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[Fwd: Re: [Air-l] blogs text?]
by jespert 03 Oct '04

03 Oct '04

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Air-l] blogs text? Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 12:04:46 +1000 From: "Jim Downing" <jim.downing(a)rmit.edu.au> Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> Dear Greg, Bryan Alexander's bookmark page found here is a great resource for many things one of which is blogging Links to these articles found at it include Paul Andrews, "News by the People, For the People" (May 2002) Cameron Barrett, "Anatomy of a Weblog" (January 1999) Rebecca Blood, "weblogs: a history and perspective" Thomas Burg, "Learning and Weblogs" (Java presentation) Ellis, "All the News That's Fit to Blog" _____, "Weblogs for Professional Web Sites" (Feb 2002) Foley, "Are you blogging yet?" (July 2002) (.com value) Gilmor, "Journalistic Pivot Points" Grosso, "The Evolution of Blogs" (2002) Harrsch, "RSS: The Next Killer App for Education" (July 2003) Hiler, "Blogosphere: the emerging Media Ecosystem" (28 May 2002) _____, interviewed (22 June 2002) Meg Hourihan, "What We're Doing When We Blog" Jenkins, "Blog This" Jerz, On the Trail of the Memx: Vannevar Bush, Weblogs and the Google Galaxy" (February 2003) Kling, "Is Blogging a Fad?" - some good information metaphors. Lasica, "Blogging as a Form of Journalism" - Part 1, Part 2 [May 2002] Mayfield, "Ecosystem of Networks" (February 2003) Microdot, Dynamics of a Blogosphere Story" (May 2003) Orlowski, "Back in the Bloghouse" Pasick, "Blogs May Piece the Fog of War" (December 2002) (Forbes) Rodgers "Targeted Serendipity" (2002) Shachtman, "Blogging Goes Legit, Sort Of" (June 2002) Shirky, "Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality" (February 2003) Stone, "The Blogging Revolution" (July 2000) Sullivan, "The Blogging Revolution" Cross, "Blogs: Learn to blog, blog to learn" Jenkins, "Blogs at the Heart of Cultural Change" Kruper, "Blogs as CMSes: Is their biggest advantage also their achilles' heel?" (August 2003) Long, "Blogs: A Disruptive Technology Coming of Age?" Oravec, "Bookmarking the world: Weblog applications in education" (April 2002) Sinha, "Experiments in Designing Online Communities" (2002) You will find that these reading would give the crtical overview perspective that you are seeking to impart. http://cet.middlebury.edu/bryan/bookmarq.html Hope this helps and if you use it perhaps you could e-mail Bryan your appreciation. All the best Jim Downing >>> Greg.Wise(a)asu.edu 09/24/03 11:41 AM >>> I'm revamping my class in New Media and was wondering if anyone knew of any new books out there on blogs that one could recommend be set as a course text (i.e., a shorter book aimed at undergrads or a general public). I'm not looking for "How To" books, but perhaps a more critical approach to the phenomena. I've noted a number of books on blogs listed on Amazon. Also, or instead, if anyone knows of any decent articles on blogs that might work as a critical overview to set instead of a whole book, I'd appreciate it. Offlist replies are fine. Thanks, in advance, Greg Wise _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l -- Jesper Tække - MA. Ph.D.-Student - IT University of Copenhagen - Dept. of Digital Aesthetics & Communication - Rued Langgaards Vej 7 - DK-2300 Copenhagen S - Phone +45 7218 5000 - Direct +45 7218 5037 - Fax +45 7218 5001 - http://home16.inet.tele.dk/jesper_t/ - e-mail: jespert(a)itu.dk

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Fwd: Open access questionnaire: Call for respondents (fwd)
by jeremy hunsinger 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

> > > *Apologies for cross-posting* > > Dear Colleague, > > Open access to scholarly journal articles is a topic of growing > importance. > Open access enables free and immediate electronic access to a scholar's > work. Studies show that open access increases the impact of - and > number of > citations to - work made accessible in this way. > > We are interested in understanding scholars' views on open access > publishing > and self-archiving and would very much like to hear your opinions. > Please > would you help by completing the questionnaire at > http://www.keyperspectives.co.uk/OA/sarchiv.htm. It will be used to > inform > universities, research funders and scholars themselves of the state of > play > and how open access is progressing. > > Naturally, all responses will be treated as confidential and you may > opt to > remain anonymous if you wish. > > Thank you in advance for your cooperation. We do value your input and > advice. > > Yours sincerely, > > Alma Swan, PhD > Key Perspectives Ltd > Truro > United Kingdom > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Saudi crackdown on camera phones
by Randolph Kluver (Assoc Prof) 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

Saudi police have begun confiscating mobile phones with cameras if their owners use them in public, amid scandal about a phone clip of an alleged rape. Camera phones are already illegal in the kingdom, but until now they have been tolerated by the authorities. Footage of the alleged rape circulated by phone has caused outrage. Three men have been arrested over the incident. Two of them, accused of orchestrating the rape, are young men from prominent Saudi families. The third is Nigerian. A Riyadh hospital told the Arab News newspaper that it had been ordered by the authorities to confiscate any cell phone cameras being used inside the hospital. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3911219.stm Randolph Kluver Executive Director Singapore Internet Research Centre Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637718 phone (65) 6790-5770 URL: www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/

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Make History with the US Department of Art and Technology -- October through November Fourth on -empyre-
by Michael Arnold Mages 02 Oct '04

02 Oct '04

subscribe to the discussion at http://www.subtle.net/empyre/ The members of the U.S. Department of Art and Technology will do whatever it takes to keep America safe. That means amplifying our intelligence, taking action on all key fronts, and deconstructing and re-writing media texts. The US Department of Art & Technology is an artist-led, virtual government agency. The US DAT functions as a conduit between the arts and the broader political and economic culture for facilitating the artists¹ need to extend aesthetic inquiry into the social sphere where ideas become real action. The Department proposes and supports the idealized definition of the role of the artist in society as one whose reflections, ideas, aesthetics, sensibilities, and abilities can have significant and transformative social impact on the world stage. Secretary Randall M. Packer: Head of the US Department of Art and Technology and chief media arts advisory for the Federal Government, Sectretary Packer represents the United States in aesthetic and cultural matters generally and gives advice and opinions to the President and to the heads of the executive departments of the Government when so requested. Joining Secretary Packer throughout the month are many of the agents and staff artists for the USDAT. Some of those attending will be: Under Secretary for the Office of Artist & Homeland Insecurity, Jeff Gates; Director of the Bureau of Pharmakogeographical Surveying, Trace Reddell; Commanding General of Operation Artistic Freedom, Andrew Nagy. Among the recent projects undertaken by the USDAT are: ---> The Experimental Party DisInformation Center, an immersive media installation subverting Republican propaganda. Three years in the making, the installation is the culmination of a project started by US Department of Art & Technology Secretary Randall M. Packer in 2001 when he created a ³virtual government agency² as a critique of the role of the artist in society. http://www.experimentalparty.org/ ---> Media Deconstruction Kit (MDK): MDK is a real-time system that alters broadcast media live and in real-time, transforming news stories, advertising, political pundancy, live up-dates, scrolls, and network logos into an immersive, sensorial, multimedia experience. (Randall Packer, Wesley Smith) http://www.experimentalparty.org/mdk ---> WetheBlog.org: A medium that offers an artistic alternative to the spin-doctors of the political parties. WetheBlog.org is the virtual community to participate in with media artists, cultural critics and other creative people who are repositioning themselves as new leaders in the governance of this planet. (Jeff Gates) http://wetheblog.org ---> Homeland Insecurity Advisory System: A Web-based initiative designed to broadcast the daily threat condition confronting citizens of the US and around the world due to the risk of our government-in-action. (Jonah Brucker-Cohen) http://www.usinsecurity.us -- -empyre- facilitates critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events in networked media by inviting guests -- key new media artists, curators, theorists, producers and others to participate in thematic discussions. To participate, subscribe to -empyre- at: http://www.subtle.net/empyre/ --

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Blogs
by Lauren Langman 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

Dear All One of my graduate students want to do a dissertation on blogs, news, alternative political forums and info, if you have any work or references, please send information to her: Saher Selod email is sselod(a)luc.edu Thank you in advance, Lauren Langman

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Analysis of Visual Data
by Maura Conway 01 Oct '04

01 Oct '04

AoIRers, A colleague is searching for a couple of good examples of analysis of visual data in social research to employ in the context of a course on qualitative research methods for MA-level students. I imagine there's a lot of good Web-related material out there, so please could I have your suggestions. Many Thanks, Maura Maura Conway Teaching Fellow School of International Relations University of St. Andrews St. Andrews KY16 9AL Scotland Tel.: +44 (0)1334 462939 Fax.: +44 (0)1334 462937 E-mail: mc52(a)st-andrews.ac.uk

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Re: MCI's"Anthem" commercial
by Tama Leaver 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Hi Shani, A small but watchable quicktime version of the MCI advertisement is archived here: http://it.stlawu.edu/%7Eglobal/pagessemiotics/montagemci.html Cheers, Tama -----Original Message----- Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:12:52 +0100 From: "Orgad,SS" <S.S.Orgad(a)lse.ac.uk> Subject: [Air-l] MCI's"Anthem" commercial Dear All, Does anybody know where I can get a copy of MCI's infamous television commercial "Anthem" from the mid 90s? Cheers, Shani _______________________ Tama Leaver (Mr) English, Communication and Cultural Studies (M202) University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley WA 6009 Australia Ph: +61 (0) 411 044 062 Fax: +61 (8) 6488 1030 email: tama(a)cyllene.uwa.edu.au CRICOS PROVIDER No. 00126G

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Annual papers due Oct. 1
by Mia Consalvo 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that Friday October 1 is the deadline for papers to be submitted to me for the third AoIR Annual. Here are the details for submission guidelines. Let me know if you have individual questions about any of this off list at consalvo(a)ohio.edu Thanks-- Mia -- Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. 213 RTV Building School of Telecommunications 9 South College Street Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 740.597.1521 ********************************* CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS AoIR Internet Research Annual Volume 3 Edited by Mia Consalvo, Kate O¹Riordan & Sheizaf Rafaeli Peter Lang Publishing, New York Overview: The third annual will draw from the theme of the Sussex conference, ³Ubiquity,² and provide an array of cutting-edge research from the growing field of Internet Studies. This volume will also delve more deeply into the selected topics, allowing researchers to gain the depth as well as breadth of knowledge needed to be fully informed about this critical area of new media technology. Submission Details: *Suggested length: No more than 3500 words, INCLUDING references, tables, and notes. *Format: MS Word, sent electronically to Mia Consalvo at consalvo(a)ohio.edu *Style: APA style will be required for all accepted papers, but submissions can be in another style, provided author is willing to make the change later. *Publication history: Papers submitted for consideration in the Annual must have been presented at the AoIR 2004 conference in Falmer, England. However, they must not have been published in any other outlet. *Decisions: Final decisions about inclusion will be made by December 31, 2004. Submit completed papers electronically to Mia Consalvo at consalvo(a)ohio.edu Deadline for submissions: October 1, 2004 *************************************************

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MCI's"Anthem" commercial
by Orgad,SS 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Dear All, Does anybody know where I can get a copy of MCI's infamous television commercial "Anthem" from the mid 90s? Cheers, Shani ************************* Shani Orgad, PhD Department of Media and Communications London School of Economics London WC2A 2AE United Kingdom tel: +44 (0)20 79556493 e-mail: s.s.orgad(a)lse.ac.uk http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/whosWho/shaniorgad.htm

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Upload information for AoIR 2004 paper archive?
by Lois Ann Scheidt 30 Sep '04

30 Sep '04

Could someone repost the information for adding papers to the conference archive? I can't seem to find it, late I know but better then never, and the list archive is giving me a 404 error when I try to search it. Thanks 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

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