Measuring and Mapping the World Wide Web through Web Hyperlinks

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Author(s): Mario A. Maggioni (Università Cattolica, Italy), Mike Thelwall (University of Wolverhampton, UK)and Teodora Erika Uberti (Università Cattolica, Italy)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 7
Source title: Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Margherita Pagani (Bocconi University, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-014-1.ch121

Keywords: Information Science Reference / Media & Communications / Multimedia Technology

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The Internet is one of the newest and most powerful media that enables the transmission of digital information and communication across the world, although there is still a digital divide between and within countries for its availability, access, and use. To a certain extent, the level and rate of Web diffusion reflects its nature as a complex structure subject to positive network externalities and to an exponential number of potential interactions among individuals using the Internet. In addition, the Web is a network that evolves dynamically over time, and hence it is important to define its nature, its main characteristics, and its potential.

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