- Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Re: political blogging
by Eszter Hargittai 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Dan Drezner and Henry Farrell (the co-author of that piece in Foreign Policy) also have the draft of a related paper available online with a summary and link here: http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/002223.html Also, with Jason Gallo and Sean Zehnder, I am working on a political blogging paper from which we'll be presenting material at the Eastern Sociological Society meetings in DC in March and at the Midwest Political Science Assn meetings in Chicago in April. We are using social network analysis to map the political blogosphere and look at the extent of cross-ideological discussions. It's not quite ready for circulation, but feel free to send me a note if you'd like us to keep you posted. Eszter --- http://www.eszter.northwestern.edu > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:40:32 +0800 > From: "Randolph Kluver (Assoc Prof)" <TRKluver(a)ntu.edu.sg> > Subject: [Air-l] political blogging > To: <air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Message-ID: > > Sarah, Daniel Drezner, a political scientist/blogger at the University of > Chicago, has recently been doing a lot on blogging, and just published a > piece in Foreign Policy, I think. > http://www.danieldrezner.com/research/blogpaperfinal.pdf > http://danieldrezner.com/policy/webofinfluence.htm > > Randolph Kluver > Executive Director > Singapore Internet Research Centre > Nanyang Technological University > Singapore 637718 > phone (65) 6790-5770 > URL: www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ > > mapping from an online identity to a legal identity--these seem like Bad > Ideas. But is there a strong case for protecting an open system from > passive surveillance? > > A colleague is advising a senior capstone thesis in political > blogging and its impact, and had the following questions after > finding few academic publications. I'd appreciate any suggestions for > her, off-list or on. > >>Are there major academic articles about political blogs? In what >> journals? >>Are there major theories that we should consider? >>What criteria do you apply to blogs when analyzing them? > > Thanks, > Sarah

1 0

new reviews in cyberculture studies (december 2004)
by david silver 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

New reviews (found at http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/) include: McKenzie Wark, A Hacker Manifesto (Harvard University Press, 2004) Reviewed by: Steven Shaviro Review Essay: Simon Reynolds, Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture; and Ben Malbon, Clubbing: Dancing, Ecstasy and Vitality (Routledge, 1999) Reviewed by: Adam Fish Enjoy. david silver

1 0

Re: Air-l-aoir.org Digest, Vol 4, Issue 20
by Peder Are Jensen 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hello, Jarek. Yes, hate is basically socially generated. However, it can also be strengthened or weakened in various ways. I am not sure whether I fully agree with you that "web sites only replicate the existing social divisions." I think they do more than that. I spend a lot of time researching websites related to Islam or anything Islamic. From all possible angles, both conservative ones, websites dealing with extremist militants calling for Jihad, reformist and secularist ones and even websites of people rejecting Islam. Now, if you take the extremes on both ends of this, the most violent Islamists and radical Islam-rejecters, these are groups that would have a hard time getting their message across in more traditional and conservative media. I do think the Internet itself is empowering such groups in a way that is significant, enabling them to spread their message to wider audiences. At the very least, the web is greatly facilitating social changes already underway. It may even be creating changes, even though I know many would reject such a view as technological determinism. This includes hate sites, such as those Islamic militant sites decsribed on the Internet Haganah. Just my 2 cents. Yous sincerely, Mr. Peder Jensen. Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 17:21:00 -0800 From: "J. J." <japeks(a)hotmail.com> Subject: RE: [Air-l] 1. Re: Virtual Ethnicities/Online Hate Speech To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Message-ID: <BAY23-F37A0D77B14B2C3695B4C4CC9B90(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Hi Peder, I think that "hate" is socially generated, cyberspace or not. The web sites only replicate the existing social divisions. I've checked the links you provided, and they don't help me understand the phenomenon of the “Islamic extremists” much. I am not sure if that can be understood without active participation of the other side either and those web sites don't seem to be inviting any such discussion. My point then is that cyberspace will provide answers only to the point already determined (and allowed) in the world outside of it. What do you think? Jarek >From: Peder Are Jensen <pajensen75(a)yahoo.no> >Reply-To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >To: air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org >Subject: [Air-l] 1. Re: Virtual Ethnicities/Online Hate Speech Date: Mon, >22 Nov 2004 17:27:26 +0100 (CET) > > >From Peder Jensen, Master Student at the University of Oslo, Norway. >Charles Ess mentioned searching for hate communities online. Have you tried >looking at websites by Islamic extremists? You can track some of them >through websites like these: > >http://www.jihadwatch.org/ > >http://internet-haganah.co.il/haganah/ > >Yours sincerely, Mr. Peder Jensen.

3 2

Re: [Air-l] Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty Position-Digital Animation and Graphics at Virginia Tech
by Andrew Herman 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Jeremy- Sounds like you are putting together a rockin program there in Blackburg. Go Digital Hokies! 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 30/11/2004 10:14:46 am >>> distribute as appropriate: Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty Position-Digital Animation and Graphics at Virginia Tech 'Position Responsibilities: * Collaborate with faculty in Computer Science and other departments to create an interdisciplinary teaching and research program at the interface of computer science and the arts; * Initiate, seek funding for, conduct, and widely disseminate the results of a focused and productive research program; * Teach both graduate and undergraduate courses as assigned by the department head, using innovative and technology-based teaching methods to prepare students for the diverse workplace of the future; * Mentor graduate and undergraduate students and direct theses and dissertations; * Participate in departmental governance and outreach activities as appropriate to the position's rank and as assigned by the department head; * Assist in improving diversity in all aspects of the department; and * Fulfill expectations of the general faculty as described in the Faculty Handbook. Required qualifications: * Terminal degree appropriate to conduct research in computer animation and/or digital rendering; * Demonstrated ability to publish significant computer animation and/or digital rendering research consistent with desired rank; * Demonstrated ability or potential to secure research funding and build a research program in computer animation and/or digital rendering consistent with desired rank; * Demonstrated ability to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in computer animation and/or rendering; * Research relevant to developing area of digital arts (visual, performance, and/or musical); * Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other disciplines; * A coherent plan for future research. 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

1 0

Interoperability and Integration in e-Government (IJEGR vol 2, iss 2 )
by Jochen Scholl 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Apologies for inevitable double postings! First Call for Papers INTEROPERABILITY and INTEGRATION have become top items on today's e-Government research and practice agendas. We invite you to join us in helping understand and shape these important worldwide foci in e-Government by submitting your respective research papers to the: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT RESEARCH Editors-In-Chief Patricia Diamond Fletcher (pfletcher(a)umbc.edu) Donald F. Norris (norris(a)umbc.edu) Published: Quarterly (pint & electronic) ISSN: 1548-3886 eISSN: 1548-3894 Special Issue Co-Editors Ralf Klischewski and Hans J (Jochen) Scholl The International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) is soliciting high quality papers for a special issue of the journal on E-Government Interoperability and Integration to be published as Volume 2, Issue No. 2, April-June 2006. We encourage the academic and practitioner community to submit articles related to the mission of IJEGR. The paper submission deadline for this special issue V2(2) is May 1, 2005. Mission: The mission of the International Journal of Electronic Government Research is to publish the very best original scholarly research on the subject of electronic government, broadly defined, and to publish top quality articles about electronic government from the practice. To this end, we invite submission of papers from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. The members of the Editorial Board represent this international and multidisciplinary perspective. Special Issue-related Research Orientations: Papers may address any aspect of e-Gov interoperability and integration including but not limited to the following topical orientations: (1) The technological (hardware, software, and middleware) dimension - The development, implementation, maintenance, and overhaul of government transaction processing and information systems (IS) - The integration of IS (legacy and e-Gov IS) to support inter-organizational components of e-Government - Scope and limitations of inter- and intra-governmental IS - Interoperability standards & frameworks (technical perspective) - Public key infrastructures - Web services for public administration - Semantic web for e-Gov applications - Specific infrastructural requirements for interoperability (2) The organizational, managerial, legal, and social dimensions - Infrastructure alignment & interoperability setup strategies (organizational perspective) - Internal effectiveness and efficiency (IEE) and increased responsiveness through interoperability - The various dimensions (vertical and/or horizontal; inter-agency, intra-agency, inter-governmental, and intra-governmental) of e-Gov interoperability and integration - challenges of dual-mode operations (traditional and e-Gov-based) in government - Operational interoperability (formal and informal networks) versus technical interoperability (software and hardware compatibility) - Infrastructure/interoperability performance and improvement evaluation - Legal and constitutional limits to interoperability and integration (3) The interaction and interdependency between (1) and (2) - Barriers to interoperability (privacy, ambiguity about statutory authority, openness to public scrutiny, trust, lack of experience, hardware/software incompatibility, data sharing standards and a lack of awareness of opportunities to share) - Strategies and innovative approaches to enhancing interoperability (managerial and technical solutions) - Inter-organizational process management, information management, and security/rights management - Constituents' resistance and recalcitrance This special issue is especially interested in papers that make substantial theoretical and/or empirical contributions to knowledge in the field. It seeks to systematically describe the phenomenon of e-Gov interoperability and integration. It also attempts to help government practice improve current interoperability methods and modes of integrated operation. We welcome submissions that employ either quantitative or qualitative methodologies or both. For all empirical manuscripts authors must clearly and concisely describe their research methods, data or evidence, and analytical techniques, particularly for less standardized methods such as action research, case studies, and current practices reports. Following the academic tradition, all manuscripts must be grounded in prior research and scholarly literature relevant to the subjects being investigated. Manuscripts that are essentially speculative in nature, that lack a theoretical or empirical base, or that are not grounded in prior research will not be considered. Coverage: The coverage of IJEGR is international and focused on original research in electronic government applications, management, and policy. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following: * Best practices in e-government * Electronic government applications * Governance and electronic democracy * Impacts of electronic government * Information policy * Information security * Information privacy * Information access * Internal government processes and intranets * Measurement of performance * Strategic management of electronic government * Technology adoption and diffusion Review Process: A double-blind review is applied to all submitted manuscripts. Manuscripts for this call must be received, in electronic format (WORD), no later than May 1, 2005. All manuscripts must be sent directly to the editors at ijegr(a)umbc.edu. Authors will be notified by June 15, 2005 of the outcome of the review process. Final manuscripts will be expected no later than August 15, 2005. Any question relating to the submission and acceptance process should be directed to the journal's editors. Please familiarize yourself with submission guidelines by visiting www.idea-group.com/ijegr. For more information on submitting to the International Journal of Electronic Government Research, please visit our Web page at www.idea-group.com/ijegr. Please visit our web site for more information about the journal and its Editorial Board. Publisher: The International Journal of Electronic Government Research is published by Idea Group Inc., publisher of "Idea Group Publishing", "Information Science Publishing", "IRM Press", "CyberTech" and "Idea Group Reference" imprints. For additional information about the publisher, please visit their Web site at www.idea-group.com. The cfp can also be found under http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/Cfp_IJEGR_IOO.html

1 0

Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty Position-Digital Animation and Graphics at Virginia Tech
by jeremy hunsinger 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

distribute as appropriate: Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty Position-Digital Animation and Graphics at Virginia Tech 'Position Responsibilities: * Collaborate with faculty in Computer Science and other departments to create an interdisciplinary teaching and research program at the interface of computer science and the arts; * Initiate, seek funding for, conduct, and widely disseminate the results of a focused and productive research program; * Teach both graduate and undergraduate courses as assigned by the department head, using innovative and technology-based teaching methods to prepare students for the diverse workplace of the future; * Mentor graduate and undergraduate students and direct theses and dissertations; * Participate in departmental governance and outreach activities as appropriate to the position's rank and as assigned by the department head; * Assist in improving diversity in all aspects of the department; and * Fulfill expectations of the general faculty as described in the Faculty Handbook. Required qualifications: * Terminal degree appropriate to conduct research in computer animation and/or digital rendering; * Demonstrated ability to publish significant computer animation and/or digital rendering research consistent with desired rank; * Demonstrated ability or potential to secure research funding and build a research program in computer animation and/or digital rendering consistent with desired rank; * Demonstrated ability to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in computer animation and/or rendering; * Research relevant to developing area of digital arts (visual, performance, and/or musical); * Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other disciplines; * A coherent plan for future research. Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

1 0

Political blogging
by Wainer Lusoli 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hi Sarah - I've seen a few papers presented at APSA Conference 2004, try searching for 'blog' at http://archive.allacademic.com/publication/apsa_index.php At least three-four papers should will come up (in case they don't I have hard copies). There was a very, very thought provoking round-table as well, with academics and bloggers, though I doubt it can be found online now. A summary is found at http://136.142.121.233/doc/ITP-News-Vol-1-No-1.pdf. Finally, there is a report by the UK Hansard Society, concise but useful. http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/assets/Final_Blog_Report_.pdf I am drafting a short piece about pol blogs in the UK, I'd be interested to see what else you come up with in the end. Can you please post back to the list? Kind regards, Wainer ----------------------- Wainer Lusoli Research Fellow @ ESRI http://www.lusoli.info w.lusoli(a)salford.ac.uk -----------------------

1 0

political blogging
by Randolph Kluver (Assoc Prof) 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Sarah, Daniel Drezner, a political scientist/blogger at the University of Chicago, has recently been doing a lot on blogging, and just published a piece in Foreign Policy, I think. http://www.danieldrezner.com/research/blogpaperfinal.pdf http://danieldrezner.com/policy/webofinfluence.htm Randolph Kluver Executive Director Singapore Internet Research Centre Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637718 phone (65) 6790-5770 URL: www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ mapping from an online identity to a legal identity--these seem like Bad Ideas. But is there a strong case for protecting an open system from passive surveillance? A colleague is advising a senior capstone thesis in political blogging and its impact, and had the following questions after finding few academic publications. I'd appreciate any suggestions for her, off-list or on. >Are there major academic articles about political blogs? In what journals? >Are there major theories that we should consider? >What criteria do you apply to blogs when analyzing them? Thanks, Sarah -

1 0

help with political blogging research
by Sarah Stein 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

A colleague is advising a senior capstone thesis in political blogging and its impact, and had the following questions after finding few academic publications. I'd appreciate any suggestions for her, off-list or on. >Are there major academic articles about political blogs? In what journals? >Are there major theories that we should consider? >What criteria do you apply to blogs when analyzing them? Thanks, Sarah -- Sarah Stein, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Asst Head of IT, Dept of Communication Chair, Teaching, Learning & Technology Roundtable (TLTR) Box 8104, N.C. State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8104 Ph: 919-515-9740; Fax 919-515-9456

2 1

RE: [Air-l] FW: [chineseinternetresearch] National Science Foundation to help CIA spy on IRC chatrooms
by Irene Berkowitz 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Actually, last year, I was contacted by two people in various places in the DOD, based on things I either wrote or posted. They were very friendly and self-disclosing about their objectives. I ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:14:28 -0500 >From: John McNutt <mcnuttjg(a)netzero.com> >Subject: RE: [Air-l] FW: [chineseinternetresearch] National Science Foundation to help CIA spy on IRC chatrooms >To: "'air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org'" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >What makes you think that they don't come to these things? Intelligence >agencies from every nation try to keep up with new development and academic >conferences would seem like a perfect opportunity to do that. While we >tend to equate intelligence with James Bond and the like, a lot of what >intelligence agencies do is the same thing that we do--analyze data. Why >wouldn't they want our take on all of this? John McNutt > > >On Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:14 PM, Charles Ess [SMTP:ess@uni-trier.de] >wrote: >| So shall we invite the CIA to the next AoIR conference? (smile) >| >| In seriousness, I thought this report would be of considerable to many >| Airists who know something about chatroom research and how easy it is to >| profile users... (_not_ smiling this time...) >| >| Charles Ess >| Fall '04: Fulbright Senior Scholar >| Universitat Trier >| Fachbereich II >| Fakultaten der Medienwissenschaft, Sinologie >| Universitatsring 15 >| 54296 Trier (Germany) >| Office phone: (49) (0)651-201-3744 >| Sekretariat: (49) (0)651-201-3203 >| Fax: (49) (0)651-201-3741 >| >| 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 >| >| >| ------ Forwarded Message >| From: George Lessard <media(a)web.net> >| Reply-To: <chineseinternetresearch(a)yahoogroups.com> >| Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:05:50 -0700 >| To: Chinese Internet Research List ><chineseinternetresearch(a)yahoogroups.com> >| Cc: L mediamentor <mediamentor(a)yahoogroups.com> >| Subject: [chineseinternetresearch] National Science Foundation to help >CIA >| spy on IRC chatrooms >| >| ><http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39126120,00.htm>htt >p:// >| management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39126120,00.htm >| >| CIA checks out chatrooms >| November 25 2004 >| by Declan McCullagh >| >| [Excerpts] >| >| In April 2003, the CIA agreed to fund a series of research projects >| that the documents indicate were intended to create "new capabilities >| to combat terrorism through advanced technology". One of those >| projects is research at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, >| N.Y., devoted to automated monitoring and profiling of the behaviour >| of chatroom users. >| >| Even though the money ostensibly comes from the National Science >| Foundation, CIA officials were involved in selecting recipients for >| the research grants, according to a contract between the two agencies >| obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and >| reviewed by silicon.com sister site CNET News.com. >| >| EPIC director Marc Rotenberg, whose nonprofit group obtained the >| documents through the Freedom of Information Act, said the CIA's >| clandestine involvement was worrisome. "The intelligence community is >| changing the priorities of scientific research in the US," Rotenberg >| said. "You have to be careful that the National Science Foundation >| doesn't become the National Spy Foundation." >| >| A CIA representative would not answer questions, saying the agency's >| policy is never to talk about funding. The two Rensselaer Polytechnic >| Institute researchers involved, Bulent Yener and Mukkai >| Krishnamoorthy, did not respond to interview requests. >| >| Yener and Krishnamoorthy, both associate professors of computer >| science, wrote that their research would involve writing a program >| for "silently listening" to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel and >| "logging all the messages". >| >| A June 2004 paper they published, also funded by the NSF, described a >| project that quietly monitored users of the popular Undernet network, >| which has about 144,000 users and 50,000 channels. In the paper, >| Yener and Krishnamoorthy predicted their work "could aid [the] >| intelligence >| community to eavesdrop in chatrooms, profile chatters and identify >| hidden groups of chatters in a cost-effective way" and that their >| future research will focus on identifying "topic-based information". >| >| >| >| -- >| -- >| >| = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >| Via / By / Excerpted / From / Tip from / Thanks to: >| >| JULES SIEGEL Apdo. 1764 77501-Cancun Q. Roo Mexico >| http://www.cafecancun.com/portfolio >| >| Newsroom-l, news and issues for journalists >| http://www.newsroom-l.net/blog >| >| ? info >| http://members.tripod.com/~media002/disclaimer.htm >| Due to the nature of email & the WWW, check ALL sources. >| = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >| >| [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >| >| >| Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >| >| ><http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129e02o8a/M=296572.5585671.6651487.3001176/ >D=gr >| >oups/S=1705004924:HM/EXP=1101748008/A=2343726/R=0/SIG=12ivg7cu0/*http:// >clk. >| atdmt.com/VON/go/yhxxxvon01900091von/direct/01/&time=1101661608093081> > Get >| unlimited calls to U.S./Canada >| ><http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=129e02o8a/M=296572.5585671.6651487.3001176/ >D=gr >| >oups/S=1705004924:HM/EXP=1101748008/A=2343726/R=1/SIG=12ivg7cu0/*http:// >clk. >| atdmt.com/VON/go/yhxxxvon01900091von/direct/01/&time=1101661608093081> >| >| >| Yahoo! Groups Links >| * To visit your group on the web, go to: >| * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chineseinternetresearch/ >| * >| * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >| * chineseinternetresearch-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com >| ><mailto:chineseinternetresearch-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsu >bscr >| ibe> >| * >| * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service >| <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . >| >| ------ End of Forwarded Message >| >| >| _______________________________________________ >| 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 > > >_______________________________________________ >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

1 0