Hi all, Mary and Gabriela, you both present effective edits to my sentence. Thank you. It is interesting to see how a "simple" definition can evolve and change with collaboration. Our good old friend, Wikipedia, suggests that Internet Studies is an interdisciplinary field studying the social, psychological, pedagogical, political, technical, cultural, artistic, and other dimensions of the internet and associated information and communication technologies ..." How accurate do you feel this definition is or, rather, how far removed from that definition we have generated ourselves? Also, thanks Gordon for a great brain prompt. I had hit a bit of a block on my Honours dissertation and this got my mind right back in the game. Cheers, Melissa. On 27 Jul 2014, at 2:20 pm, Mary L. Gray <qcentral@indiana.edu> 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."
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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:
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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)
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Mary L. Gray Associate Professor The Media School Adjunct Faculty, American Studies; Anthropology; Gender Studies Indiana University, Bloomington
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