Hello, as I solicited papers from this list as well as through
The American Sociological Association, I wanted to extend an
invitation to you to attend these two panels containing the work of
some A(O)IR members. If anyone is in Chicago on August
16th, this Friday and can get to the Chicago Hilton and Palmer House
hotels, there are two session you could drop in and see. Please
write me for the room numbers which I will have on Thursday.
Thanks!
10:30 a.m.
The Internet and Society I:
Regulations, Protest, and Popular Applications
Organizer and Presider: Andrea
Baker, Ohio University
--"Different Faces in the Cyber
Dragon World: A Comparative Analysis of the Internet Regulations in
Four Chinese Societies - China, Hong Kong, Singapore and
Taiwan"
Cheng-Nan Hou,
SUNY Buffalo
--"Cyberpower and Hactivism:
Direct Action, Power, and Politics Online"
Tim Jordan, Open
University, UK
--"Adult Social Bonds and Use of
Internet Pornography"
Steven
Stack, Wayne State, Ira Wasserman, Roger Kern, Eastern
Michigan
--"'Thanks for Leaving Positive
feedback!' Digital Conversation, Discursive Practices and Framing in a
Community/Market"
Ryan
Sperry, Columbia University
Discussant: Lori Kendall, SUNY
Purchase
4:30 p.m.
The Internet and Society II:
Studying Internet Use: How, Who and Why?
Organizer and Presider: Andrea
Baker, Ohio University
--"The Internet in Everyday
Life"
Carolyn
Haythornthwaite, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign,
Barry Wellman,
University of Toronto
--"Participants" and
"Observers" in Online Ethnography: Five Stories About
Identity"
Lori
Kendall, SUNY Purchase
--"Internet Communication and
Changes in Contact with Others"
Sheila
Cotten, University of Maryland, Baltimore County,
Elizabeth
Davison, Appalachian State,
Heather
Hax, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
--"The Social Shaping of the New
Information and Communication Technologies in Center and
Periphery"
Markus
Schultz, New School
Discussant: Steve Jones, University
of Illinois at Chicago