The Unfinished Work of the Internet

2019 ◽  
pp. 403-418
Author(s):  
David Bray ◽  
Vinton Cerf

Vinton Cerf is internationally recognized as “an Internet pioneer”—one of the “fathers of the Internet”—regarding his work with Bob Kahn in co-inventing Internet protocol (TCP/IP). David Bray is Executive Director for the People-Centered Internet Coalition and a champion of positive “change agents” in turbulent environments. For this concluding chapter, we asked Vinton Cerf and David Bray to provide a future-focused perspective on the Internet’s role in shaping media and information. Arguably, over the past twenty years, there has been no greater development shaping global information technology, policy, and practices than the rise of the Internet and related communication technologies such as the Web, social media, and mobile Internet. Looking to the future, will the Internet play as central a role? Their answer is yes, noting that much work remains to be done if the Internet is to remain an uplifting force for both individuals and communities.


Author(s):  
Poline Bala ◽  
Roger W. Harris ◽  
Peter Songan

This chapter highlights an initiative by a group of researchers2 from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) to connect villagers in the remote and isolated village of Bario to Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), which include computers, telephones, the Internet, and VSATs. This project has eased the information flow in and out of Bario, affecting the well-being of the people by providing a means to keep in touch with friends and relatives in urban areas. The response of the Bario community has been positive, but the objective of the e Bario project is more ambitious than to just provide access to the Internet, computers and other related technologies. The main objective is to identify opportunities for remote and rural communities in Sarawak to develop socially, culturally and economically from the deployment of the technologies. The results of the initiative are expected to demonstrate the many ways in which ICTs can be used to improve the lives of marginalized groups, specifically, here, the rural and remote communities in Malaysia. However, to ensure that the objectives will ultimately be met, the team has had to search for an appropriate methodology that will ensure the full benefits of the initiative to the community. This chapter describes and discusses the approaches adopted, emphasizing the benefits of a close association between the researchers and the community as well as the adoption of suitable participatory methods for engaging with the needs and opportunities that were discovered.



Author(s):  
Şenol Orakcı

In recent years, rapid developments in the field of science and technology have profoundly affected social lifestyles and have led to significant changes in the process of producing, sharing, and communicating information. Acceleration in the growth rate of knowledge as a result of developments in science and technology has made it necessary to constantly update existing information. Parallel to this, the necessity of the people to follow the information constantly and to continuously update it to keep up with the speed of daily changes tops the agenda. This situation increased the use of information and communication technologies and the internet in the field of education, resulting in the spread of online environments.



Author(s):  
Poline Bala ◽  
Roger W. Harris ◽  
Peter Songan

This chapter highlights an initiative by a group of researchers2 from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) to connect villagers in the remote and isolated village of Bario to Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), which include computers, telephones, the Internet, and VSATs. This project has eased the information flow in and out of Bario, affecting the well-being of the people by providing a means to keep in touch with friends and relatives in urban areas. The response of the Bario community has been positive, but the objective of the e Bario project is more ambitious than to just provide access to the Internet, computers and other related technologies. The main objective is to identify opportunities for remote and rural communities in Sarawak to develop socially, culturally and economically from the deployment of the technologies. The results of the initiative are expected to demonstrate the many ways in which ICTs can be used to improve the lives of marginalized groups, specifically, here, the rural and remote communities in Malaysia. However, to ensure that the objectives will ultimately be met, the team has had to search for an appropriate methodology that will ensure the full benefits of the initiative to the community. This chapter describes and discusses the approaches adopted, emphasizing the benefits of a close association between the researchers and the community as well as the adoption of suitable participatory methods for engaging with the needs and opportunities that were discovered.





KANT ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 217-222
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Vasilievna Deryabkina

Educational web quest is an example of the introduction of the Internet in the learning process. Using the web quest as a pedagogical technology allows students to form and develop competencies in the use of information and communication technologies in the performance of educational tasks, research skills, skills of analysis and systematization of information received, teamwork skills and responsibility for the quality of their training. The article describes the didactic possibilities of an educational web quest in the educational process of College students.



Author(s):  
Paweł Garbuzik

The article presents the influence of modern information and communication technologies, including the Internet for the process of shaping the identity. It also treats the identity built on the web and its types, classifications of users of the digital world and the perception of the role of the Internet and other technologies in everyday life. In addition, it presents, based on research, which is important for the young generation on the Internet and the ways and purposes of using the web.



2014 ◽  
Vol 543-547 ◽  
pp. 3441-3444
Author(s):  
Ying Li Wang ◽  
Zhi Jiang Xu ◽  
Si Si Li

The rapid development of 3 g mobile internet technology and the extensive use of intelligent mobile phone system make a user access the Internet not only can through a computer which has networking conditions, but also can through the mobile phone whenever and wherever. This paper designed and developed the method of accessing to the Web server based on the Android platform, it provides a quick and convenient way for the developers.



Author(s):  
Joel G. Oliveira

Earlier this century there was a crisis among the major Web companies. Berners-Lee started the concept of semantics for the Web. The large academic centers began to create tools to support the dissemination and research associated with their work; the collaborative networks emerged. Taking advantage of this new concept and seeking to attract new users to the Web, social networks began to emerge with a single purpose: to enable new users to customize data. Startups represent this new concept of the Web of the 21st century. In this sense, cloud computing, as well as energy efficiency should represent the biggest advances of this decade, enabling the growth of new market niches. This, along with the need for integration and mobility, is the object of study in this chapter.



2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
Oksana Yashkina ◽  
◽  
Mykyta Saveliev ◽  

The aim of the article is to classify and form strategies of the commercial companies’ and non-commercial organisations’ promotion on the web. The results of analyses. During the analyses of the business models on the web, there were distinguished next possible strategies of the Use of Internet-Marketing instruments: Narrow specialization strategy – this strategy is appropriate for the companies, that want drive narrow specialized traffic to the web-resource. Narrow specialized clicks on the web-resource are specified requests of the user, that could contain professional terms. This kind of user-transitions belong to the people, who understand the subject deeply and can easily form necessary request, using search-engine. Narrow specialization strategy with the elements of reputation instruments – this strategy is appropriate for the companies, that want drive narrow specialized traffic to the web-resource. The main feature of the companies, that use narrow specialization strategy with the elements of reputation instruments, is that they have to have positive reputation, to wake up the interest of the user. Another main feature is that the companies sell the product, that could be freely scaled in a short period of time in comparison with a companies, that have got big productions. It is an element of publicity, that allows to reach first places in new segments. Wide specialization strategy – this strategy is appropriate for the companies, that want to drive more traffic to the web-resource, because this traffic is a source of companies’ income. The aim of the web-site is to answer to the information requests of the users, to encourage them to visit the web-resource and to reach the needed information through the watching of the advertising. Mixed specialization strategy – this strategy is appropriate for the companies, that have to use the large amount of the Internet-Marketing instruments due to the high level of the competition on the market. This type of the strategy requires larger amount of variable-costs, that’s why the level of the profit margin is low or middle. In this case, companies do want to increase their profit, selling their product to the big amount of consumers. This segment has a high level of competition. The synergy of reputation and publicity strategy – this strategy is appropriate for the non-commercial organisations, that have got an aim to educate their target audience or to collect the narrow- specialized information on their web-resource. The costs of the organisation are covered by the donation or by the month-fee. The administration of the organization is interested to support and expand their reputation, to wake up an interest in the larger amount of potential users. Conclusions and perspectives for further research. The classification of the business-models strategies on the web lets commercial companies and non-commercial organisations optimize their marketing processes, save resources, maximize the effectivity of the communication with their audience, in accordance with their aims



Author(s):  
Richard A. Halapin

The World Wide Web has exhibited the most explosive growth of any technology ever invented. Two events occurring in the 1992-93 period provided the foundation. First was the decision by Congress to open the Internet to commercial exploitation. The second was the adaptation of hypertext concepts to the Internet, which led to the Web. Fueled by commercial exploitation, the Web grew in just 6 years, to over 40 million linked computers. Time to such maturity for older communication technologies was measured in decades. The growth has “left in the dust” the development of commercial, civil, and criminal law needed to secure the social benefits of Web technology. Similarly, “Law Enforcement” has been unable to adapt to the Web over such a short period. While Congress struggles with a new “contract law” for Web commercial transactions, national awareness is growing about undesirable consequences of Web technology. Fraud, pornography, and violence, are exposing the threat potential of the Web. It is clear that “Law Enforcement” must plan for and take action to meet these potential threats. Methods and procedures for countering threats require that law enforcement officials understand the mechanisms of the Web along all links from user to resource. These officials must also advise legislative bodies on their enforcement needs during “catch-up” with the Web.



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