A Relational Hyperlink Analysis of an Online Social Movement

In this paper we propose relational hyperlink analysis (RHA) as a distinct approach for empirical social science research into hyperlink networks on the World Wide Web. We demonstrate this approach, which employs the ideas and techniques of social network analysis (in particular, exponential random graph modeling), in a study of the hyperlinking behaviors of Australian asylum advocacy groups. We show that compared with the commonly-used hyperlink counts regression approach, relational hyperlink analysis can lead to fundamentally different conclusions about the social processes underpinning hyperlinking behavior. In particular, in trying to understand why social ties are formed, counts regressions may over-estimate the role of actor attributes in the formation of hyperlinks when endogenous, purely structural network effects are not taken into account. Our analysis involves an innovative joint use of two software programs: VOSON, for the automated retrieval and processing of considerable quantities of hyperlink data, and LPNet, for the statistical modeling of social network data. Together, VOSON and LPNet enable new and unique research into social networks in the online world, and our paper highlights the importance of complementary research tools for social science research into the web

Simple Strategies for Broadcasting Repository Resources

4th International Conference on Open RepositoriesThis presentation was part of the session : Conference PostersNSDL's data repository for STEM education is designed to provide organized access to digital educational materials through its online portal, NSDL.org. The resources held within the NSDL data repository along with their associated metadata can also be found through partner and external portals, often with high quality, pedagogical contextual information intact. Repositories are not, however, usually described as web broadcast devices for their holdings. Providing multiple contextual views of educational resources where users look for them underscores the idea that digital repositories can be systems for the management, preservation, discovery and reuse of rich resources within a domain that can also be pushed out from a repository into homes and classrooms through multiple channels. This presentation reviews two interrelated methods and usage data that support the concept of â resource broadcastingâ from the NSDL data repository as a method that takes advantage of the natural context of resources to encourage their additional use as stand-alone objects outside of specific discipline-oriented portals.National Science Foundatio

Assessing the outcomes of IWMI’s research and interventions on irrigation management transfer

Irrigation management / Participatory management / Privatization / Water users associations / Farmers associations / Gender

Social policy on the Web: the online institutional structure of social policy domains in the UK

Our traditional image of government is often of the Parliament or of bricks and mortar government service delivery offices, such as NHS hospitals or Benefits Agency sites. However, in an online world, government is increasingly seen and experienced through the internet. Moreover, in the online world, government websites can be readily connected into hyperlink networks. What do the online 'footprints' of social policy domains look like? And how do these online social policy networks relate to equivalent offline networks? This paper examines these questions in relation to three policy domains in the United Kingdom, namely: foreign affairs, health and education. It draws on large-scale web crawls and sophisticated web-metrics and Social Network Analysis techniques to map and compare the shapes of these different policy domains. It explores the shape, nature and make-up of these various online networks and the participants in them, including the relevant contribution of non-government and commercial websites. It considers whether or not online networks may reflect or contribute to social policy networks, or government ambitions of 'joined-up' service delivery, and whether jurisdictional boundaries are evident in the online world. In examining these topics, this paper seeks to provide an empirical and conceptual contribution to understanding 21 government and service delivery

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF INDONESIAN LOCAL GOVENMENT WEBSITE ANALYSIS OF WEB CONTENT, TRAFFIC

Digital divide in the parameter occurrence of inbound links, a webpage or document richness, and web traffic on web governments in Java Out Java. Local web government have affected by the popularity of the web document richness not by inbound links, traffic or information richness

The World Wide Web of science: reconfiguring access to information

This paper presents preliminary results from a study of how the Internet and the Web might reconfigure access to scientific information. The study combines qualitative and quantitative methods ? in-depth interviews and webmetric analysis ? to explore how the Internet and Web are reinforcing the role of existing sources of information, or tending to either \u27democratize or centralize patterns of access conforming to the expectations of a \u27winner-take-all\u27 process of selection. This paper reports the early findings of two case studies focused on the global issues of climate change and the Internet and society. The preliminary analyses provide some support for all three patterns ? reinforcing, democratizing, and winner-take-all\u27 - but also point to the need for indicators over longer periods of time and the triangulation of methods from webmetric analysis with expert groups and in-depth case studies of issue areas

Pengukuran Kinerja Layanan Perguruan Tinggi di Era Informasi: Analisis Konten dan Atribut Mutu Website Perguruan Tinggi

Perguruan Tinggi sudah mengalami tranformasi di era informasi melalui pemanfaatan internet sebagai media informasi dan moda pembelajaran dengan pendekatan baru. Internet telah menjadi salah satu media penting yang dapat membantu peningkatan popularitas perguruan tinggi dan alat diseminasi ilmu pengetahuan ke masyarakat. Popularitas tersebut berhubungan dengan kuantitas dan kualitas konten yang tersedia pada website perguruan tinggi. Ukuran yang digunakan untuk mengukur mutu pembuatan website tersebut meliputi jumlah halaman web, kekayaan fitur layanan, dan muara akhirnya adalah jumlah tautan dan jumlah kunjungan sebagai ukuran popularitas. Berbagai ukuran tersebut juga digunakan oleh pemeringkatan website perguruan tinggi di dunia seperti yang dilakukan oleh Webometrics dan 4icu. Jumlah perguruan tinggi di Indonesia yang masuk pemeringkatan Webometrics Edisi Juli 2011 sebanyak 149, dan peringkat atas di tingkat nasional didominasi oleh Perguruan Tinggi Negeri. Perguruan tinggi di Indonesia juga masih tertinggal di lingkungan ASEAN yang sepuluh besarnya dikuasai oleh Singapura, Malaysia, dan Thailand

Blue and green food webs respond differently to elevation and land use

While aquatic (blue) and terrestrial (green) food webs are parts of the same landscape, it remains unclear whether they respond similarly to shared environmental gradients. We use empirical community data from hundreds of sites across Switzerland and a synthesis of interaction information in the form of a metaweb to show that inferred blue and green food webs have different structural and ecological properties along elevation and among various land-use types. Specifically, in green food webs, their modular structure increases with elevation and the overlap of consumers’ diet niche decreases, while the opposite pattern is observed in blue food webs. Such differences between blue and green food webs are particularly pronounced in farmland-dominated habitats, indicating that anthropogenic habitat modification modulates the climatic effects on food webs but differently in blue versus green systems. These findings indicate general structural differences between blue and green food webs and suggest their potential divergent future alterations through land-use or climatic changes

Identidad digital y visibilidad

En este poster se presentan las principales estrategias que un investigador puede seguir para aumentar su presencia digital en la web. Además se ofrecen diversas estadísticas comparativas al respecto