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Re: Cyberstudies/internet studies/online community studies grad programs
by Todd Davies 03 Apr '05

03 Apr '05

Check out the Stanford Humanities Lab (http://www.stanford.edu/group/shl/index.shtml) Lots of activity there. Starting with the Media-X list is a good lead-in to programs in departments at Stanford. Symbolic Systems, where I work, doesn't have a doctoral program but may be opening up our master's program to outside applicants next year. Right now we restrict admission to Stanford undergraduates. I look forward to seeing you at the Online Deliberation conference. For the rest of you, the accepted submissions are now visible by clicking on the papers link at online-deliberation.net. We'll announce more about the program, including featured sessions and a schedule, soon. Todd Davies * Todd Davies * Office: 460-040C (Margaret Jacks Hall) * Symbolic Systems Program * Phone: 1-650-723-4091 * Stanford University * Fax: 1-650-723-5666 * Stanford, CA 94305-2150 * Email: tdavies(a)csli.stanford.edu * USA * Web: http://www.stanford.edu/~davies

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Annotation webtools
by Eilean Fairholme 02 Apr '05

02 Apr '05

Yesterday's mail regarding the History Flow Visualisation tool has prompted me to ask list members for any updates they might be able to provide to this list of Web Annotation Technologies (Garfunkel, 1999): CritLink Web4Groups ThirdVoice RichLink Annotated XML YAWAS PageSeeder IPP Slashdot ComMentor Then of course there is D3E (http://d3e.sourceforge.net/) and also Webbed Footnotes, recently featured on this list (http://web.media.mit.edu/~golder/projects/webbedfootnotes/) I am interested in any additions/deletions, experience in use etc., and suggest offlist responses which I will collate for the list later. N.B. I have not included Wikis at this stage, as I think they deserve to be a separate topic. Also, collaborative authoring tools are not part of this request, although I am interested in hearing of any experience, again offlist. Eilean Fairholme Ph.D. Student Curtin University of Technology

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Cyberstudies/internet studies/online community studies grad programs
by Kate Raynes-Goldie 02 Apr '05

02 Apr '05

I'm currently shopping around for grad programs where I can do internet studies, specifically on social norms and the relationship between online and offline communities. I'm looking to do this from a humanities perspective, perhaps in communications. I'm going to be at Stanford to present at the Online Deliberation conference in May, so while I'm there I'd like to check out what kind of research is going on there and see if it might be a good place for me. Do you folks have any suggestions on who I should talk to or projects I should look into while I'm there? I looked at the MediaX site and the metamedia lab so far but haven't had much luck finding exactly what I'm looking for... Thanks! Kate

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3 new papers on freesoftware|opensource.mit.edu
by Karim R. Lakhani 01 Apr '05

01 Apr '05

<sorry for any x-posting> Hi All, Please find details below on the following three papers. Many thanks to all the authors for their contributions. Please do provide them with feedback. Thanks Karim Paper 1 Lin, Yuwei Title: Gender issues in the FLOSS development http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/lin3_gender.pdf The FLOSS development is responding to the ICT development in various ways. This essay describes and analyses challenges (societal and organisational) and advantages (e.g. new models for mobile and collaborative work online), particularly regarding gender issues, encountered in the recent FLOSS development. The focus of the essay is not only on the claims made women in the existed FLOSS community about the tensions between male and female developers' interests and ways of doings, but also on the current obstacles against bringing more women, who are not technically competent, to participate in the FLOSS development. This paper concludes with suggestions on how to create rules and resources and the creation of a common FLOSS space for both genders. Paper 2 Author: Tuomi, Ilkka Title: The Future of Open Source http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/tuomi3_bookchapter.pdf Abstract: Open source has seen phenomenal growth in recent years. In many ways, it has been a great success story. Yet it is interesting to study the conditions that would enable the open-source movement to remain viable and thrive also in the future. This chapter explores the driving forces behind the open source model and its constraints, discussing both the factors likely to promote the continuous growth of the open-source movement and those that could lead to its downfall. Paper 3 Author: Klang, Mathias Title: Free software and open source: The freedom debate and its consequences http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue10_3/klang/index.html Abstract: To most outsiders the ethics of software is not something usually considered. To most proficient computer users with a passing interest in this question the ethics of software is recognised as one of the fundamental questions in the digital rights area. To most of the latter, terms such as free software, open source, and their derivatives (FLOSS, FOSS, Software Freedom) are interchangeable. Choosing one over the other is a matter of taste rather than politics. However, to most insiders the question is not one of taste. There is a fundamental difference between the two areas even if they share a similar root. Free software is not the same as open source. The two groups differ in their fundamental philosophical approach to software and its importance to society as a whole. This paper examines the two groups’ differing philosophies and explores how their actions have affected software development, access to fundamental software infrastructure, and the development of the concept of freedom. -- 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

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (april 2005)
by david silver 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

New reviews (found at http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/) include: Data Made Flesh: Embodying Information, edited by Robert Mitchell & Phillip Thurtle (Routledge, 2003) Reviewed by Dan Wright, a doctoral student at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences. Wright is interested in questions related to bioinformatics tool development -- specifically, the problems in keeping computer science tools grounded in realities of the life sciences so that they remain relevant and useful. Author Response: Robert Mitchell and Phillip Thurtle Future Cinema: The Cinematic Imaginary after Film, edited by Jeffrey Shaw & Peter Weibel (MIT Press, 2003) Reviewed by Bob Rehak, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University, Bloomington. Rehak's work has appeared in The Video Game Theory Reader (Routledge, 2003) and the journal Information, Communication and Society (2003). He is currently writing a dissertation about special effects. The Network Society, by Darin Barney (Polity Press, 2004) Reviewed by Alison Powell, a Ph.D. student in the Joint Programme in Communications at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. Powell conducts research on the use of public internet access points and the social construction of WiFi technology by community wireless groups. She has presented her work in Canada, the United States, and the UK. Women and Media in the Middle East: Power Through Self-Expression, edited by Naomi Sakr (I.B.Tauris, 2004) Reviewed by Rasha A. Abdulla, an Assistant Professor at the Journalism and Mass Communication Department at the American University in Cairo. Abdulla's Ph.D. is from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, and her research interests include the uses and effects of new media, particularly the Internet. She is the author of the Arabic text The Internet in Egypt and the Arab World (Afaq Publications, 2005). Enjoy. david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver To SUBSCRIBE to cyberculture-announce, a low volume announcement list for RCCS events and updates, email: listproc(a)u.washington.edu; No subject is needed. In the body, type: subscribe cyberculture-announce

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Re: Ethnomethodology and Internet Research
by Sean Rintel 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Steffen Bueffel asked: > I'm a looking for key articles/ publications on ethnomethological approaches > to Internet research. Are there any "classics" and/ or more recent > publications you can recommend? Any help would be highly appreciated! With a slightly broader brief than just "Internet" research, look up work by: Paul Dourish Christian Heath Paul Luff Graham Button Brigitte Jordan Andy Crabtree Lucy Suchman Also, Denise N. Rall recently asked for "a body of analysis on chat using CA techniques....", which is a similar question. I provided the following list (and I have added a couple). As I said then, some are not strictly CA, but are close qualitiative analysis. The ones that identify themselves as using some version of CA I have marked with an asterisk: Bechar-Israeli, H. (1995). From (Bonehead) to (cLoNehEAd): Nicknames, play and identity on Internet relay chat. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 1(2). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol1/issue2/bechar.html Danet, B., Ruedenberg-Wright, L., & Rosenbaum-Tamari, Y. (1997). "HMMM...WHERE'S THAT SMOKE COMING FROM?" Writing, play and performance on Internet Relay Chat. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2(4). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol2/issue4/danet.html Herring, S. C. (1999). Interactional coherence in CMC. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 4(4). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol4/issue4/herring.html Marvin, L. E. (1995). Spoof, spam, lurk and lag: The aesthetics of text-based virtual realities. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 1(2). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol1/issue2/marvin.html * Rintel, E.S., Pittam, J., & Mulholland, J. 2003. Time will tell: Ambiguous non-responses on Internet Relay Chat. The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication, 13, (1) <http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v13n1.htm> * Rintel, E.S., Mulholland, J., & Pittam, J. 2001. First things first: Internet Relay Chat openings. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 6, (3). <http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol6/issue3/> McKay, S., & Rintel, E.S. 2001. Online Television Forums: Interactivity, Access, and Transactional Space. The Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de Communication,11, (2). <http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/v11n201.htm> Rintel, E. S. & Pittam, J. 1997. Strangers in a strange land: Interaction management on Internet Relay Chat. Human Communication Research, 23, 507 - 534. Rodino, M. (1997). Breaking out of binaries: Reconceptualizing gender and its relationship to language in computer-mediated communication. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 3(3). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol3/issue3/rodino.html * Vallis, Rhyll (1999) ‘Members' methods for entering and leaving #IRCbar: a conversation analytic study of internet relay chat’. In: K. Chalmers, S. Bogitini and P. Renshaw (eds), Educational Research in New Times. Flaxton: PostPressed, 117-27 * Vallis, Rhyll (2001) ‘Applying membership categorization analysis to chat-room talk’. In: A. McHoul and M. Rapley (eds), How to Analyse Talk in Institutional Settings: A Casebook of Methods. London: Continuum, 86-99 -- Sean Rintel Department of Communication University at Albany, State University of New York Albany, NY, 12222 http://www.albany.edu/~er8430 ~~ Albany Aikido http://albanyaikido.com

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Re: [Air-l] Ethnography vs. Ethnomethodology
by cordelia＠iinet.net.au 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Hi! Ethnography primarily concerns itself with the prolonged study of a group of people. This generally involves immersion and participation in their day to day lives in an attempt to discover who they think they are, what they think they are doing and to what end they think they are doing it. Ethnography may involve many methodologies to accomplish this. Ethnomethodology, on the other hand, studies activities of group members to discover how they make sense of their surroundings. It specifically studies how individuals give sense to and accomplish their daily activities. It is not so much concerned with what they are doing but rather how they make sense of it. Cheers Sally On 31/03/2005, at 4:20 PM, Steffen Büffel wrote: > Hi all! > > Thanks for the very helpful replies I got to my original posting(s). > BTW: > Sorry again for the multiple postings. Turned out that our server got > bambarded with spam the last couple of days. Instead of 200 000 - 300 > 000 > mails per day it had to process over 800 000 emails (!!!) which slowed > it > down quite a bit and gave users the impression that email were lost in > the > virtual nowhere. > > Anyway, the replies I got raised another question for me, namely: What > is > the difference between ethnography and ethnomethodology? Of course I > will go > and check in the recommended readings myself but I thought that maybe > this > is an interessting issue for the list as well. > > Cheers. > Steffen > -------------------------------------- > wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter > University of Trier - Media Studies > phone +49 651 201 2273 > fax +49 651 201 3741 > mobile +49 176 2120 4435 > icq 115761393 > http://medien.uni-trier.de/132.0.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] Ethnomethodology and Internet Research
by Denise N. Rall 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Assoc Prof Christian Nelson has been recently on this list. He's a great scholar of ethnomethodology. He offered a great reading list on ethomethodology. He has emailed this website in the last few months so check the archives for his email address. Cheers, Denise --- Steffen B�ffel <bueffel(a)uni-trier.de> wrote: > Dear all! > > I'm a looking for key articles/ publications on > ethnomethological approaches > to Internet research. Are there any "classics" and/ > or more recent > publications you can recommend? Any help would be > highly appreciated! > > Thanks! > Steffen > > -------------------------------------- > wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter > University of Trier - Media Studies > phone +49 651 201 2273 > fax +49 651 201 3741 > mobile +49 176 2120 4435 > icq 115761393 > http://medien.uni-trier.de/132.0.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/ > Denise N. Rall, PhD candidate, School of Environ. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 Sustainable Forestry Mentoring Coordinator & Internet Researcher Room T2.12, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Tuesdays or Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html

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WG: Ethnomethodology and Internet Research
by Steffen Büffel 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

** Dear all! ** ** I'm a looking for key articles/ publications on ** ethnomethological approaches to Internet research. Are there ** any "classics" and/ or more recent publications you can ** recommend? Any help would be highly appreciated! ** ** Thanks! ** Steffen ** ** -------------------------------------- ** wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter ** University of Trier - Media Studies ** phone +49 651 201 2273 ** fax +49 651 201 3741 ** mobile +49 176 2120 4435 ** icq 115761393 ** http://medien.uni-trier.de/132.0.html

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Literature of bloggers
by LEE JENG HOON 31 Mar '05

31 Mar '05

Hi. I am looking for some academic literature that analyzes blogging or bloggers. As many claim, bloggers show significant social impacts. Especially, recent journalistic functions generate much concerns and interests. If anyone knows good academic or even non-academic reports, I hope I like to read them. Please, let me know. Jenghoon Lee _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/

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