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evaluating web sites
by Ronald E. Rice 06 Jun '02

06 Jun '02

Also, there are chapters (with references to prior academic web site evaluations) on evaluating health web sites in Rice, R.E. & Katz, J.E. (Eds.) (2001). The Internet and Health Communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Rice, R.E. & Atkin, C. (Eds.) (2001). Public Communication Campaigns, 3rd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ============================================================ Ronald E. Rice Professor, Chair of Department of Communication School of Communication, Information & Library Studies Rutgers University 4 Huntington St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071 w: 732-932-7500, ext. 8122; f: 732-932-6916 e: rrice(a)scils.rutgers.edu; http://scils.rutgers.edu/~rrice ============================================================ > From: Joyce.Lamerichs(a)Alg.VLK.WAU.NL > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] Evaluating websites > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > > Dear all, > > An increasing number of students at our department are interested in doing a project in which they want to evaluate the website of a particular organisation. The criteria I want them to look in doing so at are not only strictly technical, but have to take into account communicational aspects as well (e.g. with regard to the information that is presented and how is presented: readable-clear-transparant-trustworthy etc). > So far I have come up with a small number of Dutch references that address these issues; I often refer to Jakob Nielsen's work and a number of Internet references (sometimes rather 'obscure' websites of small companies or individuals) and that is about it.... Does anybody have further reading suggestions on this? > I'll be glad to send the results of my query back to the list! > > Joyce Lamerichs > Communication and Innovation Studies > Wageningen University

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RE: [Air-l] Science News Online: The Social Net
by Kris Gowen 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

Would it be different, ethically, for a researcher to analyze archives on a message board discussing the same topic? L. Kris Gowen, PhD Senior Research Associate Foundation for Accountability kgowen(a)facct.org www.facct.org

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Science News Online: The Social Net
by Joe Cothrel 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

interesting light overview of net social research . . . The Social Net: Scientists hope to download some insight into online interactions Bruce Bower Science News Online, Week of May 4, 2002; Vol. 161, No. 18 http://www.sciencenews.org/20020504/bob9.asp ____________________________ Joseph Cothrel Vice President of Research Participate Systems, Inc. Chicago, IL USA jcothrel(a)participate.com

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FQS 3(2) "Using Technology in the Qualitative Research Process" online
by jeremy hunsinger 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

I just received this from the jiscmail social theory list, thought some of you might be intersted Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 13:06:11 +0200 From: Katja Mruck <mruck(a)ZEDAT.FU-BERLIN.DE> Subject: FQS 3(2) "Using Technology in the Qualitative Research Process" online Dear All, The 8th issue of the on-line journal FQS -- "Using Technology in the Qualitative Research Process" -- is now available at http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-eng.htm Enjoy reading! Katja Mruck Former issues: - FQS 1(1) Qualitative Research (January 2000) - FQS 1(2) Qualitative Psychology (June 2000) - FQS 1(3) Text, Archive, Re-Analysis (December 2000) - FQS 2(1) Qualitative and Quantitative Research (February 2001) - FQS 2(2) Special Issue: FQS Reviews I (May 2001) - FQS 2(3) Cultural Sciences (September 2001) - FQS 3(1) Criminology (January 2002) All full texts are available for free. *********************************************************************** A) FQS 3(2) USING TECHNOLOGY IN THE QUALITATIVE RESEARCH PROCESS Edited by Graham R. Gibbs, Susanne Friese & Wilma C. Mangabeira The following contributions are available online: F Full text, A Abstract E English, F French, G German, S Spanish Graham R. Gibbs, Susanne Friese & Wilma C. Mangabeira: The Use of New Technology in Qualitative Research. Introduction to Issue 3(2) of FQS (FE, AG, AS) [The German full text will be available in June] Roberta Bampton & Christopher J. Cowton (UK): The E-Interview (FE, AG, AS) Sharon A. Bong (UK): Debunking Myths in Qualitative Data Analysis (FE, AG, AS) Sylvain Bourdon (Canada): The Integration of Qualitative Data Analysis Software in Research Strategies: Resistances and Possibilities (FE, AG, AS) David Brown (UK): Going Digital and Staying Qualitative: Some Alternative Strategies for Digitizing the Qualitative Research Process (FE, AG, AS) Patrick Carmichael (UK): Extensible Markup Language and Qualitative Data Analysis (AE, AG, AS) [The English full text will be available in June] Diógenes Carvajal (Columbia): The Artisan's Tools. Critical Issues when Teaching and Learning CAQDAS (FE, FS, AG) Bibi Holge-Hazelton (Denmark): The Internet: A New Field for Qualitative Inquiry? (FE, AG, AS) Thomas Irion (Germany): Collection, Presentation and Analysis of Multimedia Data with Computers (FG, AE, AS) Anne Marie Kanstrup (Denmark): Picture the Practice-Using Photography to Explore Use of Technology Within Teachers' Work Practices (FE, AG, AS) Sabine C. Koch & Joerg Zumbach (Germany): The Use of Video Analysis Software in Behavior Observation Research: Interaction Patterns in Task-oriented Small Groups (FE, AG, AS) Marc Koerschen, Jessica Pohl, H. Walter Schmitz & Olaf A. Schulte (Germany): New Techniques in Qualitative Conversation Analysis: Computer-based Transcription of Videoconferences (FG, AE, AS) Thorsten Meyer, Harald Gruppe & Michael Franz (Germany): Microsoft Access for the Analysis of Open-ended Responses in Questionnaires and Interviews (FG, AE, AS) Connie M. Moss & Gary Shank (USA): Using Qualitative Processes in Computer Technology Research on Online Learning: Lessons in Change from "Teaching as Intentional Learning" (FE, AG, AS) Bruno Nideroest (Switzerland): Computer-Aided Qualitative Data Analysis with Word (FG, AE, AS) Kathryn A. Roberts & Richard W. Wilson (UK): ICT and the Research Process: Issues Around the Compatibility of Technology With Qualitative Data Analysis (FE, AG, AS) Cory Secrist, Ilse de Koeyer, Holly Bell, & Alan Fogel (USA): Combining Digital Video Technology and Narrative Methods for Understanding Infant Development (FE, FS, AG) Robert Thompson (Australia): Reporting the Results of Computer-assisted Analysis of Qualitative Research Data (FE, AG, AS) Elaine Welsh (UK): Dealing with Data: Using NVivo in the Qualitative Data Analysis Process (FE, AG, AS) Josef Zelger & Andreas Oberprantacher (Austria): Processing of Verbal Data and Knowledge Representation by GABEK®-WinRelan® (AE, AG, AS) [The English full text will be available in June] SINGLE CONTRIBUTION Ronald Hitzler (Germany): The Reconstruction of Meaning. The State of the Art in German Interpretive Sociology (FG, AE, AS) [pre-published: April 2002] FQS REVIEW Guenter Mey: Editorial Note: 2 Years FQS Review: 18 Publishers, 74 Reviews, 3383 Mails (FG, AE, AS) REVIEW ESSAYS Volker Barth (France, Germany): Society as a Dialectical Process - Victor Turner in Between Ndembu and Bob Dylan (FG, AE, AF, AS) [pre-published: Febr. 2002] Jaan Valsiner (USA): Ethnography Lost and Found: Qualitative Methodology Between Science, Art, and Social Powers (FE, AG, AS) [pre-published: Febr. 2002] FQS REVIEW NOTES David Howarth (2000). Discourse reviewed by John Cromby (UK) (FE, AG, AS) [pre-published: April 2002] Stefan Beck (Ed.) (2000). Technogene Naehe. Ethnographische Studien zur Mediennutzung im Alltag [Technogenetic Closeness. Ethnographic Studies on the Use of New Media in Everyday Life] reviewed by Nicola Doering (Germany) (FG, AE, AS) [pre-published: March 2002] Dorothée Ninck Gbeassor, Heidi Schaer Sall, David Signer, Daniel Stutz & Elena Wertli (1999). Ueberlebenskunst in Uebergangswelten: ethnopsychologische Betreuung von Asylsuchenden [The Art of Surviving in Transitional Worlds: Counselling for the Asylum Seekers] reviewed by Victoria Hegner (Germany) (FG, AE, AS) [pre-published: Febr. 2002] Michael Beisswenger (Ed.) (2001). Chat-Kommunikation. Sprache, Interaktion und Sozialitaet in synchroner computervermittelter Kommunikation. Perspektiven auf ein interdisziplinaeres Forschungsfeld [Chat Communication. Language, Interaction, and Sociality in Computer Mediated Communication. Perspectives on an interdisciplinary research area] reviewed by Matthias Petzold (Germany) (FG, AE, AS) [pre-published: March 2002] Thomas Bruesemeister (2000). Qualitative Forschung. Ein Ueberblick [Qualitative Research: An Overview] reviewed by Martin Spetsmann-Kunkel (Germany) (FG, AE, AS) [pre-published: March 2002] -- FQS - Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research (ISSN 1438-5627) English -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-eng.htm German -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs.htm Please sign the Budapest Open Access Initiative: http://www.soros.org/openaccess/ jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy www.dromocracy.com

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spa > slum
by Barry Wellman 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

Kurt Reymer likens business class lounges to "spas". Perhaps once, and yes, still in comparison to sitting by the gate. But it is more Holiday Inn vs Motel 6, than Ritz-Carlton level. Most people in business class lounges are there because of deals their organizations have negotiated such privileges as part of their volume purchases of air travel. Kurt is right that class is analytically useful, but we have to specify which class. In class terms, the "road warriors" who use them are not upper elite, but upper middle class. They have no control over the means of production, but usually some control over the terms of production. They are often technicans, as well as professionals and managers. As business lounges have gotten broader in their clientele -- and not just elite -- they have changed. For one thing, they are pretty good on road warrior production amenities: printer, internet plug-ins, desks for PCs, lotsa phones. However, they provide much less reproduction/consumption amenities: rarely any food altho lotsa beverages; seats are not good; CNN blasts as irritatingly there as iin the main terminal. They are also not as well maintained as 5 years ago, in accord with the general decline in airline service. (My impressions come mostly from Air Canada, United, American and Lufthansa.) Kurt is also right that "road warrior" is a macho term (although I'd count Xenia in when she gets a laptop and 800 number;-)). It is clearly a marketing hype term that PC Magazine [and perhaps] others started using 5-7 years ago, originally with respect to people using laptops and their anciliaries. Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________

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by Ruth E Cordingley 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

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Website Evaluation
by Philipp Budka 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

Dear Joyce, Here some usefull references on Evaluation of Websites and Online Resources in general: Bauer, Christian; Scharl, Arno (2000): Quantitativ evaluation of Web site content and structure. Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy., 10/1, 31-43. Beck, Susan (1997): Evaluation Criteria. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It´s a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources. <http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html> (27.2.02). Bowles, Gerard (1998): Evaluating WWW Information Sources. <http://members.aol.com/GRBowles/papers/EvalWeb.html> (27.2.02). Harris, Robert (1997): Evaluating Internet Research Sources. <http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm> (27.2.02). Hillmann, Diana (2001): Using Dublin Core. <http://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/> (27.2.02). Misic, Mark M.; Johnson, Kelsey L. (1999): Benchmarking: a tool for Web site evaluation and improvement. Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy., 9/5, 383-392. Rössler, Patrick; Wirth, Werner (1999): "Trau, schau, wem!" Glaubwürdigkeit im Internet - eine Einführung. In Patrick Rössler; Werner Wirth (Ed.), Glaubwürdigkeit im Internet: Fragestellungen, Modelle, empirische Befunde. (pp. 7-12). München: R. Fischer. greetings philipp -- Philipp Budka email: ph.budka(a)philbu.net GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net

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online phd thesis
by Elaine Hoter 04 Jun '02

04 Jun '02

After the discussions long ago about the trail and tribulations of being a doctorate student. I am pleased to be able to say that there is an end:) even if it took me 10 years.... I have put my thesis online in the hope that others doing research in online learning and teacher education will find it useful. http://www.talpiot.ac.il/elaine/index.htm I'd appreciate feedback. Elaine Dr. Elaine Hoter Head of IT Talpiot Teachers College Tel Aviv, Israel

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This list and other languages...
by Guillaume Latzko-Toth 04 Jun '02

04 Jun '02

Hello, Is it "me" or my message was awfully corrupted by the mail server? All diacritic characters were replaced by those horrible =XX sequences... If it is the case for all of us, then let me suggest that something should be done to allow this international mailing list to bear non-english bits of text as well... Guillaume

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #404 - road warriors
by Valdis Krebs 04 Jun '02

04 Jun '02

interesting thread on nomadic computing/working... some real life feedback from two nomadic workers, both consultants: 1) Major firm decides to get rid of most of central office for consultants and adopts 'hotelling'... if you come to the central office, you must 'check in' and we will provide you a 'room' and a link into the company network. Consultant finds he misses his colleagues, and the informal chats, and idea sessions. Hears from others, via phone chats, that they feel the same. Nomadic consultants sometimes go out of their way to schedule layovers in the same airport so that they can interact F2F. On-line chat, email, vociemail and cell phone just don't substitute effectively for F2F intereaction with colleagues they say. 2) Independent consultant works from home office, spends 8-12 hours a day on internet, has clients/ colleagues all over the world. Recent I/T project was being all done over the net using email, FTP, web sites and WebEx. A meeting was scheduled for the whole team in one physiscal place for 2 days. The two day meeting accomplished much more than months of email -- we all concluded that: "A day F2F is worth a 1,000 emails" -- especially for complex work. Independent consultant may interact with 20-30 people a day on-line, but still misses proximity of others. Occasionally gathers his lap-top and goes to local bookstore cafe to work and be with real people. Who else is in the bookstore cafe? Other nomadic workers who desire close proximity to living, breathinjg bodies! What's nice about the cafe is that it is a good place to form diverse ties -- outside of your company/industry. Valdis Krebs http://www.orgnet.com

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