air-l-request@aoir.org wrote:
Today's Topics:
1. election information (jeremy hunsinger)
2. Re: election information (Nancy Baym)
3. FW: [Air-l] election information (Ellis Godard)
4. RE: nominations (Bunz, Ulla K)
5. air statement -- david silver (D. Silver)
6. Re: networks (Niels Ole Finnemann)
7. nomination ..... (Nils Zurawski)
8. nomination (Kathleen O'Riordan)
9. election information 9/24/01 (jeremy hunsinger)
10. RE: election information 9/24/01 (Bunz, Ulla K)--__--__--
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:34:25 -0400
From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns@vt.edu>
Organization: Virginia Tech
To: air-l@aoir.org
Subject: [Air-l] election information
Reply-To: air-l@aoir.orgThis is a list of everyone that has accepted nominations as of 12:30pm
Sunday as compiled to the best of my ability. There are several
outstanding nominations, and there were a few well reasoned rejections.
If there are errors, Please send me a note at nominate@aoir.org so that
I can do what you request. There are more people actually in the
process, considering running, trying to decide what position to run for,
I encourage all interested parties to run, send a note to
nominate@aoir.org to get on the ballot or nominate someone to be on the
ballot. More information about the elect will be provided on the
members website at http://aoir.org/membersagain contact nominate@aoir.org if there are any problems:
The List:
President
Steve Jones
Vice President
Nancy Baym
Secretary
Treasurer
Ben Bates
Open Seats
Mia Consalvo
Charles Ess
Laura Gurak
Nick Jankowski
Klaus Bruhn Jensen
Michel Menou
Gitte Stald
Barry Wellman--
Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy
CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu
526 major williams hall 0130
virginia tech
blacksburg, va 24061
540-231-7614--__--__--
Message: 2
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:39:26 -0500
To: air-l@aoir.org
From: Nancy Baym <nbaym@ku.edu>
Subject: Re: [Air-l] election information
Reply-To: air-l@aoir.orgHey Grad Students! There's an open seat reserved for you and I'm not
seeing any grad students on this list! Nominate yourself or your
buddy now! Nancy>Open Seats
>
>Mia Consalvo
>Charles Ess
>Laura Gurak
>Nick Jankowski
>Klaus Bruhn Jensen
>Michel Menou
>Gitte Stald
>Barry Wellman
_______________________________________________________________
Nancy Baym, Communication Studies
University of Kansas
NEW! email: nbaym@ku.edu
NEW! snail mail: 102 Bailey, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
NEW! url: http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym--__--__--
Message: 3
From: "Ellis Godard" <ellisgodard@starband.net>
To: <Air-l@aoir.org>
Cc: <nbaym@ku.edu>
Subject: FW: [Air-l] election information
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 11:29:42 -0700
Reply-To: air-l@aoir.orgI do not know how many other grad students are on the list. But if getting
my PhD within the next year does not disqualify me, I would be honored for
the opportunity to serve in an open seat. I have helped network sociologists
in cyberspace for nearly a decade, including web site design as well as
initiation of the first two Usenet newsgroups about sociology
(alt.sci.sociology and sci.sociology). I also have some relevant experience,
ranging from departmental committees (such as the Computing Committee) to
executive boards (such as the Netspace Foundation, a volunteer nonprofit
which provides discounted online services to other nonprofits).I have studied cyberspace for almost as long, including a Master's thesis on
social movements and cyberspace, several conference participations, a
forthcoming dissertation on social control in cyberspace ("The Moral Order
of Cyberspace: Conflict Management and Social Structure Online"), and an
article soon to be under review, as well as teaching several courses on the
subject. And I have recently broadened my scholarship to consider
communications studies, including a book chapter out next spring in a volume
edited by two Professors of Communicaton, and an invited participation at
the Eastern Communication Society meetings in April.Thanks for your consideration,
Ellis Godard
godard@virginia.edu
University of Virginia-----Original Message-----
From: air-l-admin@aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]On Behalf Of
Nancy Baym
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 10:39 AM
To: air-l@aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-l] election informationHey Grad Students! There's an open seat reserved for you and I'm not
seeing any grad students on this list! Nominate yourself or your
buddy now! Nancy>Open Seats
>
>Mia Consalvo
>Charles Ess
>Laura Gurak
>Nick Jankowski
>Klaus Bruhn Jensen
>Michel Menou
>Gitte Stald
>Barry Wellman
_______________________________________________________________
Nancy Baym, Communication Studies
University of Kansas
NEW! email: nbaym@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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Message: 4
From: "Bunz, Ulla K" <ulla@ukans.edu>
To: "'air-l@aoir.org'" <air-l@aoir.org>
Subject: RE: [Air-l] nominations
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 17:25:05 -0500
Reply-To: air-l@aoir.orgWho am I?
Those of you who attended Aoir 1.0 in Lawrence may remember me as the smiley
person at the top of the stairs, chiming, "Good Morning! Registration is
down here and to your right!"
When I'm not playing hostess, I teach and research as a doctoral candidate
in Communication Technology at the University of Kansas. As I will graduate
this year, I am disqualified for the Graduate Seat, which I would have loved
to run for. So, I'm forging ahead, and I will now accept Nancy Baym's
nomination for an Open Seat.International and Interdisciplinary Experience
Growing up in Belgium and attending universities in Germany, New Zealand and
the United States I have learned the value of intercultural collaboration.
Along those lines, I recently suggested a joint conference between Aoir and
the German Online Research conference (or any other qualified organization).
I am officially in Communication Studies, but my research and teaching draw
from various fields, such as cyber studies, communication studies,
human-computer studies, psychology, and sociology. I strongly support
international and interdisciplinary endeavors.Committee Experience:
In preparation for Aoir 1.0, I have helped Nancy Baym with local
organizational issues. Together with some students, I also filmed the Aoir
1.0 video and took conference pictures. I am currently involved in the
Instructional Development Division of the Southern States Communication
Association, and have ties into both the National and the International
Communication Association. I have served on several departmental committees.
I like to get things done.I want Aoir to:
- become increasingly international both in membership and in conference
location
- become increasingly interdisciplinary, maybe even to the degree of
branching into different divisions (not to be confused with "majors") during
conferences
- become an even stronger presence online, so that Aoir's website will
become a valuable resource on all things Internet Research related for both
members and non-members
- work towards the future, so that maybe Aoir could eventually publish its
own journal
- recruit academic "youngsters" and foster their development through, for
example, more workshops, seminars or cross-university coursesThanks. See you in Minnesota!
ulla
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Ulla K. Bunz
Ph.D. Candidate, Teaching Assistant
University of Kansas
102 Bailey
Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-1160
ulla@ukans.edu
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Never Surrender ...
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 23:09:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: "D. Silver" <dsilver@u.washington.edu>
To: <air-l@aoir.org>
Subject: [Air-l] air statement -- david silver
Reply-To: air-l@aoir.orgLast week, Nancy Baym nominated me for an open seat position in the
upcoming AIR election. I'd like to accept the nomination and offer a
brief personal statement.Instead of using my time to broadcast my qualifications, I'd rather
discuss what I would work towards if elected. Within two short years, the
existing council and members of AIR have established a dynamic academic
space to discuss Internet research. It is now time, I believe, to expand
*dramatically* the conversations and communities. Building on the
directions already put forth by AIR, I propose we work towards a more
diverse and inclusive association, especially in terms of
interdisciplinarity, internationalism, and, well, funkiness.As evident in last year's conference and this year's program, AIR is, by
all accounts, interdisciplinary. Yet it seems to me that it remains
dominated by communications, media studies, and sociology. If elected, I
would work proactively to invite scholars from fields like ethnic studies,
women's studies, queer theory, and labor studies, as well as from fields
like anthropology, computer science, history, literature, psychology, and
public policy. I would work towards a massive and member-generated
database of academic and professional mailing lists, to which we could
send information regarding our organization. I would work to encourage
members to establish more special interest groups, and I'd encourage all
of us to do what Steve Jones does tirelessly: to attend non-Internet
specific conferences and spread the word.Last week, Charlie Breindahl encouraged members to think internationally.
I agree wholeheartedly with Charlie, even if it means I'm not elected.
Through the center I run (www.com.washington.edu/rccs), I have worked hard
at this task, publishing reviews of books written by authors from outside
the US and, in some cases, in languages other than English, and
maintaining a collection of syllabi and researchers from around the world.
Yet it's not nearly enough and, if elected, I would suggest a task force
on international issues and explore options of using translation software
to make AIR's Web site and discussion list more linguistically inclusive.This is getting long, my apologies. I'm almost through.
Although members of AIR have done an admirable job of keeping up with a
field that changes as I type, we need, I believe, to search wider, go
deeper, get stranger. Some of us, myself included, are too comfortable
with derivative scholarship, looking once again at LambdaMOO and its 17
users -- :) -- while ignoring environments like Quake and Asheron's Call,
online communities that attract hundreds of thousands of users. How can
we enliven our scholarship? How can we expand our conversations to
include communities outside of academe? As academics, how can we improve
(or begin?) our conversations and collaborations with digital artists and
activists? And, perhaps most importantly for many of us, how can we help
one another keep up with our students -- students who demand more and more
classes in cyberculture and bring with them a significant amount of
experience, expertise, and curiosity? In other words, how do we
rediscover, highlight, and fly high the less explored aspects of the Net,
the funky elements that attracted so many of us to the Net in the first
place? If elected, I will jumpstart such discussions.Finally, if elected, I will try my hardest to inaugurate on-site hot tub
parties at all AIR conferences. Thank you for your time,david silver
school of communications
university of washington
faculty.washington.edu/dsilver--__--__--
Message: 6
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:27:55 +0200
To: air-l@aoir.org
From: Niels Ole Finnemann <finnemann@imv.au.dk>
Subject: [Air-l] Re: networks
Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org<fontfamily><param>Geneva</param>Aldon,
I am sorry if I misunderstood your posting (air-l 117, 118). I admit
that I read the sentence:»If we work from a model of human knowledge and learning as being based
on neural networks then any organization is a network of neural
networks, an internetŠ« as if it meant that the function of the human
mind in general was based on the neural network model and that all
sorts of networks, the internet included, could be understood on the
basis of this model.Now, I am not sure what it means.
However, in your reply you make a similar analogy, saying that »neural
networks ... provide a model for storing of information, just as RAID 5
arrays present a similar model for storing information«.As you describe these two models, they are in no way similar.
In neural networks, »it is the network itself, and its connections that
store the information and not the individual nodes« while in RAID »the
information is spread across several different drives with some
redundancy built in«.I suppose that it means that the information in the Raid model -
contrary to the neural net-model - is actually stored in a number of
distinct nodes.Lets take it a little further. When it comes to the storage of
organisational information, we will always find that it is distributed
and stored in much more complex ways than any of these two models,
since information is both stored in computers (digital form), in
printed texts and reports, eventually in videos, tapes and other
traditional media, in the memories of many individuals, as explicit
knowledge as well as in the form of tacit knowledge (Polanyi) etc..
Even the internet exist in a relationship with the whole matrix of
available media, both when it comes to the social use of the internet
in general and when it comes to the strategic use of the net within a
specific organisation.There cannot be an organisation - not even a fordist or a leninist one
- in which the information is not distributed in a number of different
ways, in a variety of medias and minds, in a variety of semiotic codes
and according to a number of different »models« of which we so far have
only mentioned a few. In this respect I can follow Wilford Uncapher
(air-l, 118) where he points to a number of aspects which seems of
relevance for a theory of networks. The neural net and Raid models are
to flat, they cannot present the whole array of complexity, e.g. the
variety of heterogenous scales present in all organised communicational
systems.They also lack a historical perspective. Distributed information is a
constituent part of any sort of division of labor, whether »physical«
or »intellectual«. It is not a new historical phenomenon, and if we
want to identify new forms of distribution we can only do so if we are
able to identify older forms.Finally, however, I agree that it is highly relevant to analyse the
function(s) and various forms of redundancy used in all sorts of
communication. This is not simply a matter of the amount of redundancy,
a matter of more or less, it is also a - tricky - matter of functions
and forms, not to say definitions. E.g. in Shannon's famous 1948-paper
he employs at least three and maybe four different definitions of
redundancy, though without making the differences explicit.(For those interested I have discussed his notions of redundancy and
among other things shown that redundancy in various forms can be used
both as a means of stabilisation and of (unexpected and perhaps
uncontrolled) innovation of new forms and procedures. See the paper
Redundancy and Codes, available as html or pdf at
http://www.hum.au.dk/ckulturf/pages/publications/nof/redundancy.htm )Maybe network organisations could be defined as organisations which are
based more on redundancy than on regulations and rules, but anyway, all
sorts of organisations in the whole history of mankind have been based
both on rules and redundancy functions in one mixture or another.Finally, a comment concerning the assumed new network-organisation of
Bin Laden, mentioned in various postings. Taking into account for
instance the various national Resistence-movements in Europe during
WWII, Viet Cong, ANC and other organisations in South Africa, Rote Arme
Fraction, Brigada Rosso (Italy), ETA (Spain), IRA, The real IRA, The
various Hizbollah groups, a list which could be continued with numerous
guerilla-movements throughout the 20th century, I think the claim that
a new kind of (terrorist) network organisation has emerged need to be
substantially qualified.Niels Ole Finnemann
</fontfamily>PS excuse me the strange codes appearing in my former
posting and perhaps also in this.***************************************************
Niels Ole Finnemann
Lektor, dr. phil.
Institut for Informations- og Medievidenskab
Aarhus Universitet
Niels Juelsgade 84 Tlf: 89 42 19 34
8200 Aarhus N
Mail: finnemann@imv.au.dk
http://www.imv.au.dk/medarbejdere/adresselisteekstern.html/finnemann/
Leder af Center for Internetforskning
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:48:45 +0200
To: nominate@aoir.org, air-l@aoir.org
From: Nils Zurawski <zurawsk@uni-muenster.de>
Subject: [Air-l] nomination .....
Reply-To: air-l@aoir.orgI do accept the nomination made by Nancy Baym. Although I am not
100% sure about the tasks of a secretary, I would also be willing and
happy to provide my time and services for aoir in this position.on myself......
I am a trained sociologist and anthropologist and did research in the
field of ethnic identity and Internet. I am less than many people on
this list an Internet researcher, but I do research on, about and
with the Internet as part of my work and research interests. It is
mainly the Internet in a global social context that I am interested
in as well as its anthropological sides and features. Apart from that
I work on issues such as violence, identity, surveillance, social
interface. Thus my networks extend into areas that until now have not
heard about aoir and are new to internet research. More under
http://www.uni-muenster.de/PeaCon/zurawskimy interest/goals in the aoir.....
I am very much interested in bringing in more Europeans and other
people not living in North America, to help widening the scope and
outreach of aoir and to make it known among the research community. A
European conference finds my strong support and even the future idea
of regional chapters.I cannot attend the IR2.0 this year, despite earlier plans, but hope
to be in contact and discussions with some of you anyway.Best wishes
Nils Zurawski / nilz
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:29:44 +0100
To: air-l@aoir.org
From: K.S.O-Riordan@sussex.ac.uk (Kathleen O'Riordan)
Subject: [Air-l] nomination
Reply-To: air-l@aoir.orgI accept nomination for an open seat.
As a member of the committee I would like to continue to develop AoIR's
commitment to becoming both an international and interdisciplinary
organisation.The AoIR organisation has already become relevant to, and inclusive of a
diverse community. There is however, much further to go in this direction.
Like Jeremy I would also like to see areas of social analysis such as queer
theory, feminism and postcolonial theory inform the work of the organisation
more extensively. There are already these elements in place but again such
directions need to be sustained and developed. I would also like to see the
work of the ethics committee further sustained.I have served on the AoIR ethics committee and was also present at AoIR 1. I
unfortunately will not be able to attend AoIR 2 but hope to see it in Europe
next year.Academically I come from a literature and critical theory background but moved
into media studies and IT at postgraduate level. I then developed a research
project specific to Internet Research around my DPhil. I have also carried
out additional research into cross-platform media such as Big Brother. I am
interested in looking further at the convergence of media and communication
forms and also in continuing to map a history of communications to better
understand these periods of change. I am also invested in both developing and
analysing the interdisciplinary and international elements of the field.At present I teach and research media studies, multimedia and IT in the
Cultural studies framework of Continuing Education in the U.K.Kate O'Riordan
Arts C304
CCE
University of Sussex
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9RGTel: 01273 877774
Email: k.s.o-riordan@sussex.ac.uk--
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:48:09 -0400
From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns@vt.edu>
Organization: Virginia Tech
To: air-l@aoir.org
Subject: [Air-l] election information 9/24/01
Reply-To: air-l@aoir.orgsend corrections, additions, bios, etc. to nominate@aoir.org more
information is at http://aoir.org/members/article.php?sid=8&mode=&order=0
the current list:President
Steve Jones
Vice President
Nancy Baym
Secretary
Ulla Bunz
Nils ZurawskiTreasurer
Ben Bates
Open Seats
Matt Allen
Ulla Bunz
Mia Consalvo
Charles Ess
Laura Gurak
Nick Jankowski
Klaus Bruhn Jensen
Lisbeth Klastrup
Geert Lovink
Michel Menou
Kate O'Riordan
David Silver
Gitte Stald
Barry Wellman--
Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy
CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu
526 major williams hall 0130
virginia tech
blacksburg, va 24061
540-231-7614--__--__--
Message: 10
From: "Bunz, Ulla K" <ulla@ukans.edu>
To: "'air-l@aoir.org'" <air-l@aoir.org>
Subject: RE: [Air-l] election information 9/24/01
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:53:41 -0500
Reply-To: air-l@aoir.orgJeremy-small problem... I can remember neither my nickname, nor my password,
nor my code...
Help?
ulla
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Ulla K. Bunz
Ph.D. Candidate, Teaching Assistant
University of Kansas
102 Bailey
Lawrence, KS 66045
785-864-1160
ulla@ukans.edu
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Never Surrender ...
********************************************-----Original Message-----
From: jeremy hunsinger [mailto:jhuns@vt.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 8:48 AM
To: air-l@aoir.org
Subject: [Air-l] election information 9/24/01send corrections, additions, bios, etc. to nominate@aoir.org more
information is at http://aoir.org/members/article.php?sid=8&mode=&order=0
the current list:President
Steve Jones
Vice President
Nancy Baym
Secretary
Ulla Bunz
Nils ZurawskiTreasurer
Ben Bates
Open Seats
Matt Allen
Ulla Bunz
Mia Consalvo
Charles Ess
Laura Gurak
Nick Jankowski
Klaus Bruhn Jensen
Lisbeth Klastrup
Geert Lovink
Michel Menou
Kate O'Riordan
David Silver
Gitte Stald
Barry Wellman--
Jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy
CDDC/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu
526 major williams hall 0130
virginia tech
blacksburg, va 24061
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