changes to peer review?

article on pew study...gender differences in web use (and some generational differences)

article from BBC on what is RSS, how to use it, etc.

article defining/describing/commenting on web 2.0

"The article discusses weblogs that attack companies with libel but whose authors are unidentifiable. Weblogs started as a simple way for people to keep online diaries. Suddenly they are the ultimate vehicle for brand-bashing, personal attacks, political extremism and smear campaigns. Some companies now use weblogs as a weapon, unleashing swarms of critics on their rivals. The online haters have formidable allies amplifying their tirades to a potential worldwide audience of 900 million: Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, plus a raft of other weblog hosts. Google and other services operate with government-sanctioned impunity, protected from any liability for anything posted on the weblogs they host. The combination of massive reach and legal invulnerability makes corporate character assassination easy to carry out."

article reporting on study done about IM use by college students...focus on gender differences and speech patterns

October 2005 article..."subject experts were asked for opinions about sections of the popular online, open access encyclopedia Wikipedia, in the wake of "the founder of the online encyclopedia ... admitt[ing] some of its entries are 'a horrific embarrassment.'" Includes ratings and comments on specific entries. From the Guardian Unlimited, the online companion to the British newspaper The Guardian."  found through LII

article on museums' use of tagging to help users access images (community cataloging, they say)

"The letter (PDF) was written by Theodore Bergstrom (University of California - Santa Barbara) and R. Preston McAfee (California Institute of Technology)."