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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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Amsterdam Workshop Call - Deadline Extended
by Richard Rogers 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

**Call for Participants - Extended Deadline** The News about Networks Workshop by the Govcom.org Foundation, Amsterdam Supported by the Ford Foundation's portfolio in media policy and technology, part of the Media, Arts and Culture Unit, New York. A co-production with de Balie Center for Politics and Culture, Amsterdam. Dates: 10-14 November 2003 Location: de Balie, Amsterdam Deadline for applications: 14 September 2003 Send application to: participant(a)issuenetwork.org Workshop website: http://www.issuenetwork.org Who should apply: Advocates & Academics Participant acceptance notice: 19 September 2003 Application details below. Introduction. The Govcom.org Foundation, Amsterdam is organizing a workshop for researchers, advocates, and grassroots organizers in the field of media democracy, communications rights, and media policy. The Govcom.org Foundation, Amsterdam, is dedicated to creating and hosting political tools for the Web. Over a five-day period, the workshop will provide an immersion experience in Govcom.org's work in a media laboratory, where 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 knowledge. Much of the workshop will revolve around using the Issue Crawler, server-side software, developed with OneWorld International (London), Aguidel.com (Paris) and Recognos (Cluj-Napoca) that locates, analyses and visualises networks on the Web. Some of the questions one may ask are: --What are my networks? What is my relative standing within these networks? --Which types of organizations and agendas dominate these networks? --Do the organizations in these networks recognise each other's work? Do they (instead) rely on news coverage as a sign of recognition? --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 organizations? --How relevant is media coverage to the overall effectiveness of my organization? Do NGOs take up issues depending on the press coverage of the same issues? To answer these questions, we will undertake network location exercises, and enquire into the extent to which the networks we find are dominated by the agendas of (big) media, funders, intergovernmental organizations and/or NGOs. Workshop Substance. One of the greater paradoxes, even tragedies, of NGOs these days is a continued reliance on measuring the value of their activities by press appearance. Despite the rise of independent and internet forms of 'news', many NGOs still rely on (commercial) press coverage as demonstrable evidence of organizational or individual worth. At the same time, reliance on the press, and a media strategy, may raise questions about integrity and authenticity. The workshop takes up some of the larger dilemmas inhering in activist and NGO activity today: the extent to which NGO work is driven by the coverage of its work. Similarly, and related to the question of coverage is another potential impact of the news on NGOs. Do NGOs take up issues depending on the press coverage of the same issues? In asking the extent to which NGOs are beholden to the press, both in terms of self-representation and in terms of issue selection, we also would like to know whether it matters. That is, is coverage of itself or of its issues related to an NGO's standing in its network? The networks may have other means of distributing standing, and other ways of choosing issues. Indeed, we may find that NGO standing and issue selection has little to do with the leanings of the press. The Network News workshop is dedicated to understanding relationships between network work, issue work, and news work. To this end, we will grapple with some methods and techniques in tracking the resonance of issues in the news, of network issues in the news, as well as the resonance of news within issue networks. The lead question for the workshop reads: Is NGO standing - in its networks - significantly related to its appearance in the news? To answer this question, a number of exercises are to be undertaken. 1. Network location. In which network or networks does the NGO appear? 2. News-in-the-network. Is news (and, more importantly, newsworthiness) a significant feature within the network? 3. Standing and coverage. Is an NGO's relative standing in the network related to its practice and display of newsworthiness? Are NGOs driven towards seeking coverage by the network? 4. News strategies. Is newsworthiness an organizational feature to be recommended to actors in the network? Or is it futile? The workshop will also feature the introduction of an automated news monitoring system, using RSS (rich site summary) technology. Press trackers, under development by anderemedia.nl and govcom.org at issuenews.org, capture streams from leading news organizations. At the workshop we would like to analyse these streams for NGO and NGO issue mentionings (or anything else one may wish to track). In doing so, we will be able to perform a second check about the extent to which organizational and issue standing within the networks we find may be related to press coverage. Format of the workshop. The format of the workshop intersperses the following: 1) Introduction and Software Training 2) Talks and Demonstrations by the Participants and Cartographers 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 7) Public Presentations A presentation - The News about Networks - will be made upon conclusion of the workshop, on Friday evening, the 14th of November. The presentation is held at de Balie and is open to the public. A public debate will take place on Wednesday evening, the 12th of November. Though as of yet unconfirmed, the public debate is expected to feature a presentation on one of the more advanced forms of information politics, 'Pre-mediation'. Applying the notion to the Iraq War, we are interested in understanding the extent to which the premediation of the Iraq War - summed up in the concept of PreWar - produced a sense of war's inevitability. The media laboratory has facility for laptops with cabled ethernet connectivity. Wireless network to be confirmed. Application Details Please apply. 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 these 3 items to participant(a)issuenetwork.org by 14 September. Space is limited. The answers to the questionnaire allow for the advance mapping of the issue areas, as well as advance issue news monitoring. The criteria of acceptance to the workshop is the mutual fit between the applicant's analytical desires and expectations, and the capacities of the analysts on hand. The workshop is free of charge. Participants should cover travel and accommodation expenses. We can help you find accommodation. For accommodation and other queries, write to Catherine Somze, Govcom.org Workshop Producer, catherine(a)issuenetwork.org. The Ford Foundation has made available five Workshop Fellowships for US-based participants. Application information is available at http://www.issuenetwork.org/node.php?id=25. Questionnaire 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 organizations 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 organizations 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. *Please return the answers to the questionnaire to participant(a)issuenetwork.org. We kindly request that you return the answers in English as well as your own language. Questionnaire en Franais 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. *Ayez l'amabilité de faire parvenir les réponses au questionnaire à participant(a)issuenetwork.org. 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 Español 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. *Por favor, mande las repuestas al cuestionario a participant(a)issuenetwork.org. 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. Der nachstehende Fragebogen: 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 3-5 bedeutensten Konferenzen in jedem Themenfeld des letzten Jahres, des laufenden Jahres, sowie des kommenden Jahres mit Web Adressen (URLs) auf. 5. Listen Sie die 3-5 bedeutensten im Internet abrufbaren Dokumente pro Themenbereich auf. Geben Sie bitte die exakte Web Adresse für jedes Dokument an. 6. Listen Sie Organisationen (nicht mehr als 10) 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. Bitte senden Sie Ihre Antworten zu den Fragen an participant(a)issuenetwork.org. About Govcom.org The Govcom.org Foundation, Amsterdam, is dedicated to creating and hosting political tools for the Web, at http://www.govcom.org. Its director is Richard Rogers (rogers(a)hum.uva.nl) also of the University of Amsterdam. The workshop is co-organised by Noortje Marres (marres(a)dds.nl) University of Amsterdam. Govcom.org workshop producer is Catherine Somze (catherine(a)issuenetwork.org) The designers are Marieke van Dijk and Auke Touwslager of anderemedia.nl. Principal affiliates and analysts are Andrei Mogoutov (Ecole des Mines/aguidel.com) Andres Zelman (Thinkamalinks), Greg Elmer (Florida State) and Astrid Mager (University of Vienna). The Workshop is part of the Social Life of Issues Series, number 8, http://www.govcom.org/workshops.html. For viewing and navigating, the maps from previous workshops may require an svg plug-in, available, for example, at http://www.adobe.com/svg. Govcom.org also has developed the Web Issue Index of Civil Society. It is a downloadable quicklaunch application and interactive screensaver that shows the rise and fall of attention to important social issues by select civil society actors, previewed at http://www.infoid.org.

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Researching
by Elaine Floyd 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

How does one become a researcher? Where does one go to find people, organizations etc. that need research done? i have the time and the interest but do not know how to begin.

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Fwd: [seweb-list] WWW2004 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
by jeremy hunsinger 04 Sep '03

04 Sep '03

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps(a)research.bell-labs.com> > Date: Wed Sep 3, 2003 12:23:34 PM US/Eastern > To: ontoweb-list(a)www1-c703.uibk.ac.at, seweb-list(a)www1-c703.uibk.ac.at > Subject: [seweb-list] WWW2004 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS > > WWW2004 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS > The Thirteenth International World Wide Web Conference > May 17-22, 2004 New York City, NY USA > http://www2004.org/ > Paper submission deadline: November 14, 2003 > > The WWW2004 conference will be held in Manhattan at the Sheraton > Hotel. The > technical program will include refereed paper presentations, alternate > track > presentations, plenary sessions, panels, and poster sessions. > Tutorials and > workshops will precede the main program, and a Developers Day, devoted > to > in-depth technical sessions designed specifically for Web developers, > will > follow. > > IMPORTANT DATES > > Tutorial/workshop proposals deadline: October 15, 2003 > Paper submission deadline: November 14, 2003 > Panel proposals deadline: November 14, 2003 > Poster submission starts: January 15, 2004 > Poster submission deadline: February 7, 2004 > Author notification (papers): January 31, 2004 > Developers Day deadline: February 14, 2004 > Final papers due: February 28, 2004 > Author notification (posters): March 14, 2004 > Industrial Practice track deadline: March 15, 2004 > Conference:May 17-22, 2004 > > REFEREED PAPERS TRACK > > WWW2004 seeks original papers describing research in all areas of the > Web. > Papers should not have been published or be in submission at another > conference > or journal. Topics include but are not limited to: > Applications > Browsers and User Interfaces > Data Mining > Electronic Commerce (potential papers should be submitted to the > EC'04 > Conference, which is co-located with WWW2004) > Mobility and Wireless Access > Performance and Reliability > Search > Security and Privacy > Semantic Web > Web Engineering > > Submissions should present original reports of substantive new > work. Papers should properly place the work within the field, cite > related work, and clearly indicate the innovative aspects of the work > and its contribution to the field. Papers will be peer-reviewed by at > least 3 reviewers from an International Program Committee. Accepted > papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the > Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and will also be accessible > to the general public via http://www2004.org/. Authors are not > required to transfer copyright. Papers must be submitted > electronically in PDF format, and must be formatted using the ACM > proceedings format. Detailed formatting requirements will be available > on http://www2004.org/. The official language of the conference is > English. Inquiries can be sent to www2004-pc-chairs(a)cs.wpi.edu. > > ALTERNATE TRACKS > > Alternate tracks include a combination of peer-reviewed papers and > invited > presentations. Topics include: > Education > Web of Communities > Web Services > Industrial Practice > Panels > W3C Track (latest news and views from the World Wide Web Consortium) > Invited > papers only > > Inquiries can be sent to www2004-pc-chairs(a)cs.wpi.edu. > > PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS > > Marc Najork, Microsoft Research > Craig Wills, Worcester Polytechnic Institute > > POSTERS > > Posters provide a forum for late-breaking research, and facilitate > feedback in an informal setting. Posters are peer-reviewed. Formatting > and publication details will be available on http://www2004.org/. > > The poster area provides an opportunity for researchers and > practitioners to present and demonstrate their recent Web-related > research, and to obtain feedback from their peers in an informal > setting. It gives conference attendees a way to learn about innovative > works in progress in a timely and informal manner. > > TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS > > A program of tutorials will cover topics of current interest to Web > design, > development, services, operation, use, and evaluation. These half and > full-day > sessions will be led by internationally recognized experts and > experienced > instructors using prepared content. > > Workshops provide an opportunity for researchers, designers, leaders, > and > practitioners to explore current Web R&D issues through a more focused > and > in-depth manner than is possible in a traditional conference session. > Participants typically present position statements and hold in-depth > discussions with their peers within the workshop setting. > > DEVELOPERS DAY > > Developers Day (D-Day) will be devoted to the interests of Web > developers, and > will offer in-depth discussions of technologies and tools at the > forefront of > the Web. This day-long program will consist of several parallel > streams focused > on specific content areas. D-Day sessions are designed to be timely and > state-of-the-art. > > REFEREED TRACK AREA CHAIRS > > Applications: > Vice Chair: Corin Anderson, Google, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Prashant Shenoy, University of Massachusetts, USA > > Browsers and UI: > Vice Chair: Andreas Paepcke, Stanford University, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Bay-Wei Chang, Google, USA > > Data Mining: > Vice Chair: Krishna Bharat, Google, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Ramakrishnan Srikant, IBM Almaden, USA > > Electronic Commerce: > WWW2004 Liason to EC2004 Conference: David Pennock, Overture Services, > USA > WWW2004 Liason to EC2004 Conference: Mark Manasse, Microsoft Research, > USA > > Mobility and Wireless Access: > Vice Chair: Yoelle Maarek, IBM Haifa, Israel > Deputy Vice Chair: Jason Nieh, Columbia University, USA > > Performance and Reliability: > Vice Chair: Mike Dahlin, University of Texas Austin, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Steve Gribble, University of Washington, USA > > Search: > Vice Chair: Prabhakar Raghavan, Verity, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University, USA > > Security and Privacy: > Vice Chair: Brian LaMacchia, Microsoft Research, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Patrick McDaniel, AT&T Research, USA > > Semantic Web: > Vice Chair: Peter Patel-Schneider, Bell Labs, USA > Deputy Vice Chair: Steffen Staab, University of Karlsruhe, Germany > > Web Engineering: > Vice Chair: Daniel Schwabe, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de > Janeiro, > Brazil > Deputy Vice Chair: Martin Gaedke, University of Karlsruhe, Germany > > ALTERNATE TRACK CHAIRS > > Education: > Co-Chair: Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA > Co-Chair: Wolfgang Nejdl, University of Hannover, Germany > > Web of Communities: > Co-Chair: David De Roure, University of Southampton, UK > Co-Chair: Liddy Nevile, La Trobe University, Australia > > Industrial Practice: > Chair: Raymie Stata, University of California Santa Cruz, USA > Deputy Chair: William Cook, University of Texas Austin, USA > > Web Services: > Chair: Francisco (Paco) Curbera, IBM Research, USA > Deputy Chair: Mike Papazoglou, Tilburg University, Netherlands > > W3C: > Chair: Marie-Claire Forgue, W3C, France > > Panels: > Chair: Lloyd Rutledge, CWI Amsterdam, The Netherlands > Deputy Chair: Mary Ellen Zurko, IBM, USA > > TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRS > > Arun Iyengar, IBM Research, USA > Bebo White, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, USA > > POSTER CO-CHAIRS > > Chair: Irwin King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong > Deputy Chair: Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA > > DEVELOPERS DAY CO-CHAIRS: > > TBD > > CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS > > Stuart Feldman, IBM > Michael Uretsky, New York University > > IW3C2 Liason to WWW2004 > > Vincent Shen, W3C > > IW3C2 LIAISON TO THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE > > Arun Iyengar, IBM Research, USA > > CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS > > International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) > > New York University Center For Advanced Technology > > IBM > > ACM > > CONFERENCE PARTNERS > > IFIP Working Group 6.4 on Internet Applications Engineering > > World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) > > General questions about WWW2004 may be sent to info(a)www2004.org > _______________________________________________ > seweb-list mailing list > seweb-list(a)informatik.uibk.ac.at > http://informatik.uibk.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/seweb-list > > Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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AOIR Hotel Draw: We have some winners!
by Rhiannon Bury 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

We held our draw this afternoon and are pleased to announce the names of the winners: Dinner for two at the Hilton: Christiana Freitas Guest Room Internet Access: Kristin Foot Suely Fragoso Camille Johnson Bill and Sally Robertson Rajiv Shah The prize winners have all been contacted individually by email. New names will be drawn if no response is forthcoming by Friday September 12. Many thanks to all of you who have registered so far. Rhiannon Bury AOIR Conference Organizing Committee

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[Fwd: Grants: international fellowship in social research methods]
by Merlyna Lim 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

>Apologies for any cross-posting > >University of Surrey Institute of Social Research > >VISITING INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP in social research methods > >The Institute of Social Research at the University of Surrey, Guildford, >United Kingdom, has established a Visiting International Fellowship to >foster the development of sociological research methods. Between one and >three Fellowships are awarded by competition each year. > >The awards are open to those who would value the opportunity to advance >methodological understanding, for example by reflecting on methods used >in >previous empirical research, by validating existing or new >methodological >procedures, or by reviewing and synthesizing methodological approaches. >'Methods' may be interpreted widely, to include, for example, >statistical >techniques and conversation and discourse analysis. > >Applications from female and ethnic minority candidates are particularly >encouraged. > >An honorarium of £2,000 will be paid (it is expected that award-holders >will normally be on paid leave of absence from their employment). Award >holders will be expected to pay their own travel costs to Guildford and >their accommodation and subsistence for the duration of their award, >which >should be for one or more visits with a duration of at least one month >in >total. Visiting International Fellows will become honorary Research >Fellows >of the University and be entitled to use the University Library and make >use of University facilities. The holder is usually permanently resident >outside the United Kingdom. > >The Institute of Social Research of the Department of Sociology at >Surrey >provides research expertise and research methods for the application of >social research to contemporary society. It promotes high methodological >standards and new developments in methodology for the social science >research community. ISR is well known for the work of CAQDAS, the ESRC >supported centre for Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis >Software, >the Centre for Research on Simulation in the Social Sciences (CRESS), >and >the Social Survey Question Bank associated with CASS, the ESRC Centre >for >Applied Social Surveys, and is well known for its work on the secondary >analysis of large data sets and online research methods. > >Recent recipients have included David De Vaus (La Trobe), Ed Brent >(Missouri), Gary Shank (Duquesne), and Elisabetta Ruspini (Padua). > >Applications should be sent to Agnes McGill, Administrator, Institute of >Social Research, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey >Guildford, >GU2 7XH, UK >Tel: +44(0)1483 689450 >Fax: +44(0)1483 689551 >Email: isr(a)soc.surrey.ac.uk > >Applications must be received by 29th September 2003 for visits during >the >calendar year 2004. Applications should describe in no more than 500 >words >the activity to be carried out during the Fellowship and should be >accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae and the names, postal address, >telephone number, fax number and e-mail address of two referees. >Applicants >may find it helpful to contact the Institute to discuss their >application >before submitting it. Collaborative research with members of the >Institute >is especially welcome. > >More information about the International Fellowship, the Institute of >Social Research and the Department of Sociology at the University of >Surrey >is available on our www site > >http//www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ > >************************************************************************ >* >INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL RESEARCH >Department of Sociology >University of Surrey >Guildford, >Surrey GU2 7XH, UK > >Joint Directors: Professor Nigel Fielding and Professor Martin Bulmer > >Associate Director: Professor Roger Tarling Institute Administrator: Ms >Agnes McGill > >Tel+44 (0)1483 689450Fax + 44 (0)1483 689551email: >isr(a)soc.surrey.ac.uk > >************************************************************************

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Hotel bookings
by Rhiannon Bury 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

I know that there are some AOIR delegates booked at the Hilton who found a better rate and booked on their own. I would greatly appreciate it if those people could contact me off list asap. It would help us greatly with our planning. If you get back to me with your confirmation number before 1:30 EDT today (Wed), I'll even enter your name in the draw , to be take place later this afternoon. <smile> Thanks! Rhiannon

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recs for books/essays on new media political economies
by Lisa Nakamura 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

> 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?

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Device/PC Pre/Post Upgrade behaviors
by Philip Sidel 03 Sep '03

03 Sep '03

Hello: I'm currently in the process of looking for previous/current research efforts that study the usage behaviors of consumers as they upgrade to a new PC or wireless device. Does anyone on this list know of any research that's been done in this area? I've already got plenty of information on TAM, Social Cognitive Theory, and Uses and Gratifications theory. But I'm specifically trying to understand if there is a body of research out there that's looked at the changes in consumer behavior as people upgrade a device or machine. For example, here in Japan if someone moves from a 503 series phone to a 505 series phone from DoCoMo, what usage/behavioral changes occur. Any feedback or information would be greatly appreciated. Best, Philip

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Seeking research on Internet cafes
by Delwiche, Aaron 02 Sep '03

02 Sep '03

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

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