The Electronic Library 

About: The Electronic Library is an academic journal published by Emerald Publishing Limited. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): The Internet & Digital library. It has an ISSN identifier of 0264-0473. Over the lifetime, 3335 publications have been published receiving 36165 citations.

Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and beyond: From Production to Produsage

Abstract: Book synopsis We – the users turned creators and distributors of content – are TIME's Person of the Year 2006, and AdAge's Advertising Agency of the Year 2007. We form a new Generation C. We have MySpace, YouTube, and OurMedia; we run social software, and drive the development of Web 2.0. But beyond the hype, what's really going on? In this groundbreaking exploration of our developing participatory online culture, Axel Bruns establishes the core principles which drive the rise of collaborative content creation in environments, from open source through blogs and Wikipedia to Second Life. This book shows that what's emerging here is no longer just a new form of content production, but a new process for the continuous creation and extension of knowledge and art by collaborative communities: produsage. The implications of the gradual shift from production to produsage are profound, and will affect the very core of our culture, economy, society, and democracy. General Editor of M/C – Media and Culture (www.media-culture.org.au). Reviews «This is quite simply the book about peer production that we've been waiting for. It is not just a book 'about produsage' from an outsider looking in, but a stellar production of the new form of consciousness, written from the inside out, both subjective and objective. The new world is already there, and Axel Bruns will let you see it.» (Michel Bauwens, Founder, P2P Foundation) «Axel Bruns's far-reaching and conceptually powerful book captures a shift in cultural logic which is profoundly altering how culture gets produced, how knowledge gets circulated, how reputations get made, and how industry, politics, and education operate. This book is essential reading for anyone who wants to know more about Wikipedia, Second Life, or YouTube – in short, for anyone who wants to understand the turn towards participatory culture.» (Henry Jenkins, Author of Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide)

On the double object construction

Abstract: This article concerns the structure of a double object construction. It is argued that Larson's arguments for the structure of double objects raise some empirical problems concerning anaphor binding and a semantic relation between the two objects. Next, it is pointed out that the structure corresponding to the present-day double object construction was extremely common in Old English and the structure similar to the dative construction of today began to appear at the beginning of the Middle English period. To accommodate the facts and at the same time to solve the problems with Larson's analysis, it is proposed that the structure of a double object construction is a basic form and the structure of a dative construction is derived from it by passivization within VP.*

Elucidating user behavior of mobile learning: A perspective of the extended technology acceptance model

Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose and verify that the technology acceptance model (TAM) can be employed to explain and predict the acceptance of mobile learning (M‐learning); an activity in which users access learning material with their mobile devices. The study identifies two factors that account for individual differences, i.e. perceived enjoyment (PE) and perceived mobility value (PMV), to enhance the explanatory power of the model.Design/methodology/approach – An online survey was conducted to collect data. A total of 313 undergraduate and graduate students in two Taiwan universities answered the questionnaire. Most of the constructs in the model were measured using existing scales, while some measurement items were created specifically for this research. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the fit of the data with the model by using the LISREL software.Findings – The results of the data analysis shows that the data fit the extended TAM model well. Consumers hold posi...

E-readiness of SMEs in the ICT sector in Botswana with respect to information access

Abstract: Purpose – The paper aims to present the e‐readiness status of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector in Botswana and make comparisons with global trends.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a doctoral project that was carried out at the University of Johannesburg from 2002 to 2005. A qualitative approach was employed using both focus group discussions and in‐depth interviews to collect data.Findings – The findings revealed that SMEs in Botswana, like their counterparts in most developing countries, had not achieved a reasonable measure of e‐readiness status compared to the developed world.Research limitations/implications – There is paucity of research on the e‐readiness of SMEs in developing countries, especially with respect to information access. Furthermore e‐readiness, being a new phenomenon, does not yet have an established theoretical basis and a universally acknowledged definition.Practical implications – This study p...