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Re: [Air-l] Taxonomy of Content on the Internet
by William Bain 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Bob Rehak wrote: "Taking the question in a slightly different direction, I'm curious as to what percentage of internet "content" is pornographic -- a term, of course, with its own fraught definitions, but one that is frequently invoked in "moral panic" characterizations of online information. Do folks here know of any statistical breakdowns of the internet focusing specifically on adult/taboo material?" I'd also be interested in statistical breakdowns of that sort. Cite-u-like gives an article that's of some interest, "Associations between pornography consumption and sexual practices among adolescents in Sweden," Häggström-Nordin, E. et al., published in _International Journal of STD & AIDS_, Vol. 16, No. 2, February 2005. I've only seen the abstract & don't know if the article examines the Net. Cheers, Will William Bain PhD Student Comparative Literature Department of Spanish Philology Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com

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Online marketing research curricula
by Michele Sohn 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Hi all I am running a two day executive course for marketers on online marketing research. This focuses on using the Internet (and other connected networks like mobile and RFID) as a marketing research tool, and not research about the Internet. Problem is.... now I have to develop the course material. And I have to do it by Monday. I have developed the following course outline, and would really like your input. Also, really interested in any case studies that you may be able to point me towards. I am very happy to share these lecture notes with all of you once they are completed. Top-level outline . What is online research . When to take research online . Developing effective questionnaires . Online focus groups . Netnography o Content analysis o Semiotic clustering . All about sampling . Recruitment and incentives . Data mining and integration . Dealing with dirty data . Designing ongoing studies Any input is appreciated. Thanks in advance. Michele Sohn

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iTunes 7
by D.M.Lazanski＠lse.ac.uk 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

I worked at iTunes and I know exactly what kind of data Apple collects. Would be happy to talk offline about it - don't want to bore everyone! Dominique M. Lazanski PhD Candidate Dept. of Management, Information Systems Group London School of Economics Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE UK d.m.lazanski(a)lse.ac.uk Mobile: +44 (0)7783 431 555 Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 7385

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Re: [Air-l] Taxonomy of Content on the Internet
by richard-seyler.ling＠telenor.com 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Hello all, All of this brings up another issue, namely how do you sample the web? What is the universe and what technique would you use to derive a generalizable sample? At one point I thought that if you randomly generated a set of, for example 4 letters such as "SFRW" and put them into google and then took the Nth entry in the list you would get a random sample of web content. It turns out that SFRW turns up things like: SEACOAST FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN Skype Feature Request Workflow Santa Fe River Watershed Etc. In thinking about it, the use of random letters would result in a lot of acronyms for groups (and thus miss, for example porn pages). Another technique would be to use a random word generator (open the dictionary to a random page and point at a word and then use it). Here you would get a lot of interesting words, but the search would depend on the language of the dictionary. Thus, neither of these approaches would work. Does anybody have any other approaches? Rich Ling

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Re: [Air-l] iTunes 7.0
by R.Mabry-Hubbard (UMC Student) 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

> . . . just updated iTunes to 7.0. ... I'm wondering about > the "randomness factor". Apparently, a number of people are interested in the algorithm for randomizing the playlist, too; a GOOGLE search for [iTunes "party shuffle" algorithm"] produced 477 results and 9,620 results for [iTunes "shuffle" algorithm randomness]. Here are few of interest. HOW MUCH DOES ITUNES LIKE MY FIVE-STAR SONGS? Article explores the algorithm iTunes uses to pick what comes next in a Party Shuffle playlist. http://www.omninerd.com/2005/08/25/articles/34 INFINITE LOOP: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ITUNES PARTY SHUFFLE Brian E. Hansen was curious about the exact algorithm iTunes used to select tracks during its "Party Shuffle" mode http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2005/8/28/1066 IPOD SHUFFLE: RANDOMNESS iTunes' shuffle algorithm chooses songs "without replacement." This means that, until every song has been played - or the shuffle algorithm is otherwise http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/ipodshuffle/topic2959.html IS AN IPOD ON SHUFFLE TRULY RANDOM? | Ask MetaFilter It's truly random, but they know that's a problem -- the new iTunes also you to ... There are some interesting theories about the shuffle algorithm in the ... [19 comments] http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/23813 ------ Robin Y. Mabry Hubbard, MBA, EdS Rural Sociology Doctoral Student - Community Informatics Email: ryh352(a)mizzou.edu My Homepage: http://www.rrchubbard.org Murphy's Law: There is never enough time to do it right; but there is always time to do it over ~ Our Future arrived Yesterday! ~ [I am not inviting any postmodernist to my party!]

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iTunes / Pandora
by Marj Kibby 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

Pandora tells you why it's playing the particular song: "It features folk influences, a vocal-centric aesthetic, major key tonality and other similarities with your nominated artist identified by the music genome project" Marj Dr Marjorie Kibby, Senior Lecturer in Communication & Culture Faculty of Education and Arts The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au +61 2 49216604

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Re: [Air-l] iTunes 7.0
by Stephanie Jo Kent 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Thanks Nancy - LOL - that's exactly how I was feeling! I appreciate the rest of the responses too. steph http://www.reflexivity.us On Sep 18, 2006, at 1:08 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Message: 14 > Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:07:27 -0500 > From: Nancy Baym <nbaym(a)ku.edu> > Subject: Re: [Air-l] iTunes 7.0 > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Message-ID: <p0623090ac133bcfda1f4(a)[192.168.2.17]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > > I thought the algorithm behind the shuffling was a closely guarded > trade secret. Personally, I suspect there's either a secret GPS > system or a psychic guiding the next song selection in my iPod half > the time. At the very least, there's a gremlin with an excellent > sense of humor. > > Nancy

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Fwd: [cultstud-l] Job search: Associate or Assistant Professor of Communication, Old Dominion University
by Jeremy Hunsinger 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Begin forwarded message: > From: Avi Santo <avisanto(a)mail.utexas.edu> > Date: September 18, 2006 8:14:03 PM EDT > To: Cultural Studies <cultstud-l(a)x94-249-29.ej1071.umn.edu> > Subject: [cultstud-l] Job search: Associate or Assistant Professor > of Communication, Old Dominion University > Reply-To: Cultural Studies <cultstud-l(a)comm.umn.edu> > > Associate or Assistant Professor of Communication > Old Dominion University > > The Department of Communication and Theatre Arts at Old Dominion > University > invites applications for a position at the rank of Associate or > Assistant > Professor (tenure-track). Successful candidates will hold a Ph.D. in > Communication, Media Arts, or related disciplines, and have an > established > research and publication record in digital media with a broad focus > in web > studies and/or new media. Possible specific interests include one > or more of > the following areas: convergence, human-digital communication, > creative > industries, globalization, law and policy, and/or virtual/interactive > environments. Candidates comfortable working with digital media and > who possess > multimedia and digital authoring skills are desirable. Candidates > should be > committed to undergraduate and graduate teaching, and are expected to > participate in university/college/departmental service activities. > Send a > letter of application that addresses the position, a curriculum > vitae, a sample > publication, and the names and contact information of three > references to: Dr. > Jeffrey Jones, Search Committee Chair, Department of Communication > and Theatre > Arts, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0087. > Review of > applications will begin on November 15, 2006 and will continue > until the > position is filled. Old Dominion University is an equal opportunity, > affirmative action employer and requires compliance with the > Immigration Reform > and Control Act of 1986. > > > _______________________________________________ > CULTSTUD-L mailing list: CULTSTUD-L(a)comm.umn.edu > http://www.comm.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/cultstud-l 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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Extension of Proposal Due Date - Call for Contributions to Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission
by Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Dear All Due date for submitting the proposals for the Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission has been extended to September 30, 2006. The updated original call for chapters is appended below for your information. We look forward to receiving your submissions as soon as possible. Detailed Call for Chapters can be found at: http://ykdwivedi.googlepages.com/home The updated schedule is as follows: Proposals due: September 30, 2006 Notification of proposal: October 15, 2006 Full chapter due: November 30, 2006 Please submit your proposals via e-mail to Dr Yogesh K. Dwivedi at ykdwivedi(a)gmail.com / y.k.dwivedi(a)swansea.ac.uk latest by September 30, 2006. If there are any questions, feel free to contact me at above email address. I look forward to receiving your proposal for this handbook soon. Sincerely, Yogesh -- Dr Yogesh K. Dwivedi School of Business and Economics Room 25, Haldane Building Swansea University, Singleton Park Swansea, SA2 8PP, Wales, UK. Phone: +44 (0)1792602340Email: y.k.dwivedi(a)swansea.ac.uk; ykdwivedi(a)gmail.com

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AoIR2006 - About Brisbane...
by Adam Muir 18 Sep '06

18 Sep '06

Dear AIR-list members, While reading the program for AoIR 06, I was thinking about other international conferences that I've attended (the Melbourne_DAC03 Conference comes readily to mind) where the conference website or the program booklet had a pool of knowledge about the local area so that visitors to the host city could make the most of their time; where to find good food, maybe some good value restaurants, or maybe some good book stores, or music stores, or places for other shopping adventures or [insert your own cultural interest]. >From the AIR-List so far I get a sense that everyone is doing their own independent research via the web, for hotels and so. Why not pool the knowledge from the brains on the list who are from Brisbane or have lived there for a while? What are the best places to get a good meal for a reasonable price? And so on. I'm sure there are cool, quirky little places to grab a bite to eat that you won't find via the internet! I'm not sure how much traffic and usage the AoIR.org wiki gets.. would that be the place for this kind of thing, as per a previous message? I saw some general information there about the region. I originally thought about those earlier posts calling for extra-curriculum activities that some of the conference-goers might be interested in attending. I'll get the ball rolling with some things that I am pretty sure I will go along to, that some of you might like to attend, too. It's not a definative list, so if you know of other things that are on.. then de-lurk and post them as well! :) The first event I wanted to mention is the "syncretism" event (featuring Richard Chartier, and others) on Thursday the 28th of September @ the Judith Wright Centre in Fortitude Valley (not far from the city centre, about 10minutes by bus or taxi). Syncretism costs $12 at the door ($10 booking in advance), doors open at 7:30pm for an 8pm start. This might be of interest to those of you with a technological bent, or those of you who might be into unusual music and sound performance. Have a look here for some more information: http://www2.judithwrightcentre.com.au/02_whats_on/details.asp?e_id=408 For something more normal-sounding, there are many excellent local original bands playing around town in the evenings of each of the days that AoIR06 is on.There are a few street press magazines in Brisbane, of which two of the larger ones are online at: * Rave - http://www.ravemagazine.com.au/ * Timeoff - http://www.timeoff.com.au/ You can also find the dead-tree versions around the city in selected music retailers. (that's a whole other kettle of fish). Check out the Gig Guide listings at those websites, and if it makes no sense to you, or you want some help finding something to suit your own interests, feel free to zap me an email... Just a word of warning for those staying in the Hilton: The public bar downstairs at the Hilton called "Her Majesty's Basement" (sometimes shortened to "the basement") has live bands regularly; however it must be said that on Wednesday nights, and some weekend nights are often heavy metal, hardcore or punk bands, and there's plenty of the black t-shirt brigade hanging out there. So unless that's your thing...... there's your warning. :) Lastly, I recommend taking a trip up to the Powerhouse in New Farm (a nice suburb that's a short 15 minute bus/taxi ride from the city) which has a lot of really cool things going on, from theatre to comedy to jazz to other performance stuff.. art shows.. lots of diverse cultural events. (trivia buffs: I saw The Residents play there on their 2005 tour). more info: http://www.brisbanepowerhouse.com.au/ Of note: at the Powerhouse on Saturday evening - 30th of September- is the next in the Silhouette Series, this one inspired by the music of Björk Gudmundsdóttir featuring local Brisbane electronic music artists. Cost: $10 - 8:00:PM (in the Visy Theatre). Anyway I'll end this here because this email is getting really long --- I don't even have any previous email history at the bottom either! :0 ;) Thanks for your time, I look forward to meeting those of you who come down for the conference. :D regards, - adam muir PhD Candidate in Internetwork Ecology. School of Arts, Griffith University. http://amuir.edublogs.org/ http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/ http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/cpci/

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