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Re: [Air-l] One Laptop Per Child
by Jocelyn Williams 07 Jun '06

07 Jun '06

I'm commenting on the questions posed by Ellis Godard: Jocelyn Williams Senior Lecturer, Communication Programme Director, Bachelor of International Communication School of Communication Unitec New Zealand Private Bag 92025 Auckland, NEW ZEALAND Ph + 64 (09) 815 4321 ex 8829 Fax + 64 (09) 815 4330 www.unitec.ac.nz >>> ellis.godard(a)csun.edu 07/06/2006 10:49:55 >>> How does diffusing technology across a divide which already exists, enhance rather than diminish it? How does giving them computers inhibit their "technological progress", or have any deliterious effect on their technological standards? As argued in "Knowledge Gap Hypothesis" literature, the outcome of providing information (or in the case of the Digital Divide, information technologies) to a social system tends to be, ironically, to exacerbate the existing gap (divide) because of the inherent ability of the more (technologically) literate or educated to take up the information and the advantages and broader worldview that goes along with it. I have suggested "the Computer Clubhouse concept (Resnick, Rusk & Cooke, 1998) articulates the need for "technological fluency * not only knowing how to use technological tools, but also knowing how to construct things of significance with those tools" (p. 2)" ** is one tactic in responding strategically to the issue that merely providing the PCs is no solution to the digital divide at all. The more critical point implied by Fuchs is "global divide in technological progress and standards > will emerge that separates advanced Western technology users > from users of less-advanced technologies in the Third World" - it's not so much that $100 laptops are not doing anything to address the digital divide, but that the concept may generate a new dimension of disadvantage relative to advantage - as long as those without computers are given first world castoffs, for those with the less advanced technologies there will always be a moving target before them, ever out of reach. This is a slightly reframed, shifting gap. Godard again: The implication that inequality and stratification are necessarily wrong, much less demonstrably eliminatable, is very very close to absurd. I don't suppose anyone is arguing that inequality is "eliminatable" necessarily, but the thing is that inequalities related to differential ICT access tend to go along with a whole raft of other problems, often expensive ones, and laptop schemes etc are at least attempting to provide tools for communities with which they may seek a measure of self-determination. Jocelyn Williams ** http://ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=77&layout=html

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Re: [Air-l] air-l Digest, Vol 23, Issue 4
by Rodino, Michelle (rodinoml) 05 Jun '06

05 Jun '06

Ellis: Check out indymedia.org (as in Independent Media Centers or indymedia, whose slogan is "be the media," which blossomed in response to the WTO meeting/demonstration in 1999). Also see Victor Pickard's excellent analysis of IMC's use of wikis in his recent article in _Critical Studies in Media Communication_ (March 2006). --Michelle Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Cincinnati 601 B Teacher's College PO Box 210184 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0184 Tel: (513) 556-4387 Fax: (513) 556-0899 michelle.rodino(a)uc.edu -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org Sent: Sun 6/4/2006 3:02 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: air-l Digest, Vol 23, Issue 4 Send air-l mailing list submissions to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of air-l digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wiki news sites (Ellis Godard) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 16:01:02 -0700 From: "Ellis Godard" <egodard(a)csun.edu> Subject: Re: [Air-l] Wiki news sites To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Message-ID: <003501c68761$97377790$6401a8c0@Mobel> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Not news per se, but news related: www.wikithepresidency.com -eg > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of > Opgenhaffen Micha?l > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 8:26 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] Wiki news sites > > > Does anybody know interesting news sites that are based on > the wiki-technology? > Wikinews.org is a great example, but I was wondering if there > are other wiki-resources on the www ... > > Thanks in advance! > > Micha?l Opgenhaffen > Master in journalism > Lessius Hogeschool Antwerp > www.lessius-ho.be/journalistiek > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ End of air-l Digest, Vol 23, Issue 4 ************************************

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Attitudes scale towards school and laptops
by adelina moura 04 Jun '06

04 Jun '06

Hi all, I'm a portuguese teacher and in this moment I develop a Pilot Study about "Laptop one to one" in a Professional School. I search for some studies and surveys about "A Laptop attitudes scale". If somebody know some studies or questionnaires about "Attitudes towards school and towards laptops", I appreciate that. I would like to discuss this subject too, if someone is interested in the results tell me. Best regards. -- Adelina Moura "Nosce te ipsum" Research area: mLearning Tecnologias móveis www.adelinamouravitae.com.sapo.pt http://linade.podomatic.com http://www.iep.uminho.pt/encontro.webquest

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Re: [Air-l] RELIGIOUS NORMS IN CYBERSPACE - CALL FOR PAPERS
by Vit Sisler 03 Jun '06

03 Jun '06

Re: Re: RELIGIOUS NORMS IN CYBERSPACE - CALL FOR PAPERS 'Religious Norms in Cyberspace' is a section of Cyberspace 2006, which is a classical international conference. It is not streamed. The conference takes place in Brno, not in Prague. All information can be found on the conference website http://www.cyberspace.muni.cz/english/. Best Regards Vit Sisler Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 12:26:53 -0700 From: "Ellis Godard" <egodard(a)csun.edu> Subject: Re: [Air-l] RELIGIOUS NORMS IN CYBERSPACE - CALL FOR PAPERS To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Message-ID: <00c301c685b1$597abf40$6601a8c0@Mobel> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The issues here sound intersting, and were addressed a bit in both my Master's thesis and my Doctoral dissertation. And Prague seems like a great place to go (haven't been yet; hope to next year or two). However... Does anyone here routinely participate in streamed conferences? I've tried once or twice, for a moment or two, on a lark. But I'm short on time, and dubious of conferences, so can't imagine paying close or serious attenton to anything like this. -eg

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Call for papers - Digital Arts and Culture Conference perth 2007
by Matthew Allen 02 Jun '06

02 Jun '06

Call for Papers - Please distribute to relevant forums perthDAC 2007 - The Future of Digital Media Culture 7th International Digital Arts and Culture Conference 15 -18th September 2007, Perth, Australia. http://www.beap.org/dac KEYWORDS - computer games, hypertext theory and literature, new media narrative, streaming media, interactive and networked performance, digital aesthetics, interactive cinema, theory, art, bio-art, nano-art, augmented reality, cyberculture, electronic fiction, electronic music, electronic art, games culture, games system design, games theory, interactive architecture, cinema and video, MOOs, MUDs, RPG, virtual reality, virtual worlds. ABOUT perthDAC perthDAC is the seventh iteration of Digital Arts and Culture. DAC was the first conference to attract and present the work of researchers, practitioners and artists working across the field of digital arts, cultures, aesthetics and design. In September 2007, DAC will be hosted as the key international conference in the public program of the Biennale of Electronic Arts Perth (BEAP) in Perth, Australia. BEAP celebrates and critiques new and novel technologies (digital, bio, nano, other) by showcasing artworks made with, or that are about, new technologies. perthDAC's conference program will be closely inter-woven with BEAP's exhibitions. perthDAC's academic programme is being developed with the close co-operation and support of the fibreculture forum, who will also be active on the perthDAC conference steering committee. CALL FOR PAPERS Papers are sought for PerthDAC 2007 that will illuminate both the near and long term Future of Digital Media Culture. Papers which present research outcomes, track trends or developments, describe case studies or works in progress, are speculative projection, challenge existing paradigms or record a history, are all welcome. Submissions are encouraged from any professional, craft or scholarly field that relates to communications art/design, cultural expression, practice and aesthetics, and the technical means by which they are enabled. perthDAC 2007 accepts submissions from fields such as the humanities, social sciences, human-computer interaction and computer science studies, as well as those working both practically and theoretically in specific areas such as: digital/interactive art, digital/electronic literature, game studies, online communities, new media studies, affective computing, experience design, virtual environment design, etc. Topics of interests may include, but are not limited to, computer games, hypertext theory and literature, new media narrative, streaming media, interactive and networked performance, digital aesthetics, interactive cinema, theory, art, bio-art, nano-art, augmented reality, cyberculture, electronic fiction, electronic music, electronic art, games culture, games system design, games theory, interactive architecture, cinema and video, MOOs, MUDs, RPG, virtual reality, virtual worlds. Artists, early career scholars and PhD students are particularly encouraged to submit. All abstracts and then full papers will be double blind peer reviewed by an international panel, and will be published in the proceedings. Some papers will be published as a special themed journal edition. Dates for the submission of 500 word abstracts and then full papers are: Abstracts: 14th August 2006 Full papers: 4th December 2006 See the perthDAC website ³method² page for more details on the abstracts, papers and presentations process. perthDAC website http://www.beap.org/dac

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Deleting Online Predators Act, MySpace and a plea for help
by danah boyd 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

Henry Jenkins and i co-authored an interview essay based on questions from the MIT News Office to address concerns related to the proposed American law entitled Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA). We recognize that parents and legislators are concerned, but we do not believe that DOPA is the best approach and we fear that, if implemented, it will cause more harm than good. We conducted this interview in the hopes that it provides valuable information for parents, legislators and press who are interested in the issue. http://www.danah.org/papers/MySpaceDOPA.html I believe that this topic affects our research community as a whole. The proposed law affects most Internet communities, including chatrooms, mailing lists, photo sharing sites, gaming environments and social network sites. It is also a slippery slope legislative piece, working to give American legislators more control over who participates online, in what ways and where. Collectively, we have a lot of knowledge about this terrain and the positive aspects of digital culture. This needs to be surfaced publicly in order to combat the culture of fear. I know that most of you aren't obsessing about MySpace as much as i am, but i believe that what is happening with MySpace will affect many of us on this list. Finally, as researchers, we're often faced with how press cover this terrain and we're often asked to speak out as experts. For better or worse, i've become a press puppet on all things MySpace and i'm tired of seeing myself in print. I also believe that there are other voices that need to be heard, other relevant academic knowledge that needs to be elevated. I have to imagine that there are other academics who could join me in addressing the press and combatting the fears the public has over how people use technology. If you are interested in speaking to the press about these issues, please let me know. In particular, i'm especially looking for other researchers who have expertise in digital youth, online/offline sociability, online dating, risk assessment, reputation costs, gaming, blogging and anything else you might be seeing the press cover right now under the fear category. I know that public-facing academic engagement is controversial, but i'm definitely in the camp which says, "I am obliged to contribute. Silence is complicity" (Diane Bell, "Writing in the eye of a storm"). My hope is that others are interested in helping combat the fear-mongering with all of the knowledge that we have about this domain. danah - - - - - - - - - - d a n a h ( d o t ) o r g - - - - - - - - - - "taken out of context i must seem so strange" musings :: http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts

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RELIGIOUS NORMS IN CYBERSPACE – CALL FOR PAPERS
by Vit Sisler 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

RELIGIOUS NORMS IN CYBERSPACE – CALL FOR PAPERS We cordially invite you to actively participate in the stream 'Religious Norms in Cyberspace' which will take place at the IV. International Conference Cyberspace 2006 in Brno, Czech republic, 24. 11. - 25. 11. 2006. Illustrative topics: religious normative frameworks in cyberspace, networking diasporas, religious collaborative environments, on-line counseling, on-line fatwas and cyber muftis, new religious movements, religious discourses in cyberspace, etc. Abstract submission deadline: July 31, 2006 For further information about the conference, please download Call for Papers at http://web.fss.muni.cz/cyberspace/english/storage/call-EN.pdf . Please submit your abstracts via conference website at http://www.cyberspace.muni.cz/english/. Let me also to kindly ask you to forward this message to your colleagues whom you expect to be interested in participating. Best Regards Vit Sisler, Charles University in Prague uisk.jinonice.cuni.cz/sisler

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FW: Deleting Online Predators Act, MySpace and a plea for help
by Ellis Godard 01 Jun '06

01 Jun '06

> ... For better or > worse, i've become a press puppet on all things MySpace and i'm tired > of seeing myself in print. I also believe that there are other voices > that need to be heard, other relevant academic knowledge that needs to > be elevated. Yes! > I have to imagine that there are other academics who > could join me in addressing the press and combatting the fears the > public has over how people use technology. If you are interested in > speaking to the press about these issues, please let me know. Me! Me! > i'm definitely in the camp which says, "I am obliged to contribute. > Silence is complicity" (Diane Bell, "Writing in the eye of a storm"). I had a "Silence is the voice of complicity" sticker on my car for 16 years, but recently sold the car and am looking for another one of those stickers. > My hope is that others are interested in helping combat the > fear-mongering with all of the knowledge that we have about this > domain. Ready and willing - plug me in! And here's the angle: Anytime anyone mentions the "1-in-5 children" stat, about how often minors are propositioned or harrassed, send them my way. The study behind that stat was poorly done, and the stat itself is sufficiently dubious that it's discreditable even to a reporter without any methods background. Related, if you can suggest an appropriate forum (essay or letter, to some publication; or perhaps a "con" for someone else's pro, in a paired essay exercise), I'd like to summarize the various problems with that study and get it into print, ASAP. Any ideas? Regards, Ellis Godard, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Sociology Department Cal State Northridge www.csun.edu/~egodard

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Postdoctoral Research Positions in STS
by Kris Markman 31 May '06

31 May '06

FYI. Austin is a great place to live and work (IMHO).-kmm >From: Elizabeth Keating <ekeating(a)mail.utexas.edu> >Subject: Postdoctoral Research Positions > >Postdoctoral Research Positions Available in Science, Technology and Society > >The Science, Technology & Society Program at the University of Texas >at Austin is pleased to announce two positions for postdoctoral >research in its growing program in societal impacts of science and >technology. The successful applicants will conduct research on some >aspect of the societal impacts of science and technology. As >postdoctoral fellows they will teach one seminar course per semester >and will work with faculty and graduate students in activities >designed to foster the understanding of social impacts of science >and technology. Major focus areas can include: impacts of >nanoscience, biotechnology, emerging communication technologies, >digital gaming, the environment, as well as other areas. Fellows >will be expected to participate in the STS Program's educational and >outreach activities. The University of Texas at Austin provides many >opportunities for collaboration, with leading programs in public >policy, business, engineering, the sciences, law, and liberal arts. > >Applicants should be recent recipients of a PhD degree; areas of >specialization and disciplinary approach open. The positions are >12-month positions with a flexible starting date. Salary $35,000, >plus benefits. Postdocs are expected to be in residence in Austin, >Texas for the time of the fellowship. > >Please send a detailed cover letter, CV, and 1-page proposal for >research work during the postdoc period to Professor Elizabeth >Keating, Director, Science, Technology & Society Program at: >ekeating(a)mail.utexas.edu > >Applications received by July 1 will be given first consideration. >For further information about the program, please see the website of >the STS program ><http://www.sts.utexas.edu/>www.sts.utexas.edu > >apologies for cross postings -- ********** ********** ********** ********** Kris M. Markman, Ph.D. Email: krism(a)alumni.utexas.edu http://kris3198.home.comcast.net ********** ********** ********** **********

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (june 2006)
by David M Silver 31 May '06

31 May '06

hello! an excellent new batch of RCCS book reviews ( http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/booklist.asp ) this month: [1] Matthew Fuller, Media Ecologies: Materialist Energies in Art and Technoculture (MIT Press, 2005) Reviewed by Virgil Moberg, an assistant professor of Journalism and Mass Communications in the Humanities Division at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida [2] Larry Gross, John Stuart Katz, & Jay Ruby, eds. Image Ethics in the Digital Age (University of Minnesota Press, 2003) Reviewed by Lane DeNicola, a doctoral candidate in Science & Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a lecturer in Digital Technology & Culture at Washington State University Vancouver [3] Mark D. Johns, Shing-Ling Sarina Chen, & G. Jon Hall, eds. Online Social Research: Methods, Issues, and Ethics (Peter Lang Publishers, 2004) Reviewed by Jakob Linaa Jensen, an assistant professor at the Department of Media Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Author response by Mark D. Johns, ELCA Pastor, associate professor, and head of the Department of Communication Studies, Luther College [4] Christophe Lecuyer, Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High-Tech, 1930-1970 (MIT Press, 2006) Reviewed by Michelle Rodino-Colocino, an assistant professor of Communication at the University of Cincinnati [5] Madanmohan Rao, ed. News Media and New Media: The Asia-Pacific Internet Handbook, Episode V (Eastern Universities Press, 2003) Reviewed by Yu Zhang, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the State University of New York at Geneseo Author response by Madanmohan Rao coming soon ... reviews of Chris Berry, Fran Martin, & Audrey Yue's Mobile Cultures: New Media in Queer Asia; Viviane Serfaty's The Mirror and the Veil: An Overview of American Online Diaries and Blogs; Steven Shaviro's Connected, or What It Means to Live in the Network Society; and Bruce Sterling's Shaping Things. enjoy. david silver http://silverinseattle.blogspot.com/

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