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Re: [Air-l] Ethics
by Charles Ess 01 Sep '01

01 Sep '01

> on air-l Una McCormack asked: > >> Can anyone give guidance on ethical conduct when quoting material >> from publicly >> accessible websites? Has the aoir produced any guidelines for this? > The aoir ethics working committee is attempting to develop guidelines for these and other cases encountered in Internet Research (IR). A preliminary report is now under discussion by the committee, in preparation for presentation and further discussion at aoir 2.0. So I'm afraid that a more complete response will not be available for another month or so. BUT - I can report that recent discussion of the question of protecting subjects' identity has pointed toward the following: there is _clear_ agreement that we must protect subjects' identity - but that there are levels of such protection that IR should ensure their subjects, depending very much on the context of research, ranging from strong protection (no use of "real" nicknames - e.g., on a Thai webboard as researched by Dag Elgesem) to moderate protection (use of "real" nicknames - e.g., in the case of chatrooms researched by Malin Svenningson and performance-oriented folk on IRC as researched by Brenda Danet) to no protection (use of nicknames and real subject names when necessary for research, appropriate permissions have been obtained, etc.) Again, these are provisional suggestions based on committee members' experience and discussion. They need further refinement - especially in light of cross-cultural differences that we're attempting to identify and document. But this may be a good start for your reflection. Please feel free to forward any questions, suggestions, etc., for clarification, improvement, additions, and so forth. Cheers and best wishes, Charles Ess, Chair AoIR Research Ethics Working Group http://www.cddc.vt.edu/aoir/ethics Director, Interdisciplinary Studies Center Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Co-chair, CATaC 2002: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac02/ "Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos. Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons." -- Martin Buber, _I and Thou_ "Ethics does not furnish recipes any more than do science and art. One can merely propose methods." -- Simone de Beauvoir, _The Ethics of Ambiguity_

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Internet and Academic Disciplines/ Q
by thomas/swiss 01 Sep '01

01 Sep '01

Hi, Looking for some help. An interdisc. program at my university is thinking about putting on a 'mini-conference' (one or two days) on the general subject of "How has the Web/internet changed practices in various academic fields" ....the fields are wide-open. "Practices" would likely include such things as: writing in the field; review/publication in the field; hiring into departments (and the split often opened among dept colelagues when depts. hire "internet researchers" 'traditional' depts.); and plenty of other things, of course. Indeed any ideas you might have related to topics this mini-confernece should explore would be welcome. Very broad at the moment, obviously, but the folks in this program are wondering if there have been any conferences on this topic that you all might know of (a URL would be helpful) or conferences forthcoming. In short, they don't want to re-invent the wheel; and 2) they are looking for possible speakers who really have some interesting things to say about the topic -- which also might take up academic listservs, moos, chat spaces, web sites, networks and so on and how it they have changed/will change futher particular academic disciplines. All help much appreciated. Thanks. Thom Swiss thomas-swiss(a)uiowa.edu

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Fwd: Call for papers - Convergence
by Wendy Robinson 01 Sep '01

01 Sep '01

>***** Call for Papers ***** > >Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies > >Convergence is a refereed academic journal which addresses the creative, >social, political and pedagogical issues raised by the advent of new media >technologies. > > >Reminder - final submissions date for articles for the Spring 2002 issue is >30 Sept 2001 > >Submissions and proposals of articles for the Autumn 2002 issue should be >received by 30 January 2002 > > >Papers on any of the following areas are welcome: computer games, cable and >telecomms, digital photography, VR, control and censorship of the media, >copyright, media policy, new media products, interactive TV, CD-ROM >developments, the Internet, gender and technology. For details of past and >forthcoming issues see our web site: http://www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence > >Proposals for articles or completed papers should be sent to: Julia Knight >or Alexis Weedon, Editors, Convergence, Department of Media Arts, University >of Luton, 75 Castle Street, Luton, LU1 3AJ, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 1582 >734111, Fax: + 44 1582 489014, <Convergence(a)luton.ac.uk>. > > >Submission details: Three hard copies and where possible one disk copy >(Macintosh Word98 compatible) of all articles should be sent to the editors >with the following information attached separately: name, institution and >address for correspondence, telephone, fax and email address. Papers should >be typed on one side of the sheet with endnotes in accordance with the MLA >style sheet (see our website at http://www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence) >Authors should also enclose a 50 word biography and an abstract. > >Convergence is published by the University of Luton Press <ulp(a)luton.ac.uk>. >Institutional subscription rates: all countries (except N. America) surface >mail £60; air mail £70. N. America surface mail USA$126, air mail USA$140. >Private subscription rates: all countries (except N. America) surface mail >£30, air mail £35. N. America surface mail USA$72, airmail USA$80. ISSN >1354-8565. Orders should be sent direct to University of Luton Press, >University of Luton. Tel +44 (0)1582 743297. Fax +44 (0)1582 743298.

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Position Announcement
by Nancy Baym 31 Aug '01

31 Aug '01

If anyone interested in this position will be at the internet research 2.0 conference, I would be happy to meet with you there. Please distribute far and wide: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Assistant or Associate Professor Communication and Technology The UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS is seeking an Assistant or Associate Professor in Communication Studies for a tenure-track position beginning in August 2002. Requirements include a Ph.D. or advanced ABD in Communication or a related field, an active research program in communication and technology, and teaching experience. The successful candidate will teach graduate and undergraduate courses in communication and technology as well as his/her area of expertise, conduct research in communication and technology, and meet standard service and advising requirements. Candidates with a Ph.D., professional visibility, potential for procuring external funding, a strong record of scholarship and teaching, and teaching experience in communication and new technology are preferred, as are candidates whose interests are complementary to those of current faculty. First consideration will be given to applications received by November 9, 2001. Salary range is competitive. Send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, and supporting materials (e.g., examples of scholarship, evidence of teaching excellence) to: Jake Harwood, Technology Search Committee Chair Department of Communication Studies University of Kansas 1440 Jayhawk Boulevard 102 Bailey Hall Lawrence, KS 66045-7574 Direct further inquiries to Jake Harwood: harwood(a)ku.edu, 785-864-5681. The University of Kansas is an EO/AA employer _______________________________________________________________ Nancy Baym, Communication Studies University of Kansas NEW! email: nbaym(a)ku.edu NEW! snail mail: 102 Bailey, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA NEW! url: http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym

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Re: [Air-l] Internet and Academic Disciplines/ Q
by jeremy hunsinger 31 Aug '01

31 Aug '01

well there is the learning online series of conferences at VT, cddc which has worked quite extensively in this area, like the recommendations at http://www.cyber.vt.edu cyberschool. I'm actually going to be speaking on some of these issues related to publishing in a moo in a few weeks, sept. 16. Jeremy Hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu Instructor of Political Science Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Webmaster/Manager CDDC 526 Major Williams Hall 0130 http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy Virginia Tech --my homepage Blacksburg, VA 24061 (updated, aug. 19 2001) (540)-231-7614 icq 5535471

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Ethics
by Una McCormack 31 Aug '01

31 Aug '01

Can anyone give guidance on ethical conduct when quoting material from publicly accessible websites? Has the aoir produced any guidelines for this? Regards, Una McCormack Department of Sociology University of Surrey Guildford, UK

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Call for papers: Designing Privacy Enhancing Technologies
by Adam Shostack 31 Aug '01

31 Aug '01

(Hope this is appropriate for AIR-L; we'd like to see papers on the social aspects of privacy enhancing technologies.) CALL FOR PAPERS WORKSHOP ON PRIVACY ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES 2002 Apr 14-15, 2002 San Francisco, CA, USA Workshop web site: http://www.pet2002.org/ Privacy and anonymity are increasingly important in the online world. Corporations and governments are starting to realize their power to track users and their behavior, and restrict the ability to publish or retrieve documents. Approaches to protecting individuals, groups, and even companies and governments from such profiling and censorship have included decentralization, encryption, and distributed trust. Building on the success of the first anonymity and unobservability workshop (LNCS 2009, held in Berkeley in July 2000), this second workshop addresses the design and realization of such anonymity and anti-censorship services for the Internet and other communication networks. We are holding this workshop adjacent to the Twelfth Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy (CFP2002) for convenience, but we are not affiliated with that conference. The workshop seeks submissions from academia and industry presenting novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of privacy technologies, as well as experimental studies of fielded systems. We encourage submissions from other communities such as law and business that present these communities' perspectives on technological issues. We will publish accepted papers in proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Suggested topics include but are not restricted to: * Efficient realization of privacy services * Techniques for and against traffic analysis * Attacks on anonymity systems * New concepts for anonymity systems * Novel relations of payment mechanisms and anonymity * Models for anonymity and unobservability * Models for threats to privacy * Techniques for censorship resistance * Resource management in anonymous systems * Pseudonyms, linkability, and trust * Policy and human rights -- anonymous systems in practice * Fielded systems and privacy enhancement techniques for existing systems * Frameworks for new systems developers IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline December 10, 2001 Acceptance notification February 11, 2002 Camera-ready copy for preproceedings March 11, 2002 Camera-ready copy for proceedings May 15, 2002 GENERAL CHAIR Adam Shostack, Zero Knowledge Systems (adam(a)zeroknowledge.com) PROGRAM COMMITTEE John Borking, Dutch Data Protection Authority Lance Cottrell, Anonymizer.com Roger Dingledine, Reputation Technologies (co-chair, arma(a)mit.edu) Hannes Federrath, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany Markus Jakobsson, RSA Laboratories Marit Koehntopp, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection, SH, Germany Andreas Pfitzmann, Dresden University of Technology, Germany Avi Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research Paul Syverson, Naval Research Lab (co-chair, syverson(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil) Michael Waidner, IBM Zurich Research Lab PAPER SUBMISSIONS Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers should be at most 15 pages excluding the bibliography and well-marked appendices (using 11-point font and reasonable margins), and at most 20 pages total. Authors are encouraged to follow Springer LNCS format in preparing their submissions. <http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html> Committee members are not required to read the appendices and the paper should be intelligible without them. The paper should start with the title, names of authors and an abstract. The introduction should give some background and summarize the contributions of the paper at a level appropriate for a non-specialist reader. We will publish accepted papers in proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series after the workshop. During the workshop preproceedings will be made available. Final versions are not due until after the workshop, giving the authors the opportunity to revise their papers based on discussions during the meeting. Submissions can be made in Postscript or PDF format. To submit a paper, send a plain ASCII text email to the program chairs (emails: arma(a)mit.edu, syverson(a)itd.nrl.navy.mil) containing the title and abstract of the paper, the authors' names, email and postal addresses, phone and fax numbers, and identification of the contact author. To the same message, attach your submission (as a MIME attachment). Papers must be received by December 10, 2001. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent to authors no later than February 11, 2002, and authors will have the opportunity to revise for the preproceedings version by March 11, 2002. Submission implies that, if accepted, the author(s) agree to publish in the proceedings and to sign a standard Springer copyright release, and also that an author of the paper will present it at the workshop. Final versions (due after the workshop) need to comply with the instructions for authors made available by Springer.

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RCCS: new home & new reviews (september 2001)
by dsilver＠u.washington.edu 31 Aug '01

31 Aug '01

AIR-Lers, It's official: the 0s and 1s that comprise the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies have moved westward, from the University of Maryland to the University of Washington. Effective immediately, RCCS can be accessed via <www.com.washington.edu/rccs>. Like all migrations, this one may have a few growing pains; I appreciate your patience and please report any tweaks you may find. Thanks! RCCS's book reviews section now includes full-length reviews of over 100 books on cyberculture, the Internet, and technoculture. New reviews for September 2001 (found at www.com.washington.edu/rccs/books/) include: Paulina Borsook, Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech (Public Affairs, 2001) Reviewed by Aimee Morrison Response from Paulina Borsook Gary Bunt, Virtually Islamic: Computer-mediated Communication and Cyber Islamic Environments (University of Wales Press, 2000) Reviewed by Rachel A. D. Bloul Response from Gary Bunt Andrew Herman & Thomas Swiss, eds., The World Wide Web and Contemporary Cultural Theory (Routledge, 2000) Reviewed by Barbara Warnick and Jonathan J. Lillie Response from Thom Swiss Peter Weibel and Timothy Druckrey, eds, Net_Condition: Art and Global Media (MIT Press, 2001) Reviewed by Lisa Lynch 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. Finally, for those interested in a low volume announcement list for RCCS events and updates, you are invited to subscribe to cyberculture-announce. To subscribe ... 1. email <listproc(a)u.washington.edu> 2. keep the subject line blank 3. in the body, type: subscribe cyberculture-announce david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver/

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Online Community Research - 2 Items
by Dorine Andrews 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

For those who have an interest in online community development you may wish to peruse my dissertation which is now available in PDF format. The title is "Computer Supported Social Networks: Audience-centric Online Community Implementation." http://georgetown.edu/faculty/dca4/publications.html Short Abstract: Commercial, non-profit, and grassroots organizations see potential benefit is using online community as a mechanism for attracting audiences to their Internet services, retaining the interest of existing customers, and growing the value of their revenue potential (Hagel and Armstrong, 1997). However, these audiences and customer groups are unlike early online community members, which suggests that implementing online communities for these people may be fraught with issues not encountered in the early years of online community development. This research is a case study of the development of an online community targeted at a specific audience. This audience, North American mid-life career changers, is like many audiences. They share specific common interests and needs, but lack existing communities to support those interests and needs and have few expectations about forming such mutually beneficial relationships online. From this case study research, a model for audience-centric online community implementation is proposed. The model provides guidelines to establish weak-tie, computer-mediated social networks for problem solving and fact finding. The research provides insights into what must be known about this audience to develop an appropriate online community to address its common needs and motivate members to participate. It demonstrates how audience needs and requirements may be translated into online community technology, content, and functionality. It explores the economic structures and financial issues that affect audience-centric online communities that have membership growth and financial sustainability needs. Another new publication of interest by one of my colleagues who is studies the use of online communty in the health field appeared recently in the Communications Journal. The PDF copy can be viewed at: http://cct.georgetown.edu/docs/JOC.pdf. It is very well done. Happy labor day and good reading! Dorine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dorine Andrews, DCD Research Professor, www.georgetown.edu/faculty/dca4 Communication, Culture & Technology Program Georgetown University office (202) 784-4338 dca4(a)georgetown.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #96 - 11 msgs
by Lee Giles 30 Aug '01

30 Aug '01

Hi: The papers in Science and Nature that describe the work that Dr. Monaco mentioned can be found at http://www.ist.psu.edu/faculty_pages/giles/publications/ Dynamically generated pages are hard to count and are usually not counted. We now estimate today from growth patterns that there are about 4 to 5 billion publicly indexable web pages. Google seems to have the largest database. Any index generated by a search engine is usually not counted as a web page. Estimates of the dark web seem to based on the capture/capture method discussed in our Science paper and are probably under-estimated due to the innate limitations of this approach. Duplicate pages are hard to eliminate but much algorithmic work has gone into recognizing them. This is still an open issue however. Furthermore, one can argue that some near duplicates should be counted. For an interesting study as to how much data/information both unique and duplicate there is in the world and how much is being produced, see: http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/research/projects/how-much-info/ Best regards, Lee Giles air-l-request(a)aoir.org wrote: > > > Message: 10 > From: "Ellis Godard" <ellisgodard(a)starband.net> > To: <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: RE: [Air-l] Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #94 - 4 msgs > Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:26:52 -0700 > Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > > And how does one count dynamically generated pages? Are there as many web > pages as books available through Amazon? Is google's index counted as only > two web pages even though almost every instance of the second one is > different? > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-admin(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of > monaco > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 11:38 AM > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-l] Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #94 - 4 msgs > > number of web pages worldwide > > Regarding number of web pages world wide, I was informed that C. Lee Giles > at Pen State (www.ist.psy.edu/faculty/giles.html) has developed some tools > to sample and estimate the number of pages. I also learned of the > distinction between the dark web (pages inaccessible to crawlers) and the > pages that available and referenced via search engines. It seems that one > estimate has the dark web at 90% of total pages. > > Greg Monaco > > Gregory E. Monaco, Ph.D. > Program Director, Advanced Networking > National Science Foundation > 703-292-8948 > > _-- Dr. C. Lee Giles, David Reese Professor School of Information Sciences and Technology and Computer Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA, 16801, USA giles(a)ist.psu.edu - 814 865 4461 http://ist.psu.edu/giles

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