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Social Movements
by LLang944＠aol.com 29 Jun '03

29 Jun '03

Social movements/Internet We are glad to see our work cited, more recently Castells and Sklair have used some of our perspective. I am not familiar with the citations shown in the post, but with Internet, stuff gets posted everywhere/anywhere. For folks who want to look it up/have a print reference, the paper we gave at AoIR 1.0, much revised appears as Langman, Lauren, Douglas Morris and Jackie Zalewski, "Cyberactivism and Alternative Globalization Movements", in Wilma A,. Dunaway, ed. Emerging Issues in the 21st Century World-System. pp. 218 -35. Westport: Conn, Greenwood Press, 2002. We have another paper in press that notes the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, it is concerned with virtual public spheres, will appear (04) in Social Theory. We did an early, power point version at our Midwest Soc and Steve Jones was the commentator. (Will send ppt if asked) For folks in/near Atlanta, Dana Fisher will have a session at ASA, Aug, on soc movements and will do our latest version. Further, I have organized a session for AoIR 4.0 Toronto, with Valerie Scatamburlo, Victor Pikard and Steve Walker on the topic of sm on the net. Do join us. Personal comment: while not well covered in mass media, the internet is empowering people accross the globe and slowly, surely, there is ever more resistance, confrontation against domination-now fascilitated by the net. The extensive use of the net in organizing Porto Alegre and organizing NGOs is amazing, and while demonstrations get press, you know the "crazy criminals" that challenge global power and capitalism, the extent of grass roots organization is where the action is at. For example, as we network, there are major contests between the masses of people in Iran and the theolocratic gerontocracy-and one place this takes place is cyberspace. A major issue besides the political is the moral, pornography abounds. But in this case, much like the old pre net, samistad (sp?) presses in the USSR, pornography, as an exemplar of the grotesque of carnival, as Bakhtin has shown, is a protest, resistance, albiet symbolic, against established authority. Now I am not saying that watching porn> freedom and democracy, it may actually be the other way around, but it does become a point along a policed border on the cultural terrain, where established power is challenged. (I am doing a paper for a book on cyberporn if anyone has any ideas, please send), Hope to see all at AiOR 4.0

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Articles Needed for Our Winter 2003 Issue
by Ben Varner 28 Jun '03

28 Jun '03

Colleagues-- Academic Exchange Quarterly, one of the fastest-growing peer-reviewed print journals in the U.S., encourages additional submissions for its Winter 2003 issue. The issue will be devoted to several themes, one of which is "Teaching Environmental Literature": http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/win03.htm Another theme for which we are soliciting articles is "Writing and Social Awareness": http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/summ033.htm And, finally, our ongoing theme of "Online Learning" welcomes submissions on any aspect of online or hybrid instruction: http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/ontline.htm If you have an article in the works that you would like to submit to us for possible publication, please follow the information in the link below: http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm Ben Varner University of Northern Colorado -- Executive Editor Academic Exchange Quarterly http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/edpbva.htm

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Re: the Social Movements Question
by Wainer Lusoli 28 Jun '03

28 Jun '03

Dear all - thanks for the wealth of resources shared so far. I don't think I've seen in the lists two papers from Lance W. Bennett, soon to be published. General perspective on social movements and ICTs in modernity. They can be found at http://depts.washington.edu/ccce/research/WorkingPapers.htm Can I also ref a little piece of ours, on the use of ICTs by Countryside Alliance, a UK pressure group, to organise their March on London (based on membership survey). http://www.esri.salford.ac.uk/ESRCResearchproject/output.html Regards, Wainer ------------------------------------------------- Wainer Lusoli Research Officer IPOP - http://www.ipop.org.uk ESRI, University of Salford -------------------------------------------------

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Still seats available at DOCAM '03 in August at Berkeley
by niels windfeld Lund 28 Jun '03

28 Jun '03

Join the Document Academy The aim of The Document Academy is to create a worldwide space for experimental and critical research on documents in a wide sense drawing on traditions and experiences around the world. YOU MAY ATTEND THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DOCUMENT ACADEMY DOCAM 2003 13th - 15th August 2003 , SIMS, UC BERKELEY The program can be seen on the web site of The Document Academy: http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/events/announcements/DOCAM03.Program.ht ml Key note speech, by professor Johanna Drucker, Department of English and Director of Media Studies, University of Virginia. "Excerpts and Entanglements - Reading on Documents." Registration can be made at the this site: http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no/events/announcements/docam03_registrati on.html Any questions concerning the DOCAM '03 and The Document Academy in general can be addressed to the following emails : niels.windfeld.lund(a)hum.uit.no or docam03(a)list.thedocumentacademy.org Welcome to DOCAM '03 Niels Windfeld Luind chair of the Document Academy -- Niels Windfeld Lund, professor, Instituttleder / Head of Department Institutt for dokumentasjonsvitenskap / Department of Documentation Science HUM-FAK, Universitetet i Tromsø/University of Tromsoe Breivika, N-9037 Tromsoe, Norway tlf. +47-77646284, fax + 47-77644239 http://thedocumentacademy.hum.uit.no

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Re: the Social Movements Question
by Alexandra Samuel 28 Jun '03

28 Jun '03

I don't maintain a separate bibliography on social movements and the Internet (though it's a great idea), but here are some cites that might be useful: Castells, M. (1997). The power of identity. Cambridge, Mass ; Oxford, Blackwell. Diani, "Social movement networks: virtual and real" in Webster, Culture and politics in the information age : a new politics? (London: Routledge, 2001). Lee, E. (1997). The labour movement and the internet : the new internationalism. London ; Chicago, Pluto Press. Norris, P. (2001). Digital divide : civic engagement, information poverty, and the Internet worldwide. Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press. Pickerill, J. (2001). Weaving a Green Web: Environmental protest and computer-mediated communication in Britain. Culture and politics in the information age : a new politics? F. Webster. London ; New York, Routledge: xi, 231. Smith, P. J. and E. Smythe (2001). Globalization, citizenship and technology: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) meets the Internet. Culture and politics in the information age : a new politics? F. Webster. London ; New York, Routledge: xi, 231. Tarrow, S. (2002). The New Transnational Contention: Organizations, Coalitions, Mechanisms. American Political Science Assoication Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Webster, F. (2001). Culture and politics in the information age : a new politics? London ; New York, Routledge. -- Alexandra Samuel samuel(a)fas.harvard.edu http://www.alexandrasamuel.com

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Internet topologies
by Ruth Kaufman 28 Jun '03

28 Jun '03

I'm working with a user experience strategy team on developing a conceptual mapping or topology for a very large internet domain that has millions of leaf-level pages. We will need to differentiate between public and private areas; between generic and personalized areas; and between straight information delivery and robust web application areas. We may also benefit from a scheme for task- or goal-oriented topologies and audience-focused topologies. Can anyone recommend any research or writings that discuss way finding on the Internet, notions of space on the Internet, and the transition between Internet space and other social, conceptual or physical spaces? thanks, Ruth Kaufman .................................................. Ruth Kaufman Web Strategy | Information Design ruth(a)ruthkaufman.com http://ruthkaufman.com ..................................................

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The Social Movements Question
by Hans Klein 28 Jun '03

28 Jun '03

I know this question gets posed about every six months, but I hope you will bear with me ... :-) Can someone point me to some current bibliographies or literature reviews on Internet and social movements? Thanks! Hans =========================================================================== Hans K. Klein Associate Professor Tel: 404-894-2258 School of Public Policy, MC:0345 Fax: 404-894-0535 Georgia Institute of Technology hans.klein(a)pubpolicy.gatech.edu Atlanta, GA 30332-0345 http://www.spp.gatech.edu/people/faculty/hklein.htm ===========================================================================

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The Social Movements Question
by John McNutt 28 Jun '03

28 Jun '03

Hans-Check this link for a bibliography John McNutt -__--__-- Message: 2 Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 06:26:08 -0400 To: air-l(a)aoir.org From: "Hans Klein" <hans.klein(a)pubpolicy.gatech.edu> Subject: [Air-l] The Social Movements Question Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org I know this question gets posed about every six months, but I hope you will bear with me ... :-) Can someone point me to some current bibliographies or literature reviews on Internet and social movements? Thanks! Hans =========================================================================== Hans K. Klein Associate Professor Tel: 404-894-2258 School of Public Policy, MC:0345 Fax: 404-894-0535 Georgia Institute of Technology hans.klein(a)pubpolicy.gatech.edu Atlanta, GA 30332-0345 http://www.spp.gatech.edu/people/faculty/hklein.htm ====== John G. McNutt Graduate School of Social Work Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 617.552.4036-Voice 617.552.1080-Fax www: http://www.geocities.com/john_g_mcnutt/ Electronic Advocacy http://www.geocities.com/john_g_mcnutt/electron.htm Research http://www.geocities.com/john_g_mcnutt/cyberpol.htm Social Welfare Policy and Practice Group http://www.geocities.com/john_g_mcnutt/swppg.htm Check out Our new Internet advocacy book at www.lyceumbooks.com Be Ashamed to Die Until You Have Won Some Victory for Humanity-- Horace Mann Computing is not about computers anymore. Its about living --Nicholas Negroponte The Best way to predict the future is to create it. Peter Drucker

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Help: Info. regarding history and evolution of MSN Messenger
by Jimmy Lau (FESCO) 28 Jun '03

28 Jun '03

Hello, Sorry for this interruption. Just stumbled upon your listing under search heading: History of Instant Messaging on Google, and thought you might be able to help. I'm trying to find information regarding the history and evolution of MSN Messenger (e.g., earliest version, features, and changes throughout its evolution) but haven't turned up much. Any feedback or leads would be welcomed and greatly appreciated. Thank you, in advance. Best, James Lau Microsoft Global Technical Engineering Center, Shanghai Communications Specialist

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by dona a tversky 27 Jun '03

27 Jun '03

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