In my opinion video is not necessari.
In scientific context the important is "the text". All others is optyonally. Whith interaction ontime (IM) (coordination) and off time (forums+docs) (discussions) + Intranet is enouthg. ------------------------------------
Paid AoIR members have been able to access all of the papers that authors have sent us that were presented at the AoIR conferences via the members section of the website since 2000. That's text -- lots and lots of text direct from the conferences to you for a modest membership fee (adjusted downward for students and residents of non-OECD countries). This very list, air-l, is also an "off time" interaction service aoir provides at no charge to subscribers whether they are members or not (there is a good deal of labor done by Charlie Breindahl and Jeremy Hunsinger in ensuring the functioning of this list, as well as real costs paid by the association to the provider). The members section of our site is temporarily down for rebuilding, but it will reopen in new and improved form with access to papers restored as soon as we can get it done. The new members area will have space(s) that can be used for real time discussion should people want to organize such uses. If you would like to help rebuild the members section of our site, please let me know. Nancy -- Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 102, Lawrence, KS 66045-7574, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org