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Direct Representation
by Stephen Coleman 12 Nov '05

12 Nov '05

This is a new pamphlet, which argues for a more interactive form of democracy, published yesterday by the Institute for Public Policy Research: http://www.ippr.org.uk/ecomm/files/Stephen_Coleman_Pamphlet.pdf Stephen Coleman Oxford Internet Institute

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Antw: air-l Digest, Vol 16, Issue 9 (Absence - Carl-Markus Piswanger)
by Carl-Markus Piswanger 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

I am out of office. I will be back on November 21. Carl-Markus Piswanger

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last.fm?
by Nancy Baym 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Hi, Is anyone studying last.fm? If you are, I would love to hear about your work. Thanks, Nancy

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CFP: SALSA 2006
by Kris Markman 11 Nov '05

11 Nov '05

Note: Susan Herring will be a keynote speaker CALL FOR PAPERS: SALSA 2006 please post/distribute/forward The Symposium About Language and Society-Austin is pleased to announce its 14th Annual Meeting to be held April 7-9, 2006 at the University of Texas at Austin. We encourage the submission of abstracts on research that addresses the relationship of language to culture and society. Desired frameworks include but are not limited to: Linguistic Anthropology Sociolinguistics Ethnography of Communication Language and Identity Speech Play, Verbal Art, and Poetics Language, Media, and Technology Language and Social Interaction Discourse Analysis & Conversation Analysis Language Vitality Language Socialization Gesture and Talk in Interaction Language and Politics 2006 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Kira Hall, University of Colorado at Boulder John Haviland, Reed College Susan Herring, Indiana University Qing Zhang, University of Texas at Austin Papers delivered at the conference will be published as a special edition of the Texas Linguistic Forum. Speakers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion. Papers will be selected on the basis of a blind review process. Please send submissions to SALSA 2006 through the online submission form on the SALSA web page. All submissions must include TWO abstracts: An extended abstract not to exceed 4,100 characters and spaces (approximately 600 words), including references and examples; and a shorter abstracts not to exceed 1,100 spaces and characters (approximately 150 words). Please note that the online submission form does not accept special formatting or text such as IPA. Only electronic submissions sent through our online form will be accepted. The abstract submission system will be available beginning November 22, 2005. Each person is limited to ONE submission as the primary author; multiple submissions by the same first author will not be accepted. Visit the SALSA web page for submission guidelines and conference details and to submit your abstract: http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/salsa/ Deadline for receipt of abstracts is Tuesday, JANUARY 17, 2006. Late submissions will not be accepted, and we cannot accept papers that are to be published elsewhere. Notification of acceptance will be sent in mid-February 2006. Pre-registration fees will be $25 for students and $50 for non-students, and on-site registration fees will be $30 for students and $60 for non-students. Contact us at: SALSA University of Texas at Austin Department of Linguistics 1 University Station Stop B5100 Austin TX 78712-0198 email: salsaut(a)uts.cc.utexas.edu -- ********** ********** ********** ********** Kris M. Markman, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate Communication Studies The University of Texas at Austin Email: jho-kmm(a)mail.utexas.edu https://webspace.utexas.edu/~kris3198 ********** ********** ********** **********

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Fwd: Yale "Regulating Search?" Symposium - Dec. 3
by Dan L Burk 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

Of possible interest. DLB On 10 Nov 2005, Eddan Katz wrote: > > Regulating Search? > A Symposium on Search Engines, Law, and Public Policy > December 3, 2005 > Yale Law School > New Haven, CT > http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/regulatingsearch.html > > > Search is big business, and search functionality increasingly shapes > the information society. Yet how the law treats search is still up > for grabs, and with it, the power to dominate the next generation of > the online world. How will this potential to wield control affect > search engine companies, their advertisers, their users, or the > information they index? What will search engines look like in the > future, and what is the role of regulators in this emerging market? > > The Information Society Project at Yale Law School is proud to > present "Regulating Search?: A Symposium on Search Engines, Law, and > Public Policy," the first academic conference devoted to search > engines and the law. "Regulating Search?" will take place on > December 3, 2005 at Yale Law School in New Haven, CT. > > This event will bring together representatives from the search > industry, government, civil society, and academia to discuss the > emerging intersection of search engines and various forms of > regulation. It is made possible by the generous support of the > Microsoft Corporation, Google, Inc., and the Knight Foundation. > > A distinguished group of experts will map out the terrain of search > engine law & policy in four panels: (1) The Search Space; (2) Search > Engines and Public Regulation; (3) Search Engines and Intellectual > Property; and (4) Search Engines and Individual Rights. A detailed > description of these four panels is included below and the current > list of confirmed speakers will be available on the conference > website. > > Registration for the conference and further information are available > at http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/regulatingsearch.html. Early Bird > registration is $35 for students, $75 for academic and nonprofit > participants, and $165 for corporate and law firm participants. Early > Bird registration ends on Nov. 15. > > > Regulating Search? > A Symposium on Search Engines, Law, and Public Policy > > Panel 1: The Search Space > This panel will review the wide range of what search engines do and > their importance in the information ecosystem. It will survey the > pressures search engines face, the technologies they employ, and the > constituencies they must serve. It will frame the question, to be > explored throughout the day, of whether search is a matter that > requires specific regulatory intervention and a special set of legal > rules for its governing. In this panel, industry participants, > computer scientists, and analysts will flag major trends in search > engine technology and try to predict future developments, with the > goal of pointing out those trends that will create new conflicts and > new litigation. > > Some questions the panelists may ask include: > How competitive will the search engine market be in five years? > Who will be creating the next generation of search innovations: large > corporate entities or judgment-proof individuals? > Will the rise of geography-based search change our assumptions about > such questions as privacy, jurisdiction, and censorship? > What's next in personalized search? > What's next in decentralized peer-to-peer search? > Will vertical search upend our intuitions about what a search engine does? > Do search companies think of legal risks when they make development > decisions? > What kinds of services will search merge with? > > > Panel 2: Search Engines and Public Regulation > This panel will discuss the possibility of direct government > regulation of search functionality. Such regulation might proceed > under several jurisdictional heads (e.g. antitrust, consumer > protection, or telecommunications) with any of a number of possible > policy goals. Where one or a few search engines achieve dominance > over a particular aspect of search, the possibility of such > regulation seems more imminent. This panel will discuss who might > regulate search, why, and how. > > Some questions the panelists may ask include: > Do search engines have First Amendment or Takings Clause rights that > would preclude certain forms of regulation? > Should government regulators intervene to make sure that the search > market stays competitive? > Should search engines be subjected to an informational equivalent of > common-carrier rules? > Is there an obligation to provide evenhanded listing of sites? > Evenhanded listing of results? > Should search engines be required to disclose their commercial > sponsors? Their algorithms? > Should consumers be protected from bad search results? From having > their search results malevolently altered? > Does the recent spate of security breaches at database companies > portend similar trouble for search companies? > Should search engines be afraid of anti-spyware legislation? Of > anti-spam legislation? > > > Panel 3: Search Engines and Intellectual Property > This panel will review past and present litigation involving search > engines and claims framed in the legal doctrines of copyright, > trademark, patent, and right of publicity. Whether search engines are > innocent intermediaries, heroic crusaders for open access, or > villainous agents of infringement depends on who you ask--as does the > appropriate legal response. The panel will discuss the ways in which > IP law shapes the landscape of permissible and impermissible searches. > > Some questions the panelists may ask include: > What does the Grokster decision mean for makers of search engines? > What are the obligations of search engines when responding to > searches on trademarked terms? > What IP rights do and should search engines have available to protect > their algorithms and databases? > What are the obligations of search engines vis-a-vis the copyright > claims of the makers of the content they index? > Do search engines' activities implicate the right of publicity? > Should search engines be liable for their activities in exposing > security holes and spreading data that may include trade secrets? > What are the possibilities for using search engines to promote > authorized use of IP protected content? > > Panel 4: Search Engines and Individual Rights > Some say that search engines are engines of free expression; others > see them as vehicles for hate speech. Some think that search enables > large-scale intrusion into the privacy of others; others think that > the search companies themselves are the new surveillers, spying on > their users; still others see anonymous search as a moral necessity > and a real possibility. This panel will look at the role of search > engines in reshaping our experience of basic rights and at the > pressures the desire to protect those rights place on search. > > Some questions the panelists may ask include: > Should search engines remove content that some find objectionable? > What kinds of data do search engines collect on the individuals who > use them? What kinds should they be allowed to collect? > Do search engines facilitate stalking and other dangerous activities? > If so, what can be done about it? > How can search engines facilitate the free flow of valuable political > and expressive speech? > In an age when search engines create rankings based on mass opinion > and links, what does this technique mean for individual dissent and > personal liberty? > Do search engines empower individuals by promoting accessibility to > their words and thoughts online, or do they only help today's strong > media players get stronger? > Is there a right to search anonymously? > Is access to search technology a basic human right of access to knowledge? > > -- > > Eddan Katz > Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School > Executive Director, Information Society Project > http://islandia.law.yale.edu/isp/ > _______________________________________________ > Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011

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CFP interActions
by Alla Genkina 10 Nov '05

10 Nov '05

This online journal encourages graduate students and junior faculty to submit their work: _____________________________________________________________ InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies is a peer-reviewed electronic journal [http://www.interactions.gseis.ucla.edu/] that is committed to the promotion of scholarly work that examines areas of education and information studies via interdisciplinary and critical frameworks. A critical framework is any approach that expands our notion of traditional analyses of problems and issues. The journal seeks to link diverse theoretical and practical projects, as well as provides a space to record the voices of emerging scholars (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows), activists, and practitioners. As education and information institutions continue to face challenging times, we seek to promote submissions that engage alternative, liberatory possibilities informed by creative theories, methodologies, practices, and visions. In particular, we encourage submissions that: • Extend conventional areas of study through critical and interdisciplinary frameworks: These areas include, but are not limited to: bilingual education, affirmative action, special education, standards and testing, teacher education, school violence, higher education, social research methodology, information retrieval, access, systems and institutions, etc. • Utilize an interdisciplinary framework: Draw upon traditional fields of study (such as policy, sociology, information-seeking and retrieval, pedagogy, evaluation, psychological development, etc.) or provide insight from diverse disciplines (e.g., legal theory, ethnic studies, women's studies, technology studies, etc.). • Incorporate critical frameworks and address issues of social inequities: These frameworks may include, but are not restricted to, feminism, critical race theory, Marxism, post-colonialism, critical pedagogy, queer studies, disability studies, etc. Whether or not submissions utilize critical frameworks, they should demonstrate innovation and commitment to advancing current analyses and discourses in progressive directions. Deadlines: For Volumes 2 and 3, January 6, 2006. Submission Guidelines: All articles undergo a double-blind peer-review. Please visit the website for detailed submission guidelines. Manuscripts that do not abide by the submission guidelines will be returned to the author. Please contact interactions(a)gseis.ucla.edu for more details. Please send an electronic version of your submission in Word or Rich Text (rtf) format to: interactions(a)gseis.ucla.edu. Send four paper copies of your submission to: InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies UCLA - Graduate School of Education & Information Studies 2933 Mathematical Sciences Building - Box 951521 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521

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JCMC 11(1) is online
by herring＠slis.indiana.edu 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

The latest issue of the JOURNAL OF COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION is available at: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue1/ A Table of Contents is included below. --------- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Volume 11, Issue 1, October 2005 --------- Sharing or Piracy? An Exploration of Downloading Behavior - Robert LaRose, Ying-Ju Lai, Ryan Lange, Bradley Love, and Yuehua Wu Where the Action is: Internet Stock Trading as Edgework - Detlev Zwick Corporate E-Cruiting: The Construction of Work in Fortune 500 Recruiting Web Sites - Jun Young and Kirsten Foot Web-Based Memorializing After September 11: Toward a Conceptual Framework - Kirsten Foot, Barbara Warnick, and Steven M. Schneider The Antecedents of Community-Oriented Internet Use: Community Participation and Community Satisfaction - Mohan Dutta-Bergman "For she who knows who she is:" Managing Accountability in Online Forum Messages - Charles Antaki, Elisenda Ardevol, Francesc Nunez, & Agnes Vayreda Computer-Mediated Relationship Development: A Cross-Cultural Comparison - Young-ok Yum and Kazuya Hara The Influence of the Avatar on Online Perceptions of Anthropomorphism, Androgyny, Credibility, Homophily, and Attraction - Kristine Nowak and Christian Rauh ---- Special Theme: Culture and Computer-Mediated Communication Guest Editors, Charles Ess and Fay Sudweeks ---- Culture and Computer-Mediated Communication: Toward New Understandings - Charles Ess and Fay Sudweeks Culture and Internet Consumption: Contributions from Cross-Cultural Marketing and Advertising Research - Marc Hermeking Culture and the Structure of the International Hyperlink Network - George A. Barnett and Eunjung Sung Cultural Similarities and Differences in the Design of University Websites - Ewa Callahan Intercultural Communication on Websites: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Websites from High-Context Cultures and Low-Context Cultures - Elizabeth Wuertz Polychronicity, the Internet, and the Mass Media: A Singapore Study - Waipeng Lee, Trevor M. K. Tan, and Shahiraa Shahul Hameed The Role of Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism in Online Consumers' Response toward Persuasive Communication on the Web - Wei-Na Lee and Sejung Marina Choi Culture in the Online Class: Using Message Analysis to Look Beyond Nationality-Based Frames of Reference - Anne Hewling "A Belief in Humanity is a Belief in Colored Men:" Using Culture to Span the Digital Divide - Andre Brock Cultural Cognitive Style and Web Design: Beyond a Behavioral Inquiry Into Computer-Mediated Communication - Anthony Faiola and Sorin A. Matei --------- The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication is an open-access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal that has been publishing on the Web quarterly since 1995. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/ ---------

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Jenkins at NCA
by Mark D. Johns 09 Nov '05

09 Nov '05

JENKINS TO PRESENT STEVE JONES INTERNET RESEARCH LECTURE IN 2005 NCA CONVENTION The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (www.cccsir.org) sponsors the annual presentation of Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture Series at the annual convention of the National Communication Association (NCA). In the 2005 NCA Convention, November 17-20 in Boston, the Jones Lecture Series presents a lecture by Henry Jenkins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). In his lecture, “Spoiling Survivor: Anatomy of a Knowledge Culture,” Jenkins asks the audience to imagine Survivor as informational warfare-- a giant cat and mouse game played between the producers and the audience, as he details how the audience will try to exhaust all the resources to figure out the game before the producers reveal what happened. Henry Jenkins, Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT, is a leader of the Education Arcade. The lecture is scheduled on Friday, November 18, 6:30-7:45 PM in Kent, Sheraton. For more information about this event, please contact Shing-Ling Chen at chen(a)cccsir.org ******************************************************** -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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CFP: Blogging and Online Journalism Student Conference
by Michael Zimmer 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

Blogging and Online Journalism: New Media, New Challenges, New Ethics April 7 & 8, 2006 The Institute for Applied and Professional Ethics at Ohio University and the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism announce "Blogging and Online Journalism." BOJ will bring together a small group of successful, highly motivated students with some of the leading figures in journalism and media ethics for an intimate, in-depth two-day exploration of one of the most interesting and dynamic areas in applied ethics today. After a daily keynote address on a topic of general interest, participants will break up into workgroups. These workshops will feature presentations by invited scholars and by student participants, with discussion and critique of the presentations. Presentations and workshop summaries will be published on the Institute website. Participation is limited to 25. Students interested in participating should send contact information and a brief paper on one of the workshop topics to ethics(a)ohio.edu by January 20, 2006. Participants will be selected on the basis of the paper they submit. Please visit the "STUDENT CONFERENCE" section of ohio.edu/ethics for submission requirements. Travel grants (travel, room, and board) are available for a limited number of participants. Students interested in applying for travel support should indicate this in their application. Keynote speakers: Dan Gillmore (author of "We, the Media") Clifford Christians (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champlain) Workshop topics and leaders: Friday, April 7 Martin Kuhn (U North Carolina): Blogging Ethics Fernanda Viegas (MIT MediaLab): Privacy and Accountability in Blogging Jan Boyles (U West Virginia): Rhetoric of Political Bloggers Sandeep Junnarker (Columbia University): Blogging investigative reporting: The Videoblog Saturday, April 8th Mark Deuze (Indiana University): Typology of Online Journalism Bob Benz (Scripps Company): Reality Constraints of Online Journalism Bernhard Debatin (Ohio University): Online Journalism Ethics ------------------------- Kathleen Evans-Romaine Assistant Director Ohio U. Inst. for Applied and Professional Ethics www.ohiou.edu/ethics office: 740 593 9802 cell: 740 590 2410

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Social Informatics book
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 07 Nov '05

07 Nov '05

>Subject: Social Informatics book >From: Steve Sawyer <sawyer(a)ist.psu.edu> >Date: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 14:30:43 -0500 > >Hi All > >I'm delighted to note that Rob Kling's last book (and the first for >Howard Rosenbaum and I :), on social informatics, is now available: > >http://books.infotoday.com/books/UndComSocInf.shtml > >Steve Sawyer ---------------------------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite Associate Professor Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 East Daniel St., Champaign IL 61820

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