Steve Jones Internet Lecture Series
2004 National Communication Association
Chicago, Ill.

 

Dr. Robert Pepper, Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy for the U.S. Federal Communication Commission in Washington, DC, presented the second annual Jones Internet Lecture on November 13, 2004 at NCA in Chicago.

2004 Carl Couch Internet Research Award Presentation

Association of Internet Researchers 5th International Conference
University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, U.K.

 

Above, Han Lee, MA student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 2004 winner of the Carl Couch Internet Research Award, is congratulated by Couch Center Director Mark D. Johns. In the background, at far right, is second place winner Shawn McIntosh, doctoral student at Rutgers University, and (in red tie) third place winner Justin Goarcke, masters degree student at the University of Northern Iowa

Han's paper was "Race in cyberqueer space: Looking at race in online personal advertisements for men seeking men." Shawn's paper, "Moving Fw: Theoretical perspectives on the role of email joke forwarding in maintaining online social relationships." Justin's paper was, "Formation and reinforcement of Goth identity online." All three papers were presented in a special conference session on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at the University of Sussex..

Steve Jones Internet Lecture Series
Inaugural Presentation
2003 National Communication Association
Miami Beach, Florida

 

Presented by Dr. James Carey, Columbia University

Participants (L to R) Drs. James Carey, Steve Jones, Mark Johns

2003 Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
Toronto Hilton Hotel
Oct. 15-19, 2003

 

Camille Johnson, University of Illinois at Chicago "Pro-Anorexia Websites: An Analysis Of Cultural Communication And Meaning Negotiation Online"

Sarah Ford, University of Massachusetts, Amherst "ROFLMAO! :D: Re-embodying the Web-Based Chat Room"

Terra Mcdaniel, University of Houston "Virtual Religion: A Study Of Spiritual Webmasters"

Discussant: Mark D. Johns, Luther College

2003 Midwest Sociological Meetings
Chicago Marriott Downtown Hotel
April 18, Friday 2:00 PM - 3:45 PM
Session 123: Online Social Research: Methods, Issues, and Ethics

Presider: Michael A. Katovich, Texas Christian University

Surviving the IRB Review: Institutional Guidelines and Research Strategies
Mark D. Johns, Luther College, G. John Hall, University of Northern Iowa, and Tara Lynn Crowell, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Representation in Online Ethnographies: A Matter of Context Sensitivity
Annette N. Markham, University of Illinois, Chicago

"Electronic Eavesdropping": The Ethical Issues Involved in Conducting a Virtual Ethnography
Katherine Clegg M. Smith, University of Illinois, Chicago

Research Paparazzi in Cyberspace: A Feminist Communitarian Approach to Online Research Ethics
Mark D. Johns, Luther College, and Shing-Ling S. Chen, University of Northern Iowa

Discussant: Steve Jones, University of Illinois, Chicago

2003 Midwest Sociological Meetings
Chicago Marriott Downtown Hotel
April 19, Saturday, 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Session 150: Narrative Research and Applied Research
Co-Sponsor: Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research

Presider: Dan Miller, University of Dayton

David Maines and Narrative Research
Joel Powell Dahlquist, Minnesota State University, Moorhead

Naturalist and Constructionist Approaches to Equality in Marriage
Scott R. Harris, St. Louis University

Systems Theory and the Evaluation of Media Policy: Lessons from an Assessment of the V-Chip Mandate
Amy Jordan, University of Pennsylvania, Emory Woodard, Villanova University, Jessica Fishman, University of Pennsylvania, and Ronda Scantlin, University of Dayton

A Storied Vocation: Narrative Interviews with Family Farmers
Paul G. Nielson, Southwest State University

Discussant: Mark D. Johns, Luther College