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[Dr. Pierre Hostettler]

air-l-request at aoir.org wrote:

>
>
> Today's Topics:
>
>    1. election information (jeremy hunsinger)
>    2. Re: election information (Nancy Baym)
>    3. FW: [Air-l] election information (Ellis Godard)
>    4. RE:  nominations (Bunz, Ulla K)
>    5. air statement -- david silver (D. Silver)
>    6. Re: networks (Niels Ole Finnemann)
>    7. nomination ..... (Nils Zurawski)
>    8. nomination (Kathleen O'Riordan)
>    9. election information 9/24/01 (jeremy hunsinger)
>   10. RE: election information 9/24/01 (Bunz, Ulla K)
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:34:25 -0400
> From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu>
> Organization: Virginia Tech
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-l] election information
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> This is a list of everyone that has accepted nominations as of 12:30pm
> Sunday as compiled to the best of my ability.  There are several
> outstanding nominations, and there were a few well reasoned rejections.
> If there are errors, Please send me a note at nominate at aoir.org so that
> I can do what you request.   There are more people actually in the
> process, considering running, trying to decide what position to run for,
> I encourage all interested parties to run, send a note to
> nominate at aoir.org to get on the ballot or nominate someone to be on the
> ballot.  More information about the elect will be provided on the
> members website at http://aoir.org/members
>
> again contact nominate at aoir.org if there are any problems:
>
> The List:
>
> President
>
> Steve Jones
>
> Vice President
>
> Nancy Baym
>
> Secretary
>
> Treasurer
>
> Ben Bates
>
> Open Seats
>
> Mia Consalvo
> Charles Ess
> Laura Gurak
> Nick Jankowski
> Klaus Bruhn Jensen
> Michel Menou
> Gitte Stald
> Barry Wellman
>
> --
> Jeremy hunsinger                http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy
> CDDC/political science          http://www.cddc.vt.edu
> 526 major williams hall 0130
> virginia tech
> blacksburg, va 24061
> 540-231-7614
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:39:26 -0500
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> From: Nancy Baym <nbaym at ku.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] election information
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> Hey Grad Students! There's an open seat reserved for you and I'm not
> seeing any grad students on this list! Nominate yourself or your
> buddy now! Nancy
>
> >Open Seats
> >
> >Mia Consalvo
> >Charles Ess
> >Laura Gurak
> >Nick Jankowski
> >Klaus Bruhn Jensen
> >Michel Menou
> >Gitte Stald
> >Barry Wellman
> _______________________________________________________________
> Nancy Baym, Communication Studies
> University of Kansas
> NEW! email: nbaym at ku.edu
> NEW! snail mail: 102 Bailey, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
> NEW! url: http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 3
> From: "Ellis Godard" <ellisgodard at starband.net>
> To: <Air-l at aoir.org>
> Cc: <nbaym at ku.edu>
> Subject: FW: [Air-l] election information
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 11:29:42 -0700
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> I do not know how many other grad students are on the list. But if getting
> my PhD within the next year does not disqualify me, I would be honored for
> the opportunity to serve in an open seat. I have helped network sociologists
> in cyberspace for nearly a decade, including web site design as well as
> initiation of the first two Usenet newsgroups about sociology
> (alt.sci.sociology and sci.sociology). I also have some relevant experience,
> ranging from departmental committees (such as the Computing Committee) to
> executive boards (such as the Netspace Foundation, a volunteer nonprofit
> which provides discounted online services to other nonprofits).
>
> I have studied cyberspace for almost as long, including a Master's thesis on
> social movements and cyberspace, several conference participations, a
> forthcoming dissertation on social control in cyberspace ("The Moral Order
> of Cyberspace: Conflict Management and Social Structure Online"), and an
> article soon to be under review, as well as teaching several courses on the
> subject. And I have recently broadened my scholarship to consider
> communications studies, including a book chapter out next spring in a volume
> edited by two Professors of Communicaton, and an invited participation at
> the Eastern Communication Society meetings in April.
>
> Thanks for your consideration,
>
> Ellis Godard
> godard at virginia.edu
> University of Virginia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: air-l-admin at aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin at aoir.org]On Behalf Of
> Nancy Baym
> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 10:39 AM
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-l] election information
>
> Hey Grad Students! There's an open seat reserved for you and I'm not
> seeing any grad students on this list! Nominate yourself or your
> buddy now! Nancy
>
> >Open Seats
> >
> >Mia Consalvo
> >Charles Ess
> >Laura Gurak
> >Nick Jankowski
> >Klaus Bruhn Jensen
> >Michel Menou
> >Gitte Stald
> >Barry Wellman
> _______________________________________________________________
> Nancy Baym, Communication Studies
> University of Kansas
> NEW! email: nbaym at ku.edu
> NEW! snail mail: 102 Bailey, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
> NEW! url: http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym
>
> _______________________________________________
> Air-l mailing list
> Air-l at aoir.org
> http://www.aoir.org/mailman/listinfo/air-l
>
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>
> Message: 4
> From: "Bunz, Ulla K" <ulla at ukans.edu>
> To: "'air-l at aoir.org'" <air-l at aoir.org>
> Subject: RE: [Air-l]  nominations
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 17:25:05 -0500
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> Who am I?
> Those of you who attended Aoir 1.0 in Lawrence may remember me as the smiley
> person at the top of the stairs, chiming, "Good Morning! Registration is
> down here and to your right!"
> When I'm not playing hostess, I teach and research as a doctoral candidate
> in Communication Technology at the University of Kansas. As I will graduate
> this year, I am disqualified for the Graduate Seat, which I would have loved
> to run for. So, I'm forging ahead, and I will now accept Nancy Baym's
> nomination for an Open Seat.
>
> International and Interdisciplinary Experience
> Growing up in Belgium and attending universities in Germany, New Zealand and
> the United States I have learned the value of intercultural collaboration.
> Along those lines, I recently suggested a joint conference between Aoir and
> the German Online Research conference (or any other qualified organization).
> I am officially in Communication Studies, but my research and teaching draw
> from various fields, such as cyber studies, communication studies,
> human-computer studies, psychology, and sociology. I strongly support
> international and interdisciplinary endeavors.
>
> Committee Experience:
> In preparation for Aoir 1.0, I have helped Nancy Baym with local
> organizational issues. Together with some students, I also filmed the Aoir
> 1.0 video and took conference pictures. I am currently involved in the
> Instructional Development Division of the Southern States Communication
> Association, and have ties into both the National and the International
> Communication Association. I have served on several departmental committees.
> I like to get things done.
>
> I want Aoir to:
> - become increasingly international both in membership and in conference
> location
> - become increasingly interdisciplinary, maybe even to the degree of
> branching into different divisions (not to be confused with "majors") during
> conferences
> - become an even stronger presence online, so that Aoir's website will
> become a valuable resource on all things Internet Research related for both
> members and non-members
> - work towards the future, so that maybe Aoir could eventually publish its
> own journal
> - recruit academic "youngsters" and foster their development through, for
> example, more workshops, seminars or cross-university courses
>
> Thanks. See you in Minnesota!
> ulla
> ********************************************
> Ulla K. Bunz
> Ph.D. Candidate, Teaching Assistant
> University of Kansas
> 102 Bailey
> Lawrence, KS 66045
> 785-864-1160
> ulla at ukans.edu
> ********************************************
> Never Surrender ...
> ********************************************
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 23:09:37 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "D. Silver" <dsilver at u.washington.edu>
> To: <air-l at aoir.org>
> Subject: [Air-l] air statement -- david silver
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> Last week, Nancy Baym nominated me for an open seat position in the
> upcoming AIR election.  I'd like to accept the nomination and offer a
> brief personal statement.
>
> Instead of using my time to broadcast my qualifications, I'd rather
> discuss what I would work towards if elected.  Within two short years, the
> existing council and members of AIR have established a dynamic academic
> space to discuss Internet research.  It is now time, I believe, to expand
> *dramatically* the conversations and communities.  Building on the
> directions already put forth by AIR, I propose we work towards a more
> diverse and inclusive association, especially in terms of
> interdisciplinarity, internationalism, and, well, funkiness.
>
> As evident in last year's conference and this year's program, AIR is, by
> all accounts, interdisciplinary.  Yet it seems to me that it remains
> dominated by communications, media studies, and sociology.  If elected, I
> would work proactively to invite scholars from fields like ethnic studies,
> women's studies, queer theory, and labor studies, as well as from fields
> like anthropology, computer science, history, literature, psychology, and
> public policy. I would work towards a massive and member-generated
> database of academic and professional mailing lists, to which we could
> send information regarding our organization. I would work to encourage
> members to establish more special interest groups, and I'd encourage all
> of us to do what Steve Jones does tirelessly:  to attend non-Internet
> specific conferences and spread the word.
>
> Last week, Charlie Breindahl encouraged members to think internationally.
> I agree wholeheartedly with Charlie, even if it means I'm not elected.
> Through the center I run (www.com.washington.edu/rccs), I have worked hard
> at this task, publishing reviews of books written by authors from outside
> the US and, in some cases, in languages other than English, and
> maintaining a collection of syllabi and researchers from around the world.
> Yet it's not nearly enough and, if elected, I would suggest a task force
> on international issues and explore options of using translation software
> to make AIR's Web site and discussion list more linguistically inclusive.
>
> This is getting long, my apologies.  I'm almost through.
>
> Although members of AIR have done an admirable job of keeping up with a
> field that changes as I type, we need, I believe, to search wider, go
> deeper, get stranger.  Some of us, myself included, are too comfortable
> with derivative scholarship, looking once again at LambdaMOO and its 17
> users -- :) -- while ignoring environments like Quake and Asheron's Call,
> online communities that attract hundreds of thousands of users.  How can
> we enliven our scholarship?  How can we expand our conversations to
> include communities outside of academe?  As academics, how can we improve
> (or begin?) our conversations and collaborations with digital artists and
> activists?  And, perhaps most importantly for many of us, how can we help
> one another keep up with our students -- students who demand more and more
> classes in cyberculture and bring with them a significant amount of
> experience, expertise, and curiosity?  In other words, how do we
> rediscover, highlight, and fly high the less explored aspects of the Net,
> the funky elements that attracted so many of us to the Net in the first
> place?  If elected, I will jumpstart such discussions.
>
> Finally, if elected, I will try my hardest to inaugurate on-site hot tub
> parties at all AIR conferences.  Thank you for your time,
>
> david silver
> school of communications
> university of washington
> faculty.washington.edu/dsilver
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:27:55 +0200
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> From: Niels Ole Finnemann <finnemann at imv.au.dk>
> Subject: [Air-l] Re: networks
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> <fontfamily><param>Geneva</param>Aldon,
>
> I am sorry if I misunderstood your posting (air-l 117, 118). I admit
> that I read the sentence:
>
> »If we work from a model of human knowledge and learning as being based
> on neural networks then any organization is a network of neural
> networks, an internetŠ« as if it meant that the function of the human
> mind in general was based on the neural network model and that all
> sorts of networks, the internet included, could be understood on the
> basis of this model.
>
> Now, I am not sure what it means.
>
> However, in your reply you make a similar analogy, saying that »neural
> networks ... provide a model for storing of information, just as RAID 5
> arrays present a similar model for storing information«.
>
> As you describe these two models, they are in no way similar.
>
> In neural networks, »it is the network itself, and its connections that
> store the information and not the individual nodes« while in RAID »the
> information is spread across several different drives with some
> redundancy built in«.
>
> I suppose that it means that the information in the Raid model -
> contrary to the neural net-model - is actually stored in a number of
> distinct nodes.
>
> Lets take it a little further. When it comes to the storage of
> organisational information, we will always find that it is distributed
> and stored in much more complex ways than any of these two models,
> since information is both stored in computers (digital form), in
> printed texts and reports, eventually in videos, tapes and other
> traditional media, in the memories of many individuals, as explicit
> knowledge as well as in the form of tacit knowledge (Polanyi) etc..
> Even the internet exist in a relationship with the whole matrix of
> available media, both when it comes to the social use of the internet
> in general and when it comes to the strategic use of the net within a
> specific organisation.
>
> There cannot be an organisation - not even a fordist or a leninist one
> - in which the information is not distributed in a number of different
> ways, in a variety of medias and minds, in a variety of semiotic codes
> and according to a number of different »models« of which we so far have
> only mentioned a few. In this respect I can follow Wilford Uncapher
> (air-l, 118) where he points to a number of aspects which seems of
> relevance for a theory of networks. The neural net and Raid models are
> to flat, they cannot present the whole array of complexity, e.g. the
> variety of heterogenous scales present in all organised communicational
> systems.
>
> They also lack a historical perspective. Distributed information is a
> constituent part of any sort of division of labor, whether »physical«
> or »intellectual«. It is not a new historical phenomenon, and if we
> want to identify new forms of distribution we can only do so if we are
> able to identify older forms.
>
> Finally, however, I agree that it is highly relevant to analyse the
> function(s) and various forms of redundancy used in all sorts of
> communication. This is not simply a matter of the amount of redundancy,
> a matter of more or less, it is also a - tricky - matter of functions
> and forms, not to say definitions. E.g. in Shannon's famous 1948-paper
> he employs at least three and maybe four different definitions of
> redundancy, though without making the differences explicit.
>
> (For those interested I have discussed his notions of redundancy and
> among other things shown that redundancy in various forms can be used
> both as a means of stabilisation and of (unexpected and perhaps
> uncontrolled) innovation of new forms and procedures. See the paper
> Redundancy and Codes, available as html or pdf at
> http://www.hum.au.dk/ckulturf/pages/publications/nof/redundancy.htm )
>
> Maybe network organisations could be defined as organisations which are
> based more on redundancy than on regulations and rules, but anyway, all
> sorts of organisations in the whole history of mankind have been based
> both on rules and redundancy functions in one mixture or another.
>
> Finally, a comment concerning the assumed new network-organisation of
> Bin Laden, mentioned in various postings. Taking into account for
> instance the various national Resistence-movements in Europe during
> WWII, Viet Cong, ANC and other organisations in South Africa, Rote Arme
> Fraction, Brigada Rosso (Italy), ETA (Spain), IRA, The real IRA, The
> various Hizbollah groups, a list which could be continued with numerous
> guerilla-movements throughout the 20th century, I think the claim that
> a new kind of (terrorist) network organisation has emerged need to be
> substantially qualified.
>
> Niels Ole Finnemann
>
> </fontfamily>PS excuse me the strange codes appearing in my former
> posting and perhaps also in this.
>
> ***************************************************
>
> Niels Ole Finnemann
>
> Lektor, dr. phil.
>
> Institut for Informations- og Medievidenskab
>
> Aarhus Universitet
>
> Niels Juelsgade 84                      Tlf: 89 42 19 34
>
> 8200 Aarhus N
>
>
>
> Mail: finnemann at imv.au.dk
>
> http://www.imv.au.dk/medarbejdere/adresselisteekstern.html/finnemann/
>
> Leder af Center for Internetforskning
>
> http://imv.au.dk/cfi/
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:48:45 +0200
> To: nominate at aoir.org, air-l at aoir.org
> From: Nils Zurawski <zurawsk at uni-muenster.de>
> Subject: [Air-l] nomination .....
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> I do accept the nomination  made by  Nancy Baym. Although I am not
> 100% sure about the tasks of a secretary, I would also be willing and
> happy to provide my time and services for aoir in this position.
>
> on myself......
> I am a trained sociologist and anthropologist and did research in the
> field of ethnic identity and Internet. I am less than many people on
> this list an Internet researcher, but I do research on, about and
> with the Internet as part of my work and research interests. It is
> mainly the Internet in a global social context that I  am interested
> in as well as its anthropological sides and features. Apart from that
> I work on issues such as violence, identity, surveillance, social
> interface. Thus my networks extend into areas that until now have not
> heard about aoir and are new to internet research.  More under
> http://www.uni-muenster.de/PeaCon/zurawski
>
> my interest/goals in the aoir.....
> I am very much interested in bringing in more Europeans and other
> people not living in North America, to help widening the scope and
> outreach of aoir and to make it known among the research community. A
> European conference finds my strong support and even the future idea
> of regional chapters.
>
> I cannot attend the IR2.0 this year, despite earlier plans, but hope
> to be in contact and discussions with some of you anyway.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Nils Zurawski / nilz
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:29:44 +0100
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> From: K.S.O-Riordan at sussex.ac.uk (Kathleen O'Riordan)
> Subject: [Air-l] nomination
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> I accept nomination for an open seat.
>
> As a member of the committee I would like to continue to develop AoIR's
> commitment to becoming both an international and interdisciplinary
> organisation.
>
> The AoIR organisation has already become relevant to, and inclusive of a
> diverse community.  There is however, much further to go in this direction.
> Like Jeremy I would also like to see areas of social analysis such as queer
> theory, feminism and postcolonial theory inform the work of the organisation
> more extensively.  There are already these elements in place but again such
> directions need to be sustained and developed.  I would also like to see the
> work of the ethics committee further sustained.
>
> I have served on the AoIR ethics committee and was also present at AoIR 1.  I
> unfortunately will not be able to attend AoIR 2 but hope to see it in Europe
> next year.
>
> Academically I come from a literature and critical theory background but moved
> into media studies and IT at postgraduate level.  I then developed a research
> project specific to Internet Research around my DPhil.  I have also carried
> out additional research into cross-platform media such as Big Brother.  I am
> interested in looking further at the convergence of media and communication
> forms and also in continuing to map a history of communications to better
> understand these periods of change.  I am also invested in both developing and
> analysing the interdisciplinary and international elements of the field.
>
> At present I teach and research media studies, multimedia and IT in the
> Cultural studies framework of Continuing Education in the U.K.
>
> Kate O'Riordan
> Arts C304
> CCE
> University of Sussex
> Falmer
> Brighton
> BN1 9RG
>
> Tel: 01273 877774
> Email: k.s.o-riordan at sussex.ac.uk
>
> --
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 9
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:48:09 -0400
> From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns at vt.edu>
> Organization: Virginia Tech
> To: air-l at aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-l] election information 9/24/01
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> send corrections, additions, bios, etc.  to nominate at aoir.org  more
> information is at http://aoir.org/members/article.php?sid=8&mode=&order=0
> the current list:
>
> President
>
> Steve Jones
>
> Vice President
>
> Nancy Baym
>
> Secretary
>
> Ulla Bunz
> Nils Zurawski
>
> Treasurer
>
> Ben Bates
>
> Open Seats
>
> Matt Allen
> Ulla Bunz
> Mia Consalvo
> Charles Ess
> Laura Gurak
> Nick Jankowski
> Klaus Bruhn Jensen
> Lisbeth Klastrup
> Geert Lovink
> Michel Menou
> Kate O'Riordan
> David Silver
> Gitte Stald
> Barry Wellman
>
> --
> Jeremy hunsinger                http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy
> CDDC/political science          http://www.cddc.vt.edu
> 526 major williams hall 0130
> virginia tech
> blacksburg, va 24061
> 540-231-7614
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 10
> From: "Bunz, Ulla K" <ulla at ukans.edu>
> To: "'air-l at aoir.org'" <air-l at aoir.org>
> Subject: RE: [Air-l] election information 9/24/01
> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:53:41 -0500
> Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
>
> Jeremy-small problem... I can remember neither my nickname, nor my password,
> nor my code...
> Help?
> ulla
> ********************************************
> Ulla K. Bunz
> Ph.D. Candidate, Teaching Assistant
> University of Kansas
> 102 Bailey
> Lawrence, KS 66045
> 785-864-1160
> ulla at ukans.edu
> ********************************************
> Never Surrender ...
> ********************************************
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   jeremy hunsinger [mailto:jhuns at vt.edu]
> Sent:   Monday, September 24, 2001 8:48 AM
> To:     air-l at aoir.org
> Subject:        [Air-l] election information 9/24/01
>
> send corrections, additions, bios, etc.  to nominate at aoir.org  more
> information is at http://aoir.org/members/article.php?sid=8&mode=&order=0
> the current list:
>
> President
>
> Steve Jones
>
> Vice President
>
> Nancy Baym
>
> Secretary
>
> Ulla Bunz
> Nils Zurawski
>
> Treasurer
>
> Ben Bates
>
> Open Seats
>
> Matt Allen
> Ulla Bunz
> Mia Consalvo
> Charles Ess
> Laura Gurak
> Nick Jankowski
> Klaus Bruhn Jensen
> Lisbeth Klastrup
> Geert Lovink
> Michel Menou
> Kate O'Riordan
> David Silver
> Gitte Stald
> Barry Wellman
>
> --
> Jeremy hunsinger                http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy
> CDDC/political science          http://www.cddc.vt.edu
> 526 major williams hall 0130
> virginia tech
> blacksburg, va 24061
> 540-231-7614
>
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