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In recent
years, the internet has
developed at rapid pace. The number of users has increased
exponentially, while ever more spheres of social life - from shopping
and dating to education and entertainment - acquire an internet
presence. Governments have found it almost impossible to keep up,
and some would argue they shouldn't even attempt to do so.
News Knowledge Politics: Internet survey must spur further action 9 August 2007 Knowledge Politics has today welcomed the publication of the latest Oxford Internet Survey, a bi-annual study of net usage in Britain, but warned that it may reveal more questions and answers. "Recognising the extent of the digital divide is one thing – closing the gap is the real challenge," Craig Berry, Head of Policy at Knowledge Politics, said in his response. Read the survey results here View our press statement Knowledge Politics welcomes Google's announcement on user info 21 June 2007 Knowledge Politics today welcomed Google' decision to reduce the amount of time it retained information on its users, but sounded a note of caution about the future of user protection on the web. Craig Berry, Head of Policy said the move "does not remove concerns about Google’s relationship with internet advertisers, and its advance into the higher education sector," and called for greater attention to the issue from public authorities at national and international level. Read more comment on our blog Read our press statement here Jury still out on Audiovisual Media Services Directive 18 March 2007 A
new Knowledge Politics pamphlet has revealed that agreement is still to
be reached on the Audiovisual Media Services Directive between opposing
sides of the debate. The pamphlet includes contributions from
academics, politicians and industry representatives, featuring Mary
Honeyball MEP, Vicky Read of the Broadband Stakeholder Group, Richard
Collins, Michael Holoubek, Sonia Livingstone and Andrea Millwood
Hargrave. Honeyball dismisses the claims made by some earlier in the
debate that the Directive would impose the same rules on personal
websites containing video content as those imposed on major
broadcasters. Meanwhile, Read explains that although EU activity in the
area is justified, co- or self-regulation may be more suitable.
Read our blog posting Return to top Publications and research Gaining a Stake in Global Internet Governance: The EU, ICANN and Strategic Norm Manipulation George Christou and Seamus Simpson - European Journal of Communication The global governance of the Internet and the influence that the EU is able to exert in international governance institutions are examined in this article in the context of the EU's relationship with the Internet Corporation. Read it here The internet and global governance: principles and norms for a new regime Milton Mueller, John Mathiason, Hans Klein - Global Governance A set of norms and values that could help in the foundation of an Internet governance regime are presented in this article. Read here Television Without Frontiers? House of Lords - February 2007 The final report Lords' EU Committee's investigation of the Audiovidual Media Services Directive. Read the report here Study on co-regulation measures in the media sector European Commission - February 2007 A study for prepared for the European Commission arguing that co- and self-regulatory models are an attractive alternative to traditional regulation for the online world. Read the report here A comparative study of internet regulatory models in the Greater China region Kenneth CC Yang - February 2007 Research showing how cultural norms affect the regulatory approach to the internet. Read the paper here Networks, markets and hierarchies: Governance and regulation of the UK Internet * Richard Collins - Parliamentary Affairs, 2006 Collins analyses Internet governance in the UK and differentiates five layers characterising the Internet as a horizontally organised, not vertically integrated, medium of communication with three modes of governance prevail - hierarchy, markets and networks (self-regulatory). Read the paper here A comparative study of Internet regulatory policies in the Greater China Region: Emerging regulatory models and issues in China, Hong-Kong SAR, and Taiwan Kennth C.C. Yang - Telematics and Informatics, February 2007 This study investigates the influence of national culture characteristics on the stipulation and implementation of regulatory models in the Greater China Region, which includes three Chinese majority societies, China, Hong-Kong SAR, and Taiwan. Read the paper here Internet Governance Forum - contributions Various - October 2006 These are the published submissions to the Internet Governance Forum. Contributors included governments and industry organisations from across the globe, covering intellectual property, access, political oversight, language diversity and other key issues. Read the submissions here Who supports internet censorship? Craig A. Depken, II - First Monday, September 2006 In this study, the support for Internet censorship is empirically analyzed using survey data, with the results indicating the characteristics of those who tend to favour and disfavour Internet censorship. Read the paper here The Great Debate - Law in the Virtual World David G. Post & David R. Johnson - First Monday, February 2006 Ten years after their landmark publication on law and territorialism in cyberspace, Post & Johnson ask again whether cyberspace can be treated as a distinct place for the purpose of legal activity. Read the paper here Addressing the Issues of Internet Governance for Development: A Framework for Setting an Agenda for Effective Coordination William H. Dutton - Internet Governance Forum, July 2006 In this submission to the 2006 Internet Governance Forum, the Director of the Oxford Internet Institute argues that the IGF could play a critical role in managing, identifying and coordinating Internet policy issues. Read the paper here Ideas, interests and information: Conflicting visions of a supranational information society Richard Berry and Craig Berry - Public Policy Research, August 2006 In the summer issue of IPPR's journal, this article by Knowledge Politics' heads of research and policy examines how the history of information society policy in Europe was defined by the dominance of a neo-liberal economic agenda, with broadcasting the current issue for debate in this area. More information here Return to top Links The Digital Divide Network Network for for educators, activists, policy makers and concerned citizens working to bridge the digital divide. http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org Department for Culture, Media and Sport UK central government department leading on information society issues. http://www.culture.gov.uk European Commission - Europe's Information Society Thematic portal - hub of information for all EU information society policy activity. http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/text_en.htm European Commission - Viviane Reding Personal pages of the Commissioner for Information Society and Media. http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/reding/index_en.htm Internet Governance Forum Annual global gathering of interested parties in the development of the internet, inaugurated in 2006. http://www.intgovforum.org World Summit on the Information Society United Nations and ITU-led summit on information society issues. http://www.itu.int/wsis/index.html Family Online Saftey Institute Industry-backed international internet safety think-tank http://www.fosi.org Digital Content Forum UK organisation representing associations involved in the content industry. http://www.dcf.org.uk International Communications Round Table European alliance of communication industry firms. http://www.icrt.org Oxford Internet Institute Research body at the University of Oxford. http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk The Information Research Institute Research body at Manchester Metropolitan University. http://www.tiri.mmu.ac.uk New Media and Society International journal providing interdisciplinary forum for examination of the dynamics of media and information change. http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200834 Telematics & Informatics Interdisciplinary journal focusing on the social impacts of new technologies. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/703/description#description European Journal of Communication International journal specialising in communication research. http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200857 First Monday Peer-moderated publication on net culture and structure. http://www.firstmonday.org Media, Culture & Society Interdisciplinary journal on the media, including the newer information and communication technologies, within their political, economic, cultural and historical contexts. http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200958 Journal of Media Practice Multidisciplinary journal researching changes in the media landscape, in terms of media practices, technologies and audiences. http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals.appx.php?issn=14682753 Return to top Events Internet Governance and Development * 1 March 2007, 12:00-1:00pm - Oxford Internet Institute Professor Howard Williams speaks about the relevance of internet governance for the development agenda. Click here for more information Oxford Media Convention 07 18 January 2007 - IPPR The 2007 Oxford Media Convention, organised by IPPR in association with MediaGuardian and the University of Oxford, will look ahead to identify the policy, governance and business challenges that face media and traditional broadcast industries now. Click here for more information Return to top |
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