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new reviews in cyberculture (april 2002)
by david silver 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

air'ers, New Book Reviews in Cyberculture Studies (April 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 April 2002 (found at http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/books/) include: Marsha Kinder, editor, Kids' Media Culture Reviewed by Geoff Lealand Tom Standage, The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century's On-Line Pioneers Reviewed by Jonathan Sterne and Leslie M. Tkach William Wresch, Disconnected: Haves and Have-nots in the Information Age Reviewed by John Daly with a response from William Wresch 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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RE: [Air-l] looking for some leads
by Kris Gowen 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

Sarah: Within the past year, the New York Times Sunday magazine did a great article on gay teens online. Not very academic, but it may give you some interesting leads. Good Luck, Kris Gowen, PhD Foundation for Accountability

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Suggestions for conference submissions
by Susannah R. Stern 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

I recently completed a paper on Internet research ethics that I planned to submit to the AEJMC conference in August. I just learned that I might not be able to attend this conference, so I was hoping that someone might have suggestions about another upcoming (USA) conference for which the paper might be well-suited. Thank you for any suggestions-- the sooner the better! ---------------------- Susannah R. Stern, Ph.D. Communication Department Boston College phone: (617)552-6015 email: sternsu(a)bc.edu

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RE: [Air-l] Intercultural communication
by Han Lee 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

The following is an article about how ESL (English as a Second Language) students--most participants were Asian--in some U.S. colleges have interacted with American tutors on the Internet in comparison to their offline interactions: Freiermuth, M.R. (2001). Native speakers or non-native speakers: Who has the floor? Online and face-to-face interaction in culturally mixed small groups. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 14, 169-199. And as far as Charles Ess' "Culture, Technology, Communication" is concerned, it seems to be more about computer-mediated communication at specific cultures only (non-western) than intercultural communication. For instance, one chapter that is listed under the category of "East-West/East" is about the recent arrival of computer-mediated communication and its social impacts on young Korean generation, rather than about how those from Korean culture inter-communicated with those from another culture over the Internet. The actual portion of intercultural computer-mediated communication in the book isn't much as it sounds from the title: "Towards an Intercultural Global Village." However, I think the book is still valuable because it still provides perspectives that are "less western" or "the other side of the story." Personally, I would be interested in hearing more about your research--if that is the intention of finding sources for intercultural communication mediated over the Internet. Han >Hello, > >I was wondering if anybody knows of any >prior research / literature about intercultural >communication mediated over the internet >or other electronic media, in specific between >the west and asia. > >i came across the following: > >Ma, Ringo, �Computer-Mediated Conversations as a New Dimension of >Intercultural Communication between East Asian and North American College >Students,�" in Susan C. Herring (ed.), Computer-Mediated Communication: >Linguistic, Social and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: >John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1996. pp.173-185. > >regards, >Lokman Tsui >National Taiwan University / Leiden University >===== Original Message From "David Palfreyman" <David.Palfreyman(a)zu.ac.ae> ===== >Re Charles's post, the URL of CATAC '02 is http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac02/. As I remember, the proceedings of CATAC '98 focused on macro issues of information systems and national cultures. Personally, I would look forward at the CATAC '02 to more focus on particular intercultural interactions and the part which culture and online communication play in them - which I think was more what Lokman Tsui was asking about...? >As far as I know there is a lack of research in this area. The only possibly relevant reference I can offer I think is >Ebrahim, ZT (2001) Are Pakistani Women on the Road to Information Technology? Retrieved 10 February 2002 from http://www.dawn.com/events/infotech/it16.htm. > > >:-D > > >_______________________________________________ >Air-l mailing list >Air-l(a)aoir.org >http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Intercultural communication
by David Palfreyman 31 Mar '02

31 Mar '02

Re Charles's post, the URL of CATAC '02 is http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac02/. As I remember, the proceedings of CATAC '98 focused on macro issues of information systems and national cultures. Personally, I would look forward at the CATAC '02 to more focus on particular intercultural interactions and the part which culture and online communication play in them - which I think was more what Lokman Tsui was asking about...? As far as I know there is a lack of research in this area. The only possibly relevant reference I can offer I think is Ebrahim, ZT (2001) Are Pakistani Women on the Road to Information Technology? Retrieved 10 February 2002 from http://www.dawn.com/events/infotech/it16.htm. :-D

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intercultural communication
by Lokman Tsui 31 Mar '02

31 Mar '02

Hello, I was wondering if anybody knows of any prior research / literature about intercultural communication mediated over the internet or other electronic media, in specific between the west and asia. i came across the following: Ma, Ringo, ¡§Computer-Mediated Conversations as a New Dimension of Intercultural Communication between East Asian and North American College Students,¡š in Susan C. Herring (ed.), Computer-Mediated Communication: Linguistic, Social and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1996. pp.173-185. regards, Lokman Tsui National Taiwan University / Leiden University

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RE: [Air-l] intercultural communication
by Charles Ess 31 Mar '02

31 Mar '02

With apologies for self-promotion... Fay Sudweeks and I have been collecting research on culture vis-a-vis technology and communication for nearly six years now. Several papers and related chapters from our conferences - "Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication" (CATaC), beginning in 1998 - have been published in a variety of places, including special issues of the Electronic Journal of Communication (on the www.cios.org website), AI and Society (1999), Javnost (1999), and new media and society (if memory serves: vol. 3, no. 3 - September, 2001) Our book, _Culture, Technology, Communication: Towards an Intercultural Global Village_ (with a foreword by Susan Herring), made up of CATaC'98 and related papers, was published by SUNY Press in 2001. We're just finishing the reviewing process for CATaC'02 - in Montreal this July 13-17. There are a large number of excellent papers from a range of cultural contexts that will be accepted for presentation. I'm sorry I can't give more precise details - including the URL for the CATaC'02 conference. The joke is - I'm in Thailand currently, relying on an Internet cafe for e-mail. Certainly good enough for most purposes - but all the appropriate data is in my (unconnected) laptop. The Thailand connection is worth mentioning as well: there is a conference here in a few days on "Information Technology and the Universities of Asia." I can tell you that in preparing for my talk - yes, indeed, there's more and more good research on the differences (and similarities) between cultures vis-a-vis IT. Indeed, in my own research, it was the conflicts between Western and Asian cultures that first began to pop up on the scholarly radar screens, suggesting that these cultural differences were significant - especially as obstacles to the more sanguine (if not imperialistic) visions of an "electronic global village" that at least North Americans happily swam in in the 1980s and (early-to-mid?) 1990s. Some of the earliest discussions of this that I have found are from around 1990. But there still was very little - no more than a handful of articles - so far as I could tell by 1998, when we held our first conference. Since then - though I do not any special claim credit for this - the literature has dramatically expanded and matured. Thailand is a particularly appropriate place to consider these things - the Thai language presents notorious problems for Western-based computer systems (beginning with the problem of no standardized system for transliteration into Roman characters). At the same time, my friend and colleague, Soraj Hongladarom (Chulalongkorn University) has presented what I still find to be one of the most helpful models for conjoining a global communication medium with uses of IT that preserve and enhance local cultural identities. Yes, you can find his chapter in our book (smile!). This interesting hybrid model may have something to do with Thai culture itself. It is, with Japan, a country that has never been militarily colonized, but represents the (relatively) peaceful amalgamation of a range of cultures and peoples - not only the various Thai peoples, more narrowly speaking, but also Chinese and (East) Indian peoples/cultures/religious traditions. The famous Chinese gods of prosperity, happiness, and longevity sit comfortably next to numerous Hindu gods and goddesses - and larger buildings, from luxury hotels to Police Headquarters are marked by spirit houses for propitiating what religion scholars categorize as animist entities. A Japanese worshipper offering incense to the Hindu elephant god can also calmly take a call on her cellphone: there seems to be no sense of lines crossed - if there is much of a Western sense of lines at all. (I realize that this comfortable pluralism is characteristic of many Asian societies: I can't say how far Thailand is distinctive in this. If I make any progress in this direction of research, I'll happily pass it along.) In any case, if you'd like more details, please e-mail me privately and I'll respond more fully as soon as I can. With all best wishes from Bangkok, Charles Ess Interdisciplinary Studies Center Drury University Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA -----Original Message----- From: Lokman Tsui To: air-l(a)aoir.org Sent: 30/3/45 6:47 Subject: [Air-l] intercultural communication Hello, I was wondering if anybody knows of any prior research / literature about intercultural communication mediated over the internet or other electronic media, in specific between the west and asia. i came across the following: Ma, Ringo, ??Computer-Mediated Conversations as a New Dimension of Intercultural Communication between East Asian and North American College Students,?? in Susan C. Herring (ed.), Computer-Mediated Communication: Linguistic, Social and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1996. pp.173-185. regards, Lokman Tsui National Taiwan University / Leiden University _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Antw: [Air-l] intercultural communication (Urlaubsnachricht- AutoReply)
by Thomas Burg 30 Mar '02

30 Mar '02

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren! Ich bin bis 8.4.02 nicht im Büro. In dringenden Fällen setzen Sie sich für diese Woche bitte mit Eva Zauchinger, Customer Relations unter zauchinger(a)donau-uni.ac.at oder 02732-893-2501 in Verbindung. Mit besten Grüßen Thomas N. Burg, Zentrum für Neue Medien Donau-Universität Krems Neue Lehrgänge unter: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/znm >>> air-l 03/30/02 13:47 >>> Hello, I was wondering if anybody knows of any prior research / literature about intercultural communication mediated over the internet or other electronic media, in specific between the west and asia. i came across the following: Ma, Ringo, íºComputer-Mediated Conversations as a New Dimension of Intercultural Communication between East Asian and North American College Students,í¿ in Susan C. Herring (ed.), Computer-Mediated Communication: Linguistic, Social and Cross-Cultural Perspectives. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1996. pp.173-185. regards, Lokman Tsui National Taiwan University / Leiden University _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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intellectual property
by Patrick B. O'Sullivan 29 Mar '02

29 Mar '02

The Berkman Center at Harvard Law School offers a wide range of courses online, and is an excellent resource for all things cyberlaw. Here's the url: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ Patrick >Message: 3 >Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 13:12:38 -0600 (CST) >From: Ed Lamoureux <ell(a)hilltop.bradley.edu> >To: air-l(a)aoir.org >Subject: [Air-l] intellectual property, online >Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > >One of my students needs a course about intellectual property/law, online. > >any suggestions?

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Fwd: Transparencies: Technology, Culture, Communication
by Steve Jones 29 Mar '02

29 Mar '02

[Apologies for cross-posting.] CALL FOR PAPERS: Transparencies: Technology, Culture, Communication A graduate student conference Friday, November 1 and Saturday November 2, 2002 Transparencies, a graduate student conference at the University of Texas at Austin, is an invitation to explore the implications of both historically significant and recently emergent technologies from a critical and cultural perspective. In the beginning of the 21st century, our constant interactions with technology have become nearly transparent and problematic in new ways. New forms of transnational and transcultural identity are supported by global flows of culture. Provincialism and isolationism emerge in different guises. Cultural critique and journalism take on new paths and responsibilities. Vital data flows and banal spam fill "superhighways" running alongside persistent social and digital divides. How do these elements interact, and how are they contingent on each other? How do technologies participate in these "transparencies" that help us negotiate the micro- and macro-conflicts and contradictions of everyday life? The conference is an opportunity for scholars in all disciplines engaged with issues of technology and culture to come together and share their ideas on these and other topics. In addition to panels, the conference will include a keynote address, a reception and other unstructured time to facilitate the exchange of ideas. As a regional conference we invite our colleagues from across Texas and the surrounding south-central US states, as well as from northern Mexico, to participate. Possible topics include (but are not limited to): _ Communication technology and the formation of identity (gender, ethnicity, nation) _ Technologies on the border _ Historiographic accounts of media technologies _ Transcultural identity and uses of technology _ Media, technology, citizenship _ Communication technology and discourse _ DIY Communication: Media sabotage and culture jamming _ Television and Radio's future and their past _ Failed technologies of culture and communication _ "Non-traditional" technologies of communication _ Popular music and technology _ Personal computer culture _ Cinema as cultural technology _ Video games, computer games Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, June 14. Abstracts should be 300 words or less. Abstracts may be emailed, or mailed if postmarked no later than June 14. Electronic submissions encouraged. Participants will be notified of acceptance or rejection by July 19. Panel submissions cannot be considered. A draft of the conference program will be made available online. Complete papers must be submitted by the September 15, 2002. Papers submitted by the September 15 deadline will be eligible to compete for a "top paper" award of $500, sponsored by the Technology and Information Policy Institute. For more information or for paper submission, please contact Coordinating Committee Transparencies Department of Radio-Television-Film CMA 6.118 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712 Email: transpar(a)uts.cc.utexas.edu Sponsored by the Department of Radio-TV-Film, Technology and Information Policy Institute, and Graduate Students in Radio-TV-Film.

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