Webometrics: The Evolution of a Digital Social Science Research Field |
Mike Thelwall's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. |
Mike Thelwall |
28 March, 2012 |
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Visioning Studies: A Socio-technical Approach to Designing the Future |
Diane H. Sonnenwald's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. |
Diane H. Sonnenwald |
28 March, 2012 |
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Reproducibility: Gold or Fool's Gold in Digital Social Research? |
Christine Borgman's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. |
Christine Borgman |
28 March, 2012 |
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Digital Social Research: An Interdisciplinary Niche or the Future of the Social Sciences? |
Peter van den Besselaar's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. |
Peter van den Besselaar |
28 March, 2012 |
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Facebook Resistance? Understanding the Role of the Internet in the Arab Revolutions |
Revolutions are currently sweeping the Arab world, from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya to Bahrain. The Internet has been reported as a key factor, but we in fact know little of its role in these revolutions. |
Miriyam Aouragh, Noha Atef, Khaled Hroub, George Weyman |
12 March, 2012 |
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Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation |
Professor Steve Woolgar introduces and discusses the main themes of the Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation conference, by reflecting on recent changes in visualisation media and considering some of the implications of these changes for research. |
Steve Woolgar |
28 February, 2012 |
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Does the Mind have a Future? |
Baroness Greenfield discusses how Information Technology is changing the way humans think and feel. Whilst there are clear benefits, she also highlights the less desirable consequences, and suggests how best to minimise these threats. |
Susan Greenfield |
28 February, 2012 |
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The Need for Achieving Appropriate Information Sharing and Information Protection |
David Bray describes the Information Sharing Environment, exploring post-9/11 information sharing in the United States, and the efforts being made towards information sharing and national security. |
David Bray |
28 February, 2012 |
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Innovations and Journalism: Finally Together? |
Turo Uskali argues that, thanks to the Internet, there has never been a better time for innovative journalism and innovations in journalism. |
Turo Uskali |
28 February, 2012 |
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Scammers on Online Dating Sites |
Monica Whitty discusses her recent work on dating scams, which has focused on attempting to identify a typology of victims, recognizing the techniques used by scammers, and also the psychological impact of the scams themselves. |
Monica Whitty, Bernie Hogan |
28 February, 2012 |
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Presentation and Perception on Online Dating Sites |
Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. 'Idealisation' of perception and presentation online can facilitate the selection process, but may have unforseen consequences when people eventually meet. |
Joseph Walther, Nicole Ellison |
28 February, 2012 |
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Partner Compatibility and Online Dating Sites |
Erina Lee discusses the importance of similarity between partners in terms of long-term relationship satisfaction. She discusses some compatibility dimensions that have been considered by eHarmony, as well as future directions for research. |
Bernie Hogan, Erina Lee |
28 February, 2012 |
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Information Technologies and Marginalization in African Market Economies |
Laura Mann summarises her lecture on information technologies and marginalization in African market economies, part of the OII's Society and the Internet Lecture Series. |
Laura Mann |
28 February, 2012 |
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Next Generation Internet Users: Digital Divides, Choices, and Inequalities |
Grant Blank summarises his lecture on how a new pattern of Internet access is developing through the use of a growing variety of devices than enable increasing mobility: these people are "Next Generation Internet Users". |
Grant Blank |
28 February, 2012 |
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What Will A Companionable Computational Agent Be Like? (Lovelace Lecture 2010) |
Yorick Wilks explores the state of the art in modelling realistic conversation with computers over the last 40 years, and asks what we would want in a conversational agent (or 'Companion') designed for a long-term relationship with a user. |
Yorick Wilks |
20 July, 2010 |
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Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game: Internet Games, Social Inequality and Racist Talk as Griefing |
This talk recaps the history of racist griefing online and link the current crisis in racial discourse in the US with this practice, exploring the implications for digital games as a transnational public sphere. |
Lisa Nakamura |
20 July, 2010 |
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The Internet Turns 40: Midlife Crisis or Grand Challenge for Computer-Mediated Communication? |
This talk discusses research being undertaken at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago and its consequences for future forms of computer-mediated communication and for the Internet. |
Steve Jones |
18 May, 2010 |
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Authentic Assessment in the era of Social Media: ideas and applications from Internet Communications |
The emergence of Web 2.0-enabled social media online provides a new opportunity to develop assessments that match with, and draw upon students' engagement with online knowledge networking, creating new possibilities for 'authenticity' in assessment. |
Matthew Allen |
18 May, 2010 |
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Delete! |
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger looks at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. |
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, Helen Margetts |
10 May, 2010 |
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The Global Information Technology Reports: Lessons in Technology, Development and Competitiveness |
Professor Soumitra Dutta discusses the Global Information Technology Reports: the world's most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of ICTs on the development process and the competitiveness of nations. |
Soumitra Dutta |
10 May, 2010 |
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Giving in the Digital World |
For charitable organizations and initiatives, the Internet provides the opportunity to reach more people in more direct and personal ways. Are they grasping this opportunity? |
Lucy Bernholz |
30 April, 2010 |
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We are the Web: The future of the social machine |
The Web 2.0 world is commonplace but the promise of massive scale human computing has barely been exploited. This seminar explores the potential, challenges, and promises for next-generation technologies that can empower humanity to address key problems. |
Jim Hendler |
30 April, 2010 |
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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Online Audiences and the Paradox of Web Traffic |
Using three years of daily Web traffic data, and new models adapted from financial mathematics, this talk examines large-scale variation in Web traffic. |
Matthew Hindman |
6 March, 2009 |
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Facebook: The Strength of Weak Ties |
Veronica Sartore interviews Dr Bernie Hogan about his research on the social networking site Facebook, differences between online and offline relationships, how personal boundaries are regulated and the strength of weak ties. |
Bernie Hogan, Veronica Sartore |
6 February, 2009 |
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