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online interview
by Daniela Papelbaum 28 Nov '03

28 Nov '03

Dear friends, I am conducting a research project on online courses and I´m planning to interview some students online. Is anyone on this list familiar with some papers/books/sites where people write about the methodology of conducting online interviews or the methodology of researching in the Internet, in general? Thank you very much for your time, best regards, Daniela Papelbaum >

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RE: [Air-l] online interview
by Ec.Deutskens＠MW.unimaas.nl 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Dear Daniela, I have recently finished an article where we examine the effect of the timing of follow-ups, different incentives, length and presentation of the questionnaire on the response rate and response quality in an online experimental setting (Deutskens, E.C., J.C. de Ruyter, M.G.M. Wetzels, and P. Oosterveld (2003), "Response Rate and Response Quality of Internet-based Surveys: An Experimental Study". submitted to Marketing Letters (second round)) I am happy to provide you with the latest version of the paper if you are interested. You can also find more information at my website (http://www.personeel.unimaas.nl/ec.deutskens/) If you have questions concerning the programming of your survey, you should look at http://www.surveymonkey.com/ , where you can easily program you surveys for free. Other articles that could be of interest: Cook, C., Heath, F., & Thompson, R. (2000). A Meta-Analysis of Response Rates in Web- or Internet-based Surveys. Educational & Psychological Measurement, 60(6), 821-836. Couper, M. P. (2000). Web Surveys: A Review of Issues and Approaches. Public Opinion Quarterly, 64(4), 464-494. Couper, M. P., Traugott, M., & Lamias, M. (2001). Web survey design and administration. Public Opinion Quarterly, 65(2), 230-253. Dillman, D. A., Tortora, R. D., Conradt, J., & Bowker, D. (1998). Influence of Plain vs. Fancy Design on Response Rates for Web Surveys. Paper presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Dallas, Texas. Dillman, D. A., & Bowker, D. K. (2001). The Web Questionnaire Challenge to Survey Methodologists. In U.-D. R. M. Bosnjak (Ed.), Dimensions of Internet Science. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers. Illieva, J., Baron, S., & Healey, N. M. (2002). Online Surveys in Marketing Research: Pros and Cons. International Journal of Market Research, 44(3), 361-382. Lozar Manfreda, K., Batagelj, Z., & Vehovar, V. (2002). Design of Web Survey Questionnaires: Three Basic Experiments. Retrieved 3, 7, from the World Wide Web: http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol7/issue3/vehovar.html Schaefer, D. R., & Dillman, D. A. (1998). Development of a Standard E-Mail Methodology. Public Opinion Quarterly, 62, 378-397. Sheehan, K. B., & McMillan, S. J. (1999). Response Variation in E-Mail Surveys: An Exploration. Journal of Advertising Research, 39(4), 45. Sheehan, K. B. (2001, retrieved January 15th, 2003). E-mail Survey Response Rates: A Review. Retrieved 2, 6, from the World Wide Web: http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol6/issue2/sheehan.html Shermis, M. D., & Lombard, D. (1999). A Comparison of Survey Data Collected by Regular Mail and Electronic Mail Questionnaires. Journal of Business & Psychology, 14(2), 341-354. Yun, G. W., & Trumbo, C. W. (2000). Comparative Response to a Survey Executed by Post, E-Mail, & Web Form. Journal of Computer-Mediated-Communication, 6(1). Hope this helps! Success with your survey Lisa -------------------------------------------------- Drs. Elisabeth Deutskens PhD Student Universiteit Maastricht Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Department of Marketing Tel: +31 (-43) -3883716 Fax: +31 (-43) -3884918 E-mail: ec.deutskens(a)mw.unimaas.nl website: http://www.personeel.unimaas.nl/ec.deutskens/ -----Original Message----- From: Daniela Papelbaum [mailto:d.papelbaum@senac.br] Sent: donderdag 27 november 2003 16:57 To: 'air-l(a)aoir.org' Subject: [Air-l] online interview Dear friends, I am conducting a research project on online courses and I´m planning to interview some students online. Is anyone on this list familiar with some papers/books/sites where people write about the methodology of conducting online interviews or the methodology of researching in the Internet, in general? Thank you very much for your time, best regards, Daniela Papelbaum > _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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personal homepages
by Katerina 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

I am conducting a research project on the presentation of the Self and identity in personal homepages. I have already conducted 10 online interviews with individuals who own personal homepages, in which they present aspects of their pesonal identity. However, during the last months I have not been able to locate more homepages or the ones I have located seem to have not been updated for years. I was wondering if anyone could direct me to 'where' I can find more personal homepages (apart from the search function in yahoo, etc which seems to yield no valid findings). Thank you very much for your time, Dionysis Panos

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Re: R: [Air-l] on the web, research work proves ephemeral
by ren＠aldermangroup.com 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

>can't remember the name of the service I used...could it be Alexa.com? Anyone uses/recalls such a service? I think this is the one you are after: www.archive.org ren www.renreynolds.com ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 10:49:26 +0100 >From: "Luca Meyer" <lucameyer(a)tiscali.it> >Subject: R: [Air-l] on the web, research work proves ephemeral >To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> > >Interesting. Is there anyway to refer to some permanent "copy" of the >web? I recall once I run into a copy of a web site I have run from 1996 >to 1998 and that has been gone for several years now...I can't remember >the name of the service I used...could it be Alexa.com? Anyone >uses/recalls such a service? > >Luca > >Mr. Luca Meyer >consumer research advisor >http://www.lucameyer.com/en/ > >> -----Messaggio originale----- >> Da: air-l-admin(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org] Per >> conto di Lokman Tsui >> Inviato: mercoledì 26 novembre 2003 9.56 >> A: air-l(a)aoir.org >> Oggetto: [Air-l] on the web, research work proves ephemeral >> >> >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8730-2003Nov23? langu >> age=printer >> >> By Rick Weiss >> Washington Post Staff Writer >> Monday, November 24, 2003; Page A08 >> >> On the Web, Research Work Proves Ephemeral >> Electronic Archivists Are Playing Catch-Up in Trying to Keep >> Documents >> From Landing in History's Dustbin >> >> It was in the mundane course of getting a scientific paper >> published that >> physician Robert Dellavalle came to the unsettling >> realization that the >> world was dissolving before his eyes. >> >> The world, that is, of footnotes, references and Web pages. >> >> Dellavalle, a dermatologist with the Veterans Affairs Medical >> Center in >> Denver, had co-written a research report featuring dozens of >> footnotes -- >> many of which referred not to books or journal articles but, as is >> increasingly the case these days, to Web sites that he and >> his colleagues >> had used to substantiate their findings. >> >> Problem was, it took about two years for the article to wind >> its way to >> publication. And by that time, many of the sites they had >> cited had moved >> to other locations on the Internet or disappeared altogether, >> rendering >> useless all those Web addresses -- also known as uniform >> resource locators >> (URLs) -- they had provided in their footnotes. >> >> "Every time we checked, some were gone and others had moved," said >> Dellavalle, who is on the faculty at the University of >> Colorado Health >> Sciences Center. "We thought, 'This is an interesting >> phenomenon itself. >> We should look at this.' " [.. see link above for rest of article .. ] >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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

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FYI - index of journals
by Irene Berkowitz 23 Nov '03

23 Nov '03

I just got this on another listserv and thought I would pass it along. The Iowa guide online at (http://fmp2.its.uiowa.edu/iowaguide/indexpage.html) has a list of journals for media related articles. It gives details as to content covered, if it is blind reviewed, page lengths, bibliography format, etc. Thanks, IB Irene Berkowitz Program Director, Curricular Publications and Systems Office of the Vice Provost Temple University tel. 215-204-7596 fax. 215-204 3175 berkowitz(a)mail.temple.edu

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Internet Dating
by Maura Conway 23 Nov '03

23 Nov '03

The New York Times Magazine Sunday, 23 November 2003 'Love in the Time of No Time' Jennifer Egan "Internet romance begins outside any real-life context, but it quickly creates a context all its own -- full of flirting, sex, jealousy, love and rejection. In the world of online coupling, your digital dating self never sleeps....." Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/23/magazine/23ONLINE.html Forum: http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?50@@.f5013a3 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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Reminder: EQ Researchers Meet Tomorrow, Sat Nov 22
by T.L. Taylor 21 Nov '03

21 Nov '03

Hi everyone. Just a quick reminder that the in-game EQ researchers meeting will be taking place tomorrow. Please feel free to pass this announcement along to interested parties as well. TL --- original announcement --- On Saturday, Nov 22 there will an online meeting of EQ researchers (or researchers interested in doing work in the game). In fine Norrathian tradition everyone will start out as a level 1 and we will proceed to have drunken races, fireworks, and who knows, maybe some serious talk in between ;) The details: Saturday, Nov 22 @ 3pm EST (12pm PST and 9pm CET) EverQuest, Bristlebane server, Butcherblock Mountains outside the city of Kaladim (everyone is encouraged to start a level 1 dwarf, beards optional!) Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions or already have a character on BB and want to help out with any of the pre-fest preparations. Look forward to seeing folks there! TL -- ___________________________________ T.L. Taylor, Assistant Professor Center for Computer Games Research Dept. of Digital Aesthetics and Communiction IT University of Copenhagen Glentevej 67, 2400-DK NV Copenhagen +45 38 16 89 61 (tele) / +45 38 16 88 99 (fax) tltaylor(a)itu.dk / http://www.itu.dk/~tltaylor/

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I have been posting resources on the monitoring and evaluation of ICT for Development projects on this website
by John Daly 21 Nov '03

21 Nov '03

http://www.developmentgateway.org/evaluation Use them in good health! John Daly http://www.geocities.com/stconsultant http://stconsultant.blogspot.com

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ANN BlogTalk 2.0 conference call for papers
by Thomas N.Burg 20 Nov '03

20 Nov '03

Dear members of AOIR, this is the official announcement of Blogtalk 2.0. The European Conference on Weblogs - http://blogtalk.net -- July 2004 and its call for papers. The conference is designed to initiate a dialog between bloggers, developers, researchers and others who share, enjoy and analyse the benefits of blogging. The focus is on weblogs as an expression of a culture based on the exchange of information, ideas and knowledge. In the spirit of the free exchange of opinions, links and thoughts we wish to engage a wide range of participants from the blogosphere in this discourse. This time we decided to establish a steering committee that mirrors the different cultures and economics of weblogs and the blogosphere. We have Torill Mortensen, who is the representative of weblogs as social and cultural texts and techniques thus linking to the domain of research. Jörg Kantel and Peter Praschl are representing the German speaking bloggery and partly the technological as well as the journalistic or more aesthetic aspects of weblogging. Clay Shirky represents the domain of social software, usability, trends and usage of web technology. All of the committee are bloggers themselves with one exception, Clay Shirky, who is nonetheless present on the web through his writings and participates in a group-weblog. Please submit a proposal, spread the word of this unique conference, and come to meet us in Vienna, Austria. The conference will be held in the first days of July 2004. Details coming up soon. For further information please visit http://blogtalk.net Thanks for listening Thomas N. Burg

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[PenPlusBytes] ITU Digital Access Index: World's First Global ICT Ranking (fwd)
by robert m. tynes 20 Nov '03

20 Nov '03

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 07:18:30 -0000 From: PENPLUSBYTES <info(a)penplusbytes.org> Reply-To: PenPlusBytes(a)yahoogroups.com To: penplusbytes(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [PenPlusBytes] ITU Digital Access Index: World's First Global ICT Ranking ORIGINAL: English ITU Digital Access Index: World's First Global ICT Ranking Education and Affordability Key to Boosting New Technology Adoption Geneva, 19 November 2003 - The first global index to rank Information and Communication Technology (ICT) access has turned up some surprises. Slovenia ties France; and the Republic of Korea, usually not among the top ten in international ICT rankings, comes in fourth. Apart from Canada, ranked 10th, the top ten economies are exclusively Asian and European. The Digital Access Index (DAI) distinguishes itself from other indices by including a number of new variables, such as education and affordability. It also covers a total of 178 economies, which makes it the first truly global ICT ranking. Countries are classified into one of four digital access categories: high, upper, medium and low. Those in the upper category include mainly nations from Central and Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, Gulf States and emerging Latin American nations. Many have used ICTs as a development enabler and government policies have helped them reach an impressive level of ICT access. This includes major ICT projects such as the Dubai Internet City in the United Arab Emirates (the highest ranked Arab nation in the DAI), the Multimedia Super Corridor in Malaysia (the highest ranked developing Asian nation) and the Cyber City in Mauritius (along with Seychelles, the highest ranked African nation). The DAI will be a useful tool for tracking the future advancement of these ambitious emerging economies. The four Asian Tigers have made the greatest progress in ICTs over the last four years. The results suggest that English is no longer a decisive factor in quick technology adoption, especially as more content is made available in other languages. The DAI forms part of the ITU's upcoming 2003 edition of the World Telecommunication Development Report (WTDR). Published to coincide with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), it will be a vital reference for governments, intern , non-governmental organizations and the private sector to assess national conditions in information and communications technology. For full text see: http://www.itu.int/newsroom/press_releases/2003/30.html --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com) Version: 6.0.537 / Virus Database: 332 - Release Date: 11/6/03

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