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Call for Papers -- EURAM 2006 -- EXTENDED DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 10, 2006
by Ken Friedman 04 Feb '06

04 Feb '06

Call for Papers -- EURAM 2006 -- Call for Papers EXTENDED DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 10, 2006 The Norwegian School of Management announces the call for papers for EURAM 2006, Energizing European Management! The annual conference of the European Academy of Management will meet in Oslo from May 17 to May 20, 2006. We invite authors to submit papers with an abstract of no more than 200 words and maximum 5 key words. Papers must be submitted in digital form (Microsoft Word .doc format). For submissions use: <http://www.euram2006.no/>www.euram2006.no EURAM 2006 will include traditional presentations, interactive sessions, and poster sessions. We seek papers in progress as well as full papers of publishable quality. EURAM 2006 will host 50 tracks covering a wide range of management topics. Topics will cov er important research streams and lively emerging issues. In addition to the special tracks, we will arrange six general tracks: Strategy, Organization, Leadership and Management, Innovation, Marketing, and Public Management. Deadline for paper and poster submissions is February 10, 2006. Prof. Ken Friedman and Prof. Johan Olaisen Co-chairs, EURAM 2006 Assoc. Prof. Fred H. Stronen Tracks Chair, EURAM 2006

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Award Call - Couch Student Award
by Mark D. Johns 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (http://www.cccsir.org/) The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies as advocated by Couch, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Symbolic Interactionist approaches and concepts and Couch's theses, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2006 meeting of the National Communication Association (NCA) in San Antonio, Texas. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200 US, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100 US. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the NCA conference, November 16-19, 2006. Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark Johns at johnsmar(a)luther.edu Submission deadline is May 1, 2006. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: johnsmar(a)luther.edu

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Call for Papers: THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION RESEARCH ANNUAL (Intern)
by richard-seyler.ling＠telenor.com 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

Dear all: We are excited to announce the call for papers for the first Mobile Communication Research Annual. In conjunction with Transaction Publishers and a distinguished editorial board, we are requesting submissions in the area of "The Reconstruction of Space & Time through Mobile Communication Practices." Rich Ling and Scott Campbell Please excuse the cross listings. The text of the call for papers is as follows: Call for papers Transaction books and their series on Mobile communication (under the general editorship of James E. Katz), is proud to announce: The Mobile Communication Research Annual: Volume I, The Reconstruction of Space & Time through Mobile Communication Practices Rich Ling and Scott Campbell (eds.) We seek the best and most interesting examples of relevant scholarship for our first volume of a projected series on the topic of mobile communication research. The volume's theme will be "The Reconstruction of Space and Time through Mobile Communication Practices." The proliferation of wireless and mobile communication technologies gives rise to important changes in how people experience space and time. These changes may be seen in many realms of social life, such as the transformation of public into private space and vice versa, the blurring of lines demarcating work and personal life, and new patterns of coordination and social networks. Recent scholarship has tried to make sense of these changes in space and time. For example, Manuel Castells argues that advances in telecommunications have contributed to new spatio-temporal forms, which he describes as "the space of flows" and "timeless time." According to Castells, these new forms mark a shift in the importance of the meaning of a place to the patterns of the de-sequenced, networked interactions that occur in that place. The purpose of this special issue is to continue and deepen the dialog on how space and time change as a result of the lower threshold for interaction due to mobile communication technologies. Abstracts of 200 words describing the proposed papers are due by 17 March 2006 with those accepted due in final form by 1 September 2006. Submissions may be in the form of empirical research studies or theory-building papers and should be 5 - 7000 words (in English). Papers are preferably new work but if material from other venues is available it will also be considered for publication. Send your abstract to either Rich Ling or Scott Campbell. About the editors: Rich Ling (richard-seyler.ling(a)telenor.com) is a sociologist at Telenor's research institute located near Oslo, Norway and he has also been the Pohs visiting professor of communication studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of the recently published book on the social consequences of mobile telephony entitled The Mobile Connection: The cell phone's impact on society and along with Per E. Pederson the editor of the book Mobile Communications: Renegotiation of the Social Sphere. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Colorado, Boulder in his native US. Upon completion of his doctorate, he taught at the University of Wyoming before coming to Norway on a Marshall Foundation grant. For the past ten years, he has worked at Telenor R&D and has been active in researching issues associated with new information communication technology and society with a particular focus on mobile telephony. He has led projects in Norway and participated in projects at the European level. Scott Campbell (swcamp(a)umich.edu) is Assistant Professor and Pohs Fellow of Telecommunications in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. His research explores the social implications of new media, with an emphasis on mobile communication practices. His recent studies have investigated cross-cultural trends, mobile phone use in social networks, and use of the technology in public settings. Scott's research has appeared / is forthcoming in Communication Monographs, Journal of Applied Communication Research, Communication Education, New Media & Society, Communication Research Reports, Qualitative Research Reports in Communication, and other scholarly venues. Prior to joining the University of Michigan in 2005, he worked in the US wireless industry, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas, and spent three years teaching and conducting research at Hawaii Pacific University on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. About the series editor: James E. Katz is the director of the Center for Mobile Communication Studies at Rutgers University and author of Magic in the Air (Transaction, 2006). His edited or co-edited books include Perpetual Contact (with Mark Aakhus), Machines that Become Us, and Mediating the Human Body (with Leopoldina Fortunati and Raimonda Riccini). His next edited book, tentatively titled Mainstreaming mobiles: Wireless Communication and Social Change in a Global Context, will be published by MIT Press. About the publisher: Transaction Publishers, a leading independent publisher of social scientific books, periodicals and serials, is undertaking a new series of books on mobile communication. Transaction's mission is scholarly and professional inquiry into the nature of society. Located on the campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, Transaction Publishers is dedicated to the expansion of the social sciences and is committed to the enhancement of public, professional and scholarly awareness by reaching the widest possible audience for work done by researchers. http://www.transactionpub.com/ Editorial board Ken Anderson Intel corporation, US Naomi Baron American University, US Manual Castells Annenberg Center, University of Southern California, US/Spain Akiba Cohen Tel Aviv University, Israel Nicola Doering Ilmenau University of technology, Germany Jonathan Donner Microsoft Research - Bangalore, India/US Gerard Goggin University of Sydney, Australia Nicola Green University of Surrey, UK Leslie Haddon University of Essex, UK Keith Hampton Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania, US Joachim Höflich Erfurt University, Germany Mizuko Ito Annenberg Center, University of Southern California, US/Japan Shin Dong Kim Hallym University, Republic of Korea Ilpo Koskinen University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland Patrick Law The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Christian Licoppe Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications, France Sonia Livingstone London School of Economics, UK Steve Love Brunel University, UK Kristóf Nyíri Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary Leysia Palen University of Colorado, US Raul Pertierra University of the Philippines, Philippines Madanmohan Rao Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India Anxo Roibas University of Brighton, UK/Italy Harmeet Sawhney Indiana University, US Gitte Stald University of Copenhagen, Denmark Hidenori Tomita Bukkyo University, Japan Jane Vincent University of Surrey, UK Barry Wellman University of Toronto, Canada Peter B. White La Trobe University, Australia

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Brian Cugelman is out of the office.
by Brian Cugelman 03 Feb '06

03 Feb '06

I will be out of the office starting 03/02/2006 and will not return until 06/02/2006.

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One more try: AoIR panel? Private techs in social places
by Holly Kruse 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

My apologies if you get this a zillion times, or at least three. Server trouble. I know this is kind of at the last minute, but I'm wondering if anyone is interested in being on a panel for AoIR 7.0 in Brisbane on the individual, relatively solitary use of interactive media/communication technologies in places that were formerly thought of largely/traditionally as places of social interaction. If interested, please email me privately at either holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu or hckrus01(a)yahoo.com. Best regards, Holly -- Holly Kruse Faculty of Communication The University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave. Tulsa, OK 74104 918-631-3845 holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~holly-kruse __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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FW: [CYBERTEL] TPRC Call of Papers
by Richard Forno 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Of possible interest to AOIR'ers....... ------ Forwarded Message From: Robert Cannon <rcannon100(a)YAHOO.COM> Reply-To: Telecom Regulation & the Internet CALL FOR PAPERS The 34th Research Conference on Communication, Information, and Internet Policy September 29 to October 1, 2006 Arlington, Virginia www.tprc.org TPRC hosts an annual conference on communication, information, and Internet policy that brings a diverse, international group of researchers from academia, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations together with policy makers. It serves two primary goals: (1) dissemination of research relevant to current communications regulatory and policy debates around the world; and (2) promotion of new research on emerging issues. TPRC is now soliciting abstracts of papers for presentation at its 2006 conference. Proposals should be based on current theoretical or empirical research relevant to communication and information policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective. TPRC welcomes national, international, comparative, and multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary studies. Subject areas of particular interest include but are not limited to the following: Comparative Studies of Networked Industries Competition Policy in Network Technologies and Industries Laws and Regulation in a Time of Rapid Change ICTs for Development and Community Informatics Intellectual Property and Digital Rights The Transformation and Future of Content/Media Next Generation Devices and Networks e-Applications and Internet Governance Spectrum Policy and Wireless Applications Click here to see the full Call for Papers http://www.tprc.org/TPRC06/call06.htm. Submissions are due by March 31, 2006. Abstracts must be submitted via the submission form http://www.tprc.org/TPRC06/submit.htm and should contain a clear statement of the main research question, methods, central ideas, and outcomes of the research. Primary authors may have only one paper accepted, but may act as secondary authors of multiple papers and may submit multiple abstracts for consideration. Selected papers will be due to TPRC on August 30th and authors are expected to present the paper. Students are encouraged to submit papers for the student paper competition. The Program Committee will also consider tutorials and special panels. Suggestions for tutorials or panels can be emailed directly to the Program Committee Chair. Inquiries and suggestions may be made to members of the Program Committee. =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Cybertelecom :: Federal Internet Law & Policy www.cybertelecom.org

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Last minute-ish panel: individual techs in formerly social spaces
by Holly Kruse 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

I know this is kind of at the last minute, but I'm wondering if anyone is interested in being on a panel for AoIR 7.0 in Brisbane on the individual, relatively solitary use of interactive media/communication technologies in places that were formerly thought of largely/traditionally as places of social interaction. Or something like that. If interested, please email me privately at either holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu or hckrus01(a)yahoo.com. Best regards, Holly -- Holly Kruse Faculty of Communication The University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave. Tulsa, OK 74104 918-631-3845 holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~holly-kruse

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Re: [Air-l] Chronicle article: Scribes of the Digital Era (fwd)
by Heidelberg, Chris 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Thanks David this will be a great citation for my dissertation on research which deals with copyright issues in part due to converge. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of david silver Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 4:36 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Chronicle article: Scribes of the Digital Era (fwd) interesting article from the chronicle of higher education. david ---------- Forwarded message ---------- This article, "Scribes of the Digital Era" is available online at this address: http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=sRXQTFMyZPngpmyvZm9jvGdM2fwyCMcm This article will be available to non-subscribers of The Chronicle for up to five days after it is e-mailed. _______________________________________________ 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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Award Call - deadline extended
by Mark D. Johns 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award Sponsored by Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.org/ The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for research papers and published works (i.e., books or articles) to be considered for Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award. To be considered for the Christians Award, submissions should interpret or address important theoretical issues in the areas of ethics, mass communication theory, and the relationship between media and technology and culture; interpret and apply concepts employed in Christians' work in new and insightful ways. Submissions will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Christians’ approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Lee Wilkins, University of Missouri Dr. Robert Fortner, Calvin College Dr. Deni Elliott, University of Montana Dr. Ronald Arnett, Duquesne University Both single and co-authored works are accepted. The Award winner will receive a Christians Award plaque to be presented in the 2006 Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), or the National Communication Association (NCA). Those interested please send six copies of the research papers or published works (if the publication is a book, six copies of the table of contents and of one chapter is sufficient) with a 100-word abstract to: Shing-Ling S. Chen Dept. of Communication Studies Univ. of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 Tel: 319-273-6021 E-mail: chen(a)cccsir.org Application deadline is February 17, 2006. Notification of award application will be sent out by April 30, 2006. Questions and comments about Christians Award application, please contact Shing-Ling S. Chen, Dept. of Communication Studies, Univ. of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614; Tel: 319-273-6021; E-mail: chen(a)cccsir.org

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BECTA free one day event on the 8th of Feb
by Sangeet Bhullar 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Apologies for Cross-posting: Dear all, BECTA is organising a FREE one day event (strategy and planning day) entitled: Every Child Matters: Safeguarding Children in a Digital World to be held on the 8th February 2006 at the National Motorcyle Museum, Birmingham It is aimed at those involved in developing policies and strategies to safeguard young people online, or those with an interest in these issues, who may be able to contribute to the discusssions. For more information or to register, visit www.becta.org.uk/safeguarding Best wishes, Sangeet Bhullar Executive Director WISE KIDS Tel: 44 (0)1633-673339/ 44 (0)7900911940 email: sangeet(a)wisekids.org.uk skype id: sangeetbhullar http://www.wisekids.org.uk

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