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Access to online learners.
by Helen Scott 28 Nov '03

28 Nov '03

Greetings to All. But of interest principally to online tutors/learners: I am a PhD student at the University of Portsmouth, U.K. I am using the Grounded Theory methodology to research the main issues facing adult online learners and how these issues are resolved. I plan to conduct online interviews with online learners worldwide. As you may know the research methodology which I am using, looks for patterns across interviews rather than focusing on individuals. It also allows the substantive area to emerge. So to begin with I would like interview as many types of adult online learners as I can i.e. studying in different disciplines, countries, educational levels and be they full time or part time students, learning principally online on-campus or @distance. Please can you help? I need access to online learners and would be grateful for any help that you can give me in finding online learners who would be prepared to be interviewed. If you have responsibility for online adult learners and would be prepared to forward a message on to them on my behalf, that would be wonderful. I would also be very happy to discuss my plans and approach with you in more detail or tailor my approach according to any concerns that, as steward for your learners, you might have. Please also see http://www.tech.port.ac.uk/staffweb/scotth for more online contact details. Regards Helen Scott helen.scott(a)port.ac.uk Dept. Information Systems & Computer Applications 1-8 Burnaby Terrace Portsmouth Hants PO1 3AE U.K.

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Danah Boyd -- social network software
by Barry Wellman 28 Nov '03

28 Nov '03

Folks, Social network software is becoming hot,so much so that even the New York Times has noticed it, with a nice article on the front page of the Circuits section on Nov 27 2003. (A U.S. holiday celebrating Immigration, Early Imperialism & Family Bonding.) Basically, the software creates possibilities to link friends, friends of friends, etc. and to locate people with shared interrests -- although it also has the possibility for organizational and police surveillance (who is talking with whom in my organization? what are Al-Qaeda's links? who is Wellman hanging out with?) The article is keyed around the rather unique and always interesting Danah Boyd, a sociological grad student at the School of Information Management and Systems, Univ of California Berkeley. A pix of her with bright red hair graces the front page. Those who attended the recent Toronto AoIR conference may remmeber Danah's costume then: as I recall, a white bunny-eared fleece hat topping a pink jump suit. 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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research - writing, printing, computing
by Luiz Carlos Baptista 28 Nov '03

28 Nov '03

Hi all, I'm new on the list. I have recently finished my PhD in Communications at Universidade Nova, Lisbon, Portugal. My PhD is about Erving Goffman's concept of "frame" and its relations to cognition and the formal features of human interaction. Parts of my research have been summarized in an article, "Framing and Cognition", in the book "Goffman's Legacy", published in the US by Rowman & Littlefield. At the moment, my research interests include what I call "logotechnics" or "linguistic technologies": the development of systems which reproduce what, according to Noam Chomsky, is the most important characteristic of human language, its "discrete infinity" (the production of an infinite number of structures by the recursive combination of a finite number of elements). Each "logotechnique" could be understood as a set of procedures for developing specific kinds of "cognitive artifacts". Writing would be the fundamental "logotechnique", giving rise to printing (its mechanization) and computing (its automatization). I believe a proper understanding of the latter must take into account the effects of the former. For instance, as regards the Internet and the spread of digital media, the so-called "digital revolution" is, in a sense, the process of "generalization of writing" - since, for the first time, almost every form of human representation can be "translated" to digital form through programs written, in the last instance, in binary code. I hope this stuff makes sense to you. Anyway, it's still in an earlier phase, open to comments, criticisms and developments. Best regards, Luiz Carlos Baptista lucabaptista(a)sapo.pt lucabaptista(a)hotmail.com

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on the web, research work proves ephemeral
by Lokman Tsui 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A8730-2003Nov23?language=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

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online interview
by Daniela Papelbaum 27 Nov '03

27 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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