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The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Online Audiences and the Paradox of Web Traffic

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Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars
Using three years of daily Web traffic data, and new models adapted from financial mathematics, this talk examines large-scale variation in Web traffic.
Using new models adapted from financial mathematics, Dr Hindman examines large-scale variation in Web traffic and finds that web audience distribution is actually extremely stable. He discusses the implications for the openness of the online public sphere.

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Episode Information

Series
Oxford Internet Institute - Lectures and Seminars
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Matthew Hindman
Keywords
economics
users
democracy
media
stock market
web ranking
prediction
modelling
production
visualisation
internet
news
web traffic
Department: Oxford Internet Institute
Date Added: 06/03/2009
Duration: 00:43:00

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