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FW: As the Web Matures, Fun Is Hard to Find (L Guernsey NYTimes)
by Ellis Godard 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

Expiring domains outnumber those registered or renewed, and web useage is (purportedly) down... -----Original Message----- POLLING ABSTRACT The lack of compelling content may be contributing to a decline in the amount of time that people spend online. In March 2000, according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in Washington, people averaged 90 minutes per online session. A year later, when the same people were polled, that number had dropped to 83 minutes. According to the report, those polled said that they were using the Web more to conduct business than to explore new areas, aiming to get offline as quickly as possible. The toy box has turned into a toolbox. Even without new technologies crowding the spotlight, the Web today seems to be less than inspiring. About half of Internet users in 2000, for example, said the Internet helped "a lot" in enabling them to learn new things. A year later, when the same group was polled, only 39 percent made that claim. "For fun Internet activities, users report little or no growth in having gone online for hobbies, game playing or just to seek out fun diversions," the Pew report said. Even for newcomers -- those who might be most likely to surf around for kicks -- growth is tepid, the report added. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/28/technology/circuits/28WEBB.html March 28, 2002 AS THE WEB MATURES, FUN IS HARD TO FIND By LISA GUERNSEY GLENN DAVIS, the founder of the once-popular online destination Cool Site of the Day, used to be so addicted to the Web that he called it his "recreational drug." He started Cool Site in 1994, after discovering the thrill of happening upon an especially interesting Web site and telling his friends what he had found. Within a year, more than 20,000 people a day were visiting the site, and Mr. Davis became a Web celebrity, giving interviews to online magazines and fending off gifts from Webmasters who were desperately seeking his recommendation of their sites. Today, Mr. Davis has not only kicked his Web habit but also almost completely given up the medium. The Cool Site of the Day still exists, but it is no longer run by Mr. Davis, who has also lost his enthusiasm for trolling for new pages. "We lost our sense of wonder," he said. "The Web is old hat." Just 11 years after it was born and about 6 years after it became popular, the Web has lost its luster. Many who once raved about surfing from address to address on the Web now lump site-seeing with other online chores, like checking the In box. What attracted many people to the Web in the mid-1990's were the bizarre and idiosyncratic sites that began as private obsessions and swiftly grew into popular attractions: the Coffee Cam, a live image of a coffee maker at the University of Cambridge; the Fish Tank Cam from an engineer at Netscape; The Spot, the first online soap opera; the Jennicam, the first popular Internet peephole; the Telegarden, which allowed viewers to have remote control of a robot gardener; and the World Wide Ouija, where viewers could question the Fates with the computer mouse. The Web was like a chest of toys, and each day brought a new treasure. "I remember sitting there for hours thinking it was so neat," said Jason Gallo, an office manager in Washington who discovered the Web in 1994. He said he would often get lists of favorite sites from his friends, which he called "quirky islands of fun." "I don't see that anymore," he said. Lisa Maira, a computer network administrator at the University of Buffalo, designed the Mr. Potato Head site with colleagues in 1994 (the name was later changed to Mr. Edible Starchy Tuber Head to avoid trademark infringement). It allowed viewers to dress up an online version of the toy. The site attracted thousands of visitors and a dozen "best of the Web" awards. "It was just amazing," Ms. Maira said. Now, not only has the site fallen into disrepair, with broken links and missing game pieces, but many of the sites that gave it accolades are also out of business. That kind of Web activity "doesn't impress people anymore," Ms. Maira said, adding that she counted herself among the disenchanted. The problem facing the Web is not that some of these particular sites have come and gone -- there are, after all, only so many times anyone can look at a coffeepot, even online -- but that no new sites have come along to captivate the casual surfer. Bob Rankin, the co-editor of Tourbus, an electronic newsletter, frequently sent his readers to innovative pages. Now the newsletter is more likely to provide information about online charities and antivirus software. "I have a harder time finding the oddball sites that I like to highlight," Mr. Rankin said. The lack of compelling content may be contributing to a decline in the amount of time that people spend online. In March 2000, according to a survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in Washington, people averaged 90 minutes per online session. A year later, when the same people were polled, that number had dropped to 83 minutes. According to the report, those polled said that they were using the Web more to conduct business than to explore new areas, aiming to get offline as quickly as possible. The toy box has turned into a toolbox. Web sites also face stiff competition from other online services. Music programs like Morpheus, a Napster alternative, allow people to download files using a piece of online software instead of clicking from one site to the next. Instant messaging has grown exponentially, and many users say they would rather chat with their friends than spend their time surfing the Web. Even without new technologies crowding the spotlight, the Web today seems to be less than inspiring. About half of Internet users in 2000, for example, said the Internet helped "a lot" in enabling them to learn new things. A year later, when the same group was polled, only 39 percent made that claim. "For fun Internet activities, users report little or no growth in having gone online for hobbies, game playing or just to seek out fun diversions," the Pew report said. Even for newcomers -- those who might be most likely to surf around for kicks -- growth is tepid, the report added. There are other signs that all is not well in Webville. For the first time, the number of expiring domain names outnumbers those being registered or renewed, according to SnapNames, an industry research company in Portland, Ore. Although the SnapNames report theorizes that many of the expired domains were simply unused placeholders for existing companies, like those who wanted a .org version of their .com site, there is no counterbalancing rush to build new sites. In addition, researchers at several online measurement companies have found that the rate of growth in new sites and unique visitors has slumped in recent months. And about 20 percent of public Web sites that existed nine months ago no longer exist, according to a sample studied last week by the Online Library Computer Center, a nonprofit library group in Dublin, Ohio. Separate research shows that of the sites that are still operating, a large number have been taken over by pornography. How did the Web arrive at this juncture? Some people say that the rush to make money, in which profits mattered more than passion, was a significant driver. Mr. Davis, for instance, said he did not design Cool Site of the Day with profit in mind. The site, which was housed on servers at Infinet, the Internet service provider for whom Mr. Davis worked, was taken over by the company when he left in November 1995. In 1998, Infinet sold the site to Mike Corso, a businessman in Chappaqua, N.Y., who charges $97 to those who submit a site for "priority express" consideration, plus $19 a month if the submission is selected and added to the archives. The Web's commercialism dismays many longtime surfers. "Everywhere you go someone is jumping on you to buy something," said John Walkenbach, an author in San Diego, who has written books about software. "It's like walking down the streets of Tijuana." Other users say they are less inclined to hunt for innovative sites because many of them require plug-ins or browser updates that force users into bothersome downloading. Entertainment sites, for example, usually require a program like QuickTime, and even if Web surfers take the time to download a copy, they are likely to be cajoled later into downloading an updated version. There are still islands of innovation and creativity on the Web. For example, iFilm .com shows eclectic video clips posted by Web users. Among longtime Web surfers, personal online diaries, known as Weblogs or blogs, are often cited as the last bastion of interesting material. Lee deBoer, former chief executive of Automatic Media, believes that the downturn in the Web is temporary. In the summer of 2000, his company bought Feed and Suck, two popular online magazines, and started Plastic.com, a Web site that allows users to filter interesting Web content for one another. After just a year, Mr. deBoer's company was forced to close its doors, killing both magazines and relinquishing Plastic.com to a group of investors. (The site still exists, run almost entirely by volunteers.) Even after the bruising taken by his company, Mr. deBoer is not prepared to declare the Web dead. "We've taken a pause," he said, citing a tough advertising climate, a lagging economy and a seriousness that has infused society since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "But I don't think it's much more than a pause." Mr. Davis said he believes that the Web's malaise is more permanent. He is building an online gaming company that uses the Internet but bypasses the Web. "I'm a frontiersperson, and the Web is not a frontier anymore," he said. "It is simply a place." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/28/technology/circuits/28WEBB.html --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *******

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(Virtual) Community Informatics: Workshop & Patterns at DIAC-02
by Michael Bieber 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

Geo-Physical + Virtual Communities = (Virtual) Community Informatics Call for Participation: Workshop on (Virtual) Community Informatics DIAC 2002 Seattle May 16-19, 2002 http://ccsweb.njit.edu/~bieber/vci-diac2002.html "(Virtual) Community Informatics" lies at two cross-roads: bringing together people concerned with Geo-Physical and Virtual or On-Line Communities, and bringing together the researchers and practitioners (developers, leaders and participants) in these two domains. Community Informatics is the study of information technology to support communities and their processes. Virtual Community Informatics promotes the cross-fertilization found at this cross-roads, bringing together researchers and practitioners from such varied disciplines as Sociology, Social Services, Planning, Computer Sciences, Information and Library Sciences, (Management) Information Systems, among others. (Virtual) Community Informatics is a new concept. We are conducting a 1/2 day workshop as part of the DIAC 2002 program. The workshop has the following goals: - developing a fuller understanding of (virtual) community informatics - developing approaches for bringing together the fields of Virtual Communities and Community Informatics - developing approaches for bringing together researchers and practitioners in these domains - determining a research agenda for (virtual) community informatics as field of study and practice - identifying and synthesizing the "patterns" that may be common to virtual and geo-physical community informatics as for example in such areas as training, boundary identification and maintenance, decision making, problem solving The workshop will include short presentations by invited speakers, a panel discussion with a lot of audience participation, and a lot of time for brainstorming and collectively developing the goals above. Position statements are strongly encouraged but not mandatory. They will be distributed at the workshop. Please email a position statement to both Michael Bieber (bieber(a)homer.njit.edu) and Michael Gurstein (gurstein(a)adm.njit.edu) by Tuesday April 30, 2002. We will email people who have expressed an interest more information soon. Stay Informed on (Virtual) Community Informatics If you would be interested in further developments concerning (Virtual) Community Informatics, please email Michael Bieber (bieber(a)homer.njit.edu) or Michael Gurstein (gurstein(a)adm.njit.edu) About DIAC 2002 & Patterns CPSR's 8th biannual "Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing" (DIAC) symposium: Shaping the Network Society: Patterns for Participation, Action, and Change Seattle, May 16-19, 2002 http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/diac02 A variety of events are planned ranging from invited speakers, panel discussions, and pattern presentations to informal working sessions -- both planned and spontaneous. Symposium topics include the digital divide, human rights and privacy, cyberspace and economic development, open content research, pattern language development, community networks, wireless community networking, developing a civil society charter for the UN Summit on the Network Society, virtual communities, online activism, cross-border collaborations, and MORE! Join 500 researchers, practitioners, activists, journalists, educators, artists, policy-makers and citizens from around the world to address critical questions and develop action plans. Based on the insights of architect Christopher Alexander, DIAC-02 is soliciting "patterns" that people use to create communication and information technology that affirms human values. We will use these patterns to craft a "pattern language" - a useful and compelling "knowledge structure" based on the collective wisdom of our community. Ideally our pattern language will help articulate -- and promote interest in -- engaged and effective research and activism. All patterns entered by May 1st will be reviewed at the symposium for possible inclusion in the final pattern language. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Bieber, Associate Professor - Collaborative Hypermedia Research Lab (Co-Director) Email: bieber(a)homer.njit.edu URL: http://ccsweb.njit.edu/~bieber Phone: (973) 596-2681 FAX: (973) 596-5777 Information Systems Department (http://is.njit.edu/) College of Computing Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology 5500 Information Technology Center University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102-1982 USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: [Air-l] intellectual property, online
by Aryne Blumklotz 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

I believe there is a pretty good one at Lewis and Clark Law School here in Portland, OR - but I do not have any details. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Lamoureux [SMTP:ell@hilltop.bradley.edu] > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 11:13 AM > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] intellectual property, online > > > One of my students needs a course about intellectual property/law, > online. > > any suggestions? > > > Edward Lee Lamoureux, Ph. D. > Associate Professor, > Speech Communication and Multimedia > Editor, Journal of Communication and Religion > Bradley University > Peoria IL 61625 > ell(a)bradley.edu > http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~ell > Fax: 309-677-3446 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Air-l mailing list > Air-l(a)aoir.org > http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l

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Job Opening at Univ. of Massachusetts Boston
by Hans Klein 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

Did this list see the new position in Community Media and Technology open at U Mass Boston? Job description: http://www.cpcs.umb.edu/cmt/fac.position.pdf Info on the program and the position is available at http://www.cpcs.umb.edu/cmt as well as in the articles Reebee Garofalo has written in the current and previous issue of www.comtechrevierw.org. I just found out about this now, but I believe that the process is in an advanced stage. Contact Peter Mill (Email above) to know more. Hans

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CFP: Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies
by Anthony Enns 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

The Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies is currently soliciting submissions for an upcoming special issue on: MEDIATION

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looking for some leads
by Sarah Hendrica Bickerton 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

Hi everyone, I suppose I should introduce myself before asking for help, as I just joined the list =) My name is Sarah Bickerton and I am a PhD student in the Sociology Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, working a bit under Steve Jones in the Department of Communication here. I did my undergraduate study at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, where I did physics and sociology with dabbles in computer science before doing my MA thesis in sociology on articulations of embodiment in an online community. My research interests are qualitative, namely gender, sexuality, politics, poststructural identity work, with an overarching focus on online social interaction (hence Steve getting me to subscribe to the list). Okays, now that I have that done, on to the help asking *smile* I am trying to put together a literature review on research of gay and lesbian experiences online for my PhD dissertation that I am starting soon on if coming out as gay or lesbian online alter's one's conceptions of those identities. However, I am coming up shallow on material for the lit review, which bodes well for my research later, but hardly well for the review. This is most probably because of not looking in the right places. As such I was just wondering if any of you could point me in the direction of places to go look for research done on gay and lesbian experiences online? Any databases, etc that you can think of, or articles that you know of. I would really appreciate any assistance at all that anyone could provide. Here's to joining the list. thanks, Sarah -- ******************************************************* Sarah Hendrica Bickerton "Never meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and go well with ketchup." - Anon email: sarah_hendrica(a)yahoo.com icq#:38209213 MSN: sarah_hendrica AIM: kiwidragongurl Yahoo!: sarah_hendrica ******************************************************* _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Urgent reminder: deadline GOR 2002
by Ulf Reips 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

Dear air-l members: this is a reminder that the deadline for submissions to the fifth GOR conference is at the end of this month. Because GOR and AoIR overlap in scope you might be intrested in contributing to both conferences. GOR will be October 10 and 11 (Thursday and Friday), AoIR will start Sunday. There will be a reduction in registration fees for people who attend both conferences. Best wishes from Zurich, --ur ********** Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Reips Psychology department, University of Zurich Vice president, German Society for Online Research http://dgof.de/indexe.htm --------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------------------------------------- GOR 02 GERMAN ONLINE RESEARCH 2002 --> FIVE YEARS OF GOR CONFERENCES <-- _______________________________ GOR '02: 10th and 11th of October, 2002 in the University of Hohenheim's castle, Germany Organized by: German Online Research Society - DGOF e.V. University of Hohenheim, Department for Communication (Prof. Claudia Mast) Supported by: MFG Agency for IT- and Media-Development Baden-Wuerttemberg State department for communication (LFK), State of Baden-Wuerttemberg South West German Radio (SWR), Department for Media Research --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- The 5th German Online Research conference 2002 is organized jointly by the German Society for Online Research (DGOF e.V.), and the University of Hohenheim. The conference will be held in the castle that is part of the University of Hohenheim. Presentation of empirical investigations which examine the Internet as both an instrument for, and an object of, scientific investigation, will be the central focus of the conference. Additionally, DGOF will hold its annual assembly and regional chapters meeting during GOR 02. Following in the tradition of previous GORs, it is our goal to document the progress of research in Online Research and Internet Science and to facilitate dialogue between theoretical and applied perspectives. Conference central topics include: - Cross-media: Online-offline - Ensuring quality in Online Research - Online market research and e-commerce - Internet, globalization, and society ----------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract Submission Guidelines Please submit abstracts for presentations and posters by March 31, 2002 (deadline). Please send: An abstract (about 250 words) plus the additional information requested below Abstracts should be submitted in both English and German (if possible). The conference languages are German and English. Please supply the information in the following format: 1. Title of the oral presentation or poster 2. Type (oral presentation or poster) 3. Author(s) 4. Address of first author (postal address, phone number[s], e-mail and URLs) 5. Central topic choice and/or symposium, if applicable 6. Keywords (max. 4) 7. English text of abstract (ca. 250 words) 8. German text of abstract (if possible, ca. 250 words) Submission format: 1) Please send your abstract in rich text format (.rtf) file format as TWO attachments (one English, one German) to: gorpaper02(a)dgof.de The subject line of your e-mail must contain the following text: "abstract". 2) In addition to sending an attachment, please include the abstract and the information 1-6 mentioned above in the body of your e-mail. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Again, submission deadline is March 31, 2002 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Abstracts will be reviewed by the program committee, you will receive notice of acceptance of your abstract by May 15, 2002. The preliminary program will then be posted at: http://www.dgof.de/gore.htm We are planning to publish the abstracts in an abstract volume, which will be available in a WWW version before the conference. Publishing of the proceedings as a WWW book is planned as well. The best poster wins a prize of Euro 500! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsoring, booths, and commercial presentations: Further sponsors are welcome! Additionally, there is the option of booking fair booth lots for product presentations. Commercial presentations are possible in a special forum and are not part of the academic program. It is not possible for commercial presentations to be submitted as presentations from individuals. Concerning commercial booths and presentations, please contact M. Maier (local organization committee) and W. Bandilla (DGOF) at gor02com(a)dgof.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- Conference fees: Conference fees include conference materials, two lunches, conference dinner, drinks and snacks during breaks. Non-academic (e.g., company representatives, free-lancers, consultants) 300 Euro Academic 110 Euro Students 60 Euro Presenting participants 30 Euro (first authors only) Conference fees have to be paid 100% in advance for Germans. Foreign participants may pay their fees at the conference venue. Day tickets are not available, doctoral students cannot register as students. DGOF members will receive a 20% reduction (a membership application can be found at http://www.dgof.de/dgof_antrage.pdf) Registration for all participants will begin by May 15 at the latest. Further detailed information will be posted continually at the following URL: http://www.dgof.de/gore.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------- Overview of the timeline: 03/31/02 Deadline for abstract submission 05/15/02 Feedback on abstract acceptance 05/15/02 Preliminary program will be published, registration will begin 10/10/02-10/11/02 Conference in Hohenheim ----------------------------------------------------------------- Summary of contacts: Abstract submission: gorpaper02(a)dgof.de Business activities: gor02com(a)dgof.de Conference Website: http://www.gor.de/ Local organization: gor(a)uni-hohenheim.de ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contact address of the local organizing committee: University of Hohenheim Department for Communication Science and Journalism (Prof. Dr. Claudia Mast) Fruwirthstraße 49 D-70599 Stuttgart Germany Tel. +49-711-459 3366 Fax +49-711-459 3376 E-Mail: gor(a)uni-hohenheim.de http://medien.sowi.uni-hohenheim.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- Now available: *Dimensions of Internet Science* -> http://www.genpsy.unizh.ch/reips/dis/

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Roommate needed
by Norman Clark 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

I'm attending the "Shaping the Network Society" symposium, May 16-19, in Seatte, WA, USA. I' was hoping to share a room with someone to cut costs. If there's anyone out there in AoIR land who is also attending, and is willing to share a room, please contact me at clarkne(a)appstate.edu Thanks! Norm Clark Dept of Communication Appalachian State University

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TIR Web//New Issue (April 2002) Available
by david silver 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

Folks, Interesting new issue of The Iowa Review Web, edited by air-l member Thom Swiss ... david ---------- Forwarded message ---------- TIR WEB A journal of New Media and experimental writing and art published at the University of Iowa with support from the Department of English and in collaboration with The International Writing Program and the Iowa Review. Volume 4, Number 2 (April 2002) TIR Web: <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/> � ************************************ � NUMBER #2 + DERVISH FLOWERS "Dervish Flowers" is a shockwave work by French painter Nicolas Clauss and composer Jean-Jaques Berge. Elegant and inventive, the piece responds to the mouse movements of viewers, putting dancers/flowers in motion. As the dancers are moved 'off-stage,' a new screen and new dancers replace them. + Read "With Their Stories or Without," an interview with Nicolas Clauss. And view the piece... <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/flyingpuppets/puppets.htm#> ************************************* � + SHELLEY JACKSON: THE INTERVIEW Shelley Jackson is the author of the classic Patchwork Girl (Eastgate 1995), a hypertext novel. Her story collection, The Melancholy of Anatomy, has just been published by Anchor Books. +Read "Of Dolls & Monsters" An Interview with Shelley Jackson, Winter 2002, by Rita Raley <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/jackson/jackson.htm> ************************************* � + WILLIAM POUNDSTONE: WORK AND AN INTERVIEW William Poundstone is the author of eight books--two of them, The Recursive Universe and Labyrinths of Reason, were nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Brian Kim Stefans writes: "What is most striking...is the easy dexterity with which Poundstone negotiates several different aesthetic traditions... not to mention the developing traditions of web art itself which he seemed instictively to know how to exploit to create an unmistakably 'literary' site that, nonetheless, would not have been done justice in a book." +Read "An Interview with William Poundstone," by Brian Kim Stefans. View his "New Digital Emblems." <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/poundstone/poundstone.htm> ************************************* + POEMS BY Marjorie Stelmach FROM THE NEW ISSUE OF THE IOWA REVIEW <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/stelmach/stelmach.htm> ************************************* + A TALK ABOUT THE ART OF TRANSLATION BY ELIOT WEINBERGER FROM 91� MERIDIAN, A NEW JOURNAL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL WRITING PROGRAM <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/tirweb/feature/weinberger/weinberger.html> ************************************* TIR Web adds new work every two months. Coming up: Interviews with Katherine Hayles,�Jay David Bolter, and others. New work by Talan Memmott,� Meikal And, Catlin Fisher, and others. ------------------------ ABOUT: Publishing electronic literature since 1999, The Iowa Review Web is well-known for its commitment to new writing. Starting in 2002, TIR Web expanded. It now includes --along with electronic literature--other varieties of experimental writing and art. It also features interviews with innovative writers and New Media artists, as well as critical articles and essays. Each issue of TIR Web includes work from both The Iowa Review and 91� Meridian, published by the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. --------------------- The Iowa Review Web: <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iareview/> New Media Poetry Conference, Fall 2002: <http://www.uiowa.edu/~iwp/newmedia/>

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Professor in New Media, Wales, UK
by Charlie Breindahl 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

The posting has been truncated for posting. Further inquiries to Professor Martin Barker, Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. E-mail: mib(a)aber.ac.uk -- Ref: TV 4/02/4/02 Professor in the area of New Media The creation of this new post by the University of Wales, Aberystwyth is both an acknowledgement of the remarkable achievements of the Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies in recent years, and a response to our need for an appointment to play a leading role in new developments currently taking place in the Department: most immediately, the introduction of a new degree, Media & Communication Studies, which will have at its heart the study of digitised and converging media, and the development of a range of skills and capacities to enable graduates to seek employment in these diverse industries. [snip!] The person appointed The person appointed will have a good first degree, a postgraduate qualification, and a substantial track-record of research and publications, in one of the academic disciplines which contributes to current knowledge and understanding of the media: notably, media studies, communication studies, cultural studies, sociology, or a specific subject domain such as film or television studies. For appointment as Professor, the University will seek evidence that you have reached the position of being an acknowledged authority in your subject area, with proven strengths and the ability to lead across research, teaching and academic development, and a national / international reputation. [snip!] The Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies is ambitious to become a major, recognised centre for work in the broad area of both traditional and new media. We are looking to appoint someone willing to contribute overall to accelerating the development of our work, and to placing their own accent on that work. For informal discussions regarding this post, please contact: Professor Ioan Williams, Head of Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies (01970- 622834 (work)/01974-251251 (home)or Professor Martin Barker, Subject Leader, Film & Television Studies (tel 01970-622369 (work) / 01970-625694 (home); e-mail mib(a)aber.ac.uk) Salary: The salary for this post will be in the professorial range, whose minimum is £39, 394. Closing date for applications is 13 April 2002. -- Charlie Breindahl Ph.D. Student, Copenhagen + Malmö Web: http://staff.hum.ku.dk/hitch/ http://www.creativeenvironments.mah.se/ Phone: +45 35 32 81 19 or +46 40 665 71 51 Mobile: +45 51 92 15 98 E-mail: hitch(a)hum.ku.dk "For the modern Don Quixote, the windmills have been preprogrammed to turn into knights" - Janet H. Murray

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