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AoIR Executive report March 2006
by Matthew Allen 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Matthew Allen, President Briefly, since October, I have been mainly working as liaison between the Executive and the Conference and Program Chairs for the 2006 Conference. I have also been negotiating with Peter Lang concerning future publishing arrangements for the annual, redeveloping parts of the AoIR website, seeking new discounts for members, coordinating exec activities including finalising locations for the 2007 and 2008 conferences. Charles Ess, Vice-President 1) I worked with the exec and the program chairs for AoIR 2006 to develop the call for papers and distribute it widely. 2) I summarized the results of the AoIR Ethics Working Group meeting at AoIR 2006, including proposals for new projects and our endorsement of a new chair, Elizabeth Buchanan; presented these to the executive committee, and received their approval. Elizabeth Buchanan is now official chair of the Ethics Working Group, but I continue to work with her, e.g., in fielding occasional queries. (We've received a few over the past several months regarding research on blogs and forums, as well as occasional notes informing us that the AoIR guidelines are being used in a research and/or publication project.) 3) I will work with the exec and members to identify the conference venue for 2007, and then pursue the organizational details with local organizer(s) and volunteer(s). Monica Murero, Treasurer Since my election as the new Treasurer I have been taking major steps to improve the AoIR membership process and criteria, and make them easier. I am about to present to the exec a report about the further steps we need to introduce to activate the new process (re 1 date for renewal at conference time -- you will hear more from me very soon) with the help of our system officer and secretary. This is a complex process, but all is proceeding smoothly. I am involved in several other volunteer activities for aoir. For example, I am offering the chance to have refunds or donations to members who renew in 2006. I am going to introduce an organized activity of fund raising and donation, and have been very active in all aoir exec business, and discussions; these include for example criteria for organizing the current conference in Australia , future conference locations, and previous conferences financial matters. Lack of volunteers to form a working team refrained me from organizing a new survey to learn more from AoIRs (expectations, needs etc.), but hopefully in the future conditions will be more favorable. I invite all to contact me anytime to let me know thoughts and suggestion to bring to the exec's attention. I often remind to the exec to be very careful in their decisions when have an impact on costs, to make wise use of our limited resources, and keep in mind students 'pockets. In these days, I am looking forward to receiving from Matt the budget and the conference fees of this year's conference. I am working with Steve Jones to finalize financial aspects of the last conference in Chicago. Irene Berkowitz, Secretary Assisting with membership changes Ted M. Coopman, Graduate Student Representative Since taking office I have strongly advocated for the interests of graduate student members. I am happy to report that the Executive Committee has shown a great deal of interest and support for the special needs of graduate students in the planning and execution of AoIR 7. These include the availability of less expensive accommodations at the conference site as well as food inclusive in the price of registration during many breaks and events. I successfully advocated for an alternative presentation session that provides an opportunity for novel ways to display research and intellectually interact in more casual environment (so use it!!). Finally, we are in the final stages of approving a Graduate Student Research Group project that will provide graduate student members a way to contribute to the success of AoIR through supportive research. This research will be used to provide the Exec with important data concerning our past and present operations as well as create useful content for the membership. Randolph Kluver I have been focused primarily on building the visibility of AoIR in the Asia-Pacific region, through recruitment to the organization and to the Brisbane conference. Caroline Haythornthwaite I have been participating with the executive in discussions of current business. Kate O'Riordan 1) Co-ordinating an updated list for distributing the AoIR conference cfp and helping to distribute the cfp 2) Organising an opportunity to promote the work of the AoIR ethics committee through the Economic and Social Research Council methods festival (UK) in negotiation with Charles Ess 3) Helping review proposals for papers at the AoIR conference Alex Halavais, Systems Officer Much of my work has been getting up to speed on systems since I got started. I think I've got a map of our systems and an idea of where we want to move going forward. Instating, maintaining, and fixing the submission process for our coming conference, and dealing with papers from last year. Looking now at alternatives that are more effective for our 2007 meeting. Working with Monica and Irene on creating a new system for managing membership. Holly Kruse, List Admin I've been approving subscription requests and helping people who are having problems subscribing to AoIR lists, unsubscribing, setting them to digest, and so on; and just generally working to make sure the lists are running smoothly. 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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2006 Conference update
by Matthew Allen 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Dear all In a further conference update, we can announce that paper and panel submissions for the 2006 conference in Brisbane, Australia have closed and reviewing is now underway. There were over 350 submissions (including panels) and around 380 individual papers. The conference, which will be over 3 days 28-30 September; it is shaping up to be another great, interdisciplinary showcase of research into internet and other network technologies. Stand by for further information on keynotes, program and registration soon. Matt (with thanks to Axel Bruns - Conference Chair and Fay Sudweeks - Program Chair) 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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2007 and 2008 Conferences - Canada, then Europe
by Matthew Allen 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

Dear all It's been great to see the discussion of future conference locations on the list. This discussion has helped the executive as it has over the past 2-3 weeks been determining locations. The AoIR Executive is pleased to announce that the 2007 AoIR conference, the eighth organised by the association, will be in Canada and that the following year, 2008, the conference will be in Europe. Charles Ess, Vice-President of the AoIR, will be the executive member responsible in the coming year for developing concrete plans for these conferences including specific city locations, program chairs, local conference chairs and then liaising with organisers and the Executive. The final decision on a specifc city location and personnel will be made by the AoIR Executive based on recommendations brought to it by Charles over the next 2-3 months. The Executive invites AoIR members and others who are interested in being closely involved in conference organisation to contact Charles (cmess(a)drury.edu) directly. We are particularly seeking local organisers in one or other Canadian cities to commence organisation of next year's conference; we are also keen to begin planning for 2008 in Europe. Charles will help you with the first steps you will need to take in providing to the Association the kind of information necessary to bid successfully to host the conference and the various responsibilities involved. Matt 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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teens and myspace
by Carol Perryman 06 Mar '06

06 Mar '06

The idea that 'reciprocity is critical for bonding' appears to be better accepted by teens than by 'suited humans' judging by the tenor of Dr. Cornwell's response. I believe the comment that was criticized was made by someone else, and was based upon informant interviews: >>Consequently youth do have a sense of stigma around online socializing in cases where online communication supplants face-to-face interaction. At least this is how I interpret my informants when they talk about all the benefits of using personal media (e.g. easier to admit things and be open, and the flexibility of online socializing), yet still emphasize that face-to-face interaction is their preferred mode of socializing. - Marika Luders, March 1. There does appear to be some imprecision in several places here regarding the attribution of stigma. Stigma by whom? The comment by Marika Luders appears to refer to peer-group stigma applied when non f2f interaction becomes preferable to f2f - a sense of social dysfunction, perhaps, compared to a more acceptable norm where online is adjunct to in-person. Dr. Cornwell's comments, on the other hand >>My research, observations and common sense tells me that this assertion is nonsense. The fact is that there is a stigma attached to not having the ability to cell phones, text messaging, email or chats. clearly address a completely different issue. He is not talking about an imbalance, but about an ability, a literacy level. I see no reason to belittle others' comments, especially when the original messages have been misinterpreted. Carol Perryman MSLIS TRLN Doctoral Fellow School of Information & Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill "From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it." -- Grace Murray Hopper, on the removal of a 2-inch-long moth from an experimental computer at Harvard in 1945, quoted in Time 16 Apr 84.

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(no subject)
by Dr. W. Reid Cornwell 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

In response to Dana Bodys discussion of MySpace. At last there is some sanity offered to this discussion. Several days ago Nancy Bayme suggested that there is a stigma attached to having email and chats as a focal point in teens' social life. My research, observations and common sense tells me that this assertion is nonsense. The fact is that there is a stigma attached to not having the ability to cell phones, text messaging, email or chats. MySpace reprensents the freedom of communication offered by the internet. Gen X,Y and Z have embraced this open communication in ways that the button down views of academe brethren cannot seem to grasp. Remember these opinions emerge from an organization that is paranoid about one to one communication between its members. How can they possibly understand that young people, however naieve, are not afraid to share their feelings, thoughts and creativity among themselves. Are there dangers inherent in this openness? Of course there are. The authors of "Cluetrain Manifesto" have expressed this nature of this open communication with a clarity everyone in AOIR should know. They also clearly point out that the fear among those in authority is borne of the loss of control they perceive. Academes by nature thrive on being in control. It is whipped into them through the rigors of academic training and the power derived from holding hostage the aspirations of their students. They hang on to it with unnatural and arbitrary constructs like tenure. They label those who disagree with these constructs as unprofessional. There is a powerful and immutable disconnect between the connected generation and those that consider the Internet as a career building oddity. There is a powerful and immutable disconnect between internet entrepreneurs and the false scholarship of those whose thinking is not vetted by the peer review of actual competitive experience. Personally have difficulty ascribing credibility to people who won't open an unsolicited communication even when the subject line is within their stated interest. Crush open communication and you crush curiosity and creative thinking. Is it any wonder our education system is in disarray? _____ Dr. W. Reid Cornwell The Center For Internet Research P.O. Box 6369 Breckenridge, CO 720.212.0719 (phone) 970.485.5109 (mobile) <mailto:wrc@tcfir.org> wrc(a)tcfir.org http://tcfir.org

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teens and myspace
by Nancy Baym 04 Mar '06

04 Mar '06

I have a question for those of you working with youth culture, particularly but not just around MySpace. I have been interested recently by what I perceive as a gap between the ways in which most of us *use* the internet socially (ie, often without big issues about it) and the way we *think* about using the internet socially (ie, a poor substitute for more meaningful face-to-face interaction). Recently a number of adults have said to me that this gap between action and perception, which they acknowledge in themselves, is completely gone with teens, what with myspace and all. My question is whether youth really perceive their online communication to be completely non-problematic compared to face-to-face communication, or if even amongst teens there is a sense that it might be a little pathetic or embarrassing to use the internet socially (even amongst those who do). Is the stigma around online socializing really completely gone for youth? Of course, adults always perceive kids as way better and more comfortable with the net than they are, which makes me wonder if this sense that kids have no sense of stigma is adult perception vs youth reality. Thanks for your thoughts, Nancy

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'cybersounds' - new essay collection
by Mike Ayers 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Greetings AoIR folks-- thought some of you might be interested in checking out this new collection i just wrapped- Let me know if you'd like more information! anywho, its on amazon, peter lang direct, ie. the usual suspects. cheers, Mike michael.ayers(a)manhattan.edu Cybersounds: Essays on Virtual Music Culture (Michael D. Ayers, editor) Peter Lang Press, January 2006 Digital Formations Series (Series Editor, Steve Jones) Michael D. Ayers: Introduction - 1.Elizabeth A. Buchanan: Deafening Silence: Music and the Emerging Climate of Access and Use - 2.Markus Giesler: Cybernetic Gift Giving and Social Drama: A Netnography of the Napster File-Sharing Community - 3.Andrew Whelan: Do U Produce?: Subcultural Capital and Amateur Musicianship in Peer-to-Peer Networks - 4.Andre Pinard/Sean Jacobs: Building a Virtual Diaspora: Hip-Hop in Cyberspace - 5.Adam Haupt: The Technology of Subversion: From Digital Sampling in Hip-Hop to the MP3 Revolution - 6.Michael D. Ayers: The Cyberactivism of a Dangermouse - 7.Daragh O'Reilly/Kathy Doherty: Music B(r)ands Online and Constructing Community: The Case of New Model Army - 8.Chris Anderton: Beating the Bootleggers: Fan Creativity, «Lossless» Audio Trading, and Commercial Opportunities - 9.Gabriele Cosentino: «Hacking» the iPod: A Look inside Apple's Portable Music Player - 10.Trace Reddell: The Social Pulse of Telharmonics: Functions of Networked Sound and Interactive Webcasting - 11.John Ryan/Michael Hughes: Breaking the Decision Chain: The Fate of Creativity in the Age of Self-Production - 12.Jonathan Sterne: Afterword: On the Future of Music. Some advance thoughts: The writers offer an illuminating cybersurfing safari out to the point break where art, commerce, community, self, and politics converge. The result is a smooth ride to a fresh new shoreline of twenty-first century cultural criticism. The essays are comprehensive, well crafted, theoretically informed, empirically grounded, loud, clear, alive, and kicking.» (Donna Gaines, sociologist/journalist; Author of 'Teenage Wasteland' and 'A Misfits Manifesto') «'Cybersounds' is terrific. It takes readers inside the many sorts of cyberscenes now being developed by inventive people creatively using the Internet to build community among music makers and fans. We see the emergence of new means of controlling entry, norms of communication, identity formation, politics, and ethics in these worlds where flesh and machine begin to merge. These emergent scenes are set in the context of the technologies, laws, and business models that make them possible and shape/stunt their growth, and we learn of the musical creativity lost as well as the creativity gained in the process.» (Richard A. Peterson, Co-Editor with Andy Bennett of 'Music Scenes: Local, Translocal and Virtual')

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Third call --- Wonderground --- Design Research Society International Conference 2006
by Ken Friedman 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Wonderground! Design Research Society International Conference 2006 Lisbon, Portugal -- Third Call for Papers - Deadline March 31 Wonderground - the 2006 Design Research Society International Conference invites full papers of up to 6,000 words and working papers of up to 2,000 words. There is a specific call for contributions to the research exhibition. We welcome papers in all areas of design research. -- Conference Web Site http://www.iade.pt/drs2006/ -- DEADLINE: 2006 March 31. Responding to requests for an extended deadline, we changed the deadline to March 31. We will continue to accept papers until April 5. We will begin the review process for each paper as it arrives to ensure a prompt reply for those who need it. Digital submission: Authors must submit papers in digital form. Submission address: Please submit papers to the Content Management Coordinator "Martim Lapa" martim.lapa(a)iade.pt When sending your paper to Mr. Lapa, please send a copy [Cc:] to the Content Management Secretary "Elisabete Perfeito" eperfeito(a)iade.pt Language: Papers must be written in English. References, format, and style: Conference papers should follow the Publoication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Fifth Edition. Please visit the conference web site for full details. Authors can download a good short guide at URL: http://www.docstyles.com/ Length: Full papers should be up to 6000 words plus illustrations. Working papers should be up to 2000 words plus illustrations. Refereeing: A large, international scientific committee ensures expert review for all fields. No referee will review more than three papers. Authors will receive careful and reflective comments. The Wonderground review process will "help authors in" rather than "keep authors out." -- Short Guidelines Members of the scientific committee have prepared two short guidelines to help authors write papers that enable readers to understand and use their work. These are not rules, but suggestions or checklists covering the key features of a conference paper. Full Papers The full paper format runs up to 6,000 words. We encourage submissions from all fields of design research. We welcome papers representing all perspectives and research methods. These guidelines are intended to help authors At the top of the full paper, write a self-contained abstract of up to 200 words that outlines your aims, scope, and conclusions. Then, give up to five keywords that describe the working paper. In the paper, 1) Introduce the subject and state the goals of the paper. 2) Identify the issues you will consider and give some background. 3) Describe your approach to the issues you will address. 4) Describe the circumstances in which you conducted your work. 5) Describe what you actually did and describe the tools you used. 6) Describe your findings or conclusions and explain how they support your goals. 7) Indicate what you learned or accomplished and suggest future work in your area of interest. 8) Provide a bibliography containing all the references cited in the text. Working papers: The 2000-word length working paper format allows researchers to present work in progress in a convenient way while making a rich enough argument to deserve conference presentation. A working paper should contain several features of a full paper. At the top of the working paper, write a self-contained abstract of up to 200 words that outlines your aims, scope, and conclusions. Then, give up to five keywords that describe the working paper. In the working paper, 1) State the theme of the paper. 2) Promise a contribution. 3) Provide evidence for the argument that you will present to reach the conclusion. 4) State the structure of the argument and show how you will develop it. 5) Show how the evidence and the argument will lead to a contribution. Evidence may include summaries of empirical work as well as discussion from the literature. 6) Provide a selected reference list to supports the working paper in the same way that a full reference list supports a full paper. Language advice English is the conference language. Please remember that English is a second or third language for many of our authors and readers. We encourage authors to write in a direct, comfortable style for clear, understandable papers. -- Information update service: If you are submitting a paper or exhibit to Wonderground, please join our JISCmail information list to receive updates and conference information. To join please go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/DRS-CONFERENCE-CONTRIBUTORS.html

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Re: [Air-l] AIR 2007 in Vancouver or else
by Suely Fragoso 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

as far as I am aware there have been very few Lamericans in AIR - both times I went I found no-one else (nearly - I met a Mexican student in Toronto). I confess that I have been considering to offer to host AoIR here in Brazil at some point, but I think we need to expand AIR's basis in LA first. I am working on that, but imho it is still too early - AIR here would become a 'tourist only' conference, not capable of attracting many locals yet. the idea is, however, very nice. I would like to hear more from Erick about that - his surname and suggestion indicates that he could be in LAmerica as well, am I right? Cheers Sue >>> jhuns(a)vt.edu 02/03/06 23:12 >>> i think latin america is on the table, i know that when i was in the exec, i mentioned oaxaca and sao paolo as possibilities, we thought about the caribbean, but we always have air i sept. and oct. which means... hurricane season. so i wanted to push more southerly. i do not know what is on the current exec's agenda though. I suspect the rotation will be north america next, then europe, mainly because north america provides sustaining capital beyond the base operations, because we have more members here and thus more people interior to this continent. On Mar 2, 2006, at 8:28 PM, Erick Iriarte Ahon wrote: > In the same way.. > > why not in Latin America ?? sometimes is complicated for > latinamerican people travel to another regions... > > Erick > \ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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Technology for interviews
by Maria Elisa Peirano 03 Mar '06

03 Mar '06

Hello Everyone, I was wondering if you know of a software/technology available for interviweing. I will have to conduct over 50 interviews for my PhD, and was thinking that there must be a way to record directly in digital format, AND have a program that transcribes sound into text. Do any of you know anything about this? Thanks! E. Maria Elisa Peirano de Peluffo Direccion: Casilla Postal # 105 Carlos Casares - C.P. 6530 Prov. de Buenos Aires Argentina Tel: 02395 15403047 --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze.

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