Kenneth Farrall

PhD Candidate, Annenberg School for Communication @UPenn

Papers, Writings

web graph analysis

(Farrall, In Press) Book Review: Richard Rogers, Information Politics on the Web, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004, 216 pp., Journal of Information Processing and Management (pdf)

(Farrall, 2005) Web Graph Analysis in Perspective: Description and Evaluation in terms of Krippendorff's Conceptual Framework for Content Analysis (version 1.0)

(Farrall, Delli Carpini, 2005) Issue Politics, Social Networks and the Web Graph, paper for Internet Generations 6.0, Association of Internet Researchers 2005 Conference, Chicago, October 6-9.

(Farrall, Delli Carpini, 2004) Cyberspace, the Web Graph and Political Deliberation on the Internet, paper for International Conference on Politics and Information Systems: Technologies and Applications (PISTA '04), July 21-25, 2004 - Orlando, Florida, USA (pdf)

radio frequency identification (rfid)

(Laurant, Farrall, 2004) Formal comments of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) to the Federal Trade Commission Workshop on "Radio Frequency Identification: Applications and Implications for Consumers," June 21, 2004.

Contributed to the writing of EPIC's testimony on "Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology: What the Future Holds for Commerce, Security, and the Consumer," before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection House Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 14, 2004.

electronic voting

Researched and designed web site for National Committee for Voting Integrity.

Farrall (2003) Electronic Voting and the Enron-ization of American Democracy
for Oscar Gandy, Seminar in the Political Economy of Communication and Information (COMM 734)

china media

Farrall and Tsui (forthcoming) Web Blocking 2.0 – What the Rise of “Tagging” Means for Internet Regulation in China.

Farrall (1999) Whither the China Net? The China Matrix Perspective, February 5th, 1999.

ICT and political destabilization

Farrall and Tsui (2005). From Khomeini to Abu Ghraib: Understanding the role of ICT in destabilization events. IAMCR, Taipei, Taiwan, July 26-28.