Homogenous goods markets: an empirical study of price dispersion on the internet

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thierry Warin ◽  
Daniel Leiter
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Price Dispersion ◽  
The Internet

IT for Peace? Fighting Against Terrorism in Social Media – An Explorative Twitter Study

i-com ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Reuter ◽  
Katja Pätsch ◽  
Elena Runft
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Members ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Media

AbstractThe Internet and especially social media are not only used for supposedly good purposes. For example, the recruitment of new members and the dissemination of ideologies of terrorism also takes place in the media. However, the fight against terrorism also makes use of the same tools. The type of these countermeasures, as well as the methods, are covered in this work. In the first part, the state of the art is summarized. The second part presents an explorative empirical study of the fight against terrorism in social media, especially on Twitter. Different, preferably characteristic forms are structured within the scope with the example of Twitter. The aim of this work is to approach this highly relevant subject with the goal of peace, safety and safety from the perspective of information systems. Moreover, it should serve following researches in this field as basis and starting point.

scholarly journals The extremist Islamist presence in Canadian webspace: an empirical study.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Real ◽  
Use Of The Internet ◽  
Internet Companies

This paper outlines the results of a two month study in which a series of extremist Islamist websites - registered, hosted or given datacentre services by Canadian internet companies- were empirically observed. The results of this project are inserted into a framework which explores the misuse and wrongful application of the "terrorist" signifier to substate or nonstate activities, discerns between the purported use of the internet by extremist Islamist organizations for destructive means and the real use of the internet by such groups, and suggests a number of conclusions based on prior administrative responses to the extremist Islamist use of the internet. The full results of this project can he viewed at http://www.stonnloader.com/metnbers/nordicfury.

An Empirical Study on the Internet Writing Behaviors in Chinese Context

2011 ◽  
Vol 204-210 ◽  
pp. 802-805
Author(s):  
Chih Chung Chen
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Chinese Context ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
High Consistency

The purpose of this paper is to explore the writing behaviors of Internet literature in Chinese environment, aiming to understand the basic personal characters, writing motivations and behaviors of Internet writers. Through both qualitative and quantitative researches, the study found a high consistency of personal characters within Internet writers. As the writing motivations of them, the statement that “writing is just the purpose itself” is the most popular. Meanwhile, most of Internet writers like to interact with other writers or readers. With the interaction, they revise their own writing topics and styles, which proves the Internet writing behaviors are not one-way communications, but part of a social exchanging processes.

ICTs for Empowerment?

2012 ◽  
pp. 381-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filippo Trevisan
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Advocacy Groups ◽  
Political Landscape

In recent years, voluntary organizations and advocacy groups have become increasingly influential in the British political landscape as intermediaries between institutions and citizens. Amongst those, disability organizations constitute an important example because they seek to represent a group which has traditionally been excluded from politics. However, concerns remain with regard to the representativeness and accountability of these bodies, and therefore with the legitimacy of their role in governance. This chapter sets out to understand whether disability organizations can use the internet, and especially Web 2.0 features, to develop a more participatory relationship with disabled people1, thus becoming better democratic actors. In particular, this issue is addressed through the results of an empirical study of Scottish disability organizations’ websites. Whilst the internet seems to possess great potential against disabling barriers, findings for this study are controversial, and disabled users seem at best to be mobilized around a pre-determined agenda rather than genuinely engaged as participants.

Linguistic Minorities on the Internet

2012 ◽  
pp. 235-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaffer Sheyholislami
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Linguistic Minorities ◽  
Online Ethnography ◽  
Online Presence ◽  
Linguistic Communities

This chapter presents the results of an empirical study (done using online ethnography and discourse analysis) of how the Kurds use the Internet. In examining this situation, the author provides suggestions related to the fact that, as much as we need to be concerned with the dominance of a few major languages on the Internet, we also need to map the online presence of linguistic minorities. Such mapping is essential in order to understand the paradoxical nature of a medium that simultaneously homogenizes and fragments linguistic communities and identities.

Prices on the Internet

2010 ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
Jihui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Price Dispersion ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Price Information ◽  
Internet Pricing ◽  
Online Retailers ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Future Research Directions

In the pre-Internet era, consumers relied on media such as Sunday newspapers and flyers for product and price information. Such a search process is time-consuming and unlikely to be exhaustive. Existence of incomplete information has been shown to lead to price dispersion (Stigler, 1961). Recent advances in information technology have dramatically changed the manner by which consumers and businesses gather and transmit information. With a few mouse-clicks, consumers are able to compare price information from a wide range of vendors. With the advent of the Internet, especially the introduction of price comparison sites or shopbots, competition among online retailers escalates and we might expect prices to converge in the new economy. However, substantially decreased transaction cost has apparently not led to online price convergence. An extensive literature on Internet pricing has documented persistent price dispersion in online markets. In this chapter, I review price dispersion and related literatures, and discuss future research directions.

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