Whaddayamean, no one cares? Congratulations on almost being there, mate. paul teusner fishers, surfers and casters http://teusner.org/ -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Denise N. Rall Sent: Tuesday, 3 April 2007 11:30 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] Origin of the term "Internet" ? - ontology revisited Ok, I'm sure everyone is over this thread. But I do agree there's a purpose for the small-i internet as opposed to the large I. Which BTW is based on IP not TCP/IP - the transmission protocol is something else, not necessarily linked to the Internet (Purdue University was running an IP not TCP/IP version in the late 1990's). Here's how I use the small-i internet in my thesis: "This thesis uses "the small i-internet" to express a growing set of networked technologies that work through several infrastructures: the internet, mobile telephony, multi-user networked digital games, and upcoming interactive digital television. These networked technologies, often called the 'new media' or media ecologies provide linkages to a rich set of theoretical perspectives that connect audiences, communicative media, and the subsequent development of local and global policies." Rall, D. N. 2007. "Locating four pathways to internet scholarship." School of Enivronmental Science and Management. Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW. unpublished PhD thesis. Cheers (no one cares but I'm almost a Dr.!) Denise Denise N. Rall, PhD thesis, "Locating four pathways to internet scholarship" School of Env. Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Tues: Room T2.17, +61 (0)2 6620 3577 Mobile 0438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/rsm/staff/pages/drall/ Virtual member, Cybermetrics Group, University of Wolverhampton, UK http://cybermetrics.wlv.ac.uk/index.html ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/