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visiting media mgmt position at IU
by ebucy 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

Visiting Faculty Member: The Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University seeks a visiting faculty member for the 2003-2004 academic year. The visitor would teach five courses over two semesters in the departments undergraduate Industry and Management sequence, including the departments senior-level course on telecommunications management. Salary is competitive. For more information about the department, see the departments website: www.indiana.edu/~telecom/. Those interested in the position should email a cover note and resume to Walter Gantz, Chair of the department. His email address is Gantz(a)exchange.indiana.edu. __________________ Erik P. Bucy, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Telecommunications Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Informatics Radio-TV Center, Rm. 327 1229 E. 7th Street Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405-5501 ebucy(a)indiana.edu http://php.indiana.edu/~ebucy tel 812.856.5207/fax 812.855.7955

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Re: Fwd: WHO Says Toronto No Longer SARS Infected
by JASON NOLAN 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

Glad that WHO has caught up with what anyone living in downtown Toronto's realized. :) Looking forward to seeing you all when you get here. Jason -- ------ Jason Nolan, PhD Knowledge Media Design Institute Bahen Centre for Information Technology University of Toronto --- mailto:jason@jasonnolan.net phone:416-946-8513 http://jasonnolan.net/

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Wired article on wardriving
by Weitzel, David S. 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

Apparently not dead yet. http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,59460,00.html -- David Weitzel, M.S., J.D. Senior Principal Mitretek Systems "innovative technology in the public interest" dweitzel(a)mitretek.org 703.610.2970

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Fwd: WHO Says Toronto No Longer SARS Infected
by Steve Jones 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

I know SARS has been a concern for some planning on attending the AoIR conference in Toronto in October, thus this is quite good news in that context (and for Toronto generally!). Sj >WHO Says Toronto No Longer SARS Infected > >Wed Jul 2, 6:40 AM ET > >GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said on Wednesday >Toronto was no longer SARS infected, leaving Taiwan as the only >place in the world where the disease was not yet fully under control. > >The announcement came after the Canadian city had gone the mandatory >20 days -- twice the normal incubation period -- without reporting a >new case of the potentially fatal respiratory sickness. > >According to the United Nations health agency, the flu-like virus >has infected 246 people and killed 35 in Toronto -- the only place >outside southeast Asia where people have died of SARS. Fear of the >disease and efforts to prevent its spread have hurt tourism and >economic growth. > >SARS, for which there is no simple treatment, originated in southern >China last November and has spread to 30 countries, killing about >800 people worldwide. > >If there are no new cases, Taiwan should be declared SARS-free on Saturday.

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RE: [Air-l] democracy and culture
by Ildiko Kaposi 02 Jul '03

02 Jul '03

Hi all, This is not quite the systematic comparison Charles asked for, but I suppose Roh Moo-hyun's victory in Korea's latest presidential elections would qualify as a case where the internet did make a decisive difference (Jenny's bottom line), and also as a cross-cultural illustration of what the internet can do in campaigns. Not reading Korean I have only western press accounts to rely on, but Roh seems to have made the most of ICTs in both getting out information about himself and mobilising his supporters. He had a narrow lead (2.x percent), but he did a good job in winning over the majority of 20- and 30-something voters - who are heavy (and often broadband) users. Ildiko Kaposi >>> jstromer(a)albany.edu 07/01/03 17:59 PM >>> The question in 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002 was "did the Internet make a difference in the campaign?" Now, what "make a difference is" depends. The bottom line for a candidate is, did she win? If she did, did the campaign's use of the Internet contribute to that win? When McCain made his $2million dollars online after he won the New Hampshire primary, there was serious speculation that McCain's was the first successful Internet campaign. He successfully used the Internet, particularly his website with its secure server connection, to raise a ton of cash in a short period of time. But, McCain didn't win. More importantly, the website served as a mailbox for people to send money after McCain's surprising, exciting win in New Hampshire. If he didn't have a website it would have been harder, I think, for people to have contributed. But, the people contributed because they saw that he might be able to beat Bush and went to the website as a logical place to learn about him and contribute. But, they didn't contribute because they had learned about McCain through the Internet, through their friends sending email messages or forwarding announcements. They weren't mobilized because McCain successfully used the Internet. Now, Howard Dean. I have watched in amazement at the level of use he and his campaign staff and volunteers have made of the Internet--not just a website, not just an email list, but using MeetUp, MoveOn, and a blog to bolster support, get the word out about his positions, rally the troops, organize events, and raise money. I am going to go a little crazy here and declare that Howard Dean's use of the Internet will make a difference to his chance at winning the election. Put another way, the Internet will make a difference this time. I'll also declare (now I'm really out on a limb . . . .) that the Internet could have made a difference in the 2000 election, but none of the presidential candidates were ready or willing to use the Internet to its full organizing potential. Dean and his volunteers and staff are fully utilizing the many channels and reaching multiple audiences on the Internet. It's exciting to watch. (And, it helps that Dean seems to offer a message to which people are really responding.) Best, ~Jenny Stromer-Galley > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-admin(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org] On > Behalf Of Aldon Hynes > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 10:47 AM > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-l] democracy and culture > > > (Full Disclosure: I am an active volunteer in the > Dean Campaign) <snip> > Personally, I would love to hear any comments or > insights about the Dean's campaign on the Internet > from people who have spent more time studying > Democracy and Culture. > > Aldon _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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RE: [Air-l] democracy and culture
by Gina Neff 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

Charles, I'd be very interested in the link to the article that started this debate. Gina Gina Neff PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology Research Fellow, Center on Organizational Innovation Columbia University New York, NY -----Original Message----- From: Charles Ess [SMTP:cmess@lib.drury.edu] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 7:21 AM To: aoir list Cc: Liza Tsaliki Subject: [Air-l] democracy and culture Colleagues: I've been engaged in an interesting debate via e-mail with a colleague in the U.K. regarding a claim in a recent article, i.e., that in addition to well-known examples of organization via the Internet, etc., it takes _bodies_ to bring about significant political change, as in the cases of Yugoslavia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and elsewhere. In this context, I observed that in the U.S., the view seems to be that politicians are far less impressed with e-mail campaigns, precisely because they're so easy to organize, than with actual paper / postage stamped letters. (The current U.S. administration's ability to ignore e-mail protests over the past year or so regarding Iraq is perhaps an extreme example?) My colleague responded with an example of successfully lobbying the government in the U.K. via e-mail regarding a procedure for classroom evaluation. My response in turn - I should not be surprised that, as the Swiss say, these things vary from canton to canton, much less from country to country. And now, the query: has anyone done a systematic, comparative study of how far electronic democracy initiatives have been successful among a range of countries - especially with a view towards uncovering underlying cultural and other factors that might explain the differences? (I know from her very interesting presentation at AoIR 1.0 that Liza Tsaliki has been involved in an E.U. project on electronic democracy that had to engage with cultural differences, hence this message is copied to her. Any insights and results you can share, Liza?) Thanks in advance for any advice and assistance - and in the meantime, cheers - Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23 _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Warchalking does not exist: a wager.
by Christian Sandvig 01 Jul '03

01 Jul '03

Hi Steve and air-l colleagues, Steve: Remember the hallway conversation we had last fall about whether or not 'true' Warchalking exists? If I remember, it was your contention that it does and that you'd seen it in the Loop. As you know I'm doing a research project on Wi-Fi and I've been trying to settle this for a while. I'm writing this note to air-l because I need help. For background, Warchalking is the use of symbols (marked with chalk) to indicate the presence of a Wi-Fi hotspot. In pure form, the story of warchalking is that there is a subculture of Wi-Fi users that use chalk to communicate with each other about Wi-Fi locations. Hip/cool businesses then co-opted the subcultural warchalking to advertise their own hotspots. More at: http://www.warchalking.org/ My contention is that the first (subcultural) story about warchalking above is entirely a media phenomenon -- it is a beautiful idea, but it doesn't make any sense as a directory service to find Wi-Fi. It is too easy to miss a warchalk mark, and the chalk wears away (or washes away in the rain) too quickly. Warchalking symbols were heavily promoted in the New York Times just *48 hours* after they were first made public on the Web. There was a subsequent wave of media stories about warchalking, giving everyone ideas. Every single occurrence of chalk I've found can be attributed to chalkers who want to self-promote their own mark. So I believe that people *do* rarely make warchalking marks for various reasons (to be cool, to advertise for their own network) but I *don't* believe that people use warchalking marks in a meaningful way to find Wi-Fi. After the conversation with Steve, on December 18th I posted an call to many colleagues around the world asking for verifiable instances of warchalking that work the way that warchalking describes itself. Reports to date: zero. If warchalking worked as a directory location service, shouldn't I be able to find it? I just had a close call -- a friend told me that my office at Oxford had been warchalked. Since it is a WEP (non-open) node and I didn't do it, this could be half of a "true" instance of warchalking! I ran out as soon as I heard but couldn't find the mark. It must have washed away? (Here in England, it is raining.) So I am willing to propose a wager, or a bounty. I'll bet one dollar that warchalking is not a meaningful way of locating Wi-Fi hotspots. To win the bounty, can anyone deliver someone that uses warchalking to locate Wi-Fi hotspots? Caveats: (1) Warchalking done by the provider of the hotspot does not count -- it is supposedly a co-option of the "pure" subculture. I dispute the subculture, not the self-promotion. (2) I am not disputing that wardriving, warwalking, and online hotspot mapping (warchalking with bits in GIS databases, not with chalk) exist as advertised. (Though others have.) My beef here is only about the chalk part. I've made a web page for this bet that has the relevant emails I've sent and some links: http://www.niftyc.org/bet/ As you may have guessed I'm writing a paper about this. Email me if you want a copy when I finish. Thank you for any help! Christian -- http://www.niftyc.org/

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Call - Social Structures, Decision Making & Governance (CMOT) (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

fyi 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 _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:54:28 +0200 From: Karl M. van Meter <vanmeter(a)iresco.fr> To: aimsoc(a)wanadoo.fr Subject: Call - Social Structures, Decision Making & Governance (CMOT) The journal, "Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory" (CMOT) <http://www.wkap.nl/journalhome.htm/1381-298X> has issued a Call for Papers for its special issue on: Social Structures, Decision Making, and Governance in the Information Society. The guest editor is Giampiero Beroggi <giampiero(a)beroggi.net> and the deadline for submissions is: 30 June 2003. Joint 2002-2006 RC33 membership & full BMS subscription: 110 euros! Payment is now possible by credit card. ****************************************************************** Karl M. van Meter vanmeter(a)iresco.fr tel/fax 33 (0)1 40 51 85 19 LASMAS-CNRS, 59 rue Pouchet 75017 Paris, France BMS, Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique (Bulletin of Sociological Methodology) bms-aims(a)wanadoo.fr RC33, Research Committee Logic & Methodology, International Sociological Association rc33(a)ext.jussieu.fr ******************************************************************

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Call - Global & Local in Mobile Communication (10-11 Jun Budapest) (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

fyi 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 _____________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:33:32 +0200 From: Karl M. van Meter <vanmeter(a)iresco.fr> To: aimsoc(a)wanadoo.fr Subject: Call - Global & Local in Mobile Communication (10-11 Jun Budapest) Thanks to SocNet Submissions are invited for a conference on "The Global and the Local in Mobile Communication" to take place in Budapest, June 10-11, 2004. Four sections of submitted papers are planned on the topics of 1. GLOBALIZATION AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION 2. MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND LOCAL LIFE 3. MMS AND VIDEO IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION 4. MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND THE NEW INTIMACY Target dates: Submission of abstracts (max. 600 words) and short biographical statements (max. 150 words) by January 12, 2004. Abstracts should emphasize (a) where the proposed paper fits within the broader set of inquiries in the area of interest, and (b) what is new and substantial in the proposed contribution relative to the state of art in the field. Abstract submitters will be notified of the decision concerning acceptance by February 2, 2004. Deadline for receipt of draft full-length versions of papers (max. 3000 words, references formatted according to the Chicago Manual of Style): April 26. Receipt of draft papers by this deadline is a condition for inclusion in the program. The papers will be compiled and distributed at the time of the conference to all participants. Deadline for receipt of final manuscripts for inclusion in the published conference proceedings: July 19. Speakers will include: Albert-László Barabási György Csepeli Jonathan Donner Leopoldina Fortunati James E. Katz Shin Dong Kim On-Kwok Lai Joshua Meyrowitz Kristóf Nyíri Mark Poster For further information do not hesitate to contact Kristóf Nyíri Director, Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences nyiri(a)phil-inst.hu http://www.fil.hu/mobil/2004/ Joint 2002-2006 RC33 membership & full BMS subscription: 110 euros! Payment is now possible by credit card. ****************************************************************** Karl M. van Meter vanmeter(a)iresco.fr tel/fax 33 (0)1 40 51 85 19 LASMAS-CNRS, 59 rue Pouchet 75017 Paris, France BMS, Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique (Bulletin of Sociological Methodology) bms-aims(a)wanadoo.fr RC33, Research Committee Logic & Methodology, International Sociological Association rc33(a)ext.jussieu.fr ******************************************************************

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AoIR elections forum
by Steve Jones 30 Jun '03

30 Jun '03

Dear AoIR members and air-l list participants, We are currently entering the discussion period for the AoIR elections. It will proceed until July 11, 2003. A reminder of the elections timeline: 1. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Elapsed 2. END OF NOMINATION PERIOD: Elapsed 3. DISCUSSION PERIOD BEGINS: <---------------NOW 4. DISCUSSION PERIOD ENDS: July 11, 2003 3. VOTING PERIOD BEGINS: July 14, 2003 4. VOTING PERIOD ENDS: July 28, 2003 5. NEW COMMITTEE ASSUMES DUTIES: At the end of the General Meeting at the fourth annual AoIR conference, October 16 - 19, 2003. This year we are trying a web forum for the discussion period before elections. You will find it at http://aoir.org/forum. To use this forum, please go the above url and read the nominee information (some nominee information is still forthcoming) and ask questions and discuss AoIR, the election positions, and what you would like for AoIR to become or how you might like it to change. In short, nearly any topic related to AoIR is open to discussion in the forum. However, we ask that you maintain a general decorum appropriate for such discussions. (Moderation or other tools may be used to maintain this.) You do not have to create an account, and log in to post, but if you do log in, you can then edit and delete your posts. Limited anonymity is allowed by the system but postings which identify the poster as another known party will be deleted by request or at the discretion of the moderators. The moderators for this discussion are the President, the Vice-President and the two Publication Officers of AoIR, none of which are running for >>> election. Again, the url for the discussion period is: http://aoir.org/forum. Many thanks to Jeremy Hunsinger for the technical work of setting up the forum and to the members of the AoIR Executive Committee for their input and feedback during its testing. Thank you, Steve Jones Sj

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