-- Hi what about digital documentation ? If we consider websites, chatmessages, SMS, emails etc. as digital documents, then digital documentation will cover all this and be complementary to digital communication, but stressing the material aspects. Document can be split into two parts: doceo, I demonstrate, and mentum, means and results of acts using some means. I know I may have to argue more in lenght later. A new book presenting : Deflating information. From science studies to documentation. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. best Niels WL Documentation Studies, University of Tromso, Norway ---Original Message----- From: air-l-aoir.org-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of Barry Wellman Sent: Sat 3/19/2005 4:44 PM To: aoir list Cc: Subject: [Air-l] we need a new word? I was speaking at a seminar for non-techies at MIT yesterday (not a contradiction, as these were community development folks from across the USofA). And I found myself saying -- and my PPTs reading -- "Internet" -- but then verbally qualifying by saying, "well I really don't mean the traditional email Internet, but also IM, chat, lists, video, etc." (add your favorite including Usenet and BBS). What to call it? "Computer mediated communication" is a mouthful, jargony and chews up PPT space. "New media" is too indistinct and PoMo: moreover, is email "new media" any more? We should focus on the affordances of the media and not on the newness. So what to call it. My first thought at the breakfast table was "e-media", but I am open to other suggestions. I also am putting it on the list, because I am confident that others have had similar dilemmas, and that it would be best if we had a standard word. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org@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/