scholarly journals Will the Web break?

2013 ◽  
Vol 371 (1987) ◽  
pp. 20120386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Zittrain
Keyword(s):  
Royal Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
Web Science ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
The Web ◽  
Key Questions ◽  
The Way

What is the Web? What makes it work? And is it dying? This paper is drawn from a talk delivered by Prof. Zittrain to the Royal Society Discussion Meeting ‘Web science: a new frontier’ in September 2010. It covers key questions about the way the Web works, and how an understanding of its past can help those theorizing about the future. The original Web allowed users to display and send information from their individual computers, and organized the resources of the Internet with uniform resource locators. In the 20 years since then, the Web has evolved. These new challenges require a return to the spirit of the early Web, exploiting the power of the Web’s users and its distributed nature to overcome the commercial and geopolitical forces at play. The future of the Web rests in projects that preserve its spirit, and in the Web science that helps make them possible.

Gaining a Past, Losing a Future: Web 2.0 and Internet Historicity

2012 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Allen
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
First Century ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Historical Interpretation ◽  
Web 3.0 ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Or Practice ◽  
The Web

This article explore how, in the first decade of the twenty-first century, the internet became historicised, meaning that its public existence is now explicitly framed through a narrative that locates the current internet in relation to a past internet. Up until this time, in popular culture, the internet had been understood mainly as the future-in-the-present, as if it had no past. The internet might have had a history, but it had no historicity. That has changed because of Web 2.0, and the effects of Tim O'Reilly's creative marketing of that label. Web 2.0, in this sense not a technology or practice but the marker of a discourse of historical interpretation dependent on versions, created for us a second version of the web, different from (and yet connected to) that of the 1990s. This historicising moment aligned the past and future in ways suitable to those who might control or manage the present. And while Web 3.0, implied or real, suggests the ‘future’, it also marks out a loss of other times, or the possibility of alterity understood through temporality.

Libraries and Cloud Computing Models

2014 ◽  
pp. 124-149
Author(s):  
Satish C. Sharma ◽  
Harshila Bagoria
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Major Topic ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
The Web ◽  
Computing Models ◽  
The Way

Cloud computing is a new breed of service offered over the Internet, which has completely changed the way one can use the power of computers irrespective of geographic location. It has brought in new avenues for organizations and businesses to offer services using hardware or software or platform of third party sources, thus saving on cost and maintenance. It can transform the way systems are built and services delivered, providing libraries with an opportunity to extend their impact. Cloud computing has become a major topic of discussion and debate for any business or organization which relies on technology. Anyone connected to the Internet is probably using some type of cloud computing on a regular basis. Whether they are using Google’s Gmail, organizing photos on Flickr, or searching the Web with Bing, they are engaged in cloud computing. In this chapter, an attempt has been made to give an overview of this technology, its connection with libraries, the models in which libraries can deploy this technology for providing services and augment the productivity of library staff and case studies.

Web Credibility of National Institute of Technology (NIT) Websites in India

2013 ◽  
pp. 163-180
Author(s):  
R. Jeyshankar ◽  
A. Jeyasundari ◽  
S. Muthamizharasi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Library ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Credibility ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Library Websites ◽  
The Web ◽  
The Way

The official Website of an academic library has a different role to play in the Internet scheme of disseminating information. In this respect, considerable thought should be given on the kind of information provided and the way of its presentation on the Web. This chapter aims to study NIT and its library Websites in India. The analysis of the data represents the extent and the level of credibility possessed by the NIT Websites in India, which is the key to any successful Website of any organization, especially of any academic library.

Biometric Authentication Techniques and Its Future

2019 ◽  
pp. 122-149
Author(s):  
Shanthi Sivakumar
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Individual Data ◽  
Biometric Authentication ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
Private Data ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

The number of users using the internet has drastically increased. Due to the large number of online users, demand has increased in various fields like social networks, knowledge sharing, commerce, etc. to protect the user's private data as well as control access. Unfortunately, the need for security and authentication for individual data also increased. In an attempt to confront the new risks unveiled by the networking revolution over the recent years, we need an efficient means for automatically recognizing the identity of individuals. Biometric authentication provides an improved level of security and paves the way to the future. Further, biometric authentication systems are classified as physiological biometric and behavioral biometric technologies. Further, the author provides ideas on research challenges and the future of authentication systems.

Mix, Match, Rediscovery

2010 ◽  
pp. 2298-2309
Author(s):  
Justin Meza ◽  
Qin Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Web Application ◽  
Knowledge Organization ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Future ◽  
Enterprise Mashups ◽  
The Web

Knowledge is the fact or knowing something from experience or via association. Knowledge organization is the systematic management and organization of knowledge (Hodge, 2000). With the advent of Web 2.0, Mashups have become a hot new thing on the Web. A mashup is a Web site or a Web application that combines content from more than one source and delivers it in an integrated way (Fichter, 2006). In this article, we will first explore the concept of mashups and look at the components of a mashup. We will provide an overview of various mashups on the Internet. We will look at literature about knowledge and the knowledge organization. Then, we will elaborate on our experiment of a mashup in an enterprise environment. We will describe how we mixed the content from two sets of sources and created a new source: a novel way of organizing and displaying HP Labs Technical Reports. The findings from our project will be included and some best practices for creating enterprise mashups will be given. The future of enterprise mashups will be discussed as well.

The Prospects of Mobile Government in Jordan

2011 ◽  
pp. 4187-4204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ala M. Abu-Samaha ◽  
Yara Abdel Samad
Keyword(s):  
Service Delivery ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Communication Channel ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Service ◽  
The Future ◽  
Government Initiative ◽  
The Web

This chapter aims to assess the viability of mobile governmental services in Jordan as a precursor to embracing mobile government as a complementing medium of communication. Re?ecting on Jordan’s experience with electronic governmental services, it is evident to say that the ?rst wave of electronic governmental services was delivered through the Web as the sole communication channel. Despite the success of a number of governmental entities to utilise such a communication channel, the penetration of the Internet in the Jordanian society is very low which dampens such limited cases of success. Currently, the e-government initiative is considering mobile phones for the future waves of its electronic service delivery on a multi-channel platform. This chapter articulates the concerns and issues surrounding the viability of mobile government in terms of availability of bandwidth and reach. The chapter will provide a number of statistics and other qualitative reviews concerning previous experiences in the Jordanian electronic government initiative.

Property Protection and User Authentication in IP Networks Through Challenge-Response Mechanisms

2011 ◽  
pp. 186-205
Author(s):  
Giaime Ginesu ◽  
Mirko Luca Lobina ◽  
Daniele D. Giusto
Keyword(s):  
Copyright Protection ◽  
User Authentication ◽  
Ip Networks ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Digital Contents ◽  
The Future ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
The Way

Authentication is the way of identifying an individual. The techniques used to accomplish such practice strongly depend on the involved parties, their interconnection, and the required level of security. In all cases, authentication is used to enforce property protection, and may be specifically intended for the copyright protection of digital contents published on the Internet. This chapter introduces the basic concepts of authentication, explaining their relationship with property protection. The basic functionalities of challenge-response frameworks are presented, together with several applications and the future trends.

Branding on the Internet

2011 ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Mary Lou Roberts ◽  
Eric Schwaab
Keyword(s):  
Online Marketing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Brand Experience ◽  
Consumer Experience ◽  
Direct Response ◽  
Brand Development ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
The Web ◽  
The Way

Marketers have regarded the Internet as the consummate direct-response medium. The ability to interact one-on-one with customers and the ability to track their every move allowed precision targeting never before possible. More recently it has become clear that the Internet can also be used in branding efforts. The ability to blend direct-response and branding efforts is the Internet’s greatest benefit and its ultimate challenge to marketers. This article reviews evidence for the branding impact of online marketing activities. It also looks at the key concepts of interactivity and consumer experience online. It then presents a construct we call interactive brand experience and describes the Internet-specific techniques that can be used to orchestrate brand experience on the Web. It concludes by summarizing the implications of using the Internet for brand development and discussing the way in which branding on the Internet is evolving.

Inside the discipline, outside the paradigm: keeping track of the New Art History

1997 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 12-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Korenic
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Student ◽  
Art History ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Historical Sources ◽  
Traditional Art ◽  
New Methodologies ◽  
The Web ◽  
The Way

From the point of view of a student of art history in the 1980s re-entering the discipline as a graduate student, the ‘new’ art history represents a dramatically wider field of enquiry involving new methodologies, although ‘old’ art history is still pursued by some academics. The ‘new’ art history employs an interdisciplinary approach which embraces materials far beyond ‘traditional’ art historical sources, and so information has to be sought outside the art library and via the Internet. Librarians responsible for supporting art history studies need to keep in touch with teachers, with curriculum developments, and with the discipline itself; it may also be helpful to get involved in staff/student use of the Web, and to collaborate with other Humanities librarians. The way in which the ‘new’ art history branches out in all directions parallels the hypertext linkages of the Web and the complexity of our globally-connected world.

scholarly journals Humor, ideologia e discurso: a circulação dos estereótipos do caipira em piadas na internet

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-47
Author(s):  
Emanuel Angelo Nascimento
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
Electronic Discourse ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Production Conditions ◽  
The Web ◽  
The Way

RESUMO:Inscrito na Análise do Discurso (AD) de linha francesa, este artigo tem por objetivo discutir o funcionamento do discurso do humor relacionado à circulação dos estereótipos do caipira na internet. O corpus é constituído de um conjunto de piadas publicadas no portal Humortardela e no site AnimaTunes, a partir do qual analisamos, com base nos estudos de Possenti (1998, 2010), as condições de produção do discurso do humor. Para análise desse objeto de estudo no espaço digital, leva-se em conta a noção de discurso eletrônico, a partir de Orlandi (2013), além dos estudos de Bergson (2007), Raskin (1985) e Skinner (2002) sobre o riso e o humor. Mobiliza-se, ainda, os conceitos de cenas de enunciação, desenvolvidos por Maingueneau (2008), e de estereótipos, a partir de Amossy & Hershberg Pierrot (1997), a fim de compreender como as representações do caipira emergem nos processos de enunciação humorística. A partir dos resultados das análises, pretende-se verificar como as representações do caipira são interpeladas no interdiscurso e de que forma a internet contribui para a circulação dos estereótipos do caipira na rede em sua relação com o humor.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: estereótipo; caipira; internet;discurso; humor. ABSTRACT: Based on the Discourse Analysis (AD) of French orientation, this article aims at discussing the functioning of the humor discourse associated with the circulation of the stereotypes of the Brazilian caipira on the internet. Thecorpus comprises a set of jokes published on the portal Humortardela and on the website AnimaTunes, from which we analyze, based on studies of Possenti (1998, 2010), the production conditions of the humor discourse. For the analysis of this object of study on the digital environment, we take into account the notion of electronic discourse, from Orlandi (2013), as well as the studies of Bergson (2007), Raskin (1985), Skinner (2002) about laughter and humor. We also put together the concepts of scenes of enunciation, developed by Maingueneau (2008), and stereotypes, of Amossy & Hershberg Pierrot (1997), in order to understand how the representations of the caipira emerge in the processes of humor enunciation. From the analysis results, we intend to verify the way the representations of the caipira are challenged in interdiscourse and how the internet contributes for the circulation of the caipira stereotypes on the web in its relation with humor. KEYWORDS: stereotype; caipira; internet; discourse; humor.

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