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Here you will find
the latest publications from Knowledge Politics. To keep up to
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[at] knowledgepolitics [dot] org [dot] uk.
December 2008
Media
and Public Perceptions of Identity Cards, Privacy and Surveillance:
Public Opinion and Policy
By Dr Edgar A. Whitley (edited by Andrew
Pickering)
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to
download
October 2008
New
Labour's digital vision: a survey of New Labour's
policies on e-government
By Andrew Pickering
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download
October 2007
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Localism and the information
society
This report argues that a localist approach needs to be at the heart of
our approach to the information society, with a strong role for
community-based initiatives. With an extended focus on the 'city TLDs'
debate.
Contributors
to the report include Edward Andersson of Involve, Helen Goulden of
Communities and Local Government, Shaun Fensom of Manchester Digital
and Professor Gordon Dabinett.
Edited by Richard Berry & Dave McLaughlin
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the pamphlet
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our press statement |
April 2007
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Settling the frontiers: debating
the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive
The
European Union is attempting to update its landmark broadcasting
regulation to include new audiovisual services offered on the internet.
Have they found the right approach? The arguments presented in this
pamphlet suggest that the debate is still onoing. Contributors include
Mary Honeyball
MEP, Vicky Read, Jean-Eric de Cockborne, Richard Collins, Andrea
Millwood Hargrave and Sonia
Livingstone. Edited by Richard Berry.
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March
- August 2007
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Frontiers of Freedom: perspectives on
intellectual property in the digital age
A new series of pamphlets exploring the future of
intellectual property rights in the digital age. Part One focuses
on UK
government policy, Part Two on
the global IP regime, Part Three
on
theoretical perspectives and Part Four
on development
Featuring
contributions from Derek Wyatt MP, Pete Wishart MP, Becky Hogge in
conversation with Andrew Gowers, Susan Sell, Deborah Halbert, Duncan
Matthews and Sam
Howard-Spink.
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pamphlets here
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statement
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February 2007
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Public service broadcasting:
a new beginning, or the beginning of the end?
By Dr. Karol
Jakubowicz
This new Knowledge Politics
pamphlet by Karol Jakubowicz, former head of the Council of Europe's
Mass Media steering committee, sets out the challeges facing public
service broadcasting in the digital age. He argues for providers
to develop a new relationship with audiences in order to secure
the place of public service broadcasting across new media
platforms. With a foreword by
Andrew Gwynne MP.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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Localism
and the information society
A new report on the web's 'local' future.
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here |
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Frontiers
of Freedom
This series of pamphlets explores IP rights in the digital age.
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Public
service broadcasting: a new beginning, or the beginning of the
end, by Karol Jakubowicz
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download
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| GATEWAY |
Discover the best information society
resources available for researchers - publications, links and events
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THEMATIC PORTALS
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Internet governance: unleashing the
potential of the new media
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Media and culture:
quality
content in the information society
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Technology and society: ICT and the
networked society
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Skills and education: human capital
in the information society
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Information society theory: post-industrialism
and the social sciences
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 Knowledge economy: employment and
the information industries
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Intellectual property:
digital
rights for the information age
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