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Care with reply function, please !
by Ken Friedman 29 Sep '01

29 Sep '01

Dear Friends, Please be careful with the reply function. When you reply to AIR-L from Digest, you send the ENTIRE edition out once again to the entire list. If you selectively cut and paste the item to which you reply, the results are far better. Thanks. Ken Friedman

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An apology
by Michel J. Menou 29 Sep '01

29 Sep '01

Dear colleagues, I was on duty travel with connectivity problems when I received and accepted Nancy Baim's nomination to run for an Open seat. Since I could only send mail from hotmail I could not access the list. Thus the short statement I prepared could not circulate through it, as was the case for most candidates. Hopefully no one considered that I thought no introduction or explanation was owed on my part. I am sorry anyway. We live in an era where IT makes everything possible, except the necessary :-) I'm not less sorry to miss the AoIR 2 conference since I am in another meeting in Bonn Germany, for an on-going research project. Sincerely Michel Menou **==**==**==**==**==**==**==**==**==**==**==**==**==** Dr. Michel J. Menou Professor of Information Policy Department of Information Science School of Informatics City University Northampton Square London EC1 0HB, U.K. Mail to: Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr menou(a)soi.city.ac.uk http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/informatics/is/mjm.html

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job announcement
by Ronald E. Rice 28 Sep '01

28 Sep '01

Rutgers University Department of Communication Mediated Communication Position Position Description: The Department of Communication at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey invites applications for an assistant or senior professor position in Mediated Communication. This area does not include traditional mass communication and broadcast or print media, but considers the social contexts and consequences of new media such as wireless communication and the Internet. The department consists of 20 faculty members who supervise research and teach in an undergraduate degree in Communication, a Master’s in Communication and Information Studies, and a Ph.D. in Communication, Information and Library Studies. The department situates its core theoretical and research interests in three areas: social interaction, organizational communication, and mediated communication. Three major initiatives lie at the intersection of these areas: the Communication and Health Issues Partnership for Education and Research, a Center for Organizational Development and Leadership, and a Forum for New Media Research. For more information, visit http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/comm. Qualifications: Completed Ph.D. in Communication or related social science discipline, evidence of teaching excellence, and a research program that includes scholarly publications and conference presentations. Preference will be given to candidates demonstrating strong methodological skills (qualitative and/or quantitative) and potential for quality graduate teaching. Salary is competitive and commensurate with rank and qualifications. Application Deadline: December 1, 2001 or until position is filled. Application Procedure: Please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. Lea Stewart, Chair, Search Committee, Department of Communication, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1071. [Dr. Ronald E. Rice, Chair of the Department, will be attending and presenting at the Air Conference, and would welcome informal interviews.] Special Note: For incoming doctoral students, the Department invites applications by February 1, 2002 for teaching assistantships and leadership fellowships. These will include full tuition remission, a generous stipend and medical benefits. For more information, visit http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/phd or contact Jenny Mandelbaum, Communication Area Coordinator, at jennym(a)scils.rutgers.edu. In addition, the MCIS program seeks applications for January 2002 admission with several JOHNSON & JOHNSON/MCIS FELLOWSHIPS available to qualified applicants. For more information, visit http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/mcis.

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new reviews in cyberculture (october 2001)
by D. Silver 28 Sep '01

28 Sep '01

AIR'ers, If anyone is interested in reviewing books for the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, please email or, better yet, find me at AIR 2.0 and let's talk. Cheers, david *** feel free to distribute *** New Book Reviews in Cyberculture Studies (October 2001) Each month, the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (RCCS) <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 100 books on cyberculture, the Internet, and technoculture. New reviews for October 2001 (found at www.com.washington.edu/rccs/books/) include: Antonio Caronia, Il Cyborg: Saggio Sull'uomo Artificiale. ShaKe Edizioni, 2001. Reviewed by Antonio A. Casilli (Translated from French by Steve Corcoran). Lynn Cherny, Conversation and Community: Chat in a Virtual World. CSLI Publications, 1999. Reviewed by Art Jipson. Kevin Robins and Frank Webster, Times of the Technoculture: From the Information Society to the Virtual Life. Routledge, 1999. Reviewed by Heidi Brush. 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] visualizing weblinks
by Zunt＠aol.com 28 Sep '01

28 Sep '01

In a message dated 9/28/2001 9:15:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, sjones(a)uic.edu writes, in part: > Site Manager http://www.sgi.com/software/sitemgr.html If I understand Frank's question, what he is looking for is software that does this (lifted from the above page): "Visualize your Web site in 3D--Site Manager offers a unique and powerful visualization tool in the Link View. Here, you can see the entire hyperlink structure of your Web site in a three-dimensional sphere. You can easily rotate the sphere's structure and "zoom in" on a point of interest to more closely examine a specific document's link hierarchy and still see how this "close-up" fits into the entire Web site. The Link View can also animate the statistics from your access logs so you can see a graphical representation of visitors' paths through a site. " BUT, rather than do that looking at one's own site, the idea is to do that while looking at someone else's site from afar. Frank, do speak up if I've misunderstod. Sounds to me as though one would have to have a spider function of some sort built into the browser. If such a critter exists, I'd also like to know about it. Cheers, Bob Briggs Westport, MA

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visualizing weblinks
by Frank Schaap 28 Sep '01

28 Sep '01

Hi all, this question probably has been asked and answered before in this forum, but my search skills fail me and I can't seem to find the right answer to my question: I'm looking for software that will let me visualize weblinks going out (and in again preferably) of a certain website. I imagine there must be a program that accepts an URL and a certain number of hops, that then will create (for instance) a little network with nodes and links, so that you can _see_ which nodes are highly connected, which ones are 'dead ends,' etc. Preferably this program would be freeware and immediately downloadable (I've seen some commercial and not quite what I need programs on the Cybergeography site), but all tips and pointers are welcome. tia :) Frank. -- The Cyberculture, Identity and Gender Resources ==> http://fragment.nl/resources/

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Religious Encounters in Digital Networks
by Morten Thomsen Hojsgaard 28 Sep '01

28 Sep '01

RELIGIOUS ENCOUNTERS IN DIGITAL NETWORKS Religion and Computer-Mediated Communication Conference 1-3 November University of Copenhagen, Denmark Scope The emergence of the Internet has provided a new context for interaction between religious groupings and individuals in modern society. Religious encounters can now take place in digital settings that apparently transcend a number of conventional boundaries such as organisational structures, time zones, geographic borders, religious traditions, and cultural divisions. This Conference seeks a deeper understanding of this expanding field of religious communication on the Internet. Keynote Speakers -Lorne L. Dawson, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo -Massimo Introvigne, Managing Director, CESNUR, Torino -Stephen D. O'Leary, Associate Professor, University of Southern California Programme The Conference programme is available online at http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/hojs/encounters/programme.html Registration The deadline for registration is 19 October 2001. An online registration form is available at http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/hojs/encounters/registration.html Further Information See, http://www.staff.hum.ku.dk/hojs/encounters Organizing Committee Margit Warburg, Head of Department, Associate Professor Morten Thomsen Højsgaard, Ph.D. Student Department of History of Religions University of Copenhagen Artillerivej 86 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark Phone: (+45) 35 32 89 66 Fax: (45) 35 32 89 56 E-mail: encounters(a)dk2net.dk

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Self-description and platform for Open Seat
by Barry Wellman 27 Sep '01

27 Sep '01

As the norm in the AOIR governance process seems to be evolving towards public statements by/about candidates, here's mine. I was nominated by Caroline Haythornthwaite and Keith Hampton for an open council seat on AOIR. I was asked by AOIR (via Jeremy Hunsigner) to prepare a 250-word self-description and platform. I present it below. For more details, see my website. Cheers, 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 ___________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:30:52 -0400 From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> To: aoir office nominations <nominate(a)aoir.org> Cc: Caroline Haythornthwaite <haythorn(a)alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>, jeremy hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> Subject: Self-description and platform for Open Seat As a keynote speaker at our founding conference, I want to keep the momentum going. Research: I believe in systematic, quality research. I've been studying the Internet and its precursors since the 1970s. I've (co)-authored more than 160 scholarly articles and (co)-edited three books, including The Internet in Everyday Life and Networks in the Global Village. Organization: Let's pioneer new ways to keep connected. In 1976, I founded the International Network for Social Network Analysis, quite similar to AOIR. I've served on the Sociology and Computing section Council of the American Sociological Association, and the International Sociologists' Community Council. I just co-founded a new journal as head of the ASA's Community section. Breadth: At AOIR, I will work to foster skill-expanding workshops. My research encompasses a wide range of interests: how people find community online, how people work together online, knowledge management, and the rise of the networked society. I've collaborated in the design of new communication systems. Interdisciplinary: I've collaborated with computer scientists, educators, engineers, historians, information scientists, lawyers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and sociologists, and I'm an ICA member. I've been a board member of Toronto's Knowledge Media Design Institute, McLuhan Program, and Structural Analysis Program. International: A Canadian, I've lived and worked in Europe and Asia. I've collaborated with scholars in 8 countries in Europe, Asia and America. My work has been translated into 8 languages. I've lectured and given workshops in 16 countries in South and North America; Eastern and Western Europe; Western, Southern and Eastern Asia. 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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network analysis
by Ronald E. Rice 27 Sep '01

27 Sep '01

I will be attending the AoIR conference, and have plenty of experience using and teaching network analysis. I'd be happy to have an informal discussion about network programs, measures and applications, perhaps over lunch or something. ============================================================ 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 ============================================================

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looking to share hotel room at AoIR conference
by Ronald E. Rice 27 Sep '01

27 Sep '01

I too would like to find a roommate (nonsmoking male) for the conference. I already have a reservation at the conference hotel. I posted this on the AoIR web page for such things, but got no responses. Possibly this will work better. Possibly this will only help people to better avoid interacting with me! ============================================================ 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 ============================================================

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