Web Science is the study of the most complex artifact entangling technology, humans, and information ever created. Today the World Wide Web has evolved into billions of technical and human components operating globally, with each piece subtly influencing the others. To gain a deep understanding of the complex and multiple impacts the Web has on the daily life of individuals, organizations, and society as a whole, a strong interdisciplinarity is essential. Major scientific disciplines involved include (but are in no way limited to) Computer science, information science, sociology, psychology, and economy. Multiple perspectives across these disciplines are required to address pressing issues of our time and to gain insights on how the Web changes society just as much as society changes the Web.
The DN34 International Conference on Discourse, Identity and Polarisation
This hybrid conference provides an interdisciplinary space for examining how individual and group identities are discursively constructed in today's increasingly polarised societies, and how discourse both reflects and shapes emerging social divisions.