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Call for chapters: Researching communities with community participation
by Andy Williamson 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

Researching communities with community participation An edited book that presents personal but grounded perspectives on engaging communities to undertake research within them in ways that promote and privilege the voice of the community, is respectful of local or indigenous practices and is culturally safe. Community informatics is a praxis-based discipline concerned with the social appropriation of technology. As such research, in this context is often applied and qualitative in nature. It is, like the project being examined, embedded in the community and at its best provides useful and usable results for a range of stakeholders, including the community itself, funding agencies, developers of policy and other practitioners. Claims are often made that such research is a partnership but in reality, our time in a community is often limited and, unless we are also a part of that community, we are unlikely to be directly affected by the project. This book positions researchers as guests, hopefully invited in, sometimes simply 'parachuted' in by a government agency or NGO as part of a contractual obligation to evaluate. How then are we as researchers to achieve a balance between all the stakeholders? How are we to ensure that the voice of the community is heard, not simply in the research but in the design of the research and the application of outcomes. Our focus is on the impact of the project on people and the potential for engagement and change. Every community is different and so each project must reflect that and so must our research. Whilst these issues apply to any community, they can often be more significant for researchers working with marginalized groups and with indigenous peoples. Objectives A resource for researchers wanting to engage in community-centric research and community practitioners wanting to learn more about collaborative research. This book will provide a practical but rigorously grounded resource that describes applied, community-based research through the narrative and exemplars of researchers and the communities themselves. Audience * Academic Researchers * Community activists and practitioners * Post-graduate students * Commercial researchers and evaluators * Government agencies and policy developers * Anyone wishing to work effectively with communities Call for Chapters Contributions are sought for this book in two formats: 1) Researcher perspective Chapters of between 3000 - 5000 words that provide an overview of a project and community, please include personal reflection and reflexive commentaries on the process and lessons learned. Since the book is targeted at researchers, literature should be used to support arguments where appropriate, however, it is not intended to be a dense or overly academic publication. These submissions will be peer reviewed before acceptance. 2) Community perspective Short vignettes (1000-2000 words) are sought from community practitioners describing their experiences of research in their communities. Both positive and negative stories are sought, however each chapter should provide a summary of learning experiences and recommendations for future projects. These submissions will be editorially reviewed before acceptance. Timetable * Initial chapter proposals due 3 Apr 06 * Authors notified of provisional acceptance Jun 06 * First draft of chapters due for review Sep 06 * Authors notified of acceptance/changes Nov 06 * Final chapters due Jan 07 * Publication Jun 07 Proposals Chapter proposals should be sent to andy[at]wairua.co.nz in the body of an email and should include: * Working title * Authors names and affiliations * Type of submission: Researcher or practitioner * Summary of the proposed chapter (max 500 words)

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CFP: Web Searching: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
by Michael Zimmer 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

[sorry for cross-postings; feel free to distribute] CALL FOR CHAPTERS Web Searching: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Digital Formations Series. Peter Lang Publishing) Editors: Amanda Spink, Professor of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology Michael Zimmer, Department of Culture and Communication, New York University Proposal Submission Deadline: April 1, 2006 Full Chapters Due: August 1, 2006 INTRODUCTION Web search engines have emerged as a unique new media formation within contemporary culture. “Web Searching: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” will provide an interdisciplinary, theoretical perspective of the lived experience of web searching; each chapter will push forward our understanding of social, cultural, economic, legal, political, information and communication impacts of these technologies. The book will critically examine the emerging critical issues, theories, and interdisciplinary formations arising from, and surrounding, web searching, particularly the impact on individuals, social groups, modern and postmodern ways of knowing, and public and private life. CHAPTER SECTIONS Planned book sections include, but are not limited to, the following: Communication Perspectives Cultural Perspectives Economic Perspectives Ethical Perspectives Information Behavior Perspectives Legal Perspectives Political Perspectives Social Perspectives SUBMISSION INFORMATION Potential contributors are invited to submit a 2-5 page chapter proposal to the Editors by April 1, 2006, detailing the background, motivations and structure of the proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by April 15 as to the status of their proposal and sent organizational guidelines. Full chapters should be 8,000-9,000 words in length and are due on August 1, 2006. Final revised manuscripts will be due on September 30, 2006. INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically to: Amanda Spink – ah.spink(a)qut.edu.au Michael Zimmer – michael.zimmer(a)nyu.edu ----- Michael T. Zimmer Doctoral Candidate, Media Ecology Department of Culture and Communication New York University email: michael.zimmer(a)nyu.edu webpage: http://michaelzimmer.org/

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AoIR 7.0 Doctoral Colloquium, Brisbane, 27 Sep 2006
by Marcus Foth 08 Feb '06

08 Feb '06

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 April 2006 to: Marcus Foth at m.foth(a)qut.edu.au PhD students are encouraged to submit an application for the Doctoral Colloquium (by 1 April) as well as a paper for the AoIR conference (by 21 Feb) if they wish. 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. It 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 -- Marcus Foth MA(DigitalMedia) BCompSc(Hons) BMultimedia m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/ Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Mobile +61 407 745 021 - Fax +61 7 3864 3723 http://ici.qut.edu.au/

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IR7.0 - Internet Convergences - deadline extended
by O'Riordan, Kate 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Hi Denise - extended to 21 Feb - see below best kate ----- Internet Research 7.0, Brisbane 28-30 September 2006 CALL FOR PAPERS IR 7.0: INTERNET CONVERGENCES International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers Brisbane, Australia 28-30 September 2006 Pre-Conference Workshops: 27 September 2006 INTERNET CONVERGENCES The Internet works as an arena of convergence. Physically dispersed and marginalized people (re)find themselves online for the sake of sustaining and extending community. International and interdisciplinary teams now collaborate in new ways. Diverse cultures engage one another via CMC. These technologies relocate and refocus capital, labor and immigration, and they open up new possibilities for political, potentially democratizing, forms of discourse. Moreover, these technologies themselves converge in multiple ways, e.g. in Internet-enabled mobile phones, in Internet-based telephony, and in computers themselves as "digital appliances" that conjoin communication and multiple media forms. These technologies also facilitate fragmentations with greater disparities between the information-haves and have-nots, between winners and losers in the shifting labor and capital markets, and between individuals and communities. Additionally these technologies facilitate information filtering that reinforces, rather than dialogically challenges, narrow and extreme views. CALL FOR PAPERS Our conference theme invites papers and presentations based on empirical research, theoretical analysis and everything in between that explore the multiple ways the Internet acts in both converging and fragmenting ways - physical, cultural, technological, political, social - on local, regional, and global scales. Without limiting possible proposals, topics of interest include: - Theoretical and practical models of the Internet - Internet convergence, divergence and fragmentation - Networked flows of information, capital, labor, etc. - Migrations and diasporas online - Identity, community and global communication - Regulation and control (national and global) - Internet-based development and other economic issues - Digital art and aesthetics - Games and gaming on the Internet - The Net generation - E-Sectors, e.g. e-health, e-education, e-business We call for papers, panel proposals, and presentations from any discipline, methodology, and community that address the theme of Internet Convergence. We particularly call for innovative, exciting, and unexpected takes on and interrogations of the conference theme. However, we always welcome submissions on any topics that address social, cultural, political, economic, and/or aesthetic aspects of the Internet and related Internet technologies. We are equally interested in interdisciplinary proposals as well as proposals from within specific disciplines. SUBMISSIONS We seek proposals for several different kinds of contributions. We welcome proposals for traditional academic conference papers, but we also encourage proposals for creative or aesthetic presentations that are distinct from a traditional written 'paper'. We welcome proposals for roundtable sessions that will focus on discussion and interaction among conference delegates, and we also welcome organized panel proposals that present a coherent group of papers on a single theme. This year AoIR will also be using an alternative presentation format in which a dozen or so participants who wish to present a very short overview of their work to stimulate debate will gather together in a plenary session involving short presentations (no more than 5 minutes) and extended discussion. All papers and presentations in this session will be reviewed in the normal manner. Further information will be available via the conference submission website. - PAPERS (individual or multi-author) - submit abstract of 500-750 words - SHORT PRESENTATIONS - submit abstract of 500-700 words - CREATIVE OR AESTHETIC PRESENTATIONS - submit abstract of 500-700 words - PANELS - submit a 250-500 word description of the panel theme and abstracts of the distinct papers or presentations - ROUNDTABLE PROPOSALS - submit a statement indicating the nature of the roundtable discussion and interaction. Papers, presentations and panels will be selected from the submitted proposals on the basis of multiple blind peer review, coordinated and overseen by the Program Chair. Each person is invited to submit a proposal for 1 paper or 1 presentation. People may also propose a panel of papers or presentations, of which their personal paper or presentation must be a part. You may submit an additional paper/ presentation of which you are the co-author as long as you are not presenting twice. You may submit a roundtable proposal as well. Detailed information about submission and review is available at the conference submission website http://conferences.aoir.org. All proposals must be submitted electronically through this site. PUBLICATION OF PAPERS All papers presented at the conference are eligible for publication in the Internet Research Annual, on the basis of competitive selection and review of full papers. Additionally, several publishing opportunities are expected to be available through journals, again based on peer-review of full papers. Details on the website. GRADUATE STUDENTS Graduate students are strongly encouraged to submit proposals. Any student paper is eligible for consideration for the AoIR graduate student award. Students wishing to be a candidate for the Student Award must also send a final paper by 31 July 2006. DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM The IR7.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students working in Internet research or a related field a special forum on 27 September 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 and expectations and hopes from the colloquium. Please submit your 2 page application by 1 April 2006 to Marcus Foth at m.foth(a)qut.edu.au Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 1 June 2006. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare an 8 page paper on their research by 1 August 2006. Doctoral Colloquium Host and Sponsor: Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS Prior to the conference, there will be a limited number of pre- conference workshops which will provide participants with in-depth, hands-on and/or creative opportunities. We invite proposals for these pre-conference workshops. Local presenters are encouraged to propose workshops that will invite visiting researchers into their labs or studios or locales. Proposals should be no more than 1000 words, and should clearly outline the purpose, methodology, structure, costs, equipment and minimal attendance required, as well as explaining its relevance to the conference as a whole. Proposals will be accepted if they demonstrate that the workshop will add significantly to the overall program in terms of thematic depth, hands on experience, or local opportunities for scholarly or artistic connections. These proposals and all inquires regarding pre-conference proposals should be submitted as soon as possible to the Conference Chair and no later than 31 March 2006. DEADLINES Final date for proposal submission: 21 February 2006 Presenter notification: 21 March 2006 Final workshop submission deadline: 31 March 2006 Submission for publication/student award: 31 July 2006 Submission for conference archive: 30 September 2006 CONTACT INFORMATION Program Chair: Dr Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, f.sudweeks(a)murdoch.edu.au Conference Chair: Dr Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au President of AoIR: Dr Matthew Allen, Curtin University of Technology, Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au Association Website: http://www.aoir.org Conference Website: http://conferences.aoir.org

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IR 7.0 - Deadline extended or just a rumor?
by Denise N. Rall 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Dear Air-ers - Having a bit of difficultly getting the abstract in - my co-author is currently on a archeological dig in Thailand with sporadic computer access - how's that for an exotic excuse. Was the deadline extended to 10 February or was that just someone else's conference that advertised the extended deadline?? Cheers, Denise Denise N. Rall, Ph.D. submitted, School of Environ. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tuesdays: Room T2.12, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 or Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html

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[Fwd: Announcing: H-Digirhet]
by Douglas Eyman 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Greetings! I wanted to pass on the announcement of a new list dedicated to exploring "digital rhetoric" -- what is it? How is it enacted? What is the relationship between digital rhetoric and classical rhetoric, digital rhetoric and visual rhetoric, digital rhetoric and digital literacy? Please consider joining the conversation if you are interested in questions like these. We're hoping for a broadly interdisciplinary group, and I'm particularly hopeful that folks on this list will be interested in signing up too. (And feel free to forward as appropriate, thanks!) Doug ANNOUNCING H-Digirhet: H-Net Network for Digital Rhetoric Member of: H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online ABOUT H-Digirhet H-Digirhet provides an online discussion space for teachers, researchers, and scholars who are working at the intersections of writing, rhetoric, communication, and digital technologies, focusing on issues of digital composition, computer-mediated communication (CMC), digital literacy, information and communication technologies (ICTs), human-computer interaction (HCI) and digital rhetoric. Like all H-Net lists, H-Digirhet is moderated to edit out material that, in the editors' opinion, is not germane to the list, involves technical matters (such as subscription management requests), is inflammatory, or violates evolving, yet common, standards of Internet etiquette. H-Net's procedure for resolving disputes over list editorial practices is Article II, Section 2.20 of our bylaws, located at: http://www.h-net.org/about/by-laws.php H-Digirhet is currently edited by Douglas Eyman. Logs and more information can also be located at: http://www.h-net.org/~digirhet To join H-Digirhet, please send a message from the account where you wish to receive mail, to: listserv(a)h-net.msu.edu (with no signatures or styled text, word wrap off for long lines) and only this text: sub H-Digirhet firstname lastname, institution Example: sub H-Digirhet Leslie Jones, Pacific State U Alternatively, you may go to http://www.h-net.org/lists/subscribe.cgi to perform the same function as noted above. Follow the instructions you receive by return mail. If you have questions or experience difficulties in attempting to subscribe, please send a message to: help(a)mail.h-net.msu.edu H-Net is an international network of scholars in the humanities and social sciences that creates and coordinates electronic networks, using a variety of media, and with a common objective of advancing humanities and social science teaching and research. H-Net was created to provide a positive, supportive, equalitarian environment for the friendly exchange of ideas and scholarly resources, and is hosted by Michigan State University. For more information about H-Net, write to webstaff(a)mail.h-net.msu.edu, or point your web browser to: http://www.h-net.org

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Brian Cugelman is out of the office.
by Brian Cugelman 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

I will be out of the office starting 07/02/2006 and will not return until 08/02/2006. For web or CMS related matters, please contact Cécile Gunera cgunera(a)unfccc.int.

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CATaC'06 - final CFP
by Charles Ess 07 Feb '06

07 Feb '06

Dear AoIR-ists, My venerable co-chair Fay Sudweeks and I would like to remind you of the upcoming 13. February and 20. February submission deadlines for CATaC'06. Please distribute as appropriate - apologies for duplications and cross-postings: International Conference on CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION (CATaC'06) **Submission deadline: 13 February 2006** 28 June - 1 July 2006 University of Tartu, Estonia http://www.catacconference.org Conference theme: Neither Global Village nor Homogenizing Commodification: Diverse Cultural, Ethnic, Gender and Economic Environments The biennial CATaC conference series continues to provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of current research on how diverse cultural attitudes shape the implementation and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The conference series brings together scholars from around the globe who provide diverse perspectives, both in terms of the specific culture(s) they highlight in their presentations and discussions, and in terms of the discipline(s) through which they approach the conference theme. The 1990s' hopes for an "electronic global village" have largely been shunted aside by the Internet's explosive diffusion. This diffusion was well described by Marx - all that is solid melts into air - and was predicted by postmodernists. The diffusion of CMC technologies quickly led to many and diverse internets. A single "Internet", whose identity and characteristics might be examined as a single unity, has not materialised. An initially culturally and gender homogenous Internet came more and more to resemble an urban metropolis. Along the way, in the commercialization of the Internet and the Web, "cultural diversity" gets watered down and exchanges strong diversity for a homogenous interchangeability. Such diversity thereby becomes commodified and serves a global capitalism that tends to foster cultural homogenization. CATaC'06 continues our focus on the intersections of culture, technology, and communication, beginning with an emphasis on continued critique of the assumptions, categories, methodologies, and theories frequently used to analyse these. At the same time, CATaC'06 takes up our characteristic focus on ethics and justice in the design and deployment of CMC technologies. We particularly focus on developing countries facilitated by "on the ground" approaches in the work of NGOs, governmental agencies, etc., in ways that preserve and foster cultural identity and diversity. By simultaneously critiquing and perhaps complexifying our theories and assumptions, on the one hand, and featuring "best practices" approaches to CMC in development work, on the other hand, CATaC'06 aims towards a middle ground between a putative "global village" and homogenizing commodification. Such middle ground fosters cultural diversity, economic and social development, and more successful cross-cultural co! mmunication online. Original full papers (especially those which connect theoretical frameworks with specific examples of cultural values, practices, etc.: 10-20 pages) and short papers (e.g. describing current research projects and preliminary results: 3-5 pages) are invited. Topics of particular interest include but are not limited to: - Culture isn't 'culture' anymore - The Internet isn't the 'Internet' anymore - Gender, culture, empowerment and CMC - CMC and cultural diversity - Ethics and justice - Free/Open technology and communication - Internet research ethics - Cultural diversity and e-learning SUBMISSIONS All submissions will be peer reviewed by an international panel of scholars and researchers and accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. Submission of a paper implies that it has not been submitted or published elsewhere. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. Full papers (10-20 formatted pages) - 13 February 2006 Short papers (3-5 formatted pages) - 20 February 2006 Workshop submissions - 20 February 2006 Notification of acceptance - mid March 2006 Final formatted papers - 29 March 2006 There will be the opportunity for selected papers from this 2006 conference to appear in special issues of journals. Papers in previous conferences have appeared in journals (Journal of Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication, AI and Society, Javnost- The Public, and New Media and Society) and a book (Culture, Technology, Communication: towards an Intercultural Global Village, 2001, edited by Charles Ess with Fay Sudweeks, SUNY Press, New York). You may purchase the conference proceedings from the 2002 and 2004 conference from www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac. CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Charles Ess, Drury University, USA, catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au PROGRAM CHAIR Herbert Hrachovec, University of Vienna, Austria CONFERENCE CO-VICE-CHAIRS Pille Runnel, Tartu University, Estonia with all best wishes, 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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Fwd: PRESENCE 2006-CALL FOR PAPERS
by Steve Jones 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Begin forwarded message: > From: Cheryl Bracken <bracken6(a)davisp.com> > Date: February 2, 2006 12:08:41 PM CST > To: air-l(a)info.comm.uic.edu > Subject: PRESENCE 2006-CALL FOR PAPERS > Reply-To: c.bracken(a)csuohio.edu > > PRESENCE 2006 > 9th Annual International Workshop on Presence > Cleveland, Ohio, USA > Cleveland State University > August 24-26, 2006 > > Submission deadline: April 3, 2006 > > Full details on the web at <http://ispr.info> > > OVERVIEW > > Academics and practitioners with an interest in the concept > of (tele)presence are invited to submit their work for > presentation at PRESENCE 2006 at Cleveland State University > in Cleveland, Ohio, August 24-26, 2006. > > The ninth in a series of highly successful international > workshops, PRESENCE 2006 will provide an open discussion > forum to share ideas regarding concepts and theories, > measurement techniques, technology, and applications related > to presence, the psychological state or subjective perception > in which a person fails to accurately and completely > acknowledge the role of technology in an experience, > including the sense of 'being there' experienced by users of > advanced media such as virtual reality. > > The concept of presence has been the focus of increasing > scholarly attention since at least Minsky's "Telepresence" in > 1980. Recently there has been a burst of funded research > activity in this area with the European FET Presence Research > initiative. What do we really know about presence and its > determinants? How can presence be successfully delivered with > today's technology? This conference invites papers that are > based on empirical results from studies of presence and > related issues and/or that make substantial advances in > theoretical understanding of presence and/or that contribute > to the technology for the delivery of presence. High quality > papers which make substantial contributions to the field are > sought; submissions will be rigorously evaluated by peer > reviewers. > > Work accepted for presentation will be included in the > official conference proceedings and posted on the ISPR web > site. Some of the presented papers will be selected for > publication in one or more special issues of CyberPsychology > & Behavior or Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual > Environments. > > PRESENCE 2006 takes place in Cleveland and is hosted by > Cleveland State University. The conference is organized by > ISPR, the International Society for Presence Research. > > TOPICS > > Submissions of papers, demonstrations, and panels that > represent completed or ongoing work are encouraged in areas > including but not limited to: > > * Explications of the presence concept > > * Presence evaluation/measurement methodologies > > * Causes and consequences (effects) of presence > > * Presence in shared virtual environments and online > communities > > * Social/affective interfaces, virtual agents, parasocial > interactions > > * Presence-associated technologies: > - Immersive, interactive, multimodal displays > - Advanced broadcast and cinematic displays (stereoscopic TV, > HDTV, IMAX) > - Virtual environments/simulators > - 3-D sound > - Haptic/tactile displays > > * Presence applications: > - Education and training > - Medicine and therapy > - Entertainment > - Communication and collaboration > - Teleoperation > - Presence and design > - Presence in art > > * Presence and philosophical issues (e.g., the nature of > 'reality') > > * The ethics of presence > > * Presence in the future: Media experiences in the 21st > century and beyond > > CONFERENCE FORMAT > > Like the earlier workshops, PRESENCE 2006 will have an > interactive format in which all participants (attendees, > presenters, invited speakers) attend each of the sessions as > well as several social events, allowing participants to > exchange ideas and build knowledge together as the conference > progresses. > > The conference will feature keynote presentations by > prominent presence scholars (details to be announced soon). > > VENUE > > The Workshop will be hosted by Cleveland State University, > located in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States. Located on > the southern shore of Lake Erie, Cleveland boasts world-class > cultural institutions, major-league sports, state-of-the-art > attractions, unique ethnic neighborhoods, great shopping and > dining, vibrant nightlife, a national park for outdoor > recreation, and much more. It was ranked #1 for "Most Livable > City" in the U.S. and 26th in the world by the Economist > Intelligence Unit (October 2005), a Top 10 Summer Vacation > Destination by msn.com (May 2004, June 2003), one of the 10 > ten safest and culturally most fascinating cities to visit in > the U.S. by Travel Smart (January 2004), a Top 10 city for > walking by The American Podiatric Medical Association > (November 2003), a Top 25 Arts Destination, by > Americanstyle.com (October 2003), #3 City That Works Hardest > to Accommodate Group Tours by Destinations magazine (April > 2001), and Top Five U.S. City for Meetings by Get There > Direct Meeting Company (February 2001). Cleveland's also the > home of the 4th Best Beer in the Country (Great Lakes Brewing > Company, Dortmunder Gold) according to American Heritage > (July 2002) > > For more information about Cleveland visit the web site of > the Cleveland Convention & Visitors Bureau > (<http://www.travelcleveland.com/>); for more information > about Cleveland State University, visit the CSU web site > (<http://www.csuohio.edu/>). > > SUBMISSIONS > > We invite researchers and practitioners to submit work in the > following categories: > > Papers: Comprehensive descriptions of original research or > design work within the scope of the workshop. Papers are 5 to > 12 pages in the PRESENCE 2006 template format (see submission > page of the conference web site) and will be considered for > oral presentation. > > Panels: Sets of presentations on a single theme or topic > within the scope of the workshop. Submitters are encouraged > to be creative regarding both the topic or theme and the > format for panel proposals, which are limited to 4 pages in > the PRESENCE 2006 template format. > > Extended abstracts: Brief presentations of tentative or > preliminary results of research or design work within the > scope of the workshop. Extended abstracts are 2 to 4 pages in > the PRESENCE 2006 template format and will be considered for > oral presentation after all accepted full papers are > scheduled. > > Posters: Visual display presentations. Submissions are > limited to 4 pages which contain miniature versions of the > larger pages that would be displayed at the conference. > > Demonstrations/exhibitions: Step-by-step audiovisual > demonstrations and/or hands-on experiences of (commercial or > academic) work within the scope of the workshop. Proposals > for demonstrations/exhibitions are limited to 4 pages in the > PRESENCE 2006 template format. > > Please submit your work online at the submission page of the > conference web site at <http://ispr.info> by the conference > deadline of April 3, 2006. > > REGISTRATION > > Registration costs before or on July 1 are 250 USD for > individuals with an academic, governmental, or non-profit > affiliation; 350 USD for individuals with a corporate > affiliation; and 125 USD for graduate students. (For costs in > other currencies, go to <http://www.x-rates.com>). All > registration fees will include admission to all Workshop > sessions, conference materials, refreshments during breaks, > lunches and conference dinner/reception. > > Registration opens February 13, 2006. Please visit the > registration page of the conference web site at > <http://ispr.info> for the registration and payment forms and > procedures. > >

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Literature review of harm and offence caused by various media inc. Internet, mobile phone, computer games
by David Brake 05 Feb '06

05 Feb '06

Sonia Livingstone and Andrea Millwood Hargrave have just published a comprehensive review of recent (last 5 years) academic and regulatory literature across a range of media including the Internet, mobile phones and computer games as well as TV, radio, film and print media (I was one of the contributors to the review- particularly on the Internet, mobile phone and computer games areas). Links to the 40 page executive summary (free), the press release and ordering information for the 256 page paperback are available from this Media@LSE blog posting: http://snipurl.com/harmoffence. You are also encouraged to post any comments you may have on the blog entry. --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)

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