[Air-l] Re: welcoming thoughts about activists and 'new media'

[Merlyna Lim]

Dear Linda,

I am now doing research on the 'people's internet' in Indonesia that rose
from civil society to counter the
controlled (panopticon) society of Suharto's New Order Government, with case
studies about the use of Internet by activists [both of civil society and
radical fundamentalist group/communes].
I also link this issue to the concept of identity a la Castells.

If you are interested, I could send my draft paper on it.
Let me know.

best,
merlyna lim

[p.s. for the list: sorry I have been lurking for months.... not because I
don't want to contribute, but mainly because I am not a native speaker, so
it is not so easy for me to respond very quickly. And everytime there is
always someone who has the similar opinion/thought like mine. But after all,
I really enjoy being in this list. Thanks]

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----- Original Message -----
From: <jmorfin at correo.unam.mx>
To: <air-l at aoir.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Air-l] Re: welcoming thoughts about activists and 'new media'


> Linda,
>
> I can help you with references to this kind of research but with a Latin
> American focus. Part of my research interest as a Graduate Student at the
> Unuversity of Texas at Austin was political activism and Internet at its
> earliest stages of network penetration in the region. There is a good list
of
> references you might find interesting.
>
> Le me know.
>
> Jaime Morfín Stoopen
>
> Mensaje citado por: Lachlan Brown <lachlan at london.com>:
>
> >
> > Yes, I can help you there. Also Tiziana Terranova who is at the
> > University of Essex.
> > You might also post to Nettime bbs.
> >
> > By the way, what's your institutional affiliation?
> >
> > Lachlan Brown
> > (416) 826 6937
> > VM (416) 822 1123
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> > I'm doing some research with people involved in non-profit organizations
> > an=
> > d
> > their use of 'new media'. I am trying to find out how exactly they use
> > technology to organize and navigate through information, what types of
> > information is transferred between groups and why users essentially
> > engage
> > the technology =8B in this case, for social change.
> >
> > I'm interested in gaining a deeper understanding about horizontal and
> > vertical flows of communication, physical connectivity, data
> > communality,
> > interactivity and ease of use in organizing social-change networks
> > within a
> > technological framework for democratic advancement.
> >
> > I'm preparing a focus group session, and with such a wealth of different
> > ideas/individuals/thoughts on this listserve, I was wondering if any of
> > you
> > had some ideas as to what types of questions you would ask...what
> > explorations do you think are worthy in this area? What specific
> > questions
> > would you ask if you were in this focus group with non-profits?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide...I will be sure to
> > share
> > any information I gain from the meeting.
> >
> >
> > Linda Jean Kensicki
> >
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