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Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Computer Science, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-51).

In contemporary times internet plays without doubts, a key role in our life. It is one of the most effective information channels of modern economy and a powerful tool of citizen society. Great number of new web pages is created daily and the competition is becoming stronger. This Diploma Thesis is dealing with the information architecture of web pages and applications an its significance for projects of Web2.0 In our territory, "information architecture" is relatively new term and therefore, the first part of the thesis endeavor to define it. It attempts to emphasize that the web page is not a pretty picture only but it must contain well-designed communication of the goals of the page creation. For attaining them, it is essential to define precisely the expectation at the very beginning. On the other hand, it is also necessary to have on mind the web users who opens the page for to fulfill their specific needs and with their own expectations. Web page therefore should meet both the goals of the designers and expectations of the users. Further part of the introductory chapter deals with the history of the information architecture having its roots in the sphere of the information design. Beside other topics, there is discussed the work of Ladislav Sutnar, who significantly contributed to the development of this topic. The following chapter deals with the process of the information architecture design proper. It is not a detailed instruction for web page creation, but rather a description of individual steps and factors able to influence substantially the web page presentation success. The last part is devoted to the recently frequently referred phenomenon of Web 2.0. There was attempted to describe its principles and answer the question whether it is only an empty word used as attractive label for promotion of certain projects or really a new direction in the web development. Then there is discussed the influence of Web 2.0 on the information architecture and whether this topic is for its design necessary at all.

Internet has been a common part of our private and work-related lives for a rather long time, yet it doesn't seem this is going to change. On the contrary - the importance of Internet is steadily growing as well as number of it's users and only few technologies have similar impact on individuals or even whole businesses and industries. But Internet evolves as well and it is not the same that it was 10 years ago. Today, Internet is more than just email or static (business) presentation on the web; it's more an interactive medium and is often associated with so called "Web 2.0". Yet even this concept isn't likely to last forever. That's why I find important to focus on contemporary Internet trends and try to describe some of the most influential ones regarding the future, i.e. social networking, wiki systems and blogs, APIs and mashups, but also Creative Commons licences and possible solution to multiple online identity issue, the OpenID project. Although I'm going to use particular examples of services in order to describe some of the trends, I would like to avoid unnecessary details. I'm going to focus on features the services have in common, not just considering particular service categories, but across the Internet as a whole as well. The aim is to create a survey, evaluation of contemporary Internet services and describe some approaches to solving specific issues related to this environment. Information resources will be mostly technologically oriented servers, blogs and other contemporary trends or particular product related websites. Obviously I'm going to embed my personal experience as well.

Univ., Diplomarbeit u.d.T.: Klossek, Martin: Optimierung der Personalisierung im Internet durch kollaboratives Filtern--Frankfurt (Main), 2003.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Central Florida, 2009. / Adviser: Tim Brown. Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-79).

The aim of my thesis is to analyse the potential of web 2.0 for commercial communication. Internet became due to web 2.0 services more fun. The number of internet users increases. People spend still longer time online to the prejudice of watching TV, reading papers or listening to the radio. This could be a problem for marketers who have relied on traditional mass media communiaction. In my thesis I try to find possibilities how to solve this problem. The theorethical part of the thesis provides characterization of the terms web 2.0 and commercial communication. Then I describe particular web 2.0 tools and general ways of internet advertising. In the practical part, I examine possibilities and significancy of these tools for commercial communication. Then I describe some successful web 2.0 projects and analyse two realized online advertising campaign. At the end I introduce my own proposal of online communication campaign for McDonald's using one of web 2.0 tools - social networking Facebook.

Coastal mapping and shoreline change detection are critical to many applications, including navigation, coastal zone management, coastal environmental protection, and sustainable development. Field surveying and on-site investigation become inevitable to ensure the quality of coastal decision making. To provide innovative tools for governmental agencies to increase efficiency and reduce operation costs, a wireless mobile GIS is developed and applied to on-site decision making for coastal management. This wireless mobile GIS system has three components: a coastal-structure permit subsystem; a shoreline erosion awareness subsystem; and a wireless on-site spatial subsystem. The coastal-structure permit subsystem has been implemented to simulate, in a GIS environment, the decision-making process for granting construction permits for coastal protection structures. The web-based shoreline erosion awareness subsystem has been developed to aid local residents in making land-use decisions. It is implemented both to describe the extent of historic shorelines and previous erosion and to predict future shoreline change due to erosion. The wireless on-site spatial subsystem helps government officials remotely access and update spatial data from field, thus allowing for decision making in real time. This system has been developed in the United States based on the environment at Lake Erie, Ohio.

La ricerca indaga le dinamiche e le tendenze evolutive che portano i siti dei quotidiani a definire un'offerta informativa differente rispetto alle logiche appartenenti alla dimensione tradizionale del giornale cartaceo, all'interno di un quadro teorico che superi il determinismo tecnologico e abbracci invece la prospettiva del social landscape. Le strategie e le dinamiche di evoluzione e definizione dei quotidiani online sono studiate con riferimento ai social media, identificati come attori emergenti della comunicazione della rete, orientati ad accogliere le istanze partecipative di un cittadino sempre più interessato a condividere con gli altri utenti della rete le notizie e le attività che portano alla loro definizione. La ricerca empirica, volta a individuare la risposta dei quotidiani online italiani nei confronti dei formati e delle pratiche comunicative messe in atto dai social media, rileva come gli editori si dimostrino nel complesso ancorati ai modelli tradizionali del giornalismo, dove le redazioni mantengono uno stretto controllo sull'informazione diffusa al pubblico e sulla definizione dell'agenda. / The research investigates the dynamics and the evolution trends which lead the websites of newspapers to shape an informative offer different compared with the logics belonging to the traditional newspapers. A theoretic frame was designed in order to overcome the technological determinism and embrace, on the other side, the social landscape perspective. The strategies and the dynamics of the online newspapers' evolution and definition have been studied with reference to the social media, identified as emerging actors in the online world, where the citizen is able to activate his strong desire of participation and to share with the other online users the news, as well as the activities which bring to the news' definition. The empiric research, aimed at detecting the Italian online newspapers' answer to the formats and the practices of communications put to use by social media, shows how the publishers are, on the whole, tied to traditional models of journalism, where the editorial unit keeps a strong control on the information spread to the public and on the agenda setting.

The emergance of modern technologies has essential impact on the way people communicate, spend lisure and shop. The influence of internet has not avoid the market with psychoactive substances. Aproximately since 2008 has happend significant rise among the sops with new psychadelic substances(NPS). The rise of the shops has risen also an afford to monitor this new phenomenon. This thesis follows project Itrend that haas monitored the NPS shop in 2014 and 2015. The aim of the work is to provide more detailed estimate of this size of the market with NPS and the dynamics of its developement between years 2014 and 2106. The analysis of data overstep frame of project I­Trend. keywords: NSP,web shops, internet,marketing strategies