Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:35:03 -0500 (EST)
Subject: SPOON-ANN: CFP: Association of Internet Researchers (fwd)


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From: jeremy hunsinger <jhuns-AT-vt.edu>

>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>INTERNET RESEARCH 1.0: THE STATE OF THE INTERDISCIPLINE
>FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE of the ASSOCIATION OF INTERNET RESEARCHERS
>UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, LAWRENCE KS, USA
>SEPTEMBER 14-17,2000
>Conference Website: http://www.cddc.vt.edu/aoir/
>
>The growth of the Internet is one of the greatest cultural phenomena of 
>our time, impacting almost all areas of life. It is crucial to build 
>knowledge about the Internet's socio-cultural dimensions. Despite great 
>interest, knowledge-building in Internet research is hindered by a lack of 
>international, centralized opportunities for scholars from different 
>disciplines to interact. This international conference, the first meeting 
>of the Association of Internet Researchers, will focus on the Internet as 
>a distinct interdisciplinary field for research. It will bring together 
>prominent scholars, researchers, and students from multiple disciplines 
>for keynote addresses, paper presentations, formal and informal discussions.
>
>The Association of Internet Researchers (A.(o).I.R.) invites submissions 
>of between 150 and 250 words on all topics that address any social, 
>cultural, political, economic, or aesthetic aspects of the internet.  We 
>welcome submissions from any discipline and encourage international and 
>interdisciplinary work as well as submissions from those producing new 
>media or working in multimedia studies.
>
>The deadline for submissions of paper/session proposals is 15 MARCH, 2000.
>
>KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
>(More to be announced in the next few months.)
>
>
>Helen Nissenbaum
>Research Associate and Lecturer at the University Center for Human Values 
>at Princeton University and founding editor of the international journal, 
>Ethics and Information Technology.
>
>Rob Kling
>Professor of Information Systems and Information Science at Indiana 
>University at Bloomington. He is the editor of Computerization and 
>Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices, and editor-in-chief of 
>the international journal The Information Society.
>
>Susan Herring
>Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Texas at 
>Arlington. Her recent edited collections include Computer-Mediated 
>Communication: Linguistic, Social, and Cross-Cultural Perspectives and 
>Computer-Mediated Discourse Analysis.
>
>FORMAT OF PROPOSALS
>
>All proposals should be submitted electronically at: 
>http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/confman/
>Average time allotted for a panel will be 1 hour and 30 minutes, including 
>discussion time.
>Average time allotted for a paper or presentation will be 15 minutes.
>If these time constraints are not appropriate for your panel/presentation, 
>please include that in your abstract.
>Please include any equipment or special considerations that might affect 
>your presentation.
>Proposals can be of three types.
>
>PAPERS
>Proposals for papers :150-250 word abstract.
>
>CREATIVE PRESENTATIONS/DEMONSTRATIONS
>Creative presentations (surprise us!)  and Internet-related project 
>demonstrations (including
>digital art) are encouraged. The format for these proposals are the same 
>as those for regular
>papers.
>
>PANELS
>Panels will generally include three to four papers or presentations. The 
>session organizer should submit a 150-250 word statement describing the 
>session topic, include abstracts of up to 100 words for each paper or 
>presentation, and indicate that each author is willing to participate in 
>the session. Presenters should plan on using around half of the panels' 
>time for presentation, and the rest of the time for discussion of the 
>issues raised by these papers.
>
>GRADUATE STUDENTS
>
>Graduate students are highly encouraged to submit proposals. They should 
>note their student status with submission for consideration of a special 
>Student Award. The winner of the Student Award will have conference fees 
>waived.
>
>
>FORMAT OF SUBMISSIONS
>
>Submissions will be accepted at http://www2.cddc.vt.edu/confman/
>It is preferred that you use HTML to minimally format your paper .
>
>Conference Coordinator: Nancy Baym, nbaym-AT-ukans.edu
>Program Chair: Jeremy Hunsinger, jhuns-AT-vt.edu
>A(O)IR President: Steve Jones, sjones-AT-uic.edu
>
>More Information can be found on the Conference Website: 
>Http://www.cddc.vt.edu/aoir
>
>
>For more information about the Association of Internet Researchers visit 
>our website at http://aoir.org
>_____________