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boycott AoIR
by Barry Wellman 30 May '05

30 May '05

It strikes me that if the boycotters are going to boycott Israel, they should go beyond that and boycott the AoIR conference and list. AoIR has been founded by Americans, is based in the US, and takes full advantage of American law and tax advantages. I know it has an Aussie as the next head, but we all know that the Australian government is an American ally. Whatever their personal politics, Americans (and Aussies) are complicit in the affairs of their government. So please boycott the AoIR list! And if you insist on being Middle Eastern focused, perhaps organize boycotts of Egypt (torture, sexism, lack of democracy), Saudi Arabia (ibid, with hyper-sexism), the Emirates, Qatar, Bahrein (unbridled capitalism), Jordan (didn't do nice to the Palestinians when they controlled the area and have never apologized); Syria (treatment of Lebanon, secret police, torture of Canadian); Iran (constraints on religious freedom and democracy; killed a Canadian); Iraq (endless list); Turkey (Kurds; Midnite Express); Kuwait (sexism; resisting the just occupation of Saddam Husein); Yemen (??). Most of these countries treat foreign workers very badly. Guess that leaves only Lebanon ok now. 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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british boycott over
by Barry Wellman 30 May '05

30 May '05

Although there are counter-arguments to the anti-Israeli posting yesterday, I agree with Jeremy Hunsinger that they are out of place on this list. But since the issue has been brought up, my position is that professional societies should be extraordinarily cautious about encouraging boycotts of universities. I don't believe in collective punishment, even if there was a crime -- and there are different sets of "facts" floating around on this matter. Hence, I have worked a bit to encourage the ending of the boycott. And am glad that it happened. For reasons of the first para, I won't respond to any postings about the boycott -- or Israel -- on this list and urge us all to refocus on AOIR stuff. 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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Re: [Air-l] livejournal references?
by Eugene Gorny 28 May '05

28 May '05

Dear Radhika, Please have a look at my piece about the Russian community on LJ, if you haven't seen it yet: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/russ-cyb/library/texts/en/gorny_rlj.htm Best wishes, E_G Saturday, May 28, 2005, 12:52:03 PM, Radhika Gajjala wrote: > Okay I have another request . > I looked back at the archives of Aoir conferences (esp Toronto and > Sussex) and also the list - > found a few references to research on livejournal - but nothing > seems to have come of Terri Senft's question about other pubs (there > are titles and abstracts by aoir participants - its entirely possible > that someone has something published but I havent yet found it)... > so can I ask again - anyone know of journal articles or books that > have examined livejournal in any detail? > thanks for your help, > r

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Harm and Offense caused by mobile phones
by David Brake 28 May '05

28 May '05

Can anyone direct me to academic research on mobile phones and 1) the harm they do through (for example) enabling/encouraging bullying via text message, "happy slapping" (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4539913.stm) or 2) The offense they might cause by allowing kids to see pornographic content or enabling gambling etc, or through the invasion of privacy of others using cameras in the phones ('upskirt pictures' etc)? For the purposes of my research I am not interested in the (real or supposed) direct effects of mobile phone radiation or phone masts on health. I have had no luck in browsing through this huge and otherwise interesting mobile phone research bibliography: http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~nalinik/mobile.html or searching the Web of Science for "mobile" and "harm/risk/danger/bullying/abuse/hazard" nor did I find anything with Scopus. There may be stuff buried in various 'general' books about mobile phones and their significance but I am reluctant to try to skim all of them unless someone can recommend a specific likely text as the ones I have seen have little to say on this particular aspect. All I have found so far is: Charlton, T., C. Panting and A. Hannan (2002) "Mobile Telephone Ownership and Usage among 10- and 11-Year-Olds: Participation and Exclusion", Emotional Behavioural Difficulties, 7 (3), pp. 152-163 which found in a small (N=157) survey of kids in a school that 11% admitted to receiving either a rude message (4%) or a threat (7%) [included rude jokes and racist comments]. Furthermore, 17% had been sent a frightening message, and 14% admitted to sending one. and: Palmer, T. and L. Stacey (2004) Just One Click: Sexual Abuse of Children and Young People through the Internet and Mobile Telephone Technology, Barnardo's, Ilford. (which is mainly case studies and policy recommendations) Any help would be much appreciated... --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)

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Re: [Air-l] british boycott over/no politics?
by Greg Elmer 27 May '05

27 May '05

Barry (et als), I took Jeremy's note to mean that it is not the role of the association to take political stands. And while I find such blanket policies (along with assumptions about what constitutes the "political) troublesome, you've now seemingly extended this logic to the AOiR listserv. What's more since you don't seem to want to take your own advice why should the rest of us avoid 'politics' on the list serv? I for one would like to see a broad discussion about the social implications of new media, the Internet, scholarship, and the acadmemy (which as some of you know can get messy and political). If you're not interested in posts about political issues that impact upon academic life and society in general then I'd encourage you to actively 'delete'. Greg Elmer > Although there are counter-arguments to the anti-Israeli posting > yesterday, I agree with Jeremy Hunsinger that they are out of place on > this list. > > But since the issue has been brought up, my position is that > professionalsocieties should be extraordinarily cautious about > encouraging boycotts of > universities. I don't believe in collective punishment, even if > there was > a crime -- and there are different sets of "facts" floating around on > this matter. Hence, I have worked a bit to encourage the ending of the > boycott. And am glad that it happened. > > For reasons of the first para, I won't respond to any postings > about the > boycott -- or Israel -- on this list and urge us all to refocus on > AOIRstuff. > > 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 > Greg Elmer, PhD Bell Globemedia Research Chair Rogers Communications Centre/School of Radio-TV Arts Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2K3 416-979-5282 _______________________________________________ Co-Editor, Space and Culture: An International Journal of Social Spaces http://www.carleton.ca/space/

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RE: [Air-l] AOIR on AUT?
by Ellis Godard 25 May '05

25 May '05

Possibly. But the pro-blacklist contingent has amended the agenda with a series of friendly amendments, any of which might get filibustered by either side such that the about face might not get addressed - or, at least, that's what some fear. Obligatory internet research content (OIRC): The opposition to the blacklist has received little or no print press or other coverage, and has been largely (perhaps almost entirely) an online phenomena. What are some other instances of decision-making and/or policymaking that have been almost exclusively online, for organizations which are predominantly offline? -eg > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Elmer [mailto:gelmer@ryerson.ca] > Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:07 AM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org; ellis.godard(a)csun.edu > Subject: Re: [Air-l] AOIR on AUT? > > > I suspect AUT will be doing an about face on this policy, > sooner than later: > > http://www.aut.org.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1213 > > GE > > On 5/25/05 1:15 PM, "Ellis Godard" <egodard(a)csun.edu> wrote: > > > This seems like an appropriate topic on which AOIR, as > international > > and interdisciplinary as well as academic and open minded, > should take > > a stand. What are the appropriate steps/procedure(s) thru > which that > > could/would/should happen? > > > > http://ellisgodard.blogspot.com/2005/05/aut-is-out-of-line.html > > > > -eg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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Fwd: [WDL] FW: UPDATE: Abuse: The Darker Side of Human-Computer Interaction (Italy) (5/23/05; 9/12/05)
by Jeremy Hunsinger 25 May '05

25 May '05

> > Deadline extended: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > „Abuse: the darker side of human-computer interaction‰ > An INTERACT 2005 Workshop > ==================================================================== > Date: Monday, September 12 (Full day) > Location: Rome, Italy > Submission Deadline: extended to May 30 > Web-site: www.agentabuse.org > ==================================================================== > > AIMS AND SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP > ============================== > Computers are often the subject of our wrath and often, we feel, > with good reason. There seems to be something intrinsic to this > medium which brings out the darker side of human nature. This may > be due to the computer complexity which induces errors and > frustrations in the user (bad interface design), to the human > tendency to respond socially to computers (media equation), or to a > disinhibition effect induced by the interaction with a different > form of information processor, perceived as inferior (master/slave > relationship). > > As software is evolving from the tool metaphor to the agent one, > understanding the role of abusive behaviour in HCI and its effect on > the task-at-hand becomes increasingly important. The reaction of > traditional software to abuse is obvious - it should, like a hammer, > ignore it. With the agent model, however, software can be > autonomous and situated. That is, it should be possible to create > software that takes note of its surroundings, and responsibility for > its actions. Conversational agents are a clear case of a software > entity which might be expected to deal with abuse. Virtual > assistants, to take a classic application instance, should not just > provide timely information; a virtual assistant must also be a > social actor and participate in the games people play. Some of > these games appear to include abusive behaviour. > > This workshop aims to bring together papers that transcend > disciplinary boundaries. Papers are solicited from researchers and > practitioners who have encountered the occurrence of abuse in HCI > and CMC and given some thought to why and how it happens. Papers > that explore virtual abuse and the abuse of agents as cultural > artifacts are particularly welcome. We hope this will provide a > forum for discussing both the reasons behind aggressive behaviour > and suggestions for how software should deal with abuse. > > Relevant topics include but are not limited to > * determinants and correlates of end user frustration > * emotional reactions to computing technology > * emotional interfaces ˆ how to deal with negative emotions > * conversational agents and abusive language > * conflict resolution in face-to-face communication and CMC > * flaming and disinhibition in HCI and CMC > * art on the edge > * relationship of the virtual and the real, the literal and metaphor > * Outing, passing, hiding, covering -- how are agents designed to seem > "normal" > and what are the assumptions about "being human" that inform the > design > > INTENDED AUDIENCE AND WORKSHOP FORMAT > ===================================== > The workshop will bring together an interdisciplinary group of > researchers and practitioners in human computer interaction, > computer mediated communication, intelligent virtual agents, game > design, social psychology, cultural critics and art. The program > will feature the presentation of refereed papers, demos and poster > followed by interactive sessions drawn on a number of scenarios > which will be distributed prior to the workshop. A part of the > discussion will concentrate on the definition of a roadmap for > future research. > > SUBMISSIONS AND DISSEMINATION > ================================ > We seek: > - Position papers (4 pages) reporting on experiences, theories, case > studies and experiments. > - Theoretical papers (4 pages) discussing cultural, artistic, > political, and philosophical issues. > - Demo submissions (4 pages). > - Poster submission (1 page description of the poster or 1 page > sketch of the poster) > > Position and theoretical papers as well as demo submissions will be > peer reviewed and should be formatted according to the LNCS (Lecture > Notes in Computer Science) format (templates are available at > Springer-Verlag LNCS Authors‚ Instructions page and at > www.Interact2005.org at the Submission page ). > > Please e-mail your submission in PDF to > Antonella.de-angeli(a)manchester.ac.uk > (cc pwallis(a)acm.org) > > Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings and will be > posted on the web (www.agentabuse.org) Outcomes of the workshop > will be summarised and posted on agentabuse.org, which is intended > to become a dynamic repository for relevant research. If enough > interest is gathered from the participants, we will explore > alternatives such as a special journal issue or a book collection. > > IMPORTANT DATES > =============== > May 23: submission > June 6: Notification of acceptance > June 10: Registration dead-line for presenters > July 1: camera ready copies > September 12: workshop > > REGISTRATION > =============== > Registration will cost 150 Euro before June 10 and 200 Euro after > this date. Participants will register through the conference > website (http://www.interact2005.org/) > > ORGANISING COMMITTEE > =================== > Co-Chairs: > Sheryl Brahnam (Missouri State University), US > Antonella De Angeli (University of Manchester), UK > Peter Wallis (University of Sheffield), UK > > Programme Committee > Pamela Briggs (Northumbria University), UK > Alan Dix (Lancaster University), UK > Dirk Heylen (University of Twente), Holland > Graham Johnson (NCR), UK > Catherine Pelachaud (Universite de Paris 8), France > Daniela Petrelli (University of Sheffield), UK > Laurent Romary (INRIA), France > Daniela Romano (University of Sheffield), UK > Oliviero Stock (IRST), Italy > Alistair Sutcliffe (University of Manchester), UK > Sean Zdenek (Texas Tech University), US > Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield), UK > > Contact Information. > For information, expressions of interest and/or submission please > contact > Antonella De Angeli > Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design > School of Informatics, the University of Manchester, > Manchester > M60 1QD > United Kingdom > Antonella.de-angeli(a)manchester.ac.uk > > ========================================================== > From the Literary Calls for Papers Mailing List > CFP(a)english.upenn.edu > Full Information at > http://cfp.english.upenn.edu > or write Jennifer Higginbotham: higginbj(a)english.upenn.edu > ========================================================== > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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More clarification on the student paper competition
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 24 May '05

24 May '05

More about this competition ... The paper must be the one that goes with the *accepted* IR 6.0 conference proposal. Please keep titles the same as I will be checking against the listings for the conference. /C ---------------------------------------- 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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[Fwd: Re: [Air-l] REMINDER: AfroGeeks]
by Paula 24 May '05

24 May '05

Oh God - ignore that last email, I was intending to forward the info to a friend, it *came* from here *doh* -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Air-l] REMINDER: AfroGeeks Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 18:24:24 +0100 From: Paula <pmg(a)gmx.co.uk> Reply-To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org References: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0505150326430.8277(a)qvo.qernzubfg.pbz> Found some stuff whilst floating about looking for stuff for an essay I've got to write. You probably know about this: http://www.digitaldivide.net/ /Kenneth Wyrick "/Rasta Software: Open Source Communications" sounds interesting? It was up with a bunch of research, some of which looks a bit arcane but some looks really good, no full-texts tho: http://research.ucsb.edu/cbs/projects/05agprogram.html Paula Art McGee wrote: >AfroGeeks 2005: >Global Blackness and the Digital Public Sphere >May 19-21, 2005 >The Center for Black Studies >University of California, Santa Barbara >http://www.afrogeeks.com > >-end- >_______________________________________________ >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/

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REMINDER: AfroGeeks
by Art McGee 24 May '05

24 May '05

AfroGeeks 2005: Global Blackness and the Digital Public Sphere May 19-21, 2005 The Center for Black Studies University of California, Santa Barbara http://www.afrogeeks.com -end-

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