The Eastern Sociological Society annual meetings will be in Washington, D.C. this weekend at the Wyndham Hotel. I organized a mini-conference on Sociology and the Internet for it that includes a session called “Can Blogs Influence Public Policy?”. This session will be held at 8:30am this Friday. If you’re in the area and inclined to be up and about at that hour, please stop by. Panelists are as follows:
* Tyler Cowen, George Mason University (Update: Unfortunately, it turns out that Tyler Cowen won’t be able to make it.)
* Henry Farrell, George Washington University
* Eszter Hargittai, Northwestern University
* Amy Sullivan, The Washington Monthly and Princeton University
* Discussant: Jeff Weintraub, Lehigh University and University of Pennsylvania
See information about the other panels in this mini-conference below the fold.
Friday, March 18, 3005
11:50am
Information Technology and Public Policy
* Regulating E-Commerce: Domestic Sources of State Power and the Role of State-Private Actor Relations, Henry Farrell, George Washington University
* Sociological Impacts on Web Site Accessibility: Why won’t it help to build a better software tool?, Jonathan Lazar, Towson University
* The Impact of Technology on Work-Life Balance, Leslie Cintron, Washington and Lee University
* Worldwide Data Documentation Standards and the Future of Social Science Research, Grant Blank, American University
Discussant: Timothy Shortell, Brooklyn College
Saturday, March 19, 2005
8:30am
Digital Inequality
* Does The Digital Divide Explain Racial Differences in School Achievement? Caroline Persell, New York University
* Explaining the Diffusion of Broadband among Internet Users, John Horrigan, Pew Internet and American Life Project
* Media Use and Inequality in Access to Information: Does the Internet Level the Playing Field? Steven Shafer, Princeton University and Paul DiMaggio, Princeton University
* New Dimensions of the Digital Divide: Differences in Young Adults’ Use of the Internet, Eszter Hargittai, Northwestern University and Amanda Hinnant, Northwestern University
I did not organize the panel below, but it is on a related topic so I thought I’d mention it:
Sunday, March 20, 2005
8:30am
Social Interaction via the Internet
* Harnessing Social Interaction: How We Use the Internet to Shape and Control Interpersonal Contact, Mary Chayko, College of Saint Elizabeth
* Ethical Dilemmas in Web-based Qualitative Research: The Case of Online Message Board Communities, Laura West Steck, University of Connecticut and Tamara Smith, University at Albany, State University of New York
* “Rupert Rocks and Ali’s Awful”: Analysis of Viewers’ Favorite Players on Survivor and Big Brother, Beth Montemurro, Penn State University and Colleen Bloom, Rutgers University; Sharon Gerczyk, Penn State University
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Luis Villa 03.14.05 at 3:51 pm
It’s not clear from the site- is there a fee for registration?
david tiley 03.14.05 at 8:47 pm
Love to see some summaries. Or – getting greedy here – transcripts.
Eszter Hargittai 03.15.05 at 11:19 am
The ESS highly encourages registration to the conference and all panelists must register. Regarding audience members, I don’t recall people checking badges for entry at past meetings. I don’t know what the format will be this year.
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