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users' needs/demands about scientific and technical information
by Han Woo PARK (Ph.D.) 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

> Dear all, > > I am looking for some (academic and/or policy) references and actual survey questionnaires which examine the information needs of ST information (present and potential) users (in particular, small-medium firms). If you know any document related to this topic, please email me offlist. > > Thanks in advance for your prompt reply, > > Han.. > > >

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online job searches
by T Kennedy 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Can anyone point me in the direction of articles published about how (or if?) people use the internet to search for jobs? I seem to come across a lot on telework, but not necessarily people looking for employment. Many thanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tracy L.M. Kennedy PhD Candidate and NetLab Research Associate Department. of Sociology University of Toronto, Ontario www.netwomen.ca/Blog tkennedy(a)netwomen.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Why not make Aoir 5.0 "Virtual conference"?
by Graham Longford 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Two quick points re. the suggestion to take AOIR 5.0 "virtual". Firstly, as we know, much of the most important action at conferences takes place f2f and outside the formal proceedings - networking in hallways, ad hoc dinners, late-night drinking, etc. Obviously this puts colleagues with limited travel funding and/or from distant locations at a disadvantage, but I doubt these dynamics and interactions can be easily replicated in cyberspace (oh oh, I may have just started something ;-)). Secondly, on the technical side (and in response to Bernie's helpful intervention), the degree of technical and logistical complexity should not be underestimated here. Just setting up cybercafes, ensuring internet and/or wireless access onsite etc. can be a challenge (often involving negotiating with hotel management and tech staff etc.) Past AOIR local organizing committees can speak to this I'm sure. Webcasting would seem to be a feasible option, provided good tech resources and support are in place, and it still offers a certain degree of interactivity. In principle, AOIR should do what it can to take advantage of technology to increase remote access to conference proceedings, but this effort should be complementary, as opposed to one which seeks to substitute for f2f conferences altogether. In addition, technological initiatives should not be allowed to drain undue energy and resources from the effort of mounting the f2f event, which is a danger. Perhaps others could propose and coordinate pilot initiatives (along the lines of the AOIR Toronto conference blog), and report back to the membership and executive re. their effectiveness. These could feed into a more formal plan to virtualize aspects of the AOIR conference in coming years. My two cents worth. Graham -- Graham Longford, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Community Informatics Faculty of Information Studies 140 St. George St., Rm 652 University of Toronto Toronto, ON M5S 3G6 Tel: 416-978-4715 Fax: 416-971-1399

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Re: online job searches
by Eszter Hargittai 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

> Can anyone point me in the direction of articles published about how (or > if?) people use the internet to search for jobs? I seem to come across a > lot on telework, but not necessarily people looking for employment. Kuhn, Peter and Skuterud, Mikal. 2004. Internet Job Search and Unemployment Durations. The American Economic Review. 94(1):218-232 Abstract: Using the December 1998 and August 2000 CPS Computer and Internet Supplements matched with subsequent CPS files, we ask which types of unemployed workers looked for work on line and whether Internet searchers became reemployed more quickly. In our data, Internet searchers have observed characteristics that are typically associated with shorter unemployment spells, and do spend less time unemployed. This unemployment differential is however eliminated and in some cases reversed when we hold observable characteristics constant. We conclude that either Internet job search is ineffective in reducing unemployment durations, or Internet job searchers are negatively selected on unobservables. I also have a related paper in the works (an in-depth study of methods and the relevance of skill in the process), but I'm afraid it's not ready for circulation yet (I'd be happy to discuss it off-list though). I hope that citation is helpful. Eszter --- http://www.eszter.northwestern.edu

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Word count from first debate
by sandeep 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Many list members may find this useful. This site provides the word count of key phrases used in the first debate (e.g. hard work, wrong place at the wrong time). http://overstated.net/04/10/01-presidential-debate-analy.asp (Scroll down to Bush and then Kerry) Best, Sandeep Home Page: <http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep> http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep Publications: <http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep/d/publist3.htm> http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep/d/publist3.htm Blog: <http://sandeepworld.blogspot.com/> http://sandeepworld.blogspot.com/ Class blog: <http://searchweb.blogspot.com/> http://searchweb.blogspot.com

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CFP: mobile democracy
by Sean Cubitt 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

apologies for cross-listing Call for Papers M-Democracy a Special Session at the Euro mGov 2005, 10-12 July 2005, Sussex University, Brighton, UK http://www.icmg.mgovernment.org/specialsessions.htm Session Chair: Associate Professor Mary Griffiths Department of Screen and Media University of Waikato Hamilton 1 N.Z. Email : maryg(a)waikato.ac.nz Ph. +64 7 856 2889 ext. 8604 Fax. +64 7 838 4767 Combining e-government and mobility, The First Euro Conference on Mobile Government (EURO mGOV 2005) aims to attract Representatives from the Public Sector, Academia, and IT and Telecom Companies, to establish a forum and networking platform for discussion and dissemination of knowledge on all aspects of Mobile Government including research, policy, implementation issues and impact on the government organizations and the society. More information can be found at http://www.icmg.mgovernment.org Session title: M-Democracy Converging new communication technologies and uses, and the associated new media trainings, are impacting on traditional democratic public spheres and polities globally. Mobile connectivity has been directly instrumental in altering political events in the Philippines, and elsewhere in, for example, the recent US election campaigns. Political representatives' websites and blogs are enhancing the building of community, participation, democratic transparency and accountability. By interacting online in 'horizontal' ways, mobilized citizen journalists are also making a democratic contribution by acting as watchdogs on government, and the mainstream media, through the free circulation of information. But the current priority uses of the internet (e-commerce and entertainment) and the hi-functionality mobile phone (intimate personal communication) have an initial tendency to make both technologies powerful individualizers and commodifiers. The regular conduct of print, online, television, radio, phone opinion polls; the customization of online news and other information sent to pcs and mobile phones; and the address of entertainment media audiences through quasi-democratic online ballots and competitions are all phenomena which are transforming mediated, mobile democracies. Can the approaches and mobile technologies used to build connectivity and consumerism be equally useful for mobilizing reflective democratic practice? What can governments and/or citizens successfully transfer from existing interactive media practices, in order to build stronger democracies? Is the trend to 'me media' rather than 'we media' militating against older forms of civic behavior and active citizenship? Both case studies and research papers are invited for this session. Submission Instructions: All interested authors should initially send a page-long paper proposal to the session chair at maryg(a)waikato.ac.nz to see the suitability of their paper for the session. All full paper submissions are subject to EURO mGOV submission and review procedures as outlined at http://www.icmg.mgovernment.org/submission.htm. Please send your full paper submissions to submissions(a)mgovernment.org *and* copy (Cc) ing to the session chair at maryg(a)waikato.ac.nz by the full paper submission deadline (January, 28, 2005) indicating "special session" on the subject line *and* the title of the session at the top of the first page of the paper. -- Sean Cubitt * Screen and Media Studies * University of Waikato * Private Bag 3105 * Hamilton * New Zealand * seanc(a)waikato.ac.nz * T: +64 (0)7 838 4543 * F: +64 (0)7 838 4767 http://www.waikato.ac.nz/film

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Re: [Air-l] Why not make Aoir 5.0 "Virtual conference"?
by Nentwich, Michael 06 Oct '04

06 Oct '04

> As we are all researchers on the "virtual world", why should we still keep > to the old, pre-Internet tradition of holding an annual conference in a "real > venue," but not in a "virtual venue"? Please have a look at my paper presented IN SUSSEX (sic!) on exactly this topic. My conclusion was (and still is) that we will probably meet for ever in real space (for a variety of reasons): Nentwich, M., 2004, Ubiquitous cyberscience? On the limits to the virtualisation of research in the digital age, IR 5.0 "Ubiquity?" 19.-22.9., Brighton. (hopefully up for download in the members area of the aoir website soon) > What I suggest is that Aoir 5.0 could select one "real venue," and at the > same time, set up a "virtual venue" for those who have registered, but for > whatever reasons (be entry regulations, cost consideration, busy schedules, > hurricanes, etc..) > could not come to the "real venue" to participate, specially for panel > discussions. A combined venture would be an interesting experience, which needs however a lot of extra organisational effort. Just to do it for those few who have registred but didn't make would not be efficient. If we want to do it then it should be an event (or series of events) in its own right. Cheers, Michael ------------- M. Nentwich http://eiop.or.at/mn/ author of "Cyberscience" http://hw.oeaw.ac.at/3188-7

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RE: [Air-l] please remove me off the list
by Drouin.Jacques＠ic.gc.ca 06 Oct '04

06 Oct '04

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by Dr. Larisa V. Genin 06 Oct '04

06 Oct '04

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Minority languages online
by Cunliffe D J (Comp) 06 Oct '04

06 Oct '04

Hi, Pedro Oiarzabal was asking about figures for minority languages. From my own reading of the 'literature' there is very little written about this. Some of the figures that have been produced are based on really crass assumptions, for instance assuming that patterns of internet access for majority language speakers can be generalised to minority language speakers. However, here are some of the fragments that I have managed to glean (sorry for odd phrasing, I have cut these bits out of a book chapter): Estimates from 2000 (Vilaweb, cited in Pastore, 2000) suggested that 0.14% of web pages were in Catalan and 0.01% in Basque. Langer (2001) suggests that between 1999 and 2001 the number of web pages (per speaker) in Basque almost doubled, in Catalan more than doubled, in Galician increased by almost four times and in Welsh by almost five times. The Global Reach (2004) figures include an estimate of 3.4 million native Catalan speakers online. Pastore, M. (2000) Web pages by language. Online document: http://www.clickz.com/stats/big_picture/demographics/article.php/408521 Langer, S. (2001) Natural languages and the world wide web. In Bulag. Revue Annuelle (pp. 89-100). France: Presses Universitaires Franc-Comtoises. Online document: http://www.cis.uni-muenchen.de/people/langer/veroeffentlichungen/bulag.pdf Global Reach (2004) Global internet statistics (by language). Online document: http://global-reach.biz/globstats/ One of my Research Assistants is working on a project looking at measuring minority language presence on the web, but also characterising that presence. We don't just want to know how much, we want to know what sort. We are still at an early stage with this, so unfortunately don't have any results at this stage. The UNESCO Institute for Statistics has a report on Language Diversity on the Internet forthcoming http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev.php?URL_ID=5213&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 I don't know if this is the work mentioned by Elijah Wright in an earlier email, or whether it will include minority languages. Be seeing you. Daniel. ==== Daniel Cunliffe Minority Cultures & ICT Group University of Glamorgan Wales, UK.

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