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Fwd: position available--digital media & resource specialist
by Steve Jones 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

>Architecture/ Computer Technology > >Digital Media & Resources Specialist > >The School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC); >Starts 9/1/01. Manage and oversee the school's digital resources including >2 computer labs (computers, peripherals, networking, and any other digital >equipment). Qualifications: MIN B.Arch / BFA & 2 yrs experience in >computer and network maintenance and troubleshooting on PC, Mac and UNIX >computers, as well as working knowledge of graphics, modeling, rendering, >animation and GIS software. Strongly prefer advanced degree in architecture >or the arts focused on digital media production. For fullest consideration, >send cover letter, resume & names w/ address / phone / e-mail of 3 >references by August 6, 2001 to: Digital Media/Resources Specialist Search, >School of Architecture (M/C 030), University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 >West Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607. > >UIC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.

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international data
by Barry Wellman 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

Wenhong Chen, Jeff Boase and I are looking for Reliable comparative data on computer and internet use rates across countries -- as many countries as possible, but OECD + a few other biggies at least. Thanks, 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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freedom of speech
by Monika Merkes 20 Jul '01

20 Jul '01

Greetings On 13 July 2001 I wrote to this list: At La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, files on the website of Dr Ken Harvey have been removed on the Dean's authorisation for allegedly defaming federal Health Minister Michael Wooldridge. The Melbourne newspaper 'The Age' reported on 10 July 2001 that Dr Harvey has been charged with serious misconduct. The website offered a collection of resources regarding the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. It has now been moved to http://users.bigpond.net.au/pbs-pbac/ It appears that this matter has now been resolved, see La Trobe's statement below (also at http://users.bigpond.net.au/pbs-pbac/ ) Regards Monika Merkes Official Statement (20 July 2001) PBS-PBAC Web Site Dispute: La Trobe University and Dr. Ken Harvey This matter has now been amicably resolved. The University and Dr. Harvey will not be issuing any further statement regarding this matter. Authorised by Professor Graham McDowell, Acting Vice Chancellor, VC(a)latrobe.edu.au

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online consent forms
by Laura Gurak 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

I am part of a study here that will involve using the Web to recruit subjects and then "sign" an online consent form. We don't want to make people print and mail/fax the form. We want to do everything online with an eye of course on confidentiality and other traditional human subjects concerns. Can anyone recommend some good examples of online consent forms? Or some articles on the subject? Thanks, Laura Gurak ---------------- Laura J. Gurak, Ph.D. Associate Professor Rhetoric Department, University of Minnesota 1994 Buford Ave., St. Paul, MN 55108 v 612-624-3773 also--Director, Internet Studies Center -- www.isc.umn.edu Faculty Fellow, Law School gurakL(a)tc.umn.edu www.rhetoric.umn.edu/Faculty/gurak.html

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Fwd: [CC] Cyberculture - Nordic Interactive (fwd)
by jeremy hunsinger 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

> > >Nordic Interactive Conference 2001 - Digital Visions and User Reality >31 October 2001 to 3 November 2001, Copenhagen, Denmark > >NIC 2001 is a biannual conference initiated by Nordic >Interactive, a new pan-Nordic network for leading Nordic IT >research institutes and companies in interactive digital >technology. The first significant landmark of the network >is NIC 2001, featuring entrepreneurs and visionary >leaders from industry and academia, artists and >performers as well as a number of international keynote >speakers. The conference provides a rich set of formats >for interaction, presentation and discussion of the latest >results and developments. NIC 2001 presents a four-day >program consisting of five tracks, tutorials, informal >workshops, expo (also open to the public), art gallery, job >fair and a competition for postgraduate and doctoral >students. > >Why NIC 2001? >There has been a growing focus on research and >development as the core competencies of the Nordic >countries. The Nordic countries occupy unique research >and development positions in areas closely connected to >development and use of interactive digital technology, >especially in the areas of user centred design, social >context relations and mobility. At NIC2001 we aim at >bringing the Nordic capacities in this broad and >multidisciplinary field together, to present and discuss >contributions from scientists, artists, developers, >business, educators, and computer enthusiasts. >Conference topics will relate to science, education, >games, design, communication, interaction, work, daily >living and society. Leaders and visionaries from industry, >academia, research and government will discuss the key >technology advances that will impact our daily lives now >and in the future, and how that may change the way we >interact. > >The goal of NIC 2001 is to provide a highly interactive and >engaging forum, where attendees can meet to exchange >and discuss ideas. We wish to strengthen the Nordic >relations and networks, to consider the form, role, and >impact of future interactive digital technology. The >conference will present some of the latest technological >developments, and discuss issues and challenges facing >the Nordic R&D environment in this area, as we move into >the 21st Century. Our speakers, panellists and presenters >are all deeply involved in various areas of research, >development, creation and use of interactive digital >technology. > >Conference themes are: >1. Living in intelligent environments >2. Nomadic computing >3. Learning in a distributed world - future pedagogical >practices >4. Touch, hear, see >5. - To be announced! > >Keynote speakers are as follows: >J°rgen Lindegaard - President and CEO of the SAS Group >(Scandinavian Airlines) ; >Kevin Warwick - Professor of Cybernetics at the >University of Reading, UK, leading robotics researcher; >John Thackara - Director of "Doors of Perception", >Holland, a design guru, critic and business provocateur; >Norbert Streitz - Dr. Dr. at GMD, Germany, a leading >expert on workspaces of the future; >Maureen Thomas - Creative Director at Cambridge >University Moving Image Studio (CUMIS), UK, expert on >digital interactive narrative/drama; >Bob Stone - Professor, head of MUSE Virtual Presence >Ltd. and Scientific Director of MUSE Technologies, UK, >world-leading expert on human factors and ergonomics in >relation to virtual reality and >Kathryn Clark, Senior scientist at Nasa, USA, specialist in >intelligent environments. > >Online registration and the preliminary conference >programme is now available at >http://www.nic2001.org. > >E-mail enquiries: secr(a)nic2001.org > >Website: http://www.nic2001.org > >Organized by: Nordic Interactive 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 --my homepage Virginia Tech (yes i partially updated it) Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540)-231-7614 icq 5535471

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Re: [Air-l] Computer Gaming List
by Frank Schaap 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

Jason offered amongst other things the following URL > http://www.digiplay.org.uk/ but my one ISP doesn't yet have a DNS entry for it, while through my other ISP I can't seem to connect to the server (connection refused on port 80). it would seem that for the moment the Digiplay website is also available through this URL: http://www.jasonrutter.org.uk/Digiplay/ just some temporary probs I recon... looks interesting so far :) Frank. -- The Cyberculture, Identity and Gender Resources ==> http://fragment.nl/resources/

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Computer Gaming List
by Jason Rutter 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING ================================================= EMAIL LIST FOR RESEARCHERS INTO COMPUTER GAMING. Research on computer games, computer gaming and the gaming industry is a young but rapidly developing field of inquiry. In an attempt to support exchange of ideas and promote cross-disciplinary discussion in the area a new discussion list has been setup. The Digiplay list aims to provide an international forum for the exchange of ideas, information and analysis on the gaming industry and gamer research. Multidisciplinary in nature, it is aimed primarily at academic researchers doing work in any area of computer game, gaming, or the gaming industry. You can subscribe either at http://www.topica.com/lists/digiplay or by sending a blank email to digiplay-subscribe(a)topica.com. Please feel free to circulate to interested parties. Jason Rutter Jo Bryce CRIC Dept of Psychology University of Manchester UCLAN Jason.Rutter(a)man.ac.uk j.bryce(a)uclan.ac.uk http://www.digiplay.org.uk/ =================================================

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RE: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #59 - 1 msg
by Dr. Alberto Beuchot 19 Jul '01

19 Jul '01

Daer Dara: I´m interested in reading the paper you offer. Please email it to me. Thanks! Dr. Alberto Beuchot Center for Teaching and Learning ITESM -----Original Message----- From: air-l-admin(a)aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of air-l-request(a)aoir.org Sent: Jueves, 19 de Julio de 2001 10:01 a.m. To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #59 - 1 msg Today's Topics: 1. Re: Information/research request (Dara O'Neil) --__--__-- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 14:38:47 -0400 To: air-l(a)aoir.org From: "Dara O'Neil" <dara.oneil(a)gtri.gatech.edu> Subject: Re: [Air-l] Information/research request Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org I wrote a paper that I'm presenting at the AoIR conference in October that addresses specifically this topic. It's a working paper but I'd be happy to send it to you (or anyone else) who may be interested. The abstract of the paper, "Merging Theory with Practice: Toward an Evaluation Framework for Community Informatics" is below. "Community informatics is defined as a strategy or discipline that focuses on the use of information and communication technologies by territorial communities. This paper analyzes the emerging evaluation literature on community informatics to develop an understanding of the indicators used to gauge project impacts in community networks and community technology centers. This study finds that community informatics evaluations fall into five key areas: 1) enhancing strong democracy; 2) increasing social capital; 3) empowering individuals; 4) revitalizing sense of community; and 5) providing economic development oppotunities. This paper aims to develop an understanding or model of community informatics research that synthesizes diverse theoretical perspectives in two ways: first, by presenting a taxonomy of more than 30 evaluation studies based on common methodological and explanatory dimensions; and second, by drawing from this taxonomy to construct an evaluation framework of appropriate indicators and methods for community informatics evaluation research." If you're interested in a copy of the paper, please let me know and I'll forward it to you. Thanks- Dara At 12:01 PM -0400 7/18/01, air-l-request(a)aoir.org wrote: >Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:12:36 -0500 >To: air-l(a)aoir.org >From: rglentz(a)mail.utexas.edu >Subject: [Air-l] Information/research request >Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >Dear colleagues, > >I'm looking for citations (with urls if available) of any/all meta >evaluations done on community networks and community technology centers in >the U.S. I'm aware of CTCnet's site and publications, NTIA's, etc. etc., >but just curious if any of you have been able to find a source where these >have been researched and cited in academic literature in total? Also, I am >eager to know about the nuanced differences between CTCs and CNs - is there >a working definition? Thank you! > >RG Lentz >UT Austin -- *********************************************************************** Dara V. O'Neil Research Associate II, Georgia Tech Research Institute; & Doctoral student, Information and Telecommunications Policy School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology; 151 Sixth St., 038 O'Keefe Building, Atlanta, GA 30332-0837 Tel: 404.894.8445, Fax: 404.894.2184, Email: dara.oneil(a)gtri.gatech.edu *********************************************************************** --__--__-- _______________________________________________ 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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Re: [Air-l] Information/research request
by Dara O'Neil 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

I wrote a paper that I'm presenting at the AoIR conference in October that addresses specifically this topic. It's a working paper but I'd be happy to send it to you (or anyone else) who may be interested. The abstract of the paper, "Merging Theory with Practice: Toward an Evaluation Framework for Community Informatics" is below. "Community informatics is defined as a strategy or discipline that focuses on the use of information and communication technologies by territorial communities. This paper analyzes the emerging evaluation literature on community informatics to develop an understanding of the indicators used to gauge project impacts in community networks and community technology centers. This study finds that community informatics evaluations fall into five key areas: 1) enhancing strong democracy; 2) increasing social capital; 3) empowering individuals; 4) revitalizing sense of community; and 5) providing economic development oppotunities. This paper aims to develop an understanding or model of community informatics research that synthesizes diverse theoretical perspectives in two ways: first, by presenting a taxonomy of more than 30 evaluation studies based on common methodological and explanatory dimensions; and second, by drawing from this taxonomy to construct an evaluation framework of appropriate indicators and methods for community informatics evaluation research." If you're interested in a copy of the paper, please let me know and I'll forward it to you. Thanks- Dara At 12:01 PM -0400 7/18/01, air-l-request(a)aoir.org wrote: >Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:12:36 -0500 >To: air-l(a)aoir.org >From: rglentz(a)mail.utexas.edu >Subject: [Air-l] Information/research request >Reply-To: air-l(a)aoir.org > >Dear colleagues, > >I'm looking for citations (with urls if available) of any/all meta >evaluations done on community networks and community technology centers in >the U.S. I'm aware of CTCnet's site and publications, NTIA's, etc. etc., >but just curious if any of you have been able to find a source where these >have been researched and cited in academic literature in total? Also, I am >eager to know about the nuanced differences between CTCs and CNs - is there >a working definition? Thank you! > >RG Lentz >UT Austin -- *********************************************************************** Dara V. O'Neil Research Associate II, Georgia Tech Research Institute; & Doctoral student, Information and Telecommunications Policy School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology; 151 Sixth St., 038 O'Keefe Building, Atlanta, GA 30332-0837 Tel: 404.894.8445, Fax: 404.894.2184, Email: dara.oneil(a)gtri.gatech.edu ***********************************************************************

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July 2001 report
by Steve Jones 17 Jul '01

17 Jul '01

July 17, 2001 Report of the a(o).i.r. executive committee Prepared by Steve Jones AoIR Executive Committee President: Steve Jones Vice-President: Nancy Baym Secretary: Matt Stoner Treasurer (on leave): Benjamin Bates Interim Treasurer: Wes Shrum Open Seats: Beth Kolko and Sean Cubitt Appointed Seats: Diane Witmer and Fay Sudweeks Student Seat: Matt Williams Publications Officers: Jeremy Hunsinger and Charlie Breindahl 2001 Conference Coordinator: John Logie 2001 Conference Program Chair: Leslie Shade Ethics Working Group Chair: Charles Ess 1. Introduction & General (Jones) Below is the monthly report from AoIR executive committee members. 2. Executive Officers' Reports 2.1 President (Jones) 2.1.1. Revision to the AoIR bylaws to make them better reflect the shape the organization has taken are still under way. I am hoping to have proposed revisions ready for general discussion within the next couple of weeks. 2.1.2. AoIR elections are also upcoming, and the call for nominations will go out in the next couple or so weeks, too. Remember that only members who have their dues paid up are eligible for nomination, to vote, etc. 2.2 Vice President (Baym) 2.2.1 I've been adding my two cents on the revised bylaws, conference panel organization, future conference planning, and the wonderful forthcoming site for members that Jeremy has put together. 2.3 Secretary (Stoner) 2.3.1 No report. 2.4 Treasurer (Bates) 2.4.1 No report. 2.5 Open Seats (Kolko, Cubitt) 2.5.1 Kolko: No report. 2.5.2 Cubitt: No report. 2.6 Appointed Seats (Witmer, Sudweeks) 2.6.1 Witmer: Nothing to report. 2.6.2 Sudweeks: No report. 2.7 Student Seat (Williams) 2.7.1 No report. 2.8 Publications Officers (Hunsinger, Breindahl) 2.8.1 Hunsinger: Helped with conference stuff. Made an area on aoir.org for conference stuff so that all aoir.org stuff will be in one place. Helped with bylaws revision. Revised and updated current members website. Began working on a significant upgrade to members section that will go gold in august for the elections. 2.8.2 Breindahl: I have been on holiday for the last three weeks. I'll be trying to catch up over the next three weeks, I guess. :) 2.9 2001 Conference (John Logie, Coordinator and Leslie Shade, Program Chair) 2.9.1 Logie: This months' core accomplishments for the "local team" centered around the near-total revision and expansion of the conference website, now available at http://www.aoir.org/2001. The site was reviewed and enhanced by the critiques of a number of members of the local team, especially Dan Burk and Gretchen Haas. The site now features full biographies for each of the keynoters, improvements to the local and registration pages (with a roommate finder supplied by Jeremy Hunsinger), a new page recognizing conference sponsors, and posting of a tentative program schedule. I also worked with the organizers of a pre-conference workshop entitled "Critical Choices in Web Research Design," to add their effort to the overall arc of the conference. This Wednesday programming can be reviewed at http://aoir.org/2001/workshop.htm. The remainder of the program is the core challenge of the coming hours and days. I, as conference chair, am working very closely with Leslie to match our various panels and presentations with the appropriate rooms at Gateway and Radisson. I contracted for additional space at the Radisson when it became clear that the number of submissions would be high. Room spaces vary dramatically in size, so we are working towards matching anticipated demand for particular sessions with available space. To that end, I am creating a database which, when completed, will greatly streamline the room assignment process. These assignments will be posted to the program page at the AoIR/2001 site as soon as possible. Negotiations with food suppliers are ongoing, but it is clear, based on their estimates, that we should be able to maintain the strong precedents estasblished by Nancy Baym at the first conference. Graduate students and international travelers on tight budgets (as well as the simply hungry) will be able to rely on breakfast foods and snacks provided by AoIR. Core concerns for the coming weeks include stablilization of our arrangement with Apple Computers to maintain the high level of technical support established at AoIR 1.0 and determining whether our assigned book exhibit manager (local bookstore Ruminator Books) will, in fact, be able to successfully handle exhibits for the conference. As of this writing, Ruminator has raised, rather than eliminated concern about its ability to do so. I will be working closely with Ruminator to improve the situation, or working closely with the Minnesota team to develop a viable alternative. 2.9.2 Shade: John and I are working on the panel times and venues. We've already configured the panels, and the schedule should be posted _______?????? 2.10 AoIR Ethics Working Group (Charles Ess, Chair) 2.10.1 Elgesem has posted some important comments and questions in conjunction with our linking the recent Guidelines approved by the National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (NESH) and (b) Malin Svenningson has provided us with a case study highlighting the arguments for _not_ requiring informed consent and insuring confidentiality in certain kinds of Internet research (primarily chatrooms).

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