Hi all, Intended audience(s) for the definition? Academic or wider? Some of the definitions proposed would be understandable by academics in a (fairly narrow) range of specialities, others are more generally accessible. Does audience matter? Catherine F. Smith Professor Emerita, English/Technical and Professional Communication and Discourse East Carolina University ________________________________________ From: Air-L [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Scott MacLeod [scott@scottmacleod.com] Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 10:08 AM To: Mary L. Gray; air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] What's your 1 sentence explanation of "Internet Research" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Hi All, I'd take a kind of Manueal Castellian approach (but not completely sidestepping questions of technological determinism implicit in this definition question) to suggest that: Internet research involves the study of "our societies which are increasingly structured around the bipolar opposition of the Net and the Self" ("Rise of the Network Society" 1996/2000); "the ?Net? denotes the network organizations replacing vertically integrated hierarchies as the dominant form of social organization, (and) the Self denotes the practices a person uses in reaffirming social identity and meaning in a continually changing cultural landscape" ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Castells ). Yes, thanks Gordon for this inquiry as well. Best, Scott On 7/27/14 2:20 AM, Mary L. Gray wrote:
Hey all, Melissa, I really like your 1 sentence zinger definition for net research. My only revision would be to put the focus on the relationships to technologies rather than setting up technologies as forces (media effects) in and of themselves. Something like:
"Internet studies is the interdisciplinary consideration of the relationships that bind Internet technologies, individuals' lives, social institutions, and cultural meaning."
?
Best (and thanks, Gordon, for starting the fun/productive thread), mary
On Jul 27, 2014, at 3:30 AM, air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote:
-----------------------------
Message: 2 Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 10:27:09 +0800 From: "Nile.Melissa" <nile.melissa@gmail.com> To: Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson@gmail.com> Cc: AoIR-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] What's your 1 sentence explanation of "Internet Research" Message-ID: <AECD2E5E-EA49-4CB1-B818-48F6FC3DDC8F@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
My "single sentence" definition:
"Internet studies is the interdisciplinary consideration of how Internet technologies are changing individuals, societies and cultures."
But that's just my two cents worth.
- Melissa Nile.
On 26 Jul 2014, at 8:51 am, Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
I don't think AoIR work can be encapsulated in a sentence. And I embrace the transdisciplinary nature of everyone's work.
In that spirit, rather than try to write a monolithic description, I would love to hear how each of you would describe/define "Internet Research". What is it? Who does it? Why do it?
I have been having trouble articulating some of my own work and would love to know how you are doing it.
I appreciate your time and effort and will gladly share a compiled list of all the responses I get if anyone is interested.
Thanks in advance, Gordon Carlson
PS - if you also want to send me your 2-3 sentence versions or versions that focus on how YOU study the internet I'd be happy to read those as well.
-- Gordon Carlson Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, Fort Hays State University Executive Director, Society for Conceptual Logistics in Communication Research (sclcr.com)
Twitter: @Gordon_Carlson Facebook: Gordon.S.Carlson Phone: 541.990.1155 _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
Mary L. Gray Associate Professor The Media School Adjunct Faculty, American Studies; Anthropology; Gender Studies Indiana University, Bloomington
Senior Researcher Microsoft Research
_______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/
- -- - - Scott MacLeod - Founder & President - - http://worlduniversityandschool.org - - 415 480 4577 - - PO Box 442, (86 Ridgecrest Road), Canyon, CA 94516 - - World University and School - like Wikipedia with MIT OpenCourseWare (not endorsed by MIT OCW) - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization, both effective April 2010. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.22 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - https://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJT1QfiAAoJEGXWPCwOJYCoJcoH/2UfdKrTIMQh0+PAl0gB/Y/a DithzDd6+CL8rARpmDrkQd0Jpf3xcl9eGfaN0o98HGpu4JusaVQ++QgSkaDZ25/U QeegdBKac7W7EW9iTiXAm5Sps3cwELeIDtXck8nQvEq9w7D6zOESalYgLZ9jhFy5 fhxmGtmbkOsvNmH8AIgtBNpfYA1yY/OqzNgVXwQkus+B6OvyeNnDTXqELzbwpA3q XHJ1Fdl7T2Y2v02ZLjJEhjcxpJ/TrSEOiGm7b/wNfVXcXrGYImoW9LjiswVA8J83 +/5UExIuAsRPixlpvG8w+FXQhlaPbGddfG/Qic+zDvRWsRYHiKMrhvt8z0u4RsQ= =grEN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/