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Fwd: [IP] The Newbie's Guide to Detecting the NSA
by Jeremy Hunsinger 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

a little sousveillance of the surveillance... from interesting people: > > > This entry from the blog at wired.com might be good for the IP > list. The best part is at the end. Good old traceroute! > -------------------------------------------------------- > The Newbie's Guide to Detecting the NSA > http://blog.wired.com/27BStroke6/#1510938 ... "With that in mind, > here's the 27B Stroke 6 guide to detecting if your traffic is being > funneled into the secret room on San Francisco's Folsom street. If > you're a Windows user, fire up an MS-DOS command prompt. Now type > tracert followed by the domain name of the website, e-mail host, > VoIP switch, or whatever destination you're interested in. Watch as > the program spits out your route, line by line. C:\> tracert > nsa.gov 1 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 12.110.110.204 [...] 7 11 ms 14 ms 10 ms > as-0-0.bbr2.SanJose1.Level3.net [64.159.0.218] 8 13 12 19 ms > ae-23-56.car3.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.68.123.173] 9 18 ms 16 ms 16 > ms 192.205.33.17 10 88 ms 92 ms 91 ms tbr2-p012201.sffca.ip.att.net > [12.123.13.186] 11 88 ms 90 ms 88 ms tbr1-cl2.sl9mo.ip.att.net > [12.122.10.41] 12 89 ms 97 ms 89 ms tbr1-cl4.wswdc.ip.att.net > [12.122.10.29] 13 89 ms 88 ms 88 ms ar2-a3120s6.wswdc.ip.att.net > [12.123.8.65] 14 102 ms 93 ms 112 ms 12.127.209.214 15 94 ms 94 ms > 93 ms 12.110.110.13 16 * * * 17 * * * 18 * * In the above example, > my traffic is jumping from Level 3 Communications to AT&T's network > in San Francisco, presumably over the OC-48 circuit that AT&T > tapped on February 20th, 2003, according to the Klein docs. The > magic string you're looking for is sffca.ip.att.net. If it's > present immediately above or below a non-att.net entry, then -- by > Klein's allegations -- your packets are being copied into room > 641A, and from there, illegally, to the NSA. Of course, if Marcus > is correct and AT&T has installed these secret rooms all around the > country, then any att.net entry in your route is a bad sign. > > ------------------------------------- > You are subscribed as jhuns(a)vt.edu > To manage your subscription, go to > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip > > Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- > people/ Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () 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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check before you write
by Barry Wellman 30 Jun '06

30 Jun '06

I am saddened by Mark Bell's note to this list: Mark Bell wrote: > interesting study....sort of. I doubt it even mentions online social > relationships or concurrent online/rl relationships. It almost sounds to me > to be from some pro-nuclear family agenda (he golden days in the 50's when we > had the Murphy's over to play cards and we actually talked). For instance > how many of you would i be contacting in the 80's? I feel more connected > than ever to people. But then I'm a nerd =) > > Anyone have a copy of the real study? > There is a link on the Washington Post website to the ASR article. And also at the asanet.org (front page) Plus of course the article is in the print and online version of the journal, American Sociological Review, June 2006. (All of which was stated in my original post about it.) Why am I saddened: 1. Not every piece of research has to be about online relationships. This one asked who people discuss important matters with -- no more and no less. It didn't specify whether it is online or offline. 2. Asking that question is legitimate. It is not a pro-nuclear family agenda. And as my note said, it is from the gold-standard US General Social Survey, which is vetted by serious scholars, and exactly replicates a 1985 survey question. In addition, as 2 minutes with scholar.google would have shown, these are serious, respected scholars with a long track record. 3. Now, as I have said before, I have problems with the social isolation spin that the news media put on the article, but trashing it without reading it is silly -- especially on a list dedicated to Research -- that's the "R" in AOIR -- and long may it stay there and not become the AOIB. 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 -- and contribute to -- my new fun website "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (july 2006)
by David M Silver 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

hello! an excellent new batch of RCCS book reviews and author responses ( http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/booklist.asp ) this month: [1] Connected, or What It Means to Live in the Network Society Author: Steven Shaviro Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 2003 Review 1: Kathleen Fitzpatrick Review 2: Jarice Hanson Review 3: Meredith Tromble Author Response: Steven Shaviro [2] Shaping Things Author: Bruce Sterling Publisher: MIT Press, 2005 Review 1: Teodor Mitew Review 2: Jentery Sayers Review 3: Alan Sondheim Author Response: Bruce Sterling [3] Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing Author: Jane Margolis and Allan Fisher Publisher: MIT Press, 2003 Review 1: Carly Woods Author Response: Jane Margolis [4] Virtual Methods: Issues in Social Research on the Internet Editor: Christine Hine Publisher: Berg Publishers, 2005 Review 1: Susan Keith Review 2: Nils Zurawski Author Response: Christine Hine enjoy. david silver http://silverinseattle.blogspot.com/

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Fwd: [Asis-l] FW: Invitation to complete Digital Curation Centre on-line survey
by Jeremy Hunsinger 29 Jun '06

29 Jun '06

> > ***Apologies for cross-posting*** > > Scientists, researchers and scholars across the UK generate > increasingly > vast amounts of digital data. JISC and EPSRC have funded the > establishment > of a Digital Curation Centre (DCC) to support curation activities > within UK > institutions that create, store, manage and/or preserve these data. > For more > information on the DCC, please see http://www.dcc.ac.uk. > > To evaluate the level of current curation activity and the DCC’s > effectiveness in raising awareness regarding digital curation > issues, we > would like to invite you to complete our on-line survey. Whatever > your role > in the life-cycle of digital information – from researchers to > archivists to > data re-users - we would like to hear from you. The survey will take > between 15 and 20 minutes to complete and as a small token of our > appreciation, we are offering one lucky entrant the chance to win > an iPod > nano (competition rules apply). > > The results of this survey, together with the results of focus > groups and > one-to-one interviews will help us to determine how we might better > serve > the digital curation, preservation, and eScience communities. > > To complete the on-line survey, please go to > http://www.dcc.ac.uk/adding/public_survey/. > > The deadline for completing this survey is July 28th, 2006. > > Best regards, > > Joy Davidson > DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor > Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII) > George Service House, 11 University Gardens, > University of Glasgow > Glasgow G12 8QJ > Scotland > Tel: +44(0)141 330 8592 > Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788 > http://www.dcc.ac.uk > http://www.erpanet.org > > > ____ > ________________________________________ > Asis-l mailing list > Asis-l(a)asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu 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

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Webcam article recommendations?
by Sarah Michele Ford 28 Jun '06

28 Jun '06

Hi all, I'm looking for recs for work on webcams, particularly as they relate to issues of publicity & privacy. Any and all suggestions will be happily entertained! Thanks, Sarah *********************** Sarah Michele Ford Department of Sociology University of Massachusetts - Amherst ford(a)soc.umass.edu

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Re: [Air-l] overstated media inference from fine study
by Greg Elmer 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

Barry, >From what I can tell, the study discussed in the Post does not directly discuss the Internet. Perhaps people that you've studied (The Strength of Internet Ties) have more social ties because they use the net more? Or at least this is how the Post article, posits your critique of the Lynn Smith-Lovin study... -GE ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> Date: Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:02 am Subject: [Air-l] overstated media inference from fine study > Re the Washington Post story below (and a similar USA Today story): > > To my mind, it's an interesting case of media distortion. > > The good news: the accounts are based on a high-quality survey (US > GeneralSocial Survey) by first-class reseachers (Lynn Smith-Lovin > & Miller > McPherson) + Matthew Brashaers whom I don't know, in sociology's > leadingjournal, American Sociological Review. I was a referee on > this paper, btw, > and revealed myself at appropriate time to the authors. > > The study replicates one stimulus Q from the General Social Survey 20 > years ago about who do you have to discuss important matters with. It > finds a mean of about 2 in 2004, down from 3 in 1984 (or was it 1985)? > > Here's the problem: > > Based on this, the 2 newspapers have created a huge social > isolation spin > on this, when it's well known that people have lotsa ties, not just > 2 or > 3. See our data from Pew Internet, Connected Lives study) + lotsa > others.Indeed, altho we are not as parallel as the US GSS, > comparing Connected > Lives (3rd East York study, 2004) with the second East York study > (1979data) shows more active ties now, both intimate and > significant ties. > > Thus the media spin is a huge inferential leap from a decline in the > super-core ties to saying Americans are socially isolated. > > If you read further in the Washington Post and USA Today articles, > you'llsee me quoted as suggesting that we now have more ties -- and > more contact > with ties -- but that relationships are differentiated. In other > words,the relative decline in discussion partners shouldn't be > generalized to > either absolute isolation or even growing isolation. > > Of course, YMMV. > _____________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:56:00 -0400 > From: Richard Forno <rforno(a)infowarrior.org> > Subject: [Air-l] Americans and social isolation > > It would be interesting to see how this fits into the whole "being > alonetogether" argument within a technology context....for example, > someone who > doesn't want to be around people but who socializes happily in a > MMORPGenvironment or spends hours upon hours on AIM or IRC. > > > Social Isolation Growing in U.S., Study Says > The Number of People Who Say They Have No One to Confide In Has Risen > > By Shankar Vedantam > Washington Post Staff Writer > Friday, June 23, 2006; A03 > > Americans are far more socially isolated today than they were two > decadesago, and a sharply growing number of people say they have no > one in whom > they can confide, according to a comprehensive new evaluation of > the decline > of social ties in the United States. > > A quarter of Americans say they have no one with whom they can discuss > personal troubles, more than double the number who were similarly > isolatedin 1985. Overall, the number of people Americans have in > their closest > circle of confidants has dropped from around three to about two. > > The comprehensive new study paints a sobering picture of an > increasinglyfragmented America, where intimate social ties -- once > seen as an integral > part of daily life and associated with a host of psychological and > civicbenefits -- are shrinking or nonexistent. In bad times, far > more people > appear to suffer alone. > > --- > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201763_pf.html > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Americans and social isolation
by Richard Forno 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

It would be interesting to see how this fits into the whole "being alone together" argument within a technology context....for example, someone who doesn't want to be around people but who socializes happily in a MMORPG environment or spends hours upon hours on AIM or IRC. Interesting ponderage for a Friday afternoon.... -rick Infowarrior.org Social Isolation Growing in U.S., Study Says The Number of People Who Say They Have No One to Confide In Has Risen By Shankar Vedantam Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, June 23, 2006; A03 Americans are far more socially isolated today than they were two decades ago, and a sharply growing number of people say they have no one in whom they can confide, according to a comprehensive new evaluation of the decline of social ties in the United States. A quarter of Americans say they have no one with whom they can discuss personal troubles, more than double the number who were similarly isolated in 1985. Overall, the number of people Americans have in their closest circle of confidants has dropped from around three to about two. The comprehensive new study paints a sobering picture of an increasingly fragmented America, where intimate social ties -- once seen as an integral part of daily life and associated with a host of psychological and civic benefits -- are shrinking or nonexistent. In bad times, far more people appear to suffer alone. < - > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/22/AR2006062201 763_pf.html

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electronic writing piece
by Nathaniel James 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

Good day. I have been looking for a copy of your 2005 AoIR presentation "The electronic collectives" for my literature review for my dissertation on Wikipedia. I can't seem to find it on the AoIR conference pages. If it's not too much trouble, would you mind e-mailing me a copy? I appreciate your time and look forward to reading your research. Sincerely, Nathaniel James M.Sc. Student, Media and Communications Regulation and Policy The London School of Economics and Political Science

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2006 Conference update - important dates
by Matthew Allen 27 Jun '06

27 Jun '06

Dear all Writing on behalf of Fay Sudweeks, Program Chair and Axel Bruns, Conference Chair, may I provide the following important information about the upcoming 2006 AoIR Conference in Brisbane. Firstly, our thanks to the 70+ people who have already registered, including many who took advantage of the earlybird registration rate. We welcome you to AoIR, since your registration includes a membership of the association for a year. On the matter of registrations, we are pleased to announce that the EARLYBIRD REGISTRATION is now extended until 7 July 2006. This will be the only extension for earlybird registration, which saves you $40 USD. Secondly, here are some important dates: 1) 7 July: Student papers to be submitted for judging in the Best Student Paper competition. (1 week extension). Email papers to m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au (I will collect them and pass them onto Fay for judging). 2) 31 July: First submission of papers for inclusion in the conference archive (which will be available to all conference attendees in advance via the AoIR website) . You will receive an email in late July notifying you of the submission procedure. 3) mid-August: Final call for registrations for paper presenters to secure your place in the program. Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor in Internet Studies President Association of Internet Researchers Faculty of Media Society and Culture Curtin University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code 00301J http://smi.curtin.edu.au/NetStudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 92663166 (f)

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Re: [Air-l] Internet and new media studies book published
by M White 26 Jun '06

26 Jun '06

Sorry folks, something garbled my first message. Hopefully the correct text follows: Hello, I announced this on AoIR's FPTQ listserv but thought I would mention it on this list as well. My book on Internet and computer spectatorship--The Body and the Screen: Theories of Internet Spectatorship--was just published by MIT Press. Many of you have contributed time and suggestions to this project and I want to thank you once again for your support. I thought that it would be of interest to some AoIR readers because I consider such things as the interface, the use of the term "user," how Internet engagements are gendered, the varied forms of Internet work, programmers' embodiment, and the issues surrounding computer "demanufacturing." In this book, I pose hybrid critical models and suggest how theories of authorship, feminist and psychoanalytic film, gender and queer studies, hypertext, television, and postcolonial and critical race studies offer ways to understand Internet sites and spectatorship. My hope is that the critical models indicated in this book can support ongoing Internet and computer research. I am including full publication details and the table of contents below. I would be happy to answer any questions. All my best, Michele White, Michele. The Body and the Screen: Theories of Internet Spectatorship. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006. ISBN 0-262-23249-9 The Body, the Screen, and Representations: An Introduction to Theories of Internet Spectatorship 1. Making Internet and Computer Spectators Introduction Rendering Liveness, Materiality, and Space Notions of the Empowered User Addressing the Spectator Stabilizing Identity Erasing the Interface Conclusion: Active Users by Design 2. Visual Pleasure through Textual Passages: Gazing in Multi-user Object-oriented Settings (MOOs) Introduction MOOs The Look and the Gaze Character Creation and Attributes in MOOs The Look and the Gaze in MOOs Gendered Gazing in MOOs Graphical MOOs Conclusion: Between Multiple and Coherent Identity 3. Too Close to See, Too Intimate a Screen: Men, Women, and Webcams Introduction Feminism and Spectatorship Critical and Journalistic Considerations of Webcams Webcams Women and Webcams Regulating the Spectator Women Webcam Operators and Authority Visibility and Webcams Making Texts Real Some Problems with Webcam Viewing Just a Guy Conclusion: The Politics of Being Seen 4. The Aesthetic of Failure: Confusing Spectators with Net Art Gone Wrong Introduction Aesthetics and Net Art Net Art An Aesthetic of Failure Jodi Peter Luining Michaël Samyn Conclusion: The Limits of Failure and Repetition 5. Can You Read Me? Setting-specific Meaning in Virtual Places (VP) Introduction Virtual Places Avatars Painters and Avatar Galleries Owning Texts Criteria for Originality Theories of Internet Authorship Gender, Race, Sexuality, and the Avatar Making Differences in Virtual Places Conclusion: Authorship in Other Internet Settings 6. This Is Not Photography, This Is Not a Cohesive View: Computer-facilitated Imaging and Fragmented Spectatorship Introduction Making the Digital Imaging Spectator Photography Digital or Post-photography The Scanner as Camera Carol Selter's Animalia and Punctum Susan Silton's Self Portraits and Images of the Partial Self Ken Gonzales-Day's Skin Series and the Cut The New Media Grid Conclusion: The Morphed Spectator Afterword The Flat and the Fold: A Consideration of Embodied Spectatorship Introduction Carol Selter, Susan Silton, Ken Gonzales-Day, and the Fold The Body Folded and Evacuated Hierarchy and Control The Spectator in Pain The Fat and the Fold Men and the Weight Loss "Challenge" Erotic Folding Conclusion: A Technology of Waste

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