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interesting ...
by Charles Ess 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

A colleague emailed me the following: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/23/technology/23search.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5 070&en=f91d8a9d76e3d7ca&ex=1157083200&adxnnl=1&emc=eta1&adxnnlx=1156803211-g lAVovtRzZ4bnkKPsJlKqA New York Times article from 23. August on a recent release by AOL of a very large data set - one that set off privacy concerns among the researchers interviewed in the article. Thoughts and comments from sister / fellow Internet researchers - including re. the ethical issues involved? cheerfully, - cX Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies <http://www.drury.edu/gp21> Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Information Ethics Fellow, 2006-07, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, UW-Milwaukee Co-chair, CATaC conferences <www.catacconference.org> Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers <www.aoir.org> Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php> Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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CALL FOR CHAPTERS - NEW BOOK
by Ettore Bolisani 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

******APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTINGS***** CALL FOR CHAPTERS "Building the Knowledge Society on the Internet: Making Value from Information Exchange" Proposals Submission Deadline: September 15, 2006 Full Chapters Due: January 15, 2007 editor: Dr. Ettore Bolisani, University of Padua, Italy 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. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: a. Models and patterns of effective information exchange on the Net Cognitive behaviours of Internet users Categories of users and their searching processes Sources of knowledge and their exploitation Methods to evaluate and select Internet sources How to be retrieved on the Net Organising, classifying, and publishing valuable sources b. Foundations, limitations and prospects of computer tools and information retrieval Automation vs. flexibility in the future Internet searching tools Semantic approaches to the web Design criteria of valuable web portals Matching user needs with the technical characteristics of tools c. Knowledge management on the Internet Conceptual roots and practical issues of knowledge management on the Internet Definitions of knowledge and their practical use: What can really be shared through the Net? Knowledge management and knowledge sharing within and between organisations Organisational configurations for online knowledge sharing d. The economic value of knowledge sharing through the Net Measuring the economic value of information and knowledge on the Internet Knowledge-based business models and services Languages and standards for business information exchange Exchanging knowledge in extended and virtual enterprises Models and practice for effective knowledge sharing in networked organisations, virtual teams, and virtual communities of practice Open environments and knowledge exchanges SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Researchers and practitioners are invited to send an e-mail of acknowledgement to the Editor, and then to submit on or before September 15, 2006 a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by October 15, 2006 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organisational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by January 15, 2007. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a doubleblind review basis. The complete Call For Chapters may be found at: http://www2.gest.unipd.it/labtesi/CFC.htm Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to: Dr. Ettore Bolisani Associate Professor DTG Department of Management and Engineering UNIVERSITY OF PADUA Stradella San Nicola, 3 36100 VICENZA ITALY Phone (direct): +39.0444.998725 or +39.049.8277825 Fax: +39.049.998888 or +39.049.8277825 Mobile: +39.320.0440184 email: ettore.bolisani(a)unipd.it webpage: http://www2.gest.unipd.it/labtesi/eb-homepage.htm

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Last Call for Papers: General Online Research 07
by Uwe Matzat 06 Sep '06

06 Sep '06

Dear colleagues, until Sepember 30 you still have the opportunity to submit an abstract to the 9th GOR conference. So if you are interested in getting an overview of different specialties of a growing research field including the study of online communities, digital inequality, social networks online & offline, social and psychological impact of mobile and online communication then you should consider submitting an abstract. As always, the conference also focuses on methodological questions of internet research. And just as a side remark, Leipzig is a very nice and historical place to visit..... Best wishes, Uwe --------------------------------------------------------------- LAST CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------------------------------------- 9th International GOR Conference GOR 07 GENERAL ONLINE RESEARCH '07 March, 26-28,2007 at University of Leipzig, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Organized by: German Society for Online Research - DGOF e.V. local organizers: Prof. Dr. M. Haller Prof. Dr. G.Heyer Dr. M. Welker --------------------------------------------------------------- Conference topics include theories, methods, and findings concerning social and business aspects of the Internet and mobile communication. The aim of the conference is to document the progress of Internet science, innovative developments, and practical experience. Traditionally, GOR conferences have been excellent opportunities for dialogue between: - researchers and users of Internet science - universities and companies - customers and suppliers. --------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Languages: English, German ------------------------------------- Contributions: -------------- Paper presentations, roundtable presentations, posters, and sessions can be proposed on the following topics: A: The Internet as a Research Tool Online Market Research and Social Research - Methods' Effects of Online Data Collection - Mobile Data Collection - Statistical Biases in Online Sampling - Best Practice Examples - Innovative Data Collection Tools - Online Access Panels - Quality Standards - Data Mining - Online Experiments - Mixed Mode Studies B: The Internet Measured - Indices of the Digital Divide(s) and Digital Inequality - Use of Logfiles and Databases - Indices of the Information Society - Measurement of Range of Coverage - Measurement of Online Social Networks - Diffusion of Visual Online & Mobile Communication C: The Internet in its Context Internet, Mobile Communication, and Civil Society - Online Groups & Online Communities - Social Networks and Relationships Online & Offline - Digital Inequality - E-Democracy - Internet, Social Movements, and Collective Action - Internet & Science Electronic & Mobile Business - E-Business - Evaluation of Web-Sites and E-Commerce - Mobile Commerce - Electronic Customer Relationship Management Internet & Mobile Communication in Everyday Life - Mobile & Online Entertainment - Social and Psychological Effects of Internet Use - E-Health - E- & M-Learning - New Forms and Formats: Internet-TV, Blogs, Podcasts, RSS etc. Internet & Mobile Communication in Organizations - Online Employee Surveys - Virtual Teams & Online Communities of Practice - Online Knowledge Exchange and Knowledge Management in Organizations Internet and Journalism - Search Engines, Search Strategies, and Social Outcomes - Computer Assisted Reporting - Analytical Reporting and Data-Mining - Automats, Robots, and Journalism - Text Mining and Journalism - Semantic Webs and Topic Maps - Digital Censorship ------------------------------------------------------------ We ask for 4 types of submissions. 1.) Paper Presentations ------------------------------ Paper presentations of research results include an oral presentation of max. 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion time. Selected contributions will be invited to submit their paper for publication in an international English language conference proceedings' volume or in an international English language journal. 2.) Posters ----------------------------- Posters will be discussed at fixed times. The best poster(s) will be awarded by an independent jury. Prize total: EUR 500,-. 3.) Complete Session Proposals ----------------------------- There is the opportunity to propose a group of (3-5) interrelated paper presentations within one session. 4.) Roundtable presentations ----------------------------- These short oral presentations of 10 minutes include work in progress reports. 3-5 related reports will be discussed at one Roundtable. Workshops ----------------------------- There will be tutorial workshops covering key methods of Internet Science. The workshops will take place March 26, 2007. Participation in workshops is not free of charge and the number of participants will be limited. Registered visitors of the conference have priority. More information is available at http://www.gor.de. Exhibition Stand Space: ---------------------------------- Companies will have the opportunity to book exhibition stand space for presentations of products or services. More information is available at office(a)dgof.de. Social Events and Membership Meeting: ----------------------------------------------------------- The traditional early-bird-meeting will take place in the evening of March 26, 2007. During this meeting visitors and participants will have the opportunity to socialize with colleagues and meet with other researchers. On Tuesday 27th March 2007, there will be a social event in the evening which will include dinner and dancing. During the conference there will be a meeting of the members of the German Society for Online Research. The members will receive additional information about the meeting at a later date. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Submission Guidelines -------------------------------- If you would like to contribute to the conference by presenting a paper, roundtable report, a poster, or a complete session please submit (an) abstract(s) electronically no later than: September 30th 2006 to: http://www.gor.de Abstracts should contain no more than 350 words. The abstract has to be written in English language. An additional German language version is appreciated, if possible. Authors may present in English or German. In any case the transparencies of the paper presentaions have to be in English language. Abstracts can be only submitted via the Web-based online tool located at the GOR-Website. All abstracts will be reviewed by an international board (see www.gor.de) Authors will receive notification of acceptance by: November 30, 2006. The preliminary program will be posted by January 1st, 2007 at the following URL: http://www.gor.de Accepted oral presentation transparencies or Power-Point files in English are to be sent by February 17th 2007. -------------------------- Conference Fees: -------------------------- Conference fees include tax, conference materials, two lunches, conference dinner, drinks and snacks during breaks. Researchers: 180 Euros Students: 90 Euros Presenting participants: 145 Euros (first authors only) Commerical participants (e.g. company representatives, free-lancers, consultants): 465 Euros Participants living in the EU will have to pay full conference fees in advance. Other participants may pay their fees on the conference date at the venue. Day tickets are not available. DGOF members are subject to a 20% conference fee reduction (membership application forms can be found at: http://www.dgof.de/Texte/dgof_antrage.pdf) Early registrants (excluding DGOF members), who register before January 20, 2007 receive a fee reduction of 15%. For first authors there are special deadlines for registration: After notification of acceptance (Nov. 30, 2006) first authors can register immediately. First authors who register no later than December 15, 2006 receive a fee reduction of 15% (not valid for DGOF members). First authors have to register no later than December 31, 2006. Registration for all other participants will begin on January 1st 2007. Further detailed information will be posted continually at the following URL: http://www.gor.de ------------------------------ Important deadlines: ------------------------------ 09/30/06 Deadline for abstract submission 11/30/06 Feedback on acceptance / Registration of authors begins 01/01/07 Preliminary program will be published / General registration begins 03/26/06-03/28/06 Conference + workshops ----------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of contacts: Conference Website, Abstract submission, Workshops: http://www.gor.de Business activities & any further questions: office(a)dgof.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================= Uwe Matzat Sociology Section Department of Technology Management Eindhoven University of Technology P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven The Netherlands --------------- phone: + 31 40 247-8392 email: u.matzat(a)tm.tue.nl http://www.tue-tm-soc.nl/~matzat/ =======================================

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Request for favourite articles
by David Brake 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

From Sonia Livingstone at the LSE: > My colleague Leah Lievrouw and I have been asked to develop and > edit a major compilation of "classic" must-read articles in new > media studies - a sort of "desert island" collection that will be > published as a (rather hefty) four-volume reference. > > Leah and I have made our own preliminary list. However, our > experience with the Handbook of New Media has taught us that this > field is a very big umbrella, covering everything from media law > and regulation, to studies of communities and social networks, to > education and the workplace, to digital arts and culture (and > more). The challenge is to assemble a collection that fairly and > comprehensively covers the field as we specialists understand it. > > So, we are seeking your help! We’d love you to tell us about up to > three nominations for journal or proceedings articles, key book > chapters, or other publications of similar length that you would > consider essential reads for anyone wanting to know what new media > studies (broadly construed) is about. > > These might be readings you always assign to students, items you > consistently cite in your own work, or pieces that have made a > difference in the way you think about and study new media yourself. > We are particularly interested in items that have historical value, > tend to be overlooked, or concisely capture a writer's most > important ideas. We’re also keen to make this an international > list, since this is an international field. You may suggest your > own publications, BUT we are more interested to know what or who > has influenced you. > > Leah and I will select the final list for the collection, but we > will be happy to summarize and share everyone's nominees after we > get feedback, which itself should be a very interesting resource. > We'd like your suggestions and ideas by October 1 if possible - > we're also eager to see if this exercise generates any discussion! > > Thanks very much for your time and interest! > > Sonia Livingstone - please reply to s.livingstone(a)lse.ac.uk I have put a blog posting up about it on the unofficial LSE groupblog here: http://groupblog.workasone.net/ and nominated three papers I considered to be exemplary there - I would be interested to know what papers/chapters you sent to Sonia and welcome the chance for a discussion either on this list or in the comments for the blog. --- 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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Request for favourite articles
by David Brake 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

From Sonia Livingstone at the LSE: > My colleague Leah Lievrouw and I have been asked to develop and > edit a major compilation of "classic" must-read articles in new > media studies - a sort of "desert island" collection that will be > published as a (rather hefty) four-volume reference. > > Leah and I have made our own preliminary list. However, our > experience with the Handbook of New Media has taught us that this > field is a very big umbrella, covering everything from media law > and regulation, to studies of communities and social networks, to > education and the workplace, to digital arts and culture (and > more). The challenge is to assemble a collection that fairly and > comprehensively covers the field as we specialists understand it. > > So, we are seeking your help! We’d love you to tell us about up to > three nominations for journal or proceedings articles, key book > chapters, or other publications of similar length that you would > consider essential reads for anyone wanting to know what new media > studies (broadly construed) is about. > > These might be readings you always assign to students, items you > consistently cite in your own work, or pieces that have made a > difference in the way you think about and study new media yourself. > We are particularly interested in items that have historical value, > tend to be overlooked, or concisely capture a writer's most > important ideas. We’re also keen to make this an international > list, since this is an international field. You may suggest your > own publications, BUT we are more interested to know what or who > has influenced you. > > Leah and I will select the final list for the collection, but we > will be happy to summarize and share everyone's nominees after we > get feedback, which itself should be a very interesting resource. > We'd like your suggestions and ideas by October 1 if possible - > we're also eager to see if this exercise generates any discussion! > > Thanks very much for your time and interest! > > Sonia Livingstone - please reply to s.livingstone(a)lse.ac.uk I have put a blog posting up about it on the unofficial LSE groupblog here: http://groupblog.workasone.net/ and nominated three papers I considered to be exemplary there - I would be interested to know what papers/chapters you sent to Sonia and welcome the chance for a discussion either on this list or in the comments for the blog. --- 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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Re: [Air-l] SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS/SCHOL ARS
by jerichob＠juno.com 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

I don't know about Nigeria, but I did my dissertation research in Ethiopia on a student Fulbright - which made me stinking rich by local standards, incidentally - and many of the government and university staff I interviewed used Yahoo email addresses because email had not become part of their workplace communications, or because they could use it more easily (i.e., they did not have computers or email at work but could go to Internet cafes). They also frequently asked me about scholarship opportunities to continue their studies in the US in order to increase their professional opportunities. The request strikes me as being legitimate. If people out there know of funding opportunities for Africans, could you pass them along? I often get requests for information but have little to offer. Jericho Burg Ph.D. Candidate Department of Communication University of California, San Diego -- "Dr. W. Reid Cornwell" <wrc(a)tcfir.org> wrote: The request for funds comes from a Yahoo account. The last conference I organized over 100 such requests but their alleged employment could not be verified. I don't know that this is a legitimate request or not but is it not logical that if she were with the government she would have an email address that reflects this. Also, many requests are made for invitations to events when the intent is to get in the U.S. and disappear. I could be wrong. With a yahoo email address they could actually be in Iowa. Back to my goats, Reid -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Homero Gil de Zuniga Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 2:19 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org; ellis.godard(a)csun.edu Subject: Re: [Air-l] SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS/SCHOLARS Hi Ellis and all, They definitely do have problems raising funds. This summer, at the summer doctoral program of the OII at Oxford, I met a lady/participant from Nigeria, Wumni Hasssan. She runs a program that aims to help women in their learning process in relation to technology. She mentioned the fundraising problem to me several times, to the extent that the website they had http://www.nigerianhightechwomen.org/ is pending of domain renewal due to scarcity of financial support. This is the google cached link http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:7du1yjE- YicJ:www.nigerianhightechwomen.o rg/+http://www.nigerianhightechwomen.org/&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1 It reminds me of the tale in which the shepherd as a joke, desperately and repeatedly calls for help to protect his cattle from a wolf till it really happens... Please contact me if anyone is willing to help. I can provide her email : - ) Best, HGZ Homero Gil de Zuniga www.homerogdz.com Mass Comunication Research Center University of Wiconsin-Madison www.wisc.edu -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ellis Godard Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 1:48 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] SCHOLARSHIPS,AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS/SCHOLARS I'm always glad to see the international flavor of the group continuing to diversify, but wonder if Nigerian academics have trouble fundraising online given the frequency of Nigerian email scams. eg > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of > olalekan olagunju > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 6:15 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] SCHOLARSHIPS,AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN > STUDENTS/SCHOLARS > > > Dear Sirs, > > SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS / SCHOLARS > > I am an Educator and a Resource Person with Lagos State > Ministry of Education [Nigeria]. I will like to be furnished > with Scholarships or Grants that I can utilise for my > Master's Programme. > My area of interest are as follows: Publishing, Educational > Technology, Graphic Arts, Educational Researches, Multimedia > Studies, Educational / Internet Broadcast and Curriculum Development. > > Kindly please, send me information in this regard. > > Olalekan Olagunju > Lagos State Ministry of Education > Science and Technology Department, [Nigeria]. > Email:olasgracom_ng2005@yahoo.com > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail. > _______________________________________________ > 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/

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CFP: OZCHI 2006 Virtual Communities Workshop
by Alastair Weakley 05 Sep '06

05 Sep '06

http://www.virtual-communities.net.au/ozchi06/ Virtual Communities OzCHI 2006 Workshop Approaches to the Design of Social Software for Dis-Organisations : A One-Day Workshop in Association with OZCHI 2006 http://www.ozchi.org/ A fundamental challenge exists for distributed organisations seeking to foster collaboration: understanding and capitalising on the inter- relationships between collaborative tools and techniques to support generation of ideas and innovation. Commercial imperatives underpin research into these inter-relationships, in terms of how to create a culture and environment in which ideation and innovation can flourish. This workshop will address the collaborative needs of organisations that are distributed or otherwise informally structured. In particular we will explore approaches to the design of tools that support increased communication and social interaction within such groups. Traditionally, support systems have been introduced from the top downwards but there is increasing evidence to suggest that alternative approaches can be even more effective. The increasing use of bottom-up, emergent technologies such as wikis and weblogs, is a well-known phenomenon. This workshop seeks to address approaches for the design of such tools. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together people with an interest in social software and those whose concerns relate to user- centred design approaches. Social software as embodied in current systems, such as wikis, is typically developed and introduced from the bottom of an organisation and works its way upwards. Even when more traditional design adopts a user-centred approach, instigation for the introduction of new systems often comes from the top of an organisation. The workshop will address this seeming dichotomy: how can this bottom-up adoption be facilitated and encouraged by those at the top. More specifically, we aim to address how approaches to the design of the tools themselves can stimulate increased adoption. There are also fundamental differences in the nature of the software itself which the workshop will also cover. In comparison to traditional groupware like Groove, social software tends to be more lightweight and at least in the case of wikis and weblogs more extensible. One important question is how these characteristics contribute to the apparent success of social software. Many of these tools come from a technically minded background and have not received any formal usability testing, let alone had any form of user participation during the design process. How could such testing or participation be of benefit? We invite papers, which may describe approaches and work in progress as well as finished research, length 3-5 pages. In keeping with the workshop theme of bottom-up social software at work, topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Design methods for social software * Evaluation of social software impact * Categorisation of social tools * Social Software at Work * Integrating social software and task oriented software * Issues around self-image as represented through social software usage Important Dates : * Submission of papers: 22nd September * Notification to authors: 6th October 2006 * Camera Ready papers due: 12th October 2006 The Virtual Communities Project is funded by the Australasian CRC for Interaction Design http://www.interactiondesign.com.au . Virtual communities is researching how to improve work in distributed organisations, looking at how to help these organisations translate their ideas into actions. We develop models and business cases that describe key principles, success stories and how-tos. Programme Committee: Jeremy Yuille (RMIT), Ralf Muhlberger (University of Queensland), Fiona Peterson (RMIT), Laurene Vaughan (RMIT), Markus Rittenbruch (University of Queensland), Alastair Weakley (University of Technology, Sydney) ___________________________________________ Alastair Weakley Senior Research Assistant Australasian CRC for Interaction Design Creativity & Cognition Studios Faculty of IT University of Technology, Sydney Australia Mobile: +61 (0)424316744 alastair(a)weakley.org.uk http://www.weakley.org.uk AIM: alwkly

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SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS/SCHOLARS
by olalekan olagunju 04 Sep '06

04 Sep '06

Dear Sirs, SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS FOR AFRICAN STUDENTS / SCHOLARS I am an Educator and a Resource Person with Lagos State Ministry of Education [Nigeria]. I will like to be furnished with Scholarships or Grants that I can utilise for my Master's Programme. My area of interest are as follows: Publishing, Educational Technology, Graphic Arts, Educational Researches, Multimedia Studies, Educational / Internet Broadcast and Curriculum Development. Kindly please, send me information in this regard. Olalekan Olagunju Lagos State Ministry of Education Science and Technology Department, [Nigeria]. Email:olasgracom_ng2005@yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail.

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New book by CRITO researchers [09.01.2006] (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

FYI _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman CRITO is pleased to announce a new book, Global E-Commerce: Impacts of National Environment and Policy, edited by Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jason Dedrick, Nigel P. Melville and Kevin Zhu is now available. The book examines the diffusion of e-commerce in eight economies: Brazil, China, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan and the U.S. A more detailed description of the book as well as ordering information can be accessed at: http://www.crito.uci.edu/spotlight2006-09.asp For more information on the Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), please visit our website at http://www.crito.uci.edu/ Debora E. Dunkle Research Specialist CRITO University of California, Irvine 3200 Berkeley, Irvine, CA 92697-4650 949-824-7098 dedunkle(a)uci.edu

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"Open Source Philosophy" (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 02 Sep '06

02 Sep '06

fyi Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 You're invited to visit & contribute to the new version of "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________ Call it open-source philosophy, or deep thought for the networked age. A Berlin-based group dubbed Dropping Knowledge is drawing 112 high-profile artists, activists, intellectuals and policymakers to the German capital on Saturday, Sept. 9, to discuss the world's most pressing questions, as submitted and rated by you, the internet community. The Table of Free Voices event, to be held in what was once the Nazis' favorite book-burning square, will see participants from Bill Joy to Cindy Sheehan spend a day discussing the top 100 user-suggested questions. Each individual answer will be filmed, transcribed, translated and put online to seed a discussion site that organizers hope will stay active afterwards, and ultimately help spark social change. You can see the site at http://www.droppingknowledge.org/ And questions at http://www.droppingknowledge.org/bin/dk?ph=questions

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