This essay offers a perspective of the evolution and current landscape of computational
methods in Chinese Internet studies, paralleled with a personal academic journey. Starting …

The digital marketing discipline is facing growing fragmentation; the proliferation of different
subareas of research impedes the accumulation of knowledge. This fragmentation seems …

Internet histories that have evolved in different regions, language cultures and social
contexts across the globe. While the Internet is now in its fifth decade, the understanding and …

This book considers the lessons learnt so far from the emergence of the Internet and the
development of the field of Internet studies, whilst also considering possible directions for …

Taking as point of departure that since the mid-1990s the web has been an essential
medium within society as well as in academia this article addresses some fundamental …

Since the mid-1990s the Web has constituted an increasingly important source for studies of
the recent history of society and culture, and a number of national and international Web …

Ageing societies are facing challenges from the perspective of the use of information and
communication technologies (ICTs). There is an increase in online services relevant for the …

This article argues that the use of the Web as a primary source for studying the history of
nations is conditioned by the structural ties between sovereignty and the Internet protocol …

Rigorous research into the historical past of Web technology-driven innovation becomes
timely as technological growth and forecasting are attracting popular interest. Drawing on …

This paper examines the Web ARChive (WARC) file format, revealing how the format has
come to play a central role in the development and standardization of interoperable tools …