Hello everyone, When I go to a conference, I try to avoid conference coma.Do you know that state? Simultaneously half asleep from time zone changes and overly caffeinated, and trying to look intently interested in yet another paper? Even when the presentations are brilliant and fascinating, listening for hours on end can put you at risk... Of course at AOIR we have the opportunity to avoid this fate, since Hector and the program committee have offered us the chance to give participatory open fishbowl sessions. (See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishbowl_(conversation)#Method) I'd like to offer one (what do you expect from someone named "Salmons"?), but am need of more fish. Would you like to join in and contribute to the lively and engaging nature of AOIR in the Mile High City? If so, please communicate to me off-list: jesalmons[at]gmail.com. Soon, please, the deadline is looming! Here is the proposed direction for the session: I am thinking about adapting the "Resistance and Appropriation" themes of the conference to look at the role of the researcher and the researched, the decisions we make, and the ethical implications. These are some broad organizing questions.... I'll consult with the fish to narrow them down, or add other themes, in developing our proposal: What are the processes through which we decide to use the Internet to collect data- and to share our findings? How do our choices about ways to use technology influence the data we collect-- from text to audio to media? What are the implications for researchers, for example, the new literacies needed to understand, analyze and explain visual and multi-media data? Or, how do we decide whether to publish in open-access journals? How are online practices common in social media and social networking adopted for online interviews, observations or data scraping, and what are the implications for researchers and those being studied? When do we appropriate others' writing in ways they do not necessarily expect? What are the ethical dilemmas for netizens as well as for researchers? What are the complex relationships between the researcher and researched online? Where are the points of resistance-- does anyone posting or tweeting have a way to resist having their writing scraped or collected by researchers? Will we see a backlash? I'd ask each speaker/participant to give a short statement about how he/she has addressed these kinds of issues and what questions they feel are unresolved or need more thought by the research community. As moderator, I will summarize the open questions. Then we'll invite audience members to join in the discussion by taking the "empty chair" to either respond to the questions on the table or add questions. Then I'll summarize the questions/recommendations at the end. I will record the session to capture the discussion. My other confirmed discussant is Dale Buckholtz, PhD, whose recent dissertation study was: "Classifying virtual collaboration skills: A case study of social network site users’ skills and transference to virtual teamwork." Best, Janet Janet Salmons Ph.D. Capella University School of Business and Vision2Lead, Inc. Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter at #einterview Now available as Kindle e-books: Online Interviews in Real Time and Cases in Online Interview Research PO Box 943 Boulder, CO 80306-0943