The most recent installment of the AoIR Newsletter is now available!

Many thanks to all who worked very hard indeed to contribute to and compile this most recent edition: in addition to the contributors, Sandra Bavasso, Maciej Kos, Kathleen O'Riordan, Jamie Switzer, Deanya Lattimore, and last but certainly not least, Alex Halavais.

Enjoy!
- charles ess
President, AoIR

The annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers is one of the premier opportunities for scholars and researchers of all things Internet, as well as related new media technologies and practices. It is a forum to meet, present research, network and share ideas in a cooperative, multidisciplinary environment. IR 9.0: Rethinking Community, Rethinking Place, will be in Copenhagen this year, and build on the work of the previous conferences.

October 15 (Wednesday) is the pre-conference workshop and tour day, the conference itself gets going on the 16th and runs through the 18th (Saturday).

The conference organisers are:

Conference Chair - Lisbeth Klastrup (IT University of Copenhagen)
Program Chair - Brian Loader (University of York)

The Call for Papers and other information about the conference may be found at http://conferences.aoir.org .

It is with great pleasure I announce the new AoIR Executive who will take over at Annual General Meeting coming up soon at the conference:

President Charles Ess
Vice-President Mia Consalvo
Treasurer Monica Murero
Secretary Sabryna Cornish
Graduate Student Asa Rosenberg
Open Seats Axel Bruns, Heidi Campbell, Marcus Foth

My thanks to all who participated in the election, congratulations to the winners, commiserations to those not successful.

Matthew

The process for selection and publication of papers for the 2008 AoIR special issue of Information, Communication and Society is as follows:

Phase 1 - A short list of papers/authors invited by the editors to submit a formal paper by Phase 2. [NOW COMPLETE]

Phase 2 - If you're on the short list, please submit a full paper of 5-7,000 words by September 1, 2007 to both editors: Haythornthwaite and Wellman. NOTE: This is a hard deadline. No papers will be considered after this deadline.

Phase 3 - The editors will return comments and suggested edits on your paper by October 1, 2007. (We may also secure an additional referee, if needed.)

Phase 4 - Return the final paper to both editors by November 5, 2007.

Please note that due to the quick turnaround time to have the special issue out early in January 2008, *no* extensions will be given for these deadlines. You are, of course, free to submit the paper at a later date for ICS, but it will no longer be considered part of the special issue if you miss either the September 1 or November 5 deadline. (Please submit late papers directly to Brian Loader, the ICS editor).

Papers should conform to ICS style as indicated at this URL. Please pay particular attention to ICS formatting for references both in text and in the final reference list.
See http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/ricsauth.asp

*DUE TO THE SLIGHT DELAY IN EMAILING THE OFFICIAL NOTICE....THIS HAS BEEN AMENDED*

Please note the different timing for officers and other positions

TIME FRAME OF THE ELECTION:
1. Call for Nominations: July 23, 2007

2. Nominations close for the 3 officer positions: August 6, 2007
Nominations close for the 1 grad student and 3 open seats on the executive: August 22, 2007

3. Ballot sent to members August 23, 2007

4. Voting begins: August 23, 2007

5. Voting ends for 3 officer positions: September 3, 2007
Voting ends for 1 grad student and 3 open seats: September 22, 2007

The new committee is formally announced and assumes its duties at the end of the General Meeting AoIR
conference, October 2007.

During the period of voting, a forum will be available for discussion with candidates. Candidates' statements will also be made available with the ballot sent to members.

A QUICK ORGANIZATIONAL PRIMER:
The organizational structure of AoIR is simple. There are 4 officers, 3 open seat representatives, 1 graduate student representative and 2 appointed positions who together with the Immediate Past President make up the 11-member executive committee that runs the show. Elected officials hold their positions for two years. In this election, you are invited to nominate yourself or anyone else whom you think would do a good job, for any position other than the President - the current Vice President assumes the Presidency.

Internet Research 8.0 - Let's Play takes place in Vancouver, Canada, between October 17 and October 20, 2007.

The annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers is one of the premier opportunities for scholars and researchers of all things Internet, as well as related new media technologies and practices. It is a forum to meet, present research, network and share ideas in a cooperative, multidisciplinary environment. IR 8.0 Let's Play will build on seven previous successful conferences and, for the second time, will be held in Canada.

October 17 (Wednesday) is the pre-conference workshop and tour day, the conference itself gets going on the 18th and runs through the 20th (Saturday). We have over 200 papers in over 80 sessions during the three days. Three keynote speakers will inspire and challenge your thinking about the internet. A welcome reception and a Friday evening banquet promise to entertain as well as inform you.

The conference organisers are:

Conference Chair - Richard Smith (Simon Fraser University)
Program Chair - Mia Consalvo (Ohio University)

They will be assisted by Charles Ess, Vice-President of AoIR, who will be the executive committee member responsible for liaison with the Executive.

All the information you need about the conference can be found at: IR 8.0 @ the AoIR Wiki, and you may register for the conference here.

Call for Participation

Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
Annual Conference 2007, Vancouver, Canada

Doctoral Colloquium
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The AoIR 8.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers Ph.D. students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 where they will have a chance to briefly present their dissertations-in-progress and discuss them at length with peers and established senior researchers. Interested students should prepare a 2 page summary of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date and expectations and hopes from the colloquium.

Faculty mentors include:

Ronald Rice, Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication, University of California-Santa Barbara, United States.

Maria Bakardjieva, Associate Professor. Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, Canada.

Mary Bryson, Associate Professor, Education & Counselling Psychology and Special Education, The University of British Columbia, Canada.

Robert Burnett, Professor and Chair, Media and Communication Studies, Karlstad University, Sweden.

Lori Kendall, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States.

We hope to announce additional mentors shortly.

Please use the link below to view the Executive Report for 2005-2006 that was presented at the 2006 AGM

Please use the link below to view the Minutes of the 2006 AoIR AGM held at the IR7.0 Conference, Brisbane