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Re: [Air-l] RE: A POSSIBLE POSTING TO THE ASSOCIATION'S EMAIL LIST
by Ildiko Kaposi 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

>>> Call your Congressional representatives and demand that they support the rollback. One phone call from a constituent is more effective than scores of email petitions.>>> I wonder if they say that intuitively, or based on evidence? Ildiko Kaposi

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RE: A POSSIBLE POSTING TO THE ASSOCIATION'S EMAIL LIST
by David Peterson 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

Dear AIR-L Administrator: Below please find a message that I am submitting for possible posting as part of the Associations email list. Thanks. Sincerely Yours, David Peterson davidpet(a)mindspring.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FYI: PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN EFFORTS TO REVERSE NEW FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RULES THAT WOULD ALLOW FEWER CORPORATIONS TO OWN AND CONTROL AN EVER-GREATER SHARE OF THE U.S. MEDIA. OR GO DIRECTLY TO www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc AND FOLLOW THE SIMPLE STEPS YOULL NEED TO TAKE TO TELL YOUR SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS THAT YOU WANT THEM TO VOTE TO REVERSE THIS BETRAYAL OF THE PUBLIC TRUST. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A message from Robert McChesney and John Nichols: Big media is getting bigger and our democracy is at stake. As you know, a month ago the FCC dramatically relaxed media ownership regulations, suffocating the cornerstone of American democracy: a free, fair, and open public debate. Because one million Americans raised their voices against the FCC decision, the Senate Commerce Committee recently sent a bill to the Senate floor for a vote that would roll back many of the rules. Today the challenge is to get that bill to the floor of the Senate and House for a vote. Take 3 Minutes to Stop Media Monopoly: Phone It In. Call your Congressional representatives and demand that they support the rollback. One phone call from a constituent is more effective than scores of email petitions. Go to www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc and follow the easy steps or read on for more information. (Don't worry, you don't need to know your Senators' or Representative's names, only your zipcode.) "Roll Back the FCC" legislation now has 38 supporters in the Senate (out of 100). We need 51 for passage. The House bills have the overlapping support of 65 cosponsors on HR 2462 and 146 on HR 2052. We need 216 for passage. The www.mediareform.net/stopthefcc website will tell you if your members of Congress are currently supporting rolling back the FCC. If they are supportive co-sponsors, then thank them for their support and ask that they keep the bill alive. If they not a co-sponsor, ask them to become one. (suggested script provided online) Want to learn more about this issue and media reform? Go to our new organization called Free Press at www.mediareform.net. Join Free Press. Call Congress. For our media. For our Democracy. Please send this email along to anyone else you think might be interested in having a healthy democratic media system. Robert McChesney & John Nichols Free Press MediaReform.Network

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Fwd: [CI] Many Voices, Many Places - Electronically Enabling Communities for An Information Society:
by Michel J. Menou 06 Jul '03

06 Jul '03

Apologies for multiple postings Best regards, Michel J. Menou mailto:Michel.Menou@wanadoo.fr This is a forwarded message From: larrys(a)vicnet.net.au <larrys(a)vicnet.net.au> To: communityinformatics(a)vancouvercommunity.net Date: Sunday, June 29, 2003, 3:29:25 PM Subject: [CI] Many Voices, Many Places - Electronically Enabling Communities for An Information Society: ===8<==============Original message text=============== We invite your participation in -- Many Voices, Many Places - Electronically Enabling Communities for An Information Society: A Colloquium Research Results, Lessons Learned, Policy Recommendations Please circulate this invitation widely to colleagues. Prato, Italy 15-16 September, 2003 www.ccnr.net/prato2003/. Second Call for Papers and Participation The Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Australia and the Community Informatics Research Group at New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA , cordially invite researchers, practitioners and policy makers to participate in Many Voices Many Places - Electronically Enabling Communities for An Information Society Colloquium to be held 15-16 September, at the Monash University Centre, Prato (Florence/Firenze), Italy. Many Voices, Many Places: Electronically Enabling Communities for An Information Society is meant as a complement to provide an opportunity for practitioners, researchers and policy makers from research centres, universities, cultural institutions, and agencies involved in governance to discuss and reflect on the role and opportunities for emergent communities as constrained by physical, distance, resource, political, and gender barriers for effective participation in an Information Society. The format of the session will be reflective and deliberative. Position papers are invited and more formal papers will be reviewed but presentation will be as introductions to discussion. For reasons of space we are constrained to no more than 40 participants as appropriate participation will be by invitation or by anticipated contribution. 50EU will be charged to cover immediate operating expenses. Please see the website www.ccnr.net/prato2003/ for registration & accommodation details. Mid-September 2003 sees a conjunction of several conferences where the role and impact of electronically-enabled communities will be discussed, including: Next 5 MINUTES 4, Amsterdam, 12-14 September Information, Communication, Society: A Research Symposium, Oxford 17th-20th September; and Communities and Technologies (C&T 2003), Amsterdam, 19 - 21 September. ----We aim to identify the structures and processes which enable collective memory, minority knowledge creation, and oral culture inclusive of all parts of societies and how these may be empowered to enhance effective social participation. The intersection of the discipline of community informatics with these dimensions of societal knowledge production (and the consequential empowerment and development of social capital) will also be explored. We are looking to provide a forum where those involved can discuss/summarize/theorize/and draw conclusions or lessons learned from some ten years of practical work and research experience in applying Information and Communications Technologies to enabling (and empowering) emergent communities (virtual and physical) framed as a contribution to the World Summit on the Information Society which will be held in Geneva in December of 2003. Some Possible Topic Areas for Discussion What are the "many voices" in the Information Society What are their barriers to participation and what opportunities do they present to themselves and to others as communities? How are these many voices "sustainable"? Many voices as communities of interest (and of place) Sustaining these communities Strategies for Innovation: What Do We Know and How Can it Be Promoted ICTs and Local Economic Development at the margins: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here Do ICTs contribute to Poverty Alleviation and if so, how can this be replicated? What is the role of institutions of cultural memory in developed and developing countries? Oral to electronically documented -- what is the process and what are the ethical and other issues? Telecentres-best practices; cost-benefit assessment; are they a solution for "universal access" What contribution can ICTs make to building Civil Society? Communities, ICTs and Emergent Democracy What is the (appropriate) role of the private sector? Colloquium Publication Proceedings, including refereed papers, position statements and related documents will be made available at the colloquium and for broader distribution in the context of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Full Papers (up to 5000 words, including references) are due 1 August for refereeing and inclusion in the publication. Abstracts should be sent as soon as possible. This deadline is final if you wish to be included in the publication. Abstracts/papers should be sent to Professor Michael Gurstein (gurstein(a)njit.edu) or Larry Stillman (larrys(a)vicnet.net.au) Please also register your expression of interest to as either a speaker or attendee. Colloquium committee Michael Bieber, Associate Professor, College of Information Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology Michael Gurstein, (Visiting) Professor, School of Management New Jersey Institute of Technology Prof Don Schauder, School of Information Management and Systems, Monash University Dr Graham Johanson, School of Information Management and Systems/Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University Larry Stillman, School of Information Management and Systems/Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University Colloquium Sponsors The Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, Australia New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA National Science Foundation ************************ Larry Stillman Centre for Community Networking Research, Monash University, www.ccnr.net 61 3 9903 1801 fax 9903 2564 ===8<===========End of original message text===========

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RE: [Air-l] Internet statistics for Australian homes, schools, an d workplace
by Matthew Allen 05 Jul '03

05 Jul '03

Hiya Don the Australian Bureau of Statistics is a good site but it costs money for specific reports and needs some skill in navigating around; you'll get some general advice there, however: http://www.abs.gov.au/ National Office of Info Economy (NOIE) is better - it collates stats from various places and is a little more up-to-date http://www.noie.gov.au my personal favourite for interesting stats on web/net use is the market research community - there's a site I can't quite remember ...lots of reports on commercial research findings. I have a dream *grin* to do PILP-type research in Australia...but AFTER the conference ;) Matt

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AEJMC Panel on New Media
by Jonathan Lillie 05 Jul '03

05 Jul '03

Hello all, I am trying to find someone going to AEJMC in Kansas City at the end of the month to take my place on a panel on new areas in new media research. Here's the abstract for the panel. If you are interested please email me ASAP at: jlillie(a)email.unc.edu Thanks, Jonathan PANEL SUMMARY: As new media technologies develop and gain attention as significant impactors upon society, the field is hard pressed to keep up. How do Mass Communication researchers evaluate the importance of developing communication technologies, and how should they approach new entertainment and information media? Panelists will discuss communication technologies that have been explored to a comparatively limited degree, addressing both the importance of these new directions and the approaches that might be taken. ----- Jonathan James McCreadie Lillie ----- jlillie(a)email.unc.edu http://www.ibiblio.org/jlillie ----- Managing Editor NMEDIAC, The Journal of New Media & Culture http://www.nmediac.net ----- Park Doctoral Fellow The School of Journalism & Mass Communication The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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July on -empyre-: Net Blackness with Mendi + Keith Obadike and damali ayo
by Michael Arnold Mages 05 Jul '03

05 Jul '03

-empyre- takes great pleasure in welcoming three artists whose work explores the politics of race and identity. The plasticity of identity over the internet is a well known phenomenon. Internet utopians exalt in a genderless, colorless society that is available only though a digital medium. However, race remains a inextricably formative part of identity, and plays a central, contextualizing role in the nature of communication and social discourse. In the zealous search for terrorists, racial profiling has become a tool of US security agencies, and more palatable to that nation's population. Skin color has again become an acceptable way to identify those that may pose a threat to the hegemonic culture. Increasingly, the questions that surround stereotyped or commodified portrayals of race and ethnicity require satisfactory answers. Please join us at -empyre- for the month of July, to participate in the discussion where artists Mendi and Keith Obadike, and damali ayo explore and debate these issues. ---- Mendi and Keith Obadike are interdisciplinary artists working with music, live art, and conceptual internet artworks. Their works conduct inquiry into the implications of social and cultural networks as relates to blackness. Other areas of exploration include sex toys, current events, and commodification of race and identity. In August of 2002, they exhibited The Interaction of Coloreds, commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art. At Yale University Mendi and Keith premiered their Internet opera The Sour Thunder, which was commissioned by the Yale Cabaret and will be released on CD by the classical music label Bridge Records. The Interaction of Coloreds http://www.whitney.org/artport/gatepages/august02.shtml Blackness for Sale http://Obadike.tripod.com/ebay.html The Sour Thunder http://blacknetart.com/sour damali ayo is a self-described junk artist--defining junk as "things we once bought (or bought into) and keep around because we are accustomed to their presence." Working from her studio in Portland, Oregon, ayo uses installation, assemblage, sound, paint, fabric whatever it takes to investigate concepts that engage her curiosity as well as social and community issues in the US. Her most recent online work, http://www.rent-a-negro.com/ is a performance work enabled by the internet. -- Subscribe to -empyre- at: http://www.subtle.net/empyre/ --

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July on -empyre-: Net Blackness with Mendi + Keith Obadike and damali ayo
by Michael Arnold Mages 05 Jul '03

05 Jul '03

-empyre- takes great pleasure in welcoming three artists whose work explores the politics of race and identity. The plasticity of identity over the internet is a well known phenomenon. Internet utopians exalt in a genderless, colorless society that is available only though a digital medium. However, race remains a inextricably formative part of identity, and plays a central, contextualizing role in the nature of communication and social discourse. In the zealous search for terrorists, racial profiling has become a tool of US security agencies, and more palatable to that nation's population. Skin color has again become an acceptable way to identify those that may pose a threat to the hegemonic culture. Increasingly, the questions that surround stereotyped or commodified portrayals of race and ethnicity require satisfactory answers. Please join us at -empyre- for the month of July, to participate in the discussion where artists Mendi and Keith Obadike, and damali ayo explore and debate these issues. ---- Mendi and Keith Obadike are interdisciplinary artists working with music, live art, and conceptual internet artworks. Their works conduct inquiry into the implications of social and cultural networks as relates to blackness. Other areas of exploration include sex toys, current events, and commodification of race and identity. In August of 2002, they exhibited The Interaction of Coloreds, commissioned by the Whitney Museum of American Art. At Yale University Mendi and Keith premiered their Internet opera The Sour Thunder, which was commissioned by the Yale Cabaret and will be released on CD by the classical music label Bridge Records. The Interaction of Coloreds http://www.whitney.org/artport/gatepages/august02.shtml Blackness for Sale http://Obadike.tripod.com/ebay.html The Sour Thunder http://blacknetart.com/sour damali ayo is a self-described junk artist--defining junk as "things we once bought (or bought into) and keep around because we are accustomed to their presence." Working from her studio in Portland, Oregon, ayo uses installation, assemblage, sound, paint, fabric whatever it takes to investigate concepts that engage her curiosity as well as social and community issues in the US. Her most recent online work, http://www.rent-a-negro.com/ is a performance work enabled by the internet. -- Subscribe to -empyre- at: http://www.subtle.net/empyre/ --

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Internet statistics for Australian homes, schools, and workplace
by Don Leu 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

Hi, I am a new member of this list. It appears to be a wonderful community of supportive colleagues. I wonder if anyone can point me to the most recent survey data on the penetration of the Internet within Australian homes, schools, and workplace settings? I have the stats from the Australian Yearbook, 2002 which covers the period from 1998-2001. Is there an updated source for this information that would also include 2002, and possibly the first half of 2003? Many thanks, in advance, for any information you might be able to point me to. Cheers, Don -- Donald J. Leu John & Maria Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology University of Connecticut Office: 860.486.0202 Home page: http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~djleu/ Visit the Literacy Web: http://www.literacy.uconn.edu " Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies." -- Geraldine Ferraro, Acceptance speech at the 1984 Democratic Party National Convention

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Call for Papers: Social Determinants of Public Policy in the Information Age
by Merlyna Lim 04 Jul '03

04 Jul '03

CALL FOR PAPERS The Information Society (TIS) special issue on SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC POLICY IN THE INFORMATION AGE Edited by Milton Mueller (Syracuse University) and Becky Lentz (Ford Foundation) If the 1990s was the decade of market liberalization in media and telecommunication industries, what will the next decade be? What will define the agenda for communication and information policy in the next decade? Current policy discourse is focused on relatively narrow regulatory or legal issues, such as broadband regulation, the proper scope of intellectual property rights, interconnection and competition in telecommunications, and media concentration. While recognizing the importance of issue-specific policy research, this special issue would attempt to shift some attention to the underlying social determinants of public policy. The objective is to encourage the development of revised conceptions of the public interest appropriate to a transformed industrial and political environment. Interdisciplinary papers that bring together insights from political science, sociology, economics, and cultural studies are especially welcome. Ideally, papers would shed light on current developments and place them in perspective that has relevance for the future. As more specific examples of the type of papers/research we seek: * Analyses of long-term change in media and telecommunications institutions that draw upon any relevant literature of institutional change (e.g., the New Institutional Economics, the Old Institutional Economics, social movement theory, property rights economics, organizational repertoires and innovation). * Papers exploring changes in the way citizens, consumers, business groups or other constituencies are organizing to influence communication and information policy, including new analyses of how so-called global civil society or transnational advocacy networks are involved in communication and information issues. * Papers that assess the impact of globalization on communication and information policies, and explore the relationship between national policies, constituencies, and institutions on the one hand and international organizations and constituencies on the other. * How conceptions of the public interest in communication and information policy have changed in response to new technologies, new industry conditions and political and social developments. Are new theories of the public interest in communications and information policy being formed? * Explorations of the role of ideas and scholarly research in shaping, fomenting or resisting changes in policy. How are normative principles responding to the changing landscape? Manuscripts prepared according to the TIS guidelines (http://www- slis.lib.indiana.edu/TIS/vtisinst.html) should be submitted by October 1, 2003. Please send the manuscripts to: Milton Mueller <mueller(a)syr.edu>. Authors are encouraged to discuss their ideas with the guest editors.

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democracy and culture
by Charles Ess 03 Jul '03

03 Jul '03

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

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