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Fwd: [LNC] Fwd: Re: [Air-l] VB: ICCA-06 - New topic - CA and chat
by jeremy hunsinger 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Begin forwarded message: > From: Donald Winiecki <DWINIECKI(a)boisestate.edu> > Date: February 24, 2005 7:26:11 PM EST > To: lnc(a)listserv.cddc.vt.edu, lnc(a)malagigi.cddc.vt.edu, > pwgraham(a)uwaterloo.ca > Subject: [LNC] Fwd: Re: [Air-l] VB: ICCA-06 - New topic - CA and chat > Reply-To: Language in New Capitalism <lnc(a)listserv.cddc.vt.edu> > > A few years ago I did a literature review and some articles on 'online > conversation' with an interest in CA. The following is a reading list > that may be of some assistance to her. > > Best, > > _don > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Don Winiecki, Ed.D., Associate Professor > Boise State University, College of Engineering > Department of Instructional & Performance Technology > 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725-2070 USA > E-mail: dwiniecki(a)boisestate.edu > WWW: http://ipt.boisestate.edu > Telephone: (01) 208 426 1899 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Cherny, L. 1999. Conversation and community: Chat in a virtual world. > Stanford, CA: Center for the Study of Language and Information. > > Cerratto, T., and Y. Waern. 2000. Chatting to learn and learning to > chat in collaborative virtual environments. M/C: A Journal of Media > and Culture 3 (4). > > Rintel, E. S., and J. Pittam. 1997. Strangers in a strange land: > Interaction management on Internet Relay Chat. Human Communication > Research 23 (4):507-534. > > Reed, D., and M. Ashmore. 2000. The naturally occurring chat machine > [http://www.api-network.com/mc/0008/machine.html] M/C: A Journal of > Media and Culture 2000 [cited 23, August 2000]. > > Murray, D. E. 1989. When the medium determines turns: Turn-taking in > computer conversation. In Working with language: A multidisciplinary > consideration of language use in work contexts, edited by H. Coleman. > New York: Mouton de Gruyter. > > ———. 1991. The composing process for computer conversation. Written > Communication 8 (1):35-55. > > Wilkens, H. 1991. Computer talk: Long-distance conversations by > computer. Written communication 8 (1):56-78. > > Garcia, A. C., and J. B. Jacobs. 1999. The eyes of the beholder: > Understanding the turn-taking system in quasi-synchronous > computer-mediated communication. Research on Language and Social > Interaction 32 (4):337-367. > > Ferrara, K., H. Brunner, and G. Whittemore. 1991. Interactive written > discourse as an emergent register. Written communication 8 (1):8-34. > > Bresler, L. 1990. Computer-mediated communication in a high school: > The users shape the medium - part 1. Journal of Mathematical Behavior > 9:131-149. > > Garcia, A. C., and J. B. Jacobs. 1998. The interactional organization > of computer-mediated communication in the college classroom. > Qualitative Sociology 21 (3):299-317. > > Verduin, J. R., and T. A. Clark. 1991. Distance education: The > foundations of effective practice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, > Inc. > > Holmberg, B. 1989. Theory and practice of distance education. Boston, > MA: Routledge & Kegan Paul. > > Wasson, B., and A. I. Morch. 2000. Identifying collaboration patterns > in collaborative telelearning scenarios. Eductional Technology & > Society 3 (3):237-248. > > Walther, J. B. 1996. Computer-mediated communication: Impersonal, > interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction. Communication Research > 23 (1):3-43. > > Kiesler, S., J. Siegel, and T. W. McGuire. 1984. Social psychological > aspects of computer-mediated communication. American Psychologist 39 > (10):1123-1134. > > McCarthy, J., P. Wright, and A. Monk. 1992. Coherence in text-based > electronic conferencing: Coupling text and context. Journal of > Language and Social Psychology 11 (4):267-277. > > Winiecki, D. J. 1999. Keeping the thread: Adapting conversational > practice to help distance students and instructors manage discussions > in an asynchronous learning network. DEOSNEWS [On-line] 9 (2). > > ———. forthcoming. Reconstructing talk: Conversational patterns in the > asynchronous classroom. In WebTalk: Writing as conversation, edited by > D. Penrod. Hillsdale, N. J.: Lawrence Erlbaum. > > ———. 2003. Instructional discussions in online education: Practical > and research-oriented perspectives. In Handbook of Distance Education, > edited by M. Moore and R. Anderson. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum > Assoc. > > > >>> pwgraham(a)uwaterloo.ca 2/24/2005 4:07:01 PM >>> > Hi -- can anyone answer this? > Best, > Phil > > >Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:42:35 -0800 (PST) > >From: "Denise N. Rall" < denrall(a)yahoo.com > > >Subject: Re: [Air-l] VB: ICCA-06 - New topic - CA and chat > >Sender: air-l-aoir.org-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > >To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Cc: > >Reply-to: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > >X-BeenThere: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org > >Delivered-to: air-l-aoir.org(a)che.dreamhost.com > >Comment: DomainKeys? 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Apparently the author didn't find papers on > >analysis of chat using CA techniques. > > > >I am wondering (not my area) if there is a body of > >analysis on chat using CA techniques. . . . > > > >Cheers, Denise > > > > > > > > > > > >===== > >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 > >_______________________________________________ > >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://aoir.org/airjoin.html > > > _______________________________________________ > LNC mailing list > LNC(a)listserv.cddc.vt.edu > http://listserv.cddc.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/lnc > _______________________________________________ > LNC mailing list > LNC(a)listserv.cddc.vt.edu > http://listserv.cddc.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/lnc > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Re: Cfp: Cultures of eBay conference, University of Essex, 24th-25th August 2005
by Ellis, Rebecca M 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Apologies for cross-posting. Please disseminate widely. This is a call for papers, posters, and expressions of interest in attending a two-day conference at the University of Essex, UK: *************************************************************************** Cultures of eBay: making sense of social and economic aspects of the eBay 'phenomenon' August 24th-25th 2005, Colchester, University of Essex http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay.html *************************************************************************** Conference background This is the first independent UK conference which aims to look at the cultural, social and economic aspects of eBay. As such, this e-mail asks for early expressions of interest in attending, as well as being a call for papers and posters, in order to gauge the demand for this one-off conference. The idea for this conference originated from an ongoing ESRC project (RES-000-23-0433) at Chimera, a department of the University of Essex, which began in February 2004 and is due to end in January 2006. Results of this research project will be disseminated at the conference. The overall aim of this conference is to bring together academics, and practitioner groups from both business and the voluntary sector, to explore and 'make sense' of the cultural, social and economic aspects and implications of eBay, the Internet auction site. Who should attend Academics in the fields of (but not exclusively): new media, e-commerce, cultural studies, sociology, human geography, HCI Practitioners in relevant fields Research students Industry consultants Conference themes The conference themes have been written in order to accommodate the interests of both academics and practitioner groups. See the conference website (Conference themes and scope section) for a full and detailed outline of potential research questions that could be addressed under each theme. Meta themes: eBay and identity: the presentation of self/ others and knowledge performance eBay and social capital eBay, consumption and consumer lifestyles Collecting in an e-society eBay and employment effects eBay, competition and the 'perfect market' eBay and the 'real' economy eBay and website design eBay and the consumer Representations of eBay Guidance for authors of papers It is not intended for authors to submit full papers for the conference. Presenters will be chosen by a panel on the basis of their submitted abstracts. Abstracts should be no more than 400 words. If you are interested in participating, please email your abstract to the conference administrator by 31st March, 2005. Please e-mail Mr Martin Hicks (hicksm and add @essex.ac.uk to create full e-mail address) using the title 'eBay Conference.' The submission must include: . A title and abstract (400 words) outlining the work to be presented . Name(s) & contact details for each of the author(s) . Whether work is completed or on-going . Whether partly or wholly a student project . If work is subject to external constraints, (e.g. commercial sensitivity) Authors of accepted submissions will be notified by 22nd April 2005. PowerPoint presentations will be required by 29th July 2005. Guidance for poster submission Poster submissions addressing any of the areas identified in the conference topics are invited. If you would like to present a poster, please send details to Mr Martin Hicks (hicksm and add @essex.ac.uk to create full e-mail address) using the title 'eBay Conference poster.' The deadline for poster submission is 31st March, 2005. The submission must include: . A title and brief abstract (250 words) describing the contents of the poster . Name(s) & address(es) of author(s) . Name of presenter of the poster, address, email, telephone and fax number (if available) . Whether work is completed or on-going . Whether partly or wholly a student project . If work is subject to external constraints, (e.g. commercial sensitivity) . A brief note indicating how the space afforded for display of the poster will be used, including any innovative suggestions for display or observer involvement. Authors of accepted submissions will be notified by 22nd April 2005. There is no predefined layout and content format for poster presentations. A standard A1 poster board (approx 23 x 33 inches or 61 x 45.7cm) will be provided to display your work. For additional information on poster presentations, please refer to the conference website. Important dates Expressions of interest in attending (for non-presenters only), no later than: 21st March 2005 Abstracts and posters no later than: 31st March 2005 Acceptance notification: 22nd April 2005 PowerPoint presentations no later than: 29th July 2005 Formal registration for all no later than: 16th May 2005 Conference dates: 24th and 25th August, 2005. More information For more information on any aspects of the conference, please see the conference website: http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/culturesofebay.html Additionally, please e-mail Mr Martin Hicks (hicksm and add @essex.ac.uk to create full e-mail address) using the title 'eBay Conference' for early expressions of interest, or any queries you may have. To go to this e- mail address automatically, please go to the conference website. ____________________________________________ Rebecca Ellis Chimera http://www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/index.html Institute for Socio-Technical Research & Innovation University of Essex ________________________________________

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International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
by smarshall＠uwichill.edu.bb 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Dear all We are pleased to announce the launch of a new refereed e-journal: "International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT)" located at http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/. Articles in the first issue will be published early in 2005. The journal is published on the WWW as an open resource journal, i.e., with free and open access to all, but it has the status of commercially published journals by having an International Editorial Board and academic peer-reviewed articles. The journal concentrates on ICT in education and development in hitherto less developed parts of the world, e.g., developing countries (especially small states), and rural and remote regions of developed countries. It has a research section for academic, peer-reviewed articles, and a "studies from the field" section for edited (but not peer reviewed) case studies/reports. Call for Papers *************** We are now calling for research papers, case studies, reports from the field, book reviews and other submissions you may wish to offer to this community. There is no set deadline - articles are published as soon as they have been reviewed and copyedited. For further details on how to submit your article, please visit the IJEDICT website located at http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/. Regards Stewart & Wal Professor Stewart Marshall Director, Distance Education Centre The University of the West Indies, BARBADOS phone: +1 246 417 4497 fax: +1 246 421 6753 email: stewart.marshall(a)uwichill.edu.bb url: http://www.dec.uwi.edu/smarshall Professor Wal Taylor Capetown University of Technology, SOUTH AFRICA phone: +27 21 460 3232 fax: +27 21 460 3985 email: TaylorW(a)ctech.ac.za url: http://www.cqnet.com.au/~user/waltaylor Please view the recently published books edited by Marshall, Taylor & Yu: "Closing the Digital Divide" http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=Q602 Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4146 "Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology" http://www.idea-group.com/encyclopedia/details.asp?ID=4460 _______________________________________________________

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Antw: Air-l-aoir.org Digest, Vol 7, Issue 24
by Carl-Markus Piswanger 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

I am out of office - for urgent requests please call +43-664-8340264 (Mailbox and Call-Back). I will be back on March 2. Carl-Markus Piswanger

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Let me in, please?!!! (AOIR CONFERENCE SUBMISSION)
by Andrew Herman 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

Hello All- I just went to submit an abstract for the conference and the submission site has been closed down. I know I am day late but I didn;t confirmation from all of panel participants until today. I have a nifty roundtable on methodologies of mibility that I think we be of great interest to many. Will you please let me in? Andrew Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693

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Knew I'd forgotten something
by David Brake 23 Feb '05

23 Feb '05

My backup disk doesn't have enough space to back up the whole of my iBook's HD. I am backing up the documents, music, applications and pictures folders - are there any other folders I should be backing up in case the iBook bursts into flames? -- David Brake, PhD researcher in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunicat…> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page) and http://blog.org/ (weblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/dealingwithemail/> gives ordering info

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Re: Dirty E-Politics: When will virus writers get righteous?
by Allan A Friedman 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

>Targeted viral mail that selectively wipes out Democratic >harddrives, or that critically impairs the PCs of Republican >activists? The day before an election, or the day before the >other "side" has something *real* that will happen or be >deployed or be announced? Byond specific, highly malicious attacks that capitalize on social networks, it's interesting to note that email is highly under-utilized as a political tool: where is the political spam? I'm not talking about the DNC spamming me, but I wonder why there aren't more fringe groups filling inboxes. The political economy of non-commercial spam seems similar to commercial spam--i.e. low hit rate, bad PR images, high payoff for each successful hit--and there is also an "allies externality". If my group spams, the PR cost is not just borne by my group advertising, but probably my (potentially more mainstream) political allies. Moreover, just as you don't win customers by pissing them off, you don't gain adherents to your cause by flooding their inboxes. But most of us know political groups that clearly don't care what the mainstream thinks of them. Hate groups, prostletizing religious zealots, fringe political parties--these groups all have acknowledged that they are not going to win the PR battle. The reason LaRouchians stand on corners with large signs and Jehovah's Witnesses go door-to-door is that they want to catch the few people who might be interested, and public, annoying displays are the easiest way to catch them. I am curious as to why these groups are not filling our inboxes. There are enough web-savvy conspiracy theorists out there, and some of them must be desperate to wake us sheeplike masses from our ignorant slumber. They call in to AM talk shows. Sometimes they leaflet a neighborhood. Where is the spam? A few hypotheses: 1) They haven't discovered spam yet, or haven't thought of it yet. 2) Even extremist nuts aren't sick enough to spam people. 3) The cost of starting a spam operation is too high. 4) There is enough of it now and the above model is wrong, or there are fewer extremist groups than I think. I'm not terribly satisfied with any of these. Any ideas? /\llan

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Re: [Air-l] Let me in, please?!!! (AOIR CONFERENCE SUBMISSION)
by Andrew Herman 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

Thanks Jeremy-- I did just that after I sent the message to the list. Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> jhuns(a)vt.edu 02/22/05 7:03 PM >>> hi andrew, and other people with this question that will read this, please contact the program chair(Caroline Haythornthwaite) about this. she is the one that will be able to accept(or not depending on judgement and circumstances) late submissions. you will be able to get her email from her email from the website or her prior posts here. On Feb 22, 2005, at 6:56 PM, Andrew Herman wrote: > Hello All- > > I just went to submit an abstract for the conference and the submission > site has been closed down. I know I am day late but I didn;t > confirmation from all of panel participants until today. I have a nifty > roundtable on methodologies of mibility that I think we be of great > interest to many. Will you please let me in? > > Andrew > > Andrew Herman, Ph. D. > Associate Professor > Department of Communication Studies > Wilfrid Laurier University > Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 > CANADA > 519 884-1970 x3693 > _______________________________________________ > 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://aoir.org/airjoin.html > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments _______________________________________________ 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://aoir.org/airjoin.html

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Re: [Air-l] Re: Dirty E-Politics: When will virus writers get righteous?
by Art McGee 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

> I'm not talking about the DNC spamming me, but I wonder > why there aren't more fringe groups filling inboxes. > > I am curious as to why these groups are not filling our > inboxes. 4 years ago, I used to spam about 100,000 people on a regular basis with radical political messages. The trick is, to them, it wasn't spam, although by today's definitions it would be. I used to get email from people on a regular basis that would say something to the effect of: "I don't know how you got my email address, but I'm glad you did! Thank you!" Others would tell me that the emails I sent were the *only* ones they would let through automatically, and the rest, even emails from family and friends, would be processed by a spam filter. Now obviously, what I was doing wasn't fringe in the sense of being crazy, because I was trying to reach enlightened people who I already knew were desperate for this type of information. I knew who my audience was and I knew how to find them, even if they didn't know I existed. I didn't need to ask their permission, I simply had to make my presence known and they were grateful that someone had rescued them from the inanity of standard cyber discourse. Now, to address your question specifically, the answer is quite simple, those who are the most on the fringe and the most divorced from enlightenment reasoning have the least interest in saying anything to anyone other than those who are already a part of their incestuous ideological circle. Their methods of recruitment are not the tactics of mass struggle, in the way that activists throughout history have used them, but rather, they are more akin to cults, and the tried and true method for cults is to pick people off one at a time, looking for those who are drifting aimlessly in life and needing something to grab on to. More importantly, I think the idea that fringe groups don't care what people think about them is fallacious. While they may not care about public image in the sphincter-obstructing way that professional politicians do, they have no interest in making themselves targets of the wrath of a large swath of the public or the government, which is what most certainly would happen if people started to find, for example, Neo-Nazi messages in their mailboxes on a regular basis. Brutish commerce about penis enlargement pills and other products is tolerated because it is somewhat comical and farcical, but the FBI, ATF, DEA, and other acronyms would start busting down literal and virtual doors if "Kill All Jews" spam was flooding the net. Even nutjobs aren't completely stupid. Jehovah's Witnesses, who on the surface have been stereotyped as trying to recruit people "willy nilly," are not that interested in bringing a flood of random people into their church. They have stuck to old-style face-to-face contact, which is much more similar to grassroots organizing than many would want to admit. Also, being that they are Christians, I suspect that their ethical values would discourage them from spamming. They might be considered annoying to many people, but that doesn't mean that they'll do anything for attention. Then there is the issue of economics and technical know-how. Spamming of the type that you see on the net regularly does require a certain amount of continuous capital investment, which for political groups is not recouped by sales to stupid people. Every dollar they spend on lawsuits, servers, staff, etc., would be money out of their normal operating costs. In addition, the technical information and industry contacts necessary to spam and not get almost completely and permanently blocklisted from the net, including your legitimate non-spam access, is not something that is currently in reach of many of these groups. Even the Neo-Nazis have regular web sites like StormFront.org, and you can bet that their site would be affected if spam started going out that had any connection to them. So, the return on investment for spam is not even worth it for these fringe groups. To summarize, spam is basically counterproductive for political groups unless they have a known audience which can be unearthed with absolute certainty. This requires a depth of cultural understanding and communications skills which few of these groups have. I could do it because it is one of my strengths, but few of the truly fringe groups have the people or resources to play on this field. Art McGee Principal Consultant Virtual Identity Communications+Media+Technology 1-510-967-9381 artmcgee(a)cyberspace.org

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Call for Book Chapters: Human Computer Interaction Research in Web Design and Evaluation
by Panayiotis Zaphiris 22 Feb '05

22 Feb '05

[Apologies for Cross-posting] CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/~zaphiri/Announcements/web-book.html Submission Deadline: March 31, 2005 Human Computer Interaction Research in Web Design and Evaluation A book edited by: Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris, Centre for HCI Design, City University, London, UK Dr. Sri Kurniawan, School of Informatics, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Overall Objectives of the Book ------------------------------ The objective of this book is to look at the topic of Web design in a new direction. The majority of existing books on this topic have been focusing primarily on the technical dimensions (programming languages, hardware and software needs) of Web design. Few books touch on the user aspect of Web design and interaction. In addition, this book will try to provide an academic/research direction to Web usability. Because humans are an important participant in Web interaction and a significant factor contributing to successful Web design is user involvement throughout the design and evaluation processes, there is a need for a unified view of the user-related topics that surround Web design. This book will point out that beyond the technical aspects of Web design, we need to systematically take into account human interaction and activity, and the completely renewed social and cultural environments that Web environments and interfaces are calling for and technologies are now capable of delivering. The general goal is to discuss the basis of a broad framework for the development and management of Web environments, enriched with contributions from domains as diverse as Web design, information systems, psychology, sociology, artificial intelligence, e-learning and many others. The Target Audience ------------------- University educators and educators in general; university administrators; researchers; lecturers of HCI and user-centred design; Web system managers; instructional designers; general audience with an interest in HCI and Web design. This book will be structured in such a way so that it can act as a core textbook in HCI and Web development courses. Recommended Topics ------------------ Recommended topics include but are not limited to the following: * Introduction: Introduction to HCI and User-Centred Design and their application to Web design * Humans as Web Users: human abilities and limitations (cognitive, perceptual, motor) and their effect on efficient use of the Web; cognitive psychology and its application to Web design * Analysis: Query-based techniques (interviews, focus groups, surveys) and Web design; Task Analysis, users, context and requirements and their application to Web design; Personas * Design: Conceptual and detailed Web design; Prototyping (paper/electronic) as used in Web design; Screen design; Information architecture; Design of user-friendly Web navigation schemes and features; Web Accessibility and Web design for people with special needs; Participatory design and other innovative design approaches in Web design; Dialogue design * Evaluation: Usability evaluation; Expert (heuristic) evaluation; Web accessibility evaluation * Special Topics: Interaction styles and their applicability to the Web; Information visualization on the Web; Computer mediated communication and the Web; The future of HCI and the Web SUBMISSION PROCEDURE -------------------- Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 31, 2005, up to 2 page proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 30, 2005 and be sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 31, 2005. All submitted chapters will be reviewed through a blind reviewing process. The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, and Idea Group Reference Imprints. Dr. Panayiotis Zaphiris Centre for HCI Design, City University London, EC1V 0HB UK e-mail: zaphiri(a)soi.city.ac.uk Fax: +44 (0)20 7040 8859 or Dr. Sri Kurniawan University of Manchester Manchester, UK e-mail: s.kurniawan(a)manchester.ac.uk Fax: +44 (0)161 306 3324

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