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Re: Conference papers online
by Bram Dov Abramson 02 Nov '02

02 Nov '02

zaphiri(a)soi.city.ac.uk: >I understand that it might not be possible to put this years' >proceedings online for free (for whatever copyright etc complications).. >but i think it is an issue to consider and make mandotary in the future ? jhuns(a)vt.edu: >but free and open >distribution must be the decision of the individual not an obligation >put on them because they participate in an organization or attend a >conference. I don't think this is an overly difficult problem to solve. For the AoIR Toronto conference, could the registration form include a checkbox? It could look something like this: Following the conference, please make my paper available to: _ any visitor to the conference Web site _ any registered AoIR member visiting the conference Web site _ noone cheers Bram

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online publication of papers
by Denise Maia Carter 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

hi there everyone, what an interesting discussion about conference papers that is reflected at a more local level with my own experience. i am lecturing a 3rd level course at the University of Lincoln, uk, (Culture, Self and Technology) which has an excellent Virtual campus - some lecturers post their lecture notes there. I will not, for two reasons: - 1. any notes i work from during lectures require a considerable amount of work before publication on the Virtual campus. 2. i personally think that it makes students lazy - lectures are not the definitive answer on the subject - merely a taster to stimulate interest. I have seen students armed with lecture notes and the dreaded highlighter who are really not listening. my second experience with the same course, is mainly with online material. My students have been told by various staff members not to use internet resources as they are 'of dubious quality'. - now my background is that i am 'writing up' a PhD that is an online ethnography, and i work with online journals and articles as a matter of course. I will allow, and even encourage my students to do so too. so now you are all wondering what the point of this story is! well firstly, i recognise the huge amount of work that goes into producing online versions of work, and secondly, outside of our own little enclave of cyber-researchers there is still a large cohort that attach no value to work published online. We necessarily must live in both worlds, and while attempting to further our careers must use the 'regular' channels in which to publish. Hopefully the 'Real World' will catch up soon. regards Denise Carter denisecarter(a)denisecarter.net

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discussion on free papers
by Philipp Budka 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

hi all, concerning the discussion why papers of the maastricht- conference are not freely available online, i just want to make some statements: first, i am not a member (because its too expensive, for a student); second, i dont think its a technical problem - of course it costs some time, but creating pdf-documents and putting them online ist not very difficult - it should be the same like it is currently done but without signing-in. third i guess the whole problem is an academic one: instead of working together, some are *sitting* on their work and results. but that leads nobody nowhere. ok, i am just an european student without real experience in the academic field, i can only guess how hard it is to get funds, etc. but that`s what the debate looks like to me. i hope nobody feels personally attacked. greetings, -- 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 +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ NEU: Mit GMX ins Internet. Rund um die Uhr für 1 ct/ Min. surfen!

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FW: Video Games & Youth Violence - Examining the Facts
by Julian Bleecker 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

Peripherally related to the recent exchanges on video games and addiction. .julian. -----Original Message----- http://www.idsa.com/IDSAfinal.pdf Video Games & Youth Violence: E X A M I N I N G T H E F A C T S In the aftermath of tragic and highly publicized incidents of youth violence in recent years, the nation has discussed and debated the causes of youth violence and the steps that can be taken to prevent it. While the discussion has drawn out a broad diversity of views, each is rooted in a common perspective: a sincere concern about the problem and a shared desire to curtail it. Indeed, it is precisely because society¹s concern about youth violence is so sincere that we should be fastidious in debating its causes and consequences. That is the perspective from which the computer and video game industry approaches the important question of how its products affect young people; and how to balance the rights it has under the First Amendment with its responsibilities to consumers. The French journalist Georges Bernanos once said that ³the worst, the most corrupting of lies is a problem poorly stated.² Youth violence is a problem in this country, but its solution will not be found by ignoring facts, sensationalizing opinions, or pointing fingers. The fact is that youth violence has dramatically declined in the United States during the past decade, precisely the period in which video game use among adults and children has skyrocketed. Moreover, the most objective and methodologically sound studies have found no causation between game playing and violent activity. This document is an effort to gather facts and provide information about the computer and video game industry, the games it produces, the people who play the games, the scientific research on the effects of the games, and the extensive efforts the industry has undertaken to inform parents about the games they buy for their children. Everybody is entitled to his or her own opinions about the entertainment industry. But not to their own facts. We hope that by bringing important facts to light we can help correct some misperceptions about the industry and its games, and foster a public dialogue that addresses a serious issue with the seriousness it deserves.

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Fwd: 2nd call, Infrastructures of Digital Design Conf.
by jeremy hunsinger 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

Begin forwarded message: > From: Olga Kuchinskaya <okuchins(a)weber.ucsd.edu> > Date: Thu Oct 31, 2002 5:46:27 PM US/Eastern > To: stsgrad-l(a)cornell.edu > Subject: 2nd call, Infrastructures of Digital Design Conf. > Reply-To: okuchins(a)weber.ucsd.edu > > Please forward to any interested parties - apologies for cross-posting. > > We’d like to inform you that the call for article abstracts and new > media art projects for the upcoming Infrastructures of Digital Design > Conference, hosted by the University of California, San Diego has been > extended to Nov. 12th. “Infrastructures” will be held January 31st-Feb > 2nd, 2003 at CRCA (Center for Research in Computing in the Arts). We > are seeking submissions from graduate students across the applied > sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities engaging emergent > discourses and practices of digital infrastructures. The event will > feature a keynote address by Howard Becker and plenary presentations by > Geof Bowker, Sharon Daniel, Ed Hutchins, Lev Manovich, Kate Rich, Larry > Smarr and Leigh Star. > > More information and online registration can be found at > http://infrastructures.ucsd.edu > > Sincerely, > > The Infrastructures Committee > infrastructures(a)ucsd.edu > > > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Fwd: RC5-64 solved
by jeremy hunsinger 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

one of those little bits of history i guess. so i'm forwarding it in hope that it finds other interested folks. 4 years, thousands of computers, one solution properly applied is worth much more than the exercise itself. Begin forwarded message: > From: Graham Lally <scribe(a)exmosis.net> > Date: Thu Sep 26, 2002 12:42:07 PM US/Eastern > To: cypherpunks(a)lne.com > Subject: RC5-64 solved > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Just noticed on /. that distributed.net wound up 4 years of intense CPU > cycles, by getting the key to RSA's RC5-64 challenge. > > Distributed.net release: > http://www.distributed.net/pressroom/news-20020926.html > > "On 14-Jul-2002, a relatively characterless PIII-450 in Tokyo returned > the winning key to the distributed.net keyservers. The key > 0x63DE7DC154F4D03 produces the plaintext output: > > ~ The unknown message is: some things are better left unread > > Unfortunately, due to breakage in scripts (dbaker's fault, naturally) > on > the keymaster, this successful submission was not automatically > detected. It sat undiscovered until 12-Aug-2002. The key was > immediately > submitted to RSA Labs and was verified as the winning key." > > .g > > - -- > "I look at your tanks, at the snipers, at the whole army, and feel joy. > Because I know that these two rooms, in which we are huddled together, > are stronger than all this might." - Tawfiq Tirawi > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (MingW32) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE9kzjcwT+AXPPRTIgRAp0DAKCFFkATGFsZeGZBwH45LTjz7tsmbgCfRWtG > /9JbYOtw5OAcGQOL9AZyh4I= > =X9e5 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Join AoIR!
by Nancy Baym 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

The Association of Internet Researchers is an interdisciplinary and interprofessional organization dedicated to advancing the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. Our primary goal is to promote scholarly and critical research into the social, cultural, political, economic and aesthetic aspects of the Internet by building a resource and support network independent from traditional disciplinary and professional borders. In just four years, we have linked 1,200 internet researchers through air-l, and have brought hundreds together face-to-face through our three annual conferences. Our strength as an association derives from our membership, and we'd like to remind you of the many benefits of paid membership, some of which are worth more money than the modest cost of membership: (1) Access to conference paper archives from Internet Research 3.0 and 1.0 (2) 20% Discount on all books in Routledge Press's Cyberstudies catalogue. (3) Journal subscription discounts (most more than cost of membership): -Information, Communication and Society (50% discount) -Cyberpsychology and Behavior (~30% discount) -The Information Society (~30% discount) -New Media & Society (20% discount) -e-Service Journal: A Journal of Electronic Services in the Public and Private Sectors (20% discount) (4) Discounted Conference Registration. (5) The right to vote on executive committee positions, serve on working groups, run for elected office, and otherwise do your part to make this association what you wish it would become. (6) The knowledge that you help make it possible for us to meet face to face each year and create the possibility for new initiatives. We are a young association and have minimal financial resources. As we grow, the cost of hosting conferences increases considerably, as do the number of great ideas members have for other ways we could spend money. AoIR uses all the money we get to make this association better for our members. We are an all-volunteer association. No one gets paid! We do our best to keep the cost of membership reasonable. Dues are as follows (all figures in US$): * professional (person) - $35 * graduate student (includes Ph.D. students) - $25 * individuals in non-OECD countries - $10 * non-profit institutions in non-OECD countries - $25 * affiliate membership (persons and non-profit institutions in non-OECD countries, unwaged) - free to a maximum of two years, includes only listserve and basic aoir.org web access * educational institution (academic department, library, etc.) - $250 * non-profit organization - $100 * lifetime individual membership - $1000 * corporate sponsor (for-profit institution) - $2000 Become a member now! http://aoir.org/airjoin.html ________________________________________________________ Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas 102 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org

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Weblogs in education
by dca4＠georgetown.edu 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

I'm having two of my classes use weblogs this semester. Students in one class are keeping journals, writing about anything they desire, http://cct723.blogspot.com. Another class is using them in a more structured manner to answer weekly questions, http://cct717.blogspot.com, then read each others answers. Please browse, if you have a chance. Are others using blogs as an educational information sharing or creativity device? Would love to discuss what you are finding. I'm getting very mixed reactions from students, especially those asked to journal. Dorine Dorine Andrews Research Professor - CCT Program Georgetown University 202-784-4338 410-366-0994 www.georgetown.edu/faculty/dca4

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Re: [Air-l] 3.0 papers
by meiwu＠umac.mo 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

I'm an Aoir member and I don't if I have been given a passport to visit the paper achieve. Please inform me who I should contact to know my user name and passport to the paper achieve. Many thanks, Wu Mei

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Fwd: [CSL] CFPs Communities and Technologies 2003
by jeremy hunsinger 31 Oct '02

31 Oct '02

Begin forwarded message: > From: Joanne Roberts <joanne.roberts(a)DURHAM.AC.UK> > Date: Wed Oct 30, 2002 5:15:00 AM US/Eastern > To: CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: [CSL] CFPs Communities and Technologies 2003 > Reply-To: Interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society > <CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > > From: Huysman, M.H. (Marleen) [mailto:mhuysman@FEWEB.VU.NL] > Sent: 30 October 2002 10:06 > To: KNOW-ORG(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: call for papers C&T2003 > > > Call for Papers > > > > > FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT > > > > > > Communities and Technologies (C&T 2003) > > > International Conference, Amsterdam, 19 - 21 September 2003 > > > > More and more, the relationship between communities and technology is > a topic of major research interest. ‘C&T’ conference serves as a forum > for stimulating and disseminating research into all facets of > communities and information technology. > > The nature of the field requires multidisciplinary research efforts > involving researchers from different fields of applied computer > science (Computer Supported Cooperative Work, Computer Supported > Collaborative Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Information > Retrieval, Human Computer Interaction, Information Systems) and social > sciences (Economics, Management Science, Psychology, Political > Science, Sociology, Ethnography, Discourse Analysis). > > Communities are social entities whose actors share common needs, > interests, or practices: they constitute the basic units of social > experience. For a number of reasons, researchers are increasingly > interested in the topic of communities. First, within a global > knowledge-based society, communities play a pivotal role. Problems > such as new forms of political participation and civic engagement, the > maintenance of cultural identities, or the integration of minorities > need to be tackled on the community level. Second, communities also > re-shape the processes of learning and sharing knowledge in and among > organizations. While earlier approaches focused on storing and > retrieving explicit knowledge represented in documents, communities > are believed to be important structures to share implicit situated > knowledge, as well. Given a new dimension by the use of electronic > networks, inter-organizational cooperation is nowadays often discussed > in terms of B2B-Marketplaces, Supply Chain Management, Virtual > Organizations, or Strategic Alliances. Many failed attempts to > implement these approaches can be attributed to inadequate attention > to the issues of communities. Finally new types of communities, e.g. > on-line communities, might change the relationships between producer > and consumer. > > Information technologies may support or hinder these and other types > of communities by enabling communication among (virtual) community > members. Research issues include trust-building, maintaining > (awareness of) social relations, increase or decrease of social > capital, visualization of social relationships, matching (unknown) > actors, bridging between physical and electronically-mediated > interaction, etc. > > > > The conference will focus on presentation and discussion of empirical > and conceptual research. Topics covered by the conference include, but > are not restricted to the following subjects: > > - (virtual) community formation and development > > - communities of practice, knowledge sharing and > organizational learning > > - appropriation of communityware > > - communities and innovation > > - communities of interest versus communities of practice > > - virtual communities versus location based communities > > - regional networks and B2B E-commerce > > - digital cities > > - communities in developmental organizations > > - return on investment in communities > > - communities and business models > > - consumer communities and electronic commerce > > - ethnographical studies of virtual communities > > - case studies of community building and development > > - social capital and communities > > - communityware: support or hindrance > > - design methods for communityware > > - innovative applications in the field of communityware > > - architectures for communityware > > - interoperability among community systems > > - innovative user interfaces for communityware > > - privacy and security issues for communityware > > > > Paper submission > > Full research papers of not more than 20 pages should be send to the > program chair: Volker Wulf, University of Siegen and Fraunhofer FIT, > Germany: Volker.Wulf(a)fit.fraunhofer.de > > > > > Workshops > > > Workshops will take place on 19 September 2003. Workshop proposals > should be submitted to the workshop chair: Erik Andriessen, TU Delft, > The Netherlands: erika(a)tbm.tudelft.nl > > > > > Proceedings > > The proceedings will be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, > Dordrecht. > > > > Important Dates: > > March 14, 2003: Submission deadline for papers > > April 22, 2003: Notification of acceptance > > May 21, 2003: Submission of camera-ready copies > > September 19 to 21, 2003: Conference held in City of Amsterdam > > > > More information > > More information about the conference is on the conference website: > www.feweb.vu.nl/C&T2003. Please check the site regular for latest > updates. > > > > Conference Chair > > Marleen Huysman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam The Netherlands > > Etienne Wenger, Cp Square, San Jose, USA > > Volker Wulf, University of Siegen and Fraunhofer FIT, Germany > > > > Programme Committee > > Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA > > Erik Andriessen, TU Delft, The Netherlands > > Peter van Baalen, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, The Netherlands > > Andreas Becks, Fraunhofer FIT, Aachen, Germany > > Peter van den Besselaar, NIWI, The Netherlands > > John Seely Brown, Palo Alto, USA > > John Carroll, Virginia Tech, USA > > Elisabeth Davenport, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK > > Bente Elkjaer, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark > > Giorgio de Michelis, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy > > Gerhard Fischer, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA > > Thomas Herrmann, University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany > > Pamela Hinds, Stanford University, USA > > Bart van den Hooff, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands > > Yasmin Kafai, University of California, Los Angeles, USA > > Wendy Kellogg, IBM Research, USA > > Paul Keursten, University of Twente, ‘Kessels and Smit’, The > Netherlands > > Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen, Germany > > Timothy Koschman, Southern Illinois University, Chicago, USA > > Kari Kuutti, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland > > Helmut Krmar, Technical University of Munich, Germany > > Ulrike Lechner, University of Bremen, Germany > > Dorothy Leonard, Harvard University, USA > > Henry Lieberman, MIT MediaLab, Cambridge, USA > > Peter Mambrey, Fraunhofer-FIT, Germany > > Mark Maybury, MITRE, USA > > Anders Morch, University of Oslo, Norway > > Keiichi Nakata, University of Tokio, Tokio, Japan > > Bernhard Nett, University of Freiburg and Fraunhofer-FIT, Germany > > Wolfgang Prinz, Fraunhofer-FIT, Sankt Augustin, Germany > > Larry Prusak, IBM, Cambridge, USA > > Volkmar Pipek, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany > > Markus Rohde, International Institute for Socio-Informatics, Bonn, > Germany > > Harry Scarbrough, Warwick Business School, UK > > Johann Schlichter, TU Munich, Munich, Germany > > Kjeld Schmidt, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark > > Doug Schuler, Evergreen State College, Seattle, USA > > Ulrike Schultze, Cox Business School, USA > > Gerhard Schwabe, University of Zurich, Switzerland > > Carla Simone, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy > > Gerry Stahl, Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA > > Charles Steinfield, Michigan State University, USA > > Yao Hua Tan, Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands > > Suzanne Weisband, University of Arizona, USA > > Barry Wellman, University of Toronto, Canada > > > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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