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RE: [Air-l] Mapping the net with crawlers/robots
by DANIELLE WIESE 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Check out Grab-A-Site software from Blue Squirrell. You can find it through google. Danielle Wiese Florida Staet University >From: "rafel Lucea" <rafel(a)MIT.EDU> >Reply-To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >To: <air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org> >Subject: [Air-l] Mapping the net with crawlers/robots >Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:50:27 -0400 > >Hi all, > >I am trying to analyze the relationships between organizations on the >web. In particular, I want to map the linking behavior of a set of >organizations subjectively defined. > >I have explored a number of software packages (Website Watcher, Sphinx, >MnoGoSearch, issuecrawler...) but they are either not thought for this >specific purpose (WW, Issuecrawler) or require coding abilities that are >beyond my knowledge (Sphinx -OS). > >I would be most grateful if someone could indicate me whether there >exists some web crawler that allows to define > - a set of URLs from where to start the crawl > - the depth - how many levels one wants to look in a given target >domain > - and number of iterations -how far from the original URL domain one >wants to go. > - and a few filters -limit specific types of pages (pdf for example) > >and returns either a map, a table of relationships (some sort of >adjacency matrix) or both. > >Thanks in advance, > >Rafel Lucea >MIT - Sloan School of Management > >_______________________________________________ >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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Fwd: ::fc-announce:: introducing the institute of network cultures
by jeremy hunsinger 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Begin forwarded message: > From: geert <geert(a)xs4all.nl> > Date: October 20, 2004 5:36:00 AM EDT > To: "fibreculture-announce(a)lists.myspinach.org" > <fibreculture-announce(a)lists.myspinach.org> > Subject: ::fc-announce:: introducing the institute of network cultures > > Launch of website: http://www.networkcultures.org > > Introducing the Institute of Network Cultures > Based within the Hogeschool of Amsterdam (HvA) > > Director and founder: Geert Lovink > Assistent producer: Sabine Niederer > > The Institute of Network Cultures (INC), which was set up in June 2004, > caters to research, meetings and (online) initiatives in the area of > new > media and society with a particular focus on the internet. > > If you are interested in internships, linked events, providing > screenings, lectures and workshops in Amsterdam, fellowships and > international collaborative research, please contact us. > > The INC originates from the ‘lectorate’ of the department of > Interactive > Media at the Hogeschool van Amsterdam. The media theorist Geert Lovink > was appointed ‘lector’ of this department in January 2004. The purpose > of ‘lectorates’ as these, in principle, four year term positions are > called in Dutch, is to introduce research into the Dutch system of > higher vocational education, and to enable the development of so-called > ‘centres of excellence’. Within the department of interactive media at > HvA (http://www.interactievemedia.hva.nl/) the responsibilities of the > lectorate include the provision of traineeships, lectures and the > theory > programme. The INC is also involved in the Media Lab (initiated by the > Hogeschool and the University of Amsterdam) which started with a BA > pilot for 18 students in October 2004. > > The INC is also closely affiliated to the University of Amsterdam, > where > Geert Lovink is working as an associated professor at the department of > Media & Culture. The University of Amsterdam and the Hogeschool, which > have merged at a managerial level, are cooperating in many areas. > > The URL of the seperate blog of the Institute of Network Cultures: > http://www.networkcultures.org/weblog/ > > Events: > > - HvA lecture series New Media in the Netherlands (in Dutch), 2004-2005 > > - Conference Decade of Webdesign, PostCS, January 21-22, 2005. The > website of this event will be launched later this week. > > - Seminar on German Media Theory, April 2005. See also the recent > debate > on the German language Rohrpost list. > > - Incommunicado Working Conference on Alternatives in ICT & > Development, > De Balie, June 16-17, 2004. More info on www.incommunicado.info > > - Conference on art & politics of netporn (in preparation), October > 2005. > > Contact details: > > Sabine Niederer > Institute of Network Cultures > sabine(a)networkcultures.org > +31 (0)20 5951866 > www.networkcultures.org > > > _______________________________________________ > ::fibreculture::announcements:: > To subscribe, please visit > http://lists.myspinach.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fibreculture- > announce and enter your e-mail address. > > to unsubscribe from ::fc-announce::, send an email to: > fibreculture-announce-unsubscribe(a)lists.myspinach.org > > http://www.fibreculture.org > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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indymedia -- clarification wanted
by Barry Wellman 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

I am confused about the Indymedia story that was just posted. In one para, we are told that the hard disks were taken at the request of the US Justice dept. Yet, later in the story, we are told that there is still no info as to who took them and under what auspices. What is really known; what is supposition? Barry _____________________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________________

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Feminists, Postcolonial Theorists, and Queers Doing Internet Research listserv
by Michele White 19 Oct '04

19 Oct '04

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce the "Feminists, Postcolonial Theorists, and Queers Doing Internet Research" listserv (FemPTheoryQueer(a)listserv.aoir.org) and the accompanying sign-up site (http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/FemPTheoryQueer-aoir.org) This list is available to all the academics, activists, technologists, and other individuals who are interested in considering how feminist, postcolonial, and queer issues and methods can assist us in understanding the Internet, related cultures, and computer technologies. This list developed from a number of exciting "birds of a feather" meetings that occurred during the Association of Internet Researchers' conference and our commitment to making connections among individuals with shared interests. Some of our current concerns are the politics of Internet research; continuing to develop Internet research methods and practices; communicating with individuals in related fields; mentoring among women, people of color, and queers in the Internet research areas; developing bibliographies and syllabi; communicating about teaching issues; increasing our visibility in keynotes and other positions of honor; and academic hiring and promotion practices. We intend to address the ways that our research relates to Internet and new media studies scholarship and the significant work in women and gender studies, critical race studies, postcolonial theory, gay and lesbian studies, and queer theory. Please view the following web site for additional information on joining the list: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/FemPTheoryQueer-aoir.org This list is hosted by the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), an international academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. It is a resource and support network promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders. More information about AoIR is available at http://aoir.org All my best, Michele White

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popular culture and Internet practices
by Kevin Leander 19 Oct '04

19 Oct '04

Hello, I've been browsing this list for some time but haven't posted. I admire the work of a number of people on the list and am happy to see it running. I've been thinking lately about the relations between popular culture and internet practices. In particular, I'm interested in how youth draw on widely circulating (more global) texts while simultaneously being involved in producing these texts in, sometimes, surprisingly new ways. This interest especially came up with one youth I've been researching who is involved in building a new online game with others from different countries. I keep thinking about the different popular cultural texts he is drawing on, while he is also an active producer of culture. Anyway, I'm wondering if others on this list could point me in the direction of work that considers forms of activity of consuming and (re)producing popular culture with digital practices. My apologies if this is old ground on the list. Kevin -- Kevin Leander, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University http://www.vanderbilt.edu/litspace

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Residential mobility and technology use
by Irina Shklovski 19 Oct '04

19 Oct '04

Hello, I am a graduate student in HCI at Carnegie Mellon University and am starting my dissertation on the topic of residential mobility as a natural experiment on the health of social ties (how people use/don't use technology for keeping in touch and creating new relationships and whether they are successful). I am specifically interested in migration within country, not international migration. I was wondering if anyone knows of any similar work (quantitative or qualitative). Also, I am curious if anyone knows of any ethnographies of the process of contemporary residential mobility within countries. Thank you!! Irina Shklovski Graduate Researcher Human Computer Interaction Institute Carnegie Mellon University ==================================== irinas(a)cs.cmu.edu http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~irinas http://miswritings.blogspot.com "To create means to live, forever creating newer and newer things." -- Kazimir Malevich, 1915 ====================================

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more walk, less talk
by Barry Wellman 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

One of the things that has both amused and annoyed me in the past 2 months is that there has been humongously more discussion on this list about all the services that someone should provide -- for free and without any effort by the person sending the message -- and hardly any discussion of real research. I'm basically going to stop reading this list until it gets back to its purpose. This is the Association of Internet RESEARCHERS, after all. Given the very uneven quality of the papers I've heard at AoIR conferences, I would urge that efforts be turned towards doing good research. In frustration, Barry _____________________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-l] indymedia -- clarification wanted
by Lee Salter 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

Not a great deal is known for sure. The Indymedia site has the best source of details - emails from the web hosting company in London. As far as we know, the UK government allowed the US authorities to seize the HDDs (under an agreement they made a few years ago to give the liberty of British subjects to the US authorities. Lee Salter Lecturer in Media, Communications & Journalism Edge Hill College, St Helen's Road Ormskirk, Lancashire L39 4QP Email: salterl(a)edgehill.ac.uk Tel: 01695 584374 >>> wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca 10/18/04 8:38 PM >>> I am confused about the Indymedia story that was just posted. In one para, we are told that the hard disks were taken at the request of the US Justice dept. Yet, later in the story, we are told that there is still no info as to who took them and under what auspices. What is really known; what is supposition? Barry _____________________________________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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 ----------------------------------------------------- This email and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Edge Hill or associated companies. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender as soon as possible and delete it and all copies of it. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The message content of in-coming emails is automatically scanned to identify Spam and viruses otherwise Edge Hill do not actively monitor content. However, sometimes it will be necessary for Edge Hill to access business communications during staff absence. Edge Hill has taken steps to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus free. However, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by Edge Hill for any loss or damage arising in any way from its use. <<<<EdgeHill>>>>

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Indymedia under attack
by Derek McMillan 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

http://solidarity.indymedia.org.uk/ Indymedia is a global media network that provides open space to publish challenging, independent reporting, with emphasis on political and social justice issues. The Indymedia network is based upon principled mutual aid and voluntary participation, maintaining openly accessible newswires with the capacity for anyone to publish texts, images, audio, and video. On 7 October, 2004, hard drives from two Indymedia servers were seized from the London office of a US-owned web hosting company, Rackspace, at the request of the US Justice Department, apparently in collaboration with Italian and Swiss authorities. The seizure of the hard drives in London shut down an Indymedia radio station and around 20 different Indymedia websites including those serving Ambazonia, Uruguay, Andorra, Poland, Western Massachusetts, Nice, Nantes, Lilles, Marseille, Euskal Herria (Basque Country), Liege, East and West Vlaanderen, Antwerpen, Belgrade, Portugal, Prague, Galiza, Italy, Brazil, UK, and parts of Germany Indymedia. Although the hard drives were returned on October 13, the particular legal framework under which the seizures took place is unknown. One week after the seizures there is still an almost total information blackout from the authorities in the UK, US, Switzerland and Italy. Indymedia still has no confirmation of who ordered the seizures, who took the hard drives, why the seizures took place, or whether it will happen again. In response, people all over the world have endorsed the following Declaration: We, the Undersigned, Denounce the seizure of the Indymedia hard drives as an unacceptable attack on press freedom, free speech and privacy; Condemn this action as a violation of communication rights, as expressed in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states: "Everyone has the right to the freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." Voice concern over the growing use of international cooperation frameworks by governments and law enforcement agencies to obscure clear legal process, undermine civil liberties, and erode communication rights. Against the seizure of the Indymedia servers and the attempt to impose silence: We request a full disclosure of the names of organizations and individuals involved in the seizure, a copy of the subpoena, and an investigation into the legality of the action by an independent party; We insist that all copies of the seized data be deleted or returned to Indymedia, and that Indymedia be provided with a list of organizations and individuals who have had access to the data held on the hard drives as a result of the seizure; We call for openness and clarity in international cooperation agreements, and that these agreements ensure due process, protect privacy and free speech, and respect communication rights; We demand that the responsible parties be held accountable TO BE DELIVERED TO: The Rt Hon David Blunkett, MP (UK); Attorney General John Ashcroft (USA); The Director of the FBI; The US Department of State; Appropriate officials in the government of Italy; Appropriate officials in the government of Switzerland. Sign the Petition http://solidarity.indymedia.org.uk/ ---------------------------------------------- Web page http://derekmcmillan.tripod.com You can contact me using yahoo messenger Yahoo id: derekmcmillan1951

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Pilot Survey on the AoIR Conference
by Monica Murero 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

Dear AoIR's Have you already participated to the AoIR survey on the Annual Conference? If not, you are still in time to reply to our short pilot at: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~bunz/aoir/confsurvey.htm Feel free to express your vision about recent "dilemmas" regarding increased services/fees and long-distance locations under "SUGGESTIONS" ! The pilot is completely anonymous. Your sincere opinion is very important to start building future annual conferences. Thank You. Monica Murero AoIR Executive Committee ************************************************************ Prof. Monica Murero, PhD Director, E-Life International Institute Professor in Communication and Media Integration University of Florence MICC - Center of Excellence for Media Integration and Communication RAI Sede Regionale Toscana (III p.) Largo A. De Gasperi, 1 50136 Firenze (Italy) Tel. + 390 55 666 445 Fax + 390 55 666 465 Website http://www.micc.unifi.it/organization.htm E-mail: monica.murero(a)unifi.it International Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) AoIR Executive Board - First Appointed Seat http://aoir.org/mm.html http://www.captaindoc.com/interviews/interviews12.html ****************************************************************** >From 2005 AoIR will directly organize the annual conference (Chicago). We'll not have anymore a local university hosting-shaping the event. We need to hear from you now... ! Please answer . Do not forget to indicate the locations (plural !) you'd like to propose under "SUGGESTIONS"! The pilot is completely anonymous. Your sincere replies will be very helpful in shaping future AoIR conferences. Please contact me for any further information at monica.murero at unifi.it The AoIR pilot survey is here: http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~bunz/aoir/confsurvey.htm Your thoughtful and sincere answers are important to the future of AoIR. Thank you for your collaboration (and thanks to Ulla's technical support). Monica Murero AoIR Executive Committee ==================================== Prof. Monica Murero, PhD Director, E-Life International Institute Professor in Communication and Media Integration University of Florence MICC - Center of Excellence for Media Integration and Communication RAI Sede Regionale Toscana (III p.) Largo A. De Gasperi, 1 50136 Firenze (Italy) Tel. + 390 55 666 445; Fax + 390 55 666 465 E-mail: monica.murero at unifi.it; Website: http://www.micc.unifi.it/organization.htm International Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org AoIR Executive Board - First Appointed Seat

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