Sponsored by
The University
of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
The Internet and the Social Sciences Working Group
Odum Institute for Research in Social Science
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Internet Impact serves as a forum for interdisciplinary investigations on two fronts:
The group has focused discussions on specific topics or readings and sponsors lectures. The particular topics for each semester are determined by participants. Possible topics include: online surveys, transaction log analysis for WWW usage, content analysis of email, collaborative research, scholarly communication, issues surrounding public and private information, emergent dysfunctions such as identity theft and electronic addictions, and digital government. One goal of the group is to serve as a catalyst for interdisciplinary research projects. Internet Impact is open to all interested faculty, staff, and students.
Internet Impact meetings are held monthly on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. - 12 noon. Announcements of meeting topics and locations are sent to the Internet Impact listserv.
Novmber Meeting
What are the principles of good design (both usability and survey design) for Web-delivered surveys? The NC Health Info project at the Health Sciences Library has recently created a new Web survey. Developing the survey has proven much more challenging than we initially anticipated. Terri Buckner (evaluator), Christie Silbajoris (project coordinator), and Jen O'Bryan (programmer) will share their experiences with adapting survey design principles for Web delivery; applying usability standards to survey design; programming challenges; and meeting IRB requirements.
When: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, November 17,
Where: 102 Abernathy
In October 2004, Internet Impact members gave presentations/workshops, based on our Identity Abuse Symposium, at two conferences. The presentation materials we used are available here on our website.
UNC CAUSE 2004 Conference Presentation (October 6, 2004)
ACM SIGUCCS 2004 Pre-Conference Tutorial (October 10, 2004) and Poster Session (October 11, 2004)
2004 Internet Impact Symposium: Identity Abuse in the Campus Environment -- Notes and Resources
Donna Bailey, Center for Teaching and Learning, led our October discussion on The Internet in Everyday Life by Barry Wellman and Caroline A. Haythornthwaite. The table of contents for this book is available at
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman/publications/interneteverydaytoc/everyday-blurb-toc.htm.
Donna also discussed The Social Life of Books: Visualizing Communities of Interest via Purchase Patterns on the WWW.
Honor Carolina site, which has resources related to the Carolina Integrity Initiative, which was the topic of the September 2003 meeting.
Materials related to the Iola Peed-Neal's presentation at the August 2003 meeting:
"Use of Laptops by 1st and 2nd Year Students at UNC-Chapel Hill:
A Report on Preliminary Findings from the
Spring 2002 Pilot Study"
"Review of Use of Laptops by 1st and 2nd Year Students" -- copy of the CCI survey referenced in the report
"Evolution, Alienation and Gossip: The Role of Mobile Telecommunications in the 21st Century" by Kate Fox, Social Issues Research Center.
Institutional Review Board Samples
Internet Impact Spring 2001 Symposium: Using and Studying the Internet at UNC-Chapel Hill
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