Also, if you know any professed Trolls would you share that information. I doing a documentary film. Please contact me privately! Sam --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail.

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Re: [Air-l] Fwd: Announcement of new research project: EU Kids Online
by Asi Sharabi 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

Is that a sequel to UK children online http://www.children-go-online.net/ from London School of Economics? A. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of David Brake Sent: 29 September 2006 09:41 To: AoIR mailing list Subject: [Air-l] Fwd: Announcement of new research project: EU Kids Online > EU Kids Online - New Project Looking at Children's Experiences, > Risks and Opportunities Online > > Cultural, Contextual and Risk Issues in Children's Safe Use of the > Internet and New Media (2006-2009) > EU Kids Online, a project funded by the EC Safer Internet plus > Programme, began work at the end of June. This thematic network, > consisting of key researchers from 18 countries, will examine > ongoing and new research being carried out across different member > states into how children and young people are using the internet > and other online technologies. > > This three-year collaboration aims to identify comparable research > findings across Europe to evaluate the social, cultural and > regulatory influences affecting both risks and children's and > parents' responses to them. It will chart available data, highlight > research gaps and identify factors that shape the research > capability of European research institutions. Finally, it will > examine methodological issues relating to cross-cultural analysis > in relation to the study of children's online experiences in order > to develop a best practice guide for future research. > > To be sure of identifying all relevant research findings > especially for ongoing and new research, the project members warmly > invite communications from the wider community of policy-makers, > practitioners and researchers in order to achieve this goal. > > Please feel free to forward this message to others who may be > interested. Anyone who wishes to be kept informed about the project > can register on our website www.eukidsonline.net or email Panayiota > Tsatsou at P.Tsatsou(a)lse.ac.uk. And do tell us about any research, > surveys or events in this area. Thank you! > > Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Leslie Haddon > Department of Media and Communications > London School of Economics and Political Science > Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK > fax: +44 (0) 20 7955 7248 > email: s.livingstone(a)lse.ac.uk / leshaddon(a)aol.com > > --- 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) _______________________________________________ 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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Fwd: Announcement of new research project: EU Kids Online
by David Brake 29 Sep '06

29 Sep '06

> EU Kids Online - New Project Looking at Children's Experiences, > Risks and Opportunities Online > > Cultural, Contextual and Risk Issues in Children's Safe Use of the > Internet and New Media (2006-2009) > EU Kids Online, a project funded by the EC Safer Internet plus > Programme, began work at the end of June. This thematic network, > consisting of key researchers from 18 countries, will examine > ongoing and new research being carried out across different member > states into how children and young people are using the internet > and other online technologies. > > This three-year collaboration aims to identify comparable research > findings across Europe to evaluate the social, cultural and > regulatory influences affecting both risks and children's and > parents' responses to them. It will chart available data, highlight > research gaps and identify factors that shape the research > capability of European research institutions. Finally, it will > examine methodological issues relating to cross-cultural analysis > in relation to the study of children's online experiences in order > to develop a best practice guide for future research. > > To be sure of identifying all relevant research findings > especially for ongoing and new research, the project members warmly > invite communications from the wider community of policy-makers, > practitioners and researchers in order to achieve this goal. > > Please feel free to forward this message to others who may be > interested. Anyone who wishes to be kept informed about the project > can register on our website www.eukidsonline.net or email Panayiota > Tsatsou at P.Tsatsou(a)lse.ac.uk. And do tell us about any research, > surveys or events in this area. Thank you! > > Professor Sonia Livingstone and Dr Leslie Haddon > Department of Media and Communications > London School of Economics and Political Science > Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK > fax: +44 (0) 20 7955 7248 > email: s.livingstone(a)lse.ac.uk / leshaddon(a)aol.com > > --- 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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Rensselaer Faculty Positions
by zappenj＠rpi.edu 28 Sep '06

28 Sep '06

Please see below the latest updates of the announcments of Rensselaer's faculty positions in communication in technologically mediated contexts and human-computer interaction. Thank you. --Jim Zappen Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Language, Literature and Communication Tenure Track Junior Faculty Position in Communication in Technologically Mediated Contexts The Department of Language, Literature and Communication seeks a strong scholar/researcher in communication in technologically mediated contexts. We will consider candidates who approach this topic grounded in established communication theory and research methods from any area; however, we are especially interested in candidates whose approach is informed by new media studies or by organizational, cross-cultural, or visual communication. Candidates are expected to develop a substantial program of research leading to peer-reviewed publication and external funding. The candidate should show evidence of strong promise in teaching and scholarship. Teaching opportunities will be at the undergraduate and graduate level with the typical teaching load set at two courses per semester. Desirable teaching expertise includes communication theory and research methods, but our flexible program allows faculty to devise and teach courses related to individual scholarly interests. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary faculty conducting state-of-the-art research on communication in technologically mediated contexts in areas such as communication studies, human-computer interaction, digital rhetoric, technical communication, media studies, and graphic design. The department has just added a new M.S. in Human Computer Interaction to a program portfolio that includes one of the top-ranked Ph.D.'s in Communication and Rhetoric in the country and a joint B.S. in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication. The department also makes substantial contributions to teaching in a B.S. and M.S. in Information Technology and has a joint B.S. in Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences reaching final approval. Faculty and students have access to the Social and Behavioral Laboratory (http://www.sbrl.rpi.edu) and other Institute research facilities. More information about the department is available at http://www.llc.rpi.edu. Rensselaer is a U.S. News and World Report top-50 university with approximately 5000 undergraduate and 2500 graduate students. It is located in the emerging "Tech Valley" region of the Hudson River Valley with New York City, Boston, and Montreal only a few hours away. The region is known for its quality of life: Outdoor recreation opportunities in the Adirondack and Berkshire Mountains are only an hour or so away. The area boasts affordable Victorian architecture and is a cultural center for the arts. When it opens, Rensselaer's EMPAC--the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center--will provide unsurpassed facilities for creative exploration and for research linking art and technology. Appointment begins August 15, 2007. Review of applications will begin October 15, 2006 and will continue until suitable candidates are identified. Application letter, current c.v., writing samples, and three letters of recommendation should be sent in hardcopy to: James P. Zappen, Search Committee Chair Department of Language, Literature, and Communication Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street Troy, NY 12180 Email: zappenj(a)rpi.edu Telephone: (518) 276-8117 Fax: (518) 276- 4092 (ads in July) 10-0-0 We welcome candidates who will bring diverse intellectual, geographical, gender and ethnic perspectives to Rensselaer's work and campus communities. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Language, Literature and Communication Tenure Track Faculty Position (Rank Open) in Human-Computer Interaction The Department of Language, Literature and Communication seeks a strong scholar/researcher in human-computer interaction. We will consider candidates in any area of HCI; however, we are especially interested in candidates whose research interests are in the areas of social computing, mobile/ubiquitous computing, or user-centered design, and who implement systems or perform rigorous laboratory or field studies as part of their research approach. Candidates are expected to develop a substantial program of research leading to peer-reviewed publication and external funding. The preferred candidate should show evidence of strong promise to strong record in teaching and scholarship. Teaching opportunities will be at the undergraduate and graduate level with the typical teaching load set at two courses per semester. Desirable teaching expertise includes interface prototyping and implementation, HCI usability and evaluation techniques, and design methodology and distance education. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary faculty conducting state-of-the-art research on communication in technologically mediated contexts in areas such as human-computer interaction, communication studies, digital rhetoric, technical communication, media studies, and graphic design. The department has just added a new M.S. in Human Computer Interaction to a program portfolio that includes one of the top-ranked Ph.D.'s in Communication and Rhetoric and a joint B.S. in Electronic Media, Arts, and Communication. The department also makes substantial contributions to teaching in a B.S. and M.S. in Information Technology and has a joint B.S. in game studies under development. Faculty and students have access to the Social and Behavioral Laboratory (http://www.sbrl.rpi.edu) and other Institute research facilities. More information about the department is available at http://www.llc.rpi.edu. Rensselaer is a U.S. News and World Report top-50 university with approximately 5000 undergraduate and 2500 graduate students. It is located in the emerging "Tech Valley" region of the Hudson River Valley with New York City, Boston, and Montreal only a few hours away. The region is known for its quality of life: Outdoor recreation opportunities in the Adirondack and Berkshire Mountains are in close proximity. The area boasts affordable Victorian architecture and is a cultural center for the arts. Rensselaer's own EMPAC--the Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center--will provide unsurpassed facilities for creative exploration and for research linking art and technology when it opens in 2008. Appointment begins August 15, 2007. Review of applications will begin October 15, 2006 and will continue until suitable candidates are identified. Application letter, current c.v., writing samples, and three letters of recommendation should be sent to: James P. Zappen, Search Committee Chair, Department of Language, Literature and Communication, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, Email: zappenj(a)rpi.edu; (518) 276-8117, Fax: (518) 276-4092. We welcome candidates who will bring diverse intellectual, geographical, gender, and ethnic perspectives to Rensselaer's work and campus communities. Rensselaer is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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