"The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association
dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet
studies. It is a resource and support network promoting critical
and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines
and existing across academic borders. The association is international
in scope."
Historical Maps of Computer Networks. A range of the historical
maps of ARPANET, the Internet, Usenet, and other computer networks,
tracing how these pioneering networks grew and developed.
"The Internet
is more than a new and different model for communicating electrons.
The Internet doesn't even exist, yet it has passed through the several
stages of stress, and is midway between becoming a real business
and a threat to the established order of things, and likely to completely
revamp telecom, if not some segment of the universe. " -- Richard
Jay Solomon. See also:
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By chromatic, coauthor of Running Weblogs with Slash 10/21/2002
"The Internet exists to improve communication. Communities can
grow anywhere communication occurs."
Processes and methods used in the construction of Islamic Internet
identity. What Muslim Internet users in Australia and Soutease Asia
have said about their experiences in cyberspace. By Nasya Bahfen
A British "online resource for social scientists interested
in theh study of the Internet, cyberspace, computer mediated communication
and online communities."
From Cybersoc.com -- a "multi-disciplinary webzine dedicated
to the critical discussion of the Internet, cyberspace, cyberculture
and life online." See especially Issue Two "Virtual Communities"
Peter Kollock,
University of California, Los Angeles. 1996. Harvard Conference on the Internet
and Society. Also published in PC Update 15(5): 58-60. June 1998. " I
speak as a sociologist who specializes in the study of cooperation, exchange,
and collective action in communities, both online and face-to-face."
Gerfried Stocker & Andreas Hirsch "examine digitally enabled communication
as a social system: can the Internet, being reclaimed as social space
and merging its powers with the wireless connectivity of mobile phones,
create a major shift towards a new quality in human social innovation?"
Robert H'obbes' Zakon has been updating this document since 1993.
It is probably one of the most quoted and consulted Internet historical
documents on the Web. The quick and not-so-dirty overview of Internet
history.
"With "convergence"
a much discussed tendency, firms have been crossing the lines that
once divided the media, telecommunications, and computer industry:
major cable TV companies are beginning to offer local and mobile
phone services; the Bell and long distance companies are involved
in several video strategies in both delivery and content; Hollywood
producers are entering TV networking; software providers are creating
multimedia platforms; and print publishers are providing electronic
information products."
--Eli M. Noam
"Video on the Internet" by John V. Pavlik and Andrew Lih. This
paper examines four questions regarding the state and future of video
on the Internet. - How will cyber-networked video delivery differ
from traditional media? - How will capacity for video be allocated
during peak periods? - What will be the funding mechanisms? - What
will be the effect on traditional carriers?
"Using a combination of well-accepted scientific survey methods
and techniques for social science data analysis, the research team
at the Center for the Digital Future is conducting a long-term longitudinal
study on the impact over time of computers, the Internet and related
technologies on families and society."
Communities and Relationships via CMC by Joanna Boyd "The
subject of this resource guide is on Virtual Communities and the
relationships that are formed there. "
A collaborative effort to record and publish the history of the
World Wide Web and its roots in hypermedia and networking. Project
members are: Marc Weber, Kevin Hughes, Jenny Raggett, and Tim Berners-Lee.
