Who Invented the Web?

It is received wisdom that Tim Berners-Lee invented the Web; but there is a lot more technology and historical context that plays a part.

Study Skills: Precis and Argumentation

Society is catching up with the implications of the Web; its use is not straightforward and well-understood. Web Scientists will need to be able to handle arguments about equivocal perspectives on the Web's impact.

The Web Social

Sociology of the Internet and the Sociology of the Web

Research in IAM - MSc Briefings

This share contains a set of slides intended to help Web Technology MSc students become acquainted with the research in IAM and so to choose a topic for their summer projects and dissertations.

Mapping the Web

Different attempts to 'map' different aspects of the web. How do you impose some sort of high level understanding onto the Web Graph?

Introduction to Hypermedia

What is the user experience of hypermedia? Common hypertext structures plus Ryman's hypertext novel "253"

Open Access

A current movement for organising and disseminating the world’s research through Web technology

Repositories

An examination of how repositories add extra capabilities to web sites

Posters for Web Science DTC Industrial Day

These posters were created by Web Science MSc and PhD students as a discussion point with representatives from the DTC Industrial Advisory Group.

Research Methods courses run in the University of Southampton

A listing from Banner of all courses (listed by School and level) run in the university that relate to research and inquiry. There is a crude attempt to cluster these courses thematically.

jhofman's data and networks Bookmarks on Delicious

A list of many network datasets

What’s the Difference between Web Technology and Web Science? Opportunities for study and research at the University of Southampton

The University of Southampton has a long history of pursuing research, development and social change with the Web This document guides you through the opportunities for Web-related study and research that we offer: an MSc in Web Technology; a 3-year PhD in Web Technology; an MSc in Web Science or a 4-year PhD in Web Science

Computer Science? WTF?

What is Computer Science about?

A Web Future of Computation

Crowdsourcing. Social Machines. Human computation. Co-construction Made Real