Global debate over alternative approaches to governing the Internet has been wide ranging, but increasingly has pivoted around the wisdom of “multistakeholder governance.” This paper takes controversy around a multistakeholder versus an alternative multilateral approach as a focus for clarifying the changing context and significance of Internet governance. A critical perspective on this debate challenges … Continue reading Multistakeholder or Multilateral Internet Governance?
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Books and the Internet in Prisons: Beyond the Right to Read
A British High Court justice has 'struck down a ban on sending books to prisoners', as reported by the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/06/world/europe/british-judge-lifts-restriction-on-books-in-prison.html A number of writers, poets and human rights advocates have been pressing for the right of prisoners to buy books from the 'outside world'. Apparently the prison service had supported access to books, but only through … Continue reading Books and the Internet in Prisons: Beyond the Right to Read
Innovations in the Technology of Higher Education: Where is the Social Research?
My colleagues and I organized a preconference for the 2014 International Communication Association on innovations in the technologies of higher education, focusing particularly on developments around massive online open courses and related innovations. It took place in Seattle, Washington, on the 21st of May 2014. I worked with Dr Kendall Guthrie of the Bill and … Continue reading Innovations in the Technology of Higher Education: Where is the Social Research?
The William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award of the American Sociological Association
Wonderful to have received the 2014 William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award from the American Sociological Association, given by CITASA (ASA’s section on Communication and Information Technology): http://www.asanet.org/sections/citasa_recipients_History.cfm Given my move to Michigan, I was unable to attend but I sent these words of appreciation: Dear Colleagues of CITASA, I would like to convey my … Continue reading The William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award of the American Sociological Association
The Internet Trust Bubble Amid Rising Concern over Personal Data: WEF Report
The World Economic Forum has released a set of complementary reports, including one written by an OII team, entitled ‘The Internet Trust Bubble: Global Values, Beliefs and Practices’, by William H. Dutton, Ginette Law, Gillian Bolsover, and Soumitra Dutta. Our report is a follow up to our earlier WEF study entitled ‘The New Internet World’. … Continue reading The Internet Trust Bubble Amid Rising Concern over Personal Data: WEF Report
Business Models in a Mobile World: a one-day workshop at Oxford Brooks University, 12 September 2013
I'd like to bring your attention to a workshop that Paul Jackson is organizing at Oxford Brooks University: 9:00 to 5:00, 12 September 2013 Wheatley Campus, Oxford Brookes University - What threats and opportunities do new mobile technologies present to your organisation and industry? - How could mobile devices help you reach new customers, provide … Continue reading Business Models in a Mobile World: a one-day workshop at Oxford Brooks University, 12 September 2013
Politics and Policy of the Internet Seminar at Konstanz University
I have been spending the week keeping quite busy and engaged teaching a small seminar at the University of Konstanz, Germany. The seminar is entitled 'Politics and Policy of the Internet' and my 12 students are masters students in their faculty of politics and public administration. The first photo is of a subset of the … Continue reading Politics and Policy of the Internet Seminar at Konstanz University
How Can Politicians Endorse Press and Internet Regulation that Compromises Freedom of the Press?
A classic study of public opinion found that while Americans generally supported abstract principles of freedom of expression, many would not support the application of these principles in concrete cases, such as permitting an extreme group to speak at a local school (McCloskey and Brill 1983). That the public can support concrete actions that undermine … Continue reading How Can Politicians Endorse Press and Internet Regulation that Compromises Freedom of the Press?
The Oxford Handbook of Internet 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