The main goal of this study was to achieve a qualitative understanding of the use and influence of Twitter communication during the 2011 Egyptian uprisings. By charting the physical map of the information-spreading that occurred through the Twitter platform during the protests, …
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Why an individual rebels, why an individual joins collective action, and how that manifests to violence are not new questions, but are questions that continue to pose a significant scientific challenge. It is the role of the conflict analyst to answer these questions by explorin…
Why do some terrorist groups last much longer than others? This dissertation is among a small but growing number of studies to apply social networks analysis to the study of terrorism, and addresses an outcome of interest that is important but under analyzed. Terrorist group sur…
Distributed Healthcare System (DHS) is a network system developed and based on a distributed system concept. Each node of the national DHS will be a healthcare system. Each healthcare organization will have one or more electronic devices installed with the same business platform…
It is essential to build, maintain, and use our transportation systems in a manner that meets our current needs while addressing the social and economic needs of future generations. In today's world, transportation congestion causes serious negative impacts to our societies. To …
This study examined the relationships between personal, political, geographic, socio-economic, and demographic factors and the perceptions of conflict and cooperation of Turkey's metropolitan municipality officials. In order to find the answers for the research questions, this r…
According to some commentary, employees are empowered by simple, flexible and lightweight social software such as blogs and wikis. Using such software, it is claimed they will be able to connect and collaborate beyond boundaries and to benefit organisations in innovation and gro…
Most studies of 'cohesion' between urban residents focus separately on either social network structure or ideations with very little attention given to the intersection between spatial, structural and ideational dimensions of networks. This is problematic on two levels: firstly …
This study examines the potential for the Internet, or more specifically the World Wide Web, to enhance local democracy and local governance by providing a networked public sphere. It is located in post-industrial theories of social and political transformation, which see a new,…
This multi-disciplinary study explores a field of enquiry at the boundaries of information science and development studies. It is concerned with the facilitation of knowledge processes - processes of knowledge exchange and co-creation - in the international development sector. A…
Information gathered socially online is a key feature of the growth and development of modern society. Presently the Internet is a platform for the distribution of data. Millions of people use Online Social Networks daily as a tool to get updated with social, political, educatio…
This research seeks to develop an advanced understanding of the interplay between broadband use, social interaction and the place in which people live. Fieldwork has involved working in an embedded manner within a central case study neighbourhood, a rural Cornish village - St Br…
Scholars of social networks have, in recent years, devoted much attention to the development of methods for the analysis of increasingly complex social structures. One particular element of complexity in network methodology can be found when attempting to analyse networks with m…
This thesis examines the relationship between individual differences in learning, personality, and social success in two groups of brown capuchin monkeys (Sapajus sp.) housed at the “Living Links Centre for Human Evolution” at Edinburgh Zoo, UK. Being able to learn quickly and e…
Information System (IS) implementations are a risky business with studies showing only a 16%-29% success rate. This research explores the use of social capital to support technology implementations. This research brings together two distinct bodies of knowledge: social network a…
Journalism, traditionally, has been defined by the medium through which it is published; large institutions, scarce due to the cost of publishing but able to reach massive audience, were the sources of news. Today, as noted in the work of Clay Shirky and Jeff Jarvis, through new…
Often, development organizations confront a tradeoff between program priorities and operational constraints. These constraints may be financial, capacity, or logistical; regardless, the tradeoff often requires sacrificing portions of a program. This work is concerned with figuri…
The impact of the Ottoman Commercial Tribunals on the Tanzimat remains an enigma for historians. This branch of the Ottoman legal system uniquely accepted European merchants as judges, and existed throughout the Ottoman Empire for several decades as an institution of the Tanzima…
With the rise of social media, hundreds of millions of people spend countless hours all over the globe on social media to connect, interact, share, and create user-generated data. This rich environment provides tremendous opportunities for many different players to easily and ef…