[Air-L] Technology and authority: Graduate programs

[Kim De Vries]

That is indeed an issue.  Maybe people in the programs listed could comment
on the availability of funding and so on, if any of them are in AoIR.

On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Jasmine Pues <marimiko at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, a compilation of programs (and/or faculty) would be very
> beneficial, though funding's always a bit of an issue - I am currently
> working on an MA in Surrey, even though I am American. So situations
> like that tend to change things a bit.
>
> On 5/26/08, Kim De Vries <cuuixsilver at gmail.com> wrote:
> > While there are many different considerations, I think a list is helpful
> as
> > a place to start.  Perhaps we could extract the data from this thread and
> > make a page at the AoIR site, if nothing like it exists already.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Kim
> >
> > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Denise N. Rall <denrall at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear Brian -
> >>
> >> As many researchers have commented previously on this
> >> list, it is not usually paramount WHERE one attends
> >> university, but WHO one works with while there (there
> >> are of course mitigating circumstances in many cases).
> >> In that case, one would look for the foremost academic
> >> "authority on authority" rather than collecting a list
> >> of Schools.
> >>
> >> I would name an academic currently working at a
> >> primary centre for Internet Studies in Australia at
> >> Curtin University. Matthew Allen, former President of
> >> AoIR is an authority on authority. Further, I see by
> >> his webpage that he concentrates his efforts currently
> >> on postgraduate (graduate in the US) supervision. That
> >> is a key component of your search - 1) will the bright
> >> academic in question have time to work with you and
> >> your project, and naturally, 2) will they have any
> >> funding available for you to do so?
> >>
> >> I am not saying Matthew can answer all your needs, but
> >> here is his website:
> >>
> >> http://www.humanities.curtin.edu.au/staff.cfm?
> >> id=MHNPFDd <http://www.humanities.curtin.edu.au/staff.cfm?id=MHNPFDd>
> >>
> >> Otherwise, there are several key academics on the role
> >> of authority. I would name David Lyon and andrew
> >> Feenberg as two very notable academics in this area,
> >> although I am not aware of their supervisory
> >> capacities at present. There are doubtless many more.
> >>
> >> To address your other issue, mobile communication -
> >> Marcus Foth, also on the AoIR board, has done much
> >> work on mobile communications, and he is located at
> >> the Queensland University of Technology (also in
> >> Australia).
> >>
> >> http://www.vrolik.de/
> >>
> >> Good luck in your search!
> >>
> >> Denise N. Rall
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Denise N. Rall, PhD. Internationalisation Project Officer
> >> Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA
> >> Office: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344
> >> http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/
> >> Presenter, Internet Research 9.0, 15-18 October 2008, Copenhagen, DK
> >>
> >>
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