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Call for Papers- Contemporary Research in E-Marketing, Volume 1.
by Sandeep Krishnamurthy 25 Apr '03

25 Apr '03

Some of the members of this list may be interested in this. Please accept my apologies for cross-posting. --------- CALL-FOR-PAPERS CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN E-MARKETING, Volume 1 To be Published by: Idea Group Inc., Hershey, PA. Editor: Sandeep Krishnamurthy, University of Washington http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep E-mail: sandeep(a)u.washington.edu [A copy of this Call-for-Papers in Microsoft Word format is available at- http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep/cfp.doc] Description of the Book The Internet/Web and related technologies have had a transformational impact on the marketing function. The four Ps of marketing [Product, Price, Place and Promotion] have all been affected. Digital products and services have emerged as a major force. New price formats such as auctions have met with considerable success. Distribution channels have been reshaped. New forms of promotion [E.g. permission marketing] have led to interesting ways of building relationships with the online consumer. Online communities have provided new marketing opportunities and challenges. The Internet has brought us closer to the vision of a global marketplace. Mobile technologies now promise the creation of exciting new services based on location-based targeting.

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Fwd: [Freesw] communities
by jeremy hunsinger 25 Apr '03

25 Apr '03

kindly send replies to Monica.MIRANDA-SILVA(a)cec.eu.int Begin forwarded message: > From: Monica.MIRANDA-SILVA(a)cec.eu.int > Date: Wed Apr 23, 2003 12:40:35 PM US/Eastern > To: freesw(a)conecta.it > Subject: [Freesw] communities > Reply-To: freesw(a)conecta.it > > I am suppose to write a state-of-the-art report on cybercommunities. I > am > concerned about the relation between tools/processes/objectives. Is out > there someone willing to help me? please... > _______________________________________________ > Freesw mailing list > Freesw(a)conecta.it > http://mail.conecta.it/mailman/listinfo/freesw > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy/blog () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Digital Games Research Conference 2003
by Mia Consalvo 24 Apr '03

24 Apr '03

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS MAY 1. Digital Games Research Conference 2003 4-6 November 2003 University of Utrecht, The Netherlands -:*:- The inaugural world conference of the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) will take place at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands. University of Utrecht, Faculty of Arts, Department of New Media and Digital Culture, is collaborating with DiGRA and numerous academic and other partners in the conference implementation. The conference will include keynote lectures, paper sessions, posters, symposia, workshops and other events. Call for papers The conference will be the first official event of the new interdisciplinary association DiGRA, aiming to promote quality research of games, interdisciplinary collaboration in games research, design and development, and recognition of game studies as an academic field of enquiry. A wide range of approaches is encouraged focussing on research, design and development. We aim at a broad diversity of topics, such as: [Computer Games] On the history of games, game aesthetics (narrative, interactivity) and game play (structure, time, multiplayer platforms). [Design/production] Concerned with the relationship between the designer/producer and the game (programming, project management). [Reception] Reception focuses on the individual players relationship to the computer game: the cognitive, social, psychological and therapeutic effects of games. [Games as an aesthetic phenomenon] On games as art, game-genres and storytelling. On the similarities and differences between computer games and other media [Games as a cultural phenomenon] How games are interpreted, their meaning and significance to the player, their contribution to an understanding of oneself, of relationships with others, and of ones world (gender, ethnicity, nationality). [Games as a social phenomenon] Considers normative aspects of computer gaming and the effects of games on social behaviour. Issues include the effects of computer games on (un)acceptable or (un)desirable behaviour, such as aggression and addiction, and participation and education. There are possibilities to present a paper or poster, give a workshop, organize a symposium or present a game concept/ demo. [Papers] Papers will be limited to 30 minutes, which includes time for questions and comments. Two or three paper presentations will be linked in one session, every session will have a chairperson. [Posters] Posters consist of a large print-out or cd-rom which shows a research project. These are being presented in the main hall and possibly during the Game Fair. [Symposia] Symposia will be limited to 1 hour and 45 minutes. With from two to four presentations on a common theme, followed by discussion. [Workshops] Workshops can be planned during 1-3 sessions of 1 hour and 45 minutes . They should include instructional and working elements. [Game concepts] At a Game Fair, held during the conference, students and art/ non-commercial/ educational game designers can present their work (games or demos) . Participants who would like to present a paper or poster, give a workshop or organize a symposium should submit an abstract in English. Participants who would like to present a game or demo during the Game Fair should submit the game and a short introduction in English. Abstracts have a 300 words maximum and should include a short biography, email and postal address. We encourage participation by students. Deadline for submitting abstracts: 1 May 2003. Abstracts can be submitted by e-mail to: abstracts(a)gamesconference.org Your abstract or proposal will be reviewed by an international scientific committee for its suitability to the conference. The authors of the selected papers will be asked to write a full article to be published beforehand in the Conference Proceedings. Registration for the Digital Games Research Conference 2003 will open at the end of May. Financial support may be available to participants for whom registration fees and travel costs would present a hardship. Contact/University of Utrecht: info(a)gamesconference.org Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein Dr. Joost Raessens, Associate Professor Drs. Marinka Copier Contact/DiGRA: Prof. Frans Mäyrä, President; frans.mayra(a)uta.fi Dr. Jason Rutter, Vice-President; Jason.Rutter(a)man.ac.uk Celia Peirce, Liaison Officer; celiap(a)uci.edu -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-

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opportunity for publication
by katharine sarikakis 24 Apr '03

24 Apr '03

Dear colleagues, We are currently preparing an edited volume that examines some of the social, cultural and political dimensions of the Internet and we are looking for one or two chapters that will offer a critical analysis (preferably including original research data) of the use/potential of the Internet for development. Ideally we are looking for very well theorised case studies of the Internet in broader Asia and/or Africa. However any study related to the issues mentioned will be considered. If you are interested please contact k.sarikakis(a)coventry.ac.uk <mailto:k.sarikakis@coventry.ac.uk> as soon as possible. You may want to discuss an idea or send a chapter proposal directly, please do send a few lines about your research interests and publications as well. We would like to solicit the study/ies in the next couple of weeks so if you are writing/have just written a relative piece we would love to hear from you. Katharine Sarikakis, Coventry University Daya K. Thussu, Goldsmith College

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destroying friendships?
by bakera＠ohiou.edu 23 Apr '03

23 Apr '03

While I agree with Nancy Baym and Steve Jones that a medium is incapable in itself of destroying friendships, I want to add that, in my view, characteristics of email can independently influence the communication process to some extent: --The permanence or relatively long-lasting imprinting of words can sometimes affect people more deeply than words uttered in passing. Along with nonverbal softenings or qualifiers, people can more easily come back and say they weren't so serious about the opinion, or even that they had changed their minds. With asynchronous conferencing and listservs or even logged synchronous writings from chat or IM's, the rereading of the words can possibly affect people differently than just hearing the words out loud. --As several people have mentioned, reading the contrary thoughts sent to everyone on the list could provoke embarrassment as well as intellectual disagreement or anger. For this reason, among others, I choose not to receive an individual's emails to a list of people whenever possible. Actually I hope my postings here on the air-list do not in any way disrupt pleasant colleague relationships I may have established in the past. :-) Do we have research on negative sentiments or disagreements expressed f2f vs. email? I know we have some good experimental studies comparing liking and self-disclosure for the two modes.

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Re: [Air-l] e-mail destroying friendships?
by Art McGee 23 Apr '03

23 Apr '03

> Charles did not indicate he had done the forwarding. He > said a friend had. Yes, quite right. Sorry Charles. %-) Art

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Presuming face to face is 'better'... some past papers (was RE: [Air-l] e-mail destroying friendships?)
by Anderson, Ben 23 Apr '03

23 Apr '03

> Along with Nancy I'm dubious about claims regarding particular forms > of communication as, at least implicitly, "ideal" or even "more > human" than others (which is not to say that some may not be "more > mediated" than others). There has been some thinking along these lines in the HCI/CSCW community. See for example Hollan and Stornetta's 1992 paper 'Beyond being there' (http://www.hcibib.org/gs.cgi?word=checked&terms=C.CHI.92.119) and Paul Dourish et al's 1996 paper http://www.hcibib.org/gs.cgi?word=checked&terms=J.JCSCW.5.1.33 These were reactions to the at the time (and still, to some extent) popular analytic trick of comparing audio/video mediated communication with 'face to face' and thus showing how IT mediated communication was 'poorer'. Dourish et al point out that it is 'different' and, in some contexts, can be 'better'. Ben

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Re: [Air-l] e-mail destroying friendships?
by Esther Milne 22 Apr '03

22 Apr '03

and let;s not forget that unauthorised 'forwarding' has a technological precedent. In eighteenth and nineteenth century epistolary practice it was not uncommon for letters to be circulated within a particular community *without* the consent or knowledge of the original author. just my two cents (and doctoral thesis on the correspondence between email and postal technologies) worth! cheers, Esther Esther Milne Lecturer in Media and Communications School of Social & Behavioural Sciences Swinburne University of Technology John Street Hawthorn VIC 3122 AUSTRALIA Tel: +613 92148195 Fax: +613 98190574 >>> c.chesher(a)unsw.edu.au 04/22/03 09:41pm >>> On Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 02:01 AM, Charles Ess <cmess(a)lib.drury.edu> wrote: > a friend with a specific political viewpoint regularly forwards > e-mails to a > list of friends; > at some point, someone in the group strongly disagrees with the > perspective > / argument represented in a forward - and, instead of ignoring the > matter, > fires back to the whole group; What strikes me as distinctive in this scenario is the cultural form of the act of email forwarding. I do think that it risks destroying friendships! In a f2f conversation you might cite some other authority in stating a political position. But when you forward a polemical email, you're using a huge slab-quote. It is more analogous to passing out a pamphlet than to stating an opinion in the context of a discussion. Not only does your e-pamphlet text weaken your readers' sense that it has been authored by a friend, but the fact that your message is addressed to a large list of receivers also dilutes their sense that the message is personally from you. On the other hand, you probably feel strongly about the message. That's why you chose to forward it to people who you believed shared the same views. But the choice of who you add to the list of receivers is likely to be less considered than for an email that you have written yourself, because you've spent less time in composing it. And the opinions in the email may be expressed more forcefully than you might put them in your own words. When you get the rebutting email you probably receive it as a personal affront to you, rather than a rejection of the original email. And it's in public -- posted to you and your other friends! The friendship is definitely in trouble. I think these risks are structured into the technocultural configuration of the event of forwarding a politically inflected email -- in its technical, textual, temporal, affective and interpersonal specificity. Chris -- - Dr Chris Chesher Work phone 61 2 9385 6814 Lecturer Mobile: 04040 95 480 School of Media and Communications Messages: 61 2 9385 6811 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Fax: 61 2 9385 6812 University of New South Wales Email: c.chesher(a)unsw.edu.au UNSW Sydney 2052 http://mdcm.arts.unsw.edu.au/ _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Online Advocacy and Lobbying Panel Session Webcast
by Steven Clift 22 Apr '03

22 Apr '03

For those of you interested in researching online advocacy and lobbying, the webcast described below should be of direct interest. Steven Clift http://www.publicus.net P.S. I am always interested in learning about online advocacy success stories and lessons learned <clift(a)publicus.net> for my Democracies Online Newswire <http://www.e-democracy.org/do> <- subscribe free here. *** Democracies Online Newswire - http://e-democracy.org/do *** ---- Please Forward ---> Online Advocacy and Lobbying Webcast This event was hosted by E-Democracy <http://e-democracy.org> and the Institute for New Media Studies <http://www.inms.umn.edu> at the University of Minnesota. Have you ever wondered: - What were the top e-mails received by Governor Jesse Ventura? - What people think when an interest group doesn't have a website? - What is an advanced collaborative online advocacy network? - What is online advocacy and lobbying anyway? If so, then listen to the online advocacy webcast from: http://www.e-democracy.org/neoamn Or directly from: http://www.inms.umn.edu/neoamn/onlineadvocacypanel.ram The webcast includes audio with Power Point slides in Real format or audio-only for download in MP3. Short and to the point panelist presentations were followed by audience questions and an engaging discussion and debate. This is one of the best panel sessions ever held on this topic in general, and likely the only one freely available on the Internet. Minnesota is known for its depth of online political activity - lessons learned here are valuable everywhere. The dynamic panelists include: Robbie LaFluer - Director, Minnesota Legislative Reference Library Marcia Avner - Public Policy Director, Minnesota Council of Non-Profits - Author, Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Orgs. David Strom - Legislative Director, Taxpayers League of Minnesota Brian Elliott - Political Coordinator, Clean Water Action Alliance - Minnesota Environmental Action Network Christine Nelson - Former Director of Citizen Outreach, Governor Ventura's Office Linda Jean Kensicki - Panel Moderator - Asst. Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota Stay tuned next week for the announcement about the Net & Elections panel or get a preview at the same site. Sincerely, Steven Clift Visiting Fellow <http://www.publicus.net/fellow> - February 2003 Institute for New Media Studies, University of Minnesota ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - W: http://www.publicus.net Minneapolis - - - E: clift(a)publicus.net Minnesota - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - - - ICQ: 13789183 *** Past Messages, Discussion http://e-democracy.org/do *** *** To subscribe, e-mail: listserv(a)tc.umn.edu *** *** Message body: SUB DO-WIRE *** *** To UNSUBSCRIBE instead, write: UNSUB DO-WIRE *** *** Please send submissions to: clift(a)publicus.net ***

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Query on Digitial Technology and National Identity
by Andrew Herman 22 Apr '03

22 Apr '03

Friends- I am developing a course on the mediation of national identity through digital communications technology and am wondering if the good folks at/in AOIR can point in the direction of some good scholarly work in this area. I am aware of the work that David Morley and Kevin Robbins have dome on Eurpean identites in terms of broadcast media as well as the work of Jody Berland on Canada but am drawing blanks otherwise. references to/about Canada, especially comparing the US and Canada would be most appreciated. Andrew Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA 01610 (508) 793-2531

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