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RE: Air-l-aoir.org Digest, Vol 10, Issue 7
by Dmitri Williams 12 May '05

12 May '05

Jim- Go to http://terranova.blogs.com/ It's where virtual world issues get posted and debated by most of the leading scholars and by the game developers, too. You'll also find a ton of links to people and papers in the area encompassing social psych and ethnographic approaches, but also legal and economic ones as well. -Dmitri ******************** Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 10:19:19 -0400 From: jcumming(a)email.unc.edu Subject: [Air-l] Virtual Worlds/Game Studies To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <20050511101919.vjqrfumqw48ss808(a)webmail2.isis.unc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format="flowed" I'm a recent BA grad who is planning to enter a grad program focusing on virtual worlds and digital media in Fall '06. In the meantime, I am looking for meaningful work/experience related to those subjects - I'm particularly interested in the social psych & ethnography of online cultures, and their "emergent" qualities in relation to designers' intentions vs. players' use. Any suggestions? I already know of the conference recently posted on the listserv. My apologies for adding to the inboxes, but I was told this would be an excellent source of input. Thanks. Jim University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill --------------- Dmitri Williams Assistant Professor, Speech Communication University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Webology: Volume 2, Number 1, April, 2005
by Alireza Noruzi 12 May '05

12 May '05

Dear All, Apologies for cross-posting firstly. We are pleased to inform you that the third issue of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and is available ONLINE now. This issue contains: ----------------------------- Editorial -- Saeid Asadi -- http://www.webology.ir/2005/v2n1/editorial3.html ----------------------------------------- Information Search Strategies on the Internet: A critical component of new literacies -- Laurie A. Henry -- http://www.webology.ir/2005/v2n1/a9.html ----------------------------------------- Information searching habits of Internet users: A case study on Medical Sciences University of Isfahan (MUI), Iran -- Asefeh Asemi -- http://www.webology.ir/2005/v2n1/a10.html ----------------------------------------- Web Impact Factors for Iranian universities -- Alireza Noruzi -- http://www.webology.ir/2005/v2n1/a11.html ----------------------------------------- Call for Papers: http://www.webology.ir/callforpapers.html ----------------------------------------- Regards, A. Noruzi Department of Information Science University of Paul Cezanne, France

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nominations
by Jeremy Hunsinger 12 May '05

12 May '05

the nomination period is still open, it stays open until the end of the month. This is your chance to make a difference in AoIR, to determine the next few years, to develop and pursue an agenda that will benefit the association as a whole, so consider running for office. Note we also need volunteers and interested parties for systems management of aoir, so if you know someone with those talents and some spare time, nominate them too. Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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CFP: Con/texts of Invention
by Dan L Burk 11 May '05

11 May '05

Of possible interest, from Martha Woodmansee. DLB > Con/texts of Invention > A working conference of the Society for Critical Exchange > > With support from the Center for Law, Technology, and the Arts at Case > Western Reserve University School of Law; the History of Science > Department at Harvard University; the Washington College of Law at > American University; and the Committee on Conceptual and Historical > Studies of Science at the University of Chicago > > Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio > April 20-22, 2006 > > This conference interrogates the social and cultural construction of > invention - the diverse ways in which invention has been conceptualized in > the arts and sciences in the broadest sense, including literature, the > fine arts, entertainment, the physical and life sciences, law, economics, > medicine, engineering, agriculture, education, communications, > computation, finance, and business. Emphasis will be on the institutional > cultures, rhetorics, and histories of invention across these fields. In > this way the Society seeks to extend and deepen the inquiry of its > long-standing project on "Intellectual Property and the Construction of > Authorship" (see www.cwru.edu/affil/sce/IPCA_main.html) Papers reflecting > upon the impact of the "critique of authorship" will thus be especially > welcome. The conference will include lectures and panel discussions; to > facilitate discussion, papers selected for panels will circulate in > advance of the conference. > > Topics may include (but are not limited to): > > * the author as inventor * the inventor as author * imitation and > originality * psychologies of creativity * pathologies such as writer's > (or inventor's) block * genius * hack(ing) * tradition and the individual > talent, including the anxiety of influence * forgery * crimes such as > plagiarism and piracy * the inventor as hero * invention vs. discovery * > simultaneous discovery * joint/collective invention * useful and useless > knowledge * the idea /expression distinction * invention vs. innovation * > material and social inputs to invention * invention policy * narratives of > invention * depictions of invention, including patent drawings * invisible > invention * inventing organisms * invention in rhetorical theory * genre > and invention * invention and memory * invention in popular and children's > literature * pedagogies of invention * invention and self-help, including > creativity workshops and invention promotion services * cross-cultural > perspectives on invention * invention and power * imperialism and > invention * universities and invention * rhetorics of entrepreneurship * > representations of collaboration * corporate authorship/invention * > economies of invention * legal incentives and disincentives * private and > public domains * discourses of intellectual commons, including free > software and open source * collage and sampling * geographies of invention > * ethnography of invention * gender and invention > > Please send paper abstracts (no full papers please), a CV of no more than > three pages, and any suggestions for panel topics by October 5 to: > dar29(a)case.edu. > > Conference Organizers: > Olufunmilayo Arewa, Law, Case Western Reserve University > Mario Biagioli, History of Science, Harvard University > Peter Jaszi, Law, American University > Adrian Johns, History of Science, University of Chicago > Martha Woodmansee, English and Law, Case Western Reserve University Dan L. Burk Visiting Professor Cornell Law School Myron Taylor Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 USA Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011

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User needs in digital repositories job
by Mike Thelwall 11 May '05

11 May '05

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Information Science - to analyse user needs in digital repositories A position has become available for a postdoctoral researcher to work on a 1-year project conducting analysing user needs in digital repositories. The approach will combine qualitative and quantitative methods, employing both colink analysis and interviews. The researcher will interview stakeholders for a range of types of digital repositories in the UK and use automated colink analyses to develop quantitative models of repository effectiveness and user base. Applicants are required to have * A Ph.D. in Information Science * Experience of postdoctoral research * Experience of analysing interviews for research purposes * Knowledge or experience of webometrics, or link analysis The project involves collaboration with another UK university and the researcher should expect to have to travel extensively within the UK for team meetings and conferences. Good communication and team working skills are essential. The salary is expected to be £24,450 for the year and the starting date is predicted to be 1 June 2005. Please contact Mike Thelwall m.thelwall(a)wlv.ac.uk by 20 May 2005 to request an application form or to express interest in the post. The University is eager to attract larger numbers of applications from groups of people currently under-represented in the staff population, especially from women and people from ethnic minority groups.

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Know of humanities/social research on wireless?
by GTa3411203＠aol.com 11 May '05

11 May '05

I am also exploring the use of wireless devices to support workplace learning. Here are a few articles that might be helpful. Fortunati, L. (2005). Is body-to-body ocmmunication still the prototype? The Information Society, 21(53), 53-61. Fortunati, L. (2002). The mobile phone: Towards new categories and social relations. Information, Communication & Society, 5(4, 513-528. Green, N. (2002). On the move: Technology, mobility, and the mediation of social time and space. The Information Society, 18, 218-292. Jain, S. S. (2002). Urban errands: The means of mobility. Journal of Consumer Culture, 2(3), 385-404. Leonardi, P. M. (2003). Problematizing "new media": Culturally based perceptinos of cell phones, computers among united states latinos. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 20(2), 160-179. Rafael, V. L. (2003). The cell phone and the crowd: Messianic politics in the contemporary phillipines. Public Culture, 15(3), 399-425. --------------------------------- Gail D. Taylor, Ed.M. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant "There is no difference between living and learning." -- John Holt

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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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