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More on qualitative analysis
by Elizabeth Van Couvering 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Hi all, Following up a little on the previous discussion -For my thesis, I used atlas.ti to code and analyse my interview transcripts. Last year, though, I bought a new Mac iBook which, while great for everything else, seems a bit disadvantaged when it comes to qualitative analysis software. I'm trying to find a decent and affordable program to use for some smaller projects since our institution only provides PC software, and I wondered if the list could help. So far, I've been to the CAQDAS site at Surrey and looked at their most recent review. They suggest Transana (free and open source) and HyperResearch (emphatically NOT free). Transana is a big bear of a program, meant specially to handle audio and video files, but I've yet to get it to work on my system, despite learning more about video encoding than I ever really wanted to know. HyperResearch is outside my budget. I've seen another program called TAMS but it looks like its text-only analysis. Does anyone have any other suggestions? Best regards, Elizabeth PS I've also tried atlas.ti running on virtual PC on my Mac previously, while still doing my research work, but it was so slow I broke down and cried and then went to a public PC at the university and did my coding there. Elizabeth Van Couvering PhD Student Department of Media & Communications London School of Economics and Political Science http://personal.lse.ac.uk/vancouve/ e.j.van-couvering(a)lse.ac.uk

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Webology: CFP (a Special Issue), Sociology of the Web
by Alireza Noruzi 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. Webology: Call for Papers, Sociology of the Web Background and Significance The World Wide Web is a global force affecting socio-cultural changes worldwide. These changes are affecting cultural diversity and difference throughout the world. The purpose of this Special Issue is to identify sociological issues (aspects of race, ethnic/national origin, language, religion, class, color, gender and other sociological issues) that exist on, and because of, the World Wide Web. Contributions to this Special Issue (Volume 3, Number 4) should address either sociology of the Web as it is relates to users' context, or socio-cultural and socio-political issues of the Web as it relates to the world society. More broadly, papers are solicited on, but not limited to, the following topics: - Web sociology - Socio-cultural impacts of the Web and the impact of the Web on social interaction - Socio-political impacts of the Web - Web users' behavior - Web users and usage studies - Web and civil society - Web and globalization - Web and Digital Divide - Web accessibility in developing countries - Web and Open Access - The role of the Web and ICT in research, education, economy, social development - Censorship and Website filtering - Intellectual freedom on the Web - International issues of the Web - Evaluating Web resources - Wikipedia and its Implications The topics above are not a comprehensive list of all possible topics for this Special Issue. Submissions to this Special Issue should address the topics above (as well as other related topics). Guest Editor of the Special Issue Dr. William Bostock School of Government University of Tasmania Australia bostock at utas.edu.au www.utas.edu.au Submissions Submissions should follow the Author Guidelines of Webology. All Submissions will be acknowledged and then refereed by at least 2 peer reviewers. Authors should indicate that the submission is intended for the Special Issue on Sociology of the Web, in the accompanying cover letter. All submissions must be in English, and should represent the original work of the authors. Improved versions of papers previously published in conference proceedings are welcome, provided that no copyright limitations exist. Submissions must be made electronically via e-mail to the Guest Editor (sending a CC: copy to the alternative e-mail address). The manuscript should be included as an attachment in MS-Word. E-mail address for submission: TO: bostock at utas.edu.au Alternative e-mail address for submission: CC: nouruzi at gmail.com Important Dates: October 10, 2006: Deadline for submission of papers. All submissions are due to the Guest Editor. November 30, 2006: Notification to authors. December 15, 2006: Special Issue is published. Best Regards, Alireza Noruzi Webology journal

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ISSI 2007 - Madrid. Call for papers
by Isidro F. Aguillo 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

The 11th biennial International Conference on Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI 2007) http://issi2007.cindoc.csic.es/ is organised by the Centre for Scientific Information and Documentation (CINDOC) of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC), in cooperation with several Information Science Departments of Spanish universities, and under the auspices of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI). Previous ISSI conferences took place in Belgium (1987), Canada (1989), India (1991), Germany (1993), USA (1995), Israel (1997), Mexico (1999), Australia (2001), China (2003) and Sweden (2005). Time and place: Monday 25 to Wednesday 27 of June 2007, at the CSIC Serrano Campus in Madrid, Spain The proposed research topics for this edition include among others: - Dynamics of scientific fields. Growth and diversification - Mapping and visualisation of knowledge - Interdisciplinarity. Multidisciplinarity - History of Bibliometrics and Scientometrics - Mathematical modelling of informetric laws - Citation and web link analysis - Webometrics - Collaboration in research (individual, institutional, regional, international) - Evaluation of research performance: macro, meso and micro-levels - Institutional and national publication productivity - Development and comparative analyses of new indicators for Science and Technology - Patent indicators - Science policy analysis and forecasting - Economic and social factors in information production and dissemination - Scientometric impact of the Open Access initiatives - New bibliometric indicators applied to digital libraries and e-journals - Communication practices and performance assessment in Social Sciences and Humanities - Effects of the use of bibliometric indicators upon scientists, journal publishers and editors Types of contributions accepted to ISSI 2007: Full papers, research-in-progress papers and posters are accepted for this conference. Research-in-progress papers are meant to cover on-going research and the authors must make clear the significance of their study and which the research questions to be addressed are. Authors are requested to submit their contributions using the ISSI 2007 electronic submission form: http://www.softconf.com/start/ISSI2007/ Valid document formats are: Microsoft Word (doc) and Rich Text Format (rtf). • Full papers - max. 4500 words. • Research-in-progress papers - max. 2000 words • Poster presentations - abstract of max. 2 pages. Papers must conform to the ISSI 2007 submission template. All submissions will be peer reviewed and all accepted contributions will be published in the proceedings of the conference. The working language of the conference is English. Important dates: • Full paper and research-in-progress paper submission, deadline: 30 November 2006 • Notification of acceptance of paper submissions: 31 January 2007 • Poster submission, deadline: 1 February 2007 • Doctoral Forum application, deadline: 1 February 2007 • Notification of acceptance of posters: 28 February 2007 • Camera ready papers due in MS Word/RTF format: 28 February 2007 Proposals for organising satellite workshops on relevant topics not well addressed at the main conference can be submitted before 30 November 2006 to the satellite workshops chair and/or programme chair. Programme Chair: Dr. Henk F. Moed, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: moed(a)cwts.leidenuniv.nl Conference Chairs: Prof. Isabel Gómez, igomez(a)cindoc.csic.es CINDOC-CSIC, Madrid, Spain Dr. María Bordons mbordons(a)cindoc.csic.es CINDOC-CSIC, Madrid, Spain Isidro Aguillo isidro(a)cindoc.csic.es, CINDOC-CSIC, Madrid, Spain. Poster Chair: Dr. Ed Noyons, Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: noyons(a)cwts.nl Satellite Workshops Chair: Prof. Peter Ingwersen, Royal School of Library & Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark. E-mail: pi(a)db.dk Doctoral Forum Chairs: Dr. Rickard Danell, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. E-mail: rickard.danell(a)soc.umu.se Dr. Birger Larsen, Royal School of Library & Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark. E-mail: blar(a)db.dk Regional Programme Chairs: North America: Dr. Katherine McCain, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA. E-mail: kate.mccain(a)ischool.drexel.edu Latin America: Dr. Jane Russell, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico. E-mail: jrussell(a)servidor.unam.mx Australia - Pacific: Dr. Linda Butler, The Australian National University, Canberra ACT, Australia. E-mail: linda.butler(a)anu.edu.au China - Far East: Dr. Liang Liming, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China. E-mail: pllm(a)public.xxptt.ha.cn Europe - Africa: Prof. Peter Ingwersen, Royal School of Library & Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark. E-mail: pi(a)db.dk India - Middle East: Prof. Ravichandra Rao, Indian Statistical Institute, India. E-mail: ikr(a)isibang.ac.in Please, circulate this Call among colleagues. -- *************************************** Isidro F. Aguillo isidro(a)cindoc.csic.es Ph:(+34) 91-5635482 ext. 313 Cybermetrics Research Group CINDOC-CSIC Joaquin Costa, 22 28002 Madrid. SPAIN http://www.webometrics.info http://www.cindoc.csic.es/cybermetrics http://internetlab.cindoc.csic.es ****************************************

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Meeting in Montreal this week?
by Bernie Hogan 08 Aug '06

08 Aug '06

Hi Everyone, As many of you might know, particularly the sociologists, this week the American Sociological Association's meetings begin in Montreal. (And no, the sociologists haven't been kicked out of the US yet - they voluntarily left for a week). There are two technology-oriented sections of the ASA: SKAT (science, knowledge and technology) and CITASA (communications and information technology). CITASA is more Internet-oriented. Like last year, CITASA is having a miniconference the day before the ASAs. This time around it will be live online! There are three roundtables at the miniconference: "Ubiquitous Computing", "Online Social Networks" and "Online Health Resources". I'm the moderator of the second session (Online Social Networks). And I encourage you to check out our wiki, and perhaps even add a journal article / news story or two. http://wiki.citasa.org/index.php/Main_Page http://www.citasa.org/ If you'll be in Montreal, don't hesitate to check out the miniconference or the other CITASA events. And if you've already broke the bank on a trip to Australia, consider checking out the event live online. Take care, BERNiE Bernie Hogan PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology Research Coordinator, NetLab Graduate Fellow, Knowledge Media Design Institute University of Toronto

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Re: [Air-l] conceptual lexicon
by Christopher J. Richter 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

I think that you (Elijah, Ellis, Jeremy and others) may be working at cross-purposes here because of the slipperiness of the term "identity"--illustrating again (ironically?) the need for us to define specifically how we use a term. Concerning collective identity I see three possibilities--there may be more. 1)If by collective identity you mean a sense of self-identity like that held by an individual, then collective identity isn't possible unless you believe that a collective has/can have a consciousness (or sub/unconscious) above/separate from those of the individuals making it up. Note that I am specifying consciousness here, not collective behavior. I am unconvinced by supposed empirical evidence of collective consciousness, the appeal of functionalist or Jungian explanations of the social world not withstanding. 2)If by collective identity you mean that individuals' sense of identity is intertwined with/formed in some measure through their membership in/identification with a group, then it obviously does exist. To use a trivial example, living in the shadow of Virginia Tech I constantly encounter neighbors who first and foremost identify themselves as "Hokies" (whatever that means). Though it may mean somewhat different things to the different people who identify themselves in this way, they certainly have enough in common--shared symbols (e.g. a fiberglass statue of a turkey in a business suit--really, I'm serious!) and rituals (watching "the game," modes of discourse, etc.)--that they relate to each other fairly unproblematically, and give every appearance of sharing meaning beyond a general drift. As an aside, this also raises the question of the stability of individuals' sense of identity--how it seems to change with context or over time. Again my neighborhood lots of people seem to identify themselves as Hokies on football Saturdays who otherwise identify themselves as bankers, farmers, parents, Budweiser drinkers, whatever, the rest of the week. And some of them claim to identify with collectivities such as political parties the values of which seem to contradict their self proclaimed identities in other contexts. 3) If by collective identity you mean that we, as observers, can identify collectives and members of collectives by their use of symbols, participation in rituals, etc., again, it seems to me obvious that it does, in this sense, exist. Of course, I may be off-base here. Good discussion, though! chris Christopher J. Richter Assoc. Prof. & Chair, Communication Studies Hollins University P.O. Box 9652 Roanoke VA, 24020 Tel. 5403626358 Fax 5403626286 e-mail crichter(a)hollins.edu web www.hollins.edu -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Hunsinger Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 5:28 PM To: ellis.godard(a)csun.edu Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] conceptual lexicon Umm, I don't think we dodged it, it is just that it can't be described to you given the framework that you require. It exists, you can see it all over. The clearest physical expression of collective identity is usually expressed relation to in architecture, local customs, and related activities. Do three friends always hug when they meet, what always happens in groups that takes no individual decision... tons of things. Some families have collective identities, some schools do, and almost all military units do too, which was one of the major military critiques of the 'army of one' campaign. On Aug 4, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Ellis Godard wrote: > Jeremy wrote: >> You can't get there from where you are. you have to toss the >> atomism and start considering that there are molecules and moles >> which act fundamentally different as a whole than as a collection of >> atoms. > > I'm of course not questioning that collective behavior is distinct > from > atomistic or unitary behavior. I'm questioning whether "collective > identity" > meaningfully exists, anywhere - a question you and Elijah both > dodged, even > though I invited a half dozen kinds of possible responses. For example > (again) what is the "collective identity" of this list? > > -eg > 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 _______________________________________________ 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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OSS Watch report released - Open Source Software use in Higher Education (UK)
by E.J.Helsper＠lse.ac.uk 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

For all those interested in Open Source Software use: OSS Watch published a report last week about software use in higher education (UK institutions). The key findings are detailed below. Best wishes, Ellen J. Helsper Department of Media and Communications London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE T: 020 7955 6106 >> Apologies for crossposting In February and March of 2006, OSS Watch conducted a survey of ICT Directors at colleges and universities across the UK. We are delighted to announce that the report from that survey is now published. Key findings include: * 77% of colleges and universities report that they regularly explore open source options in procurement exercises, yet only 25% of institutions report mention of 'open source' in their institutional policies * 56% of further education colleges reported use of Moodle, an open source course management system * 100% of institutions provide Internet Explorer on their Windows desktop PCs, yet 68% now also provide Mozilla Firefox * there is no clear leader amongst Content Management Systems (CMS) with more than 29 different solutions being used by respondents * cost continues to be the principal driver in reasons for considering OSS The full report and executive summary are available at http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk/studies/survey2006/ -- Randy Metcalfe Research Technologies Service OSS Watch University of Oxford

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ideas-cyberspace-education (ICE3): call for papers
by Jen Ross 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

ideas. cyberspace. education 3: 'digital difference' 21-23 March 2007 Ross Priory, Loch Lomond, Scotland. Keynote Speaker: Professor Gunter Kress, Institute of Education, University of London. _____________________________________________________________________ Dear AoIR colleague, We warmly invite you to travel to the shores of Loch Lomond in Scotland for the third ICE symposium. ICE3 - the last of the series - will address the question of 'digital difference', and the call for abstracts is now open. Held over three days in the delightful setting of Ross Priory, the symposium will give lecturers, developers, researchers and theorists an opportunity to discuss the culture, theory and politics of learning and teaching in digital spaces. Details of the symposium, including more about its key themes, are available from our website: http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/ice3 As in previous years, the symposium will be for a maximum of 40 people to keep the event intimate and allow a high degree of interchange and discussion. Papers will be presented in a single stream to allow a shared experience of the event. The deadline for extended abstracts of 1000 words is the end of November 2006. ICE3 is jointly organised by the University of Strathclyde and the University of Edinburgh. We very much hope you can join us at ICE3 and look forward to welcoming you to Scotland. Best wishes, Jen Ross Higher and Community Education University of Edinburgh jen.ross(a)education.ed.ac.uk

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FW: mode differences across cultures
by Ellis Godard 07 Aug '06

07 Aug '06

Shared w/ Dr. Leeuw's permission... -----Original Message----- > > -----Original Message----- > > From: AAPORNET [mailto:AAPORNET@asu.edu] On Behalf Of Edith de Leeuw > > Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 11:24 AM > > To: AAPORNET(a)asu.edu > > Subject: mode differences across cultures > > > > > > Apologies for cross-posting. > > > > A colleague asked me a very intriguing question, but unfortunately I > > could not give him a detailed answer, except the suggestion, to > > look up Internet > > penetration in each country, and treat this as a proxy of 'being > > acquainted/used to Internet technology in a specific country. > > > > I am posting his question below. Please send your reply to him > > directly. A.DeBeuckelaer(a)fm.ru.nl > > I will ask him to send me a summary of answers to share with > > the list again. > > > > Thanking you on his behalf, Edith > > > > Dr. Edith D. de Leeuw, MethodikA > > Plantage Doklaan 40, NL-1018 CN Amsterdam > > tel + 31 20 622 34 38 fax + 31 20 330 25 97 > > e-mail edithl(a)xs4all.nl > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > God do you still have a blue print of my cat? > > J.B. Charles (Willem Hendrik Nagel > > 1910-1982) > > > > __________________text question________________________ I > > am struggling with the following issue: > > Topic: Are between-mode (survey) effects expected to be > > CONDITIONAL on > > culture/nation? > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > In the literature on mixed-mode surveys (in particular: online and > > paper-and-pencil), the issue of measurement equivalence of a survey > > instrument across both modes of data collection has been (and > > still is) > > highly debated. Although many empirical studies in the U.S. > > (and Spain) > > have reported no violations of measurement equivalence of the > > survey across > > online and paper-and-pencil surveys (e.g., Stanton, 1998; > > Buchanon & Smith, > > 1999; Vispoel et al., 2001; Cole et al., 2006), some studies > > actually did > > find some important differences (e.g., Taylor, 2000 in terms > > of choosing > > extreme responses with Likert-type of scales; Ployhart et > > al., 2003 showing > > differential effects in mean- and variance structures, > > internal consistency > > of measures, and item correlations). > > I am wondering whether the literature has provided any > > "STRONG" ARGUMENT to > > believe that the extent of between-mode effects (online and > > paper-and-pencil) would show substantial cross-cultural or > > cross-national > > variation. So far, I did not find such strong arguments in > > the literature. > > One possible argument could relate to differential > > familiarity with the > > Internet (as a research tool) across nations or cultures. As > > the population > > I am investigating is highly 'computer literate', this > > argument is not > > relevant for my study. > > Actually, I just wonder whether a STRONGER ARGUMENT could be > > given (based > > on cross-cultural or cognitive psychology). Please help me > > (if you can). Please send your reaction to: > > A.DeBeuckelaer(a)fm.ru.nl THANKS A LOT! Alain DE BEUCKELAER, > > PhD Radboud University Nijmegen Nijmegen School of Management > > Thomas van Aquinostraat 1 6500 HK Nijmegen The Netherlands > > A.DeBeuckelaer(a)fm.ru.nl T +31 (0)24 361 14 67 F +31 (0)24 361 19 33 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Archives: http://lists.asu.edu/archives/aapornet.html . Please ask > > authors before quoting outside AAPORNET. Unsubscribe?-don't reply to > > this message, write to: aapornet-request(a)asu.edu > >

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Re: [Air-l] Community and our Conceptual Lexicon
by Ellis Godard 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Ian Goodwin wrote: > ...community has always been tied to normative > prescription as well as empirical description. Yet the most > important point about community is that it pervades everyday > life. I'd go so far as to say it seems to be indispensable to > social discourse. That's pretty far. > Thus, as Peter Hamilton put it in his > perceptive introduction to Cohen's (1985) classic study (The > Symbolic Construction of Community), community would have > long ago been "discounted as grist to the scholarly mill were > it not for the remarkable hold that the idea of community > exerts over both the intellectual and popular mind" (p.7). The popularity of a notion, within or beyond scholarship, is a poor criteria for the evaluation of its use in describing anything other than its popularity. > It is for this reason we should be careful about discounting > community. People manifestly believe in community and use the > term in their everyday discourse. In this sense community > motivates, sustains, and structures social action. By what logic does the publicly consequential nature of a term render it having descriptive or explanatory value? > ...For example fears of 'community decline', whilst > difficult if not impossible to verify from an objective > perspective, often motivate residents of localities to become > involved in online initiatives (and structure how they then > interact online - the topics they deem 'relevant', the goals > of the online group etc) - this was certainly the case in the > community informatics initiatives I studied in Birmingham (UK). Fears of goblins do not goblins make. -eg

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Re: [Air-l] Online Survey Reviews
by Porsche VanBrocklin-Fischer 04 Aug '06

04 Aug '06

Try these online survey resources: Best, S. J., and Kruger, B. S. (2004). Internet Data Collection. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Baker, LC, M. Kate Bundorf, Sara Singer, and Todd H. Wagner. 2003. “Validity of the Survey of Health and Internet and Knowledge Network’s Panel and Sampling”. Stanford, CA: Stanford University; 2003. Couper, Mick P., Michael W. Traugott, and Mark J. Lamais. 2001. “Web survey design and administration”. Public Opinion Quarterly. 65 (2): 230 (24). Dillman, Don, A. 2000. Mail and Internet Surveys: The Tailored Design Method. NY, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Evans, Joel R. and Anil Mathur. 2005. “The Value of Online Surveys”. Internet Research. 15(2):195-219.Porsche VanBrocklin-FischerDoctoral StudentDepartment of SociologyWayne State UniversityDetroit, MI > From: charlie(a)balch.org> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 09:39:04 -0500> Subject: [Air-l] Online Survey Reviews> > I'm looking for references that review/compare Internet survey delivery> systems. Either there are few or none of these references or I can't figure> out the syntax for a search. I'm aware that Reips recently posted an> indication that he intends to create such a resource.> > Can anyone suggest some good articles that review Internet survey delivery> systems?> > Thanks,> Charlie Balch> LSU Doctoral Candidate, Instructional Technology (in dissertation hell)> Arizona Western College, Professor CIS (my first day is in two weeks)> http://charlie.balch.org> mailto:charlie@balch.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/ _________________________________________________________________ Try Live.com: where your online world comes together - with news, sports, weather, and much more. http://www.live.com/getstarted

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