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Call for panel participants + pre-conference idea
by Mia Consalvo 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Hi all, I'm beating the last-minute rush and trying to put together a panel to submit for aoir 5.0 in Sussex. The topic is related to gaming, and I'm interested in putting together a panel that examines how game players (and perhaps even game developers) use the internet in relation to offline games-- so possible (off the top of my head) topics would be something like: *Sims fans that have created virtual boutiques and shopping malls for their homegrown skins *Mod teams and clans that communicate (etc) via a web site, email, IM, ... *Developers that keep updates online, and even create areas for fans to contribute ideas or encouragement *Fan sites generally *Way more stuff than I can think of right now. If people could email me off-list at consalvo(a)ohio.edu we can talk about ideas more, and see what takes shape. On another note, I thought it would also be cool to have a pre-conference related to game studies (maybe methods challenges related to game studies online). Anyone interested in doing that (which would be either a half or whole day, depending on interest and scope) please email me too. Happy New Year! Mia -- Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. 213 RTVC School of Telecommunications 9 South College Street Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 (740) 597-1521 consalvo(a)ohio.edu

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FW: E-living Results Conference 20-21 Jan 2004 invitation
by Ben Anderson 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

We currently have a few spaces left at this event. Feel free to forward to interested colleagues. Regards Ben -- Dr Ben Anderson +44 (0)7710 187 806 www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/people/ben_anderson.html ------ Forwarded Message > From: Ben Anderson <benander(a)essex.ac.uk> > Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 12:23:40 +0000 > To: e-living-public <e-living-public(a)eurescom.de> > Subject: [e-living-public] E-living Results Conference 20-21 Jan 2004 > invitation > > e-Living Results Conference > > Dear Colleagues > > You are invited to the e-Living results conference, a 2 day event on 20th > and 21st January 2004 at RWI-Essen in Essen, Germany. The conference will > present research results from the e-Living household panel survey and related research projects on > the uptake and usage of Information Society Technologies (ISTs) in Europe > and beyond. It will focus on the household context and will discuss issues > ranging from trends in ICT take-up through dematerialisation, labour market > issues to new forms of work and sociality. > > Each presentation will focus on top-line results and implications for > public policy and commercial strategy. > > Intended Audience > > This conference will be of value to public and commercial policy makers and > market strategists in the e-Europe context and the IST industry sector as > well as to applied social scientists with an interest in ISTs. > > Programme > > See pdf brochure at > http://www.eurescom.de/e-living/conf.htm . > > Speakers > > Ms. Vidhya Alakeson, Forum for The Future > Dr. Ben Anderson, Chimera, University of Essex > Dr. Malcolm Brynin, ISER, University of Essex > Dr. Jochen Dehio, RWI-Essen > Dr. Deborah Diduca, Chimera, University of Essex > Prof. William Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute > Prof. Jonathan Gershuny, ISER, University of Essex > Dr. Leslie Haddon, London School of Economics > Dr. John Haisken De New, RWI-Essen > Prof. Robert Kraut, Carnegie Mellon University > Dr. Christian Licoppe, Ecole Nationale Sup?rieure des Telecom > Dr. Rich Ling, Telenor > Prof. Sonia Livingstone, London School of Economics > Mr. Pencho Mihnev, Virtech > Dr. Alberto Pasquini, ENEA > Dr. Yoel Raban, ICTAF > Dr. Michael Rothgang, RWI-Essen > Prof. Dr. Christoph Schmidt, RWI-Essen > Mrs. Tal Sofer, ICTAF > Dr. Lorenzo Vicario, Legambiente > Dr. Thorsten Wichmann, Berlecon > Ms. Birgitte Yttri, Telenor > > Fees > > There are no registration or attendance fees, this event is free. A buffet > lunch on Days 1 and 2 will be provided as will refreshments throughout the > day. > > Location and Travel > > The conference will be hosted by RWI-Essen: > > Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research > Rheinisch-Westfalisches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung e.V. > Hohenzollernstrasse 1-3 > D - 45128 Essen > Germany. > > Essen is in the Ruhr area of Germany and RWI-Essen is in the centre (see > http://www.eurescom.de/e-living/rwi-essen-map.pdf) There are several > airports nearby including Dusseldorf which is 40 minutes by train. For > more information see http://www.essen.de/ . > > Hotels > > The closest hotel to RWI-Essen (1 block) is the Hotel Mercure Plaza Essen > (http://www.mercure.com/mercure/fichehotel/gb/mer/4990/fiche_hotel.shtml) . > There are various other hotels within easy reach of RWI. All travel and > hotel/accommodation costs are borne by the delegates. > > Registration > > Please complete the form on the last page of the pdf brochure > (http://www.eurescom.de/e-living/e-liv-conf-fin.pdf) and return by fax to > RWI-Essen. > > Please feel free to forward this email to other colleagues. > > **************************************************************************** > You have received this email because you have, at some time in the past, > expressed an interest in the EU FP5 IST Programme Project e-Living > (IST-2000-25409, www.eurescom.de/e-living/) This is a longitudinal > household panel survey project designed to study the 'impacts' of ICTs on > individuals and households in six European countries. > > This email list (e-living-public(a)eurescom.de) is used for infrequent > announcements of new project results, data and dissemination activities. It > should be very low volume. If you would prefer NOT to receive these emails > please unsubscribe yourself at > http://lists.eurescom.de/exilist.cgi.pl?filter=e-living-public. If you know > of colleagues who would like to be on this list, please ask them to > subscribe themselves at the same url. > > The list is archived at > http://www.eurescom.de/exchange/root.asp?obj=000000001A447390AA6611CD9BC800A > A002FC45A030059278682364ED311970F00A0240B18E700000009B58B0000 > > username = public > password = e-living > **************************************************************************** > > -- > Dr Ben Anderson > +44 (0)7710 187 806 > www.essex.ac.uk/chimera/people/ben_anderson.html > > ------ End of Forwarded Message

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Free places at Digiplay Seminar: Manchester, UK
by Jason Rutter 06 Jan '04

06 Jan '04

Due to a few cancellations there are now a number of free places available at this two day seminar. Full details are available at www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm. Jase -- DIGIPLAY: EXPLORING THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF TECHNOLOGIES OF LEISURE CRIC, University of Manchester 14-15th January 2004 Booking has now opened for the first of the ESRC-funded Digiplay Seminar Series. The series of six seminars, which will take place at various UK locations over the next two years, kicks off at CRIC at the Manchester University on Jan 14th 2004. The series explores the links between technology and leisure and the social-science understandings of these. The first of the seminars will take place over two days and include a postgraduate workshop organised by Karenza Moore. Confirmed speakers include: Trudy Barber, University of Kent at Canterbury "'Turning On' to Leisure with Pleasure: Exploring unusually innovative experiences of 'adult digiplay'" Jo Bryce, University of Central Lancashire "Violence, videogames and vulnerability: A critical review of the psychological literature" Christine Hine, University of Surrey "Virtual Methods for Understanding Technologies of Leisure" Aphra Kerr, Dublin City University "From Concept to Market: The Digital Games Business" Brian Longhurst, University of Salford "Consuming the car: anticipation, use and meaning in contemporary youth culture" Lydia Plowman, University of Stirling "Play, Learning and 'Technotoys'" Jason Rutter, University of Manchester "Games as Consumers as Producers" Registration at the seminars is free but places are limited. Support towards expenses may be available to UK registered postgraduate students. (See booking form for info.) If you are interested in participating you can request a place via the form at: www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/booking.htm More details of this event and the rest of the series are available at www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm Jase -- Dr Jason Rutter Mobile Entertainment: User Centred Perspectives 25th-27th March 2004 www.mobile-ent.org ESRC DigiPlay Seminar series www.cric.ac.uk/cric/digi/digisems.htm ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), The University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street West, Manchester, M13 9QH. UK PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859 Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 7361 http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric/Jason_Rutter

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Reminder: Deadline for online dating workshop at CHI 2004
by Andrew T. Fiore 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Please pardon the repeat, but we're eager to get a fantastic group together for this CHI 2004 workshop about online dating (both design and analysis). Position papers (short ones!) are due 12 January 2004. See below for details, and drop me a note if you have any questions, comments, suggestions... We're happy to announce a workshop about online personals for Computer-Human Interaction 2004. The deadline for submitting position papers is 12 January 2004. We hope to see you in Vienna! Please feel free to forward this announcement as widely as you would like. Thank you! Andrew Fiore Jeana Frost Judith Donath MIT Media Lab ========== Online Personals: "Scientists, designers seek same for good conversation" CHI 2004 Workshop: Call for Participation Vienna, Austria Monday 26 April 2004 Organizers: Andrew T. Fiore Jeana H. Frost Judith S. Donath Contact: <chi-personals(a)media.mit.edu> On the Web: http://smg.media.mit.edu/personals/chi2004/ ::: ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Online personal advertisements have shed their stereotype as matchmakers for the awkward to claim a prominent role in the social lives of millions of users. This one-day workshop will bring together social scientists and designers to discuss: 1. How people are behaving in online personals systems and how best to study this behavior. 2. How different personals systems handle self-expression, searching, matching, and communicating. 3. How the design of personals systems interacts with individual and cultural constructs of relationships and attraction. 4. New methods, metaphors, design paradigms, and gadgets for finding and communicating with dating partners. ::: HOW TO APPLY To apply for the workshop, simply submit a 2- to 4-page position paper. We will consider a variety of work related to online personals, as appropriate to your discipline, as long as it reflects your experience with or consideration of the topics above. Some suggestions: * Quantitative study of behavior on a personals system * Novel designs for better personals systems (especially radical departures from the norm) * Review of the literature on attraction and its application to online dating * Interviews (or surveys) with users of online personals systems * Experiment involving construction and perception of identity in personals ads We will select participants from diverse backgrounds based on the relevance and originality of their position papers. Please email your paper to chi-personals(a)media.mit.edu by 12 January 2004. We will notify you of acceptance by 23 February 2004. Limited to 15 participants.

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Fwd: Technology Position at the University of Arizona
by Steve Jones 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Jake Harwood" <jharwood(a)email.arizona.edu> > Date: January 5, 2004 10:02:12 AM CST > Subject: Technology Position at the University of Arizona > > Colleagues: > > Please forgive the unsolicited promotional email! We have received > permission to hire for the following position and need to do so with a > very > short lead time. I would appreciate you distributing the following > announcement to anybody who might be interested. > > Many Thanks, > > Jake Harwood > --------------------- > POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT > THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA > Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism (New Technology) > > Position Description and Responsibilities: Contingent upon the > availability > of funding, the Departments of Communication and Journalism at The > University of Arizona seek a scholar to conduct an active, > theoretically-grounded research program, teach graduate and > undergraduate > courses, advise/mentor graduate students, and engage in service to the > Departments and the University. Salary is competitive and > commensurate with > qualifications. We are seeking someone with research and teaching > expertise > in communication/information technology and society. Candidates from > all > specialties within this broad area are encouraged to apply (e.g., > human-computer interaction/computer mediated communication, on-line > journalism/computer-assisted reporting, internet culture, digital > arts/interactive design). > > The successful candidate will develop and teach an introductory > undergraduate course in information technology and society. In > addition, the > candidate will teach courses relating to technology in his/her > specialty > area. It is likely that the candidate may form interdisciplinary > connections > to other units on campus. This position offers the unique opportunity > to > participate in a campus-wide effort at improving instruction and > interdisciplinary research collaboration in technology, including most > immediately working to refine the curriculum for a new > interdisciplinary > undergraduate minor in technology and society. Candidates should > demonstrate > a clear vision for the development of their research program, and a > supportive, collegial, and interdisciplinary approach in their work. > > Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. (or other appropriate terminal degree) in > Journalism, Communication, Technology Studies, Digital Media, > Information > Sciences, Telecommunications or related disciplines, a solid and > promising > record of research in one of those areas, and evidence of teaching > quality. > ABDs will be considered. We are seeking an individual who is able to > work > with diverse students and colleagues, and who has experience with a > variety > of teaching methods and curricular perspectives. > > Application procedures: Please submit a letter of application, CV, 3 > letters > of recommendation, a written research sample and/or URL link to > relevant > information, and evidence of teaching effectiveness to: Technology > Search > Committee, Department of Communication, The University of Arizona, PO > Box > 210025, Tucson, AZ 85721-0025, Phone (520) 621-1366. Open until filled. > Review of applications will begin February 1st, and will continue > until the > position is filled. Start-date for the position is Fall 2004. The > University > of Arizona is an EEO/AA Employer-M/W/D/V. > > For further information, please contact: > > Jake Harwood > Associate Professor, Department of Communication > 211 Communication Building > University of Arizona > Tucson, AZ 85721 > > jharwood(a)u.arizona.edu > phone: 520-626-8681 > fax: 520-621-5504 > www.u.arizona.edu/~jharwood >

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rob kling issue of TIS
by Barry Wellman 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Denise Rall wondered about hwen the festschrift for Rob Kling will appear. I don't know about a festshchrift, but I do know that The Information Society (Rob's journal) is doing a series of memorial articles, including one by Roxanne Hiltz and myself, another by John King, etc. We submitted months ago, and I believe the issue is due to appear April 2004. 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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new reviews in cyberculture studies (january 2004)
by david silver 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

New reviews (found at http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/) include: Espen J. Aarseth, Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature (John Hopkins University Press, 1997). Reviewed by Vika Zafrin. David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created An Empire and Transformed Pop Culture (Random House, 2003). Reviewed by Bob Rehak. Steven Poole, Trigger Happy: Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution (Arcade Books, 2000). Reviewed by Edward Castronova and Aaron Delwiche. 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

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New papers on freesoftware.mit.edu | opensource.mit.edu
by Karim R. Lakhani 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

<apologies for X-posting> Hi All The following papers have been posted to our website. Thanks to all the authors for their submissions! See you all in the New Year! ~Karim~ PAPER 1 Author: Vadén Tere Title: Intellectual Property, Open Source and Free Software http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/vaden.pdf Abstract The notion of intellectual property is used in order to create digital commodities. While the commodification of code is useful for certain kinds of knowledge intesive work (the Taylorist forms), it severely disrupts other types of knowledge creation. Applying Scott Lash's division of knowledge creation into organisational and disorganisational types, we also gain insight into the different positions towards IP held by different wings of the FOSS community. PAPER 2 Authors: Garzarelli, Giampaolo & Roberto Galoppini Title: Capability Coordination in Modular Organization: Voluntary FS/OSS Production and the Case of Debian GNU/Linux http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/garzarelligaloppini.pdf Abstract: The paper analyzes voluntary Free Software/Open Source Software (FS/OSS) organization of work. The empirical setting considered is the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. The paper finds that the production process is hierarchical notwithstanding the modular (nearly decomposable) architecture of software and of voluntary FS/OSS organization. But voluntary FS/OSS project organization is not hierarchical for the same reasons suggested by the most familiar theories of economic organization: hierarchy is justified for coordination of continuous change, rather than for the direction of static production. Hierarchy is ultimately the overhead attached to the benefits engendered by modular organization. PAPER 3 Author: Modica, Salvatore Title: Knowledge Transfer in R&D Outsourcing (and Linux-Vs-Windows) http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/modica.pdf Abstract: Why did Microsoft not hire all those smart programmers who ended up developing Linux through the internet? Because, we answer, the value of the information about its operating system that Microsoft should have transferred to any of them to render her productive would have been too high compared to her expected individual contribution, so that after writing a contract with Microsoft the typical developer would have run away to sell the acquired knowledge on the market. On the other hand, knowledge transfer in R&D outsourcing is not always so critical, and for example in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries research contracts are extensively used, usually in the context of a long term relationship between firm and innovator. We analyze this kind of repeated interaction, and find that when the knowledge-transfer problem is not blocking, the firm should transfer to the innovator as much information as it is compatible with the latter's incentive constraints. PAPER 4 Author Dafermos, George Title: Blogging the Market http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/dafermos3.pdf Abstract: Weblogs have been recently characterised as the "open source media". And in much the same way that open source software is been deployed, marketed and sold within both commercial and non-commercial contexts, weblogs can advance both commercial and non-commercial objectives. However, in this primary - research paper, the focus is on the benefits that organisations can seize by embracing weblogs, and how weblogs are bound to revitalise marketplace and workplace conversations. In addition, several case studies are being analysed, ranging from Slashdot and Openflows to Amazon, Macromedia, Groove Networks, and Gizmodo. PAPER 5 Author: McCormick, Chip Title: The Big Project That Never Ends': Role and Task Negotiation Within an Emerging Occupational Community (Dissertation in progress) http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/mccormick.pdf Abstract: This dissertation involved in-depth interviews of over fifty open source developers in two major open source projects. The primary areas of interest were 1) conducting an ethnographic study of the work practices and culture of 'post-burecratic' organizations to see what lessons these groups may hold for managing intellectual labor and 2) examining whether the open source movement represents a new professional model for software engineering. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PAPER 6 Updated Paper Author: Chiao, Benjamin Hak-Fung Title: An Economic Theory of Free and Open Source Software: A Tour from Lighthouse to Chinese-Style Socialism (revised version) http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/chiao.pdf Abstract The theory is that free and open source software is private property under the guise of common property. Such software is distributed mostly under the GNU General Public License. The intents in The GNU Manifesto suggest striking similarities between this license and communism. The resulting economic properties, however, are similar to those of Chinese-style socialism: both resulted from an increased separation of legal and economic ownership. The phenomenal growth of China in the last twenty five years and of such software in the past few years could be attributed to such separation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PAPER 7 Abstract Submission Author: Muffatto, Moreno & Matteo Faldani Title: Open Source as a Complex Adaptive System - Published in Emergence 5 (3) http://www.emergence.org/ Abstract: The Open Source community and its activities can be considered to have the characteristics of a system. The Open Source system is distinctive because it is neither controlled by a central authority that defines strategy and organization nor totally chaotic. It can be placed at a middle position between a planned system and a chaotic one. In this sort of position there are non-formal rules which allow the system to produce significant results. The Complex Adaptive System theory can be used to better understand and analyze the Open Source system. This work presents a description of the main characteristics of the functioning of the Open Source community regarding its organizational structure and development process. The concept of complex adaptive system is then introduced and its functioning mechanisms briefly described. Finally, we will interpret the characteristics of the Open Source community in the context of complex adaptive systems theory. -- =============================================== Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan School of Management & The Boston Consulting Group, Strategy Practice Initiative e-mail: karim.lakhani(a)sloan.mit.edu | lakhani.karim(a)bcg.com voice: 617-851-1224 fax: 617-344-0403 http://spoudaiospaizen.net/ http://opensource.mit.edu | http://freesoftware.mit.edu http://userinnovation.mit.edu

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Setting up a panel on domestic internet use
by Sue Cranmer 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Hi I'm interested in setting up panels for the next AoIR conference and for the Digital Generations Conference to be held at the Institute of Education, University of London 26 - 29 July 2004 at http://www.ccsonline.org.uk/mediacentre/Events/main.html If anyone is working in this area (my own study is of how families use the internet) and interested in putting a joint proposal together for these conferences, please write to me. The deadline for abstracts for Digital Generations is 31 December. Both panels require 3 to 4 papers. Best wishes Sue

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Oxford Summer Doctoral Programme
by Vicki Nash 05 Jan '04

05 Jan '04

Further to my previous message, please can I confirm that current and prospective doctoral students can now apply to attend the 2004 Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme. Full details and an online application form can be found at http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/?rq=sdp2004 The course will be held in Oxford from 14th to 31st July, and the application process is open until March 12th. Like last year, we hope to be able to offer scholarships for students otherwise unable to attend. Please circulate this information to any interested parties. Dr Victoria Nash Policy and Research Officer 01865 287231 Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1, St Giles OX1 9DT www.oii.ox.ac.uk

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