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REMINDER: AoIR 2006 conference and workshop registrations
by Axel Bruns 10 Aug '06

10 Aug '06

Dear AoIRers, we're very much looking forward to seeing you all in Brisbane at the end of September. This email is a gentle reminder to those of you who haven't registered yet - please do so soon as this significantly assists us in organising the conference. You can find the online conference registration at http://conferences.aoir.org/. To ensure that you and your paper are listed in the conference programme, please make sure you complete your registration by the end of August at the very latest. Should you need more time to complete your registration, or wish to withdraw from the conference, we'd appreciate it if you could let us know via email so we can adjust the programme accordingly. We also want to remind you that we offer a number of pre-conference workshops, as well as a conference dinner, which you might also like to register for. Places in the workshops are filling up fast, so be quick! If you'd like to make additional workshop or dinner registrations, please simply go back to the registration form and tick only those options which you'd like to add to your existing registration. Then, enter your first name, last name, and title in the boxes provided, and 'X' in all other boxes - this will indicate to us that you're adding to an existing registration. You can also book additional seats for the conference dinner in this way. Given the calibre of your papers, and the fabulous keynote speakers, panels, roundtables, and workshops which will be part of the conference, we think we've got a very exciting event to look forward to. We hope you'll enjoy the conference, and we look forward to welcoming you in Brisbane. Below are some of the highlights of the conference programme, for your information. === Pre-Conference Workshops === == Doctoral Colloquium, sponsored by the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology. The colloquium offers PhD students working in Internet research or a related field a special forum where they will have a chance to present their research plans and discuss them with peers and established senior researchers. == Internationalizing Internet Studies, sponsored by the Cultural Technologies node in the Australian Research Network (ARC) Cultural Research Network. This workshop will seek to uncover how non-Anglophone uses of the Internet might challenge certain preconceived notions about the technology and its social impacts as well as the manner in which Internet studies is taken up, valued and taught outside the circuits of understanding prevalent in Anglophone academia. == Open Access to Knowledge and the Creative Commons, organised by Creative Commons Australia and the Law School at Queensland University of Technology. This workshop is designed to introduce the concept and theory of open access licensing in general, and Creative Commons in particular. == Mobile and Wireless Devices in Learning and Teaching, organised by the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology. This workshop invites those already using mobile and wireless devices in learning and teaching, and those interested in doing so, to share their experiences and work towards building a stronger and more consistent pedagogical framework for mobile learning. == Humanities Online Research Resources: Infrastructure Not Content!, organised by the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In Australia, work is being done towards the development of a national digitised cultural resource. This workshop aims to solicit contributions of ideas, strategies, and new leads by brainstorming the model with as many different perspectives as it is possible to garner, including those of people working in research sectors in other countries where these ideas have been successfully progressed further. == Excursion to Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary This is an alternative to the morning workshops on 27 September - it includes transport and entry to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in suburban Brisbane, where you'll be able to cuddle a koala, handfeed kangaroos, and encounter a large variety of Australian wildlife, all in beautiful, natural settings. You'll be able to return in time to attend the afternoon workshop sessions and the conference reception. === Conference Dinner The conference dinner takes place in the evening of Friday 29 September, following the AoIR Annual General Meeting. It will be held in the Queen's Ballroom at the Brisbane Hilton, and features excellent modern Australian cuisine and a selection of famous Australian wines and beers, as well as non-alcoholic refreshments. === Keynote Speakers === == Professor Guo Liang: "Online Public Opinion in China" Guo Liang is a deputy director of the Center for Social Development in the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). He is also working as an Associate Professor for the Institute of Philosophy of CASS. He wrote columns introducing the Internet to Chinese people from 1996 to 2000 for South Weekend, a leading weekly newspaper in China. In 1997, he edited seven books the Internet Culture Series, including one book, The Creation of the Internet, written by himself. This led to his recognition as one of the top 10 Chinese Netizens in 1998. == Professor John Hartley: "Creative Content and the Creative Citizen" Originally from London, John Hartley completed a BA (Hons) at the University of Wales (Cardiff) in 1972 and published his first book, Reading Television, in 1978. The best-selling book, co-authored with John Fiske, was the first to analyse television from a cultural perspective, and is considered a defining publication in the field. This work also established Hartley as a pioneer and international leader in contemporary television and cultural studies. Currently he is an Australia Research Council Federation Fellow and Research Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation at Queensland University of Technology. We look forward to seeing you in Brisbane in September! Axel Bruns === Conference Chair Fay Sudweeks === Programme Chair Matthew Allen === AoIR President Gold sponsors: === Cisco Systems (www.cisco.com) === Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation (www.ici.qut.edu.au) === Creative Industries Faculty (www.creativeindustries.qut.edu.au) Major sponsors: === Australasian CRC for Interaction Design - ACID (www.acid.net.au) === Peter Lang Publishing USA (www.peterlangusa.com) -- Dr Axel Bruns a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au - http://snurb.info/ Media & Communication Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia Creative Industries Faculty Z2-202, CIP - (07) 3864 5548 Queensland University of Technology CRICOS No.: 00213J

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Re: [Air-l] qualitative analysis of discussion board postings
by Kris Markman 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Ulrike, Courtney Glazer's dissertation, "Looking Closely at Emotional Expression in an Online Course: A Case Study of Distributed Emotion," (2003, The University of Texas at Austin) might be of interest to you. Her data was coded and analyzed qualitatively, and the theory she developed, distributed emotion (based on distributed cognition), might be an interesting way to think about empathy in your online group. Her dissertation and contact information is available on her website: http://www.scholarlypursuits.com/about.htm . Good luck! -Kris -- ********** ********** ********** ********** Kris M. Markman, Ph.D. Email: krism(a)alumni.utexas.net http://kris3198.home.comcast.net ********** ********** ********** **********

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Re: [Air-l] qualitative analysis of discussion board postings
by Ulrike Pfeil 09 Aug '06

09 Aug '06

Dear all, thanks for your interest and valuable help! It definitely shed light on the situation and I will have a look on the suggested tools. Drew - I would be really interested in your grounded theory work. Could you send me a softcopy of the articles you mentioned? Thanks again, Ulrike -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer

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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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