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uk internet media numbers -- web up; tv down
by Gina Neff 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

WEB TRAFFIC HITS RECORD LEVELS Demand for news sites has pushed up 6 percent in the past two weeks, even as demand for TV news has declined. http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,928229,00.html gina

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Re: [Air-l] Adult Gamers within the Family
by Frank Schaap 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

> Can anyone help me with references about adults playing computer games as > part of the family, for instance, parents who use the computer for work > which blurs into entertainment through gaming. I know my research school (Amsterdam School of Communications Research at the University of Amsterdam) is conducting interviews to fill a PhD position on exactly this topic. There was job description on the website, but it's gone now. I'm an adult though, playing games, not just on computers, but on consoles too... shock horror ;-) No literature references on the topic though. Frank.

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Adult Gamers within the Family
by Sue Cranmer 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

Hi Can anyone help me with references about adults playing computer games as part of the family, for instance, parents who use the computer for work which blurs into entertainment through gaming. Thanks Sue

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Mobile Communication: Social and Political Effects
by Dányi Endre 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

Apologies for x-posting. ::: C o n f e r e n c e _ i n _ B u d a p e s t , H u n g a r y ::: Mobile Communication: Social and Political Effects April 24-25, 2003 http://www.fil.hu/mobil/2003/ The conference is organized by the Institute for Philosophical Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and WESTEL Mobile Telecommunications (Hungary) ::: P r e l i m i n a r y _ p r o g r a m ::: THURSDAY, APRIL 24 10:00 Coffee and registration 10:30 Opening ceremony 11:00 Keynote address by James E. Katz (Rutgers University) 12:00 Lunch break 13:15 Feature talk by Kenneth J. Gergen (Swarthmore College): "Self and Community in the New Floating Worlds" 14:15 Coffee break 14:30 - 18:30 Parallel sessions _New Social Relationships and the Sense of Self_ Ronald E. Rice: Social Interaction and Mobile Phone Use. National Survey Results on Episodes of Convergent Public and Private Spheres Satomi Sugiyama and James Katz: Social Conduct, Social Capital and the Mobile Phone in the US and Japan: A preliminary exploration via student surveys Rich Ling: Mobile Communication and Social Capital in Europe Maria Heller: Social and Political Effects of ICTs Bella Ellwood-Clayton: Virtual Strangers: Young Love and Texting in the Filipino Archipelago of Cyberspace Kenton O'Hara: Mobile Work, Technology and Place Heidi Schumacher and Karin Drda-Kühn: Culture & ICT: Mobile Communications to Support Employment Jonathan C. Donner: What Mobile Phones Mean to Rwandan Entrepreneurs _Consequences of New Mobile Communications Technologies for Democracy_ Leopoldina Fortunati: The Mobile Phone and Democracy: An Ambivalent Relationship On-Kwok Lai: Mobile Communicating for (E-)Democracy beyond Sovereign Territorial Boundaries. Transnational Advocacies versus E-Government Initiatives in Comparative Perspectives Shin Dong Kim: The Shaping of New Politics in the Era of Mobile and Cyber Communication: The Internet, Mobile Phone and Political Participation in Korea Fernando Paragas: Dramatextism. Mobile Telephony and People Power in the Philippines Miklós Sükösd and Endre Dányi: Who's in Control? Political Marketing and Political Virus Control in Mobile Election Campaigns Csaba Szabó: Communication Patterns in the Hungarian Society. Urban Sociological Survey Bruno von Niman: Universal access to mobile communication - ensuring social inclusion Dan Jarnerö, Daniel Folkesson and Per Flensburg: Can Mobile Communication Make Democracy More Available? FRIDAY, APRIL 25 09:30 Plenary talk by Mark Poster (University of California at Irvine): "Everyday Life and Mobile Phones" 10:30 Coffee break 11:00 Plenary talk by Joachim Höflich (Universität Erfurt): "Part of Two Frames: Mobile Communication and the Situational Arrangement of Communicative Behavior" 12:00 Lunch break 14:00 Plenary talk by Richard Harper on the topic of social connectivity 15:00 Coffee break 15:15 Parallel sessions _New Social Relationships and the Sense of Self_ György Csepeli and Klára Benda: Mediated Communication and Conformity. A Replication of the Asch Conformity Experiment in the Online Environment Jane Vincent: Emotion and Mobile Phones Gábor Szécsi: Language and Community in the Age of Electronic Media _New Social Relationships and the Sense of Self_ András Kelen: Wireless in an Era of Network Cornucopia and Bandwidth Glut David Robison: Mobile Privatisation and the Metaphors of Mobile Industries Wendy Robinson: Mobile Media Device Convergence. Consuming the Net, Consumer Electronics and Cell Phones 16:45 Coffee break 17:00 Concluding plenary address by Joshua Meyrowitz (University of New Hampshire): "Global Nomads in the Digital Veldt" 19:00 Farewell party 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/2003/

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Media and telecommunications policies to reflect social justice values
by RG Lentz 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

Dear AOIR colleagues, This might be of interest to some of you working on policy related Internet research. The Media Justice Fund is a new project being supported by the Ford Foundation's Knowledge, Creativity and Freedom Program. The Funding Exchange website is http://www.fex.org/home.html. RG Lentz UT-Austin ------------------------------------------- The Funding Exchange Seeks Media Justice Consultant For a two year period, the Funding Exchange National Office will administer a Media Justice Fund to promote media advocacy within the context of social justice movements. The Media Justice Fund of the Funding Exchange National Office: The Media Justice Fund will operate within the social justice framework of the Funding Exchange grantmaking programs to shift the focus of media and telecommunications policies to reflect social justice values. The Fund will support local and national organizing efforts aimed at media reform policies, open access to technology, and accountability by media corporations. Such efforts have historically been underfunded and have operated with only loose ties to other social justice movements, divided by issues of race, age, culture, and sense of immediate priorities. The division has worked to the detriment of both movements, isolating media advocacy efforts from the broader justice agenda and keeping social justice groups from recognizing media policy as a core issue. The Media Justice Fund will promote projects that manifest strong collaborations between media and social justice activists and agendas. The Fund will make grants to build constituencies, develop materials for popular education, and support partnerships across cultural and issue lines. The Media Justice Consultant will hold the following responsibilities. Responsibilities: " Identify and locate media justice groups in diverse geographic regions " Serve as a resource for grantseekers " Coordinate briefings, local and regional meetings and other special events " Establish guidelines, review proposals and set schedules for grantmaking process " Produce reports as needed, including an annual report on building media advocacy " Publicize media advocacy issues among funders through written publications and gatherings " Convene and support grantmaking panel " Monitor grant monies reports and establish other mechanisms to assure accountability and evaluation " Track project implementation and manage database with the help of a database consultant Qualifications for the position include: " Familiarity with communications policy issues including FCC regulations and their impact on communities " Knowledge of issues, activities, developments and questions within the spectrum of media advocacy organizing " Familiarity with a wide range of progressive social change issues and organizations " Proven ability to initiate and implement programs, in coordination with staff " Excellent written and oral communication skills " Proficiency with computer software (word processing and grants manager software) " Ability to work on a national level, with differences of class, race, sexual orientation and gender Send inquiries and applications to: Charlene Allen, Director of Grantmaking, Funding Exchange 666 Broadway, Suite 500, New York, NY 10012 -- (212) 529-5356 x320

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austrian warblog
by Philipp Budka 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

hi all, one of the most used warblogs is an austrian one <http://war.twoday.net/>, from anonymos journalists. unfortunaltly only in German. <http://derstandard.at/?id=1260441> regards, philipp -- Philipp Budka email: ph.budka(a)philbu.net tel.: +43(01) 95 28 244 tel. mobil.: +43(0)6991 95 28 244 Rustengasse 5/10 1150 Wien, Austria http://www.philbu.net +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!

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In the Realm of the Circuit
by jlipkin＠xomi.pair.com 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

Hello, Charles Traub and I have just published our new book In the Realm of the Circuit which we think will interest you. I've included a press release, and additional information can be found at: http://www.intherealmofthecircuit.com Thanks, Jonathan Lipkin Press Release In The Realm of the Circuit By Charles H. Traub and Jonathan Lipkin 435 pages, 500 Illustrations, four-color, 8.5"x11", cloth bound ISBN: 0-13-093674-X Publication Date: 3/15/2003 http://www.intherealmofthecircuit.com Broad in scope, In the Realm of the Circuit is a clear introduction to the aesthetic and historical precedents of the new electronic media's multi-faceted human dialog. It fills the need for a text in graduate and undergraduate courses in computer art and creativity, history of art and graphic design as well as any course which engages new media. It tells the story of how technology has always been integrally connected to human expression and gives students the tools to connect technological practice to cultural heritage. The intrinsic links between art, technology and the humanities are examined, especially with regard to how they are shaped and how they shape each other. This profusely and imaginatively illustrated volume draws on art, artifacts, icons and annotations from ancient civilization to the present, to illustrate the 21st century's drive to the current possibilities of the computer. This volume allows students, scholars, and creative individuals to place today's sometimes daunting technological achievements in a humanist framework. Cultural literacy is necessary for those who may be blindly practicing within the realm of the circuit but who do not consider the need in their work for values rooted in the longstanding evolution of art, design, music and literature. As an introductory text, In the Realm of the Circuit establishes a tenor for classroom discussion around specific ideas, such as the cathedral of Notre Dame, or the African griot, as sites of multimedia practice which establish the foundations for today's digital culture. A new generation of digitally-saavy students needs a cultural primer in order to engage the now ubiquitous multimedia possibilities of the computer. The inter-disciplinary and intercultural nature of this text suggests that multimedia is the platform for bringing together students own diverse backgrounds. -Establishes that creativity is a process of conveying meaning through metafora -Establishes the relation of all the arts - music, theater, visual arts, literature and so forth - to digital media -Glossary, biographies, chronologies, recommended reading list, with a companion website make this an essential reference book -Boxed inserts provide clear discussion of key concepts -"Interludes" chronicle the key communication technologies -A readable and entertaining text of interest to anyone interested in the relationship between technology and culture. Appropriate for courses in Art, culture and technology. Charles H. Traub is chair of MFA Photography and Related Media at the School of Visual Arts where he pioneered the integration of digital technology into the curriculum. He is co-founder of Here is New York and a widely published and exhibited photographer. Jonathan Lipkin is associate professor of digital media at Ramapo College and on the graduate faculty of the School of Visual Arts. He has been widely published as a writer and photographer.

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Call for Participation: New Research for New Media - September 4-6, 2003 - Univ. of Minnesota
by Nora Paul 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Please forward to any lists you may think appropriate. Thank you. Deadline for application to participate is April 15. PDF version of the following call for Participation Call for Participation New Research for New Media: Innovative Research Methods September 4-6,2003 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Application deadline: April 15, 2003 Notification of acceptance: May 1, 2003 Information and application: http://www.inms.umn.edu/convenings/newresearch/main.htm The Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota, in collaboration with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the Department of Rhetoric, invites you to apply for participation in an upcoming symposium: New Research for New Media: Innovative Research Methods Symposium. The Internet and evolving new media and communication technologies offer researchers two sets of opportunities: the development of new research techniques and a new, wide-open communication arena to be studied. New techniques such as email surveying, chat space interviewing, electronic brainstorming, user session statistics analysis, and eye-tracking are joining tried and true research methods. New communication phenomena and emerging media usage scenarios are calling for analysis. Studies using the results of these new techniques and on the new media arena are well into the mainstream of research agendas in universities, but the focus of the papers tends to be on the findings, not the determination and effectiveness of the methods used to get those findings. This is what the New Research for New Media: Innovative Research Methods Symposium intends to do. This will be a working symposium in which participants will contribute as much to the conference proceedings as the presenters of papers. Researchers have been selected to present papers that represent a variety of disciplines and research methods. Now we need the participants who will, after presentation of the papers, discuss in small groups the implications of using new research methods and traditional methods in new ways. The discussions and recommendations of the symposium participants will be the core of the conference proceedings with the intention of setting an agenda of examination of new research methods and to identify research implications that require further attention. We are looking for participants who would like to engage in a three days of deep thought about research methods. As a participant you will part of a task force, not just an audience. If you would like to help take the thinking about research methods to the next level, we hope you will apply to attend. Attendance will be limited to 50 participants. Application Form: http://www.inms.umn.edu/convenings/newresearch/application.htm Application Deadline: April 15, 2003 Notification of Application Acceptance: May 1, 2003 Symposium Dates: 6 pm - Thursday, September 4 to 4 pm - Saturday, September 6 Cost: $100 registration (covers all meals)

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Re: [Air-l] research on web communities?
by Minouche Besters 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Malin, You might want to check out Barry Wellmans website and Keith Hamptons site. Here you'll find numerous articles and references concerning online communities. Barry Wellman - http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/main.html Keith Hampton - http://web.mit.edu/knh/www Good luck! Kind regards, Minouche Besters --------------------------------------------------------------- KnowledgeLand Van Eeghenstraat 55 PO BOX 2960 1000 CZ Amsterdam The Netherlands t: +31 020 7720120 e: mbesters(a)kl.nl www.kl.nl

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www.AtlantaGrassroots.org
by Hans Klein 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

A web portal has been created for information about the peace movement. It lists events in the Atlanta area, but also includes links to information from around the world. Please check out: http://www.AtlantaGrassroots.org/

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