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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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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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CALL FOR PAPERS - INFORMATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE]
by Jeremy Hunsinger 31 May '06

31 May '06

> INFORMATION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (ISC) > ISSN 1364-694X > > CALL FOR PAPERS (Feel free to foreword this message to friends and > colleagues.) > > The summer 2007 issue of the online journal Information for Social > Change (ISC) will focus on the urgent theme of library and > information workers as political actors in times of war, civil war, > military occupation, and social conflicts worldwide. > > ISC seeks both contemporary and historical submissions that address > such topics as: > > -- Library and information provision during times of war, civil > war, military occupation, and social conflict that provide insights > and practical strategies for potential library and information > projects in regions of conflict worldwide. > > -- Profiles of library and information workers as participants and > interventionists in conflicts, as political actors that offer some > new possibilities for strategies of resistance, or that challenge > networks of military or civil control worldwide. > > -- Access to library and information provision and the information > needs of oppressed peoples for empowerment and emancipation during > times of war, revolution, or social conflict worldwide. > > -- Dissemination of information about inside conflicts to the > outside world. Here, ISC is particularly interested in > explorations of how to protect the information provider in terms of > privacy; confidentiality; freedom of opinion and expression; > freedom of thought, conscience and religion; peaceful assembly and > association; and protection from torture or cruel, inhuman or > degrading treatment or punishment as expressed in the Universal > Declaration of Human Rights (1948). > > Note: ISC has a special interest in receiving, publishing, > documenting, and giving memory to information about conflicts on > which very little information has been recorded to date. > > Anyone interested in contributing an article, thought piece, > bibliography, review, or other work related to the expressed theme > is invited to share their ideas with issue co-editors Martyn Lowe > (<mailto:martynlowe@usa.net>martynlowe(a)usa.net) AND Toni Samek > (<mailto:toni.samek@ualberta.ca>toni.samek(a)ualberta.ca) > > The closing date for submission is December 10, 2006 (HUMAN RIGHTS > DAY). > Word limits are negotiable with Martyn and Toni. > > For more information about ISC, see <http://www.libr.org/isc/ > >http://www.libr.org/isc/ > > > Toni Samek, PhD > Associate Professor > School of Library & Information Studies, Faculty of Education > Chair, Canadian Library Association's Advisory Committee on > Intellectual Freedom > > 3-15 Rutherford South > University of Alberta > Edmonton, Alberta CANADA T6G 2J4 > Phone: (780) 492-0179 > Fax: (780) 492-2430 > E-mail: toni.samek(a)ualberta.ca > Web: http://www.ualberta.ca/~asamek/toni.htm > For upcoming activities, see: http://www.ualberta.ca/~asamek/ > talks.htm#upcoming > > "A word after a word after a word is power." Margaret Atwood > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.0/352 - Release Date: > 30/05/2006 > > ____ > ________________________________________ > 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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Re: [Air-l] allocution, consultation, conversion and registration on the internet
by Heidelberg, Chris 30 May '06

30 May '06

Thanks Nick. I actually own a book or two by McQuail. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jankowski Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 4:55 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] allocution, consultation, conversion and registration on the internet The full citation of the original work for the Bordewijk & Van Kaam model is: Bordewijk, J.L. & Van Kaam, B. (1982). Allocutie: enkele gedachten over communicatievrijheid in een bekabeld land. [Allocution. Thoughts on communication freedom in a cabled country.] Baarn: Bosch & Keuning. The central idea of this model is described in an English-language journal publication: Bordewijk, J.L., & Kaam, B. (1986). Towards a new clasification of tele-information services. Intermedia, 14 (1): 16-21. Regarding the definitions of the terms in the model, including registration, these are described by McQuail, pp. 56-68, in: McQuail, D. (1994). Mass communication theory. 2nd ed 1987; reprinted 1994. London: Sage. This last reference provides, by the way, the best substantive discussion of the model that is available. Nick Jankowski At 05:19 PM 5/26/2006, you wrote: >Can you give me full citation of Bordewijk & Van >Kaam (1982) and Van Dyk as well. I am creating a >training module for a national government >Internet team. I am trying to explain this >change as being driven in part by convergence >and sociology. I may also use it in my dissertation. > >-----Original Message----- >From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org >[mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Opgenhaffen Michaël >Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 8:25 AM >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org; aoir list >Subject: [Air-l] allocution, >consultation,conversion and registration on the internet > >Doing research about communication online, the >model of information-flow of Bordewijk & Van >Kaam (1982) (Van Dyk has based his model on this >one) seems to be very popular to show the change >of the communication pattern from allocution to consultation and conversation. >So far, I'm in. > >My question is for those who know this model >well: what's the exact definition of the >'registration' pattern and could you give an example? >Is RSS or google-alerts an example of registration? > >Thanx for the help in advance! > >Michaël > > > >_______________________________________________ >The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is >provided by the Association of Internet >Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change >options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ >_______________________________________________ >The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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seminar on Benkler's The Wealth of Networks
by Eszter Hargittai 30 May '06

30 May '06

The group blog Crooked Timber is hosting a seminar on Yochai Benkler's recent book The Wealth of Networks. People on this list may find it of interest. The introductory post has links to all of the contributions (by Henry Farrell, Dan Hunter, John Quiggin, Eszter Hargittai, Jack Balkin and Siva Vaidhyanathan) including a response from Benkler. http://crookedtimber.org/2006/05/30/introduction-the-wealth-of-networks-sem… Benkler raises a lot of interesting and important issues in his book, we're hoping this seminar will lead to lots of additional conversations. Eszter http://www.eszter.com

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cfp transdisciplinary studies book series
by Jeremy Hunsinger 30 May '06

30 May '06

distribute as appropriate: Call for Proposals (Book Series) Transdisciplinary Studies http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Sense Publishers Series Editors: Jeremy Hunsinger and Jason Nolan Aims and Scope: Transdisciplinary Studies is an internationally oriented book series created to generate new theories and practices to extricate transdisciplinary research from the confining discourses of traditional disciplinarities. Within transdisciplinary domains, this series will publish empirically grounded, theoretically sound work seeking to identify and solve global problems that conventional disciplinary perspectives cannot capture. Transdisciplinary Studies seeks to accentuate those aspects of scholarly research which cut across todays learned disciplines in an effort to define new axiologies and forms of praxis. This series intends to promote a new appreciation for transdisciplinary research to audiences that are seeking ways of understanding complex, global problems that many now realize disciplinary perspectives cannot fully address. Scholars, policy makers, educators and researchers working to address issues in technology studies, public finance, discourse studies, professional ethics, political analysis, learning, ecological systems, modern medicine, and other fields clearly are ready to begin investing in transdisciplinary models of research. It is for those many different audiences in these diverse fields that we hope to reach, not merely with topical research, but also through considering new epistemic and ontological foundations for of transdisciplinary research. 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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ECAP'06 - Program now online
by Charles Ess 30 May '06

30 May '06

Dear Aoirists - while the following will be of only tangential interest to most of you, I'd appreciate your sending it along to interested colleagues: == With apologies for duplications and cross-postings On behalf of the Program Committee for ECAP'06, we are very pleased to announce that the conference program is now available on the conference website, <www.eu-cap.org> - then follow the link on the left-hand side of the page to "Conference Program" As a reminder: ===================================================================== COMPUTING AND PHILOSOPHY E-CAP 2006@NTNU Norway Norwegian University of Science and Technology Dragvoll Campus, Trondheim, Norway, June 22-24, 2006 Conference Co-Chairs: Charles Ess (Drury University / NTNU): <cmess(a)drury.edu> May Thorseth (NTNU): <may.thorseth(a)hf.ntnu.no> http://www.eu-cap.org E-CAP is the European conference on Computing and Philosophy, the European affiliate of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP, www.iacap.org) E-CAP is organized in cooperation with the Association of Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (SIGART) ===================================================================== E-CAP is the premier European venue for current research, reflection, and lively discussion of all aspects of the "computational turn" that has emerged over the past several decades, and continues to expand and develop as a result of the multiple interactions between philosophy and computing. The "culture" of E-CAP, like its sister CAP conferences in North America and Asia-Pacific, discourages paper reading - and stresses instead the presentation of ideas and lively discussion, along with informal networking. == We are very pleased with the quality and scope of the program of presentations now established for ECAP'06 - we believe you will find it of compelling interest indeed! On behalf of the Program Committee and presenting authors, we invite your participation in ECAP'06. - Charles Ess (co-chair) - May Thorseth (co-chair) - Johnny Søraker (local coordinator) == cX (otherwise known as) Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies <http://www.drury.edu/gp21> Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC'06: http://www.catacconference.org Co-chair, ECAP'06: http://www.eu-cap.org Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes Norwegian University of Science and Technology NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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Re: [Air-l] air-l Digest, Vol 22, Issue 26
by Carlo Hagemann 29 May '06

29 May '06

The Intermedia article has been reprinted in Wardrip-Fruin, N., & Montfort, N. (Eds.) (2003) The New Media Reader. MIT Press (ISBN 0262232278) The book contains other interesting and, above all, weird chapters, and a CD-ROM. Carlo Hagemann > The full citation of the original work for the Bordewijk & Van Kaam > model is: > > Bordewijk, J.L. & Van Kaam, B. (1982). Allocutie: enkele gedachten > over communicatievrijheid in een bekabeld land. [Allocution. Thoughts > on communication freedom in a cabled country.] Baarn: Bosch & Keuning. > > The central idea of this model is described in an English-language > journal publication: > > Bordewijk, J.L., & Kaam, B. (1986). Towards a new clasification of > tele-information services. Intermedia, 14 (1): 16-21. > > > Regarding the definitions of the terms in the model, including > registration, these are described by McQuail, pp. 56-68, in: > McQuail, D. (1994). Mass communication theory. 2nd ed 1987; reprinted > 1994. London: Sage. > > This last reference provides, by the way, the best substantive > discussion of the model that is available. > > Nick Jankowski > > > >_______________________________________________ >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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Re: [Air-l] Text book recommendations
by Adam Muir 29 May '06

29 May '06

hi Heidi, I have used a few of those kinds of books before, but the one that I return to is: *** New Media: a Critical Introduction. - 2003 - by Martin Lister, Kieran Kelly, Jon Dovey, Seth Giddings and Iain Grant. Routledge. I like this one because it is an introduction, but it is still challenging for students to read and understand. It doesn't assume that you know nothing about media or the internet. I think some "intro to new media" textbooks forget that the students are most likely familiar with the kinds of issues you would want to discuss, they just don't necessarily know how people speak academically about them (key buzzwords, different elements of [insert your own discipline], etc). There are plenty of other texts that are good reads, but I find that the one I mentioned there covers the issues and leaves room for you to add your own ideas to. It's a couple of years old now but anything contemporary that you can think of can probably be slotted into the existing material. I hope that might be of some use. Good luck! :) - adam muir PhD Candidate in Internetwork Ecology School of Arts, Griffith University > from air-l Digest, Vol 22, Issue 22 > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 20:47:26 +0100 (BST) > From: Heidi Campbell <hcampbe1(a)yahoo.co.uk> > Subject: [Air-l] Text book recommendations > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Message-ID: <20060523194726.96422.qmail(a)web25304.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi. > > I am preparing a grad course in the fall entitled New Media, Culture & Networked Society. It will focus on social & cultural issues > raised by communication and life in an information-based society. The dominant themes to be dealt with include: community, identity, > authority/power relations and religion/ideology. I have been trying to find a core text book for such a course but have been having > difficulty. > > I have considered--David Bell (2001) Introduction to Cybercultures, New York: Routledge?as an introductory text but it seems a bit > dated now. I would welcome any recommendations from the list, or ?must-read? journal articles for the topics I have listed above. > > Thanks. > > Heidi Campbell > Dept. of Communication > Texas A&M University

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