{"id":121,"date":"2010-02-22T15:46:29","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T15:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/?p=121"},"modified":"2010-02-24T18:44:23","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T18:44:23","slug":"study-outline-hypertext-in-history-and-the-web-in-developing-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/2010\/02\/22\/study-outline-hypertext-in-history-and-the-web-in-developing-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Outline: Hypertext in History and the Web in Developing Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Broad Topic Area<\/h2>\n<p>The Web is pervading the world\u2019s population. Global fluctuations in demographics result in varying levels of access and use of the Web, often dependant upon the development level and GDP of a country and\/or its internal demographic groups. The division of information-\u201crich\u201d and -\u201cpoor\u201d can have profound effects upon segregation, especially given the economic and social benefits that may be gained through the Web &#8211; the largest information resource in the world.<\/p>\n<h2>Topic One: Historical Literature and Modern Hypertext<\/h2>\n<p>However, this phenomenon has occurred before, and continues to be observed. The development of woodblock printing and, later, moveable type brought information and knowledge to the masses, resulting in a process where information-rich and -poor demographics become closer together. Through intertextuality, texts have created references between works for millennia.<\/p>\n<p>In this discipline, I propose to identify parallels or discrepancies between the pervasion of historical means of information dissemination (e.g. printed type) and the modern Web.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u2018intertextuality\u2019 has been used by various linguists to represent different concepts. The first portion of my work will be to define intertextuality in the context of the study I wish to undertake. This is likely to be through those who have have drawn parallels between intertextuality and the Web.<\/p>\n<h3>Work this Week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Review sources (including new sources).<\/li>\n<li>Arrange meeting with Mary Orr.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>New Sources Found<\/h3>\n<p>Intertextuality in the Fiction and Criticism (MUP 2005)<\/p>\n<h3>Preliminary Sources<\/h3>\n<p>Mary Orr. Intertextuality: Debates and Contexts.<br \/>\nLeu Jr et al. Toward a theory of new literacies emerging from the Internet and other information (2004).<\/p>\n<p>Meeting with Prof. Mary Orr.<\/p>\n<h2>Topic Two: Sociology<\/h2>\n<p>With the above issues in mind, the Internet is likely to be tangibly altering communities. The second part of this study aims to identify modern-day implications of the Web worldwide, and how it may affect poorer countries. The exact definition of this section will become clearer following consultation with sources and researchers. Furthermore, findings from section one will inform the development of this section.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Santer has experience of the transformations that are taking place, and is actively researching in the area. Meeting with him will yield additional sources and viewpoints that will inform this section.<\/p>\n<h3>Work this Week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrange meeting with Mike Santer.<\/li>\n<li>Extend sources list, read literature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Preliminary Sources<\/h3>\n<p>Mohamed Ally. Mobile Learning: Transforming the Delivery of Education and Training.\u2028www.ist-africa.org (Regional Impact of Information Society Technologies in Africa)<br \/>\nCollaboration with researchers active in the field (Mike Santer).<br \/>\nQuintin Gee.<\/p>\n<p>NB: This post delayed due to illness at the close of the previous week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysing Hypertext from a Historical Point of View, and Web Usage in Developing Countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-linguistics","category-sociology-discipline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/comp6044\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}