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Internet use in Brazil
by Michel J. Menou 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Results of a recent (2005) national survey for households and enterprises are available, in Portuguese, at http://www.nic.br/indicadores/ -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the founding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ================================================================== -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/183 - Release Date: 25/11/2005

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Cfp: HCI Issues in Computer Games (Special issue - Interacting with Computers Journal)
by Panayiotis Zaphiris 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

CALL FOR PAPERS INTERACTING WITH COMPUTERS JOURNAL Special Issue of Interacting with Computers on “HCI Issues in Computer Games” http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri/Announcements/games.html Guest Editors Panayiotis Zaphiris & CS Ang, Centre for HCI Design, City University London Introduction to special issue topic Computer Games are at the forefront of technological innovation and their popularity in research is also increasing. Their wide presence and use makes Computer Games a major factor affecting the way people socialize, learn and possibly work. Computer Games are also beginning to attract the attention of educators and education technologists. With this special issue of Interacting with Computers we wish to explore the relationship between Computer Games and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Are current HCI techniques and methodologies appropriate for designing Computer Games? Do we need new Computer Game focused HCI methods, theories and paradigms? What are the new challenges when it comes to evaluating Computer Games? This special issue of Interacting with Computers is inviting contributions from both the academic community and industry. It will focus on issues surrounding the analysis, design, development and evaluation of Computer Games and the issues surrounding them. Potential topics include (but are not limited to) the following: * Design approaches and techniques suitable for Computer Games * Usability studies regarding Computer Games * Theoretical and/or pedagogical foundations for analysing Computer Games * Within-game and/or out-game activities and their HCI analysis * Computer Games and Online Communities * Social and Cultural Issues and Computer Games * Accessibility of Computer Games * Transfer of gaming metaphors to business applications "Interacting with Computers" is an interdisciplinary journal of Human-Computer Interaction, published by Elsevier. More information about this journal can be found at: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/525445/descrip… IwC special issues contain only 5 - 6 papers, each of no more than 10,000 words (so acceptance will be fairly selective). Submission: Papers should be submitted through the manuscript management system at http://ees.elsevier.com/iwc/ by the 10th of April 2006. The style standard is that of the American Psychological Association (APA), more details about which can be obtained from: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPAFormatting.html Important dates: Full paper submission: 10th April 2006 (Monday) Response to authors: 8th May 2006 (Monday) Final version of papers: 5th June 2006 (Monday) Planned publication: September 2006 Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris (zaphiri(a)soi.city.ac.uk) and CS Ang Centre for HCI Design, City University London Guest Editors Special issue of Interacting with Computers on HCI Issues in Computer Games -- Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris Senior Lecturer Center for Human-Computer Interaction Design City University London, EC1V 0HB Tel: +44-(0)-20-7040-8168 Fax: +44-(0)-20-7040-8859 zaphiri(a)soi.city.ac.uk http://www.zaphiris.org/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.5/177 - Release Date: 21/11/2005

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Re: [Air-l] wiki tool suggestion?
by M.B.Gaved 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Hi Radhika I used pmwiki ( http://www.pmwiki.org/ )for a community informatics workshop - http://kmi.open.ac.uk/events/ci2005/ it worked really well. You need to install it on a machine you have ftp access to that's running php and can webserve php pages, but you don't need mysql or similar. I found that I could set it up and tweak it quite a bit just knowing my way round html code. So probably in the middle between setting up a wikipedia style fully fledged wiki, and using a bit of space on somebody else's server. good luck! Mark Knowledge Media Institute The Open University Milton Keynes UK -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Radhika Gajjala Sent: Thu 24/11/2005 15:52 To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Cc: Subject: [Air-l] wiki tool suggestion? Can anyone suggest a free wiki tool (space) I can use for my classes next semester? thanks, r -- Radhika Gajjala Associate Professor School of Communication Studies Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ; http://cyberdiva.typepad.com/teach/ http://www.cyberdiva.org _________ or to glance at multiple blogs http://www.cyberdiva.org/cyberdivalive.html _______________________________________________ The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Re: [Air-l] wiki tool suggestion
by Alex Halavais 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

I second Jeremy's suggestion for peanutbutter wiki: http://pbwiki.com/ Seedwiki (http://www.seedwiki.com/) has been used in classes with some success. It has some nice features (discussion lists attatched to the pages, etc.) for a class. It is also free -- again within limits. - Alex On 11/24/05, Radhika Gajjala <radhika(a)cyberdiva.org> wrote: > thanks everyone for your suggestions - am checking them all out - but > Jeremy read my mind. > > r > > >I think Radhika might have been asking for something more like http:// > >pbwiki.com/ . There are quite a few of these out there, they > >require no installation, and you just have to watch their licensing. > >On Nov 24, 2005, at 11:49 AM, pwelsch(a)indiana.edu wrote: > > > >> > > > >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 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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/ > -- // // Alexander Halavais // Graduate Director of Informatics // University at Buffalo School of Informatics // http://alex.halavais.net //

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Re: [Air-l] wiki tool suggestion?
by Rowin Young 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

The free, open source VLE Moodle includes a wiki - http://moodle.org/. best wishes, rowin > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l- > bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Radhika Gajjala > Sent: 24 November 2005 15:52 > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] wiki tool suggestion? > > Can anyone suggest a free wiki tool (space) I can use for my classes > next semester? > > thanks, > r > -- > Radhika Gajjala > Associate Professor > School of Communication Studies > Bowling Green State University > Bowling Green, OH 43403 > > http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik ; http://cyberdiva.typepad.com/teach/ > > http://www.cyberdiva.org > _________ > > or to glance at multiple blogs > > http://www.cyberdiva.org/cyberdivalive.html > _______________________________________________ > 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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PhD in Organization Science
by Blanchard, Anita L 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Colleagues: The University of North Carolina Charlotte is starting a new Ph.D. program in Organizational Science. Pending final Board of Governors approval in January, the program will begin accepting students this Spring for enrollment in the Fall of 2006. I am writing to solicit your help to introduce the program to students on your campus as well as hopefully encourage those interested in doctoral training to apply. While more detailed information can be found at http://www.orgscience.uncc.edu, please allow me to highlight a few features of the program. * Organizational Science is an emergent interdisciplinary field of inquiry and practice focusing on individual and organizational health, well-being and effectiveness. It assumes that a thorough understanding of organizations requires an interdisciplinary focus that crosses levels of analysis and disciplines. * 20 faculty from I/O Psychology, Management, Organizational Communication, and Organizational Sociology support the program. Faculty include: Anita Blanchard, Kimberly Buch, David Gilmore, Eric Heggestad, Jo Ann Lee, Charlie Reeve, Steven Rogelberg, William Siegfried, Jennifer Welbourne, Chris Henle, Doug Pugh, Beth Rubin, Kelly Zellars, Yang Cao, Teresa Scheid, Wei Zhao, Shawn Long, Clifton Scott, John Kello, Scott Tonidandel * The specific topics of study in the Organizational Science program include, but are not limited to: selection, testing, training, performance management, workplace health, employee attitudes and satisfaction, team effectiveness, leadership, communication effectiveness, work/life issues, change management, and organizational structure and effectiveness. * The program is based on the science/practice model. Students will learn about and participate actively in quantitative and qualitative research; engage in practicum/internship opportunities; and take a wide range of methodological and content courses. First year recruitment is crucial for the program's success, and your help will be greatly appreciated. We have also attached a short poster which we hope you would consider displaying. We look forward to hearing from your interested students. Best regards, Steven Rogelberg, Ph.D. Director, Organizational Science sgrogelb(a)email.uncc.ed[Anita says...] u Anita L. Blanchard, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology UNC Charlotte 9201 University City Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28223 Phone: 704.687.4847 email: alblanch(a)email.uncc.edu web: www.psych.uncc.edu/alblanch

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Information, Communication and Society Journal - amendment to email address
by Keeble, Leigh 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING >From 1st January 2006 the journal Information, Communication and Society is being relocated to the University of York, UK . All enquiries concerning the submission of articles should be addressed to: Brian D. Loader, Editor iCS, Department of Sociology, University of York, Heslington, YORK YO1 5DD. UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1904 432639 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 433043 email: bl506(a)york.ac.uk Submissions of papers for consideration can be sent electronically to iCS(a)tandf.co.uk Books and other material for review should be sent to: Review Editor iCS Department of Sociology, University of York, Heslington, YORK YO1 5DD. UK.

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AoIR Conference 2006
by Matthew Allen 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Dear air-listers I have just posted to the list, on behalf of the 2006 Program Chair Fay Sudweeks, the call for papers for IR 7.0 - Internet Convergences, the AoIR conference for 2006, to be held in Brisbane Australia (Fay has had some email trouble in poasting to the list). I am pleased to announce also the Axel Bruns will be Conference Chair. May I ask that you all utilise your own networks and contacts to promote and distribute the call for papers widely? May I also ask that you all consider submitting a paper or other contribution to the conference and, in particular, that you work collaboratively to propose, organise and present some panels at the conference? AoIR is strongly committed to the international aspects of the association and, of course, the Internet itself. In holding the conference in Australia - the first time it has been held in the Asia-Pacific region - we are seeking to promote new membership, new attendance, and new insights; at the same time, we would welcome returning members and attendees who will sustain the conference's proud traditions. best wishes Matt Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org

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AoIR Conference 2006: 1st announcement and call for papers
by Matthew Allen 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

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 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 500-750 words - CREATIVE OR AESTHETIC PRESENTATIONS - submit abstract of 500-750 words - PANELS - submit a 250-500 word description of the panel theme (and abstracts of the distinct papers or presentations) - ROUNDTABLE PROPOSALS - submit a 250-500 word 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. 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 Submission site available: 1 December 2005 Final date for proposal submission: 7 February 2006 Presenter notification: 21 March 2006 Final workshop submission deadline: 31 March 2006 Submission of paper for publication/student award: 31 July 2006 Submission of paper for conference archive: 30 September 2006 CONTACT INFORMATION Program Chair: Dr Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, 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 (from 1 December)

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biological new media interventions?
by Katherine Mancuso 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Does anyone know much about biologically related new media projects other than the Critical Art Ensemble? I'm specifically interested in eugenics and things similar to The Flesh Machine. I don't know of anyone who will know since my knowledge has effectively outstripped that of my new media professor at this point, so I'm just fishing for any sources that are helpful here. Either analyses of CAE's work, or (preferably) other new media interventions. thanks! kathy -- Katherine Mancuso, PhD student Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts S415 Callaway Center Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322 katherine.mancuso(a)emory.edu AAA 2005 Media/Technology sessions: http://wiki.oxus.net/wiki/AAA2005 Anthropologists and labor unions allied: http://AAAUnite.blogspot.com Orphans V: Science, Industry, Education: http://www.sc.edu/filmsymposium Social software linkage: http://del.icio.us/museumfreak My weblog: http://museumfreak.livejournal.com "My life is not a quota or an action to affirm an idea of equality. My life is my life." ~Jamaica Kincaid "she's nothing more than fiction / she dreams in digital / compose your dreams / and don't be afraid to expose yourself." ~Orgy

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