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Journal CFP: New Technologies and News
by Graham Meikle 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Call for Contributions New technologies and News: Convergences and Divergences A special issue of 'Scan', edited by Chris Atton & Graham Meikle N.B. This is a slightly revised CFP from that appearing earlier this year. Potential contributors who have already submitted work for consideration need not resubmit. Due to a revised publication schedule at Scan, we are able to extend the deadline for submissions to 30 April 2006. The study of news has always been central to the study of the media. But while the rise of new technologies such as the Net, mobile phones and digital TV has attracted enormous scholarly interest and has reinvigorated the field, there has not as yet been as much research on news and these new technologies as there might be. Some recent research has emphasised online journalism as a set of professional practices developed from existing journalistic philosophies and routines, though often privileging the dialogical nature of the medium to generate news agendas with media audiences (Deuze and Dimoudi, 2002). Other work emphasises journalism as a set of deprofessionalised practices that privilege grassroots 'native reporting' as a distinctive feature of an 'alternative journalism' (Atton, 2003). Such research highlights the potential of new technology use to enable new configurations of news production, distribution and reception; new modes of authorship and audiencehood; new kinds of producer and consumer. This special issue of 'Scan' invites contributions that are able to push forward our thinking about the modalities of news production and reception. We are particularly interested in papers that combine theory and practice to critically explore the claims made for the various manifestations of these practices. Who uses online news? What do they use it for? How is credibility judged? To what extent are relationships changing between reporters and readers, between news outlets and consumers, in a media environment that can be customised? How significant are participatory news and discussion projects such as Indymedia (http://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml) Wikinews (http://en.wikinews.org) OhmyNews (http://english.ohmynews.com/) or Slashdot (http://slashdot.org/)? What of news values and news content? What contributions are made to the discussion of news by online art and satire projects such as Tenbyten (http://www.tenbyten.org) News Reader (http://turbulence.org/works/twotxt/nr-index.htm) or The Onion (http://www.theonion.com)? And what of blogging? The blog may be just as much the province of the professional journalist as the amateur and, indeed, the much-vaunted 'independence' of blogs is often curtailed by a reliance on dominant news agendas and framing mechanisms (Haas, 2005). Answers on a postcard to... Chris Atton Napier University, Edinburgh <c.atton(a)napier.ac.uk> Graham Meikle Macquarie University, Sydney <graham.meikle(a)mq.edu.au> Submission dates and guidelines Completed papers should be sent to the issue editors by 30 April 2006. Refereeing and revisions to be completed by 31 May 2006, for a June 2006 launch. Submission details and style guidelines are at <http://www.scan.net.au/scan/about/journal_submissions.php>. Maximum length is 6,000 words. 'Scan' (http://www.scan.net.au) is a refereed quarterly online journal of media arts and culture, hosted by the Media Department at Macquarie University, Sydney. References Atton, Chris (2003) 'What is "Alternative" Journalism?', Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism 4(3): 267-272. Deuze, Mark and Dimoudi, Christina (2002) 'Online journalists in the Netherlands: Towards a profile of a new profession', Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism 3(1): 85-100. Haas, Tanni (2005) 'From "Public Journalism" to the "Public's Journalism"? Rhetoric and reality in the discourse on weblogs', Journalism Studies 6(3): 387-396. Dr Graham Meikle ------------------------- Lecturer, Department of Media, Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia. tel: (61 2) 9850-6899 fax: (61 2) 9850-6776 email: <graham.meikle(a)mq.edu.au>

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suggestions
by 黄佩 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Dear aoirers, My name is Pei(the same pronunciation as pay), a phd student from Peking University, China. Professor Barry Wellman introduced me to this listservs, which is a new experience to me. Interesting... I am now doing some work on Internet use and undergraduate student's first career attainment.(actually including job, continued study,etc.). I saw a large number of literature on getting job and social network, especially Granovette's work at 1973. I see that in today's campus(campus especially in China),students live in a wired environment and wired life has become a lifestyle. I wonder whether different internet use patterns will be connected to the first career of those undergraduates.I choose undergraduates because in my university they have an ethernet system which boasts one of the best ones around universities all over the country and they actually build up relationships, communities which may influence their interactions, their way of thinking, even their value system. But I know that it is so hard to link media use with value system, or the social network. I feel it hard to find other variables in between. For a lot of time, I think of the legitimacy of building connections between internet use and career attainment, not only in searching process, but also about final type of career. Anyone has suggestions? thanks a lot Pei

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: suggestions?
by 黄佩 20 Oct '05

20 Oct '05

Hi,Ess I don't read much about Grover or Sunstein, but my thinking is that what can not be communicated through mediated experiences? Can,say Internet,come to a consesus for us? Does that partly explain even media develop so fast today we still have gaps between cultures and countries? :) ----- 原邮件 ----- 从: Charles Ess <cmess(a)drury.edu> 日期: 星期四, 十月 20日, 2005 上午3:10 主题: [Air-l] suggestions? > To demonstrate that my background is in philosophy, not communication > studies (for better and for worse)... > > My my applied ethics class, we're reading an essay by Robinson A. > Grover,"the New State of Nature and the New Terrorism," which > argues that new media > and globalization have brought about a new version of Hobbes' war > of each > against all, etc. > I attempted to buttress some of Grover's claims with the work of Cass > Sunstein, his notion of "The Daily Me," etc. > > This inspired one of my students to ask: are there studies, etc., that > suggest that the new media, by giving us greater communication > with "the > Other" works to make us _less_ fearful of the Other, and thus, > under some > circumstances at least, _more_ likely to engage in aggressive > behaviors,including warfare? That is, his thought is that in a > state of ignorance of > the Other, one is more likely to assume the worst - the Other is > bigger,more powerful, etc., so I'd better stay home. But once I > see the Other on > TV, the Internet, etc., I discover that this is not so... > > I thought it a worthwhile question - citations and suggestions? > > thanks in advance, > > Charles Ess > > Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Reminder - AoIR IR6 general conference evaluation
by Steve Jones 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

For those of you who attended the AoIR IR 6.0 conference in Chicago, and for those of you who wish to share an opinion about AoIR conferences in general, this is a reminder that there is an online evaluation form available at: http://ir6evaluation.notlong.com The form will take about 10 minutes to complete, and perhaps less in most cases. I do strongly encourage 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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software for online surveys: Quask vs Surveymonkey?
by catherine middleton 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

Hello all, Looking through the archives, it seems like surveymonkey is the survey software of choice among AoIR members. Our school has an enterprise license for Quask but we are considering using a different tool. I'd be interested in hearing from anyone else who has used Quask, especially if you have also used surveymonkey and can give a comparison of the two. Thanks, catherine cmiddlet(a)ryerson.ca

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Re: [Air-l] AoIR Annual 4.0: Submission Deadline
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 19 Oct '05

19 Oct '05

A good question for the whole list. Yes, it needs to be original, i.e., copyright has not been assigned elsewhere for the paper. Accepted papers enter into a copyright agreement with Peter Lang Publishers. It can be on the same topic, but must be clearly different material from that published elsewhere. /Caroline (co-editor of this year's annual) ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 13:42:04 -0700 >From: "Karine Barzilai-Nahon" <karineb(a)u.washington.edu> >Subject: Re: [Air-l] AoIR Annual 4.0: Submission Deadline >To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >Mia Hi, > >I have a question. Does the paper needs to be original? I mean - it is a >subject that if forthcoming also in HICSS and I am wondering whether I >can use this paper for the submission.... >Thanks >Karine > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >Karine Barzilai-Nahon >Assistant Professor >The Information School >University of Washington >Mary Gates Hall, Room 370B, Box 352840 >Seattle, WA 98195-2840 >(206) 685-6668, http://www.ischool.washington.edu/karineb > > >-----Original Message----- >From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org >[mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Mia Consalvo >Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 12:41 PM >To: air-l(a)aoir.org >Subject: [Air-l] AoIR Annual 4.0: Submission Deadline > >Hi all, > >It's that time again. Caroline Haythornthwaite and I will be co-editing >the fourth volume of the AoIR Internet Annual, and we are now accepting >papers to review for potential inclusion. If you presented a paper at >AoIR's recent conference in Chicago, your paper is eligible for >submission. > >We need to receive submissions by Monday, October 31, 2005 for full >consideration. Please send them electronically (and in Word format) to >Mia Consalvo at consalvo(a)ohio.edu > >At this point we don't have specific style requirements or page lengths, >but all accepted papers will need to use APA style and be approximately >4000 words in length. Please email Mia if you have further questions >about the guidelines or the process. We hope to make final decisions >about inclusion by the end of December. > >Thanks! >Mia > >-- >Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. >213 RTVC >School of Telecommunications >9 South College Street >Ohio University >Athens, OH 45701 > >(740) 597-1521 >consalvo(a)ohio.edu > >_______________________________________________ >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/ ---------------------------------------- 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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Re: [Air-l] AoIR Annual 4.0: Submission Deadline
by Karine Barzilai-Nahon 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

Mia Hi, I have a question. Does the paper needs to be original? I mean - it is a subject that if forthcoming also in HICSS and I am wondering whether I can use this paper for the submission.... Thanks Karine ------------------------------------------------------------- Karine Barzilai-Nahon Assistant Professor The Information School University of Washington Mary Gates Hall, Room 370B, Box 352840 Seattle, WA 98195-2840 (206) 685-6668, http://www.ischool.washington.edu/karineb -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Mia Consalvo Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 12:41 PM To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] AoIR Annual 4.0: Submission Deadline Hi all, It's that time again. Caroline Haythornthwaite and I will be co-editing the fourth volume of the AoIR Internet Annual, and we are now accepting papers to review for potential inclusion. If you presented a paper at AoIR's recent conference in Chicago, your paper is eligible for submission. We need to receive submissions by Monday, October 31, 2005 for full consideration. Please send them electronically (and in Word format) to Mia Consalvo at consalvo(a)ohio.edu At this point we don't have specific style requirements or page lengths, but all accepted papers will need to use APA style and be approximately 4000 words in length. Please email Mia if you have further questions about the guidelines or the process. We hope to make final decisions about inclusion by the end of December. Thanks! Mia -- Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. 213 RTVC School of Telecommunications 9 South College Street Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 (740) 597-1521 consalvo(a)ohio.edu _______________________________________________ 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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AoIR Annual 4.0: Submission Deadline
by Mia Consalvo 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

Hi all, It's that time again. Caroline Haythornthwaite and I will be co-editing the fourth volume of the AoIR Internet Annual, and we are now accepting papers to review for potential inclusion. If you presented a paper at AoIR's recent conference in Chicago, your paper is eligible for submission. We need to receive submissions by Monday, October 31, 2005 for full consideration. Please send them electronically (and in Word format) to Mia Consalvo at consalvo(a)ohio.edu At this point we don't have specific style requirements or page lengths, but all accepted papers will need to use APA style and be approximately 4000 words in length. Please email Mia if you have further questions about the guidelines or the process. We hope to make final decisions about inclusion by the end of December. Thanks! Mia -- Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. 213 RTVC School of Telecommunications 9 South College Street Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 (740) 597-1521 consalvo(a)ohio.edu

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Antw: air-l Digest, Vol 15, Issue 15
by Carl-Markus Piswanger 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

I am out of office - for requests please call +43 (0)664 8340264 (Mailbox). I will be back on October 24. Carl-Markus Piswanger

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internet research 7?
by Jeremy Hunsinger 18 Oct '05

18 Oct '05

if you want to have some input on themes, keynotes, organization, and other things for the next internet research conference, then you need to join air-meet http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-meet- aoir.org current discussion are in the archives there and include themes, alternative presentation formats, and related issues. 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

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