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What is Web Science?
What is Web Science?
What is the theme of this year's Web Science conference?
What is the theme of this year's Web Science conference?
What did Dame Wendy Hall say about the web?
What did Dame Wendy Hall say about the web?
What is a contact tracing app?
What is a contact tracing app?
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Who invented the World Wide Web?
Who invented the World Wide Web?
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What type of interaction does Web Science study?
What type of interaction does Web Science study?
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What is the purpose of a Covid contact tracing app?
What is the purpose of a Covid contact tracing app?
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What is the main focus of Web Science?
What is the main focus of Web Science?
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What are social media networks?
What are social media networks?
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What is the purpose of tests for a Covid contact tracing app?
What is the purpose of tests for a Covid contact tracing app?
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Study Notes
- Web Science is a new academic subject that studies the technology behind the internet.
- From the human side, it's also interested in how people interact with each other online.
- Web Science is interdisciplinary, involving two or more academic subjects or areas of knowledge.
- This year's conference theme was 'making the web human-centric'.
- Dame Wendy Hall, one of the conference's key speakers, said that the web is co-created by society.
- Web Science is powered by AI and is very interdisciplinary.
- Web Science is a new interdisciplinary subject combining several areas of study which investigates the ecosystem of the internet.
- Social media networks - websites and apps like Facebook - allow people to communicate on the internet.
- A new Covid contact tracing app is currently undergoing trials - tests to see if it works effectively. If successful, the app will support public health - services aimed at improving the health of the general population.
- In our quiz question, I asked you who invented the World Wide Web. You said b) Tim Berners-Lee.
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This quiz is about who invented the World Wide Web. As you know, Tim Berners-Lee is the inventor of the web. In this quiz, you have to answer a question about the web and who created it. Can you remember who invented the web?