Essays about: "Online Web Community"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the words Online Web Community.

1. 16. Territory Building : Supporting small communities in assembling and making sense of online information

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medieteknik (ME)

   Author : Lars Lorenz; [2015]
   Keywords : rare diseases; social media; sensemaking; patient online communities;

   Abstract : I introduce the concept of Territory Building – a social media application approach that intends to guide and support sufferers of rare diseases in the process of “making sense” of online information. Similar to approaches that emphasize the sharing of web resources – such as social bookmarking sites - user interaction in regards to web resources is at the centre of this concept. READ MORE

3. 17. Server-side design and implementation of a web-based streaming platform

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Programvara och system

   Author : Fredrik Rosenqvist; [2015]
   Keywords : Streaming; HTTP-based streaming; MPEG-DASH; NodeJS; RESTful API;

   Abstract : Over the past 10 years online video streaming has seen a tremendous increase in popularity, as it has become a great source of both entertainment and education. This increase in popularity has led to demands for higher quality streams, shorter buffering time and service adaptivity, based on the user’s personal prerequisites. READ MORE

4. 18. Implementing New Generation Catalog in an Academic Library : Users’ Views and Wishes

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : Alexandra Trianti; [2015]
   Keywords : Information Systems; Information and Communication Technologies; Universities; Academic Libraries; Greece; VuFind; OPAC; Catalog; Web 2.0; Participatory Design; Future Workshop FW ; Critical Social Theory; Emancipation; Habermas; Qualitative Methods;

   Abstract : In an accelerating Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) environment, academic libraries’ catalogs have always been part of students’ and faculty members journey of resources discovery. The master thesis intents to focus its interest in Information Systems (IS) ground related to the implementation of a new search engine at the University of Piraeus Library. READ MORE

5. 19. The Commodification of the Couch : A Dialectical Analysis of Hospitality Exchange Networks

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Simon Schöpf; [2014]
   Keywords : commons; digital commons; commodification; critical theory; political economy of communication; Couchsurfing; BeWelcome; hospitality exchange; hospex;

   Abstract : Hospitality exchange (HospEx) networks – online platforms facilitating the connection between a traveler and a local resident – embody many of the cyber-utopian promises intrinsic to the Web as it started out 25 years ago. Such sites have often been conceptualized as a new and daring trend in a booming ‘sharing industry’ and have been researched for topics such as trust, reputation, and online identities. READ MORE

6. 20. Web 2.0 tools integration in Online Public AccessCatalogue (OPAC) : users desires and motivation

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : Konstantina Pentarchou; [2014]
   Keywords : libraries; OPAC; Web 2.0; participation; communication; community building; Social Critical Theory; Jürgen Habermas; public sphere; communicative action; lifeworld; qualitative research; thematic analysis; semi-structured interviews;

   Abstract : This research aimed to investigate the desires of the users of the Greek public Library on Gender and Equality (LGE) about a future Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) containing Web2.0 functionalities. The concepts of participation, information pluralism and community building in relation with Web 2. READ MORE