'My Little Genius' And The Role Of The Fcc, 2010 Marquette University
'My Little Genius' And The Role Of The Fcc, Erik Ugland
Erik Ugland
No abstract provided.
Residential Broadband Competition In The United States, 2010 Technology Policy Institute, Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy
Residential Broadband Competition In The United States, Scott J. Wallsten, Colleen Mallahan
Scott J. Wallsten
This paper uses a new FCC dataset on residential broadband subscribership and speeds at the census tract level combined with data from a number of additional sources to explore the state of broadband competition in the U.S. and test the effects of competition on speeds, penetration, and prices.
We find that the number of wireline providers in a census tract is positively correlated with the highest available broadband speeds, even when controlling for housing density, household income, state fixed effects, and endogenizing the number of providers. That is, we find that DSL, cable, and fiber speeds are each significantly higher …
Shirky And Sanger, Or The Costs Of Crowdsourcing, 2010 Université Paris Sorbonne, Australian National University
Shirky And Sanger, Or The Costs Of Crowdsourcing, Mathieu O'Neil
Mathieu O'Neil
Online knowledge production sites do not rely on isolated experts but on collaborative processes, on the wisdom of the group or “crowd”. Some authors have argued that it is possible to combine traditional or credentialled expertise with collective production; others believe that traditional expertise's focus on correctness has been superseded by the affordances of digital networking, such as re-use and verifiability. This paper examines the costs of two kinds of “crowdsourced” encyclopedic projects: Citizendium, based on the work of credentialled and identified experts, faces a recruitment deficit; in contrast Wikipedia has proved wildly popular, but anti-credentialism and anonymity result in …
Findings Of The Eu Kids Online Project, 2010 Technological University Dublin
Findings Of The Eu Kids Online Project, Brian O'Neill
Other resources
No abstract provided.
Adaptive Foresight In The Creative Content Industries: Anticipating Value Chain Transformations And Need For Policy Action, 2010 Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research
Adaptive Foresight In The Creative Content Industries: Anticipating Value Chain Transformations And Need For Policy Action, Fabienne Abadie, Michael Friedewald, Matthias Weber
Michael Friedewald
This paper discusses the approach adopted to carry out a techno-economic foresight on the creative content industries, within the European Perspectives on the Information Society project. The novelty of the methodology lies in the mix of tools used, the embedding in an adaptive foresight framework and the implementation of a real-time Delphi which lead to interesting methodological lessons. The project succeeded in defining scenarios for the creative content industries, offering distinct trajectories and raising different policy challenges. The impact of the foresight on policy was limited, as it did not lead to direct policy measures, nevertheless, it confirmed some issues …
Néstor García Canclini: Consumers And Citizens: Globalization And Multicultural Conflicts, A Review, 2010 University of Miami
Néstor García Canclini: Consumers And Citizens: Globalization And Multicultural Conflicts, A Review, George Yudice
George Yúdice
No abstract provided.
Manifest Greatness The Final Original Version By Emmanuel Mario B Santos Aka Marc Guerrero, 2010 theINSTITUTE of Health & Wellness PHILIPPINES Foundation Inc
Manifest Greatness The Final Original Version By Emmanuel Mario B Santos Aka Marc Guerrero, Emmanuel Mario B. Santos Aka Marc Guerrero
Emmanuel Mario B Santos aka Marc Guerrero
MANIFEST GREATNESS vf24jan2010 WE COME TOGETHER THERE OUGHT TO BE NO POOR WE TAKE CHARGE.
Ssrn As An Initial Revolution In Academic Knowledge Aggregation And Dissemination, 2010 National Defense University
Ssrn As An Initial Revolution In Academic Knowledge Aggregation And Dissemination, David Bray, Sascha Vitzthum, Benn Konsynski
Sascha Vitzthum
Within this paper we consider our results of using the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) over a period of 18 months to distribute our working papers to the research community. Our experiences have been quite positive, with SSRN serving as a platform both to inform our colleagues about our research as well as inform us about related research (through email and telephoned conversations of colleagues who discovered our paper on SSRN). We then discuss potential future directions for SSRN to consider, and how SSRN might well represent an initial revolution in 21st century academic knowledge aggregation and dissemination. Our paper …
Wired: What We've Learned About Courtroom Technology, 2010 William & Mary Law School
Wired: What We've Learned About Courtroom Technology, Fredric I. Lederer
Popular Media
No abstract provided.
Linked Open Social Signals, 2010 Wright State University - Main Campus
Linked Open Social Signals, Pablo N. Mendes, Alexandre Passant, Pavan Kapanipathi, Amit P. Sheth
Kno.e.sis Publications
In this paper we discuss the collection, semantic annotation and analysis of real-time social signals from micro-blogging data. We focus on users interested in analyzing social signals collectively for sensemaking. Our proposal enables flexibility in selecting subsets for analysis, alleviating information overload. We define an architecture that is based on state-of-the-art Semantic Web technologies and a distributed publish subscribe protocol for real time communication. In addition, we discuss our method and application in a scenario related to the health care reform in the United States.
Tmi: Values Matter When You Are Sipping From The Fire Hose: An Introduction To The University Dialogue, 2010, 2010 University of New Hampshire
Tmi: Values Matter When You Are Sipping From The Fire Hose: An Introduction To The University Dialogue, 2010, John D. Aber
The University Dialogue
No abstract provided.
Stupider And Worse?, 2010 University of New Hampshire
Momma’S Memories And The New Equality, 2010 University of Kentucky
Momma’S Memories And The New Equality, Vershawn Ashanti Young
Writing, Rhetoric, and Digital Studies Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Sense Of Community And Political Mobilization In Virtual Communities: The Role Of Dispositional And Situational Variables, 2010 Butler University
Sense Of Community And Political Mobilization In Virtual Communities: The Role Of Dispositional And Situational Variables, Kevin Y. Wang
Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication
This paper explores the psychological processes that connect virtual communities to political behavior. Drawing on previous findings in political psychology, I argue that the psychological sense of community may be an important mechanism that dictates people’s behavioral responses toward incoming information or mobilization pressure in the online environment. I then discuss the role of different dispositional and situational variables in: a) contributing to the formation of sense of community in the virtual world, and b) serving as potential moderators to influence the strength of virtual sense of community and its subsequent impact on individuals’ political behavior. Finally, I consider the …
Commodifying Scarcity: Society, Struggle, And Spectacle In World Of Warcraft, 2010 Old Dominion University
Commodifying Scarcity: Society, Struggle, And Spectacle In World Of Warcraft, Kevin Moberly
English Faculty Publications
Overrun by monsters and tyrants, and ravaged by fanaticism, excess, and greed, World of Warcraft offers players a chance to struggle metaphorically against that which oppresses them: the excesses of late capitalism as they are represented by the game’s spectacular antagonisms. In order to take advantage of this opportunity, however, players must employ the very thing through which their oppression is manifested. Interpellated into the game as fetishized images, players must construct themselves and function in accordance with the limitations imposed upon them by the race and class of their characters. Players, as such, are incorporated into World of Warcraft’s …
A Diversity Policy Model And Assessment: Debates And Challenges Of [Media] Diversity, 2010 McGannon Center for Communication Research
A Diversity Policy Model And Assessment: Debates And Challenges Of [Media] Diversity, Kim Mccann
McGannon Center Research Resources
No abstract provided.
Semantics Centric Solutions For Application And Data Portability In Cloud Computing, 2010 Wright State University - Main Campus
Semantics Centric Solutions For Application And Data Portability In Cloud Computing, Ajith Harshana Ranabahu, Amit P. Sheth
Kno.e.sis Publications
Cloud computing has become one of the key considerations both in academia and industry. Cheap, seemingly unlimited computing resources that can be allocated almost instantaneously and pay-as-you-go pricing schemes are some of the reasons for the success of Cloud computing. The Cloud computing landscape, however, is plagued by many issues hindering adoption. One such issue is vendor lock-in, forcing the Cloud users to adhere to one service provider in terms of data and application logic. Semantic Web has been an important research area that has seen significant attention from both academic and industrial researchers. One key property of Semantic Web …
Acceptance, Communication Mode And Use Of Audio Computer- Assisted Self Interview Using Touchscreen To Identify Risk Factors Among Pregnant Minority Women, 2010 RTI International
Acceptance, Communication Mode And Use Of Audio Computer- Assisted Self Interview Using Touchscreen To Identify Risk Factors Among Pregnant Minority Women, Jutta S. Thornberry, Kennan B. Murray, M. Nabil El-Khorazaty, Michele Kiely
Publications and Research
This paper evaluates the acceptability, communication mode and use of audio computer-assisted self-interview (A-CASI) among minority pregnant women receiving prenatal care in six Washington, DC sites. A total of 2,913 women were screened for demographic eligibility (18+ years old,gestation, Black/African-American or Hispanic) and risk (smoking, environmental tobacco smoke exposure, depression, intimate partner violence). Questions were displayed on touch screen laptop monitors and heard through earphones. The mean length of time to complete the screener was almost 6 minutes.
A-CASI experience, which included difficulty in using the computer, acceptability (enjoyment), and preferred communication mode, was compared across sites, the eligibility and …
Hope-In-The-Wall? A Promise Of Free Learning, 2010 SelectedWorks
Hope-In-The-Wall? A Promise Of Free Learning, Payal Arora
Payal Arora
Hole-in-the-Wall as a concept has attracted worldwide attention. It involves providing unconditional access to computer-equipped kiosks in playgrounds and out-of-school settings, children taking ownership of their learning and learning driven by the children's natural curiosity. It is posited that this approach, which is being used in India, Cambodia and several countries in Africa, can pave the way for a new education paradigm and be the key to providing literacy and basic education and bridging the digital divide in remote and disadvantaged regions. This paper seeks to establish why two such open access, self-directed and collaborative learning systems failed to take …
The Ramadan Controversy: Dilemmas In Negotiating Media Discourses Post Iranian Uprising, 2010 SelectedWorks
The Ramadan Controversy: Dilemmas In Negotiating Media Discourses Post Iranian Uprising, Payal Arora, Ashok Panikkar
Payal Arora
No abstract provided.