This is about the forthcoming American Sociological Association annual meeting at Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas, August 19-23. Thought it would be of interest to some AOIR members, as well. "CITASA" = Communication and Information Technology section of the ASA. For info about CITASA's own sessions, go to asanet.org and menu to Event Calendar Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:08:33 -0400 From: Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> To: communication and information technology section asa <citasa@list.citasa.org> Subject: 3 additional CITASA-ish sessions I was able to get 3 sessions for the Las Vegas ASA. They're "regular" sessions, in addition to the CITASA sessions. So I'm going to list them below. These are dynamite papers and speakers. And a great discussant. Alas, neither we nor CITASA do scheduling so there may be some clashes. --------------------------- Social Participant On and Off the Internet. Session Organizer: Barry Wellman (University of Toronto) Sunday 1030-12 The Active Few and the Sporadic Many: Making Sense of Opinion Dynamics in Online Review Systems *Fedor Dokshin (Cornell University) The Internet, Young Adults and Political Engagement around the 2008 Presidential Elections *Aaron Shaw (University of California-Berkeley), Eszter Hargittai (Northwestern University) Social movements' use of information and communication technologies: diffusion, usefulness and empowerment *Piotr Konieczny (University of Pittsburgh) *=presenter And no, we don't know what room. You gotta go and register for that. ----------------------------------- Regular Session. Networked Individuals On and Off the Internet Scheduled Time: Sun, Aug 21 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm Session Participants: Session Organizer: Barry Wellman (University of Toronto) Presider: Barry Wellman (University of Toronto) "If you're not texting me, you must be old:" Age Cohort Attachment to Mobile Phones *Amanda M. Warr (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Shelia R. Cotten (University of Alabama at Birmingham), William A. Anderson (University of Alabama at Birmingham) The Intersection of Gender and Place in Online Health Activities *Melinda Goldner (Union College), Timothy M. Hale (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Shelia R. Cotten (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Michael J. Stern (College of Charleston), Patricia Drentea (University of Alabama-Birmingham) Core Discussion Networks Over Time: How the Internet Reduces Social Isolation and Increases Network Diversity *Keith N. Hampton (University of Pennsylvania), Lauren Sessions Goulet (University of Pennsylvania) Social Network Sites, Social Ties, and Social Capital *Randy Lynn (George Mason University), *James C. Witte (George Mason University) Discussant: Barry Wellman (University of Toronto) ---------------------------------------------------------- Regular Session. Digital Divides in the Internet Age Scheduled Time: Mon, Aug 22 - 4:30pm - 6:10pm Session Organizer: Barry Wellman (University of Toronto) Presider: Barry Wellman (University of Toronto) Cyberasociality and the Online Sociality Divide: Third Level Digital Divide? *Zeynep Tufekci (University of Maryland-Baltimore County) (Tech) Culture in Action: Using a cultural framework to describe and explain differences in technological competency *Cassidy Puckett (Northwestern University) Does the "Do-it-yourself approach" reduce digital inequality? Lack of digital skills and infrequent Internet use *Uwe Matzat (Eindhoven University of Technology), Bert M. Sadowski (Eindhoven University of Technology) Stalled Digital Divide: Gender Differences in the Use of ICT in Taiwan *Yu-Hua Chen (National Taiwan University), Wen-Yin Chien (United Daily News) Discussant: Barry Wellman (University of Toronto) Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________