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RE: [Air-l] query about commercial regulation of internet chat
by Heidelberg, Chris 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

Apple recently won a judgment in court against an online magazine for publishing yet to be released information about an upcoming phone ipod. The firm was attempting to force the publication to reveal the internal source. The major media conglomerates are attempting to control content on web through lawsuits and they are receiving support from government agencies and prosecutors. One can see this in the current witch-hunt to get the reporters to reveal their sources in the Washington area and the media frenzy to attack the current Administration. The Center for Public Integrity is a good source for this. Also look at OpenSecrets.org. When you follow the money, you'll see why the companies are doing this. They want to control the web or at the very least dominate it and get rid of upstarts like Amazon, Google and Yahoo that are beginning to become threats to the mainstream media. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Carolyn Penfold Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 12:51 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: RE: [Air-l] query about commercial regulation of internet chat > I've also heard of companies attempting regulate comment about them in > internet groups by threatening legal action over the use of trade marks, > but cannot remember any details, and again don't know anything about the > historical trajectory. > I think I've read of threats of legal action, but I think more defamation type action, occurring in the US. I'm not sure where I read it, but you could try ACLU. Carolyn _______________________________________________ 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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RE: [Air-l] query about commercial regulation of internet chat
by Carolyn Penfold 27 Jul '05

27 Jul '05

> I've also heard of companies attempting regulate comment about them in > internet groups by threatening legal action over the use of trade marks, > but cannot remember any details, and again don't know anything about the > historical trajectory. > I think I've read of threats of legal action, but I think more defamation type action, occurring in the US. I'm not sure where I read it, but you could try ACLU. Carolyn

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RE: [Air-l] Anyone know of published, qualitative studies of trust on e-bay?
by Nafus, Dawn 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Becky Ellis and Anna Haywood at the University of Essex are doing some excellent qualitative work on ebay as a consumption/performance of knowledges phenomenon, though not on trust specifically. They are running this conference http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay/Programme.html The names in the programme should give some guidance. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Ronald Rice Sent: Mon 25/07/2005 22:31 To: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Anyone know of published,qualitative studies of trust on e-bay? I know that there are large-scale, economic analysis of e-bay usage, as it's a great example of an information-based market economy. But someone asked me if there were any user studies of e-bay, specifically about issues of trust, rating credibility, etc. I said, if anyone knows about this stuff, it would be AoIR folks. See you at AoIR in Chicago! Thanks! ======================================================= Ronald E. Rice Arthur N. Rupe Endowed Professor Co-Director, Center for Film, Television and New Media President-Elect of the International Communication Association Dept. of Communication, 4840 Ellison Hall University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020 Ph: 805-893-8696; Fax: 805-893-7102 rrice(a)comm.ucsb.edu http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/rice_flash.htm http://www.cftnm.ucsb.edu/ _______________________________________________ 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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RE: [Air-l] numbers of blog/newsgroups/listserv-users
by Marc Smith 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Newsgroup measurements are available via Netscan at http://netscan.research.microsoft.com. Regards, Marc -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Opgenhaffen Michaël Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 5:17 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] numbers of blog/newsgroups/listserv-users Hello everyone, I've been looking around for recent numbers of users (worldwide or specific) of blogs, newsgroups and/or lists, but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. Anyone could help me out? Thanks in advance! Michaël

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Re: [Air-l] Anyone know of published, qualitative studies of trust on e-bay?
by Putut Widjanarko 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

You may check this articles: Resnick, P. (2002). Beyond Bowling Together: SocioTechnical Capital. <http://www.si.umich.edu/~presnick/papers/stk/index.html> Resnick, P., and Zeckhauser, R. (2001). Trust Among Strangers in Internet: Empirical Analysis of eBayâs Reputation System. <http://www.si.umich.edu/~presnick/ papers/ebayNBER/index.htm> Resnick, P., Zeckhauser, R., Friedman, E., and Kuwabara K. (2000, December). Reputation System. Communication of the ACM, vol. 43 no 12, pp. 45-48. Resnick, P., Zeckhauser, R., Swanson, J., and Lockwood, K. (2002). The Value of Reputation on eBay: A Controlled Experiment. <http://www.si.umich.edu/ ~presnick/papers/psotcards/> Putut Widjanarko PhD Student School of Telecommunication Ohio University -----Original Message----- From: Ronald Rice <rrice(a)comm.ucsb.edu> Sent: Jul 25, 2005 5:31 PM To: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Anyone know of published, qualitative studies of trust on e-bay? I know that there are large-scale, economic analysis of e-bay usage, as it's a great example of an information-based market economy. But someone asked me if there were any user studies of e-bay, specifically about issues of trust, rating credibility, etc. I said, if anyone knows about this stuff, it would be AoIR folks. See you at AoIR in Chicago! Thanks! ======================================================= Ronald E. Rice Arthur N. Rupe Endowed Professor Co-Director, Center for Film, Television and New Media President-Elect of the International Communication Association Dept. of Communication, 4840 Ellison Hall University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020 Ph: 805-893-8696; Fax: 805-893-7102 rrice(a)comm.ucsb.edu http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/rice_flash.htm http://www.cftnm.ucsb.edu/ _______________________________________________ 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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numbers of blog/newsgroups/listserv-users
by Opgenhaffen Michaël 26 Jul '05

26 Jul '05

Hello everyone, I've been looking around for recent numbers of users (worldwide or specific) of blogs, newsgroups and/or lists, but couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. Anyone could help me out? Thanks in advance! Michaël

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Anyone know of published, qualitative studies of trust on e-bay?
by Ronald Rice 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

I know that there are large-scale, economic analysis of e-bay usage, as it's a great example of an information-based market economy. But someone asked me if there were any user studies of e-bay, specifically about issues of trust, rating credibility, etc. I said, if anyone knows about this stuff, it would be AoIR folks. See you at AoIR in Chicago! Thanks! ======================================================= Ronald E. Rice Arthur N. Rupe Endowed Professor Co-Director, Center for Film, Television and New Media President-Elect of the International Communication Association Dept. of Communication, 4840 Ellison Hall University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020 Ph: 805-893-8696; Fax: 805-893-7102 rrice(a)comm.ucsb.edu http://www.comm.ucsb.edu/rice_flash.htm http://www.cftnm.ucsb.edu/

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islamic networks
by Barry Wellman 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

Re Islamic networks, see also Susan Bastani. 2001. "Muslim Women On-Line." Arab World Geographer 3 (1): 40-59. which may be more conveniently found on our NetLab website. Altho the participants in the study were anonymous, most were young women in their 20s and 30s, in North America. Big Qs in those more innocent days were "How do I tell my boss nicely that I don't shake hands or air kiss?" and "WHere can I find halal meat?" Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________

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cfp: who uses community media?
by Marcus Foth 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

From: Christina Spurgeon <c.spurgeon(a)qut.edu.au> Date: 25 July 2005 3:55:29 PM Subject: ::fc-announce:: cfp: who uses community media? Theorising the 'Third Sector' of Media WHO USES COMMUNITY MEDIA? CALL FOR PAPERS Research Stream of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia National Conference in association with Creative Industries Research and Applications Centre, Queensland University of Technology 17-20th November 2005, The Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, Western Australia Community-based media uses and practices disrupt the social relations of modern media. These disruptions have been variously theorised as media citizenship, alternative media and radical media. But is our understanding of community media users as well developed as our ways of framing community media uses? Community media users are also imagined in a variety of ways: as participants, as volunteers, as program makers, as sponsors, and as audiences. So who, precisely, are the users of community media? What are the common interests and differences of community media users? How are these similarities and differences normatively supported (or not) in funding and policy arrangements? And how might they be theorised? The so-called 'third' sector of Australian community broadcasting has its origins in liberal pluralism. It is meant to complement national and commercial broadcasting sectors by adding new practical possibilities and dimensions of meaning to media access, participation and representation. But to what extent is the sector porous to the influences of commerce and government, and do these influences compromise 'third' sector status? Does the 'third' sector of media have, and relate to, its equivalent in society at large? For example, are non-commercial, non-governmental agencies significant 'third' sector media users? How do new media impact upon the 'third' sector status of Australian community broadcasters? What do international initiatives in community media contribute to our understanding of community media users? Proposals are now invited for scholarly papers that address an aspect of the theme, 'Who Uses Community Media?', for presentation in the Research Stream of the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia's 2005 National Conference. This forum aims to provide academics and research students interested in community-based media with valuable networking, presentation, and publication opportunities. Contributions from a range of disciplinary, interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives in the humanities, social and applied sciences are welcome. Abstracts for proposed papers, up to 200 words in length, should reach the Research Stream Coordinator by Monday 19 September, 2005 and should also be directed to: Who uses Community Media? Research Stream Coordinator Christina Spurgeon Media and Communication Creative Industries Faculty, QUT c.spurgeon(a)qut.edu.au For more information about the CBAA National Conference please visit the conference pages on the CBAA website: http://www.cbaa.org.au/ content.php/442.html Dr Christina Spurgeon Lecturer, Media & Communication Course Coordinator, Bachelor of Mass Communication Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology Creative Industries Precinct, Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove Q 4059, Australia Ph. + 61 7 3864 8184 Fax.+ 61 7 3864 8195 Email c.spurgeon(a)qut.edu.au CRICOS No: 00213J -- Marcus Foth MA(DigitalMedia) BCompSc(Hons) BMultimedia m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/ Research Associate Creative Industries Research and Applications Centre Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 3864 3800 - Fax +61 7 3864 3723 http://www.creativeindustries.qut.edu.au/

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Young Islamists, ICTs & participation
by Loader, Brian 25 Jul '05

25 Jul '05

Can anyone help me identify researchers with an interest in how young people from the Islamic faith may be adopting ICTs to foster political participation/inclusion? Brian D. Loader Editor, iCS www.infosoc.co.uk

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