Hi Terri, all just a quick note to say (a) I got it the first time - thanks! and (b) thanks! I thought this was just the right move - especially as it instantiates the point you make so well re. AoIR:
There are academics from all the disciplines you intimate are at war with one another, all talking together. There are grad students, there are activists, there are industry people, and there are reporters.
Well said! As usual, the exchange on this has been exemplarily AoIR-like: wide diversity of viewpoints, often strong disagreement, but consistently expressed in respectful tones - indeed, at important moments, with the collegiality, friendship and personal warmth that I take to be especially distinctive of AoIR. happy holidays! - c. (charles ess Distinguished Research Professor, Global Studies Center <http://www.drury.edu/gp21> Drury University Springfield, MO 65802 USA Guest Professor (fall, 2007), Department of Media Studies Department of Media Studies IT Park Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Office: (45) 8942 9219 Mobile: (45) 2986 8967 President, Association of Internet Researchers <www.aoir.org> Co-Editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire.html Co-chair, CATaC conferences <www.catacconference.org> Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes <http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php> Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23
This is a copy of the letter that I emailed to Monica Hesse at the Post.
I sent this about three hours ago, and then posted to the list about to give people a heads up. Since the post never showed up, I am posting again.
Sorry if this winds up going out multiple times but I am now concerned that people thought this was a safe space to vent, and I invited her to join us on the list. Frankly , I think she should see how frustrated people are, but that's just my opinion.
Here is the letter: