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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 211 to 215: 8am-9am, Friday, October 12

Session 211: Case Studies of Electronic Literacy in America, 1978-2000: Examining the Intersection of Race, Gender, Class, and Motivation
Memorial Hall, Gateway Center

Electronic Literacies and Cultures of Support
-- Gail Hawisher, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

Generational Values and the Literacy Practices of Families
-- Cynthia Selfe, Michigan Tech University , USA

Session 212: I Found It on the Internet, Or, Oh Where, Oh Where, Has the Library Gone?
Johnson Great Room, Gateway Center

"Darkness Visible: The Research Potential of Digital Library Development and Use."
-- Tom Peters, Director, Center for Library Initiatives, Committee on Institutional Cooperation, USA

"Old Metadata and New: Librarians Helping Users Locate and Identify Networked Resources."
-- Judy Ahronheim, Metadata Specialist, University of Michigan Graduate Library, USA

"We've Been There Before: How Libraries and Their Users Adapt to New Technology and the New Culture of Information."
-- Laura Probst, Head of Public Services, The Pennsylvania State University Libraries, USA

Session 213: Constructing Women
Ski-U-Mah Room, Gateway Center

Moderator: Mia Consalvo, University of Wisconsin, USA

Mothers, Consumers, and Victims: Women and the Internet in the Mainstream Media
-- Karen Gustafson, University of Texas, USA

"Cyber beauties": Miss Internet competition and popularisation of a medium
-- Susanna Paasonen, University of Turku, FINLAND

Session 214: Copyright Issues
Nolte Room, Radisson

Moderator: Dan Burk, University Minnesota, USA

What Copyright Law Might Look Like If Promotion of Creativity Was Important
-- Ann Bartow, University of South Carolina School of Law, USA

Copyright Law's Theory of the Consumer
-- Joseph Liu, Boston College Law School, USA

Playing God on the Net: Scientology Copyright Claims Help Define When "Fair Use" is Fair Play in Cyberspace
-- Scott Maier, University of Oregon, USA

Session 215: Diaries, Homepages, and Identities
Rotary Room, Radisson

Getting Rich on the Internet: Diaries for Dollars
-- Jodie Gardner, Saginaw Valley State University, USA

The Cybersports Paradox: A Qualitative Examination of Adolescent Females' Use of New Sports Media
-- Tara Kachgal, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS: SHEIZAF RAFAELI, "Out of the Storm and Onward"

9:20-10:20am, Memorial Hall, Gateway Center, Gateway Center

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 231 to 235: 10:45am-12:15pm, Friday, October 12

Session 231: Digital Divide-U.S. Case Studies
Memorial Hall, Gateway Center

Moderator: Scott Webber, University of Colorado Boulder, USA

The Devolution of Information Policy: The State and Local Role in Developing the Internet in Texas
-- Lon Berquist, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA

The Geography of the Digital Divide: The Case of Atlanta
-- Jeremy Crampton, Georgia State University, USA

Public Information Infrastructure and the Impacts of Small Town Policies
-- Jan Youtie, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Bridging the Digital Divide: One City's Solution
-- Amy Lauters, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Library, USA
-- Leah Raven, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Milwaukee Public Library, USA

Session 232: National Identities
Johnson Great Room, Gateway Center

Moderator: Doreen Starke-Meyerring, University of Minnesota, USA

New Media and Muslim Identity: Flow and Closure in Virtual Debates
-- Lenie Brouwer, Free University, THE NETHERLANDS

Kalevala, Finnishness, and the Internet: National symbols in virtual worlds
-- Jyrki Pöysä, FINLAND

Session 233: Intellectual Property I
Ski-U-Mah Room, Gateway Center

Moderator: Dan Burk, University Minnesota Law School, USA

Whose Words: Commonplaces, Canned Text, and Intellectual Property
-- Naomi Baron, American University, USA

The Creative Destruction of Copyright: Napster and the New Economics of Digital Technology
-- Raymond Ku, Seton Hall University School of Law, USA

Caught Napping: Dr. Dre, Metallica, and the Ethos of the Outlaw in the Napster Controversy
-- John Logie, University of Minnesota, USA

Session 234: Social Activism on the Net I
Nolte Room, Radisson

Moderator: Lauren Langman, Loyola University, USA

Social activism and the Internet: Persuasive tactics and visual identities
-- Barbara Martinson, Design, Housing, and Apparel University of Minnesota, USA

Global Civil Society Networks Online
-- Rory O'Brien, Information Studies, University of Toronto, CANADA

What Did You Do in The Anti-Capitalist War, Grandma?: A20 Mobilization and Reportage on the Net
-- Leslie Shade, University of Ottawa, CANADA

Session 235: The Interpersonal Internet -- IRC & Chat
Rotary Room, Radisson

Moderator: Carol Berkenkotter, University of Minnesota, USA

The Iconic Poetics of IRC Interaction
-- Hillary Bays, FRANCE

Sapphire and Sappho: Gender and Ethnicity in IRC
-- Charlotte Kroløkke, Humboldt State University, USA

Adolescent Avatars in Graphical Chat Spaces
-- Lois Scheidt, Indiana University, USA

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 241 to 245: 12:30pm-2pm, Friday, October 12

Session 241: Digital Divide-Reaching Out to Disadvantaged Communities
Memorial Hall, Gateway Center

Moderator: Robert Luke, OISE/University of Toronto, CANADA

The 'at-risk' side of the digital divide: A case study of a community computer center for youth
-- Lynn Clark, University of Colorado, USA

Information Communities: How the Web Facilitates Information Flow for Everyday Situations
-- Christopher Hamilton, School of Information, University of Michigan, USA
-- Erica Olsen, School of Information, University of Michigan, USA
-- Kent T. Unruh, The Information School, University of Washington, USA

Moving Toward Closing the Digital Divide: Central American Immigrants' Perspective on Computer and Internet Use
-- Davina Pruitt-Mentle, University of Maryland, USA

New Information Technology and Marginalized Communities
-- Ann Travers, Simon Fraser University, CANADA

Session 242: Newspapers Online
Johnson Great Room, Gateway Center

Increasing Circulation? A Comparative News-Flow Study of the Montreal Gazette's Hard-copy and On-line Editions
-- Sandra Gabriele, Concordia University, CANADA

Media, readers, and politics: Communicative components of letters to the editor and online forums
-- Jacqueline Lambiase, University of North Texas, USA

Content Syndication: An Old Media Concept Moves to the Web
--Carol McGinnis, Saginaw Valley State University, USA

Access for Everyone? Analyzing the Accessibility of Newspaper Web Sites
-- James Foust, Bowling Green State University, USA

Session 243: Privacy I
Ski-U-Mah Room, Gateway Center

Moderator: Laura Gurak, University of Minnesota, USA

Targeting Teens Online: Market Research and Implications for Privacy
-- Gabriela Schneider, Center for Media Education, USA

An Identification of the Online Privacy Issues of Top Websites
-- Chiung-wen Hsu, School of Information Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
-- Han Woo Park, School of Information Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA

Privacy and Power: Computer Databases and Metaphors for Information Privacy
-- Daniel Solove, Seton Hall Law School, USA

Diminishing Sense of Privacy: Is There a Legal Solution?
-- Martha Zotov, Queens University, CANADA

End-User Perceptions of Privacy Software
-- Patricia Benson, University of Minnesota, USA
-- Juliet Mbiti, University of Minnesota, USA

Session 244: Education Issues I
Nolte Room, Radisson

Joan Korenman, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA

Enhancing Information Architecture Decisions for Web-Based Scholarly Information Centers
-- Brian Arbogast de Hubert-Miller, Florida State University, USA

Virtual Peer Review: Teaching Writing in Internet Environments
-- Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch, University of Minnesota, USA

Mentor-Participant Exchange in the "Ask Dr. Math" Service
-- K. Ann Renninger, Swarthmore College, USA

Open-world Learning with Biology Workbench: A High School Biology Classroom Case Study
-- Bertram C. Bruce, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
-- Jo Williamson, Georgia Department of Education, USA
-- Eric G. Jakobsson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
-- Umesh Thakkar, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
-- Paul Lock, Urbana High School, Urbana, Illinois, USA

Session 245: Relationships Online
Rotary Room, Radisson

Moderator: Nancy Baym, University of Kansas, USA

"How Online Couples Communicate"
-- Andrea Baker, Ohio University, USA

Methodological Concerns of Social Research over the Internet
-- Linda Cruickshank, AUSTRALIA

Intergenerational Partners and the Internet
-- Karen Riggs, Ohio University, USA

The heart has its reasons: a comparison of online and offline romantic relationships
-- Robert Rosenwein, Lehigh University, PA, USA

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 251 to 255: 2:15pm-3:45pm, Friday, October 12

Session 251: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice
National Communication Association Task Force on the Digital Divide
Memorial Hall, Gateway Center

CHAIR: Susan Kretchmer, Johns Hopkins University and Co-Chair, National Communication Association Task Force on the Digital Divide, USA

-- Steven L. Clift, Founder and Board Chair, Minnesota E-Democracy; Manager, Democracies Online; and Co-Founder, Project Advisor, and Outreach Coordinator, Markle Foundation's Web White and Blue project, USA
-- Catherine M. Settanni, Board Chair, Twin Cities Free-Net; Director, Digital Access; and Founder, Community Computer Access Network (C-CAN), USA
-- Leslie Regan Shade, University of Ottawa, CANADA
-- Andrew Clement, University of Toronto, CANADA
-- Steve Jones, University of Illinois, Chicago and President, Association of Internet Researchers, USA
-- Susan B. Kretchmer, Johns Hopkins University and Co-Chair, National Communication Association Task Force on the Digital Divide, USA
-- Rod Carveth, Texas Tech University and Co-Chair, National Communication Association Task Force on the Digital Divide, USA

Session 252: Law and Metaphors
Johnson Great Room, Gateway Center

Law for a Post-Law World
-- Sandra Braman, University of Alabama, USA

Legal Consequences of the Cybespatial Metaphor
-- Dan Burk, University of Minnesota, USA

Dominion in Cyberspace
-- Anupam Chander, University of California, Davis, USA

Cyberspace and Feudalism
-- Alfred Yen, Boston College Law School, USA

Session 253: Cracking Codes
Ski-U-Mah Room, Gateway Center

Moderator: Jeremy Hunsinger, Virginia Tech, USA

Virtual Real(i)ty: SimCity and the Production of Urban Cyberspace
-- Shawn Miklaucic, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Institute of Communications Research , USA

Passing the Code: Word-of-Mouth through Newsgroups
-- Peter Newman, Jr., Office of Cash Management and Investment, University of Illinois, USA

Cracking the Code: Internet Language, Education and the Digital Divide
-- Joy Pierce, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Institute of Communications Research, USA

The Debate about Code: Regulators and Policymakers
-- Rajiv Shah, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Institute of Communications Research, USA

Session 254: Virtual Communities - Theoretical Perspectives
Johnson Great Room, Gateway Center

Moderator: Julie Mactaggart, University of Minnesota, USA

Haunted Spaces: the Rhetoric of the Gothic in the Construction of Cyberspace
-- Bryan Alexander, Centenary College, USA

Toward a Hermeneutics of Virtual Communities: Paul Ricouer and the Scattered Members of an Invisible Republic
-- Gary Burnett, Florida State University, USA

Hegemony Online: The Quiet Convergence of Power, Culture, and Computers
-- Michael Dorsher, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, USA

Electronica nullius and the repressive hypothesis: CMC research and the problem of discourse
-- Kylie Jarrett, University of South Australia, AUSTRALIA

Session 255: Education-International Perspectives
Rotary Room, Radisson

Representations and attitudes of Greek educators towards the use of new technological media in the school system
-- Katerina Diamandaki-Panou, University of Athens, GREECE

Cultural Responses to the Global Information Infrastructure: A Rhetorical Analysis of German and U.S. American E-Learning Portals
-- Doreen Starke-Meyerring, University of Minnesota, USA

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 261 to 265: 4pm-5pm, Friday, October 12

Session 261: Constructing Community Online
Memorial Hall, Gateway Center

Moderator: T.L. Taylor, North Carolina State University, USA

Greeting the Group Online: Closure, Symmetry, and Communitas in Digital Folk Art
-- Brenda Danet, Yale University/emerita, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL

Mid-west Raves as a Case Study of Online Community
-- Rebekah Farrugia, University of Iowa, USA

Turning the Tables": Reshaping Young People's Position in Society through CMC Activities
-- Oren Golen, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL

Session 262: National Political Web Spaces: International Comparisons
Johnson Great Room, Gateway Center

Online Action and Political Actors in the 2000 American election
-- Kirsten A. Foote, University of Washington, USA
-- Steve Schneider, SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, USA

The Political Internet Grows Up in Japan Using the Internet in Japanese Election 2000-2001
-- Leslie M. Tkach, University of Tsukuba, JAPAN

The usage of the Internet in 2001 Italian elections
-- Mattia Miani, University of Bologna, ITALY

Discussant, Steve Clift, Minnesota E-Democracy

Session 263: Rhetorical Approaches to CyberMedicine: Credibility and Culture
Ski-U-Mah Room, Gateway Center

CHAIR: Laura Gurak, University of Minnesota, USA

Ethos and Pathos: Credibility and Medical Web Sites
-- Helen Constantinides, University of Minnesota, USA

Culture, Credibility, and Cybermedia: Rethinking Medical Web Sites for a Truly World Wide Web
-- Kirk St.Amant, University of Minnesota, USA

Speech Act Theory: Hypertext Links and Medical Web Site Credibility
-- Jenni Swenson, University of Minnesota, USA

Session 264: Exploring the Rhetoric of Technology On, Within and About the Internet
Nolte Room, Radisson

Defining the Rhetoric of Technology: Setting the Stage for Discursive
-- Mike Hubler, University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA

Seeking Credibility Online: The Rhetoric of Chain E-Mail
-- Matthew Smith, Indiana University South Bend, USA

More human than human": The rhetoric of homo faber in popular film
-- Andrew Wood, San Jose State University, USA

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS 271 to 273: 5:15pm-6:45pm, Friday, October 12

Session 271: Digital Divide-Challenges, Trends, Research and Evaluation
Memorial Hall, Gateway Center

Moderator: Ronald Rice, Rutgers University, USA

Merging Theory with Practice: Toward an Evaluation Framework for Community Informatics
-- Dara O'Neil, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Researching the Digital Divide: An Interdisciplinary Project
-- Mary Stansbury, School of Library & Information Science, Kent State University, USA

The Soft Side of Information Infrastructure
-- Greg Laudeman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Session 272: Methodology II
Johnson Great Room, Gateway Center

Moderator: Gretchen Haas, University of Minnesota, USA

Researching power and sociability on cyberspace or how to mobilize a socio-technical network to research another socio-technical network
-- Ana Maria Alves Carneiro Silva, Unicamp, BRAZIL

Comparing Internet Users and Uses Around the World: Findings from the National Geographic Web Survey 2000.
-- Wenhong Chen, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, CANADA
-- Jeffrey Boase, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, CANADA
-- Barry Wellman, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, CANADA

An International Perspective on the Internet Information Flow: The Case of Turkey
-- Kursat Cagiltay, Indiana University, USA
-- Chris Ogan, Indiana University, USA
-- Mete Yildiz, Indiana University, USA

Session 273: Sex and Sexualities II
Ski-U-Mah Room, Gateway Center

Moderator: Walter Bockting, University of Minnesota, USA

The Role of an Online Mailing List in Shaping a "Queer" Identity for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trangender (LGBT) Community: A Social Network Approach
-- Bharat Mehra, School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

"Virtually Home Now: Transgender Culture in Cyberspace"
-- Kim Surkan, University of Minnesota, USA

Making Invisible Visible: Powers to Shape Sexual-identity in cyberspace, in case of Taiwan, 1997-2001.
-- Chang Ling, Jing Yung Yang, Wu, TAIWAN

Graphic Sex: An Ethnographic Exploration of Desire for the Virtual Body
-- Lauren Cruikshank, CANADA