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What does AoIR try to do?
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AoIR awards of life membership for service
What does AoIR try to do?
AoIR sees internet research as an international field and wants to contribute to an open and equal interaction among internet researchers at the international level and wants to cooperate with any other society and group which shares its interests. Its goal is not to create a monolithic, imperialistic, western, American, etc., organization, but rather to allow for the organic formation of a community of scholars. More formally, the specific objectives and purposes of this organization shall be:
- to provide an interdisciplinary and interprofessional organization for promotion of scholarly and critical research into the social, cultural, political, economic and aesthetic aspects of the Internet.
- to organize and sponsor regular conferences to provide a forum so those engaged in Internet research can meet and exchange information about their work.
- to sponsor and disseminate information about Internet research through publication of a site on the WorldWideWeb and through other publications.
- to encourage recognition of Internet studies as an area for scholarly research, curriculum development and teaching.
- to establish connections between the scholarly community, those in Internet and Internet-related industries, and Internet users.
- to encourage the development of research and systematic study in topics and areas of Internet and Internet-related phenomena where such study is not well developed, both in terms of pioneering, substantive intellectual areas and in terms of regions, localities and institutions interested in Internet studies