Mapping the Australian Political Blogosphere (2009)
Bruns, Axel, Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Tracing change over time. Most existing blog network analyses use generic network crawlers to provide long-term pictures of interconnections in the blogosphere. While interesting in their own right,...
Mapping the Australian Political Blogosphere (2009)
Axel Bruns, Lars Kirchhoff, Thomas Nicolai
The blogosphere allows for the networked, decentralised, distributed discussion and deliberation on a wide range of topics. Based on their authors' interests, only a subset of all blogs will...
Monitoring the Australian Blogosphere through the 2007 Australian Federal Election (2009)
Thomas Nicolai, Lars Kirchhoff, Axel Bruns, Timothy J. Highfield
Mainstream and niche online media have played an important role in recent election campaigns both in Australia and abroad. The new US president's social network my.barackobama.com alone is reported...
Critical Voices in the Australian Political Blogosphere (2009)
Axel Bruns, Timothy J. Highfield, Lars Kirchhoff, Thomas Nicolai
This paper provides an update on an ongoing research project which maps and investigates the Australian political blogosphere, and expands on work presented at IR9.0 in Copenhagen (Bruns et al....
Discussion Paper: Network and Concept Maps for the Blogosphere (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J.
While qualitative evidence for the networked patterns of discussion, debate, and deliberation in the blogosphere is readily available, it is more difficult to establish a solid quantitative picture...
Discussion Paper: Network and Concept Maps for the Blogosphere (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J.
While qualitative evidence for the networked patterns of discussion, debate, and deliberation in the blogosphere is readily available, it is more difficult to establish a solid quantitative picture...
The HiveSurf Prototype Project- Application for a Ubiquitous Computing World (2008)
Thomas Nicolai, Florian Resatsch, Lars Kirchhoff
As a result of new opportunities for research in ubiquitous computing and digital communication, this project intends to make a substantial contribution into the scientific and practical discussions...
Thomas Nicolai, Marc-frederic Schäfer, Lars Kirchhoff
Abstract: XML has become a standard for the exchange and retrieval of semistructured data between different platforms but is not currently a standard for storing semi-structured data in relational...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Native XPath enabled storage and retrieval with MySQL (2008)
Thomas Nicolai, Marc-frederic Schäfer, Lars Kirchhoff
Abstract: XML has become a standard for the exchange and retrieval of data between different platforms but is not currently a standard in storing XML documents in relational databases. A standard...
Locating the Australian Blogosphere: Towards a New Research Methodology (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written about the potential impact of the blogosphere on future patterns of global, national, and local public communication; blogs and other forms of distributed, networked, non-mass...
Google Yourself! Measuring the performance of personalized information resources (2008)
Nicolai, Thomas, Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J.
Narcissism is generally perceived as a growing social phenomenon in our society (Kopelman 1984; Mullins et al. 1984; Nelson 1977), as Lasch puts in his widely cited book "Culture of Narcissism"...
Australia's Political Blogosphere in the Aftermath of 2007 Federal Election (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Australian political bloggers and citizen journalists appear to have played an important role in the 2007 federal elections. They provided a highly critical corrective to mainstream journalism,...
The disappearing screen: scenarios for audible interfaces (2008)
Daniel Michelis, Florian Resatsch, Thomas Nicolai, Thomas Schildhauer
The world of ubiquitous computing, which by definition includes mobile devices of every kind, leads us to an era of small computer devices, usable in everyday situations. Computers are becoming...
Google Yourself! Measuring the performance of personalized information resources (2008)
Thomas Nicolai, Lars Kirchhoff, Axel Bruns, Jason Wilson, Barry Saunders
The practice described as »Self-Googling« can be seen as a form of narcissism, which may help to explain the phenomenon of people searching and browsing the Web for information about themselves....
Locating the Australian Blogosphere: Towards a New Research Methodology (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written about the potential impact of the blogosphere on future patterns of global, national, and local public communication; blogs and other forms of distributed, networked, non-mass...
Australia's Political Blogosphere in the Aftermath of 2007 (2008)
Axel Bruns, Jason A. Wilson, Barry J. Saunders, Lars Kirchhoff, Thomas Nicolai
Australian political bloggers and citizen journalists appear to have played an important role in the campaign leading up to the 24 November 2007 federal election. They provided a highly critical...
Locating the Australian Blogosphere: Towards a New Research Methodology (2008)
Axel Bruns, Jason A. Wilson, Barry J. Saunders, Timothy J. Highfield, Lars Kirchhoff, Thomas Nicolai
Much has been written about the potential impact of the blogosphere on future patterns of global, national, and local public communication; blogs and other forms of distributed, networked, non-mass...
Using social network analysis to enhance information retrieval systems (2008)
Lars Kirchhoff, Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva, Thomas Nicolai, Matthes Fleck
It is an ongoing trend that people increasingly reveal very personal information on social network sites in particular and in the World Wide Web in general (Boyd & Ellison, 2007; Donath & Boyd, 2004;...
Discussion Paper: Network and Concept Maps for the Blogosphere (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J.
While qualitative evidence for the networked patterns of discussion, debate, and deliberation in the blogosphere is readily available, it is more difficult to establish a solid quantitative picture...
Google Yourself! Measuring the performance of personalized information resources (2008)
Nicolai, Thomas, Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J.
Narcissism is generally perceived as a growing social phenomenon in our society (Kopelman 1984; Mullins et al. 1984; Nelson 1977), as Lasch puts in his widely cited book "Culture of Narcissism"...
Australia's Political Blogosphere in the Aftermath of 2007 Federal Election (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Australian political bloggers and citizen journalists appear to have played an important role in the 2007 federal elections. They provided a highly critical corrective to mainstream journalism,...
Locating the Australian Blogosphere: Towards a New Research Methodology (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written about the potential impact of the blogosphere on future patterns of global, national, and local public communication; blogs and other forms of distributed, networked, non-mass...
Google Yourself! Measuring the performance of personalized information resources (2008)
Nicolai, Thomas, Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J.
Narcissism is generally perceived as a growing social phenomenon in our society (Kopelman 1984; Mullins et al. 1984; Nelson 1977), as Lasch puts in his widely cited book "Culture of Narcissism"...
Australia's Political Blogosphere in the Aftermath of 2007 Federal Election (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Australian political bloggers and citizen journalists appear to have played an important role in the 2007 federal elections. They provided a highly critical corrective to mainstream journalism,...
Locating the Australian Blogosphere: Towards a New Research Methodology (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written about the potential impact of the blogosphere on future patterns of global, national, and local public communication; blogs and other forms of distributed, networked, non-mass...
Discussion Paper: Network and Concept Maps for the Blogosphere (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J.
While qualitative evidence for the networked patterns of discussion, debate, and deliberation in the blogosphere is readily available, it is more difficult to establish a solid quantitative picture...
Google Yourself! Measuring the performance of personalized information resources (2008)
Nicolai, Thomas, Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J.
Narcissism is generally perceived as a growing social phenomenon in our society (Kopelman 1984; Mullins et al. 1984; Nelson 1977), as Lasch puts in his widely cited book "Culture of Narcissism"...
Australia's Political Blogosphere in the Aftermath of 2007 Federal Election (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Australian political bloggers and citizen journalists appear to have played an important role in the 2007 federal elections. They provided a highly critical corrective to mainstream journalism,...
Locating the Australian Blogosphere: Towards a New Research Methodology (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written about the potential impact of the blogosphere on future patterns of global, national, and local public communication; blogs and other forms of distributed, networked, non-mass...
Discussion Paper: Network and Concept Maps for the Blogosphere (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J.
While qualitative evidence for the networked patterns of discussion, debate, and deliberation in the blogosphere is readily available, it is more difficult to establish a solid quantitative picture...
Google Yourself! Measuring the performance of personalized information resources (2008)
Nicolai, Thomas, Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J.
Narcissism is generally perceived as a growing social phenomenon in our society (Kopelman 1984; Mullins et al. 1984; Nelson 1977), as Lasch puts in his widely cited book "Culture of Narcissism"...
Australia's Political Blogosphere in the Aftermath of 2007 Federal Election (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Australian political bloggers and citizen journalists appear to have played an important role in the 2007 federal elections. They provided a highly critical corrective to mainstream journalism,...
Locating the Australian Blogosphere: Towards a New Research Methodology (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written about the potential impact of the blogosphere on future patterns of global, national, and local public communication; blogs and other forms of distributed, networked, non-mass...
Discussion Paper: Network and Concept Maps for the Blogosphere (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Highfield, Timothy J.
While qualitative evidence for the networked patterns of discussion, debate, and deliberation in the blogosphere is readily available, it is more difficult to establish a solid quantitative picture...
Australia's Political Blogosphere in the Aftermath of 2007 Federal Election (2008)
Bruns, Axel, Wilson, Jason A., Saunders, Barry J., Kirchhoff, Lars, Nicolai, Thomas
Australian political bloggers and citizen journalists appear to have played an important role in the 2007 federal elections. They provided a highly critical corrective to mainstream journalism,...
Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written in recent years about the blogosphere and its impact on political, educational and scientific debates. Lately the issue has received significant attention from the industry. As...
Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written in recent years about the blogosphere and its impact onpolitical, educational and scientific debates. Lately the issue has received significantattention from the industry. As...
Lars Kirchhoff, Axel Bruns, Thomas Nicolai
Much has been written in recent years about the blogosphere and its impact on political, educational and scientific debates. Lately the issue has received significant attention from the industry. As...
Nan Goldin: The Other Side (2007)
Summary In my dissertation I analyse selected photographs in the photo-book The Other Side (first published in 1992) by artist Nan Goldin (born 1953). They all portray biological males in different...
Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written in recent years about the blogosphere and its impact on political, educational and scientific debates. Lately the issue has received significant attention from the industry. As...
Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written in recent years about the blogosphere and its impact on political, educational and scientific debates. Lately the issue has received significant attention from the industry. As...
Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written in recent years about the blogosphere and its impact on political, educational and scientific debates. Lately the issue has received significant attention from the industry. As...
Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written in recent years about the blogosphere and its impact on political, educational and scientific debates. Lately the issue has received significant attention from the industry. As...
Kirchhoff, Lars, Bruns, Axel, Nicolai, Thomas
Much has been written in recent years about the blogosphere and its impact on political, educational and scientific debates. Lately the issue has received significant attention from the industry. As...
The HiveSurf Prototype Project - Application for a Ubiquitous Computing World (2006)
Thomas Nicolai, Florian Resatsch, Lars Kirchhoff
As a result of new opportunities for research in ubiquitous computing and digital communication, this project intends to make a substantial contribution into the scientific and practical discussions...
HiveSurf: Breaking the Classification of Natural Landscapes (2006)
Thomas Nicolai, Florian Resatsch, Lars Kirchhoff
As a result of new opportunities for research in digital communication and ubiquitous computing, the presented prototype project intends to make a substantial contribution into the scientific and...
Thomas Nicolai, Marc Schäfer, Lars Kirchhoff
XML has become a standard for the exchange and retrieval of semi-structured data between different platforms but is not currently a standard for storing semi-structured data in relational databases....
A role for MCP-1/CCR2 in interstitial lung disease in children (2005)
Hartl, Dominik, Griese, Matthias, Nicolai, Thomas, Zissel, Gernot, Prell, Christine, Reinhardt, Dietrich, ...
Abstract Background Interstitial lung diseases (ILD) are chronic inflammatory disorders leading to pulmonary fibrosis. Monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1) promotes collagen synthesis and deletion...
Digital Augmented Library (2005)
Thomas Nicolai, Florian Resatsch
Unsere heutige Lebenswelt ist durch eine weitgehende Restrukturierung sozialer Netzwerke in einer Zeit der fortschreitenden Globalisierung und Digitalisierung geprägt. Aus dem damit einhergehenden...
Future Urban Screens - New Concepts for Urban Screens (2005)
Florian Resatsch, Daniel Michelis, Corina Weber, Thomas Schildhauer, Thomas Nicolai
Various projects showed recently that the passers-by in public space suffer a lack of attention to public screens regardless their sizes and content. Two recently developed concepts show on the basis...
Daniel Michelis, Florian Resatsch, Thomas Nicolai, Thomas Schildhauer
The world of ubiquitous computing, which by definition includes mobile devices of every kind, leads us to an era of small computer devices, usable in everyday situations. Computers are becoming...
The Web of Augmented Physical Objects (2005)
Thomas Nicolai, Florian Resatsch, Daniel Michelis
This article investigates the growing complexity and connectivity between two former separated interaction spaces the real and the virtual world. It is our attempt to augment the physical world to...
RFID im Kundensektor: Eine qualitative Situationsanalyse (2005)
Thomas Schildhauer, Florian Resatsch, Daniel Michelis, Thomas Nicolai
Als Trendthema der vergangenen Monate wird das Thema RFID auch im kommenden Jahr Impulse für eine Reihe von Produkt- und Prozessinnovationen geben. Die Technologie bietet dabei weit über den...
SAN / NAS Integration im heterogenen Netzwerkumfeld mittels Samba 3 und NFSv3 (2004)
Die Problematik des unkontrollierten Datenwachstums wurde in der Vergangenheit oft als sekundäres Problem angesehen. Seitdem jedoch die Kosten für das Verwalten der Datenmengen in vielen...