Happy birthday, AoIR!
25 years ago, on November 6, 1998, toward the end of a conference at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, the idea for AoIR was born. That conference, the WorldWideWeb and Contemporary Theory, organized by Andrew Herman and Thom Swiss, brought together a number of people who have continued to be part of the AoIR community, including Andrew of course, Greg Elmer, Stefan Wray and Terri Senft. Less than a year later, in 1999, AoIR was (in)formally launched in San Francisco at the International Communication Association meeting. And, a year after that, Nancy Baym hosted the first AoIR conference, IR 1.0, at the University of Kansas, and AoIR as we know it came to life. As we reach these milestones I am continually amazed and endlessly grateful to all who have put in the effort to shape and maintain AoIR as an open and special scholarly community. All who have served over the years on the executive committee deserve special acknowledgment, but everyone who has participated in some way, whether via air-l, attending conferences, hosting conferences, however you have chosen to be involved, to you I want to say: Thank you. When AoIR was first discussed in 1998 one of the goals was for it to be unlike the existing disciplinary associations to which most of us belong, to be an inclusive, welcoming and supportive community. I shall hope we can keep it that way for the next 25 years; we have plenty of long-running traditional disciplinary conferences, let’s make AoIR better. I thank you all for being part of the AoIR community during the past 25 years. I’m looking forward to the next 25. Happy birthday, AoIR! Steve Jones
Thankyou Steve for creating this “discipline endorsed” space for those of us who had either just graduated with our PhDs or were still working on them! Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 6, 2023, at 8:01 AM, Jones, Steve via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
25 years ago, on November 6, 1998, toward the end of a conference at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, the idea for AoIR was born. That conference, the WorldWideWeb and Contemporary Theory, organized by Andrew Herman and Thom Swiss, brought together a number of people who have continued to be part of the AoIR community, including Andrew of course, Greg Elmer, Stefan Wray and Terri Senft.
Less than a year later, in 1999, AoIR was (in)formally launched in San Francisco at the International Communication Association meeting. And, a year after that, Nancy Baym hosted the first AoIR conference, IR 1.0, at the University of Kansas, and AoIR as we know it came to life.
As we reach these milestones I am continually amazed and endlessly grateful to all who have put in the effort to shape and maintain AoIR as an open and special scholarly community. All who have served over the years on the executive committee deserve special acknowledgment, but everyone who has participated in some way, whether via air-l, attending conferences, hosting conferences, however you have chosen to be involved, to you I want to say: Thank you. When AoIR was first discussed in 1998 one of the goals was for it to be unlike the existing disciplinary associations to which most of us belong, to be an inclusive, welcoming and supportive community. I shall hope we can keep it that way for the next 25 years; we have plenty of long-running traditional disciplinary conferences, let’s make AoIR better.
I thank you all for being part of the AoIR community during the past 25 years. I’m looking forward to the next 25. Happy birthday, AoIR!
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Yes, thank you, Steve. There's a lot of belonging-related value in spaces like this one, and I'm grateful to be here and better for it. Peter [image: email graphic] <http://www.wiu.edu/> *Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D.*Professor and Chairperson Department of Broadcasting and Journalism Western Illinois University 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455 309-298-2623 (office) Schedule a meeting via Calendly: https://calendly.com/pj-gloviczki/30min On Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 7:30 AM Radhika G via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Thankyou Steve for creating this “discipline endorsed” space for those of us who had either just graduated with our PhDs or were still working on them!
Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 6, 2023, at 8:01 AM, Jones, Steve via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
25 years ago, on November 6, 1998, toward the end of a conference at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, the idea for AoIR was born. That conference, the WorldWideWeb and Contemporary Theory, organized by Andrew Herman and Thom Swiss, brought together a number of people who have continued to be part of the AoIR community, including Andrew of course, Greg Elmer, Stefan Wray and Terri Senft.
Less than a year later, in 1999, AoIR was (in)formally launched in San Francisco at the International Communication Association meeting. And, a year after that, Nancy Baym hosted the first AoIR conference, IR 1.0, at the University of Kansas, and AoIR as we know it came to life.
As we reach these milestones I am continually amazed and endlessly grateful to all who have put in the effort to shape and maintain AoIR as an open and special scholarly community. All who have served over the years on the executive committee deserve special acknowledgment, but everyone who has participated in some way, whether via air-l, attending conferences, hosting conferences, however you have chosen to be involved, to you I want to say: Thank you. When AoIR was first discussed in 1998 one of the goals was for it to be unlike the existing disciplinary associations to which most of us belong, to be an inclusive, welcoming and supportive community. I shall hope we can keep it that way for the next 25 years; we have plenty of long-running traditional disciplinary conferences, let’s make AoIR better.
I thank you all for being part of the AoIR community during the past 25 years. I’m looking forward to the next 25. Happy birthday, AoIR!
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Thanks to everyone, and especially to you – Steve – and to Nancy for creating this wonderful, collaborative, and supportive home for so many of us. Happy birthday, AoIR! Holly
On Nov 6, 2023, at 6:52 AM, Jones, Steve via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
25 years ago, on November 6, 1998, toward the end of a conference at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, the idea for AoIR was born. That conference, the WorldWideWeb and Contemporary Theory, organized by Andrew Herman and Thom Swiss, brought together a number of people who have continued to be part of the AoIR community, including Andrew of course, Greg Elmer, Stefan Wray and Terri Senft.
Less than a year later, in 1999, AoIR was (in)formally launched in San Francisco at the International Communication Association meeting. And, a year after that, Nancy Baym hosted the first AoIR conference, IR 1.0, at the University of Kansas, and AoIR as we know it came to life.
As we reach these milestones I am continually amazed and endlessly grateful to all who have put in the effort to shape and maintain AoIR as an open and special scholarly community. All who have served over the years on the executive committee deserve special acknowledgment, but everyone who has participated in some way, whether via air-l, attending conferences, hosting conferences, however you have chosen to be involved, to you I want to say: Thank you. When AoIR was first discussed in 1998 one of the goals was for it to be unlike the existing disciplinary associations to which most of us belong, to be an inclusive, welcoming and supportive community. I shall hope we can keep it that way for the next 25 years; we have plenty of long-running traditional disciplinary conferences, let’s make AoIR better.
I thank you all for being part of the AoIR community during the past 25 years. I’m looking forward to the next 25. Happy birthday, AoIR!
Steve Jones _______________________________________________ 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
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Thank you, Steve, for this reminder! As someone who was a grad student at the time of Internet Research 1.0, and literally came of age as a researcher with AoIR, I owe so much to this community that I call it my intellectual family! Happy birthday and long live AoIR! Guillaume Le 2023-11-06 08:01, « Air-L au nom de Jones, Steve via Air-L » <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org <mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> au nom de air-l@listserv.aoir.org <mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> a écrit : 25 years ago, on November 6, 1998, toward the end of a conference at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, the idea for AoIR was born. That conference, the WorldWideWeb and Contemporary Theory, organized by Andrew Herman and Thom Swiss, brought together a number of people who have continued to be part of the AoIR community, including Andrew of course, Greg Elmer, Stefan Wray and Terri Senft. Less than a year later, in 1999, AoIR was (in)formally launched in San Francisco at the International Communication Association meeting. And, a year after that, Nancy Baym hosted the first AoIR conference, IR 1.0, at the University of Kansas, and AoIR as we know it came to life. As we reach these milestones I am continually amazed and endlessly grateful to all who have put in the effort to shape and maintain AoIR as an open and special scholarly community. All who have served over the years on the executive committee deserve special acknowledgment, but everyone who has participated in some way, whether via air-l, attending conferences, hosting conferences, however you have chosen to be involved, to you I want to say: Thank you. When AoIR was first discussed in 1998 one of the goals was for it to be unlike the existing disciplinary associations to which most of us belong, to be an inclusive, welcoming and supportive community. I shall hope we can keep it that way for the next 25 years; we have plenty of long-running traditional disciplinary conferences, let’s make AoIR better. I thank you all for being part of the AoIR community during the past 25 years. I’m looking forward to the next 25. Happy birthday, AoIR! Steve Jones _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org <mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org <http://aoir.org> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org <http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ <http://www.aoir.org/>
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Guillaume Latzko-Toth -
Holly Kruse -
Jones, Steve -
Peter Joseph Gloviczki PhD -
Radhika G