*** Democracies Online Newswire - http://www.e-democracy.org/do *** You hear comments about web use concentrating on a few major sites, according to some of the numbers you can find on this site <http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/traffic_patterns>, people visit about 20 sites a month and that seems to be holding steady. Assuming there is a concentration in the total time spent on fewer sites (this needs proof) what might it mean? Well, thinking about my own behavior <http://www.google.com> I find that as search tools improve I find what I am looking for much more quickly. While people are probably not exploring random links as much as they used to, could this concentration of total web surfing actually be based on more pin point hits into an ever vaster array of diverse Internet sites. While the navigation and search paths are commercial, I continue to be amazed at how much of the content I "end up at" is educational, non-commercial, and individually published. I think this bodes well for public interest content online. Below are some First Monday articles that prompted this message. Steven Clift Democracies Online ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 08:41:30 -0500 From: "Edward J. Valauskas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: First Monday September 2001 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Reader, The September 2001 issue of First Monday (volume 6, number 9) is now available at http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_9/ ------- Table of Contents Volume 6, Number 9 - September 3rd 2001 Exploring Users' Experiences of the Web by Barry Brown and Abigail Sellen http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_9/brown/ Can Navigational Assistance Improve Search Experience? A User Study by Mazlita Mat-Hassan and Mark Levene http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_9/mat/ What Next for Internet Journals? Implications of the Trend Towards Paid Placement in Search Engines by Robin Henshaw http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_9/henshaw/ A Historical Overview of the Effects of New Mass Media Introductions on Magazine Publishing During the 20th Century by Quint Randle http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_9/randle/ Problems and the Epistemology of Electronic Publishing in the Arab World: The Case of Lebanon by Ramzi Nasser and Kamal Abouchedid http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_9/nasser/ Copyright in a Frictionless World: Toward a Rhetoric of Responsibility by Brendan Scott http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_9/scott/ Book Reviews http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue6_9/reviews/ ---------------------------- You've received this message because you're registered to First Monday's Table of Contents service. You can unsubscribe to this service by sending a reply containing the word unsubscribe in the body of the message or use the form at: http://firstmonday.org/join.html First Monday Editorial Group ---------------------------- --------------------------------------- CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT FM 1 NEW DEFINITIONS: VALUE COMMUNITY SPACE November 4-6, Heerlen/Maastricht, The Netherlands http://www.infonomics.nl/newdefinitions/ --------------------------------------- Please distribute! The impact on society of the technologies of "digitisation" has transcended the limits of any single discipline. It is universal and ubiquitous, affecting everything. But how does this digitisation affect our basic concepts about society - such as value, community, law, space? This conference will bring together the world's leading thinkers and doers in various fields - from anthropology to law, economics to information technology - to ask: What, if anything, is new about the way we redefine our understanding of these concepts? Topics covered include: ---------------------- - notions of value, non-monetary economic activity, - measurement without prices, free software - the meaning of money, electronic currencies - communities, social networks - reputation, trust and identity - formal and informal law, dissappearing borders and Internet jurisdiction - space, information and navigation - political space, government, new media and freedom - geographical space, access, impact and inequality Format and speakers ------------------- This conference is uniquely designed to contrast opinions from different disciplines in sessions linked by common themes: Value, Community, Space. A special "Crosstalk" session each day brings together participants from the different themes in debate, to elicit a broader understanding of the issues that face us. The conference emerges from First Monday's reputation as a source of quality ideas and research on digitisation and society. Beginning with keynote presentations from two of First Monday's well-known editorial board members: Esther Dyson and Anthony Rutkowski, this conference draws on First Monday's long list of authors, some of the foremost thinkers in their fields. Confirmed speakers include Wilfred Dolfsma, International Institute of Infonomics Paul Duguid, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Kasper Edwards, Technical University Denmark Andreas Harsono, Institute for Studies of Freeflow of Information, Jakarta Leo van Hove, Vrije Universiteit Brussel Bernardo Huberman, Hewlett-Packard Sand Hill Labs Bernt Hugenholtz, Institute for Information Law, Amsterdam University Christopher Kelty, Rice University, Houston Bonnie Nardi, Agilent Technologies Inc Bruce Perens, Open Source evangelist, Hewlett-Packard, David Post, Temple University School of Law Howard Rheingold, author, "The Virtual Community" Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam Richard Wiggins, Michigan State University Who should attend ----------------- This conference will offer insights into issues that are critical to economic, social and technological development in Europe as well as worldwide. It will appeal to everyone concerned with the emerging understanding of digitization and its impact on society, policy and business. We expect as participants academics, corporate officers, government policy makers, thinkers and activists from around the world. Registration ------------ Online registration and hotel reservation forms, as well as the conference programme are available at http://www.infonomics.nl/newdefinitions/ The conference is jointly organised by First Monday - the peer reviewed journal of the Internet (firstmonday.org) and the International Institute of Infonomics (www.infonomics.nl). For more information and sponsorship opportunities please contact Conference Coordinator Kamini Aisola, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- End of forwarded message ------- ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. 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