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Sent: 04 March 2010 17:23
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Subject: OII News [2010.03.04]: News and events for March
Dear friends and colleagues,
There are so many recent research, teaching and policy items to report from
the OII that I'll just mention a few here: Alison Powell is an author of an
FCC-commissioned SSRC report on Broadband Adoption in Low-Income
Communities, there is an OII working paper on child protection and freedom
of speech online, and another on a new business model for publishing in the
digital age. Recent webcasts cover the criminalisation of file-sharing, the
economics of audience attention and media buying in the digital age, the
'mapping and measuring cybercrime' forum, an economic model of net
neutrality, and youth engagement. Please note the paper deadlines and
speakers for the 'Internet, Politics, Policy 2010' conference, and final
deadline for MSc and DPhil applications for 2010/11 entry. But it is
probably best to check our website, or read on...
Best wishes,
Bill Dutton, Director
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/
1. Events Diary
2. IPP2010 Conference: Keynotes
3. Report: Children and Speech
4. SSRC Broadband Adoption Report
5. New Project (Humanities)
6. Brief: A New Publishing Model?
7. Latest Webcasts
8. Oxford Dayschool
9. Student Diary
MSc and DPhil (October 2010 start), Deadline: 12 March 2010
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/
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1. Events Diary
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10 March:
Jim Hendler: We are the Web: The future of the social machine
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=348
Wed 17 March:
International Perspectives on Net Neutrality: A Policy Seminar
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=345
Mon 29 March:
Miriam Lips: Reinventing Government of the People: Exploring NZ experiences
with Citizen-Centric Government
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=358
Wed 14 April:
Lucy Bernholz: Giving in the Digital World
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=351
Wed 14 April:
Lucy Bernholz, Dame Stephanie Shirley, and others: Unleashing the Potential
of e-Philanthropy: Policy Forum
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=349
Mon 10 May:
Matthew Allen: Authentic Assessment in the era of Social Media: ideas and
applications from Internet Communications
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=344
Wed 7 July [London]:
Yorick Wilks: Lovelace lecture 2010: What Will A Companionable Computational
Agent Be Like?
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=346
Mon 12 July:
Yorick Wilks: Oxford Lecture: What Will A Companionable Internet Agent Be
Like?
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=352
Thurs 16 - Fri 17 Sept:
Internet, Politics, Policy 2010: An Impact Assessment
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=338
contact: [log in to unmask]
All the events:
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/
Note: 16-week undergraduate lecture series starting from October 2010
(schedule tbc).
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2. Internet, Politics, Policy 2010 Conference: Keynotes / Poster Prize
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We are pleased to announce that speakers for September's 'Internet,
Politics, Policy 2010' Conference include:
Prof. Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan.
A leading scholar on voting, civic competence, parliamentary governance and
political communication, his research has clarified our understanding of how
information and institutions affect policy and politics, and how people make
decisions when they lack information.
Prof. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
A legal scholar specialising in the role of information in a networked
economy, his most recent book 'Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the
Digital Age' has received major attention worldwide.
Prof. Patrick Dunleavy, London School of Economics
One of the UK's most important political scientists, and author of books in
the field such as 'Theories of the Democratic State' (with J.Dryzek), his
work with the LSE Public Policy Group includes detailed analyses of public
sector productivity, citizen redress, policy evaluation, and e-government.
The conference will subject the relationship between the Internet, Politics
and Policy to multi-disciplinary scrutiny. We welcome paper submissions that
report on innovative research into any aspect of the impact of the Internet
on public policy and / or politics. We also welcome suggestions from people
who would like to organise panel sessions.
Internet, Politics, Policy 2010: An Impact Assessment
University of Oxford, 16-17 September 2010
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/details.cfm?id=338
Abstract / Panel deadline: 15 March 2010
Contact: mailto:[log in to unmask]
Poster deadline: 15 April 2010
Contact: mailto:[log in to unmask]
£200 PRIZE for BEST POSTER!
The conference will be organised in twin tracks: the Politics track will
consider the use of the Internet by political organizations, examining the
impact on policy of (for example) online interest group activity and
political mobilization, e-voting, political parties and campaigning and
e-government. The Policy track will look at policy responses to
Internet-driven social change, including e-health, on-line education,
cybercrime, security, privacy and digital inclusion. Plenary sessions will
merge these tracks, investigating the intersection of policy and politics
and the Internet.
The conference is convened by the OII in partnership with the European
Consortium of Political Research (ECPR), the journal Policy and Internet,
and the Policy Studies Organization (PSO).
Policy and Internet:
http://www.psocommons.org/policyandinternet/
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3. Child Protection and Freedom of Speech Online: Report
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The interests of advocates of online child protection and freedom of
expression have often been portrayed as diametrically opposed. The OII
invited advocates on both sides of this debate to meet in October 2009, in
order to open channels of communication, explore different perspectives on
the fundamental rights of protection and freedom, and map areas of agreement
and difference. A report of the discussions, including participant position
papers, is now available.
Dr Alison Powell, the Forum Convener, and OII Research Fellow said: "Our
forum was the first opportunity for many advocates to meet in person, and a
unique intervention in a contentious debate. Participants discussed how, by
working together, both sides could advance their agendas and defend the
rights of children while preventing child protection from being used as a
strategic pretext for censorship or the limitation of free expression
rights. The success of the forum shows that there is significant scope for
continuing these conversations."
Issues discussed at the forum included content blocking and filtering,
government legislation and law enforcement, and parental involvement and
education. There was also discussion of location-based services, data
protection and privacy, liability of Internet Service Providers, age
verification online, lawful interception legislation, appropriate
classification of written content and pseudo-images of sexual abuse, and
encryption. These issues are addressed in the position papers that accompany
the report. The forum was funded by the Oak Foundation.
Release: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/?id=405
Powell, A., Hills, M. and Nash, V. (2010) Child Protection and Freedom of
Expression Online [PDF, 1MB]. OII Forum Discussion Paper No. 17.
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/publications/FD17.pdf
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4. Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities (SSRC Report)
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Alison Powell is one of the authors of the recent Social Science Research
Council (SSRC) Report on barriers to Broadband Adoption in Low-Income
Communities in the US. Commissioned by the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) to analyze the factors shaping low rates of adoption of home broadband
services in low-income and other marginalized communities, the study is one
of the only large-scale qualitative investigations of barriers to adoption
in the US.
Alison blogged: "Based on a unique qualitative study of the people
traditionally on the margins of the policy-making process (low-income,
minority, non-English speaking) it provides an important view of the
barriers to broadband adoption and effective use that remain in the United
States."
Broadband Adoption in Low-Income Communities
http://www.alisonpowell.ca/?p=268
Some of the core findings:
(1) Broadband access is increasingly a requirement of socio-economic
inclusion, not an outcome of it — and residents of low-income communities
know this.
(2) Price is only one factor shaping the fragile equilibrium of home
broadband adoption, and price pressures go beyond the obvious challenge of
high monthly fees. Hardware costs, hidden fees, billing transparency,
quality of service, and availability are major issues for low-income
communities.
(3) Libraries and other community organizations fill the gap between low
home adoption and high community demand, and provide a number of other
critical services, such as training and support. These support organizations
are under severe pressure to meet community connectivity needs, leading to
widespread perceptions of a crisis in the provider community.
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5. New project: Humanities Information Practices
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While many humanities scholars are enthusiastic users of a wide range of
information resources - including visual and sound materials, and 3D scans
of artefacts - there is still a potential mismatch between what current
digital resources offer and the way that humanities scholars might discover
and make use of them. As new types and forms of information become available
to humanities researchers, it is vital that these resources are designed to
be used intuitively and effectively.
The Humanities Information Practices project, coordinated by the OII and
funded by the UK's Research Information Network (RIN) aims to identify
patterns of scholarly behaviour, potential problems, and areas that might be
improved by the adoption of new working practices or technologies. The
research team is drawn from the University of Oxford, and partners
University College London (UCL), and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts
and Sciences.
Eric Meyer, PI and Project Director, OII Research Fellow, said: "Members of
this project team have a long-standing interest in understanding how new
technologies support and enable changes in research practices across the
sciences and humanities, and this project is designed to really understand
in detail how humanities scholars are engaging with various forms of
information, both technologically-based and non-technological."
Humanities Information Practices (Project page)
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/?id=58
New Project Investigates Digital Information Practices and Behaviours of
Humanities Scholars
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news/?id=403
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6. Working Paper: A Model for post-Gutenberg Publishing
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Bill Dutton blogs: "Cheryll Barron has written a new OII Internet Issue
Brief (No. 4), entitled 'The Keiretsu-Cooperative: a Model for
post-Gutenberg Publishing', which is available online at SSRN:
http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1532173 It is an imaginative proposal for a
new business model to support publishing in the digital age. Cheryll has
written about computers, culture and society for the Economist, Salon, and
the New York Times, putting her in the thick of journalism and the online
world."
http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/dutton/
The paper outlines a suggestion for a profitable, post-Gutenberg publishing
model, one that puts bloggers at its centre. It avoids the chief risk of
implementing pay-for-content plans, which is reducing site traffic, thereby
reducing publishers' attractiveness to advertisers.
The paper includes responses by: Bill Emmott (ex-Economist), David Goodhart
(founder, Prospect; editor, The Financial Times), Godfrey Hodgson
(ex-Director, Reuters Foundation Programme at Oxford University) and Frances
Pinter (Bloomsbury Academic).
All the publications:
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/publications/
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7. Webcasts: File-sharing, Attention, Cybercrime, Neutrality, Engagement
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1. Peer to Peer and the Music Industry: The Criminalization of Sharing;
Matthew David, Brunel University [rec. 9 Feb 2010]
Examining technical, legal and cultural strategies by the recording industry
to persuade people that file-sharing is impossible, immoral, un-cool or
dangerous, and the failure of these strategies. Alternative business models
are discussed.
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20100209_313
2. When the Audience Clicks: Buying Attention in the Digital Age;
Prof. Joseph Turow, Annenberg (UPenn) [rec. 25 Jan 2010]
Discussion of media buying and the attention-creation industry - showing how
the fixation on audiences' click-like behaviour is a disruptive
institutional force, and how buyers' new approaches to attention are
creating new forms of social discrimination.
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20100125_310
3. Mapping and Measuring Cybercrime (Public Forum);
Various speakers [rec. 22 Jan 2010]
This public panel discussion focuses on the most appropriate ways of mapping
and measuring cybercrime to inform legislative, research and policy debates.
It highlights the findings of an all-day invited forum on the topic.
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20100122_311
4. Net Neutrality on the Internet: A Two-sided Market Analysis;
Prof. Nicolas Economides [rec. 20 Jan 2010]
A discussion of net neutrality regulation in the context of a two-sided
market model.
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20100120_312
5. Skill Matters: Explaining Different Levels of Online Engagement;
Eszter Hargittai [rec. 18 Jan 2010]
There is much enthusiasm about the Internet's potential to democratize the
public sphere. However, little is known about who is participating, who is
not, and what participation patterns may imply for the democratizing
potential of new tools and services.
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Webcast&ID=20100118_309
All the webcasts:
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/
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8. Oxford Day School: Social Transformation and the Internet
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We are excited to be offering a day school on 'Social Transformation and the
Internet' as part of the Dept of Continuing Education's programme of
courses. The day is aimed at anyone who is curious about the social,
cultural, and legal aspects of the Internet's current influence, and who
would like to know more about the potential social impacts of a future
ubiquitous Internet.
Social Transformation and the Internet
Saturday 27 March 2010 (09:30-17:30)
Dept of Continuing Education, Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford OX1
2JA
http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/results.php?Category=800
The Internet, and applications like Facebook, YouTube and Second Life,
provides us with unprecedented access to people and information. What impact
is the Internet having on our social lives and identities? Our political and
social engagement? Who and what we know? What are the key challenges for
safeguarding our privacy and security in a world of increasingly centralized
databases?
Speakers:
Dr Kathryn Eccles: Social Impacts of Digital Archives and Photo Sharing
Dr Bernie Hogan: An Introduction to Social Networking Sites
Dr Ralph Schroeder: Second Lives? Exploring Virtual Worlds
Dr Alison Powell: Internet Politics and Activism
Dr Ian Brown: Balancing Privacy and Security on the Internet
For further information and prices, contact Rita Allingham (Day School
Administrator) at: mailto:[log in to unmask]
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9. Student Diary
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The last MSc and DPhil application deadline is 12 March for 2010/11 entry.
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/
Undergraduates: we will be holding a series of sixteen lectures across
Michaelmas and Hilary Terms (ie this coming autumn = fall; and next spring)
aimed primarily at undergraduates, or students who are contemplating
applying to our MSc programme. The lectures aim to introduce the department,
the faculty, and range of areas we study: ethics, security, economics,
culture, politics, semantic web (and much more). More details to come.
Christine Madsen, librarian and OII DPhil candidate, has been awarded the
2010 Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Doctoral
Dissertation Fellowship for her proposal 'Library Futures: Building a New
Knowledge Architecture in Academic Libraries.'
Teaching News:
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/
Blog: Tobias Escher
http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/escher/
'The joy of a searchable Hansard or Why open data matters for research!'
'Are software developers political? Or should they be?'
Blog: Christine Madsen
http://christinemadsen.com/
'Books are going, but are libraries still places to read?'
'Latest on the Google Book Search Settlement'
'Paradox of the Week? Planning for Informal Learning'
'Librarians of the Future?'
Blog: Tim Davies
http://www.timdavies.org.uk/
'Content analysis, tagging, linked data and digital objectivities'
'Curating a conference: young people in a digital world'
And Michael Hills writes: 'Andrew Trevor Hills was born on January 23rd.
Three and a half weeks early and a week before my transfer documents were
due. He already has a Facebook fan page and does nightly Ustream broadcasts
for his grandmas in Canada.'
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