Tag: internet
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Book review: Tim Berners-Lee, This Is for Everyone
There is a particular kind of reading experience that feels less like consuming a book and more like walking alongside someone who helped shape the world you grew up in. Tim Berners-Lee’s memoir This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web, written with journalist Stephen Witt and published by Macmillan in September
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Geert Lovink: A Pioneer in Internet Studies
Geert Lovink, a Dutch media theorist and internet critic, has been a significant figure in Internet Studies. Lovink is the founding director of the Institute of Network Cultures, an organisation dedicated to exploring, documenting, and fostering the potential for socioeconomic change within the new media field. His work has been instrumental in shaping the critical understanding
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Oxford Internet Surveys
(Another important ‘big picture’ Internet impact study from the Oxford Internet Institute). Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) research is designed to offer detailed insights into the influence of the Internet on everyday life in Britain. Launched in 2003 by the Oxford Internet Institute, OxIS is an authoritative source of information about Internet access, use and attitudes.
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Oxford Internet Survey 2009 Report: The Internet in Britain
(A interesting new report from the Oxford Internet Institute) The Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, has today released the OxIS Report 2009, the latest report in a series of Oxford Internet Surveys (OxIS) that cover the changing landscape of Internet access, use and attitudes in Britain. Dutton, W.H., Helsper, E.J. and Gerber, M.M. (2009)