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by Peter Timusk 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

I wonder if any security people have some tips for internet harassment for adults. Especially concerning ex-partners. I might be making a tip sheet and would like some resources to go by. I have some ideas but haven't written anything down yet. The people I am doing this for have done some searches on law enforcement pages and our own RCMP have at various times offered internet safety tips at their web site. I know the FBI also offer this. I wonder if any one has found anything specifically on this "partner assault and Internet safety tips" I just found this site on goggle http://www.owjn.org/concern.htm rather than just point out resources does anyone do research in this area? I am trying to hook up with an National(Canada) Research council member who does Information security in terms of computer science and find some legal studies research project for graduate school that might show the implications of this hard security research in terms of its legal-social affects. I was going to present a paper on the harms of hacking in Chicago but our panel did not get accepted. My paper is not all that great in terms of dealing with the question of the harms of hacking but you can read it for hacking cases anyways if you have time or inclination. Computer crime: is hacking really that bad? An exploration of the cases and laws concerning unauthorised access to computers. it is here. http://www3.sympatico.ca/ptimusk/LAWS4908.html Peter Timusk, B.Math, just trying to stay linear. Read by hundreds of lurkers every week. On Jun 21, 2005, at 8:23 PM, Isa Ducke wrote: > Another example for the danger of tracking down abused ex-partners via > Internet: I have met an organiser of a women's shelter who argued she > didn't want a homepage because it would help violent husbands finding > the shelter where their wives are now; of course they are not listed > in telephone directories. She didn't know, however, that some > well-meaning person had already set up a website: with complete > address, telephone number, photos (and a call for donations). > Apparently, the violent husbands hadn't figured that out (yet), > either. > > ***************************************************** > Isa Ducke PhD > Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Research Fellow > Sozialwissenschaften / Social Science > German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) > 3-3-6 Kudan-Minami, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0074 , JAPAN > Tel: +81-3-3222-5077 (reception) -5468 (Direct) > FAX +81-3-3222-5420 e-mail: ducke(a)dijtokyo.org > http://www.dijtokyo.org > ***************************************************** > > > ----- Original Message ----- > FR and similar sites also enable people to track down others who may > not wish to be tracked down e.g. violent men tracking down ex-wives > that they have abused; parents or children tracking down those > children or parents who do not wish to have contact. Individuals may > be literally ex-directory (re phone directories, to protect > themselves), but may not realise they are not 'ex directory on the > Internet' until it is too late. > This is related to your stalking category, but maybe separate (the > individuals are well known to each other, whereas stalking is perhaps > more often associated with strangers). > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ Peter Timusk, B.Math, just trying to stay linear. Read by hundreds of lurkers every week.

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Re: Air-l-aoir.org Digest, Vol 12, Issue 13
by Kathy Mancuso 18 Jul '05

18 Jul '05

Hi Peter and Gerald, Well, I keep a blog at museumfreak.livejournal.com that is sometimes related to disability. There's a number of community journals on LiveJournal which are related, but I think the highest traffic general one would be no_pity. Karen Nakamura, who studies the anthropology of disability in Japan, also has one at www.photoethnography.com/disability. LisyBabe has an excellent and funny one at http://lisybabe.blogspot.com. The Ragged Edge, an online newsletter (www.raggededge.com) keeps a blogroll and recently had an article on disability blogging. Gregor Wolbring (the STS thalidomider) I believe also keeps a blog. You totally took one of my future planned research topics (sitting as I am at the intersection of social software and disability studies). But maybe since you're in Australia I can still get away with doing it here. That's the difficulty--every time I come up with something to say, I do a literature search and somebody else has already said it! Kathy

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3 communication positions, University of Utah, USA
by Cassandra Van Buren 15 Jul '05

15 Jul '05

Please distribute freely. Apologies for x-listing. Best Wishes - Cassandra Van Buren ************************ Converging Media The Department of Communication at the University of Utah seeks qualified applicants for a tenure-track assistant professor position with emphasis in converging media, effective July 1, 2006. The qualified applicant will have a completed, or nearly completed, PhD in mass communication or closely related field and be able to demonstrate potential excellence in teaching, research and/or creative scholarship with an integrated view of the following areas: new media theory, criticism, and design (as related to film, television, animation, web design, interactive media and scriptwriting, mobile technologies, and videogames); and new communication technology law and policy, history, or political economy. The qualified candidate will be able to teach theoretical and design courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels emphasizing the social, cultural, historical, and creative aspects of converging media. Direction of graduate students is required. Candidates must be fluent in the Adobe and Macromedia suites in communication contexts. The Department of Communication is an intellectual community that is committed to diversity, celebrates a complex of interests, and pursues a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary projects. Strong candidates will be interested in and able to make connections to our scholarly community. Review of applications begins September 30, 2005, and continues until the position is filled. Applicants must submit an application letter, vita, three letters of recommendation, samples of scholarly and/or creative activity, graduate transcripts, and evidence of teaching excellence to: Professor Robert Avery, Chair Search Committee, 255 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 2400, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0491. The University of Utah is fully committed to policies of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity and vigorously pursues affirmative action in all programs, activities, and employment with regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, and status as a person with a disability. Religion, sexual orientation, and status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era also are protected under nondiscrimination and equal opportunity employment policies. The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and particularly encourages applications from women and minorities. The University provides reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of applicants and employees. ************************ THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, DEPARMENT OF COMMUNICATION invites applications for two faculty positions. Assistant/Associate Professor in Communication & Diversity The Department of Communication at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track assistant or associate professor of communication effective July 1, 2006. Strong candidates will have a background in media studies as it relates to cultural, racial, and/or ethnic diversity or strong expertise in: diversity or minority issues in mass communication; cultural, racial, or ethnic issues in the media; critical media approaches; media effects; journalism; or integrated communication. Highly qualified applicants will have a completed or nearly completed Ph.D. in mass communication, or a closely related discipline or a recognized research or creative scholarship agenda; appropriate professional experience; a record of or demonstrated potential for teaching excellence; and the promise or early evidence of a productive research or creative scholarship program. Highly qualified candidates will be able to teach a variety of skills and concept courses. Academic rank contingent upon qualifications. Assistant Professor in Journalism/Mass Communication The Department of Communication at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in journalism/mass communication effective July 1, 2006. The Department is particularly interested in candidates with a background in international or global mass communication. Strong candidates will have professional experience in journalism; a completed, or nearly completed, Ph.D. in mass communication or a closely related discipline; a record of or demonstrated potential for teaching excellence; and the promise or early evidence of a productive research program in any of the following areas: print journalism, international mass communication; the role of the mass media in society, the media's impact on society, or methodological questions and their relationship to society. Highly qualified candidates will be able to teach reporting, writing, and editing; graduate and undergraduate courses in their own areas of expertise; or other areas consistent with the department's needs. The successful candidate also will be able to establish and build relationships with local media professionals. The University of Utah recognizes that a diverse faculty benefits and enriches the educational experiences of the entire campus and greater community. To this end, the Department of Communication is committed to removing barriers that have been traditionally encountered by individuals from underrepresented groups; strives to recruit faculty who will further enrich our campus diversity; and makes every attempt to support their academic, professional and personal success while they are here. The presence and success of these faculty members enhances the educational experience of everyone. The Department of Communication is an intellectual community that is committed to diversity, celebrates a complex of interests, and pursues a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary projects. Strong candidates will be interested in and able to make connections to our scholarly community. Review of both positions applications begins September 30, 2005 and continues until the positions are filled. Applicants must submit an application letter, vita, three letters of recommendation, samples of scholarly and/or creative activity, and evidence of teaching excellence to: Professor Glen Feighery, Chair, Search Committee, 255 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 2400, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0491. The University of Utah is fully committed to policies of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity and vigorously pursues affirmative action in all programs, activities, and employment with regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, and status as a person with a disability. Religion, sexual orientation, and status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam era also are protected under nondiscrimination and equal opportunity employment policies. The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and particularly encourages applications from women and minorities. The University provides reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of applicants and employees. ..^..^..^..^..^..^..^..^..^..^..^..^.. Cassandra Van Buren, Ph.D. Department of Communication University of Utah 255 S. Central Campus Drive LNCO 2400 Salt Lake City UT 84112 USA 801.581.7268 voice cvb at utah.edu www.utah.edu/newmedia

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disability & blogging?
by Gerard Goggin 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Dear Air-listeros, With my colleague Tim Noonan, I'm writing a chapter on disability and blogging for a Peter Lang collection on 'The Uses of Blogs' -- working title is 'Blogging Disability: The Interface Between New Cultural Movements and Internet Technology'. We'd welcome any suggestions of writings on disability and blogging or good examples of blogs of people with disabilities. Many thanks in advance. Gerard Goggin -- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Dr Gerard Goggin ARC Australian Research Fellow Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072 Qld Australia e: g.goggin(a)uq.edu.au m: 0428 66 88 24 www.gerardgoggin.net// www.cccs.uq.edu.au research blog: http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/~blogs/gerardgoggin/

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Air-l-aoir.org Digest, Vol 12, Issue 8 > shock, fear ...
by Ludmil Duridanov 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

Dear Mr. Khillis, a colleague of mine is exploring in her MA Diss. the problem "fear" in movies (sequencies). If German is one of your preferred languages to read, I can look for her eMail-address and tel. All the things written by the Frankfurt School people are "pragmatically" developped theoretical prospects from prevoius writings 19./20. c. Their only advantage is a "communicative" orientation, so they offer an "interface" to the different levels of media and business management today. But if you grab deeper you'll discover much more "Basics" in Simmels or Kirkegaards, Jaspers writings and of other guys with an own way/style of thinking. If you want to explore shock and fear as phenomena you have also to look at the philosophical expertise of Kirkegaard and the sociological one of Durkheim. Durkheim has even written a monograph on self suicide. 1990 I exposed critically different points of "communication philosophy" under the aspect "How much should we go further in the develepment of "digital experience" (the only problem is, the monograph is written in Bulgarian, but I am about to go further in my communication "philosophy" writing a small article till the end of this). So I would be very interested to exchange some expertise looking for a dialogue with someone "digitally" immersed in his everyday experience. Best regards Ludmil -- Dr. Ludmil Duridanov Philosophical Faculty Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) <http://www.uni-jena.de/> +49 3641 9 44728 +49 3641 226 062 +49 173 806 41 53 http://www.uni-jena.de/~x1dulu ***

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4 papers and 1 dissertation on opensource.mit.edu
by Karim R. Lakhani 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

<sorry for any x-postings> Dear All, Hope everyone is doing ok. Please find information on the following new papers on our community website. Best Karim Paper 1 Authors: MacCormack, Alan, John Rusnak & Carliss Baldwin Title: Exploring the Structure of Complex Software Designs: An Empirical Study of Open Source and Proprietary Code (updated) http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/maccormackrusnakbaldwin2.pdf Abstract: This paper reports data from a study that seeks to characterize the differences in design structure between complex software products. In particular, we use Design Structure Matrices (DSMs) to map the dependencies between the elements of a design and define metrics that allow us to compare the structures of different designs. We first use these metrics to compare the architectures of two software products – the Linux operating system and the Mozilla web browser – that were developed via contrasting modes of organization: specifically, open source versus proprietary development. We then track the evolution of Mozilla, paying particular attention to a purposeful “re-design” effort that was undertaken with the intention of making the product more “modular.” We find significant differences in structure between Linux and the first version of Mozilla, suggesting that Linux had a more modular architecture. We also find that the redesign of Mozilla resulted in an architecture that was significantly more modular than that of its predecessor, and indeed, than that of Linux. Our results, while exploratory, are consistent with a view that different modes of organization are associated with designs that possess different structures. However, we also illustrate that purposeful managerial actions can have a large impact on structure. This latter result is important given recent moves to release proprietary software into the public domain. These moves are likely to fail unless the product possesses an architecture that facilitates participation. Our paper provides evidence that a tightly-coupled design can be adapted to meet this objective. Paper 2 Author: Vetter, Greg R Title: "Infectious" Open Source Software: Spreading Incentives or Promoting Resistance? http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/vetter2.pdf Abstract Some free or open source software infects other software with its licensing terms. Free or open source software is a copyright based licensing system. It typically allows modification and distribution on conditions such as source code availability, royalty-free use and other requirements. Some licenses require distribution of modifications under the same terms. A license is infectious when it has a strong scope for the modifications provision. The scope arises from a broad conception of software derivative works. A strong infectious ambit would apply itself to modified software, and to software intermixed or coupled with non-open-source software. Popular open source software, including the GNU/Linux operating system, uses a license with this feature. This Article assesses the efficacy of broad infectious license terms to determine their incentive effects for open source and proprietary software. The analysis doubts beneficial effects. Rather, on balance, such terms may produce incentives detrimental to interoperability and coexistence between open and proprietary code. As a result, open source licensing should precisely define infectious terms in order to support open source development without countervailing effects and misaligned incentives. Paper 3 Author: Vetter, Greg R Title: The Collaborative Integrity of Open-Source Software http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/vetter1.pdf Abstract: This Article analyzes legal protection for open-source software by comparing it to the venerable civil law tradition of moral rights. The comparison focuses on the moral right of integrity, with which one may object to mutilations of her work, even after having parted with the copyright and the object that embodies the work. The parallel apparatus in open-source licensing is conditional permission to use a copyrighted work. The conditions include that source code be available and that software use be royalty-free. These conditions facilitate open-source collaborative software development. At the heart of both systems is the right for creators to control the view that a work presents. In the open-source system, this is the Collaborative Integrity of open-source software. The history and legacy of moral rights help us better understand Collaborative Integrity in open-source software. The right of integrity in some international jurisdictions may apply to software, thus raising questions whether it hurts or helps open-source software. Building from these insights, this Article evaluates whether the Collaborative Integrity in open-source software deserves protection as a separate right, just as the right of integrity developed separately from pecuniary copyright in civil law jurisdictions. Paper 4 Authors CLéMENT-FONTAINE, Mélanie, Nicolas JULLIEN & Jean-Michel DALLE Title: New economic models, new economy for software http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/fichier_rapporte.pdf Abstract This report proposes some presentations and analysis of several FLOSS business models, and a juridical analysis of the use of Free licenses. We propose also a synthetical analysis of the impact of FLOSS on the computer industry. Dissertation Hope, Janet Title: Open Source Biotechnology http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/hope.pdf Abstract: Building on discussions with public and private sector industry participants, funding agencies, leaders of the free and open source software movement and scholars in a range of disciplines, this PhD thesis assesses the desirability and feasibility of extending open source principles to biotechnology research and development. It argues that "open source biotechnology" is both desirable and broadly feasible, and demonstrates that many of the essential elements of an embryonic open source movement are already present in this field. -- Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan | The Boston Consulting Group Mobile: +1 (617) 851-1224 http://spoudaiospaizen.net http://web.mit.edu/lakhani/www | http://opensource.mit.edu _______________________________________________ Community mailing list Community(a)opensource.mit.edu http://opensource.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/community

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workshop on mobile media at AoIR.6
by Gitte Stald 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

To all who intend to participate in AOIR.6 in Chicago: Consider joining our pre-conference workshop on the mobile Internet Wednesday October 5 (not October 6 as it says on the registration site) from 8am to 12pm. Participation in the workshop is free if you participate in AOIR.6 and you register for the workshop when you register for the conference. Please se description below. For further information / a longer description of the purpose and program please contact me stald(a)hum.ku.dk <mailto:stald@hum.ku.dk> or Anxo Roibas A.C.Roibas(a)bton.ac.uk <mailto:A.C.Roibas@bton.ac.uk> . Candidates should submit a brief position paper of 1-2 pages to the organisers if they intend to participate with a paper or a creative presentation or a problem proposal / problem scenario for discussion. We welcome presentations of creative uses or hands-on demonstrations of problems and potentials of the mobile Internet. Therefore we hope to see scholars as well as practitioners among the participants. The workshop will be open for other interested participants. Minimal number of participants is 7. Deadline for submissions of position papers and for sign-up for interested participants: According to AOIR.6 general deadlines. THE MOBILE INTERNET. Problems and potentials The workshop will explore theories and analysis and creative or technological presentations on socio-cultural aspects of the mobile Internet. The main focus is on topics regarding e.g. mobility, information exchange, interpersonal communication, surveillance, democratic potential, media convergence, user driven innovation, industrial interest in the mobile Internet, plus aspects of uses related to age, gender, and culture. Other suggestions are welcome. Organizers/Presenters: Gitte Stald, Film & Media Studies U. of Copenhagen; Anxo Cereibas Roibas, U. of Brighton See (many of) you in Chicago ... :-) Gitte __________________________________________ Gitte Stald Film & Media Studies Department of Media, Cognition and Communication University of Copenhagen Tel: +45 35329181 Email: stald(a)hum.ku.dk <mailto:stald@hum.ku.dk> URL: http://www.media.ku.dk <http://www.media.ku.dk/>

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International conference
by Dr. Nadia Kutscher 14 Jul '05

14 Jul '05

We would like to invite you to the following international conference: Cyberworld unlimited? Digital Inequality and New Spaces of Informal Education for Young People International Conference February 9th -11th 2006 Bielefeld, Germany Today, the internet is regarded as the central resource for knowledge and information. Associated with this is the idea that everyone is able and even expected to serve himself or herself according to his or her own needs via this medium. Since more and more services (banks, universities, schools, public administration etc.) are delivered online the internet seems to allow its users to enjoy specific advantages in dealing with their everyday life. However, using the internet is based on a range of preconditions. New results of empirical and theoretical research indicate the rise of a social divide in this context. Within the internet, differences in ways of use can be identified alongside social inequalities. They mirror boundaries of the "real life" in the virtual space e.g. in terms of forms of communification and spaces for appropriation (in a sense of self-formation processes of social actors). These are not only shaped by invidual preferences but particularly by social structures and processes. This appears in two dimensions: by processes of social closure and by service structures which only reach special target groups - prevalently in contrary to their own intention. In the context of the broader debate on education it is stated that formal educational structures are to be urgently completed by arrangements which are structured in informal resp. nonformal ways. Particularly the internet is suggested to play a special role in this respect. However, the phenomenon of digital inequality points to limitations consolidated by effects of cultural, social and material resources: Economical resources affect opportunities of access, priorities of everyday life shape respective intentions of internet use, social relationships have an impact on the support structures available and ways of appropriation reproduce a specific understanding of informal education ("Bildung"). This produces an early stratification of opportunities especially for the subsequent generation and may lead to extensive inequalities regarding the distribution of advantages in terms of education. Thus the capacity of the virtual space in terms of participatory opportunities and democratic potentials raises concerns of major relevance with respect to social and educational policy. From the perspective of different disciplines involved in these issues it is essential to clarify this issue in empirical as well as theoretical ways and to make it utilizable for a future-orientied practice. In particular, the following questions are central for the analysis: a.. What are the impacts of technical equipment and social sites of access with respect to online participation? b.. How do social preconditions influence differences in using the internet and which are the consequences for young people's ways of use? c.. What forms of communification and specific media cultures can be observed on the internet and how do they affect informal processes of education? d.. In which ways are aspects of the "real life" and the "virtual space" related regarding the facilitation of different ways of appropriation? e.. Which preconditions are required for opening up new spaces of education for young people via the informal structure of the internet? For further questions please take at look at the conference website http://www.kib-bielefeld.de/tagung/engl/ or contact me. Best regards Nadia Kutscher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Nadia Kutscher Project Co-Ordinator Center of Competence for Informal Education (CCIE) Faculty of Educational Sciences University of Bielefeld Postfach 10 01 31 D-33501 Bielefeld Germany Tel.:++49-(0)521-106 3297 Fax: ++49-(0)521-106 8047 Email: nadia.kutscher(a)uni-bielefeld.de KIB/CCIE: http://www.kib-bielefeld.de/engl/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Re: [Air-l] Telecommunications Grad Programs
by ANDREW RUSSELL 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Hi Ralph - There is a terrific Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder, http://itp.colorado.edu/ The program is designed around the conviction that students should be trained in economics, law, and policy as a complement to the technical skills they need to be successful professionals. It is a diverse program with an international student body, a very distinguished faculty, and plenty of opportunities for mentoring and internships with firms in the Denver area (Qwest, Sun, IBM, Level 3, etc.). Phil Weiser hosts fantastic conferences through his Silicon Flatirons Telecom Program (http://www.silicon-flatirons.org) And of course you get to live in Boulder ;-) Andy Russell History of Science and Technology Johns Hopkins University ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralph Siddall <ralph-siddall(a)uiowa.edu> Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 0:30 am Subject: [Air-l] Telecommunications Grad Programs > A friend of mine currently in Cambodia was approached by someone > inquiring > about MA programs in telecommunications. I told her I'd pass his > request on to > those on this list. Are there any good sources for listing these > programs, or > does anyone have any specific programs they'd like to recommend? > > Thanks in advance. > Peace, Ralph > -- > Ralph W. Siddall > The University of Iowa > Department of Communication Studies > 134 BCSB > Iowa City, IA 52242 > ralph.siddall(a)gmail.com

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London: Shopping in the Digital Age: a Critical View
by csandvig＠uiuc.edu 13 Jul '05

13 Jul '05

Dear AoIR colleagues and friends: A free event in London this Friday that may be of interest to those concerned about e-commerce / databases / privacy / marketing. Christian **************************************************** SHOPPING IN THE DIGITAL AGE: A CRITICAL VIEW Friday, 15 July 2005 5:30 p.m. to about 6:30 p.m. with wine and cheese to follow Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research (tube: Marble Arch) Stanhope House, Stanhope Place (at Hyde Park) London W2 2HH Free and open to the public; no advance booking is required. A public lecture by Professor Joseph Turow. Professor Turow is just completing a comprehensive study of the ways in which new digital technology fundamentally alters the relationship between consumers and those interactively involved in selling to them. Professor Turow provides novel insights into the privacy issues, questions of autonomy and self, and areas for regulatory concern. Turow is Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School For Communication. He is the author of more than 50 articles and seven books on mass media industries, including _Breaking Up America: Advertisers and the New Media World_, _Playing Doctor: Television, Storytelling and Medical Power_, and _Getting Books to Children: An Exploration of Publisher-Market Relations_. This event is hosted by the Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research and co-sponsored by the Internet Society of England. For more information: http://www.stanhopecentre.org/ info(a)stanhopecentre.org 0207 479 5900

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