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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #120 - 7 msgs (Maryrose is Out of the Office)
by Maryrose Larkin 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

I am out of the office until Tuesday, October 2nd. If you need assistance, please contact Zach Kronser X55225 >>> air-l 09/21/01 09:01 >>> Today's Topics: 1. Re: Music and the internet (neice(a)kw.igs.net) 2. some notes about 09.11 and the Internet (aurelija dagilyte) 3. Self-description and platform for Open Seat (Barry Wellman) 4. International Nominations (Charlie Breindahl) 5. Re: Self-description and platforms (jeremy hunsinger) 6. Web Archiving (w.lusoli(a)salford.ac.uk) 7. Scholars Question the Image of the Internet as a Race-Free Utopia (D. Silver) --__--__-- Message: 1 From: neice(a)kw.igs.net To: air-l(a)aoir.org Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 12:50:55 -0400 Subject: Re: [Air-l] Music and the internet Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Hi Jens, A useful discussion of music and digital technology is found in Chapter 2 (Music: Intellectual Property's Canary in the Digital Coal Mine) of the citation noted below. This book most assuredly does not use ANT, but it still offers a solid analysis. National Research Council (2000), The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age, Washington DC: National Academy Press. Please write me off-line about your work as I have done some work on file sharing that may be relevant. Cheers, david neice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David C. Neice digital-literacy.com :-) Website at http://www.kw.igs.net/~neice/ Address: 47 Combermere, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 5B2 Tel: 519-885-2951 Fax: 519-885-5263 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --__--__-- Message: 2 From: "aurelija dagilyte" <naunetka(a)takas.lt> To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:20:08 +0200 Subject: [Air-l] some notes about 09.11 and the Internet Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Hello, I wanted to share some impressions about the well-known events and some tendencies I've noticed in Russian and other post-soviet countries Internet. As an anthropologist I was interested what do the ordinary people of these countries really think about what happened, while their governments speak nice phrases supporting the US and the war against the terrorism. The result was interesting - while all TV channels, radio stations were speaking how that was terrible and bad, on the Internet I've found very wide scale of opinions and emotions. It seems so, that in post-soviet countries is a difference between the Internet and other media. I had an impression that TV channels and radio programs presented more or less censored view and on the Internet almost all expressed opposite position to the official. These tendencies had even more increased when US started to talk about the war in the Afghanistan. I think a lot of people still remember the Russian war in that country and it's useless. Another interesting thing is the fact that politic discussions still dominates in the chat rooms and web pages which usually are not interested in the politics. I'm not sure if the opinions presented on the net had some influence on the other media, but after some time more skeptic view started to appear on the Russian TV too. I'm very curios what will be next. Regards, Aurelija Dagilyte --__--__-- Message: 3 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 16:36:41 -0400 From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> Cc: Caroline Haythornthwaite <haythorn(a)alexia.lis.uiuc.edu>, jeremy hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu>, Keith Hampton <knh(a)MIT.EDU>, Nancy Baym <nbaym(a)ukans.edu>, Steve Jones <sjones(a)uic.edu> Subject: [Air-l] Self-description and platform for Open Seat Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org 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 ___________________________________________________________________ --__--__-- Message: 4 From: "Charlie Breindahl" <hitch(a)hum.ku.dk> To: "Air-L" <air-l(a)aoir.org> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:44:38 +0200 Subject: [Air-l] International Nominations Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org I think many good names have come up already and I support those, especially Steve and Nancy for a second term. My motivation is primarily to make room for non-americans in the executive committee. In my opinion, this is important to ensure that AoIR has credibility as an _international_ organisation. (I think it is self-explaining why AoIR in particular should have such credibility.) To achieve this is harder than you might think. More than half our members are American. And most of us would like to vote for someone we know. If all Americans vote for Americans, well... So when voting, please consider international candidates as well. And for you guys from .il, .nz, .jp, etc.: Please come forward with your nominations :) My nominees are: Jenny SundΘn (Sweden) jensu(a)tema.liu.se Frank Schaap (The Netherlands) architext(a)fragment.nl Stine Gotved (Denmark) gotved(a)hum.ku.dk Lisbeth Klastrup (Denmark) klastrup(a)it-c.dk Kate O'Riordan (UK) k.s.o-riordan(a)sussex.ac.uk Ken Friedman (Norway) ken.friedman(a)bi.no Nicholas Jankowski (The Netherlands) nickjan(a)pop.xs4all.nl Nils Zurawski (Germany) zurawsk(a)uni-muenster.de (I will not run for an open seat myself, but will be happy to serve a second term as Information Officer, if the new executive committee decides it.) Charlie -- Charlie Breindahl Ph.D. Student, Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen Web: http://computer.media.ku.dk/breindahl/ E-mail: hitch(a)hum.ku.dk PGP: ldap://certserver.pgp.com Phone: +45 35 32 81 19 Mobile: +45 51 92 15 98 "For the modern Don Quixote, the windmills have been preprogrammed to turn into knights" - Janet H. Murray --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 08:52:42 -0400 From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> Organization: Virginia Tech To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Self-description and platforms Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org fyi I will be posting the descriptions and platforms in the members area of the website on sunday afternoon. > -- Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu 526 major williams hall 0130 virginia tech blacksburg, va 24061 540-231-7614 --__--__-- Message: 6 From: w.lusoli(a)salford.ac.uk To: Air-l(a)aoir.org Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 14:17:48 +0100 Subject: [Air-l] Web Archiving Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Dear all, I have learnt with interest of the archive project related to the September 11 terrorist attack (http://webarchivist.org) and downloaded their link. Applied networking, I would say, of the best quality: technical, scholarly and moral. On a much smaller scale, we are about to dowload and archive the sites of a number of UK political organisations (for info see http://www.ipop.org.uk) Does anybody on the list have knowledge / experience of web archiving, and reliable web archiving software? Our N is small, and we would be able to monitor each download for faulty dynamic links. Yet, the jungle of jargon looks impenetrable: web archiving, harvesting software, offline browsers, crawlers etc. We've have tried to address a couple of 'specialist' librarian lists, but no joy. Can anybody help? Many thanks Wainer Wainer Lusoli Research Officer Internet, political organisations and participation project ESRI - University of Salford United Kingdom http://www.ipop.org.uk w.lusoli(a)salford.ac.uk Research Officer Internet, Political Organisations and Participation Project http://www.ipop.org.uk w.lusoli(a)salford.ac.uk Tel: 0161 295 5654 --__--__-- Message: 7 Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 07:57:32 -0700 (PDT) From: "D. Silver" <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu> To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> Subject: [Air-l] Scholars Question the Image of the Internet as a Race-Free Utopia Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Folks, In my mind, Jeff Young, a writer for the Chronicle for Higher Education, is by far one of the best journalists covering our beat. I'm including the first few paragraphs and URL of an article on race and cyberspace he wrote for the Chronicle. Lots of AIR'ers mentioned! david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Friday, September 21, 2001 Scholars Question the Image of the Internet as a Race-Free Utopia By JEFFREY R. YOUNG The Internet has often been touted as a utopia where racial differences are erased and people are judged by their ideas rather than their skin color. But rather than curbing racism, cyberspace may be perpetuating racial stereotypes for some users, a growing number of scholars say. And until recently, they say, few researchers have studied issues of racial identity online -- even though so much attention has been paid to economic studies of the "digital divide." A recent batch of conferences and books are helping to fill the research gap, however. http://chronicle.com/free/2001/09/2001092101t.htm --__--__-- _______________________________________________ Air-l mailing list Air-l(a)aoir.org http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l End of Air-l Digest

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Scholars Question the Image of the Internet as a Race-Free Utopia
by D. Silver 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Folks, In my mind, Jeff Young, a writer for the Chronicle for Higher Education, is by far one of the best journalists covering our beat. I'm including the first few paragraphs and URL of an article on race and cyberspace he wrote for the Chronicle. Lots of AIR'ers mentioned! david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Friday, September 21, 2001 Scholars Question the Image of the Internet as a Race-Free Utopia By JEFFREY R. YOUNG The Internet has often been touted as a utopia where racial differences are erased and people are judged by their ideas rather than their skin color. But rather than curbing racism, cyberspace may be perpetuating racial stereotypes for some users, a growing number of scholars say. And until recently, they say, few researchers have studied issues of racial identity online -- even though so much attention has been paid to economic studies of the "digital divide." A recent batch of conferences and books are helping to fill the research gap, however. http://chronicle.com/free/2001/09/2001092101t.htm

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Web Archiving
by w.lusoli＠salford.ac.uk 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

Dear all, I have learnt with interest of the archive project related to the September 11 terrorist attack (http://webarchivist.org) and downloaded their link. Applied networking, I would say, of the best quality: technical, scholarly and moral. On a much smaller scale, we are about to dowload and archive the sites of a number of UK political organisations (for info see http://www.ipop.org.uk) Does anybody on the list have knowledge / experience of web archiving, and reliable web archiving software? Our N is small, and we would be able to monitor each download for faulty dynamic links. Yet, the jungle of jargon looks impenetrable: web archiving, harvesting software, offline browsers, crawlers etc. We've have tried to address a couple of 'specialist' librarian lists, but no joy. Can anybody help? Many thanks Wainer Wainer Lusoli Research Officer Internet, political organisations and participation project ESRI - University of Salford United Kingdom http://www.ipop.org.uk w.lusoli(a)salford.ac.uk Research Officer Internet, Political Organisations and Participation Project http://www.ipop.org.uk w.lusoli(a)salford.ac.uk Tel: 0161 295 5654

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International Nominations
by Charlie Breindahl 21 Sep '01

21 Sep '01

I think many good names have come up already and I support those, especially Steve and Nancy for a second term. My motivation is primarily to make room for non-americans in the executive committee. In my opinion, this is important to ensure that AoIR has credibility as an _international_ organisation. (I think it is self-explaining why AoIR in particular should have such credibility.) To achieve this is harder than you might think. More than half our members are American. And most of us would like to vote for someone we know. If all Americans vote for Americans, well... So when voting, please consider international candidates as well. And for you guys from .il, .nz, .jp, etc.: Please come forward with your nominations :) My nominees are: Jenny Sundén (Sweden) jensu(a)tema.liu.se Frank Schaap (The Netherlands) architext(a)fragment.nl Stine Gotved (Denmark) gotved(a)hum.ku.dk Lisbeth Klastrup (Denmark) klastrup(a)it-c.dk Kate O'Riordan (UK) k.s.o-riordan(a)sussex.ac.uk Ken Friedman (Norway) ken.friedman(a)bi.no Nicholas Jankowski (The Netherlands) nickjan(a)pop.xs4all.nl Nils Zurawski (Germany) zurawsk(a)uni-muenster.de (I will not run for an open seat myself, but will be happy to serve a second term as Information Officer, if the new executive committee decides it.) Charlie -- Charlie Breindahl Ph.D. Student, Department of Film and Media Studies, University of Copenhagen Web: http://computer.media.ku.dk/breindahl/ E-mail: hitch(a)hum.ku.dk PGP: ldap://certserver.pgp.com Phone: +45 35 32 81 19 Mobile: +45 51 92 15 98 "For the modern Don Quixote, the windmills have been preprogrammed to turn into knights" - Janet H. Murray

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some notes about 09.11 and the Internet
by aurelija dagilyte 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Hello, I wanted to share some impressions about the well-known events and some tendencies I've noticed in Russian and other post-soviet countries Internet. As an anthropologist I was interested what do the ordinary people of these countries really think about what happened, while their governments speak nice phrases supporting the US and the war against the terrorism. The result was interesting - while all TV channels, radio stations were speaking how that was terrible and bad, on the Internet I've found very wide scale of opinions and emotions. It seems so, that in post-soviet countries is a difference between the Internet and other media. I had an impression that TV channels and radio programs presented more or less censored view and on the Internet almost all expressed opposite position to the official. These tendencies had even more increased when US started to talk about the war in the Afghanistan. I think a lot of people still remember the Russian war in that country and it's useless. Another interesting thing is the fact that politic discussions still dominates in the chat rooms and web pages which usually are not interested in the politics. I'm not sure if the opinions presented on the net had some influence on the other media, but after some time more skeptic view started to appear on the Russian TV too. I'm very curios what will be next. Regards, Aurelija Dagilyte

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Re: [Air-l] Music and the internet
by neice＠kw.igs.net 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Hi Jens, A useful discussion of music and digital technology is found in Chapter 2 (Music: Intellectual Property's Canary in the Digital Coal Mine) of the citation noted below. This book most assuredly does not use ANT, but it still offers a solid analysis. National Research Council (2000), The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age, Washington DC: National Academy Press. Please write me off-line about your work as I have done some work on file sharing that may be relevant. Cheers, david neice ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David C. Neice digital-literacy.com :-) Website at http://www.kw.igs.net/~neice/ Address: 47 Combermere, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 5B2 Tel: 519-885-2951 Fax: 519-885-5263 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Decentralized terror networks ....
by Ken Friedman 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Dear Colleagues, A recent post wonders, At 03:20 PM 9/17/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Has anyone else on this list been struck by the parallel between the >current portrait of de-centralized terrorist networks emerging in the >media coverage and the organizational logic of distributed computer >networks? [...] Here follows a report on a related theme from Stratfor, a global intelligence analyst. I pass it on with permission. Stratfor publishes a free daily summary that is available at their Web site. Ken Friedman Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 16:37:08 -0500 From: <alert(a)stratfor.com> To: redalert(a)stratfor.com Subject: No Easy Battle ____________________________________________________S T R A T F O RTHE GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE COMPANY ____________________________________________________13 September 2001 COMPLIMENTARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT - FULL TEXT ____________________________________________________**NOTE**This is a complimentary full-text intelligence report, normally reserved for members only. For full-text reports every day and access to the full range of global intelligence, become a member today! http://www.stratfor.com/COMPANY/info.htm ____________________________________________________No Easy Battle2000 GMT, 010914SummaryIn the wake of this week's terrorist attacks in the United States, the U.S. government is trying to decide how it can defeat its new style of enemy. The key to victory is finding the enemy's center of gravity, or what enables it to operate, and destroying it. But what has worked for the U.S. military in the past may not be enough this time around.AnalysisThe foundation of any successful military operation is defining and attacking the enemy's center of gravity: the capacity that enables it to operate. A war effort that does not successfully define the enemy's center of gravity, or lacks the ability to decisively incapacitate it, is doomed to failure. The center of gravity can be relatively easy to define, as was the Iraqi command and control system, or relatively difficult to define, as was Vietnam's discovery of America's unwillingness to indefinitely absorb casualties. In either case, identifying the adversary's center of gravity is the key to victory.In the wake of this week's terrorist attacks in the United States, this question is now being discussed in the highest reaches of the American government. The issue, from a military standpoint, is not one of moral responsibility or legal culpability. Rather, it is what will be required to render the enemy incapable of functioning as an effective force. Put differently, what is the most efficient means of destroying the enemy's will to resist?This is an extraordinarily difficult process in this case because it is not clear who the enemy is. Two schools of thought are emerging though. One argues that the attackers are essentially agents of some foreign government that enables them to operate. Therefore, by either defeating or dissuading this government from continuing to support the attackers, they will be rendered ineffective and the threat will end.Such a scenario is extremely attractive for the United States. Posing the conflict as one between nation-states plays to American strength in waging conventional war. A nation-state can be negotiated with, bombed or invaded. If a nation-state is identified as the attackers' center of gravity, then it can by some level of exertion be destroyed. There is now an inherent interest within the U.S. government to define the center of gravity as Iraq or Afghanistan or both. The United States knows how to wage such wars.The second school of thought argues that the entity we are facing is instead an amorphous, shifting collection of small groups, controlled in a dynamic and unpredictable manner and deliberately without a clear geographical locus. The components of the organization can be in Afghanistan or Boston, in Beirut or Paris. Its fundamental character is that it moves with near invisibility around the globe, forming ad hoc groups with exquisite patience and care for strikes against its enemies. This is a group, therefore, that has been deliberately constructed not to provide its enemies with a center of gravity. Its diffusion is designed to make it difficult to kill with any certainty. The founders of this group studied the history of underground movements and determined that their greatest weakness is what was thought to be their strength: tight control from the center. That central control, the key to the Leninist model, provided decisive guidance but presented enemies with a focal point that, if smashed, rendered the organization helpless. This model of underground movement accepts inefficiency -- there are long pauses between actions -- in return for both security, as penetration is difficult, and survivability, as it does not provide its enemies with a definable point against which to strike.This model is much less attractive to American military planners because it does not play to American capabilities. It is impervious to the type of warfare the United States prefers, which is what one might call wholesale warfare. It instead demands a retail sort of warfare, in which the fighting level comprises very small unit operations, the geographic scale is potentially global and the time frame is extensive and indeterminate. It is a conflict that does lend itself to intelligence technology, but it ultimately turns on patience, subtlety and secrecy, none of which are America's strong suits.It is therefore completely understandable that the United States is trying to redefine the conflict in terms of nation-states, and there is also substantial precedent for it as well. The precursor terrorist movements of the 1970s and 1980s were far from self-contained entities. All received support in various ways from Soviet and Eastern European intelligence services, as well as from North Korea, Libya, Syria and others. From training to false passports, they were highly dependent on nation-states for their operation.It is therefore reasonable to assume the case is the same with these new attackers. It would follow that if their source of operational support were destroyed, they would cease to function. A bombing campaign or invasion would then solve the problem. The issue is to determine which country is supplying the support and act.There is no doubt the entity that attacked the United States got support from state intelligence services. Some of that support might well have been officially sanctioned while some might have been provided by a political faction or sympathetic individuals. But although for the attackers state support is necessary and desirable, it is not clear that destroying involved states would disable the perpetrators.One of the principles of the attackers appears to be redundancy, not in the sense of backup systems, but in the sense that each group contains all support systems. In the same sense, it appears possible that they have constructed relationships in such a way that although they depend on state backing, they are not dependent on the support of any particular state.An interesting development arising in the aftermath is the multitude of states accused of providing support to the attackers: Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Algeria and Syria, among others, have all been suggested. All of them could have been involved in some way or another, with the result being dozens of nations providing intentional or unintentional support. The attackers even appear to have drawn support from the United States itself, as some of the suspected hijackers reportedly received flight training from U.S. schools. The attackers have organized themselves to be parasitic. They are able to attach themselves to virtually any country that has a large enough Arab or Islamic community for them to disappear into or at least go unnoticed within. Drawing on funds acquired from one or many sources, they are able to extract resources wherever they are and continue operating.If such is the case, then even if Iraq or Afghanistan gave assistance, they are still not necessarily the attackers' center of gravity. Destroying the government or military might of these countries may be morally just or even required, but it will not render the enemy incapable of continuing operations against the United States. It is therefore not clear that a conventional war with countries that deliberately aided the culprits will achieve military victory. The ability of the attackers to draw sustenance from a wide array of willing and unwilling hosts may render them impervious to the defeat of a supporting country. The military must systematically attack an organization that tries very hard not to have a systematic structure that can be attacked. In order for this war to succeed, the key capability will not be primarily military force but highly refined, real-time intelligence about the behavior of a small number of individuals. But as the events of the last few days have shown, this is not a strength of the American intelligence community. And that is the ultimate dilemma for policymakers. If the kind of war we can wage well won't do the job, and we lack the confidence in our expertise to wage the kind of war we need to conduct, then what is to be done? The easy answer -- to fight the battle we fight best -- may not be the right answer, or it may be only part of the solution. ____________________________________________________<<<<<<<<<<<< SEND THIS TO A FRIEND! >>>>>>>>>>>>>Did you like this analysis? Then forward it to a friend!Got this from a friend? 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CFP:Computers and Communication
by John Monberg 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

CALL FOR PAPERS SPECIAL ISSUE: COMPUTERS and COMMUNICATION The Southern Communication Journal announces a special issue exploring the relationship between communication and computers. With the rise of the information society, computers mediate an increasingly large range of relationships, transforming audiences, social networks, and our sense of self and place. This issue seeks to explore how computers transform communication and develop theories required to register these changes. Work in all areas of communication is welcome. Topics addressed might include: Evolution of the interactive media industry The changing role of the university in the information age Political rhetoric on the Web Internet access to health information Consequences of Internet technology use for interpersonal relationships Completed manuscripts, following the "To Contributors" notice published in SCJ Summer 2001 or later, for the special issue should be submitted to: John Monberg Guest Editor, Southern Communication Journal Department of Communication 310 Strickler Hall University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292 Telephone: 502-852-7867 Electronic mail: jmonberg(a)louisville.edu The cover letter should clearly state that the submission is for consideration in the Computers and Communication special issue. All submissions must be postmarked on or before August 1, 2002.

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Re: [Air-l] Internet traffic on Sept. 11
by Jill Walker 20 Sep '01

20 Sep '01

Just came across http://www.internettrafficreport.com/ which seems to have statistics exactly like this, updated every 15 minutes. Quite interesting really. Packet loss on Sept 11 was huge. Unfortunately the most detailed stats are in graphs for the last 24 hours, 7 days or 30 days and the 30 day graph doesn't show Sept 11 very clearly - but this is a stats site to keep in mind for the future, anyway. Jill From: "Ryan J. Burns" <rburns1(a)tulane.edu> To: <Air-l(a)aoir.org> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:14:23 -0500 Subject: [Air-l] Internet traffic on Sept. 11 Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Has anyone seen statistics on Internet traffic on Sept. 11 and 12? If so, where? I noticed that the major news websites were really "slow" on Sept. 11. I also heard the CEO of Earthlink on NPR talk about huge spikes in traffic to his member sites. He also mentioned that e-mail use was down, and the use of synchronous chat was up. I'm teaching a CMC class and would love to talk about it in class.

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #111 - 2 msgs
by Janet Morahan-Martin 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

Bryant College is accepting applications for a postion as an assistant professor of psychology in health psychology/biopsychology. A full description is below. Feel free to forward this to anyone who may be interested. Sorry for cross-postings. Janet Morahan-Martin Janet PSYCHOLOGY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION Health Psychology/ Biopsychology: Tenure-track appointment to begin August 2002. Qualifications include: Ph.D. in psychology (by July 1, 2002) with specialization in appropriate areas, demonstration of research record and potential for continued research program and commitment to undergraduate teaching with evidence of potential for teaching excellence. The psychology program and Bryant College are in an exciting period of growth and will provide the successful candidates unique opportunities for professional development. Responsibilities include: participation in the development of a new psychology major; undergraduate teaching, including curriculum development; maintaining an active research program; and engaging in college service. Research specializations within health and/or biopsychology are open, but preference will be given to applicants with an applied focus. Teaching responsibilities include: general psychology, research methods, health psychology, and a course that emphasizes biopsychology are needed. Applications must be received by October 16, 2001 to be assured consideration. Applicants must submit a letter of application, statements of research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae, reprints and three letters of reference to Human Resources Box-APA, Bryant College, 1150 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, RI 02917. In the address include the appropriate attention line: Psychology Search. For any information, please contact rdeluga(a)bryant.edu. Bryant College, a student-centered College, enrolls approximately 3000 students at both the graduate and undergraduate level, and is in Smithfield, RI, located 15 minutes from Providence and one hour from Boston. Bryant College is AA/EOE. Qualified women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Bryant College offers a competitive salary and benefits package. ******************************************************* Janet Morahan-Martin, Ph.D. Phone: +401-232-6268 Professor of Psychology Fax: +401-232-6319 Bryant College e-mail: jmorahan(a)bryant.edu 1150 Douglas Pike Smithfield, RI 02917-1284 USA *******************************************************

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