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Judith Amsel/SES/SCT is out of the office.
by Judith Amsel 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

I will be out of the office starting 10/28/2004 and will not return until 11/01/2004. I am away from the office on vacation, but I will respond to your message when I return. If you need help with a Luminis CMS-related issue, please contact Amy Eagleston (aeaglest(a)sungardsct.com) You may also wish to contact Kathy Pecor at 801-257-4139.

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Fwd: [cultstud-l] cfp: The Internet and Alternative Political Practices
by jeremy hunsinger 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

Begin forwarded message: > From: gary hall <gary.hall(a)connectfree.co.uk> > Date: October 28, 2004 12:02:10 PM EDT > To: Cultural Studies <cultstud-l(a)mailman.acomp.usf.edu> > Subject: [cultstud-l] cfp: The Internet and Alternative Political > Practices > Reply-To: gary.hall(a)connectfree.co.uk, Cultural Studies > <cultstud-l(a)mailman.acomp.usf.edu> > > Call for Papers > > Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (WPCC) > > Issue 2 (Spring-Summer 2005): The Internet and Alternative Political > Practices > > Aiming to open up a critical dialogue on the Internet and alternative > political > practices, the second issue of WPCC is welcoming both theoretical and > applied > contributions. Stimulating this dialogue is the potential of the > Internet to > transform our notions of citizenship, democracy and political > practice. The > Internet can also be used as a tool by current social movements and > alternative > political activists, changing the way people organize and protest > around their > ideas. It may also foster alternative media practices that redefine > our notions > of the public sphere, alter social and political identities, and > facilitate > processes of development and empowerment, particularly for the > politically > disenfranchised. > > Therefore, the coming issue of WPCC will be an attempt to address > these topics > by drawing on research that focuses on the following interrelated > questions: > > Ø How is the Internet transforming our notions of democracy, > citizenship and > the public sphere? > > Ø Has the Internet changed political campaigning, both for electoral > and > alternative politics? > > Ø Has it influenced political activism, organizing and participation? > > Ø Is it transforming our perceptions of the political? > > Ø How is it used by current social movements, both local and global? > > Ø Does it foster alternative political and media practices? > > Ø Does it affect the development and negotiation of social and > political > identities? > > Ø Does it empower the grassroots and the local? > > > Applicants may submit abstracts of no more than to 350 words to > Anastasia > Kavada - anakavada(a)hotmail.com or Pantelis Vatikiotis – > p_vatikiotis(a)hotmail.com. The deadline for the submission of abstracts > is > Monday 22 November. > > Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (WPCC) is a > peer-reviewed > journal, published twice a year in hard copy and PDF format. WPCC > recognises > the interdisciplinary nature of the field of Media and Cultural > Studies, and > therefore deliberately encourages diverse methods, contexts and themes. > Particular interests include, but are not limited to, work related to > Popular > Culture, Media Audiences, Political Economy, Promotional Culture, New > Media, > Political Communication, Migration and Diasporic Studies. > > A major goal of the WPCC is to help develop a de-westernised and > transcultural > sphere that engages both young and established scholars from different > parts of > the world in a critical debate about the relationship between > communication, > culture and society in the 21st Century. > > WPCC invites contributions from all scholars; particularly those at the > beginning of their careers. > > > > -- > Dr Gary Hall > Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, Middlesex University > Co-editor of Culture Machine http://www.culturemachine.net > My website http://www.garyhall.info > > > > > _______________________________________________ > cultstud-l mailing list: cultstud-l(a)mailman.acomp.usf.edu > http://mailman.acomp.usf.edu/mailman/listinfo/cultstud-l > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Re: [Air-l] Tutorial: How to unsubscribe from air-l
by Eszter Hargittai 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

> one key point of communicating with the list is that you have to > send > from an email that is subscribed to the list, it has to be a > perfect > match, or the list software will discard it. > Of course, unfortunately, this setting makes it impossible to use aliases for this list, unless you're okay with not ever posting anything. Eszter

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screening out spam
by Gary Thompson 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

The recent spate of messages from those trying to unsubscribe reminds me that about 2/3 of everything I get via e-mail—even with an academic address—is spam. I’ve got my “rules” set up so as to try to catch some of this: --if the subject line contains certain keywords, e.g., “market,” “drugs,” “investment,” “penis,” “casino,” then it goes into my trash box. --if the from line contains “admin,” then it goes in the trash box --if the “to” says “undisclosed recipients,” etc. I’m wondering whether others have had success with similar rules, as opposed to installing spam-killing software (and as for that, how well does it work, when spammers garble key words so as to avoid screening, e.g., Vi*ag*kra or other combinations). Gary Thompson

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sunbelt social network conference -- call for abstracts
by Barry Wellman 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

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 _____________________________________________________________________ Many AoIR folks study social networks, whether they know it or not. Here is my favorite conference. Smart people, serious fun; warm beach in February. Call for Abstracts International Sunbelt Social Network Conference XXV February 16 - 20, 2005 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Redondo Beach Los Angeles, California http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~ssnconf/ The International Sunbelt Social Network Conference is the official conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA). Located in scenic Redondo Beach, CA, Sunbelt XXV will provide an interdisciplinary venue for social scientists, mathematicians, computer scientists, ethnologists, and others to present current work in the area of social networks. Workshops and conference sessions will allow individuals interested in theory, methods, or applications of social network analysis to share ideas and explore common interests. Conference Deadlines: Abstract Submission December 1, 2004 Hotel Reservation December 15, 2004 (for the conference rate) Conference Registration January 1, 2005 (for the early registration rate) Highlights: Workshops, Wednesday, February 16 Keynote Address, Thursday, February 17 Ronald Breiger Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona Social Networks and the Spinozan Problem of Order^Ô Welcome Banquet, Thursday, February 17 Freeman Award Presentation, Friday, February 18 James Moody Associate Professor of Sociology, The Ohio State University (Title to be announced) Additional Events: Rationality and Society Miniconference Wednesday, February 16 More Details: To find out more about the conference visit: http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~ssnconf/ To submit an abstract: http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~ssnconf/ To make hotel reservations: Conference Rate: $159/night Student Rate: $129/night Make reservations by December 15, 2004 to receive the conference rates. Call: 800-368-9760 or 1-310-318-8888 Be sure to specify the Social Network Conference when making your reservation so it counts toward the conference Or via the web at: http://www.crowneplaza.com/redondobeach (enter group booking code A2S) To register for the conference: Visit the INSNA website, www.insna.net Potential session topics include (but are not limited to): * Dynamic Networks * Diffusion & Social Influence * Health * Inter-organizational Relations * Sampling * Network Data Collection * Network Methods and Models * Collective Action and Social Movements * Personal Networks * Social Support * Small Worlds * Statistical Models * Visualization Social Activities * Phil Bonacich will lead a leisurely bike ride along the miles of bike paths on the beach to Marina del Rey for lunch and back on Saturday morning (10am-1pm). Bikes are available for rental across the street from conference hotel. * Whale watching will be available after the conference on Sunday for all those interested in seeing the majestic California gray whales' migration to Mexico. Cost: $15/person. * No-host happy hours in the lobby of the conference hotel every evening, 5:30 - 7:30 pm * Hospitality suite open every evening, 9:30-11pm About the Crowne Plaza Hotel: This five-story hotel is across the street from the Pacific Ocean and King Harbor Marina: 2 blocks from Redondo Beach shops and restaurants, and 7 miles south of Los Angeles International Airport. Spacious guestrooms feature private balconies. Nearly every guestroom offers full or partial views of the ocean or marina. An enormous rooftop deck with a pool and a tennis court looks out to the ocean and marina. A full-service European spa and salon offers everything from hair conditioning to seaweed mud wraps. Sunbelt 2005 Organizing Committee: Local Arrangements: Tom Valente (tvalente(a)usc.edu) Rebecca Davis (rldavis(a)ucla.edu) Program: Katherine Faust (kfaust(a)uci.edu),Carter Butts (buttsc(a)uci.edu)

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[syndic8] Internet and politics (fwd)
by elijah wright 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:01:38 -0000 From: tjrookie2000 <tjohnson(a)SIU.EDU> Reply-To: syndic8(a)yahoogroups.com To: syndic8(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [syndic8] Internet and politics My research partner Barbara Kaye and I are professors at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale and University of Tennessee-Knoxville. We are conducting an online survey that examines the motivations for accessing the Web, weblogs, chat rooms, bulletin boards and other Internet resources for political information. Our survey has been approved by the University of Tennessee institutional review board and is being conducted for academic purposes only. We are specifically looking for individuals who connect to online political information to fill out our survey. Survey URL: http://apps.ws.utk.edu/politics To find more info about Syndicated XML newsfeeds visit http://www.syndic8.com

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Scientists and Subjects Online Seminar (fwd)
by Lois Ann Scheidt 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

I took the seminar earlier this year and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in research ethics. Lois Ann Scheidt MPA MIS SPHR CCP Doctoral Student School of Library and Information Science Indiana University Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:41:19 -0500 (EST) From: owner-poynter_news(a)indiana.edu.On.Behalf.Of.Pimple, Kenneth(a)indiana.edu To: appe(a)indiana.edu Subject: Scientists and Subjects Online Seminar |====================================================================| | This message is from APPE_News, a distribution list managed by | | the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics. | | For more information about the Association, see the end of this | | message. | |====================================================================| Scientists and Subjects: An Online Seminar on the Ethics of Research with Human Subjects Registrations are now being accepted for the sixth annual Scientists and Subjects Online Seminar. Scientists and Subjects is a unique and innovative Internet-based seminar designed for busy researchers and research administrators who are concerned with the responsible conduct of research with human subjects. The seminar is open to junior and senior researchers, members of Institutional Review Boards and other administrators, and college and university faculty members who teach future researchers. Five years of experience offering the Scientists and Subjects seminar has allowed us to develop an intensive, focused curriculum addressing core issues in human subjects research. To maximize interaction and attention to each seminar member's concerns, each cohort will be limited to 17 members on a first-come, first-served basis. The seminar fee is $200. Continuing Medical Education credits are available for an additional processing fee of $50 (16 credits). Prospective participants must submit a check or purchase order to cover the registration fee and complete an application form, available on the Web at http://poynter.indiana.edu/sas/, no later than Friday, December 10, 2004. For more information, contact: Kenneth D. Pimple, SAS Project Director, Poynter Center, Indiana University, 618 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-3602; (812) 856-4986; FAX 855-3315; pimple(a)indiana.edu; http://poynter.indiana.edu/sas/. |=========================================================| | If you are interested in joining the Association, | | please visit our web site at | | http://www.indiana.edu/~appe/ or contact us at | | appe(a)indiana.edu with your mailing address to | | receive an introductory letter and information packet. | | | | For information on this list, including how to | | unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majordomo(a)indiana.edu | | with the following command in the body (not the | | "Subject" line) of your message: info appe_news | |=========================================================|

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EFF Challenges Secret Court Order
by Art McGee 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

More on the IndyMedia situation that some were inquiring about: Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release For Immediate Release: Monday, October 25, 2004 Contact: Kevin Bankston Attorney, Equal Justice Works / Bruce J. Ennis Fellow Electronic Frontier Foundation bankston(a)eff.org +1 415 436-9333 x126 Kurt Opsahl Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation kurt(a)eff.org +1 415 436 9333 x106 EFF Challenges Secret Court Order Motion Demands Information About the Seizure of Indymedia's Servers Texas - Today Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) attorneys filed a motion to unseal a secret US federal court order that led to the seizure of two servers hosting several websites and radio feeds belonging to Indymedia, a global collective of Independent Media Centers (IMCs) and thousands of journalists. The motion seeks to discover which agencies and governments are responsible for the seizure in order to hold them accountable. In their motion, EFF attorneys argue that "the public and the press have a clear and compelling interest in discovering under what authority the government was able unilaterally to prevent Internet publishers from exercising their First Amendment rights." They argue further that secret court orders circumvent due process, undermine confidence in the judicial system, and deny an avenue for redress. "When a secret order results in the unconstitutional silencing of media, the public has a right to know what happened." said Kurt Opsahl, EFF Staff Attorney. "Freedom of the press is an essential part of the First Amendment, and our government must show it had a compelling state interest to order such an extreme intrusion to the rights of the publisher and the public." Citing a gag order, Rackspace has not revealed the contents of the seizure order, the requesting agency, or even confirmed the identity of the court that issued it. Apparently requested by an unidentified foreign government, the secret order was served to San Antonio-based Rackspace Managed Hosting, which hosts IndyMedia's servers. The seizure took offline more than 20 IMC websites and more than 10 streaming radio feeds. So far, government agencies in the US, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Departments of State and Justice, and the US Attorney's Office in San Antonio, have refused to take responsibility for the incident. Prosecutors in Switzerland and Italy have admitted pursuing investigations related to Indymedia articles but denied requesting the seizure. "Silencing Indymedia with a secret order is no different than censoring any other news website, whether it's USA Today or your local paper," said Kevin Bankston, EFF attorney and Equal Justice Works/Bruce J. Ennis Fellow. "If the government is allowed to ignore the Constitution in this case, then every news publisher should be wondering, 'Will I be silenced next?'" EFF's motion to unseal was filed in the federal court in the Western District of Texas, where EFF believes the secret court order originated. Motion to unseal: http://www.eff.org/Censorship/20041022_Indymedia_Motion_to_Unseal.pdf For this release: http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2004_10.php#002029 About EFF The Electronic Frontier Foundation is the leading civil liberties organization working to protect rights in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to support free expression and privacy online. EFF is a member-supported organization and maintains one of the most linked-to websites in the world at http://www.eff.org/

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Literature on Online Storage
by mpatha2 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

Hi - I'm a grad student doing a project on the usage of online storage for storing information/images etc by graduate students. Am trying to find some background data/facts on the usage patterns of online storage by individuals/communities (esp. academic). I was hoping somebody on the listserv could give me references for any kind of academic literature (recent/otherwise) that would shed light on this area. Thanks, Marisha Pathak Graduate Student Dept. of Communication University of Illinois@Chicago (UIC)

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Indymedia and common sense
by Derek McMillan 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

Thanks to dhalleck! I have redistributed the message in the UK to teachers. Surely if they use anti-terrorist laws against people who are just speaking their minds then that plays into the hands of the terrorists. Branding all Bush and Blair's opponents as terrorists is counterproductive. Terrorism thrives best where there is no freedom. Bush and Blair seem to think you have to destroy liberty in order to save it. Have a nice day

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