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Last CFP: GOR 04
by Uwe Matzat 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Dear internet researchers, the deadline for submitting a paper to this international conference on online communities, virtual organizations, e-democracy, online methods etc is approaching... Hope to see many of you at the meetings of the AIR in Canada and the DGOF in Germany, Uwe Matzat --------------------------------------------------------------- LAST CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------------------------------------- Sixth International GOR Conference GOR 04 GERMAN ONLINE RESEARCH '04 30th and 31st March, 2004 at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers: ---------------- German Society for Online Research - DGOF e.V. Social Survey Research Center, Institute of Sociology, University Duisburg-Essen --------------------------------------------------------------- The 6th German Online Research Conference 2004 is jointly organized by the German Society for Online Research (DGOF e.V.), and the Social Survey Research Center (Prof. Dr. Frank Faulbaum) of the University of Duisburg-Essen. The conference will be held at the university campus in Duisburg. Conference topics include theories, methods, and empirical findings concerning the internet, online communication, or mobile communication. The aim of the conference is to document the progress of internet research, innovative developments, and practical experience, as well as to further dialogue between: - researchers - researchers and users of internet research - universities and companies - customers and suppliers. --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------- Conference Languages: ------------------------- English, German ------------------------- Keynote Speaker: Prof. Don Dillman (Washington State University) ------------------------- -------------- Contributions: -------------- Paper presentations, posters, and sessions can be proposed on the following topics: Interactive Market- and Social Research - Online- and Mobile Market Research - Innovative Sampling approaches - Cross-over Designs, Mixed-Modes' and Methods' Effects - Usability Research, Usability Engineering, Usability Testing - Online Experiments - Online Surveys Internet, Mobile Communication, and Civil Society - Online Groups: Structures, Interaction, Community Building, and Effects - Social and Psychological Effects of Internet Use - Social Networks and Relationships: On-line and Off-line - Online Community Software: Applications and Results - Mobile Communication and Social Networks - e-Democracy: Examples of Best Practice, Changes, and Problems - Internet, Crime, Privacy Protection, and Deviant Behavior - Digital Divide - Internet, Social Movements, and Collective Action - Internet and Science e-Commerce and e-Controlling - e-Business and e-Advertising - Successful Evaluation of Web-Sites and e-Commerce - Currencies of the Net: Benchmarking and Measurement of Range of Coverage - Customer Relationship Management and Online Market Research - Non-Reactive Methods of Data Collection and Data-Mining Interpersonal Communication - Computer Mediated Communication - Mobile Communication and Life-Style - Online-Gaming - Trust and Credibility on the Internet - e-Health - Non-Reactive Methods of Data Collection of Interpersonal Communication - Weblogs and Bloggers The Internet Within and Outside of Organizations - e-Learning on the Intranet and Internet - Interactive Organizational Research, e.g. Online Employee Surveys - Knowledge Exchange and Knowledge Management in Organizations (Intranet) - Communities of Practice on the Internet: Design and Effects ------------------------------------------------------------ Paper Presentations: ------------------------------ Paper presentations include oral presentations of max. 20 minutes plus 10 minutes for discussion. Qualified contributions will be invited to submit the paper for publication in an international English language conference proceedings' volume or in an international English language journal. Posters: ------------- Posters will be discussed at fixed times. The best poster will receive a prize of Euro 500,-. Sessions: -------------- There will also be the opportunity to propose a group of interrelated presentations (max. 4-5 persons) within one session. For more information please contact the program committee (gorpaper04(a)dgof.de) Workshops: ----------------- There will be tutorial workshops covering key methods of internet research. These will be held by qualified researchers and practitioners. The workshops will take place the day commencing the GOR conference (March 29, 2004) as well as during the conference without overlapping with the presentations. Participation in workshops is not free of charge and the number of participants will be restricted. Registered visitors of the conference have priority. More information about the workshops and registration is available at http://www.dgof.de/indexe.htm. Exhibition Stand Space: ---------------------------------- Companies will have the opportunity to book exhibition stand space for presentations of products or services that offer solutions to problems of market- and social research on the Internet or Intranet. More information is available at gororga04(a)dgof.de. Social Events and Membership Meeting: ----------------------------------------------------------- The traditional early-bird-meeting will take place on March 29th 2004. Already during this meeting visitors and participants will have the opportunity to socialize with colleagues, acquainting themselves with other researchers. On Tuesday 30th April 2004, there will be a social event held during the evening which will include dinner and disco. During the conference there will be a meeting for the members of the German Society for Online Research. The members will receive additional information about the meeting at a later date. ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------- Submission Guidelines -------------------------------- If you would like to contribute to the conference by presenting a paper or a poster, please send an abstract no later than: September 30th 2003 to: gorpaper04(a)dgof.de Authors will receive notice of acceptance by: November 17th 2003. The preliminary program will be posted on December 1st, 2003 at the following url: http://www.dgof.de/indexe.htm The program committee will review abstracts. For accepted oral presentations transparencies or Power-Point files (preferably in English) are expected to be sent before the conference until February 29th 2004. ------------------------------------------------------------ The abstract (of no more than 350 words) should be submitted in in the following format: 1. Title of the oral presentation or poster 2. Type (oral presentation or poster) 3. Author(s) 4. Address of first author (postal address, phone number, e-mail and URLs) 5. Central topic choice (max. 3), if applicable 6. Keywords (max. 4) 7. English text of abstract (max 350 words) Submission format: 1) Please send your abstract in rich text (.rtf) file format to: gorpaper04(a)dgof.de The subject line of your e-mail must contain the following text: "abstract" 2) In addition to sending the attachment, please include the abstract and the information 1-6 mentioned above in the body of your e-mail. -------------------------- Conference Fees: -------------------------- Conference fees include conference materials, two lunches, conference dinner, drinks and snacks during breaks. Academic: 120 Euro Students: 60 Euro Presenting participants: 30 Euro (first authors only) Non-academic (e.g., company representatives, free-lancers, consultants): 290 Euro Early registrants, who register before January 31st 2004 receive a fee reduction of 20%. DGOF members receive a fee reduction of 20% (membership application forms can be found at http://www.dgof.de/dgof_antrage.pdf) For German participants conference fees have to be paid in advance in full. Foreign participants may pay their fees at the conference venue. Day tickets are not available. Registration for all participants will begin on December 01st 2003. Further detailed information will be posted continually at the following URL: http://www.dgof.de/indexe.htm ------------------------------ Overview of the timeline: ------------------------------ 09/30/03 Deadline for abstract submission 11/17/03 Feedback on acceptance 12/01/03 Preliminary program will be published, Registration begins 01/31/04 Deadline for fee-reduced early registrations 02/29/04 Deadline for sending transparencies or Power- Point files for accepted oral presentations 02/29/04 Deadline for registration to workshops 03/29/04 Early-bird-meeting + workshops in Duisburg 03/30/04-03/31/04 Conference + workshops at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Duisburg ----------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of contacts: Abstract submission: gorpaper04(a)dgof.de Business activities: gororga04(a)dgof.de Conference Website: http://www.dgof.de/indexe.htm workshops: http://www.dgof.de/indexe.htm Local organization: office.gor(a)uni-duisburg.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contact address of the local organizing committee: Conference office GOR 04 c/o Prof. Dr. Frank Faulbaum Institute of Sociology University Duisburg-Essen Lotharstr. 65 47048 Duisburg Germany Phone +49 203-379-2532 Fax +49 203-379-4350 E-Mail: office.gor(a)uni-duisburg.de http://soziologie.uni-duisburg.de/PERSONEN/faulbaum.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- **************************************************************** Uwe Matzat Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut / Institute of Social Sciences Soziologie Lehrstuhl I / Sociology Chair I Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf / University of Duesseldorf Universitaetsstr. 1 40225 Duesseldorf Germany email: matzat(a)uni-duesseldorf.de http://www.uni-duesseldorf.de/~matzat ****************************************************************

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Post doc position Chicago
by Charlie Breindahl 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Professor Justine Cassell (currently MIT Media Lab; soon to be Northwestern University School of Communications) is seeking a post-doctoral fellow for a full-time, two-year NSF-funded position looking at children's development and technology use. The successful candidate will have completed a Ph.D. in Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Psycholinguistics, Educational Technology or a related area and have experience in both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Technological competence (Java, C++) is a definite advantage, but not required. Ideally the fellow will have a background in statistics with experience in traditional and non-traditional study design of longitudinal and cross-sectional studies, and analyzing large sets of quantitative and qualitative data. The fellow may expect to come away with publications and writing experience. The fellow will be working with two teams: (1) developing and evaluating technology to support emerging literacy among young children; (2) analyzing (questionnaire, interview, and logs of online discourse) data from a large-scale study of a children's internet community. Both teams consist of graduate and undergraduate researchers and are directed by Professor Justine Cassell. The position is based at Northwestern University in Chicago. Start date is as soon as possible (September '03). The possibility exists of splitting this position into two half-time fellowships. Salary commensurate with experience. Please send CV and 2 letters of recommendation to: Professor Justine Cassell justine(a)media.mit.edu

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pol econ
by Jonathan Sterne 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

Hi All, I missed the replies as well (and would love to see them), but in case these were missed, here are a few suggestions: Dan Schiller, _Digital Capitalism_, especially the first two chapters Nick Dyer-Witheford, _CyberMarx_ Bob McChesney's internet chapter in _Rich Media, Poor Democracy_ Robins and Webster _Times of the Technoculture_ some oldie but goodies: Aronowitz and DiFazio, _The Jobless Future_ Brook and Boal _resisting the Virutal Life_ Gandy _The Panoptic Sort_ Mosco and Wasco _The Political Economy of Information_ and a newbie but goody: Michelle Rodino, currently a grad student here, will soon defend her very interesting dissertation on mobile computing technologies and the digital economy. for "raw material" for lectures and such, I read the business press and Wired. --- I may have made this point onlist before, but for all the studies of cybersex, you'd think someone would do a real study of the political economy of the internet porn industry, especially given that it's apparently one of the few ways to make money online. The only thing I know is an Annalee Newitz piece on the wholesale/retail economics of it in _Punk Planet_ a few years back. Even Eric Schlosser's new book only touches upon it. Best, --J

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Re: [Air-l] Seeking research on Internet cafes
by Lisa-Jane McGerty 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

One book chapter sprang to mind: Gender and the landscapes of computing in an Internet cafe by Nina Wakeford in Crang, Crang and May (eds) Virtual Geographies: Bodies, Space and Relations Routledge 1999 Best wishes Lisa Lisa McGerty Applied Social Sciences University of Bradford, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Delwiche, Aaron" <Aaron.Delwiche(a)Trinity.edu> To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 11:36 PM Subject: [Air-l] Seeking research on Internet cafes Dear AIR-L colleagues, I am undertaking a study of Internet cafes, and am searching for existing research on this topic. Not much work has been published, so I suspect that many findings have been shared at various Internet-related conferences. I would be grateful for any references to work on Internet cafes that you have found useful and provocative. Also, in a recent posting to this list, Mete Yýldýz mentioned an article on Internet cafes that she co-authored with Dr. Kaya Bensghir. Unfortunately, Mete's e-mail address was not appended to the message and a Google search has been fruitless. Mete, if you see this message, could you please contact me? Best regards, Aaron Delwiche ****************************************** Aaron Delwiche, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Trinity University Department of Communication 715 Stadium Drive San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 Phone: 210.999.8153 Fax: 210.999.8355 e-mail: aaron.delwiche(a)trinity.edu _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Re: [Air-l] recs for books/essays on new media political economies
by andrew.herman＠comcast.net 06 Sep '03

06 Sep '03

Unfortunately, I missed the replies to this post and would like to see what people came up with. Andrew HErman -- Visiting Professor and Research Fellow in Communications and Cultural Policy Graduate Program in Communication and Culture York University 4700 Keele St. Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 (416)736-2100 x 30157 > > I am posting this query for a colleague, but am also curious for > > myself. any suggestions appreciated, either on or off list. > > Lisa Nakamura > > > i wanted to ask you if you had any suggestions for essays or books > > about the institutional practices of new media companies or > > suggestions re political economy studies of new media? what i had in > > mind were scholarly versions of books like cringely's accidental > > empires. even a more updated version of that book would be useful. > > any thoughts in this regard? > <excerpt>I am posting this query for a colleague, but am also curious > for myself. any suggestions appreciated, either on or off list. > > </excerpt> > > Lisa Nakamura > > > <excerpt>i wanted to ask you if you had any suggestions for essays or > books about the institutional practices of new media companies or > suggestions re political economy studies of new media? what i had in > mind were scholarly versions of books like cringely's > <italic>accidental empires</italic>. even a more updated version of > that book would be useful. any thoughts in this regard?</excerpt>

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forum on the art of (online) collaboration
by geert lovink 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

For April 2004 we, Trebor Scholz and Geert Lovink, are organizing a conference at the State University of New York at Buffalo (upstate New York) about the art of collaboration, models of critical web-based art, and the role media technologies play in the making of social networks. If you are interested in these topics please send a short introduction to your interests and background to our listserv after subscribing to it at collaboration-subscribe(a)topica.com Because of the nature of the topic we would like to invite those interested in the topic of (online) collaboration, free cooperation, models of critical web-based art, and the role media technologies play in the making of social networks to join us in an online forum/mailing list where we will discuss related issues. Please feel free to join us, even if you think you won't be able to make it to Buffalo next year. This event is very much about experimenting with different forms of presentation and debate. /\\/\//\//\//\//\\\/\/\/\/\/\/\\\//\ http://freecooperation.org

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Re: [Air-l] Student peer-to-peer infiltration
by Marj Kibby 05 Sep '03

05 Sep '03

I had one student who wanted to look at the use of the Internet by pedophiles. We had a tortuous three way exchange before I could talk him into a project that had some chance of getting off the ground. He eventually looked at ads for porn sites that extolled the youth of the people featured. :-) Cheers, Marj Dr Marjorie Kibby, Senior Lecturer in Communication & Culture The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au +61 2 49216604 >>> holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu 09/05/03 14:00 PM >>> Hi Marj: I've passed your message on to the student, and it should give him something to think about and discuss with me! Thanks so much. I'm not sure why he was/is insistent on using a backdoor and wouldn't want to do this upfront. I hope to find out in our next meeting... Thanks again, Holly -- Holly Kruse Faculty of Communication University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave. Tulsa, OK 74104 918-631-3845 holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Re: [Air-l] Student peer-to-peer infiltration
by Marj Kibby 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

If he owns the copyright to the music, then it seems it would be perfectly legit for him to upload it and track who downloads it. No backdoor necessary. It he does not own the copyright, then it would seem to be a breach of the rules to make it publicly available, and I would not like to have to get the project through the ethics process at my institution. Cheers, Marj Dr Marjorie Kibby, Senior Lecturer in Communication & Culture The University of Newcastle, Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au +61 2 49216604 >>> holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu 09/04/03 07:46am >>> I'm the advisor for an undergraduate student who, as his senior project, is going to record a CD with his band. But beyond that, to make it senior project-worthy, he wants to infiltrate a peer-to-peer network through a backdoor with MP3s of the music and track how much it gets downloaded. He is very excited about this, and I'm excited that he's excited, but I also don't want to be presiding over a senior project that creates ethical problems, especially at the institutional level. Any thoughts on this: whether this project seems totally kosher, whether it should be re-tooled and how, etc.? TIA, Holly ----- Holly Kruse Faculty of Communication University of Tulsa 600 S. College Ave. Tulsa, OK 74104 918-631-3845 holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Re: [Air-l] Conference Registration
by andrew.herman＠comcast.net 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Hi Rhiannon- Thanks for the info. I am being paid in CDN$ this year which is why I would like to pay in that currency. I'll let Matt know so he won't delete me from the conference. Andrew > Hi Andrew (and other Canucks in similar situation) > > > You will also be able to pay for the conference in $CDN on site. > However, I'm not sure you will save any money. You will probably get a > better exchange rate on your credit card. We will use a fixed rate that > may prove to be higher. But on site, you can also pay by cheque or > cash. I suggest you contact Mat Allen, the Program Chair, directly to > inform him of your intentions. > > Rhiannon Bury > > andrew.herman(a)comcast.net wrote: > > >Friends- > > > >Is it possible to pay for the conference registration in Canadian dollars? > > > >Andrew Herman, Ph. D. > >Visiting Professor and Research Fellow in Communications and Cultural Policy > >Graduate Program in Communications and Culture > >York University > >Toronto, ON > >CANADA > > > >P.S. Please don't bounce me from the program! I will register as soon as > >possible. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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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Conference Registration
by andrew.herman＠comcast.net 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Friends- Is it possible to pay for the conference registration in Canadian dollars? Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Visiting Professor and Research Fellow in Communications and Cultural Policy Graduate Program in Communications and Culture York University Toronto, ON CANADA P.S. Please don't bounce me from the program! I will register as soon as possible.

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