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Internet and fun/joy/pleasure (Terri He)
by Derek McMillan 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

As a teacher in a school in the UK, I find that the main perception of my pupils is of the internet as a source of fun. A large percentage (I can find out exact figures if this is of use to you) perceive the internet as a safe place to play and only see the "stranger danger" as a result of parental input. The parental input is usually based on a fear and lack of knowledge about the internet and media moral panic rather than an experienced danger to their children. In fact a lot of pupils are simply using MSN or Yahoo messenger to communicate with known friends rather than to communicate with total strangers. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.9/39 - Release Date: 04/07/2005 ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com

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RE: [Air-l] London...the internet accounts
by O'Riordan, Kate 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

Still waiting to find out if friends and family are OK - mobile phone networks and public transport all out in the south of the UK - bad day here. Kate ________________________________ From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Monica Murero Sent: Thu 07/07/2005 13:55 To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] London...the internet accounts ...BBC has created an online environment where people who are "blocked" in the areas of explosions are sending hundreds of e-mails, pictures, but also mms, sms and calls to tell what's going on - and ask what's going on - I was told by a friend who works at BBC. I am reading on the Internet those stories from central London...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/4659237.stm I have no TV here at home...the Internet is my only window on the world .....what a world.... ...I was in London just few days ago.... Monica ************************************************************ Prof. Monica Murero, PhD Director, E-Life International Institute Professor in Communication and Media Integration University of Florence MICC - Center of Excellence for Media Integration and Communication Mailing address: Largo de Gasperi, 1 50137 Firenze (Italy) Tel. + 390 55 4237401 Fax + 390 55 4237400 +390 550 5187 29 Website http://www.micc.unifi.it E-mail: monica.murero(a)unifi.it International Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) AoIR Executive Board - Appointed Seat http://www.aoir.org/?q=node/133 http://www.captaindoc.com/interviews/interviews12.html ********************************************************************* _______________________________________________ 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] IR 6.0 Conference Sessions and Layout
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 07 Jul '05

07 Jul '05

What's online is basically a word file converted to html. It is just my way of sending this out to everyone. Information was taken from the conference site a while ago. As has been noted in emails to presenters, individuals need to edit their information via the conference site. Particularly affiliations were truncated. Changes must be made by June 30th so we can correct the data we have as we make the program. We will be reconciling the information we have with the online version as our next piece of work. /Caroline ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:39:01 -0500 (CDT) >From: elijah wright <elw(a)stderr.org> >Subject: Re: [Air-l] IR 6.0 Conference Sessions and Layout >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >Cc: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org > > > >Are there PDF (or simply non-HTML) versions of that available? > >There are a LOT of errors in the posted files that will need to be >resolved. > >I am hopeful that there is, perhaps, a bug in whatever bit of code >generated that HTML. > >thanks, > >--elijah > > >On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Caroline Haythornthwaite wrote: > >> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:05:23 -0500 >> From: Caroline Haythornthwaite <haythorn(a)uiuc.edu> >> Reply-To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >> To: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org >> Subject: [Air-l] IR 6.0 Conference Sessions and Layout >> >> If you are a presenter you should already have received notice about the >> conference layout. The message would have gone to the lead person on any >> paper. For all others, the conference layout and session organization is now >> available online. It is an all-but-final version. I am hopeful that only >> errors will need to be corrected from here on. Please see these two sites: >> >> http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/IR6-Conference-Layout-June05.html >> >> http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn/IR6-Conference-Sessions-June05.html >> >> Also please note that I will be travelling most of July and will deal with >> email only occasionally. >> >> /Caroline >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> Caroline Haythornthwaite (haythorn(a)uiuc.edu) >> Associate Professor >> Graduate School of Library and Information Science >> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 501 East Daniel St., Champaign, >> IL, 61820 >> phone: 217-244-7453 fax: 217-244-3302 www.lis.uiuc.edu/~haythorn >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> >_______________________________________________ >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/ ---------------------------------------- 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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Internet and fun/joy/pleasure (a follow-up)
by Terri He 06 Jul '05

06 Jul '05

Hi I've received quite a few responses from people on this list and I want to thank you all for that. Having read some of the messages and reread what I have posted yesterday, I guess I want to clarify a bit in regard to the fact that I am looking at the intersection of sexuality and technology. To be more precise, I am working on an online community participated by LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people. I reckon that pron industry, hedonism and topics as such are very intriguing and important as cyberspace and sexuality almost always are closely connected in one way or the other. But when I relate fun/joy/pleasure with the Internet, I was really thinking about the kind of fun we get from exchanges on message boards, or joy and pleasure from online games. And of course, in these areas, sexuality can certainly play an important role. Sorry I wasn't clear enough in the previous post. But i guess when you has worked on somehting for some time, you easily forget about the obvious. Thanks again, Terri

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RE: [Air-l] elections and voting
by Matthew Allen 06 Jul '05

06 Jul '05

ah - sorry :) - deadline is JULY 30 M Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Ed Lamoureux Sent: Wednesday, 6 July 2005 9:43 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] elections and voting yep what's the deadline? On Jul 5, 2005, at 8:08 PM, Matthew Allen wrote: > Can I urge all members to vote, please, and to thereby have your say > in the shape and direction of the Association over the next two years, > by the people you elect to serve on the executive? > > thanks > Matt > > > Dr Matthew Allen > Associate Professor Internet Studies > Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of > Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au > http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm > +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) > Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers > http://www.aoir.org _______________________________________________ > 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/ > Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. Director, Multimedia Program and New Media Center Associate Professor, Speech Communication 1501 W. Bradley Bradley University Peoria IL 61625 309-677-2378 http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~ell/ http://gcc.bradley.edu/mm/ _______________________________________________ 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] elections and voting
by Matthew Allen 06 Jul '05

06 Jul '05

Can I urge all members to vote, please, and to thereby have your say in the shape and direction of the Association over the next two years, by the people you elect to serve on the executive? thanks Matt Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, Humanities Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) Vice-President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org

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RE: [Air-l] Internet and fun/joy/pleasure
by Heidelberg, Chris 05 Jul '05

05 Jul '05

Hi Terri: I am doing my dissertation on edutainment and convergence and how entertainment techniques can be utilized in higher education. My focus is different because I am looking at entertainment professionals as my subjects, not professors primarily. What is interesting is that you will find that the sex industry which is a $10 billion dollar industry according to AVN has driven much of the new digital technology in mainstream films, gaming, telephony, wireless and streaming technology. When George Lucas formally adopted digital filmmaking it became the new standard for production for many new filmmakers and old alike. He is making sizable contributions to education, and so is Bill Gates through his foundation with his wife. However, let's be clear, the real pioneers from both a business model and a creative standpoint are the porn producers who began with the 976 lines, cable television channels, pay per view movies in 80's, the 900 lines, websites, dvds, cds, data mining and ezines. In this decade, streaming, podcasting, mobicasting, videogames and swarmcasting and wireless on demand products are being marketed heavily in the porn industry and now bleeding into the mainstream. Isn't interesting to note that no one hears about the porn industry suing its customers like the RIAA for downloading their products. Yet one can go to any city worldwide and purchase pirated mainstream and porn movies on the streets. The question is why does mainstream media sue its customers for engaging in questionable ethical conduct while the porn industry, which many consider questionable, does not sue its customers. Porn revenues have been growing well, while mainstream movie and music revenues are suffering from pirating. Your research will eventually show you that the porn industry has been increasingly evolving its business model on how to work with and exploit the new digital technologies to make more money rather than spending too much time in the courtroom on copyright infringement lawsuits. The porn industry is more interested in the First Amendment and protecting it through court cases. Many could argue that mainstream media has forfeited civil liberties by not taking harder stances against government action over the past 20 years to protect civil liberties. Have fun, I hope we can help one another through the journey. I am interested in globalism effect on technology because it would appear that the Asian nations and the Europeans are moving with more diligence on wireless and new technologies than Americans. Chris A. Heidelberg PhD Student Higher Education Administration Morgan State University -----Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Terri He Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 3:29 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Internet and fun/joy/pleasure Hi all I am a Mphil/PhD student doing research on the intersection of sexuality and technology. And just recently I got *very* intrigued by the kind of fun/joy/pleasure that we derive from internet use- be it random chatting, blogging, online games etc etc. I realise that this is a very broad thing to discuss, and so as a start, I have in mind a more communal kind of 'fun' that we're having together as a group: e.g., online interactions in mailing lists, message boards, or even flame wars. I plan to pose this question to find out both more about existing literatures related to this specific discussion (which obviously is beyond my knowledge) and people's points of view on issues as such. So far the ideas people and I myself have come up with are quite related to psychoanalytic approach in which joy (jouissance) and pleasure are two notions already prominent in that particular field. But what about fun? I think we need an anatomy of fun. And at the same time I reckon that it is a very American English word though it does travel to a host of other places/cultures all the time. Thanks in advance for any input/feedback on this. Terri _______________________________________________ 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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Internet and fun/joy/pleasure
by Terri He 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

Hi all I am a Mphil/PhD student doing research on the intersection of sexuality and technology. And just recently I got *very* intrigued by the kind of fun/joy/pleasure that we derive from internet use- be it random chatting, blogging, online games etc etc. I realise that this is a very broad thing to discuss, and so as a start, I have in mind a more communal kind of 'fun' that we're having together as a group: e.g., online interactions in mailing lists, message boards, or even flame wars. I plan to pose this question to find out both more about existing literatures related to this specific discussion (which obviously is beyond my knowledge) and people's points of view on issues as such. So far the ideas people and I myself have come up with are quite related to psychoanalytic approach in which joy (jouissance) and pleasure are two notions already prominent in that particular field. But what about fun? I think we need an anatomy of fun. And at the same time I reckon that it is a very American English word though it does travel to a host of other places/cultures all the time. Thanks in advance for any input/feedback on this. Terri

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ICTs, Citizenship & Young People Symposium
by Loader, Brian 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

May be of interest? Call for Papers Logged On but Disaffected? Young People, Citizenship and ICTs A symposium to be held in York, UK 26-27 September 2005 Sponsored by Community Informatics Research & Applications (CIRA) University of Teesside, UK. & Department of Sociology, University of York, This small symposium comprises a number of leading scholars, policy practitioners and activists who are involved in the study and adoption of ICTs as a means to facilitate the active engagement of young people in democratic governance. It addresses such questions as: - How can ICTs be best used to facilitate active participation by young people in democratic politics? - Can ICTs become a part of citizenship education curriculum? - What kinds of online interaction facilitate effective deliberation between young people? - What kinds of ICTs are most likely to engage the hard-to-reach groups of disaffected young people? - How can ICTs enable genuine respect and involvement of young people in national and local decision-making? Keynote Speakers include: Stephen Coleman, Oxford Internet Institute; Ross Ferguson, Hansard Society; Raji Hunjan, Carnegie-youth Initiative; Sonia Livingsone, LSE; Brian D. Loader, CIRA, University of Teesside; Gustavo Mesch, University of Haifa; Zandria Pauncefort, Institute for Citizenship; Robert Watt, University of Essex The papers will form the basis of a proposed publication (possibly as a contribution to the Routledge series edited by Brian D. Loader). Selected authors may also be invited to submit a copy of their paper to the journal Information, Communication & Society (www.infosoc.co.uk <http://www.infosoc.co.uk/> ) for consideration. The deadline for receipt of the abstracts is 22 July 2005. Abstracts, not exceeding 300 words, must be sent electronically to Brian D. Loader at b.d.loader(a)tees.ac.uk. The Deadline for receipt of full papers (not exceeding 7,000 words and with an abstract of up to 300 words) is 19 September 2005.

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The Global Networked Readiness in Education Survey
by Miraj Khaled 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

FYI. //// miraj =========== The Global Networked Readiness in Education Survey http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/BerkmanPress/GNRE%20FINAL-1.pdf Researched and written by Berkman fellows, Colin Maclay and Geoffrey Kirkman, the Global Networked Readiness in Education survey seeks to aid school leaders and policymakers by helping them to examine the role and effects of integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into formal learning. While educators and policymakers have invested tremendous resources into preparing students for a globalizing and technology-savvy world, they've often done so with limited understanding of the characteristics and impact of ICTs in education, resulting in problems with planning, implementation and measurement, and ultimately a techno-centric approach to integrating ICT in learning. The survey includes results from over 5000 surveys of students, teachers, computer lab administrators and heads of school in schools in Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, the Gambia, India (Karnataka), Jordan, Mexico, Panama, the Philippines, South Africa, and Uganda. And the findings of their research? Check out the report download a copy here. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/BerkmanPress/GNRE%20FINAL-1.pdf Source: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=777 //////// Miraj Khaled ============ techiemik(a)yahoo.com mindexplorer.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com

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