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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 11 Oct '05

11 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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AoIR 6.0 - lost and found?
by Charles Ess 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Hi - sorry for the mass mailing - but someone left three hammered copper bracelets in the Scottsdale Room of the Marriott - found there Sunday morning by Mark Johns and me. If these are yours - and if you can add a distinguishing descriptor or two - I'll happily pop them into the mail to you. (This is at least one thing a newly minted V.P. can do... smile) cheerios - 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

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IR Student Paper Award
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

We didn't manage to give this award out at the banquet, and then Laura was not able to be present at the Annual meeting when it was announced officially. So, Congratulatons to LAURA ROBINSON on winning the IR Student Paper Award for her paper "Debating the Events of September 11th: Discursive and Interactional Dynamics in Three Online Fora." Comments included "Well-written, thorough, good methodology" "A very strong, significant paper in terms of interdisciplinary theory, combined methodologies, as well as intercultural perspectives." A plaque and copies of the AoIR annual will be making their way to Laura very soon. We also identified one runner up who was very close in the race. Congratulations also to Runner-up VICTOR PICKARD for his paper "Neoliberal Imperative in Global Communication Systems from NWICO to WSIS." Congrats to all who submitted papers. We wish we had more prizes! Now, on to Australia!! /Caroline ---------------------------------------- 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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New CMC + Sociolinguistics listserv, blog
by Lauren Squires 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Dear AoIRers (+ others), What a great week/end in Chicago! Thanks to everyone for the great ideas, conversation, and inspiration. Some of you might be interested in a couple of new online developments for the fostering of discussion related to sociolinguistics (very broadly construed) and CMC: a new LinguistList listerv, as well as a group blog. We (= three linguistics grad students) are hoping to create these spaces to encourage discussion, collaboration, and valuable resource-sharing amongst people doing, or simply interested in, sociolinguistic-type research on CMC. Please forward. For description of the CMC-SLING listserv, to subscribe, or to see the listserv archives (which currently consist of our ramblings on how we should start a listserv): http://cf.linguistlist.org/cfdocs/new-website/LL-WorkingDirs/lists/get-list… Blog, "Sociolinguistics and CMC": http://sociocmc.blogspot.com Though sparse now, these entities should be evolving much in the next few weeks/months - very exciting, please join in. Best, Lauren ---- Lauren Squires Linguistics Program University of Virginia *** http://polyglotconspiracy.net http://sociocmc.blogspot.com

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new economics/policy/soc paper service
by Jeremy Hunsinger 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

this is a great service for those working in the econ/policy/soc area. it is 'new economics papers' which i found through the heterodox economics newsletter. here's the url: http://nep.repec.org/ jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Associatiion of Internet Researchers

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FW: Blogs and Corporate Communications?
by Janna Anderson 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Those of you who are knowledgeable about blogging/business research might want to help this student with her question - see below. Please send replies to her at smcint5(a)yahoo.com Thank you, Janna Anderson Elon University ------ Forwarded Message From: Sharon <smcint5(a)yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 20:15:44 -0700 (PDT) To: andersj(a)elon.edu Subject: Questions I am an older graduate student who is working on a paper this course with the working title of "How will internal/external blogs shape the corporate communications function and profession?" I'm being bold to ask you directly if you might know some sources for the answer to this question. I have found quite a bit of literature on the topic of what is a blog and how it will change communications channels, but little on this particular topic. If you have any ideas of where I might search further, I'd be extremely grateful. Thanks again for your time. Sharon McIntosh DePaul graduate student ------ End of Forwarded Message

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InSITE Conference 2006: Call for Papers, Reviewers, and Sponsors
by Rosemary Agbonlahor 10 Oct '05

10 Oct '05

Hello all, Thought list members might be interested. Apologies for cross-postings. Rosemary ============================= InSITE Conference: Call for Papers, Reviewers, and Sponsors {http://www.salford.ac.uk/}*InSITE * in England* June 25-28, 2006 Informing Science + IT Education Conference* {http://InSITE.nu} First Call for Papers and Reviewers Please help* with the 2006 InSITE (Informing Science + IT Education) conference. {http://InSITE.nu} The conference will be held at University of Salford in Manchester, June 25-28 and includes a banquet at the Manchester United Football Club {http://www.manutd.com/home/}. * by submitting, reviewing, promoting, and sponsoring *1. Submit a paper {http://review.insite.nu} by the end of November and attend the conference in June. * The conference is very friendly and supportive. It brings together colleagues from various disciplines and from around the world to discuss their common research and teaching problems and solutions. Accepted papers are published in either the conference proceedings {http://proceedings.informingscience.org} or one of the Informing Science Institute's journals {http://informingscience.org/}. All our publications are available online free of charge to everyone without regard to membership. Your papers are read and cited by colleagues around the world. Some topics that are particularly of interest are the following: Issues in effectively and efficiently /informing/ clients through information technology. IT is used in all fields, so papers from all disciplines are welcome Information Technology Education such as curriculum and techniques for teaching IT Knowledge &Learning Objects. Any aspect of knowledge and learning objects, such as theory, practice, innovation, and research Doctoral Studies Papers all issues in the teaching and mentoring of doctoral students Misinforming/Disinforming and Bias in informing systems. All submissions undergo blind review by *six* or more external referees and you receive copies of the reviewers comments. *2. Be a conference paper reviewer* Will you review three submissions related to your areas of interest during December? If you have not already signed up, please Sign up here {http://review.insite.nu}. *3. Help us promote the conference to colleagues around the world. * If you are willing to help promote the conference among colleagues, please download, print, and post a copy of a tri-fold call-for-papers: A4 size {http://2006.informingscience.org/docs/CFP-A4-V3.pdf} letter size. {http://2006.informingscience.org/docs/CFP-LET-V3.pdf} *4. Ask your school to sponsor InSITE* The conference also welcomes and relies on sponsors. Your school, faculty, or university can become an academic sponsor for as little as ¤300. Sponsors names and logos are displayed on the conference website, printed materials, and advertising. Other sponsorships are also available. If you know of someone that may be interested in sponsorship, we have a letter to potential sponsors that we can send to you. ¤500 Basic corporate sponsorship ¤750 Named Fellowship for one overseas delegate ¤1000 Named coffee/tea break ¤1500 Named reception ¤2000 Named lunch or partial sponsorship of banquet ¤4500 Named Banquet Sponsorship Thank you in advance for whatever help you can provide. We look forward to your participation in InSITE 2006 and future conferences. If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact us. -*eli* and *Betty* Eli Cohen and Elizabeth Boyd Conference Organizers Informing Science Institute organizers(a)InformingScience.org {mailto:organizers@InformingScience.org}

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Positions at NYU Culture & Communication
by Michael Zimmer 09 Oct '05

09 Oct '05

To AoIR-ers: I've mentioned these job openings to some of you who I've met this week in Chicago. Here are the details for the benefit of all... -michael zimmer ==== Job #1 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY THE STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE & COMMUNICATION ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, TENURE-TRACK The Department of Culture and Communication at New York University invites applications from outstanding scholars of interpersonal communication and social interaction whose work focuses on diverse cultures and technology. Responsibilities: Teach courses in areas of interpersonal communication and social networks, language and discourse and new technologies, as well as core departmental courses, at both graduate and undergraduate levels; supervise graduate and undergraduate students; and have a strong record or potential for publication and research and external funding. Qualifications: Earned doctorate; ability to teach both undergraduate and graduate students; evidence of or potential for a research agenda and publication. Please send cover letter, curriculum vitae, a sample publication no longer than 30 pages, and three letters of reference (under separate cover) to: Arvind Rajagopal, Chair, Search Committee, Dept of Culture and Communication, 239 Greene Street, 7th Floor, New York NY 10003. Review of applications will begin November 10, 2005. NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and works actively to enhance its diversity. Job #2 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY THE STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE & COMMUNICATION ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, TENURE-TRACK The Department of Culture and Communication at New York University invites applications from outstanding scholars of the history and/or philosophy of media and communication. Responsibilities: Teach courses in areas of history and/or philosophy of communication as well as core departmental courses, at both graduate and undergraduate levels; supervise graduate and undergraduate students; and have a strong record or potential for publication and research and external funding. Applicants may include those with research interests in new media technologies. Qualifications: Earned doctorate; ability to teach both undergraduate and graduate students; evidence of or potential for a research agenda and publication. Please send cover letter, curriculum vitae, a sample publication no longer than 30 pages, and three letters of reference (under separate cover) to: Arvind Rajagopal , Chair, Search Committee, Dept of Culture and Communication, 239 Greene Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10003. Review of applications will begin on November 10, 2005. NYU is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and works actively to enhance its diversity. ----- Michael T. Zimmer Doctoral Candidate, Media Ecology Department of Culture and Communication New York University webpage: http://homepages.nyu.edu/~mtz206/ weblog: http://michaelzimmer.blogspot.com/

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