Inspiring a Startup Mentality in Legacy IT Organizations – FCC CIO at the OII on 19 June, 4-5pm

June 14, 2014 Bill Dutton *OIINEWS, CDEC, Cybersecurity, Digital Industries, Digital Policy, eGovernment, General Interest, Ofcom, OII, Social Informatics, Socio-technical Systems, Wisdom of Crowds David A. Bray, Greg Taylor, IT, Legacy, Startup, Yorick Wilks

Modernizing and Inspiring a “Startup Mentality” in Legacy Information Technology Organizations Speakers: David A. Bray, Oxford Martin Associate and CIO of the U.S. FCC, Yorick Wilks, and Greg Taylor 19 June 2014 from 4-5 pm OII Seminar Room, 1 St Giles’, Oxford By some estimates, 70% of IT organization budgets are spent on maintaining legacy … Continue reading Inspiring a Startup Mentality in Legacy IT Organizations – FCC CIO at the OII on 19 June, 4-5pm

The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies

March 8, 2012 Bill Dutton Dissemination, eGovernment, General Interest, Information Communication and the Social Sciences, Internet Governance, Internet Studies, Outreach, Political Implications, Research and Learning, Shaping the Internet, Social Informatics, Social Issues, Social Science Research Handbook, Internet, Oxford, Studies

The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies is now available in print and OUP has created a Website for the book: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199589074.do You can find Chapter 1, the introduction, on line and available free, if you'd like an overview of the Handbook. See: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199589074.do#.UQ6iIOg7i_E It was published in late January 2013. The first paragraph of the … Continue reading The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies

OeSS Seminar at the OII: The Town Hall in the Digital Era of Social Media: 5 March 2012 from 14.00-15.00

March 2, 2012 Bill Dutton Broadcasting, Digital Policy, eGovernment, Fifth Estate, General Interest, Governance, Information Communication and the Social Sciences, Internet and Everyday Life, Internet Studies, OII, Political Implications, Social Informatics, Social Issues, Social Science Research, Socio-technical Systems

Andrea Kavanaugh from the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech will be visiting the OII on Monday 5th March and will be giving a talk between 14:00 and 15:00 in the Meeting Room at 1 St Giles. If you would like to attend, please drop an email to: events@oii.ox.ac.uk Andrea’s talk will be entitled: … Continue reading OeSS Seminar at the OII: The Town Hall in the Digital Era of Social Media: 5 March 2012 from 14.00-15.00

Selected Responses to Jeremy Hunt’s Open Letter

July 4, 2011 Bill Dutton *OIINEWS, Broadcasting, Digital Policy, eGovernment, General Interest, Internet Governance, Ofcom, Shaping the Internet, Social Issues, Socio-technical Systems

I worked with several colleagues at the OII (Victoria Nash, Monica Bulger, and Alissa Cooper) to pen responses to Jeremy Hunt's Open Letter, requesting feedback of relevance to the new communications bill. They were submitted under my name as director of the OII, but also as a Co-Principal Investigator of the ESRC Seminar Series, entitled … Continue reading Selected Responses to Jeremy Hunt’s Open Letter

Creating an Information Sharing Environment in the Public Sector: Talk on 8 April 2011

April 6, 2011 Bill Dutton Digital Policy, eGovernment, Fifth Estate, General Interest, Governance, Information Communication and the Social Sciences, Internet Studies, OII, Shaping the Internet, Social Issues

This was an important talk about information sharing in the public sector, given by one of the key people seeking to create an information sharing environment for the US government. It was entitled: 'The Need for Achieving Appropriate Information Sharing and Information Protection' I was held on Friday, 8 April 2011 at 16.00-17.30 at the … Continue reading Creating an Information Sharing Environment in the Public Sector: Talk on 8 April 2011

Digital Wales: A Segue into Wide-ranging Discussions of Policy Issues

April 3, 2011 Bill Dutton Arts and Humanities, Broadcasting, Digital Policy, eGovernment, General Interest, Information Communication and the Social Sciences, Internet and Everyday Life, Internet Studies, OII, Political Implications, Research and Learning, Shaping the Internet, Social Issues, Social Science Research

The launch seminar of our ESRC Seminar Series, ‘Digital Policy: Connectivity, Creativity and Rights’, was held Friday, 1 April 2011. This first seminar was held at the Centre City Campus of the University of Wales in Newport and hosted by the School of Art, Media and Design. Professor Gillian Young, recently appointed at the University … Continue reading Digital Wales: A Segue into Wide-ranging Discussions of Policy Issues

UNESCO Publication on Freedom of Connection – Book Launched and Accessible in Print and Online

March 4, 2011 Bill Dutton eGovernment, Fifth Estate, General Interest, Governance, Information Communication and the Social Sciences, Internet and Everyday Life, Internet Governance, Internet Studies, OII, Political Implications, Shaping the Internet, Social Informatics, Social Issues, Social Science Research

Our manuscript has been published by UNESCO in a print edition, also available online. The citation is: William H. Dutton, Anna Dopatka, Michael Hills, Ginette Law, and Victoria Nash (2011), Freedom of Connection – Freedom of Expression: The Changing Legal and Regulatory Ecology Shaping the Internet. Paris: UNESCO, Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and … Continue reading UNESCO Publication on Freedom of Connection – Book Launched and Accessible in Print and Online

Networking Distributed Public Expertise: Strategies for Citizen Sourcing Advice to Government

March 4, 2011 Bill Dutton eGovernment, Fifth Estate, Governance, Information Communication and the Social Sciences, Internet Studies, Ofcom, Political Implications, Research and Learning, Social Informatics, Social Issues, Social Science Research, Socio-technical Systems

My paper on 'Networking Distributed Public Expertise: Strategies for Citizen Sourcing Advice to Government' is one of a series of Occasional Papers in Science and Technology Policy, Science and Technology Policy Institute (TPI), Institute for Defense Analyses, Washington DC. I will post the abstract below and would welcome comments, directly or to this blog. Abstract … Continue reading Networking Distributed Public Expertise: Strategies for Citizen Sourcing Advice to Government