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Censorship Rules: The Topology And Data Topography Of Australian Adult Web Sites, D Harte, Mark Brogan Apr 2014

Censorship Rules: The Topology And Data Topography Of Australian Adult Web Sites, D Harte, Mark Brogan

Mark Brogan

This paper presents the results of preliminary research into the topology and data topography (amount of content per location) of Australian adult content websites. The research was conducted as part of a larger research project into the effectiveness and compliance implications of the Australian Government's Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1999.


You've Got Mail: Accountability And End User Attitudes To Email Management., Mark Brogan, Susan Vreugdenburg Apr 2014

You've Got Mail: Accountability And End User Attitudes To Email Management., Mark Brogan, Susan Vreugdenburg

Mark Brogan

In a pioneering ethnographic study of end user responses to the problem of ‘information overload’ Whittaker and Sidner (1996) found that the design of systems primarily as methods of asynchronous communication, posed significant information management problems for users. In another contemporaneous study, David Bearman (1993) extended understanding of the implications of end user email management behavior by identifying significant accountability implications for organizations arising from the use of email. Recent case studies in the United States and Australia (Leopold, 2008; Raleigh Chronicle, 2008; Strutt, and Taylor, 2007) have once again focused attention on the accountability consequences for Government of email …


A Bounded Or Unbounded Universe?: Knowledge Management In Postgraduate Lis Education, Mark Brogan, Philip Hingston, Victoria Wilson Apr 2014

A Bounded Or Unbounded Universe?: Knowledge Management In Postgraduate Lis Education, Mark Brogan, Philip Hingston, Victoria Wilson

Mark Brogan

The School of Computer and Information Science at ECU has made a commitment to teaching Knowledge Management (KM) and is, at present, engaged in the process of determining its place within existing postgraduate LIS and IT courses. In turn, it is engaging in debate with other academics and industry practitioners about the unique contribution that the LIS disciplines could make to KM. This paper reports on the research and consultative processes that the School undertook and discusses the findings and conclusions. It will also offer some thoughts on where the authors believe LIS, in particular, can make a contribution to …


A Rich Storehouse For The Relief Of Man's Estate: Education For Knowledge Management, Victoria Wilson, Philip Hingston, Mark Brogan Apr 2014

A Rich Storehouse For The Relief Of Man's Estate: Education For Knowledge Management, Victoria Wilson, Philip Hingston, Mark Brogan

Mark Brogan

No abstract provided.


Case Study In Construction Of A Vertical Portal: The Cape Range Ningaloo Project, Mark Brogan, Gurpreet Kohli Apr 2014

Case Study In Construction Of A Vertical Portal: The Cape Range Ningaloo Project, Mark Brogan, Gurpreet Kohli

Mark Brogan

The Cape Range Ningaloo (CRN) Ecovortal is an experimental 'vertical' portal organised around an ecological application, The project supports a virtual community of users sharing interests in the biological diversity, sustainable development and ecotourism in the remote Cape Range Ningaloo region of Western Australia, The vortal provides a virtual space for researchers, government, industry and the community to publish online documents, run forums and provide other services that relate to the core mission, Cape Range Ningaloo is the subject of a protracted heritage dispute involving competing interests of development and heritage conservation. A core element of the mission is to …


Network Analysis Methods And Tools For Sme C-Commerce, Mark Brogan Apr 2014

Network Analysis Methods And Tools For Sme C-Commerce, Mark Brogan

Mark Brogan

This paper reflects on network analysis methods and their utility for understanding network behaviours that impinge upon clustering and C-commerce innovation. The primary focus of the paper is an analysis framework that combines elements representative of both quantitative and interpretivist approaches. The framework was applied to the analysis of information and knowledge flows between Small-to-Medium Sized Tourism Enterprizes (SMTEs) that participated in a portal quasi-experiment based on the Cape Range Ningaloo World Heritage Region of Western Australia.


Knowledge Networking For Innovation: Social Network Analysis (Sna) And Heuristics For Knowledge Diffusion., Mark Brogan Apr 2014

Knowledge Networking For Innovation: Social Network Analysis (Sna) And Heuristics For Knowledge Diffusion., Mark Brogan

Mark Brogan

In a Small to Medium Sized Tourism Enterprise (SMTF) industry context, the author applied the methods and techniques of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to analyze online business knowledge and information flows between business operators. The objective of the analysis was to determine the implications of network behavior for C-commerce innovation in a small network of SMTE operators. The work provides insights into how network behavior shapes the formation of human capital (Coleman, 2003) required for C-commerce innovation and suggests a notion of heuristics for optimization of knowledge networks and network engineering for small business networks.


In The Shadow Of The Cloud - Technology In The Rim Workspace, Mark Brogan, David Roberts Apr 2014

In The Shadow Of The Cloud - Technology In The Rim Workspace, Mark Brogan, David Roberts

Mark Brogan

In 2008 RIM Professionals Australasia conducted its first Technology Survey, on which the authors reported in a previous issue. At the time, it was recognised that the greatest value to professionals would come from a longitudinal study, enabling 'flash in the pan' innovation to be sorted from durable change that has implications for the work and education of RIM professionals. This article - in two parts in this issue of iQ and the next - reports results from the RIM Professionals Australasia 2010 Technology Survey, which has enabled a longitudinal view of data first gathered in 2008.


Rmaa Technology Survey 2008: From Mainstream To Bleeding Edge- Technology In The Rim Workspace., Mark Brogan, David Roberts Apr 2014

Rmaa Technology Survey 2008: From Mainstream To Bleeding Edge- Technology In The Rim Workspace., Mark Brogan, David Roberts

Mark Brogan

No abstract provided.


C-Commerce Innovation: Unravelling The Effects Of Knowledge Ties On Embedded Network Structure, Mark Brogan, Leisa Armstrong Apr 2014

C-Commerce Innovation: Unravelling The Effects Of Knowledge Ties On Embedded Network Structure, Mark Brogan, Leisa Armstrong

Mark Brogan

Relative to other nations, economically significant activity in Australia and New Zealand is skewed toward micro and small business. Issues of scale and- access to resources and expertise, suggest issues for Australian and New Zealand SMEs seeking to compete in the era of the global Internet economy. Collaborative, or so-called C-commerce, has arisen as a concept and key enabler for clustering of SMEs to secure resource advantage and to promote global competitiveness. Through the lens of a C-commerce case study in tourism, this paper explores network/actors that impinge upon C-commerce innovation in an SME setting. The paper demonstrates the usefulness …


Network Engineering For C-Commerce Innovation: The Role Of Trust, Mark Brogan, Leisa Armstrong Apr 2014

Network Engineering For C-Commerce Innovation: The Role Of Trust, Mark Brogan, Leisa Armstrong

Mark Brogan

The idea that social networks play an important role in knowledge diffusion of innovation has a long pedigree in innovation theory. In his Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory, Rogers (1995) argued that in the information network of the organization, managerial champions and opinion leaders could affect both organizational acceptance and also the velocity of adoption of innovation. In Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) C-commerce innovation, the role of such social factors has been understood in terms of ‘embedded network structure’ (Braun, 2003) that impacts on clustering behavior. This article explores the use of quantitative Social Network Analysis (SNA) to model …


Ae2 Commander: Simulation And Serious Games In The Online Cultural Heritage Space, Mark Brogan, Martin Masek Apr 2014

Ae2 Commander: Simulation And Serious Games In The Online Cultural Heritage Space, Mark Brogan, Martin Masek

Mark Brogan

In 2009, the School of Computer and Security Science, Edith Cowan University, won an Ian Maclean Award to research the role of computer simulation in the archives online space.1 The grant was used to build an authentic World War I role-play game called AE2 Commander, based on the exploits of the World War I Australian submarine AE2.2 AE2 Commander is being used to research the application of serious gaming technologies and methods in the archives online space and to foster understanding of how original sources might be used as part of computer simulation and serious gaming. In this article, the …