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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please forward to any lists you may think
appropriate. Thank you. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Deadline for application to participate is April
15.</FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.inms.umn.edu/convenings/newresearch/Call%20for%20Participation.PDF">PDF
version</A> of the following call for Participation</FONT></SPAN></B></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>Call for
Participation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><I><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">New
Research for New Media:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Innovative Research Methods </SPAN></I></B><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>September
4-6,2003<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, MN.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>Application deadline:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>April 15,
2003<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>Notification of acceptance:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>May 1,
2003<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><FONT face=Tahoma>Information and application:
</FONT><A href="http://www.inms.umn.edu/convenings/newresearch/main.htm"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face=Tahoma>http://www.inms.umn.edu/convenings/newresearch/main.htm</FONT></SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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face=Tahoma> <o:p></o:p></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The
Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota, in
collaboration with the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the
Department of Rhetoric, invites you to apply for participation in an upcoming
symposium: <I>New Research for New Media: Innovative Research Methods
Symposium.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"></SPAN> </P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">The Internet and
evolving new media and communication technologies offer researchers two sets
of opportunities:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the development
of new research techniques and a new, wide-open communication arena to be
studied.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New techniques such as
email surveying, chat space interviewing, electronic brainstorming, user
session statistics analysis, and eye-tracking are joining tried and true
research methods.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>New
communication phenomena and emerging media usage scenarios are calling for
analysis.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>Studies using the results of these new
techniques and on the new media arena are well into the mainstream of research
agendas in universities, but the focus of the papers tends to be on the
findings, not the determination and effectiveness of the methods used to get
those findings.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is what the
<I>New Research for New Media:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Innovative Research Methods Symposium </I>intends to do.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">This
will be a working symposium in which participants will contribute as much to
the conference proceedings as the presenters of papers.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Researchers have been selected to
present papers that represent a variety of disciplines and research
methods.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now we need the
participants who will, after presentation of the papers, discuss in small
groups the implications of using new research methods and traditional methods
in new ways.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The discussions and
recommendations of the symposium participants will be the core of the
conference proceedings with the intention of setting an agenda of examination
of new research methods and to identify research implications that
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">require further
attention.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"></SPAN> </P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">We are looking
for participants who would like to engage in a three days of deep thought
about research methods.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As a
participant you will part of a task force, not just an audience.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you would like to help take the
thinking about research methods to the next level, we hope you will apply to
attend.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Attendance will be
limited to 50 participants.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Application
Form:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><A
href="http://www.inms.umn.edu/convenings/newresearch/application.htm"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">http://www.inms.umn.edu/convenings/newresearch/application.htm</SPAN></A></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Application
Deadline:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>April 15,
2003<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Notification of
Application Acceptance:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>May 1,
2003<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Symposium
Dates:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>6 pm - Thursday, September
4<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>to<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>4 pm - Saturday, September
6<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Cost:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>$100 registration (covers all
meals)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>