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Question: Did we abandon Birds of a Feather?
by Theresa Senft 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Quick Question: Are we doing Birds of a Feather meets this time in Chicago? I was thinking about organizing an ad hoc get together or folks interested in performance theory and internet studies (including but also *beyond* identity issues) but couldn't find anywhere on the wiki to propose such a thing. Apologies if the BoAF issue was talked to death on the list earlier this year and abandoned as a possibility for Chicago. It certainly wouldn't be the first time I thought it would be cool to do something and found out that pink was no longer the new black. Or something. Thanks in advance for helping the clueless, see you in Chicago and THANKS to the organizers for what looks to be a great program! Best, Terri Senft

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AOIR 6.0 need a roommate
by Irina Shklovski 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Hi, Sorry to send this to the general list instead of just posting this to the wiki, but the conference is really soon and the person who had promised to share my hotel room has has to cancel for personal reasons. I can not afford staying in the hotel room all by myself so this is a little plea to find someone to share a room with ASAP. Please contact me if interested, I have a room reserved at the Mariott already. Thanks! Irina

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[Fwd:IAMCR Announcing the International Researchers Charter
by Michel J. Menou 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

-------- Original Message ------ (apologies if you receive this more than once; please feel free to disseminate) Below is an initiative from some colleagues engaged with the ongoing World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) processes now ongoing, and culminating in the Phase II Summit in Tunis on November... This is part of our own Communication Rights initiatives to greater access of all to knowledge... ======== ANNOUNCING THE INTERNATIONAL RESEARCHERS' CHARTER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) is planning to launch the Charter below in Tunis, after having announced it in its prepcom3 side-event. We are seeking YOUR SUPPORT either as an individual, an NGO, a family or a caucus to support the Charter and to broadcast it as widely as possible. Please take some time to read the principles and their implementation and then go to the following address for endorsement : http://www.PetitionOnline.com/iamcr/ For any more information you can contact the IAMCR-WSIS taskforce or go the site < iamcr.net> Divina Frau-Meigs and Marc Raboy, coordinators of the IAMCR-WSIS taskforce Text of charter below: The International Researchers¹ Charter for Knowledge Societies < an IAMCR contribution to the WSIS < Worldwide, research activity is confronted by diminishing budgets and increasing control of output by a variety of actors including governments, while researchers are being submitted to unprecedented and deleterious changes in their status, salaries and the independence of their investigations. The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) has helped to foster discussion worldwide on the need for unhindered and equal access to the means of communication and information content. The importance of information arising from high quality research in the humanities and the sciences has not, however, been sufficiently emphasized during the Summit. It has not emphasized the central role played by researchers in producing information, in promoting a better understanding of media and ICT systems and their content and functions, and in developing culturally relevant content and fostering communication in support of the attainment of inclusive and people-centred Knowledge Societies. Therefore, the International Association for Media and Communications Research (IAMCR) calls upon researchers worldwide to subscribe to the following Researchers¹ Charter principles and recommendations for action: Charter Principles: 1. Researchers worldwide constitute a community of scholars that is central to the development of societies in which knowledge, information and culture are produced and appropriated in the service of humankind and in which researchers are entitled to seek, retrieve, receive and distribute information freely, regardless of geographical borders and the medium used, supported by information exchange enabled by ICTs; 2. Researchers¹ work should be conducted in working conditions which acknowledge that research is crucial to knowledge production and intellectual development and that researchers¹ contributions to knowledge are significant in achieving a better understanding among peoples, cultures and disciplinary traditions; 3. Researchers should be entitled to intellectual freedom and to transparent evaluation of their results by independent, legitimate public bodies; to express themselves as freely as possible without censorship or curtailment of the distribution of their intellectual outputs using all media and ICTs so as to maintain and expand the global public domain of research and to foster the capacity to contribute to cultural diversity, as well as to ensure informed participation by all citizens in social, cultural and economic activities, thereby promoting a democratic environment at all levels and in all contexts; 4. The results of publicly funded research should remain in the public domain so as to support the development, education and welfare of the general population; public archives, libraries, repositories of content and other Internet and information services worldwide should be accessible to researchers without barriers to access; 5. The universal free exchange among researchers of intellectual work should be regarded as being of critical importance to maintaining a democratic order; it is integral to capacity building for equitable development, to overcoming differences in gender and training, particularly with respect to women and junior researchers especially in developing countries, and in accessing other resources essential for development; it must be regarded as a common good and nurtured as a participatory and collective process involving a network of distributed intellectual work that contributes to lifelong capacity-building in all realms of human activity; 6. Culturally appropriate learning and research practices should be developed to foster community-based self-supporting systems of research; to promote open, collaborative and self-organizing publishing models and software development methods that are accessible to researchers and available in not-for-profit databases, libraries and archives; thereby supporting researchers as content producers and as active participants in the open access paradigm of knowledge creation and exchange, as outlined in various initiatives.[1] <#_ftn1> Implementing the Charter: a. IAMCR invites all researchers, including educators and computer and information science professionals, to adhere to the above principles, by signing this Charter. b. IAMCR invites researchers to strengthen opportunities for cooperation and exchange and to foster communication with all sectors of society with the aim of promoting greater understanding of the role and relevance of research and knowledge and their wide dissemination in society, by mobilizing decision makers worldwide to develop clear policies to implement the above principles. c. IAMCR recommends the establishment of an independent international Researchers¹ Complaints body where researchers can lodge complaints about violations of the above principles and receive an unbiased hearing; such a body should have a mandate to make cases public and to publicise university administrations and governments that violate these principles. Signing this Charter: IAMCR invites the world¹s leading bodies that support these principles and individuals to sign this Charter at http://www.PetitionOnline.com/iamcr/ and to disseminate this Charter widely. Contact: divina.frau-meigs(a)univ-paris3.fr [1] <#_ftnref1> Budapest Open Access Initiative (http://www.biomedcentral.com/openaccess/www/?issue=4 ), Berlin Declaration (http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlindeclaration.html ), Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/ ), Open Courseware Initiative (http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html ), IFLA Internet Manifesto (http://www.ifla.org/III/misc/im-e.htm) etc. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/115 - Release Date: 29/09/2005

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Internet Studies
by Ursula.MAIER-RABLER＠sbg.ac.at 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Hi, I am preparing a course in "Internet Research" and compile a list with (empirical) Internet studies in different areas (e.g. usage, diffusion, e-commerce, education & schools, art & culture, everyday life, e-government ...). It's an introductory course and I would like to introduce the students with current major findings in the diffusion and usage of the Internet in different societal sectors. Is there something comparable with the PEW/Internet-Studies in Europe which is accessible for educational purposes? Can somebody suggest sources for such reports? Thank you in advance Ursula Maier-Rabler __________________________________________ Ass.Prof. Dr. Ursula Maier-Rabler, Academic Director ICT&S Center, University of Salzburg Center for Advanced Studies and Research in Information and Communication Technologies & Society Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse 18 | 5020 Salzburg, Austria phone +43 662 8044 4800 | fax +43 662 6389 4800 info(a)icts.sbg.ac.at | www.icts.sbg.ac.at __________________________________________

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WISE KIDS and IT Wales Conference: "Teen Works 2005: Young People and the Internet"
by Sangeet Bhullar 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

Apologies for cross-posting. Dear Colleagues, WISE KIDS and IT Wales are co-organising a one day conference entitled, "Teen Works 2005: Young People and the Internet", on the 15th of November 2005. The conference will be held at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea, and is one of the events held as part of ict forum wales 2005. The conference aims to explore young people's awareness and use of the Internet and mobile phones, and look at current and upcoming trends in this area. It also aims to look at current research and guidelines in this area, and provide relevant examples and strategies that young people and adults can use to take advantage of the Internet and mobile phone technologies, whilst ensuring their personal safety. Through the specialist seminars in the afternoon, topics like child protection issues and moderating online communities will also be covered. The speakers for the event will include Rhian Davies, Assistant Children's Commissioner for Wales, Josh Dhaliwal, Director of Mobile Youth, Angus Cormie, Director of The Digital Business, Bill Westhead from the Cyberspace Research Unit, University of Central Lancashire and Tamara Littleton, CEO of eModeration. Young people will also be invited to attend and participate in the event. For more details and registration, please visit: http://www.wisekids.org.uk/conferenceregistration.htm Also, please feel free to circulate this notice to any of your colleagues who may be interested to attend. Best wishes, Sangeet Bhullar Executive Director WISE KIDS email: sangeet(a)wisekids.org.uk skype id: sangeetbhullar http://www.wisekids.org.uk Tel. +44 (0)1633 673339; Mobile +44 (0)7900 911940 This email and any file attachments sent with it may have confidential or privileged information. These are intended solely for the individual(s) to whom the email is addressed. If you have received this in error, you may not copy, forward, disclose or use any part of it. Instead, please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify Sangeet Bhullar immediately by sending an email to sangeet(a)wisekids.org.uk or calling +44 (0)7900 911940. Thank you. This email has been scanned for viruses by Norton AntiVirus. Mae'n bosibl fod yn y neges e-bost hon ac unrhyw atodiadau ffeil a anfonir gyda hi wybodaeth gyfrinachol neu freintiedig. Ar gyfer yr unigolyn / unigolion y cyfeiriwyd yr e-bost ato / atynt yn unig y bwriadwyd hi. Os ydych wedi ei derbyn trwy amryfusedd, ni chewch gopïo, anfon ymlaen, datgelu na defnyddio unrhyw ran ohoni. Yn hytrach, a wnewch chi ei dileu hi a phob copi ohoni o'ch system a hysbysu Sangeet Bhullar ar unwaith trwy anfon e-bost at sangeet(a)wisekids.org.uk neu ffonio +44 (0)7900 911940. Diolch. Sganiwyd yr e-bost hwn am firysau gan Norton AntiVirus.

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DOCAM 05, Oct. 7-9 is about to come, Register now !
by Niels Windfeld Lund 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

If you plan to attend DOCAM,the international Document Research conference next week at SIMS, UC-Berkeley,it is now time for register. Registration closes in 2days The conference consists of 3 parts, a general plenary session, a ph.d. session and three parallel workshops in Artistic documents, Health care documents and document management. Speakers are coming from Norway, France, U.S.A and Canada. The program is here: http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/docam05/DOCAM'05programv1.htm Registration can be done here: http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/sommerskole/inscription.html Our key-note speaker this year is coming from GSLIS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, professor W. Boyd Rayward Welcome at DOCAM 05 Niels W. Lund

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Chronicle article: Researchers Find That Keystrokes' Sounds Reveal What Is Being Typed
by ell＠bradley.edu 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

An article from The Chronicle of Higher Education was forwarded to you by: ell(a)bradley.edu The following message was enclosed: things that make you go "hum" This article, "Researchers Find That Keystrokes' Sounds Reveal What Is Being Typed," is available online at this address: http://chronicle.com/temp/email.php?id=6ynk4ja9wxjssce7fupavd7klep88bg7 This article will be available to non-subscribers of The Chronicle for up to five days after it is e-mailed. The article is always available to Chronicle subscribers at this address: http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i06/06a03502.htm _________________________________________________________________ Finding it hard to keep up with all that's happening in academe? The Chronicle's e-mailed Daily Report keeps you up-to-date in a matter of minutes by quickly summarizing current events in higher education while providing links to complete coverage on our subscriber-only Web site. The Daily Report and Web access come with your Chronicle subscription at no extra cost. Order your subscription now at http://chronicle.com/4free?es _________________________________________________________________ Visit us on the Web -- http://chronicle.com Careers & advice -- http://chroniclecareers.com Opinions & critique -- http://chroniclereview.com Arts & Letters Daily -- http://aldaily.com _________________________________________________________________ If you have other problems or questions, please send a message to help(a)chronicle.com _________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc.

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Chronicle article: The Avatars of Research
by ell＠bradley.edu 30 Sep '05

30 Sep '05

An article from The Chronicle of Higher Education was forwarded to you by: ell(a)bradley.edu The following message was enclosed: studying in virtual worlds This article, "The Avatars of Research," is available online at this address: http://chronicle.com/temp/email.php?id=syf11ux7f8ixytmvdao9m3pqdlpljghx This article will be available to non-subscribers of The Chronicle for up to five days after it is e-mailed. The article is always available to Chronicle subscribers at this address: http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i06/06a03501.htm _________________________________________________________________ Finding it hard to keep up with all that's happening in academe? The Chronicle's e-mailed Daily Report keeps you up-to-date in a matter of minutes by quickly summarizing current events in higher education while providing links to complete coverage on our subscriber-only Web site. The Daily Report and Web access come with your Chronicle subscription at no extra cost. Order your subscription now at http://chronicle.com/4free?es _________________________________________________________________ Visit us on the Web -- http://chronicle.com Careers & advice -- http://chroniclecareers.com Opinions & critique -- http://chroniclereview.com Arts & Letters Daily -- http://aldaily.com _________________________________________________________________ If you have other problems or questions, please send a message to help(a)chronicle.com _________________________________________________________________ Copyright (c) The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc.

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Teaching the Wikipedia
by erickaakcire.1532473＠bloglines.com 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

I teach a public speaking & rhetoric class in college - largely to sophomore pharmacy majors, and I'm grading the first batch of speeches which are on a topic of the student's choosing but must be focused on social science. I've got about 15% of the speeches that uncritically cite the Wikipedia - clearly treating it as just another encyclopedia without knowledge of how it is written - or at least no mention of this. (I thought I mentioned what the Wikipedia is in at least one section, but perhaps not.) What I'm doing is explaining what it is and that it's a good place to look for background info but that they need to cite the original resources to use the material in their speeches. I'd also encourage them to do this for any encyclopedic sources. I could think of scenarios where it might be acceptable to cite the Wikipedia as proof of norms or accepted beliefs. So next week I'm going to discuss this with my classes along with more on source credibility generally. Any suggestions? How have you handled this? (I'm particularly interested in responses from other Wikipedia contributors & supporters.) Thanks, Ericka Menchen Trevino Graduate Student http://blog.erickamenchen.net

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AW: [Air-l] Internet Studies
by Ursula.MAIER-RABLER＠sbg.ac.at 29 Sep '05

29 Sep '05

Hi Kate, thank you very much for your help. Ursula -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] Im Auftrag von O'Riordan, Kate Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. September 2005 12:15 An: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Betreff: RE: [Air-l] Internet Studies Hi Ursula There is a report by the Oxford Internet Institute that might be useful for you - it is UK centric rather than pan-European: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/oxis/oxis2005_report.pdf All the best Kate _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org(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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