Ideas for research? - 103 views

started by Adam Bohannon on 17 Aug 07

#1 Adam Bohannon on 17 Aug 07

I'm doing an independent study this semester and am looking for ideas for a research topic. I'd like to focus on something that others could benefit from, so is there anything that anyone has been dying to know more about? Maybe I'd be interested too.

I've thought about researching ajax and the web 2.0 environment since I seem to talk about it a lot but I still don't have an absolutely precise idea what it is. I figure, since I have to apply some sort of anthropological theory to my research, that the web 2.0 environment (whatever that is) is a social phenomenon created for whatever reason that has the ability to transform culture in a variety of ways. I could explore ideas of identity, diversity, homogenization, globalization, cosmopolitanism, the list goes on. Broad, I know. Any ideas?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I'm doing an independent study this semester and am looking for ideas for a research topic. I'd like to focus on something that others could benefit from, so is there anything that anyone has been dying to know more about? Maybe I'd be interested too. <br /> <br /> I've thought about researching ajax and the web 2.0 environment since I seem to talk about it a lot but I still don't have an absolutely precise idea what it is. I figure, since I have to apply some sort of anthropological theory to my research, that the web 2.0 environment (whatever that is) is a social phenomenon created for whatever reason that has the ability to transform culture in a variety of ways. I could explore ideas of identity, diversity, homogenization, globalization, cosmopolitanism, the list goes on. Broad, I know. Any ideas?</div>

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#2 Kevin Champion on 17 Aug 07

I think you should start by reading both Wikinomics and Everything Is MIscellaneous, then go from there. Obviously it´s impossible to know what your project will look like at the end, or even a month from now. I am assuming you will be working with some deadlines, but that doesn´t mean the project can´t evolve. If I were you I would look into the fragmentation of the internet. I would look into identity, identity 2.0, open id efforts etc. as a means to combat fragmentation. I would look into the semantic web and the efforts being made toward that end. I would look into hierarchical tagging. I would look into the widgetization of the web, and by that I specifically mean the interoperability and interconnectedness of services and tools via open APIs and user creativity. The fact that we are increasingly able to build on existing platforms to create new platforms and new services. Just as all this is building on ones and zeros.

Of course all this is dependent upon use. Who is using what? Is the web that important? Quite frankly, I think this issue is up in the air. When I look around the world I see millions using this stuff, but when I look around Manhattan, KS, I see just a handful. Perhaps there are more important things to be doing with our time? (that could be a research project in itself)

Just as your focus was on YouTube, I think there is a whole project to be done on Facebook as one web service that has seen widespread use and popularity (specifically in Manhattan, KS). Why do people use it? What sorts of good and bad things is it producing?

abo46n2 wrote:
> I'm doing an independent study this semester and am looking for ideas for a research topic. I'd like to focus on something that others could benefit from, so is there anything that anyone has been dying to know more about? Maybe I'd be interested too.
>
> I've thought about researching ajax and the web 2.0 environment since I seem to talk about it a lot but I still don't have an absolutely precise idea what it is. I figure, since I have to apply some sort of anthropological theory to my research, that the web 2.0 environment (whatever that is) is a social phenomenon created for whatever reason that has the ability to transform culture in a variety of ways. I could explore ideas of identity, diversity, homogenization, globalization, cosmopolitanism, the list goes on. Broad, I know. Any ideas?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I think you should start by reading both Wikinomics and Everything Is MIscellaneous, then go from there. Obviously it´s impossible to know what your project will look like at the end, or even a month from now. I am assuming you will be working with some deadlines, but that doesn´t mean the project can´t evolve. If I were you I would look into the fragmentation of the internet. I would look into identity, identity 2.0, open id efforts etc. as a means to combat fragmentation. I would look into the semantic web and the efforts being made toward that end. I would look into hierarchical tagging. I would look into the widgetization of the web, and by that I specifically mean the interoperability and interconnectedness of services and tools via open APIs and user creativity. The fact that we are increasingly able to build on existing platforms to create new platforms and new services. Just as all this is building on ones and zeros. <br /> <br /> Of course all this is dependent upon use. Who is using what? Is the web that important? Quite frankly, I think this issue is up in the air. When I look around the world I see millions using this stuff, but when I look around Manhattan, KS, I see just a handful. Perhaps there are more important things to be doing with our time? (that could be a research project in itself) <br /> <br /> Just as your focus was on YouTube, I think there is a whole project to be done on Facebook as one web service that has seen widespread use and popularity (specifically in Manhattan, KS). Why do people use it? What sorts of good and bad things is it producing? <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> abo46n2 wrote: <br /> > I'm doing an independent study this semester and am looking for ideas for a research topic. I'd like to focus on something that others could benefit from, so is there anything that anyone has been dying to know more about? Maybe I'd be interested too. <br /> > <br /> > I've thought about researching ajax and the web 2.0 environment since I seem to talk about it a lot but I still don't have an absolutely precise idea what it is. I figure, since I have to apply some sort of anthropological theory to my research, that the web 2.0 environment (whatever that is) is a social phenomenon created for whatever reason that has the ability to transform culture in a variety of ways. I could explore ideas of identity, diversity, homogenization, globalization, cosmopolitanism, the list goes on. Broad, I know. Any ideas?</div>

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#3 Adam Bohannon on 18 Aug 07

Did you purchase those books or are they from the library? I think I'd like to read wikinomics first.

kjc6688 wrote:
> I think you should start by reading both Wikinomics and Everything Is MIscellaneous, then go from there. Obviously it´s impossible to know what your project will look like at the end, or even a month from now. I am assuming you will be working with some deadlines, but that doesn´t mean the project can´t evolve. If I were you I would look into the fragmentation of the internet. I would look into identity, identity 2.0, open id efforts etc. as a means to combat fragmentation. I would look into the semantic web and the efforts being made toward that end. I would look into hierarchical tagging. I would look into the widgetization of the web, and by that I specifically mean the interoperability and interconnectedness of services and tools via open APIs and user creativity. The fact that we are increasingly able to build on existing platforms to create new platforms and new services. Just as all this is building on ones and zeros.
>
> Of course all this is dependent upon use. Who is using what? Is the web that important? Quite frankly, I think this issue is up in the air. When I look around the world I see millions using this stuff, but when I look around Manhattan, KS, I see just a handful. Perhaps there are more important things to be doing with our time? (that could be a research project in itself)
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> Just as your focus was on YouTube, I think there is a whole project to be done on Facebook as one web service that has seen widespread use and popularity (specifically in Manhattan, KS). Why do people use it? What sorts of good and bad things is it producing?
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> abo46n2 wrote:
> > I'm doing an independent study this semester and am looking for ideas for a research topic. I'd like to focus on something that others could benefit from, so is there anything that anyone has been dying to know more about? Maybe I'd be interested too.
> >
> > I've thought about researching ajax and the web 2.0 environment since I seem to talk about it a lot but I still don't have an absolutely precise idea what it is. I figure, since I have to apply some sort of anthropological theory to my research, that the web 2.0 environment (whatever that is) is a social phenomenon created for whatever reason that has the ability to transform culture in a variety of ways. I could explore ideas of identity, diversity, homogenization, globalization, cosmopolitanism, the list goes on. Broad, I know. Any ideas?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Did you purchase those books or are they from the library? I think I'd like to read wikinomics first. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> kjc6688 wrote: <br /> > I think you should start by reading both Wikinomics and Everything Is MIscellaneous, then go from there. Obviously it´s impossible to know what your project will look like at the end, or even a month from now. I am assuming you will be working with some deadlines, but that doesn´t mean the project can´t evolve. If I were you I would look into the fragmentation of the internet. I would look into identity, identity 2.0, open id efforts etc. as a means to combat fragmentation. I would look into the semantic web and the efforts being made toward that end. I would look into hierarchical tagging. I would look into the widgetization of the web, and by that I specifically mean the interoperability and interconnectedness of services and tools via open APIs and user creativity. The fact that we are increasingly able to build on existing platforms to create new platforms and new services. Just as all this is building on ones and zeros. <br /> > <br /> > Of course all this is dependent upon use. Who is using what? Is the web that important? Quite frankly, I think this issue is up in the air. When I look around the world I see millions using this stuff, but when I look around Manhattan, KS, I see just a handful. Perhaps there are more important things to be doing with our time? (that could be a research project in itself) <br /> > <br /> > Just as your focus was on YouTube, I think there is a whole project to be done on Facebook as one web service that has seen widespread use and popularity (specifically in Manhattan, KS). Why do people use it? What sorts of good and bad things is it producing? <br /> > <br /> > <br /> > <br /> > <br /> > abo46n2 wrote: <br /> > > I'm doing an independent study this semester and am looking for ideas for a research topic. I'd like to focus on something that others could benefit from, so is there anything that anyone has been dying to know more about? Maybe I'd be interested too. <br /> > > <br /> > > I've thought about researching ajax and the web 2.0 environment since I seem to talk about it a lot but I still don't have an absolutely precise idea what it is. I figure, since I have to apply some sort of anthropological theory to my research, that the web 2.0 environment (whatever that is) is a social phenomenon created for whatever reason that has the ability to transform culture in a variety of ways. I could explore ideas of identity, diversity, homogenization, globalization, cosmopolitanism, the list goes on. Broad, I know. Any ideas?</div>

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#4 Kevin Champion on 18 Aug 07

Library:

https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=wikinomics&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50
https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=everything+is+miscellaneous&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50

abo46n2 wrote:
> Did you purchase those books or are they from the library? I think I'd like to read wikinomics first.
>
>
>
> kjc6688 wrote:
> > I think you should start by reading both Wikinomics and Everything Is MIscellaneous, then go from there. Obviously it´s impossible to know what your project will look like at the end, or even a month from now. I am assuming you will be working with some deadlines, but that doesn´t mean the project can´t evolve. If I were you I would look into the fragmentation of the internet. I would look into identity, identity 2.0, open id efforts etc. as a means to combat fragmentation. I would look into the semantic web and the efforts being made toward that end. I would look into hierarchical tagging. I would look into the widgetization of the web, and by that I specifically mean the interoperability and interconnectedness of services and tools via open APIs and user creativity. The fact that we are increasingly able to build on existing platforms to create new platforms and new services. Just as all this is building on ones and zeros.
> >
> > Of course all this is dependent upon use. Who is using what? Is the web that important? Quite frankly, I think this issue is up in the air. When I look around the world I see millions using this stuff, but when I look around Manhattan, KS, I see just a handful. Perhaps there are more important things to be doing with our time? (that could be a research project in itself)
> >
> > Just as your focus was on YouTube, I think there is a whole project to be done on Facebook as one web service that has seen widespread use and popularity (specifically in Manhattan, KS). Why do people use it? What sorts of good and bad things is it producing?
> >
> >
> >
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> > abo46n2 wrote:
> > > I'm doing an independent study this semester and am looking for ideas for a research topic. I'd like to focus on something that others could benefit from, so is there anything that anyone has been dying to know more about? Maybe I'd be interested too.
> > >
> > > I've thought about researching ajax and the web 2.0 environment since I seem to talk about it a lot but I still don't have an absolutely precise idea what it is. I figure, since I have to apply some sort of anthropological theory to my research, that the web 2.0 environment (whatever that is) is a social phenomenon created for whatever reason that has the ability to transform culture in a variety of ways. I could explore ideas of identity, diversity, homogenization, globalization, cosmopolitanism, the list goes on. Broad, I know. Any ideas?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Library: <br /> <br /> <a href="https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=wikinomics&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=wikinomics&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50</a> <br /> <a href="https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=everything+is+miscellaneous&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=everything+is+miscellaneous&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50</a> <br /> <br /> abo46n2 wrote: <br /> > Did you purchase those books or are they from the library? I think I'd like to read wikinomics first. <br /> > <br /> > <br /> > <br /> > kjc6688 wrote: <br /> > > I think you should start by reading both Wikinomics and Everything Is MIscellaneous, then go from there. Obviously it´s impossible to know what your project will look like at the end, or even a month from now. I am assuming you will be working with some deadlines, but that doesn´t mean the project can´t evolve. If I were you I would look into the fragmentation of the internet. I would look into identity, identity 2.0, open id efforts etc. as a means to combat fragmentation. I would look into the semantic web and the efforts being made toward that end. I would look into hierarchical tagging. I would look into the widgetization of the web, and by that I specifically mean the interoperability and interconnectedness of services and tools via open APIs and user creativity. The fact that we are increasingly able to build on existing platforms to create new platforms and new services. Just as all this is building on ones and zeros. <br /> > > <br /> > > Of course all this is dependent upon use. Who is using what? Is the web that important? Quite frankly, I think this issue is up in the air. When I look around the world I see millions using this stuff, but when I look around Manhattan, KS, I see just a handful. Perhaps there are more important things to be doing with our time? (that could be a research project in itself) <br /> > > <br /> > > Just as your focus was on YouTube, I think there is a whole project to be done on Facebook as one web service that has seen widespread use and popularity (specifically in Manhattan, KS). Why do people use it? What sorts of good and bad things is it producing? <br /> > > <br /> > > <br /> > > <br /> > > <br /> > > abo46n2 wrote: <br /> > > > I'm doing an independent study this semester and am looking for ideas for a research topic. I'd like to focus on something that others could benefit from, so is there anything that anyone has been dying to know more about? Maybe I'd be interested too. <br /> > > > <br /> > > > I've thought about researching ajax and the web 2.0 environment since I seem to talk about it a lot but I still don't have an absolutely precise idea what it is. I figure, since I have to apply some sort of anthropological theory to my research, that the web 2.0 environment (whatever that is) is a social phenomenon created for whatever reason that has the ability to transform culture in a variety of ways. I could explore ideas of identity, diversity, homogenization, globalization, cosmopolitanism, the list goes on. Broad, I know. Any ideas?</div>

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#5 Lindsay Ahalt on 28 Aug 07

Maybe it's just me, but I can't get used the constantly repeating conversation box in each new window.

kjc6688 wrote:
> Library:
>
> https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=wikinomics&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50
> https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=everything+is+miscellaneous&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50
>
> abo46n2 wrote:
> > Did you purchase those books or are they from the library? I think I'd like to read wikinomics first.
> >
> >
> >
> > kjc6688 wrote:
> > > I think you should start by reading both Wikinomics and Everything Is MIscellaneous, then go from there. Obviously it´s impossible to know what your project will look like at the end, or even a month from now. I am assuming you will be working with some deadlines, but that doesn´t mean the project can´t evolve. If I were you I would look into the fragmentation of the internet. I would look into identity, identity 2.0, open id efforts etc. as a means to combat fragmentation. I would look into the semantic web and the efforts being made toward that end. I would look into hierarchical tagging. I would look into the widgetization of the web, and by that I specifically mean the interoperability and interconnectedness of services and tools via open APIs and user creativity. The fact that we are increasingly able to build on existing platforms to create new platforms and new services. Just as all this is building on ones and zeros.
> > >
> > > Of course all this is dependent upon use. Who is using what? Is the web that important? Quite frankly, I think this issue is up in the air. When I look around the world I see millions using this stuff, but when I look around Manhattan, KS, I see just a handful. Perhaps there are more important things to be doing with our time? (that could be a research project in itself)
> > >
> > > Just as your focus was on YouTube, I think there is a whole project to be done on Facebook as one web service that has seen widespread use and popularity (specifically in Manhattan, KS). Why do people use it? What sorts of good and bad things is it producing?
> > >
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> > > abo46n2 wrote:
> > > > I'm doing an independent study this semester and am looking for ideas for a research topic. I'd like to focus on something that others could benefit from, so is there anything that anyone has been dying to know more about? Maybe I'd be interested too.
> > > >
> > > > I've thought about researching ajax and the web 2.0 environment since I seem to talk about it a lot but I still don't have an absolutely precise idea what it is. I figure, since I have to apply some sort of anthropological theory to my research, that the web 2.0 environment (whatever that is) is a social phenomenon created for whatever reason that has the ability to transform culture in a variety of ways. I could explore ideas of identity, diversity, homogenization, globalization, cosmopolitanism, the list goes on. Broad, I know. Any ideas?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Maybe it's just me, but I can't get used the constantly repeating conversation box in each new window. <br /> <br /> kjc6688 wrote: <br /> > Library: <br /> > <br /> > <a href="https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=wikinomics&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=wikinomics&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50</a> <br /> > <a href="https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=everything+is+miscellaneous&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://catalog.lib.ksu.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&SL=none&Search_Arg=everything+is+miscellaneous&SL=None&Search_Code=TALL&CNT=50</a> <br /> > <br /> > abo46n2 wrote: <br /> > > Did you purchase those books or are they from the library? I think I'd like to read wikinomics first. <br /> > > <br /> > > <br /> > > <br /> > > kjc6688 wrote: <br /> > > > I think you should start by reading both Wikinomics and Everything Is MIscellaneous, then go from there. Obviously it´s impossible to know what your project will look like at the end, or even a month from now. I am assuming you will be working with some deadlines, but that doesn´t mean the project can´t evolve. If I were you I would look into the fragmentation of the internet. I would look into identity, identity 2.0, open id efforts etc. as a means to combat fragmentation. I would look into the semantic web and the efforts being made toward that end. I would look into hierarchical tagging. I would look into the widgetization of the web, and by that I specifically mean the interoperability and interconnectedness of services and tools via open APIs and user creativity. The fact that we are increasingly able to build on existing platforms to create new platforms and new services. Just as all this is building on ones and zeros. <br /> > > > <br /> > > > Of course all this is dependent upon use. Who is using what? Is the web that important? Quite frankly, I think this issue is up in the air. When I look around the world I see millions using this stuff, but when I look around Manhattan, KS, I see just a handful. Perhaps there are more important things to be doing with our time? (that could be a research project in itself) <br /> > > > <br /> > > > Just as your focus was on YouTube, I think there is a whole project to be done on Facebook as one web service that has seen widespread use and popularity (specifically in Manhattan, KS). Why do people use it? What sorts of good and bad things is it producing? <br /> > > > <br /> > > > <br /> > > > <br /> > > > <br /> > > > abo46n2 wrote: <br /> > > > > I'm doing an independent study this semester and am looking for ideas for a research topic. I'd like to focus on something that others could benefit from, so is there anything that anyone has been dying to know more about? Maybe I'd be interested too. <br /> > > > > <br /> > > > > I've thought about researching ajax and the web 2.0 environment since I seem to talk about it a lot but I still don't have an absolutely precise idea what it is. I figure, since I have to apply some sort of anthropological theory to my research, that the web 2.0 environment (whatever that is) is a social phenomenon created for whatever reason that has the ability to transform culture in a variety of ways. I could explore ideas of identity, diversity, homogenization, globalization, cosmopolitanism, the list goes on. Broad, I know. Any ideas?</div>

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#6 Kevin Champion on 28 Aug 07

Yeah, I don´t like that either. I think partially it is designed that way so that you can reply to any post on in the thread of the forum, rather than just being able to reply to the most recent. This way each thread could potentially have multiple conversations going on in a non-linear weblike way. I think they could do a lot better on the aesthetics of this forum.

As with anything though, you can just hack it. When replying you have the option to modify the existing text. As you will notice, this post has no back-posts.

One of my big gripes is that they don´t have feeds for each thread. This means that the only way I know conversations are going on is by checking the actual forum or getting emails. Neither options I particularly like.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yeah, I don´t like that either. I think partially it is designed that way so that you can reply to any post on in the thread of the forum, rather than just being able to reply to the most recent. This way each thread could potentially have multiple conversations going on in a non-linear weblike way. I think they could do a lot better on the aesthetics of this forum. <br /> <br /> As with anything though, you can just hack it. When replying you have the option to modify the existing text. As you will notice, this post has no back-posts. <br /> <br /> One of my big gripes is that they don´t have feeds for each thread. This means that the only way I know conversations are going on is by checking the actual forum or getting emails. Neither options I particularly like.</div>

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