[Air-l] Re: is this internet studies?

[Irina Shklovski]

I am wondering what David means by the term "Internet studies". The 
military has been one of the largest supporters of technology research in 
general and Lee is right, ARPAnet was a military research project. Now one 
of the largest military projects is "semantic web". Something that might, 
in the future, be as integral to our lives as Internet now is (in my 
opinion, semantic web, is part of the Internet studies as well). The 
military also happens to be one of the largest backers of research in 
general. I do not think as a field, we have a choice of whether our field 
is funded, at least in part, with military money. We have that choice only 
as individual researchers, when we choose which grants to apply for and 
accept.

My other concern is David's statement that this direction is new. The USC 
institute - the Institute of Creative Technologies - has been in existence 
for at least 5 years. This direction is not new. If anything, its come full 
circle.

Irina Shklovski
Graduate Researcher
Human Computer Interaction Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

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Irina Shklovski
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