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RE: [Air-l] manifest(o)
by Matthew Allen 09 Apr '04

09 Apr '04

I think Adrian and Jeremy's manifest(o) comes at a critical moment in the development and use of ICTS (or networked technologies of information and communication - NTICs - as we are starting to say here in Internet Studies). Two situations have arisen at Curtin University recently that might place some weight behind this kind of document. Firstly, driven by an intensely conservative 'risk management' agenda, the University is implementing classic control strategies on the use of NTICs in the university (ie nothing can be published on the web without it conforming to a university standard, nothing can be done with the Internet unless it is 'core business' - narrowly defined, etc). A consequence of legal action (both current and potential) relating to intellectual property, defamation, and so on, these policies actually go much further and impose all sorts of restrictions that, essentially, treat the web as a corporate information tool (ie the Curtin website is design solely by and for corporate marketing and communication). As an example, it would be impossible in the current climate to even begin toa argue for the use of Wikis, blogs, or other such tools for teaching or research. Everything has to be either (a) locked down and only altered internally or (b) run within WebCT/blackboard (where noone can look at it except students who have signed a document saying they won't do bad things). Just in case staff might utilise the Internet to get around this restriction, a policy places staff in breach of their conditions of employment should curricular materials appear on anything but a Curtin server! Secondly, driven by economic crises in university funding here in Australia, local servers are being turned off or limited in some areas because, it is said, 'this department / faculty / etc cannot afford to maintain a server'. Ideas for the innovative use of NTICs therefore must be directed centrally where they usually run foul of corporate thinking such as 'we have decided that the university standard approach is to use ColdFusion, therefore we don't permit and won't allow PHP websites'. It should further be pointed out that almost all decisions relating to information services at Curtin are made, largely, by technocrats without consultating academic staff. The very idea that NTICs are not just a 'tool' to manage things better but are, in fact, the object of creative and critical learning, research and production and an environment in which we create, learn, think, explore is being lost. Does anyone else have examples of corporatist university restrictions and (more usefully) how people might evade them? Cheers Matt -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Miles To: AOIR list Sent: 8/04/04 12:34 Subject: [Air-l] manifest(o) hi all below is a manifesto written by myself and Jeremy Yuille for how we wish and intend to use university facilities in our teaching. it is a manifesto for ourselves, for our students, and the IT staff that we work with. comments, additions, amendments welcome. Adrian Miles and Jeremy Yuille. MANIFESTO FOR RESPONSIBLE CREATIVE COMPUTING v.0.3 [april 7 2004] *context* We teach students who work in the creative industries. In creative computing contexts the products and processes of these industries are soft artifacts. They may be ideas, interfaces, or media. All remain malleable , before, during and after completion. Their graduate computing context consists of small enterprises where IT skills are distributed amongst the work group. These skills are informal and self developed. There is no IT department and IT systems are self managed. It is common for graduates in these industries to be self employed. This manifesto defines how we use computers in teaching and learning for creative industries in these contexts. *manifesto* Creative computing is being creative with a computer/network, not being creative on a computer/network. Creative computing requires computer and network literacy. This literacy is analogous to, and as significant as print literacy. Computer literacy is not the same as knowing how to use professional software. Network literacy is not the same as knowing how to Google. Network literacy is the ability to engage with and represent yourself within the network. Computer literacy is synonymous with network literacy. This literacy is demonstrated in the responsible use of computers which understands that the network includes social, ideological, legal, political, ethical and ecological contexts. Computer literacy requires basic understanding of the principles of human-computer interaction. This literacy is demonstrated in the ability to transfer knowledge between computing environments. These literacies are learnt by doing. Breaking, gleaning and assembling is a theory of praxis for these literacies. Learning happens when things work, different learning occurs when things dont work. These literacies are an essential requirement for responsible creative computing in pervasive digital networks. cheers Adrian Miles ................................................................. hypertext.rmit || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/adrian interactive networked video || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog research blog || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/ _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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RE: [Air-l] the history of social infomatics
by Kevin Tharp 08 Apr '04

08 Apr '04

Denise: You might also want to consider the similar area of Community Informatics. There is a growing body of literature in this area that considers the use of ICT in communities. A couple of quick references: Gurstein, M. (2000). Community informatics: Enabling communities with information and communications technologies. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Pub. Keeble, L., & Loader, B. (2002). Community informatics : shaping computer-mediated social relations. New York: Routledge. Marshall, S., Taylor, W., & Yu, X. H. (2004). Using community informatics to transform regions. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Pub. It is my understanding that Rob Kling did not see eye-to-eye with the Community Informatics people, and that he was trying to have some of the differences in the fields articulated by inviting Gurstein and perhaps others to contribute journal articles. It is unfortunate that this was not accomplished. Regards, Kevin W. Tharp -----Original Message----- From: Denise N. Rall [mailto:denrall@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 4:31 PM To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] the history of social infomatics BIG THANKS to all who sent me info (while wondering why I hadn't just googled the topic myself) . . . and I still can't get over that Rob Kling is gone as I was having drinks with him in the Milwuakee Art Museum 2 years ago and he was brilliant! I was actually looking for a textbook that discussed social infomatics as a possibility within a range of fields: In other words, the history of social infomatics discussed alongside the history of other computing fields, such as HCI, CSCW, AI, etc. I have a lot of 'management information systems' textbooks but they are quite slanted to the business application side of things. The textbook I do have is just a bit dated: Maule, R. W. (1998). Information theory and research: An introduction to the disciplines and methodologies of information studies and organizational informatics. San Francisco, Information Associates Press. But thanks heaps for all the responses and I will scout through the websites looking for textbook type stuff. Cheers, Denise ===== Denise N. Rall, PhD student, School of Env. Science, Southern Cross Uni, Marker for Protected/Natural Area Management, BIO00244 Lismore, NSW, 2480 Australia Phone +61-2-6624-8627 Fax +61-2-6624-8637 Office (Thursdays) (02) 6620 3577 Mob 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/index.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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manifest(o)
by Adrian Miles 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

hi all below is a manifesto written by myself and Jeremy Yuille for how we wish and intend to use university facilities in our teaching. it is a manifesto for ourselves, for our students, and the IT staff that we work with. comments, additions, amendments welcome. Adrian Miles and Jeremy Yuille. MANIFESTO FOR RESPONSIBLE CREATIVE COMPUTING v.0.3 [april 7 2004] *context* We teach students who work in the creative industries. In creative computing contexts the products and processes of these industries are soft artifacts. They may be ideas, interfaces, or media. All remain malleable , before, during and after completion. Their graduate computing context consists of small enterprises where IT skills are distributed amongst the work group. These skills are informal and self developed. There is no IT department and IT systems are self managed. It is common for graduates in these industries to be self employed. This manifesto defines how we use computers in teaching and learning for creative industries in these contexts. *manifesto* Creative computing is being creative with a computer/network, not being creative on a computer/network. Creative computing requires computer and network literacy. This literacy is analogous to, and as significant as print literacy. Computer literacy is not the same as knowing how to use professional software. Network literacy is not the same as knowing how to Google. Network literacy is the ability to engage with and represent yourself within the network. Computer literacy is synonymous with network literacy. This literacy is demonstrated in the responsible use of computers which understands that the network includes social, ideological, legal, political, ethical and ecological contexts. Computer literacy requires basic understanding of the principles of human-computer interaction. This literacy is demonstrated in the ability to transfer knowledge between computing environments. These literacies are learnt by doing. Breaking, gleaning and assembling is a theory of praxis for these literacies. Learning happens when things work, different learning occurs when things don’t work. These literacies are an essential requirement for responsible creative computing in pervasive digital networks. cheers Adrian Miles ................................................................. hypertext.rmit || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/adrian interactive networked video || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog research blog || hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/

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Making Issues into Rights? Amsterdam workshop CFP
by Richard Rogers 07 Apr '04

07 Apr '04

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - Please Circulate where appropriate Making Issues into Rights? Exploring the depth of "Rights" and "Justice" networks. The News about Networks workshop by the Govcom.org Foundation, Amsterdam. 21-24 June 2004 de Balie Center for Culture and Politics Kleine-Gartmanplantsoen 10 (Leidseplein) Amsterdam Workshop site: http://www.issuenetwork.org All queries: Catherine Somzé, govcom.org workshop producer, catherine(a)issuenetwork.org A Govcom.org co-production with de Balie, with support from the Media, Arts & Culture Unit within the Ford Foundation's Knowledge, Creativity & Freedom Program. A limited number of Ford Fellowships available (see below). Workshop Introduction The Govcom.org Foundation, Amsterdam is organising a workshop for public interest groups, advocates, activists as well as academics researching media justice as well as communications and information rights. The workshop is dedicated to exploratory analysis into the depth of the communication between and among these networks. The Govcom.org Foundation creates and hosts political tools for the Web. Over a four-day period, the workshop will provide an immersion experience in Govcom.org's work in the specially constructed media laboratory at de Balie Center for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam. All participants will be invited to use state of the art information tools created by govcom.org and its collaborators. The participants also are invited to present and share their own tools and information. Much of the workshop will revolve around using the Issue Crawler, server-side software, developed with OneWorld International (London), Aguidel (Paris) and Recognos (Cluj-Napoca) that locates, analyses and visualises networks on the Web. We also will make use of novel techniques to monitor and analyse the news through Google News and RSS readers. Textual, semantic and other data analyses may be undertaken. Some of the questions one may ask are: - What are my networks? What is my relative standing within these networks? - Which types of organisations, agendas and terms dominate these networks? - Do the organisations in these networks recognise each other's work and issues? - Which parts of the networks hold together if one takes out funders? Do they hold together if one takes out other agenda-setters, be it (big) media or intergovernmental organisations? Workshop Substance The migration of 'rights' into more and more issue spaces may be attributed to the roominess of the Universal Declaration, the successes of the human rights field as well as the urgent issue re-formatting work occurring regularly in NGO networks. NGOs, instead of getting their issues from the news, are continually migrating across issue networks, forming partnerships with other actors and terms. "Justice" and "rights" are two of the more recent issue reformulations, with the coinage of such notions as communication rights, information rights, Internet rights, media justice and information justice. The health of an issue, and the network forming around it, could well be gauged by an issue's migratory patterns. When and why do NGOs reformulate and attach themselves to issues? In particular, we are interested in the implications of making issues into rights issues. What are the consequences for NGOs and their issues by choosing the rights frame? Is such issue work temporary, context-specific, or opportunistic? Are 'rights' organising new networks or destabilising current networks? Movements of issues across networks may have further consequences. Do issues decline without specific terminological innovation? Does the movement towards 'rights', in particular, prompt human rights to defend its issue space against intruders? When is an organisation taken seriously by the issue space it wishes to join? Can new rights and justice networks prosper without the human rights network? News about Networks Workshop series The Communication Rights and Media Justice workshop is the second in series. The first News about Networks workshop has been dedicated to understanding whether NGOs may operate effectively without a commercial press strategy. Does the rise of NGO Internet-based networks, in particular, imply an end to the reliance on the press to resonate the message? Can networks alone mobilise other organisations and key players to act on important social issues of the day? In short, can NGOs do without news? The workshop proceedings, entitled "All-American Issues: Seven Stories from the Homeland," are available at http://www.issuenetwork.org/node.php?id=46. De Balie's workshop URL: http://www.debalie.nl/artikel.jsp?articleid=4473&podiumid=media%3Cbr%20/%3E The News about Networks is part of a larger workshop program, "The Life of Issues," at http://www.govcom.org/workshops.html. Workshop Format The format of the workshop intersperses the following: 1) Introduction and Software Training 2) Talks and Demonstrations by the Participants and Analysts 3) Software Use and Feedback on Findings 4) Designer Map-making 5) Individual Analysis and Presentations of Results 6) Discussions of texts from the Reader The media laboratory has facility for laptops with wireless and cabled Internet connectivity. Bring your computer. The workshop begins promptly on Monday, 21 June at 10am. The workshop concludes with a public presentation on Thursday, 24 June at 8pm. The workshop organiser is Richard Rogers. Workshop Key words Alternative media Communications rights Community media Democratic media Freedom of expression Freedom of information Independent media Information commons Information justice Information rights Media and democracy Media and globalization Media justice Media regulation Mission-driven media Privacy Radical media Software patents Technology standards Workshop Applications To apply, please send a biographical sketch, a one-page description of the questions and themes you would like to see addressed at the workshop as well as the answers to the questionnaire below. Please send all three items to participant(a)issuenetwork.org by 10 May 2004. The answers to the questionnaire allow for the advance mapping of the issue areas. The criteria of acceptance to the workshop are the mutual fit between the applicant's analytical desires and expectations, and the capacities of the analysts on hand. Workshop Fee The workshop fee is eur 275. Ford Fellowships available The Ford Foundation has made five fellowships available for the workshop. The fellowship is available only for U.S.-based advocates, activists and academics and covers travel, accommodation and workshop fee. Applicants should work in one or more of the following areas: Communications rights Community media Freedom of expression Information justice Information rights Media and democracy Media justice Press freedom Privacy Software patents Technology standards To apply for a Ford Fellowship, please send a biographical sketch, a one-page description of the questions and themes you would like to see addressed at the workshop as well as the answers to the questionnaire below. Please send all three items to fellowship(a)issuenetwork.org by 1 May 2004. Questionnaire (in English, en Français, en Español, auf Deutsch) All workshop participants are asked to submit answers to the following questions. 1. Name your issue/research area(s), e.g., Climate Change, Media Justice, Indigenous Rights, Ancient Forests, Spectrum Policy, low-power FM. 2. Name the most significant organisations per issue area(s), along with their Web addresses (URLs). Please separate URLs with a comma, and use 'deep pages' wherever possible, i.e., http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/campaigns/intro?campaign%5fid=39… (the Greenpeace Ancient Forests page), instead of www.greenpeace.org 3. List the most significant sub-issues, terms, slogans, individual names per issue. 4. List the 3-5 most important conferences in each issue area, for the past year, the current year and next year, along with the web addresses (URLs). 5. List the 3-5 most significant web-accessible documents in the issue area(s). Provide the exact web addresses for each document. 6. List (no more than 10) the organisations in that issue area(s) that you have had the most direct email contact with in the past 6-12 months. 7. List the most significant news sources for your work and the web locations for these sources. *We kindly request that you return the answers in English as well as your own language. Questionnaire en Français Tous les participants à l'atelier sont priés de répondre aux questions suivantes. 1. Désignez votre(vos) question(s)/domaine(s) de recherche, par exemple, Changement Climatique, Justice Médiatique, Droits Indigènes, Forêts Primaires, Politique du Spectrum, radio FM de basse fréquence. 2. Désignez les principaux acteurs/organisations dans le cadre de (chacun de) votre(vos) domaine(s) de recherche, plus leur page Web (URLs). S.V.P. séparez chacune des URLs par une virgule et faites usage de 'deep pages' à chaque fois que cela est possible, par exemple, http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/campaigns/intro?campaign%5fid=39… (la page de Greenpeace Ancient Forests), au lieu de www.greenpeace.org 3. Établissez pour chaque question(s) une liste des questions subsidiaires les plus importantes, ainsi que des termes, slogans et personnes. 4. Établissez pour chaque domaine recherché une liste des 3 à 5 conférences les plus importantes de l'année en cours, l'année précédente et l'année à venir, plus leur adresse électronique (URLs). 5. Établissez une liste des 3 à 5 documents les plus importants dans votre(vos) domaine(s) de recherche, accessibles sur Internet. Ayez l'obligeance de fournir une adresse électronique exacte pour chacun des documents. 6. Établissez une liste d'au plus 10 organisations dans le(s) domaine(s) recherché(s) avec lesquelles vous avez eu les contacts e-mail les plus directs durant les 6 à 12 mois passés. 7. Établissez une liste des sources d'informations les plus importantes dans le cadre de votre travail et de la localisation Web de ces sources. *À votre convenance et/ou en accord avec le contenu de certaines réponses, celles-ci peuvent être adressées soit en Anglais, soit dans votre propre langue. Cuestionario en Castellano A todos los participantes del taller se les pedirá que contesten a las preguntas siguientes: 1. Nombre o defina su(s) pregunta(s) o campo(s) de investigación, por ejemplo, Cambios Climáticos, Justicia en los Medios de Comunicación, Derechos Indígenas, Bosques Primarios, Política Espectral, radio FM de baja potencia. 2. Nombre las organizaciones más significantes en (cada uno de) su(s) campo(s) de investigación, junto con su dirección Web (URLs.). Por favor, separe las URLs con coma y use, cada vez que le sea posible enlaces directos, como por ejemplo: http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/campaigns/intro?campaign%5fid=39… (the Greenpeace Ancient Forests page), en lugar de www.greenpeace.org 3. Componga una lista de las preguntas subsiguientes mas significantes, así como de términos, lemas y nombres de personas relacionados con su(s) pregunta(s) inicial(es). 4. Liste de 3 a 5 conferencias más importantes (en cada uno) de su(s) campo(s) de investigación para este año, el precedente y el próximo, junto con, para cada una de ellas, su dirección Web (URLs). 5. Liste de 3 a 5 documentos más significantes en (cada uno de) su(s) campo(s) de investigación y accesibles a través de la Web. Provea una dirección Web exacta para cada uno de estos documentos. 6. Componga una lista de no más de 10 organizaciones en el campo de investigación con las cuales haya tenido los contactos electrónicos, via email, más directos en los últimos 6 a 12 meses. 7. Liste las fuentes de información más significantes para su trabajo y la locación electrónica de cada una de ellas. *Le pedimos que mande las respuestas en Inglés o, si es preciso, en su propio idioma. Fragebogen auf Deutsch Alle TeilnehmerInnen des Workshops werden gebeten folgende Fragen zu beantworten. 1. Nennen Sie ihr(e) Themen- und Forschungsgebiete(e), wie zum Beispiel, Klimawandel, Pressefreiheit, Regenwald, Spektrumpolitik. 2. Nennen Sie die bedeutensten Organisationen für jeden Themenbereich gemeinsam mit deren Internet Adressen (URLs). Bitte trennen sie die URLs mit Strichpunkt, und geben Sie wenn möglich Unterseiten (deep pages) an, wie zum Beispiel, http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/campaigns/intro?campaign%5fid=39… (die Greenpeace Urwald Seite), anstelle von www.greenpeace.org 3. Listen Sie die bedeutensten Unterkategorien, Begriffe, Slogans, Personen pro Themenbereich auf. 4. Listen Sie die bedeutensten Konferenzen in jedem Themenfeld des letzten Jahres, des laufenden Jahres, sowie des kommenden Jahres mit Web Adressen (URLs) auf. 5. Listen Sie die bedeutensten im Internet abrufbaren Dokumente pro Themenbereich auf. Geben Sie bitte die exakte Web Adresse für jedes Dokument an. 6. Listen Sie Organisationen in diesen Themenfeldern auf, mit denen Sie den häufigsten E-mail Kontakt in den letzten 6-12 Monaten hatten. 7. Listen Sie die bedeutensten Medienquellen für Ihre Arbeit und deren Web Adressen auf. About Govcom.org The Govcom.org Foundation hosts the Issue Crawler, the Web Issue Index of Civil Society as well as the Election Issue Tracker. Issue Crawler: http://issuecrawler.net (ask for a password) Issue Crawler scenarios of use: http://www.govcom.org/scenarios_use.htm Web Issue Index of Civil Society: http://www.infoid.org Election Issue Tracker (Dutch): http://eig.politiekdigitaal.nl/ Principal Govcom.org URLs http://www.govcom.org (projects and papers) http://www.issuenetwork.org (workshops and reports) The well-tempered crawler [Respectful crawlers] have multiple threads running in parallel, each requesting a page from a different host (to guarantee equitable distribution of requests across hosts, whilst maximizing through-put and avoiding the overloading any single server), and wait >= 10 seconds between downloads from the same server. Web sites and pages can specify that robots should not crawl or index certain areas. There are two components. The robots exclusion protocol is a site-wide specification of excluded directories, and the robots META tag is an individual document tag to exclude indexing or following links. The META tag is newer and less well-adopted than robots.txt but these standards are conventions to be followed by well-behaved robots. - Erik Borra / Koen Martens, Issue Crawler sysadmins.

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CFP:Inaugural issue of Journal of Research Practice (JRP): Innovations and Challenges in Multiple Domains
by Yogesh Dwivedi 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

Dear Members, On the behalf of editors of JRP, I would like to bring to your attention a new journal that focuses on Research Practice in multiple domains. Information about JRP and Call for Papers can be found at http://home.ximb.ac.in/~dpdash/JRP.htm. Editorial focus of JRP is provided below: Editorial Focus The Journal would seek to develop our understanding of research as a type of social practice, evolving in contact with other practices within a complex and changing environment. Therefore, the journal would seek to sustain a healthy engagement with the generic issues of research practice as they arise in multiple domains of research. A broad aim is to learn about research from the experience of researchers in multiple fields, focusing especially on how they have been adapting to respond to new demands and challenges. The journal should develop appreciation of the practice of research as it keeps unfolding in various domains. It would explore why and how different activities, criteria, methods, and languages become part of research in any domain. The aim would be to enrich research practice as a whole by considering the challenges facing researchers in different areas and the interesting innovations developed by them to respond to those challenges. Learning from the successful and unsuccessful innovations may guide us in meeting new challenges and resolving new puzzles in the future. More specifically, the journal's focus and preferences can be stated in the following terms: (a) Research as a Social Practice: In presenting research as an evolving social practice, the journal should call attention to the evolution of the generic principles and conventions guiding research practice. The responsibility of the research community to itself and to the public must also be considered, especially in cases where a research process (or product) leads to negative externalities for any group of stakeholders. (b) Open Inquiry: A sense of open inquiry should characterise the journal. This will involve engagement with multiple areas of research, building awareness of the changing nature of problem contexts, acknowledgement of the researchers' involvement and risk, openness to encountering the unexpected, re-conceptualisation of existing ideas, and commitment to reach beyond existing institutional or traditional blinkers. This should draw upon the interdependence and synergies among individual and collective accomplishments in science, art, design, intervention, etc. (c) Connecting Researchers: The journal should help create reflective conversations across disciplinary boundaries, thus linking research communities. Because the journal spans a number of different research fields, the writings should be accessible to readers from different disciplines. Authors need to be careful with the jargon and the embedded assumptions peculiar to a discipline. The journal should promote work that combines or compares multiple knowledge systems, bridges disciplines, stretches existing paradigms and methodological frameworks, and asks new questions about research. (d) Contexts of Research: The contents of the journal should not be discipline oriented, but focus on the variety of contexts in which researchers find themselves. The journal should focus on the challenges and opportunities these different contexts present before researchers and the kinds of innovation developed in research practice. The problems and prospects of these innovations for future research practice should also be assessed. (e) Evaluation and Support: The journal should be a source of support for researchers and reflective practitioners in different domains. It should generate evaluations of the practical methods followed in different disciplines and practices. It should aim to develop alternative perspectives for researchers and reflective practitioners to explore in their own domains. (f) Contemporary Relevance: The journal should connect with the human and social conditions of our times, help bridge multiple global divides, address institutional malfunctioning, explore the power of connective (and cooperative) technologies, and advance lifelong learning. The journal should seek contemporary relevance by striving to specify, contest, and extend the perspectives involved in the multiple practices that define our world. The focus should be on enhancing our capacity to observe and act more effectively in that world, using results characteristic of research. In short, the Journal of Research Practice aspires to become a common window to the world of research, thus contributing to a culture of open learning and mutual support among researchers, reflective practitioners, and users of their service. Please consider submitting suitable material to this journal. The submission deadline for the first issue is 15 Aug 2004. For additional information regarding manuscript submission please contact editors of JRP (Sage Publications, New Delhi) at following address or visit the journals website at http://home.ximb.ac.in/~dpdash/JRP.htm. D. P. Dash, PhD Xavier Institute of Management Xavier Square Bhubaneswar 751013 India Email1: dpdash(a)ximb.ac.in Email2: professor_dash(a)yahoo.co.uk Homepage: http://home.ximb.ac.in/~dpdash/ Héctor R. Ponce, PhD Universidad de Santiago de Chile Facultad de Administración y Economía Av. L. B. OHiggins 3363 Estación Central Santiago, Chile Email1: hponce(a)pegaso.usach.cl Email2: hponce4(a)hotmail.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards Yogesh Dwivedi PhD Candidate DISC, Brunel University West London, UK --------------------------------- WIN FREE WORLDWIDE FLIGHTS - nominate a cafe in the Yahoo! Mail Internet Cafe Awards

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Re: [Air-l] Kerry campaign condemns blogger's Fallujah remarks!
by Art McGee 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

> Help me out with this post... > Are you looking for a political reponse from AOIR? > Are you asking for participation in Kerry's blog? the Daily Kos? > > Am I missing something? I'd like to see an empirical analysis and objective study of the limitations of so-called Internet "freedom." In other words, instead of talking about cyberspace and it's wonders in the utopian abstract, the post was designed to elicit some potential thoughts and ideas on the need to map out just how bound by the real world the Internet is, especially in regards to issues like freedom of speech and expression. In particular, while there has been prior research done that looks at so-called totalitarian and dictatorial societies like China, I'm curious to see how Herman and Chomsky's theories regarding the Manufacture of Consent in so-called Democratic countries like the United States play out in cyberspace and how that intersects with traditional broadcast and print media. In the U.S., which is more prevalent: governmental, corporate, or individual censorship of unpopular voices on the net? Stuff like that. That's imprecise and I'm rambling, but I think you get the point. If someone's done these type of in-depth studies already, please point me to them. I'm not an academic, so I depend on you highly trained folks to do this work for me, so that I can then go out and apply it to my activism and advocacy work. Thank you. Art

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Re: [Air-l] Kerry campaign condemns blogger's Fallujah remarks!
by Paul Chenoweth 04 Apr '04

04 Apr '04

Art, Help me out with this post... Are you looking for a political reponse from AOIR? Are you asking for participation in Kerry's blog? the Daily Kos? Am I missing something? Paul Chenoweth, Web Developer Belmont University 615-460-6867 "Experience is the thing you have left when everyting else is gone." Unknown ----- Original Message ----- From: Art McGee <amcgee(a)virtualidentity.org> Date: Sunday, April 4, 2004 6:34 pm Subject: [Air-l] Kerry campaign condemns blogger's Fallujah remarks! > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 17:00:28 -0000 > From: rcade <mailing(a)drudge.com> > Subject: Kerry campaign condemns blogger's Fallujah remarks! > > XXXX DRUDGE RETORT XXXX 10:36:03 EST APR 04 2004 XXXX > > Kerry campaign repudiates blogger's remarks about Fallujah victims! > > By Rogers Cadenhead > **Drudge Retort** > > Version of this story with links: > http://www.drudge.com/2004/20040404.php > > In a move comparable to Bill Clinton's condemnation of Sister Souljah > in 1992, John Kerry's presidential campaign has publicly repudiated > the Daily Kos weblog over remarks publisher Markos Zuniga made about > the contractors killed in Iraq. > > "In light of the unacceptable statement about the death of Americans > made by Daily Kos, we have removed the link to this blog from our > website," Kerry's weblog announced late Saturday night. > > Zuniga, a 32-year-old attorney and political consultant whose weblog > receives in excess of 90,000 hits a day, wrote on his site April 1 > that he was indifferent to the deaths of the four security contractors > ambushed in Fallujah and mutilated by a mob. > > "I feel nothing over the death of merceneries [sic]," he wrote. "They > aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to > help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war > for profit. Screw them." > > Shortly after Zuniga posted the remark in a discussion at another > weblogger's site on Daily Kos, Michael Friedman orchestrated a > campaign to persuade Zuniga's advertisers to drop their > sponsorship of > the site. > > Several Democratic Congressional candidates quickly pulled their ads > in response to Friedman's campaign: U.S. Reps. Martin Frost (D.-Tx.) > and Joe Hoeffel (D.-Pa.) and House candidate Joe Donnelly in Indiana. > > "As a former Army Reserves member, spouse of an Army General on active > duty and an American, Martin finds these words extremely irresponsible > and highly offensive," Frost Campaign Manager Jess Fassler e-mailed > Friedman. "As soon as this posting was brought to our attention we > immediately severed any tie to the website." > > Zuniga, a military veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1989 to > 1992, expressed contrition the next day in a post on the front > page of > his site. He said his remarks were borne of anger fueled by > murders he > witnessed during his childhood in El Salvador. > > "I actually grew up in a war zone," he wrote. "I witnessed communist > guerillas execute students accused of being government collaborators. > I was 8 years old, and I remember stepping over a dead body, warm > blood flowing from a fresh wound. ... > > "[N]ot only was I wrong to say I felt nothing over their deaths, I was > lying. I felt way too much. Nobody deserves to die. But in the greater > scheme of things, there are a lot of greater tragedies going on in > Iraq (51 last month, plus countless civilians and Iraqi police)." > > [Because the Daily Kos weblog is presently offline, the Drudge Retort > offers a full transcript of his remarks.] > > To no surprise, the controversy has been warmly received by right- wing > writers in the "blogosphere," the raucous community of weblogs. > InstaPundit author Glenn Reynolds, who helped publicize Friedman's ad > boycott effort, wrote: "Kos -- who I used to think of as a reasonable > if partisan lefty -- seems to be infested with a degree of hatred that > I previously associated with the Democratic Underground and other > fringe sites." > > Support was hard to come by among left-wing bloggers as well. "I wish > Kos would just step up to the plate and apologize," wrote Kevin Drum > on his Washington Monthly weblog. "I really don't think it matters if > they were private contractors ... Nor does it matter much that you > don't like the war. Some of the wingnuts on the right gloated over the > deaths of UN workers in last August's bombing, and that was wrong as > well, regardless of what they thought of the UN." > > In a political season marked by unprecedented donations from Internet > users, Daily Kos has become one of the most popular venues for > candidate ads, selling at rates from $700 to $2,000 a month, according > to price quotes on Blogads, the broker representing the site. > > Several months ago, Ben Chandler spent $2,000 advertising his House > candidacy on Daily Kos, InstaPundit, and nine other weblogs. After his > campaign manager said in subsequent interviews that the two-week ad > buy prompted $80,000 in contributions (and Chandler won), Kos and > other politically themed weblogs began selling out their ad space to > candidates. > > While campaigning for president in 1992, Bill Clinton blasted remarks > made by African-American rapper Sister Souljah, who said in a > newspaper interview, "If black people kill black people every day, why > not have a week and kill white people?" > > "If you took the words 'white' and 'black' and you reversed them, you > might think David Duke was giving that speech," Clinton responded, > drawing criticism from Rev. Jesse Jackson and others. The exchange has > become enshrined as jargon -- a politician's efforts to distance > himself from an extremist in his own party is viewed as a "Sister > Souljah moment." > > After the rapid success of his boycott and his site's spiking > popularity, Michael Friedman expressed a bit of newfound concern: "If > I start selling blog ads next week will Kos's readers organize against > me? ... I hope not." > > [Disclosure: The Drudge Retort has bought ads from Blogads, the > company that represents Daily Kos.] > > http://www.drudge.com/2004/20040404.php > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l >

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Kerry campaign condemns blogger's Fallujah remarks!
by Art McGee 04 Apr '04

04 Apr '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 17:00:28 -0000 From: rcade <mailing(a)drudge.com> Subject: Kerry campaign condemns blogger's Fallujah remarks! XXXX DRUDGE RETORT XXXX 10:36:03 EST APR 04 2004 XXXX Kerry campaign repudiates blogger's remarks about Fallujah victims! By Rogers Cadenhead **Drudge Retort** Version of this story with links: http://www.drudge.com/2004/20040404.php In a move comparable to Bill Clinton's condemnation of Sister Souljah in 1992, John Kerry's presidential campaign has publicly repudiated the Daily Kos weblog over remarks publisher Markos Zuniga made about the contractors killed in Iraq. "In light of the unacceptable statement about the death of Americans made by Daily Kos, we have removed the link to this blog from our website," Kerry's weblog announced late Saturday night. Zuniga, a 32-year-old attorney and political consultant whose weblog receives in excess of 90,000 hits a day, wrote on his site April 1 that he was indifferent to the deaths of the four security contractors ambushed in Fallujah and mutilated by a mob. "I feel nothing over the death of merceneries [sic]," he wrote. "They aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them." Shortly after Zuniga posted the remark in a discussion at another weblogger's site on Daily Kos, Michael Friedman orchestrated a campaign to persuade Zuniga's advertisers to drop their sponsorship of the site. Several Democratic Congressional candidates quickly pulled their ads in response to Friedman's campaign: U.S. Reps. Martin Frost (D.-Tx.) and Joe Hoeffel (D.-Pa.) and House candidate Joe Donnelly in Indiana. "As a former Army Reserves member, spouse of an Army General on active duty and an American, Martin finds these words extremely irresponsible and highly offensive," Frost Campaign Manager Jess Fassler e-mailed Friedman. "As soon as this posting was brought to our attention we immediately severed any tie to the website." Zuniga, a military veteran who served in the U.S. Army from 1989 to 1992, expressed contrition the next day in a post on the front page of his site. He said his remarks were borne of anger fueled by murders he witnessed during his childhood in El Salvador. "I actually grew up in a war zone," he wrote. "I witnessed communist guerillas execute students accused of being government collaborators. I was 8 years old, and I remember stepping over a dead body, warm blood flowing from a fresh wound. ... "[N]ot only was I wrong to say I felt nothing over their deaths, I was lying. I felt way too much. Nobody deserves to die. But in the greater scheme of things, there are a lot of greater tragedies going on in Iraq (51 last month, plus countless civilians and Iraqi police)." [Because the Daily Kos weblog is presently offline, the Drudge Retort offers a full transcript of his remarks.] To no surprise, the controversy has been warmly received by right-wing writers in the "blogosphere," the raucous community of weblogs. InstaPundit author Glenn Reynolds, who helped publicize Friedman's ad boycott effort, wrote: "Kos -- who I used to think of as a reasonable if partisan lefty -- seems to be infested with a degree of hatred that I previously associated with the Democratic Underground and other fringe sites." Support was hard to come by among left-wing bloggers as well. "I wish Kos would just step up to the plate and apologize," wrote Kevin Drum on his Washington Monthly weblog. "I really don't think it matters if they were private contractors ... Nor does it matter much that you don't like the war. Some of the wingnuts on the right gloated over the deaths of UN workers in last August's bombing, and that was wrong as well, regardless of what they thought of the UN." In a political season marked by unprecedented donations from Internet users, Daily Kos has become one of the most popular venues for candidate ads, selling at rates from $700 to $2,000 a month, according to price quotes on Blogads, the broker representing the site. Several months ago, Ben Chandler spent $2,000 advertising his House candidacy on Daily Kos, InstaPundit, and nine other weblogs. After his campaign manager said in subsequent interviews that the two-week ad buy prompted $80,000 in contributions (and Chandler won), Kos and other politically themed weblogs began selling out their ad space to candidates. While campaigning for president in 1992, Bill Clinton blasted remarks made by African-American rapper Sister Souljah, who said in a newspaper interview, "If black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?" "If you took the words 'white' and 'black' and you reversed them, you might think David Duke was giving that speech," Clinton responded, drawing criticism from Rev. Jesse Jackson and others. The exchange has become enshrined as jargon -- a politician's efforts to distance himself from an extremist in his own party is viewed as a "Sister Souljah moment." After the rapid success of his boycott and his site's spiking popularity, Michael Friedman expressed a bit of newfound concern: "If I start selling blog ads next week will Kos's readers organize against me? ... I hope not." [Disclosure: The Drudge Retort has bought ads from Blogads, the company that represents Daily Kos.] http://www.drudge.com/2004/20040404.php

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Internet Research Ethics Workshop
by Lois Ann Scheidt 03 Apr '04

03 Apr '04

Per his request I am sending this out to the AoIR community. If you have questions please send them directly to Bruce. ________________________________________ From: Bruce Henderson <bruce.henderson(a)colorado.edu> Following up on the New Media for New Research Symposium at the University of Minnesota last September, Nora Paul and I have organized a symposium/workshop aimed only on the topic of Internet research ethics. One outcome of the September conference was that participants said they wanted a conference/workshop devoted completely on Internet Research Ethics.... and this is that conference! Charles Ess, who conducted the ethics session in Minnesota, has agreed to lead our discussions for this conference, which will be held June 17-19 at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Elizabeth Buchanan, editor of the book Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and Controversies, also will give a presentation and assist with discussions; as will Annette Markham, University of Illinois at Chicago, who will talk about IRBs and research methods; and Phil Weiser, University of Colorado at Boulder, will talk about legal issues and Internet research. I am writing to invite your participation in the "Understanding Internet Research Ethics" symposium/workshop June 17-19 at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Conference registration/hotel information is at: http://newmedia.Colorado.EDU/ethics/ As part of the registration, please propose an Internet research ethics scenario that we could discuss in a workshop format as part of this conference. The registration form includes an area where you could propose such an ethical dilemma. Calls for research ethics dilemma proposals have been sent out generally prior to this, but with the deadline fast approaching for proposals (April 5). Sincerely, Bruce Henderson Associate Professor University of Colorado at Boulder 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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new reviews in cyberculture studies (april 2004)
by david silver 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

New reviews (found at http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/) include: Susan B. Barnes, Online Connections: Internet Interpersonal Relationships (Hampton Press, 2001). Reviewed by Andrew Dalton. Edwin Bendyk, Zatruta Studnia [Poisoned Well. On Power and Freedom] (Wydawnictwo W.A.B., Poland, 2002). Reviewed by Alek Tarkowski. N. Katherine Hayles (designed by Anne Burdick), Writing Machines (MIT Press Mediawork Pamphlet Series, 2002). Reviewed by Michael Filas. Joseph Tabbi, Cognitive Fictions (University of Minnesota Press, 2002). Reviewed by Kathleen Fitzpatrick and Jen Webb, with a rejoinder from Joseph Tabbi. Mark Warschauer, Technology and Social Inclusion: Rethinking the Digital Divide (MIT Press, 2003). Reviewed by Chris Hewson. If you or your colleagues are interested in reviewing books for RCCS, contact us directly at <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu>. As always, please feel free to forward this message. david silver To SUBSCRIBE to cyberculture-announce, a low volume announcement list for RCCS events and updates, email: listproc(a)u.washington.edu; No subject is needed. In the body, type: subscribe cyberculture-announce

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