scholarly journals Citizen science and the professional-amateur divide: lessons from differing online practices

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. A06 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Dowthwaite ◽  
James Sprinks
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Creative Arts ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
Infrastructural Support

Online citizen science platforms increasingly provide types of infrastructural support previously only available to organisationally-based professional scientists. Other practices, such as creative arts, also exploit the freedom and accessibility afforded by the World Wide Web to shift the professional-amateur relationship. This paper compares communities from these two areas to show that disparate practices can learn from each other to better understand their users and their technology needs. Three major areas are discussed: mutual acknowledgement, infrastructural support, and platform specialisation. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of differing practices, and lessons that can be learnt for online citizen science platforms.

Internet Regulation and Online Censorship

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 66-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Koumartzis ◽  
Andreas Veglis
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Regulation System ◽  
Online Tool ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Internet Regulation ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
Western Democracies

This paper explores the development of Internet regulation policies worldwide since the birth of the World Wide Web, describes the advantages and disadvantages of the main filtering methods in use today, and presents two of the most important Internet Regulation Systems (IRS) implemented in authoritarian regimes and Western democracies around the globe. Moreover, the authors propose the conduction of well-designed surveys worldwide in order to measure Internet User's opinion and use such results as a starting point for developing a fair “Internet Regulation System” (fair IRS) in the future. Last, the authors introduce a new online tool for conducting related surveys, www.WebObserver.net project.

HTML5 and the Mobile Web

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Curran ◽  
Aaron Bond ◽  
Gavin Fisher
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
Uniform Solution

Accessing the Web from mobile devices is a popular practice. Trends show that the mobile space is becoming the method through which many consumers access content – both through native and web applications. These applications have expanded the browsing experience, but have also complicated the development process. A need exists for a simple, uniform solution which HTML5 is attempting to address. HTML is a mark-up language, now on its fifth edition, used for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. Because of the large increase in users of mobile devices, internet access on these devices is widely used. The creation of web sites, web documents, and applications are done with HTML5, as it is compatible with both PC and mobile device browsers. However, with its lengthy development process, it is not yet apparent if HTML5 can incorporate the demands of developers in a changing environment. This paper provides an overview of the use of HTML5 in structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web and compatibility issues on mobile browsers, key features, tool’s, and the advantages and disadvantages on the mobile web devices as well as the state of the mobile web.

INCREASING THE AUTONOMY OF DELIBERATIVE AGENTS WITH A CASE-BASED REASONING SYSTEM

2003 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 101-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. CORCHADO ◽  
R. LAZA ◽  
L. BORRAJO ◽  
J. C. YAÑES ◽  
M. VALIÑO
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Computer Networks ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
Agent Based ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Reasoning System ◽  
The World ◽  
Case Based

This paper shows how deliberative agents can be built by means of a case-based reasoning system. The concept of deliberative agent is introduced and the case-based reasoning model is presented. Once the advantages and disadvantages of such agents have been discussed, it will be shown how to solve some of their inconveniences, especially those related to their implementation and adaptation. The World Wide Web has emerged as one of the most popular vehicle for disseminating and sharing information through computer networks; a distributed agent-based solution for e-business, in which such agents have been used, is also presented and evaluated in this paper.

Internet Regulation and Online Censorship

2019 ◽  
pp. 1640-1656
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Koumartzis ◽  
Andreas Veglis
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
Regulation System ◽  
Online Tool ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Internet Regulation ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
Western Democracies

This paper explores the development of Internet regulation policies worldwide since the birth of the World Wide Web, describes the advantages and disadvantages of the main filtering methods in use today, and presents two of the most important Internet Regulation Systems (IRS) implemented in authoritarian regimes and Western democracies around the globe. Moreover, the authors propose the conduction of well-designed surveys worldwide in order to measure Internet User's opinion and use such results as a starting point for developing a fair “Internet Regulation System” (fair IRS) in the future. Last, the authors introduce a new online tool for conducting related surveys, www.WebObserver.net project.

Dancing Across the World Wide Web: Advocacy in the 21st Century

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blair Williams Cronin ◽  
Ty Tedmon-Jones ◽  
Lora Wilson Mau
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
21St Century ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The World

THE EUROPEAN UNION FORUM ON KIDS' SAFETY IN INTERNET SIF 2019

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
D. A. Bogdanova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Internet Forum ◽  
The World

The article provides an overview of the activities of the European Union Forum on kids' safety in Internet — Safer Internet Forum (SIF) 2019, which was held in Brussels, Belgium, in November 2019. The current Internet risks addressed by the World Wide Web users, especially children, are described.

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