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Re: [Air-l] Information and knowledge (air-l Digest, Vol 15, Issue 9)
by Michel J. Menou 13 Oct '05

13 Oct '05

At the forthcoming Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology there will be a session to discuss the outcome of a research project that built a "Knowledge map of information science", carried out by Dr. C. Zins, from Haifa, using a critical Delphi technique see: http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM05/abstracts/176.html As part of this, as noted in the introductory final report "Forty five scholars formulated about 130 definitions" of data, information and knowledge, that yielded 6 discrete models. There is a blog to ask questions to the session participants. My 2 oz. of crude on that recurrent theme is that perhaps part of the trouble comes from the desperate attempt at figuring out the conditions under which one entity (data information or knowledge) becomes another one, when in fact all the 3 entities, and a few more may be, do a) coexist independantly b) interact c) combine and recombine Michel >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:54:20 -0400 >From: blb(a)buffalo.edu >Subject: Re: [Air-l] Information and knowledge >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >Message-ID: <1129082060.434c6ccc5a74e(a)mail1.buffalo.edu> >Content-Type: text/plain > >Hello everyone, > >I recently requested your opinions on the differences >between "information" and "knowledge." Here is a summary of the 31 >responses received. > > >For the most part, respondents were in agreement that information is a >component of knowledge. Many equated "information" with "raw facts" or >"data" and saw "knowledge" as having with more "meaning." Knowledge is >the "application of information." Three respondents called knowledge >information that had been "internalized." Another referred to it as >"information with context." > >No respondents saw the terms as synonymous and the majority used the >exact terms "meaning" and "value" in association with the >concept "knowledge." One respondent referred to knowledge as "vibrant" >and "fluid." "Information," on the other hand, is "static" and >comprised of "uninterpretted data," "facts," or "discrete items." >According to the responses, only when information >is "applied," "synthesized," "contextualized" and/or "combined with >experience," does it become "knowledge." > >Thank you to all who responded. Your comments have been very helpful. > >Best, >Brenda > >-- >Brenda L. Battleson >Head, Print Periodicals/Serials >Acquisitions Dept. >University at Buffalo >134 Lockwood Library >Buffalo, NY 14260-2210 >716.645.2305 (voice) >716.645.5955 (fax) > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/131 - Release Date: 12/10/2005

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Two positions at Univ. of Nevada -- Journalism and Media Studies -- New media experience most welcome
by J. Kilker 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

Dear fellow AoIRers-- We have two positions that might be of interest. New media experience is most welcome in either! Best-- Julian Kilker =================== University of Nevada at Las Vegas Open Positions Two Full-Time Positions The Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies at University of Nevada Las Vegas seeks applicants for two openings for 9-month, tenure-track positions starting August 2006. Job 1: Senior Professor candidate will teach combination of courses in theoretical and applied public relations, advertising, and social marketing as well as areas of candidate specialization. Applicants must have demonstrated record of outstanding teaching and/or training experience and nationally recognized program in research and/or creative activity. Ph.D. in journalism, mass communication or relevant field required with professional experience desirable. Preference for candidates with demonstrated record suitable for tenure consideration at time of hire. Job 2: Assistant Professor candidate will teach theoretical and applied undergraduate and graduate classes in journalism and mass media including media law and maintain and active research program leading to scholarly publications. Ph.D. in journalism, mass communication or related field or a JD from an accredited college or university required with professional experience desirable. Preference will be given to applicants with a media law specialty and demonstrated record of successful teaching and research. Program: School was created in 2004 and includes congenial and growing faculty. In 2008 a new $60 million building with TV studios, FM radio station, convergence lab and other facilities will be completed. Program has undergraduate and MA majors in advertising/public relations, broadcast journalism/production, and print including visual communication. Metropolitan area is dynamic, international, entrepreneurial and fast-growing with fine libraries, museums, art galleries and parks. Nearby mountains provide hiking and skiing opportunities with boating on Lake Mead. Salary is competitive. Review of applications begins immediately with best consideration if submitted by November 15. Send detailed cover letter, resume, and names and addresses/phone numbers of 3 references to either: Dr. Julian Kilker (full professor search), or Dr. Anthony J. Ferri (assistant professor search ) at UNLV Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies, Box 455007, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5007. Questions can be addressed to either kilker(a)unlv.nevada.edu 702-895-3729 for full professor position or drums(a)unlv.nevada.edu 702-895-1371 for assistant professor position. UNLV is an affirmative action/equal opportunity educator and employer committed to excellence through diversity.

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Re: [Air-l] Information and knowledge
by blb＠buffalo.edu 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

Hello everyone, I recently requested your opinions on the differences between "information" and "knowledge." Here is a summary of the 31 responses received. For the most part, respondents were in agreement that information is a component of knowledge. Many equated "information" with "raw facts" or "data" and saw "knowledge" as having with more "meaning." Knowledge is the "application of information." Three respondents called knowledge information that had been "internalized." Another referred to it as "information with context." No respondents saw the terms as synonymous and the majority used the exact terms "meaning" and "value" in association with the concept "knowledge." One respondent referred to knowledge as "vibrant" and "fluid." "Information," on the other hand, is "static" and comprised of "uninterpretted data," "facts," or "discrete items." According to the responses, only when information is "applied," "synthesized," "contextualized" and/or "combined with experience," does it become "knowledge." Thank you to all who responded. Your comments have been very helpful. Best, Brenda -- Brenda L. Battleson Head, Print Periodicals/Serials Acquisitions Dept. University at Buffalo 134 Lockwood Library Buffalo, NY 14260-2210 716.645.2305 (voice) 716.645.5955 (fax)

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Re: [Air-l] Share the Conference
by O'Riordan, Kate 12 Oct '05

12 Oct '05

As of yesterday I was seeing 160+ conference tagged photos on flickr - not sharing in the same way - but thanks to all those who've been posting stuff up. All the best Kate

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Conference 2006: discussion on air-meet
by Matthew Allen 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

Dear all we are going to be canvassing ideas about the 2006 conference on air-meet list shortly. mostly, we want to hear some views on themes and broad issues for the next conference as well as suggestions for extra events that might make the conference more attractive to you. This will start soon. Please subscribe at http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-meet-aoir.org 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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Fwd: Call for Papers and Projects, medi@terra 05
by Steve Jones 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

> GAMES AND REALITY > medi@terra 05 > 7th International art and technology festival > December 7-11, 2005 > Athens, Greece > > http://www.fournos-culture.gr/site/English/NewsandEvents/ > mediaterracall.html

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Share the Conference
by erickaakcire.1532473＠bloglines.com 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

Hello everyone, As you readjust after the conference I want to encourage you to share your conference related bookmarks. Just use the aoir and aoir6 tags in del.icio.us or if you don't have or want a del.ico.us account login at http://del.icio.us with aoir password chicago and use that account. We often saw people taking copious notes - so if you've got it, flaunt it. Add to the conference wiki at http://wiki.aoir.org/index.php?title=Internet_Research_6.0 Thanks, Ericka Menchen Trevino Graduate Student University of Illinois at Chicago http://blog.erickamenchen.net

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ICA Preconference - CfP - After the Mobile Phone?
by Maren Hartmann 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

Sorry for cross-postings & please feel free to distribute wherever appropriate. Thanks! ------------------------------------------- ICA Preconference 2006 Communication and Technology Division Call for Papers After the Mobile Phone? Social Changes and the Development of Mobile Communication In a very short period of time the mobile phone has become a permanent feature in everyday communication. It changed existing communication practices and led to new social arrangements in terms of mobility and connectivity. It has become a ‘personal medium’ and a medium for the presentation of the self. It is also a medium that is used not only for individual, but collective communication and even for political mobiliza-tion. Furthermore, traditional boundaries to mass communication are blurred, as many contents are developed for cross-media applications – one-to-many content provision (Internet, news messages, games etc.) gets more and more popular as the technical devices become more and more powerful. Research worldwide has turned to the mobile phone and begun to look at uses and effects. Such in-ternational and interdisciplinary research has by now led to considerable achievements, based on both qualitative and quantitative studies. But it would be improper to claim that all questions have been answered, es-pecially since many new research areas and questions emerge all the time, based on media developments. For the title of the pre-conference we have thus intentionally chosen a provocative question: Have we indeed reached the end of the era of the mobile phone? Or is this true only for some contexts within some communi-ties? Which is the current status of mobile communication in different countries? The mobile phone will continue to exist as a medium for mobile communication. But it will also continue to develop as a hybrid medium – and will also continuously be ‘reinvented’ by its users. At the same time it is part of an overall development in mobile communication in which the use of the mobile phone is only a small part of overall media use. The aim of the pre-conference is not some future prediction (which has already not worked properly for the mobile phone in the past). Instead, we aim at a view on what is happening at the moment, but also a view on what will drive us in the future: What do we know and where are the most urgent research ques-tions? What has been the focus of research thus far and what has to become a focus? How far do existing realizations suffice to explain and explore further developments in the mobile communication field? Especially the multiple uses of a mobile hybrid medium need to be looked at more closely, including the embeddedness within other forms of media use. Processes of convergence such as the relationship of the mobile phone to other (mass) media will be considered. Our special interest is devoted to the development beyond the mobile phone, e.g. in terms of Blackberries, the mobile computer or the mobile Internet, where the diffu-sion of wireless LANs plays a crucial role. We particularly invite submissions from a media economy or technological perspective. Organizational Matters This ICA pre-conference is scheduled for June 18, 2006 at the University of Erfurt. Erfurt is the state capital of Thuringia and a regular stop on the speed train track from Frankfurt Airport to Dresden, the site of the main ICA conference. Erfurt is an ancient city with medieval architecture and many historical monuments. In early times, the University of Erfurt was home of Martin Luther who was enrolled here for several years. Currently, the Department for Media and Communication offers both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in communication. One main focus of research is digital media developments and their effects on individuals, groups and society. The conference will be co-hosted by the German Telekom and T-Mobile. It is a follow-up event to an earlier ICA pre-conference on Mobile Communication in South Korea, 2002 and the 2005 ICA pre-conference on “Mobile Communication: Current Research and Future Directions” organized by the Communication and Technology Division. The participants are invited to arrive on June 17. The following travel to the ICA site in Dresden (appr. two hours) will take place on June 19, arriving on time for the opening ceremony. Housing and food will be provided for all paper presenters; accommodation is available for reasonable prices. Travel to Dres-den is free for all participants. A registration fee of EUR 25 / $ 30 will be collected from non-presenters on site. The incoming extended abstracts will be evaluated in a peer-review procedure. A maximum of eight presentations will be accepted, additional keynote speakers may be invited. Abstract Submission Submissions of extended abstracts (max. 1.000 words) need to be delivered until Nov. 1st, 2005 to one of the following addresses (email or ordinary mail). All submitters will be informed by Jan. 1st, 2006 whether their paper was accepted or not. Local Conference Host: Prof. Dr. Joachim Hoeflich University of Erfurt Nordhaeuser Str. 63 D-99089 ERFURT joachim.hoeflich(a)uni-erfurt.de phone (+49) (361) 737-4170 fax (+49) (361) 737-4179 Contact Person for ICA: Prof. Dr. Patrick Roessler University of Erfurt Nordhaeuser Str. 63 D-99089 ERFURT Germany Germany patrick.roessler(a)uni-erfurt.de phone (+49) (361) 737-4170 fax (+49) (361) 737-4179 -- Dr. Maren Hartmann – Universitaet Erfurt Seminar fuer Medien und Kommunikation Postfach 900 221 – D-99105 Erfurt Phone/Fon: +49 361 737 4186 – Fax: +49 361 737 4179

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Sonia Livingstone Webcast
by Loader, Brian 11 Oct '05

11 Oct '05

For those of you who enjoyed Sonia Livingstone's keynote presentation (and those who could not join us in Chicago) and wish to learn more about her work please feel free to access an iCS webcast she will be giving from the Oxford Internet Institute later today. Details can be found on the OII website www.oii.ox.ac.uk and you can download her current iCS article 'Active Participation or Just More Information? Young Peoples's take-up of opportunities to act and interact on the Internet'. Brian D. Loader Editor, iCS www.infosoc.ac.uk

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AoIR IR6, general conference evaluation
by Steve Jones 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

For those of you who attended the AoIR IR 6.0 conference last week in Chicago, and for those of you who wish to share an opinion about AoIR conferences in general, there is an online evaluation form available at: http://ir6evaluation.notlong.com The form will take about 10 minutes to complete. I do urge you to fill it out whether you attended in Chicago or not, as it will help AoIR better plan its conferences. Thank you, Sj

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