Foundations of Web Science: Introductory Lecture 2. What is Web Science?

Professor Nigel Shadbolt describes the emergence of Web Science Research Initiative and discusses the themes and topics that contribute to an understanding of Web Science.

Web Graph

Slides and an essay on the Web Graph, search engines and how Google calculates Page Rank

An Economists View of Web Science

Social Networking explained by an economic model of cost and benefit.

Individuals, Behaviour Change and the Web

A psychologist's description of the Web as an effective channel for inducing and promoting changes of behaviour in individuals. Demonstrates an experimental system called "LifeGuide".

The Sociology of the Web

A sociologist's description of the Web as a socially constructed/discovered/encountered piece of technology.

Looking at the Web Science 2009 Conference

The first International Conference on Web Science is taking place in Athens, concurrently with this course. The material here will allow you to get familiar with the conference presentations and posters so that you can write a summary of the conference from a particular topical perspective. (Both the attached HTML summaries are currently in draft form and need to have the preview images and metadata checked.)

WSA Web 2.0 Presentation

by Adam Procter for Learning & Teaching week at University of Southampton 2009