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Friday 12 July |
| 17:00-18:00 |
Registration |
| 18:00-19:00 |
Reception - Cour d'Honneur,
Pavillon Principal |
Saturday 13 July |
| 08:00-08:30 |
Registration
and Refreshments |
| 08:30-09:00 |
Opening |
Charles Ess and Fay Sudweeks (Co-Chairs) |
| 09:00-09:45 |
Keynote
Speaker |
The language of the Internet: English Dominance or Heteroglossia
Professor Susan Herring, Indiana University, USA
|
| 09:45-10:50 |
Session 1
Communicative attitudes and practices |
The
power of the audience: Interculturality, interactivity and trust in
Internet communication
Hans-Juergen
Bucher, University of Trier, Germany (25m)
Questioning cultural
viability of creating universal meaning with new information and communication
technologies
Dineh Davis, Steven Johnson, University of Hawaii
at Manoa, USA (15m)
Effects of cultural differences on e-mail communication in
multicultural environments
Hasan
Cakir, Barbara Bichelmeyer, Kursat Cagiltay, Indiana University, USA
(25m)
|
| 10:50-11:20 |
Break |
| 11:20-12:30 |
Session 1 (cont'd)
Communicative attitudes and practices |
Qualitative
analysis of online group process in two cultural contexts
Penne
Wilson, Ana Nolla, Charlotte Gunawardena, University of New Mexico,
USA
Jose López-Islas, Noemi Ramírez-Angel, Rosa
Megchun-Alpírez,
Universidad Virtual del Tec De Monterrey, Mexico (25m)
Communication, organizations, and diverse populations: organizations
and diverse populations
Mary
Wilson, La Sierra University, CA (15m)
Negotiating
"face" in a non-face-to-face learning environment
Charlotte Gunawardena, Sharon Walsh, Leslie Reddinger, Ethel Gregory,
Yvonne Lake, Annie Davies, University of New Mexico,
USA (15m)
After
Y2K: Time, Andre the giant and other democratic avatars
Jeff
Lewis, Kirsty Best, RMIT University, Australia (15m)
|
| 12:30-13:00 |
Discussion |
Session 1 issues |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00-15:20 |
Session 2
Role of gender and cultural expectations in communication |
Gender
differences in the perception and use of email in two South African
organisations
Jean-Paul Van Belle, Adrie
Stander, University of Cape Town, South Africa (25m)
Democracy, gender and technology
Alison Adam, University of
Salford, UK (15m)
The contested construction of knowledge:
Afghan women asserting leadership via the net
Beverly Bickel, University
of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA (25m)
Living in an information society: Women's
perceptions of social and technological change
Anoush Simon, David Allen,
University of Salford, UK (15m) |
| 15:20-15:45 |
Discussion |
Session 2 issues |
| 15:45-16:15 |
Break |
| 16:15-17:20 |
Session 3
Politics of the electronic global village |
The
revolutionary insignificance of the Internet: Or, why neither Chinese
wall newspapers nor the Internet make people speak
Hans-Georg
Moeller, Brock University, Canada (25m)
Between
a Rock and a Hard Place: The Changing Public Sphere of Palestinian
Israelis
Michael
Dahan, Ben Gurion University and Interdisciplinary Center Hertzliya, Israel (25m)
Spatial conceptions of URLs: Thamil Eelam on the world wide web
Jillana
Enteen, Northwestern University, USA (15m) |
| 17:20-17:45 |
Discussion |
Session 3 issues |
Sunday 14 July |
| 08:15-08:45 |
Refreshments |
| 08:45-09:30 |
Invited Speaker |
Professor Laurie Walker
|
| 09:30-10:35 |
Session
4
Community culture |
Cross-cultural
usability of computing metaphors
Elke
Duncker, Middlesex University, UK (25m)
Communicating regional identity
John
Gammack, Paula Goulding, Hing Hock Seow, Murdoch University, Australia
(25m)
Chinese
consumers' attitudes toward web advertising
Wen Gong, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Lynda Maddox, The George Washington University, USA (15m) |
| 10:35-10:50 |
Break |
| 10:50-12:30 |
Session 4 (cont'd)
Community culture |
The
use of cyberspace by social and geographic communities: An analysis of
web sites created by community orgnaizations in Trois-Rivieres
Duncan
Sanderson, Université de Montréal, Canada
Andrée Fortin,
Université Laval, Canada (25m)
Measuring
social capital in a networked housing estate
Denise
Meredyth, Liza Hopkins, Scott Ewing, Swinburne University of
Technology, Australia (25m)
Cultural
variability in web interface design: Communicating US Hispanic
cultural values on the Internet
Paul Leonardi, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
(25m)
Electronic
commerce and identity construction in an era of globalization:
Suggestions for handicraft producers in developing regions
Christopher
LaFargue, USA (25m) |
| 12:30-13:00 |
Discussion |
Session
4 issues |
| 13:00-14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00-15:25 |
Session
5
Impact of ICTs on local and indigenous languages, religion and
cultures |
Intellectual
property regimes and the possibility of indigenous sovereignty within
informational economies
Ned
Rossiter, Monash University, Australia (25m)
Effects of mobile text messaging on the Swedish written language:
Human adaptability made visible?
Ylva
Hård Af Segerstad, Goteborg University, Sweden (15m)
Satellite
discourse in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Religious attitudes towards
direct broadcasting satellite
Gholamreza Arjomandi, Payame Noor University, Iran (15m)
High
Tech/High Touch: Cultural considerations in telemedicine
Lorna Heaton, Universite de Montreal, Canada (15m)
Habitus
in transition?
James Piecowye, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates (15m) |
| 15:25-15:45 |
Discussion |
Session
5 issues |
| 15:45-16:15 |
Break |
| 16:45 |
Depart
for Conference Dinner at Montebello (1.5 hours scenic drive each way) |
Monday 15 July
|
| 08:15-08:45 |
Refreshments |
| 08:45-10:25 |
Session 6
Ethical and social issues related to ICTs |
Selective
connections: Where do you want to go today?
Ann Willis, Edith Cowan University, Australia (25m)
Socio-technical
perspectives of the Internet in China
Shouhong Wang, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth,
USA (25m)
Religious
belief and pragmatic ethical framework as predictors of ethical
behaviour: an empirical study in the Indian context
Nivedita Debnath, Kanika T. Bhal, Indian Institute of
Technology, India (25m)
Technology
in search of colonies: The impact of computer-mediated colonization on
ethnicity, social inequality and civil society
Peter Sy, University of the Philippines, Philippines
(25m) |
| 10:25-10:45 |
Discussion |
Session 6 issues |
| 10:45-11:00 |
Break |
| 11:00-12:15 |
Session 7
Culture and ICTs |
Uncovering
the cultural identity of Internet startup companies
Thilini
Ariyachandra, Marie-Claude Boudreau, University of Georgia, USA (25m)
Buying music online: A qualitative study of Swedish record buyers'
shopping experiences
Malin
Sveningsson, The Viktoria Institute, Sweden (25m)
An investigation of the relationship between cultural context and the
use of computer-based information systems
Khalid
Buragga, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia (25m) |
| 12:15-13:15 |
Lunch |
| 13:15-14:05 |
Session 7 (cont'd)
Culture and ICTs |
The end of diversity? Knowledge, ICTs and the development gateway
Maja van der Velden, Consultant, Canada (25m)
Context
and culture in human computer interaction: "usable" does not
mean "senseful"
José Abdelnour Nocera, Open University, UK (25m) |
| 14:05-14:30 |
Discussion |
Session 7 issues |
| 14:30-15:00 |
Break |
| 15:00-17:00 |
Workshop:
Future directions for the Net(s) of Power |
| 17:00 |
Closing Cocktails |
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