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How Can Politicians Endorse Press and Internet Regulation that Compromises...
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...
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The Library of Congress and The John W. Kluge Center
I spent two stimulating days at the Library of Congress (LC) last week. The first involved meeting with staff of the LC who are involved in thinking through short and long-range plans for the Library’s...
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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...
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Web Science Conference 23-26 June 2014 at Indiana University
I have agreed to co-chair the next Web Science Conference, Web Science 2014, which will be held in 2014 at Indiana University. The lead chairs are Fil Menczer and his group at Indiana University, and...
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Politics and the Internet
Dutton, William H. with the assistance of Elizabeth Dubois (2014) (ed.) Politics and the Internet. London and New York: Routledge. See: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415561501/ Delighted...
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Financial Times Opts for Independence from Press Regulation
Hope springs eternal. Wonderful to learn that the FT has opted out of both the new Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso), as well as the Parliament-backed Royal Charter system, which...
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Internet of Things: a social perspective
I have been quite interested in the Internet of Things since participating in a ‘roadmapping’ workshop organized by the TSB SIG on the topic. I chaired a group focused on the social science aspects of...
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New Position as Quello Chair at MSU
After 12 great years at Oxford, I am delighted to be joining MSU as their new Quello Professor. Not sure how my former USC Trojan colleagues will react to me joining the Spartans! The current Director...
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Inspiring a Startup Mentality in Legacy IT Organizations – FCC CIO at the OII...
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...
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Multistakeholder or Multilateral Internet Governance?
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...
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The Chatham House Rule Should be the Exception
Can We Make the Chatham House Rule the Exception? May I quote you? It is common to debate the definition and correct implementation of the Chatham House Rule. My issue is with its over-use. It should...
View ArticleNetworked publics: multi-disciplinary perspectives on big policy issues
https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/networked-publics-multi-disciplinary-perspectives-big-policy-issues The editors of the Internet Policy Review are pleased to announce the publication of our...
View ArticleCitizen Sensing of Broadband Access
I had the opportunity to work with Merit, Michigan’s research and education network, and the Quello Center at MSU, who have teamed up on a comment to the US NTIA on how to enhance indicators of...
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Cybersecurity and the Rationale for Capacity Building: Notes on a Conference
The fifth annual conference of Oxford’s Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC) was held in late February 2019 at the Oxford University’s Martin School. It engaged over 120 individuals from the...
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Nominate an Early Career Research to Become a TPRC Junior Fellow
The TPRC is seeking to select up to 6 TPRC Junior Fellows – early-career researchers engaged in research on the Internet, telecommunication and media policy in the digital age. Please nominate...
View ArticlePluralist Empowerment versus Populism or Democratic Elitism
A rising discourse on the dangers of ‘populism’ seems to be expanding the concept in ways that literally demonise the empowerment of citizens – the people. There is evidence of a rise of populist...
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Cultural and Social Dimensions of Cybersecurity
I have been working over the past years with Oxford’s Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC), which is associated with the Oxford Martin School and Department of Computer Science at Oxford, as...
View ArticleFake News Nation – a new book by Aspray and Cortada is out!
I’d like to recommend to you a new book, entitled Fake News Nation: The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019). Information about the book is at:...
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Managing the Shift to Next Generation Television
Columbia University’s Professor Eli Noam was in Oxford yesterday, 17 October 2019, speaking at Green Templeton College about two of his most recent books, entitled ‘Managing Media and Digital...
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Britain's Digital Nanny State
The way in which the UK is approaching the regulation of social media will undermine privacy and freedom of expression and have a chilling effect on Internet use by everyone in Britain. Perhaps it is...
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