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relation digital divide - knowledge gap
by Opgenhaffen Michaël 11 May '05

11 May '05

I'm doing research within the area of the digital divide. I was wondering if the causal relation between the digital divide and the knowledge gap is examined. Most of the time, these two concepts are described in relation to each other (digital divide leads to knowledge gap), but i didn't find a study that really describes the relation between these two concepts. Anyone that can help me out? Michaël

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job opportunity
by Ed Lamoureux 11 May '05

11 May '05

<http://www.bradley.edu/humanresources/Multimedia.html> Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts, Bradley University, Peoria Il. Multimedia Program Temporary Instructor, Full-Time august 05 start. 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/

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Fwd: [IP] Job opening: Technology-politics reporter in Washington, DC
by Jeremy Hunsinger 11 May '05

11 May '05

Begin forwarded message: > From: David Farber <dave(a)farber.net> > Date: May 11, 2005 9:11:44 AM EDT > To: Ip ip <ip(a)v2.listbox.com> > Subject: [IP] Job opening: Technology-politics reporter in > Washington, DC > Reply-To: dave(a)farber.net > > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> > Date: May 10, 2005 4:32:58 PM EDT > To: politech(a)politechbot.com > Subject: [Politech] Job opening: Technology-politics reporter in > Washington, DC > > > News.com seeks a reporter in Washington, DC to write about > technology and politics. > > This position will report to yours truly for day-to-day > assignments. Because I'm moving to San Francisco starting August 1, > we'd like to fill this position soon so I can work with the new > reporter in person over the next few months (and virtually > thereafter). > > This will be a full-time position with benefits, and the candidate > must live in Washington, DC or the nearby suburbs. > > Last I checked, the job description has not been posted on the CNET > Networks corporate site but the qualifications are similar to those > of a News.com associate editor position: > > http://careers.cnetnetworks.com/candidatebench/jobdetails.jsp? > reqId=8873&type=ALL > "The ideal candidate will hold a college degree in English, > journalism or a related field, as well as 1-3 years of writing or > editing experience, preferably related to technology. Candidates > should be familiar with AP style and with the rudiments of HTML. > Experience in print or online publishing under tight deadlines is a > plus. Candidates must have excellent English grammar skills, be > detail-oriented, produce high-quality work and handle multiple > tasks with speed and grace." > > You can find general information about CNET hiring policies and > company benefits here: > http://www.cnetnetworks.com/careers/?tag=cnetfd.ft > > If you're interested, please send a resume and writing samples to > declan.mccullagh/at/cnet.com with "DC JOB" in the Subject: line. > Please do NOT include Microsoft Word or HTML attachments; instead, > include a link to the documents or attach them as PDF files. Do not > call. Only send email. > > Please do not circulate this email message after July 8, 2005. > > Thanks, > Declan > _______________________________________________ > Politech mailing list > Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ > Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) > > > ------------------------------------- > You are subscribed as jhuns(a)vt.edu > To manage your subscription, go to > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip > > Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting- > people/ > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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RE: [Air-l] Know of humanities/social science research on wireless?
by O''Riordan, Kate 11 May '05

11 May '05

The Centre for Mobilities Research at Lancaster University might be useful: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/sociology/cemore/ All the best Kate

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Fwd: Call for papers :: ICT4D and Universities
by Miraj Khaled 11 May '05

11 May '05

FYI. /// miraj -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call for papers-ICT4D and universities Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 15:09:33 -0700 From: Raul Roman <rroman(a)u.washington.edu> "Information Technologies and International Development (ITID)" is a leading MIT Press journal that focuses on the intersection of information and communication technologies (ICTs) with international development. ITID invites submissions for a special issue titled Information Technology, Higher Education, and Sustainable Development: The Role of Universities in Building Knowledge Societies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This special issue will address how universities in developing countries are implementing innovative teaching, research and outreach activities that link ICTs to the development-related needs and activities of different local and national stakeholders, including scientists, educators, entrepreneurs, governments, civil society organizations, and rural communities. The issue will reflect how universities in developing countries are seeking to contribute to ‘ICT for Development’ (ICT4D) efforts, the impact of their efforts upon society and universities, and the internal and external challenges they face in realizing a productive and meaningful place in the ICT4D movement. The goal of this ITID issue is to lay a foundation for research and policy making in this area. The issue carries the same title as a conference recently held in Manila (www.cis.washington.edu/manila2005 <http://www.cis.washington.edu/manila2005>). The Manila conference itself built on previous international meetings at Makerere University (http://www.makerere.ac.ug/dicts/conference) Cornell University (http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/conf/2004/ict) and the 2003 World Summit on the Information Society (http://www.wsis-online.net/smsi/classes/ict4d/events/ict4d-events-282979/ev…) that focused not only on building universities ICT capacity, but their capacity to leverage ICT to foster social and economic development. **For example, some relevant topics could be (a) the institutional capacity of universities to create knowledge tailored to different outside stakeholders; (b) the uses and effects of university involvement in community projects such as telecenters; (c) the creation of university programs that prepare students to become professionals in ICT-enabled development, or (d) efforts by universities to engage in local, national, or international policy-relevant research on emerging ICT issues. The topic of this ITID issue is broad and inherently multidisciplinary. The editors welcome a diverse pool of submissions from different fields such as political science, information science, communication research, education, rural sociology, computer science, telecommunications, economics, public health, and public policy, among others. The papers selected will present novel research that is theoretically grounded and methodologically sound, as well as those that relate to policy development and practical on-the-ground approaches to realizing the Millennium Development Goals and creating the building blocks of knowledge societies. Potential contributors should submit a 750-word abstract of the proposed article by May 31^st , 2005 to: itid-ed(a)mit.edu Visit http://mitpress.mit.edu/itid for specific instructions for authors. The guest editors of this ITID issue (in alphabetical order) are: Royal D. Colle (Cornell University), Christopher T. Coward (University of Washington), Colin M. Maclay (Harvard Law School), and Raul Roman (University of Washington). ----------------------------------- Miraj Khaled ============ techiemik(a)yahoo.com mindexplorer.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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terminology to describe developing countries
by Carolyn Wei 10 May '05

10 May '05

Hello, A few weeks ago I asked for input from this list on terminology to describe developing countries that had some analog technological infrastructure, if not the most digital, cutting-edge stuff. I had been calling such places "digitally emergent." Here's a synthesis of the comments I received from others on the topic, which are helpful for providing a more granular understanding of the words I've heard or used to describe developing places. * Second World (as in First, Second, and Third World. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World) -- very problematic term. It has ambiguous, multiple meanings. It is obsolete in the sense that it references a Soviet presence that no longer exists. * Fourth World -- see Manuel Castells' work. socially powerless places/people such as women, children, or ethnic minorities. Can mean ethnic minority populations who are not fully represented by their nation-state/government. Can also suggest completely unindustrialized places. * Information rich or information poor. a way to characterize societies as they transition to knowledge-based economies. "Information rich" suggests people with access to information, e.g., through the Web, newspapers, etc. This rich/poor split can apply to international digital divides as well as domestic divides (like well-connected/not connected people and places in the US) * Technology adoption terms applied to countries (see WIPO http://www.wipo.int/copyright/ecommerce/en/html/index.html#5 ; these terms are taken from the UNDP Human Development Report 2001 http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2001/en/pdf/completenew.pdf) These reference the amount of technological and human resources that are present for technology adoption: "leaders" - e.g., Finland, US, Japan "potential leaders" - e.g., Mexico, Greece, Czech Republic "dynamic adopters" - e.g., Philippines, Brazil, China "marginalized" - e.g., Sudan, Senegal, Nepal Thanks! Carolyn Wei Dept. of Technical Communication University of Washington

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Italy visit possible AoIR meetup
by Jeremy Hunsinger 10 May '05

10 May '05

I've had AoIR meetups in the past at various conferences and such, and I think it works great. So i'm proposing one for my next trip. I'm going to be in Turin(Torino) and Milan from May 17-23, mainly at the Triple Helix Conference in Turin. If you are somewhere near Northern Italy at that time, we can schedule a meetup, where several of us get together, have a meal, and talk. Generally these are fairly social events, where we talk about research, AoIR and related topics. In the past, I've done one in D.C. and one in Brisbane, and I think meetups are a great way to meet people that are working on related topics. So, if you are interested drop me a note off list to jhuns(a)vt.edu and I'll see what I can set up. Thanks, Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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now there's an ethics problem...
by Charles Ess 10 May '05

10 May '05

Just a little something to brighten our days... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/technology/10cisco.html?pagewanted=1&th&ad xnnl=0&emc=th&adxnnlx=1115722888-NZXGYenVWREqYyGxe5dPQw 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: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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Re: [Air-l] relation digital divide - knowledge gap
by Paul Chenoweth 10 May '05

10 May '05

Michael, You may find additional collaborative voices at the Digital Divide Network http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org/ Paul Chenoweth, Web Developer Belmont University 615-460-6867 "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain ----- Original Message ----- From: Opgenhaffen Michaël <michael.opgenhaffen(a)lessius-ho.be> Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 4:47 am Subject: [Air-l] relation digital divide - knowledge gap > I'm doing research within the area of the digital divide. I was > wondering if the causal relation between the digital divide and > the knowledge gap is examined. Most of the time, these two > concepts are described in relation to each other (digital divide > leads to knowledge gap), but i didn't find a study that really > describes the relation between these two concepts. > > Anyone that can help me out? > > Michaël > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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IR 6.0 Student Paper Competition
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 09 May '05

09 May '05

I've had a number of questions about this competition and thought it best to address them generally. Here are some of the rules: The competition is open to GRADUATE students -- sorry, not open to undergraduates. Paper must have been ACCEPTED for presentation at the IR 6.0 conference. Papers must be received by me, Caroline Haythornthwaite (haythorn(a)uiuc.edu) by JUNE 1st, 2005. (Note, due to many other items to be scheduled around reviewing these papers, do not expect this deadline to be extended.) Papers should be around 5000 words. (Excessively long papers will not be considered.) --- NOTE: My preference is for papers in simple formats, i.e., single files that are easily opened in Word. If you have a complicated construction of files and graphics, it may be easier if you put that on a URL where I can access it. You can send a paper copy. If so, please allow time for the paper to reach me by the June 1st deadline. Send to me at the address below. Expect a confirmation of receipt of your paper. If you do not receive one within a week, please email me asking if the paper was received, but do not attach the file to that message. /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

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