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3rd Annual Convention of Media Ecology Association June 21-23 NY
by J. Sternberg 02 May '02

02 May '02

THE THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE MEDIA ECOLOGY ASSOCIATION June 21-23, 2002 Hosted by the Communication Arts Department, Marymount Manhattan College 221 East 71st Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues) New York, NY 10021 <http://www.media-ecology.org> --Would you like to spend a coffee break debating the ideas of Marshall McLuhan, Walter Ong, Lewis Mumford, Susanne Langer, George Herbert Mead, or Neil Postman? --Is the history of technology and the culture of those who use it as important to you as how it is currently being used? --Are you interested in exploring orality and literacy; print media, television, and the Internet; language, culture, and consciousness, or media ecology education and policy; technology and information systems? If you answered yes to any of these questions, consider joining us for the Third Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association at Marymount Manhattan College. Keynote speaker Elizabeth Eisenstein, author of The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, will address "Old Media in the New Millennium." Featured presentations by Leonard Shlain, author of The Alphabet Versus the Goddess, and Donald Theall, author of The Virtual Marshall McLuhan. Special film screening: McLuhan's Wake, by Kevin McMahon. PRE-REGISTRATION INFORMATION The Convention is open to 2002 MEA members only; 2002 membership dues may be paid when registering. Convention Fees: US $30 Pre-Registration (before June 1, 2002*) US $20 Student Pre-Registration (before June 1, 2002*) If not already a member for 2002, please add: US $40 2002 Membership (through December 31, 2002) US $20 2002 Student Membership (through December 31, 2002; include photocopy of full-time student ID) *Registration after June 1, 2002 and on-site will be $40 for members and $30 for student members. A printable version of the pre-registration form is available online at <http://www.media-ecology.org>, where you can also find the Convention schedule (updated periodically), as well as a list of hotels in Manhattan and directions to the Marymount Manhattan campus. Mail completed pre-registration form and check or money order payable to Media Ecology Association to Thom Gencarelli, MEA Treasurer Department of Broadcasting Montclair State University Montclair, NJ 07043-9987 gencarellit(a)mail.montclair.edu 973-655-7339 973-655-5432 (fax) Questions? Contact the Convention Coordinators: David Linton & Laura Tropp Communication Arts Department Marymount Manhattan College 221 East 71st Street New York, NY 10021-4597 Ltropp(a)mmm.edu, laura.tropp(a)nyu.edu (alternate) 212-774-4868 DEADLINE FOR PRE-REGISTRATION: JUNE 1, 2002

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learning in internet-based networks
by Joyce.Lamerichs＠Alg.VLK.WAU.NL 02 May '02

02 May '02

Dear all, On behalf of a colleague of mine, I would like to post the following request for information: I've been asked to help two regional internet-based networks that operate throughout Latin America to assess the extent to which they are stimulating learning in rural development. What frameworks exist that can help networks undertake the monitoring and evaluate of their impact - in terms of learning - among the network members? many thanks, Joyce Lamerichs Communication and Information Studies Wageningen University and Research Centre

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NYTimes.com Article: Lessons Learned at Dot-Com U.
by icmrk＠nus.edu.sg 02 May '02

02 May '02

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (may 2002)
by david silver 01 May '02

01 May '02

Folks, Another batch of goodies ... Enjoy! david *** feel free to distribute *** New Book Reviews in Cyberculture Studies (May 2002) Each month, the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (RCCS) <http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs> publishes two or three full-length book reviews. The reviews reflect a modest attempt to locate critically various contours of the emerging and interdisciplinary field of cyberculture studies. RCCS's book reviews section now includes full-length reviews of over 130 books on cyberculture, the Internet, and technoculture. New reviews for May 2002 (found at http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/books/) include: Chrisanthi Avgerou & Geoff Walsham, eds., Information Technology in Context: Studies from the Perspective of Developing Countries. Reviewed by John Daly. Takahiko Iimura, Observer/Observed and Other Works of Video Semiology. Reviewed by Linda Leung with a response from Takahiko Iimura. Brenda Laurel, Utopian Entrepreneur. Reviewed by Rita Lauria, Geert Lovink, & Leslie Regan Shade. If you or your colleagues are interested in reviewing books for RCCS, contact us directly at <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu>. As always, please feel free to forward this message. david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver To SUBSCRIBE to cyberculture-announce, a low volume announcement list for RCCS events and updates, email: listproc(a)u.washington.edu; No subject is needed. In the body, type: subscribe cyberculture-announce

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'Community' in the Network Society, Oxford UK, further details
by Keith N Hampton 01 May '02

01 May '02

*Apologies for cross-posting* This message contains further details on the conference on 'Community' in the Network Society, at Oxford UK, 16 May 2002. For the original outline and a booking form, please go to www.cdf.org.uk/html/conf.html or contact Cheryl Roberts, cheryl(a)cdf.org.uk A background paper on the issues and this will be sent to all registered delegates, and posted on the CDF website shortly. Face-to-face and globally connected? 'Community' in the Network Society organised by Community Development Foundation in collaboration with the ESRC Virtual Society? Programme and the Active Community Unit of the Home Office 16 May 2002 Said Business School, Oxford Chair: Ruth Lister, Professor of Social Policy, University of Leicester 1015 Welcome and introduction 1025 Keith Hampton, MIT 1100 Parallel sessions Jan Steyaert, Fontys University Sue Webb, Women Connect 1200 coffee 1220 Alison Gilchrist, CDF 1300 Lunch 1400 Parallel sessions Kevin Carey, HumanIT Helen Thomson, The Countryside Agency 1500 Tea 1520 Panel-based discussion with: Somya Joshi, Salford University Keith Sealy, The INNIT Project Catherine Herman, consultant Kim Osterberg, AKB Housing, Copenhagen 1600 Review: Vicki Nash, ippr 1615 Conference closes Kevin Harris Community Development Foundation www.cdf.org.uk +44 207 226 5375 fax 207 704 0313 60 Highbury Grove London N5 2AG ______________________________________________________________________

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�REQUEST FOR THE PARTICIPATION ALL EVENT ,MEETING CONFERENCES�
by lotus trust 01 May '02

01 May '02

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[Fwd: [Digiplay] Digital Games Research Association]
by jeremy hunsinger 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

-- jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy cddc/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu 526 major williams hall 0130 http://www.dromocracy.com virginia tech -under construction blacksburg, va 24061 540-231-7614 this email was sent from my office

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Desperately seeking RFC600
by Brian Dear 30 Apr '02

30 Apr '02

Hi, In my research for a book about the history of the PLATO system I've learned that there was an RFC document, RFC600 written in 1973, that proposed a way to connect a PLATO terminal to the ARPAnet. Alas --- just my luck --- RFC600 appears to be the only RFC document of *all* RFCs that are not available for free on the net in one of the many web archives. Nor have I found a university that has a copy. I've been in touch with Art Berggreen, the author of the RFC, and I'm hoping he successfully finds a copy somewhere in his papers. In the meantime, I thought I would ask the members of AIR-L if any of you have a copy. If you do, or you know where I could obtain a copy, could you let me know? Thanks, - Brian Brian Dear / brian(a)birdrock.com La Jolla, CA

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Fwd: Silent Theft: Commercial Exploitation of the Commons
by jeremy hunsinger 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

I've been considering forwarding this all day and finally gave in:) Begin forwarded message: > From: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson(a)RealMeasures.dyndns.org> > Date: Mon Apr 29, 2002 02:45:11 PM US/Eastern > To: cyber-rights(a)cpsr.org, farber(a)cis.upenn.edu > Subject: Silent Theft: Commercial Exploitation of the Commons > > > (Forwarded from Commercialism Alert list, > commercial-alert(a)lists.essential.org) > > -------- Original Message -------- > Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:28:12 -0700 > From: Gary Ruskin <gary(a)commercialalert.org> > > > Commercial Alert > April 29, 2002 > > David Bollier has just written an excellent book on the > enclosure and commercial exploitation of the commons, titled > Silent Theft: The Private Plunder of our Common Wealth > <http://www.silenttheft.com>. > > The book describes the broad scope of the commons -- such as > the environment, natural resources, our culture, genetic > material, public spaces, government research -- and the > corporate looting of it. > > "We are living in the midst of a massive business-led > enclosure movement that hides itself in plain sight," > Bollier writes. Silent Theft's great contribution is to > collect and distill material from dozens of fields of > inquiry to make this enclosure movement visible and easily > understood. > > The book is especially strong on corporate plunder of > intellectual property, the Internet commons, and the > privatization of public knowledge and federal drug and > information resources. But it also has useful chapters on > the commercialization of culture and public spaces > (including schools), and the academic commons, among many > other topics. > > Silent Theft is important history. It will help > environmental, anti-commercialism and consumer activists to > understand how their work fits into the broader pattern of > the assault on the commons. It is rich with analogies we can > use in efforts to protect different kinds of commons. > > But Silent Theft is no mere anti-corporate rant. It argues > persuasively how the shrinkage of the commons hurts > business, especially through the concentration of market > power and the stifling of innovation in computer software, > on the Internet, and in science, generally. > > If we are to stop the commercialization of nearly > everything, we first need to know what the commons is, what > we have lost, and how we lost it. Silent Theft is a great > place to start. > > <----> > > Following is an old English folk poem, circa 1764, reprinted > from Silent Theft: > > They hang the man and flog the woman > That steal the goose from off the common, > But let the greater villain loose > That steals the common from the goose. > > The law demands that we atone > When we take things we do not own > But leaves the lords and ladies fine > Who take things that are yours and mine. > > The poor and wretched don't escape > If they conspire the law to break; > This must be so but they endure > Those who conspire to make the law. > > The law locks up the man or woman > Who steals the goose from off the common' > And geese will still a common lack > Till they go and steal it back. > > <-----> > > Commercial Alert's mission is to keep the commercial culture > within its proper sphere, and to prevent it from exploiting > children and subverting the higher values of family, > community, environmental integrity and democracy. > Commercial Alert's website is at > <http://www.commercialalert.org>. > > Commercial Alert's materials are distributed electronically > via our mailing list <commercial-alert(a)lists.essential.org>. > To subscribe, send the word "subscribe" to > <info(a)commercialalert.org>, or go to > <http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/commercial-alert>. > > This note is posted at: > <http://lists.essential.org/pipermail/commercial- > alert/2002/000112.html>. > > To join Commercial Alert, go to: > <https://www.egrants.org/donate/index.cfm?ID=2404-0|1236-0>. > > PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY > -- > Gary Ruskin | gary(a)commercialalert.org > Commercial Alert | http://www.commercialalert.org/ > Congressional Accountability Project | > http://www.congressproject.org/ > phone: 503.235.8012 | fax: 503.235.5073 > > To subscribe to Commercial Alert's email list, send the > message "subscribe" to <info(a)commercialalert.org>. > _______________________________________________ > Commercial-alert mailing list > Commercial-alert(a)lists.essential.org > http://lists.essential.org/mailman/listinfo/commercial-alert > > > ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ > CPSR Cyber Rights -- http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ > To unsubscribe, e-mail: cyber-rights-unsubscribe(a)cpsr.org > To reach moderator, e-mail: cyber-rights-owner(a)cpsr.org > For additional commands, e-mail: cyber-rights-help(a)cpsr.org > Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. > ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ > > 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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Fwd: [CSL]: New Journal - Information Polity
by jeremy hunsinger 29 Apr '02

29 Apr '02

Begin forwarded message: > From: John Armitage <john.armitage(a)UNN.AC.UK> > Date: Mon Apr 29, 2002 03:40:15 AM US/Eastern > To: CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: [CSL]: New Journal - Information Polity > Reply-To: The Cyber-Society-Live mailing list is a moderated discussion > list for those interested <CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > > -----Original Message-----From: Whiteside Lynn > [mailto:L.Whiteside@gcal.ac.uk] > Sent: 26 April 2002 16:12 > To: 'Armitage, John' > Subject: New Journal - Information Polity > > Dear John > Could you please considering including a flyer within Cyber Society for > the > new journal I am editing - Information Polity: the international > journal of > government and democracy in the information age. This journal is > published > by IOS Press in the Netherlands. > > The journal aims to publish work from academics that is both of top > quality > and, equally, of high strategic relevance to practitioners. Equally, the > journal is intent on publishing work undertaken by practitioners - > professional, administrative and political - who are actively engaged > in the > broad arenas of government and democracy, whether at local, regional, > national or supra-national levels. > > The journal is both international and comparative in its perspectives > and > welcomes articles from scholars and practitioners throughout the world. > > The journal is a tangible expression of the awareness that ICT, > including > the Internet, is of deepening significance for all polities as new > forms of > government and democratic practice are sought throughout the world. > > The journal aims to publish articles on political, economic, legal, > managerial, organizational and wider social themes and issues as they > relate > to policy developments surrounding information & communications > technologies > [ICT] in government and democracy. Examples of such themes and issues > are: > > * The modernization of government and ICT; > * Consumer responsive government; > * Joined up government and ICT; > * The globalisation of government and ICT; > * Virtual government; > * Data privacy, protection and security; > * Democratic innovation and ICT; > * The citizen, the state and ICT; > * Changing ICT-supported democratic practices in the contemporary > polity; > * Public policies for ICT development and adoption; > > Publishing in the Journal > The journal is keen to receive well-written journal articles from its > targeted authors on topics as stated above. Articles submitted for > consideration must be written in English. Academic articles submitted > should > normally not exceed 6000 words in length [including all footnotes]. > Articles > in the form of authoritative, well-researched case studies will be > welcomed > and will not normally exceed 4000 words. The journal will welcome > polemical > articles as well as those deriving from research and practice. The > journal > will also commission book reviews. > > I look forward to hearing from you in the near future. > > Best Wishes > > Professor John Taylor > Editor-in-Chief > Information Polity > Tel - (0044) 141 331 3129 > Email - jta(a)gcal.ac.uk > > > > Lynn Whiteside > Assistant Registrar > Caledonian Business School > Tel - 0141 331 8620 > Email - L.Whiteside(a)gcal.ac.uk > > ************************************************************************* > *********** > Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated > discussion > list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary > academic > study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list > please visit: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html > ************************************************************************* > ************ > > 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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