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FWD: gor and aior
by jhuns 05 Jun '01

05 Jun '01

About two weeks ago I attended the fourth GOR (German Online Research) conference in Göttingen, Germany. I'd like to give a brief summary of my impressions and ask for reactions, because an idea formed in my mind during the conference weekend. I remember conversation at and after AIoR about expanding our association, and preferably also organizing a meeting outside the US. I think it would be a great idea to strive for a joint meeting with GOR sometime in the (near) future. About 320 people attended this year's conference, approximately 50% of which were practitioners. To me that was very refreshing. The practitioners bring in applied ideas, different foci, and pointed questions. Most academicians at GOR seemed to have a psychology background, a general orientation that became clear also through the choice of keynote speakers, Katelyn McKenna and Tom Postmes. Most participants were German, but there were also Swiss, Greek, British, at least one Russian, and at least two or three who'd flown in from the States (besides Katelyn and me), and maybe some other nationalities that I didn't catch. The conference, filling two days, always offered four parallel panels lasting 90 minutes, each made up of three 30 minute presentations. Panel topics included Individual Differences Online, E-commerce, Market Research, Basic Research, Learning and Teaching, Web-based Experimentation, and CMC in Organizations. There were also poster sessions. Most sessions were held in German, but during each time slot, there was at least one English presentation. Each panel had a moderator who introduced presenters, encouraged questions, etc. My general impression of the conference was positive. Of course, I speak both German and English, so I probably got more out of the conference than some of the other international guests, but the mix of cultures, and the mix of practitioners and academicians lead to animated discussions, and stimulating ideas. For those who are interested I recommend to take a look at the website (available in both German and English) and the online proceedings at http://www.gor.de I believe both AIoR and GOR can profit from a joint conference. The conference language would probably have to be English, but I know that wouldn't be a problem for the majority of German GOR participants. AIoR and GOR overlap in their focus, which means we can learn from and inspire each other; we can define new problems (and maybe share ideas for solutions) through new perspectives; we can profit from research being done half a globe away and form international research teams. All it takes is willingness to act. I'd like to encourage reactions to my suggestion. I'm perfectly willing to give more details (including names and emails of this year's organizing team at GOR) about the conference, either on the list, or in private emails (ulla(a)ukans.edu) Is a joint conference with GOR desirable? Is it do-able? Yes and yes in my opinion. What do you think? Thanks, Ulla Bunz Jeremy Hunsinger far away from the office

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Air-l digest, Vol 1 #26 - 1 msg (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 05 Jun '01

05 Jun '01

I'm confused about this request for a joint conference. Isn't AOIR already an international body. 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, 5 Jun 2001 12:01:00 -0400 (EDT) From: air-l-request(a)aoir.org Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #26 - 1 msg --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:31:01 +0200 From: "Michel J. Menou" <Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr> To: "air-l-request(a)aoir.org" <air-l(a)aoir.org> Subject: [Air-l] Re:GOR & AoIR Air-l digest, Vol 1 #25 Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org Dear , alrao> About two weeks ago I attended the fourth GOR (German Online Research) snip alrao> Is a joint conference with GOR desirable? Yes. But I'd prefer if it would clearly be designed as an International conference with broad participation of members and colleagues from different countries in the various functions. alrao> Is it do-able? Yes

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Re:GOR & AoIR Air-l digest, Vol 1 #25
by Michel J. Menou 04 Jun '01

04 Jun '01

Dear , alrao> Message: 2 alrao> Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 11:39:01 -0400 alrao> From: jhuns <jhuns(a)vt.edu> alrao> To: air-l(a)aoir.org alrao> Subject: [Air-l] FWD: gor and aior alrao> Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org alrao> About two weeks ago I attended the fourth GOR (German Online Research) snip alrao> Is a joint conference with GOR desirable? Yes. But I'd prefer if it would clearly be designed as an International conference with broad participation of members and colleagues from different countries in the various functions. alrao> Is it do-able? Yes

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FWD: Next CATAC Conference in Montreal - CFP
by jhuns 03 Jun '01

03 Jun '01

CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION (CATaC'02) 12-15 July 2002 Montreal, Quebec, Canada http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac02/ Conference theme: The Net(s) of Power: Language, Culture and Technology The powers of the Nets can be construed in many ways - political, economic, and social. Power can also be construed in terms of Foucault's "positive power" and Bourdieu's notion of "cultural capital" - decentered forms of power that encourage "voluntary" submission, such as English as a _lingua franca_ on the Net. Similarly, Hofstede's category of "power distance" points to the role of status in encouraging technology diffusion, as low-status persons seek to emulate high-status persons. Through these diverse forms of power, the language(s) and media of the Net may reshape the cultural assumptions of its globally-distributed users - thus raising the dangers of "computer-mediated colonisation" ("Disneyfication" - a la Cees Hamelink). This biennial conference series aims to provide an international forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge research on how diverse cultural attitudes shape the implementation and use of information and communication technologies (ICT). "Cultural attitudes" here includes cultural values and communicative preferences that may be embedded in both the content and form of ICT - thus threatening to make ICT less the agent of a promised democratic global village and more an agent of cultural homogenisation and imperialism. The conference series brings together scholars from around the globe who provide diverse perspectives, both in terms of the specific culture(s) they highlight in their presentations and discussions, and in terms of the discipline(s) through which they approach the conference theme. The first conference in the series was held in London in 1998 (http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac98/) For an overview of the themes and presentations of CATaC'98, see http://wwwit.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac98/01_ess.html. The second conference in the series was held in Perth in 2000 (http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/~sudweeks/catac00/) Original full papers (especially those which connect theoretical frameworks with specific examples of cultural values, practices, etc.) and short papers (e.g. describing current research projects and preliminary results) are invited. Papers should articulate the connections between specific cultural values as well as current and/or possible future communicative practices involving information and communication technologies. We seek papers which, taken together, will help readers, researchers, and practitioners of computer-mediated communication - especially in the service of "electronic democracy" - better understand the role of diverse cultural attitudes as hindering and/or furthering the implementation of global computer communications systems. Topics of particular interested include but are not limited to: - Impact of information and communication technologies on local and indigenous languages and cultures. - Politics of the electronic global village in democratising or preserving hierarchy. - Communicative attitudes and practices in industrialised and industrialising countries. - Role of gender in cultural expectations regarding appropriate communicative behaviours. - Ethical issues related to information and communication technologies, and the impact on culture and communication behaviours. - Issues of social justice raised by the dual problems of "the digital divide" and "computer-mediated colonisation," including theoretical and practical ways of overcoming these problems. SUBMISSIONS All submissions will be peer reviewed by an international panel of scholars and researchers. There will be the opportunity for selected papers to appear in special issues of journals and a book. Papers in previous conferences have appeared in, for example, the Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication, AI and Society Journal, Javnost- The Public, and New Media and Society. A book, Culture, Technology, Communication: towards an Intercultural Global Village, edited by Charles Ess with Fay Sudweeks, SUNY Press, New York, is due for release in July 2001. Initial submissions are to be emailed to catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au as an attachment (Word, HTML, PDF). Submission of a paper implies that it has not been submitted or published elsewhere. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. Important Dates Full papers: 15 March 2002 Short papers: 29 March 2002 Notification of acceptance: 5 April 2002 Final formatted papers: 26 April 2002 VENUE The venue is Montreal, Quebec. COMMITTEE CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Charles Ess, Drury University, USA, ejcrec(a)lib.drury.edu Fay Sudweeks, Murdoch University, Australia, catac(a)it.murdoch.edu.au CONFERENCE VICE-CHAIR Lorna Heaton, University of Montreal, Canada, lheaton(a)videotron.ca PROGRAM COMMITTEE Jose Abdelnour-Nocera, Open University, UK Tom Addison, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Phil Agre, University of California San Diego, USA Michael Dahan, Israel Dineh Davis, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA Gretchen Ferris Schöl, College of William and Mary, USA John Gammack, Murdoch University, Australia Satinder Gill, Stanford University, USA Sara Gwynn, University of the West of England, UK Soraj Hongladarom, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Lawrie Hunter, Kochi University of Technology, Japan Steve Jones, University of Illinois Chicago, USA Helen Nissenbaum, Princeton University, USA Gill Sellar, Edith Cowan University, Australia David Silver, University of Washington, USA Malin Sveningsson, Linköping University, Sweden Peter Sy, University of the Philippines, Philippines Wal Taylor, University of Central Queensland, Australia Leslie Tkach, University of Tsukuba, Japan Alexander Voiskounsky, Moscow University, Russia Yvonne Waern, Linköping University, Sweden Ann Willis, Edith Cowan University, Australia Jeremy Hunsinger far away from the office

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Usenet as a Model for the Growth of the Net.
by Jay Robert Hauben 02 Jun '01

02 Jun '01

Hi, I think the readers of the Air-l list should be interested in the question "How Will the Net Grow? Jay ------------- How the Net Will Grow? A framework in which to take up that question was presented in a talk at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California on May 23, 2001 and at Google, Inc. on June 1. Using the history of Usenet and the current questions raised by the purchase by Google, Inc. of the Deja.com 1995-2000 archives of Usenet the talk emphasized the strength of Usenet as a model for the future of the Net. A streaming video of that talk is on line at http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/ It can be seen using a browser with a video viewer plugin by clicking the View Video button for May 23. The title of the talk which is by Ronda Hauben is: Usenet and the Usenet Archives The Challenges of Building a Collaborative Technical Community Abstract: In 1981, Mark Horton, one of the early developers of Usenet, wrote that "USENET exists for and by the users, and should respond to the needs of those users." Almost twenty years later, in the Fall of 2000, almost 4000 people signed a petition directed to Deja.com asking them to either maintain the archives online that they had compiled of Usenet posts, or to transfer it to someone who would continue to keep it online and to provide it with an appropriate home. These two events, separated by almost twenty years, help to highlight an important achievement and yet a significant challenge for our times. Usenet was created as a users's network. What are the implications of this design principle on the continuing development and scaling process of Usenet? How do the contributions and collaborative efforts by the users affect Usenet's continued development? The technical collaboration and support that Usenet provides for people around the world is valued, as reflected by the petition to Deja.com. Yet there are problems that develop as Usenet develops, such as the problem of archiving Usenet and maintaining that archive and access to it in a way that recognizes the concerns of the online community and provides a means to respond to these concerns. As Usenet scales new problems develop. But so too does the body of experience of how to understand and approach these problems. Usenet is not only about open source and user developed content. It is also an example of user involvement in the administration and developing architecture of the network itself. As such, Usenet is a working model of grassroots development. What are the implications of this model toward the broader challenge of the continuing development of a collaborative technical community? Although focusing on Usenet and its development, this talk will also explore the implications of this model toward the general problem of the need for the continued development of a collaborative technical community. Url: http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/ Please send comments to this list and also to ronda(a)panix.com ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Call for Papers: (Virtual) Community Informatics - HICSS, January 2002
by Michael Bieber 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

CALL FOR PAPERS Community Informatics Minitrack (http://www.cis.njit.edu/~bieber/hicss02-cfp.html) general topics: Community Informatics and Virtual Communities at the 35th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (http://www.hicss.org/HICSS_35/apahome35.htm) Hilton Waikoloa Village, Kona, Hawaii (Big Island) January 7-10, 2002 Extended Deadline for Submissions: June 19, 2001 (Virtual) Community Informatics This mini-track provides one of the key international platforms relating to issues concerned with community informatics (CI), the study of the application of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) to the social, economic, political or cultural goals of communities. We take a wide view of community informatics so as to include relevance to developing as well as developed countries and rural as well as urban communities. As such CI is a technology strategy or discipline which links economic and social development efforts at the community level with emerging opportunities in numerous business, societal and personal domains. There is a considerable interest in linking CI with the remarkably parallel processes of "virtual" communities. The dialogue between those with an interest in "geo-communities" and those concerned with "virtual communities" proved to be an exceptionally rich one at HICSS-34 and it is proposed to extend and deepen that dialogue at HICSS-35. For further information, see http://www.hicss.org/HICSS_35/apahome35.htm Minitrack Chairs: Roger Harris, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Roger(a)fit.unimas.my Doug Vogel, City University of Hong Kong, isdoug(a)is.cityu.edu.hk Michael Bieber, New Jersey Institute of Technology, bieber(a)njit.edu Wal Taylor, Central Queensland University, w.taylor(a)cqu.edu.au Michael Gurstein, Technical University of British Columbia, gurstein(a)techbc.ca

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FWD: [CSL] CFPs: Conference on the "e-Society", Berlin October 2001
by jhuns 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

>===== Original Message From The Cyber-Society-Live mailing list is a moderated discussion list for those interested <CYBER-SOCIETY-LIVE(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK> ===== Forwarded from the innovation and competition list ... Dear colleagues, I'd like to draw your attention to a relevant event taking place later this year. It is part of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research's initiative to support innovation and technology analysis. The Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis of the Research Centre Karlsruhe and the VDI/VDE-IT Information Technologies GmbH are organising a conference on the "e-Society" for the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. This congress will take place in Berlin from 17 to 20 October of this year. Its full title is: "Innovations for an e-Society- Challenges for Technology Assessment". It is concerned with all aspects of society making increasing use of information and communication technologies, with special emphasis on the roles of knowledge and information. There will be sessions on the following topics: - e-Commerce - New Media and Culture - Electronic Governance - e-Health Services - "e-work or social contract?" - Opportunities for sustainable models of work - The vulnerability" of the e-society, data protection and IT Security - New Approaches of Technology Assessment and Forecasting The deadline for submission of short abstracts outlining the foreseen content of a presentation is June 11. In view of the brevity, we are prepared to accept abstracts for consideration after this deadline if this has been announced beforehand and we have been informed of a provisional title. Full details can be found on the web at: http://www.itas.fzk.de/e-society/ The conference organisers welcome all contributions and I would like to cordially invite you to draw colleagues' attention to the event, which we would like to be truly international. Kind regards, Michael Rader ********************************************************* Michael Rader Research Centre Karlsruhe, Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) P.O.Box 3640 D-76021 Karlsruhe Tel.: +49-7247/82 2505 Fax: +49-7247/82 4806 E-Mail: rader(a)itas.fzk.de URL: http://www.itas.fzk.de ****************************************************** ****************************************************************************** ****** Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html ****************************************************************************** ******* Jeremy Hunsinger far away from the office

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new reviews in cyberculture (june 2001)
by david silver 31 May '01

31 May '01

AIR'ers, *** apologies for crosspostings *** *** feel free to distribute *** New Book Reviews in Cyberculture Studies (June 2001) Each month, the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (RCCS) <otal.umd.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. To date, RCCS has reviewed over 85 books, covering a range of topics, from online culture, communities, and identities to hypertext, digital literacy, and online pedagogy to Internet policy, the digital divide, and online privacy. New reviews (found at http://otal.umd.edu/~rccs/books) include: Christine Hine, Virtual Ethnography (Sage, 2000). Reviewed by Julie Mactaggart and Nils Zurawski Response from the author, Christine Hine. Philadelpho Menezes and Wilton Azevedo, Interpoesia: poesia hiperimdia interativa (CD-ROM) Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1997/1998. Reviewed by Jorge Luiz Antonio. Jenny Preece, Online Communities: Designing Usability, Supporting Sociability (John Wiley & Sons, 2000). Reviewed by Boyd H. Davis and Chris Halaska. Response from the author, Jenny Preece. If you or your colleagues are interested in reviewing books for RCCS, contact us directly at <rccs(a)otal.umd.edu>. As always, please feel free to forward this message. david silver http://www.glue.umd.edu/~dsilver ******************************************************************* resource center for cyberculture studies http://otal.umd.edu/~rccs if you are interested in joining a low volume announcement list for rccs events and updates, please email: majordomo(a)majordomo.umd.edu no subject is required. in the body, type: subscribe cyberculture *******************************************************************

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CFP: Interpersonal Internet
by Nancy Baym 30 May '01

30 May '01

CALL FOR PAPERS EJC/REC: Electronic Journal of Communication/ La Revue Electronique de Communication The Interpersonal Internet Internet research has often focused on individuals or groups; in contrast, dyadic interpersonal relationships have received relatively scant attention. Yet an emerging body of evidence suggests that one of the Internet's primary appeals is its ability to facilitate relational development and maintenance. While this effect has been documented, we know very little about the actual formation and maintenance of relationships in and around online contexts. This special issue of the Electronic Journal of Communication will spotlight interpersonal relationships and the Internet. We welcome work from any research tradition that offers new findings based on well-grounded research and that relates those findings to existing knowledge where appropriate. Submissions are invited that address questions such as (but by no means limited to): How are relationships developed face-to-face maintained, negotiated, or transformed through the Internet? How is Internet use situated in offline interpersonal relational contexts? How do relationships develop within online contexts? How do differences amongst Internet contexts and forms give rise to differences in interpersonal relationships or communication strategies? Manuscripts should be prepared following guidelines of the American Psychological Association (4th ed.). Authors should be careful to remove all personal references from the manuscript to allow for blind review. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically. After acceptance both a hard copy and an electronic copy will be required. Deadline for the receipt of manuscripts is September 1, 2001. Authors are invited to discuss possible contributions with the Guest Editor prior to submission. Authors should submit manuscripts to the Guest Editor: Nancy Baym Department of Communication Studies University of Kansas email: nbaym(a)ku.edu snail mail: 102 Bailey, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA

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Reinventing Design Education in the University --- Discussion List
by Ken Friedman 30 May '01

30 May '01

Those who are interested in the subject of undergraduate design education in the context of the university are cordially invited to join the RIDE list. To join, go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ride.html and click on the blue prompt line: Join or leave the JISCmail list (or change settings) The RIDE list was established following a highly successful conference in Perth, Australia, in December 2000. The conference Web site is available at: http://www.curtin.edu.au/design/DesEd2000 Selected pre-conference papers and information on the proceedings can be found there. -- Ken Friedman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design Department of Knowledge Management Norwegian School of Management School +47 22.98.50.00 Telephone +47 22.98.51.11 Telefax Home office +46 (46) 53.245 Telephone +46 (46) 53.345 Telefax email: ken.friedman(a)bi.no --

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