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folksonomies
by Alla Genkina 23 Apr '06

23 Apr '06

Hello, I am just beginning my PhD research and am interested in folksonomies/tagging/social bookmarking. Can anyone point me to research in this area? I have not been able to find too many references aside from general discussion on blogs. On the same token, I would also be interested in references that talk about the social construction of knowledge online. Thank you so much in advance for you help. Sincerely, Alla

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Technology and Literacy text
by Mark Warschauer 22 Apr '06

22 Apr '06

Can anybody recommend a text on Technology and Literacy to be used for an undergraduate course on the topic to be taught in spring 2007? Thanks-- Mark -- Mark Warschauer Associate Professor, Dept. of Education and Dept. of Informatics University of California, Irvine tel: (949) 824-2526, fax: (949) 824-2965 markw(a)uci.edu; http://www.gse.uci.edu/faculty/markw

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cyberwars
by Barry Wellman 22 Apr '06

22 Apr '06

A kindred, never-ending computing war is bwetween the centralizers (big IBM iron in the old days; sealed PCs on server networks now) vs decentralizers (DOS, Windows before .Net). Rob Kling wrote eloquently about this in the 1970s. I'm on hoiday now and don't have his papers accessible, but the Sociological Rob article that I and Roxanne Hiltz wrote a while back for a joournal contains a summary and references. It's also on my website. 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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Re: [Air-l] Libertarianism and Programmers / Techies
by Todd Davies 22 Apr '06

22 Apr '06

A good book on exactly this topic is Cyberselfish by Paulina Borsook (http://www.cyberselfish.com/) Todd Davies *** email: davies(a)csli.stanford.edu Symbolic Systems Program *** phone: 1-650-723-4091 Stanford University *** fax: 1-650-723-5666 Stanford, CA, USA 94305-2150 *** web: www.stanford.edu/~davies

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Re: [Air-l] Technology and Literacy text
by Heidelberg, Chris 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

Mark & Doug: Consider using the seminal work by McLuhan & Fiore, The Medium Is The Message. It is a short and quck book but it was prophetic. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Mark Warschauer Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:04 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Technology and Literacy text Doug and others--thanks for your replies. I am planning on using Gee's videogames book (cited by Doug below) and also my own book, Laptops and Literacy (coming out from Teachers College Press by the end of summer 2006, which covers use of computers in K-12 settings). I want a third book that provides an overview of the relationship between technology and literacy, probably something similar to Ilana Snyder's edited books but if possible more up to date. Thanks again-- mark >Mark, > >I'm wondering if you mean the use of technology to study literacies, >technology-supported literate activities, or techno-literacies such as >information literacy? > >Ilana Snyder has edited two collections that might be useful for a >general "technology and literacy" course that hits each of these approaches: > >_Page to Screen; Taking Literacy into the Electronic Age_ (1997) and >_Silicon Literacies; Communication, Innovation and Education in the >Electronic Age_ (2002) > >Gunther Kress's _Literacy in the New Media Age_ (2002) would be >appropriate for an advanced undergraduate course; he takes issue with >applying the "literacy" label to processes other than reading and >writing alphabetic texts, which is a key question for >technology/literacy studies. > >For an accessible text that focuses primarily on gaming (and that can >be used in a variety of interesting ways), there's Jim Gee's _What >Videogames Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy_ (2004). > >Finally, Gail Hawisher and Cindy Selfe's _Literate Lives in the >Information Age: Narratives on Literacy from the United States_ (2004). > >The above list of texts comes mostly from the fields of literacy >studies and computers and writing. > > >Doug > >Douglas Eyman, Senior Co-Editor >Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy >htp://english.ttu.edu/kairos/ > >Mark Warschauer wrote: >> Can anybody recommend a text on Technology and Literacy to be used >> for an undergraduate course on the topic to be taught in spring 2007? >> >> Thanks-- >> Mark >_______________________________________________ >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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AoIR 7.0 Doctoral Colloquium deadline 1 May
by Marcus Foth 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

.::. FINAL REMINDER: DEADLINE MONDAY 1 MAY .::. Call for Participation Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Annual Conference 2006, Brisbane, Australia DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM (Please forward to students you supervise, to relevant lists, and please excuse cross-postings.) The AoIR 7.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on 27 Sep 2006 where they will have a chance to present their research plans and discuss them with peers and established senior researchers. Interested students should prepare a 2 page summary of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date with a focus on issues and concerns, as well as the expectations and hopes from the colloquium. Please submit your 2 page application by 1 May 2006 to: Marcus Foth at m.foth(a)qut.edu.au Applicants will be notified of acceptance to the Doctoral Colloquium by 1 June 2006. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare an 8 page report on their research by 1 August 2006. This report is not a conference paper, however alternative publication opportunities will be discussed on the day. The report will be distributed to all Doctoral Colloquium attendees to prepare for an informed discussion, Q&A and feedback from the chairs on the day. All attendees of the Doctoral Colloquium are required to register for the AoIR conference. For further details please visit the conference website at http:// conferences.aoir.org/ or contact the convenor of the AoIR Doctoral Colloquium, Marcus Foth, at m.foth(a)qut.edu.au Chairs: Barbara Adkins, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Nancy Baym, University of Kansas, USA Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Randolph Kluver, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Host and Sponsor: Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology Best Regards, Marcus Foth -- Dr Marcus Foth BMultimedia BCompSc(Hons) MA PhD m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/ Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 3864 8772 - Fax +61 7 3864 3723 - Room Z6-511 http://ici.qut.edu.au/

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Libertarianism and Programmers / Techies
by Ericka Menchen Trevino 21 Apr '06

21 Apr '06

I've heard, in Lessig's book "code" and informally in conversation about the link between free-market secularism / Libertarianism and programmers / technologists. Are there good resources that addresse how this link historically evolved and why it happened? (If it, in face, did?). Ericka Menchen Trevino Graduate Student University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Communication http://blog.erickamenchen.net/

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Monica Whitty book!
by andrea baker 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hello, all, Monica Whitty's book on the psychology of internet relationships is now out through Palgrave: <http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403945144>http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403945144. Congratulations to Monica are in order! --cheers, andrea

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cyberspace romance
by mwhitty 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Dear all, I've just been persuaded to self-promote my new book, although I am quite embarrassed doing so. At any rate, for those of you who might be interested The book is titled 'Cyberspace Romance: The Psychology of online relationships and is available from the publisher's website: http://www.palgrave.com/products/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403945144 and can be purchased from Amazon. Here is the book's blurb: Description How do people play at love in cyberspace? How are these relationships different and similar to the way individuals initiate, develop and maintain offline relationships? Monica Whitty and Adrian N. Carr address each of these questions and argue that cyberspace should not be perceived as a conglomeration of bodiless selves. In this book, cyberspace is depicted as a potentially more playful space than the offline world. Nonetheless, despite the liberating qualities cyberspace has to offer, cyberspace can be problematic for some - especially when individuals venture too far into the realms of fantasy. Through examples of Whitty's own research on cyber-relationships, online dating, Internet infidelity, cyber-harassment, and presentation of self online, as well as drawing from other people's research, the positive and negative aspects of online relating are presented. Cyberspace Romance is an invaluable resource for anyone studying or conducting research on Internet relationships or interested in their own or others' online romances. and the Table of Contents: Contents Cyber-relationships, The Story so Far >From Courtly Love to Cyber-flirting Playing at Love: Winnicott and Potential Space Object Engagement and Dysfunctional Aspects of Relating Online Cyber-cheating: Can We Really be Liberated in Cyberspace? Deviance and Cyberspace Online Dating: Shopping for Love on the Internet Characters and Archetypes in Cyberspace Visions of the Future Kind Regards, Monica Dr. Monica Whitty Queen's University Belfast School of Psychology David Keir Building Northern Ireland BT7 1NN Phone: +44 (0)28 9097 5654 Email: m.whitty(a)qub.ac.uk http://www.psych.qub.ac.uk/staff/teaching/whitty/profile/

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concordancers
by William Bain 20 Apr '06

20 Apr '06

Hi All, I wonder if anyone could give me feedback on textworld.com's concordancer. Or would you have any other suggestions for conconrdancing and other text mining pplications. I'm mostly interested in mining large chunks (as in novels). Thanks for any help, William William Bain Graduate Student Comparative Literature Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona --------------------------------- New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big.

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