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The Impact of Over-the-Top Services on Preferences for Mobile Services: A Conjoint Analysis of Users in Nigeria Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Erezi Ogbo,Tim Brown,Jon Gant,Alex Davis,Douglas Sicker
ABSTRACT Although mobile phone subscription rates in Nigeria have grown significantly since mobile service inception in the early 2000s, over half of the population remains unconnected. As the focus of governments and mobile carriers shifts to driving Internet adoption, mobile phone serving as a facilitating condition for the use of traditional and over-the-top (OTT) services is likely to have multiple
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End(s) of the Harmonization in the European Union: Centrifuging or Engineering? Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Mehmet Bilal Unver
ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) harmonization has an evolving and dynamic nature. Different theoretical approaches (e.g., regulatory competition, coevolution, reflexive harmonization) are often echoed to delve into the EU harmonization. This article, going through these theories, endeavors to explain the harmonization discourse in the EU with a focus on the electronic communications sector. To understand
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Measuring the Brussels Effect through Access Requests: Has the European General Data Protection Regulation Influenced the Data Protection Rights of Canadian Citizens? Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 René Mahieu,Hadi Asghari,Christopher Parsons,Joris van Hoboken,Masashi Crete-Nishihata,Andrew Hilts,Siena Anstis
ABSTRACT We investigate empirically whether the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) improved compliance with data protection rights of people who are not formally protected under GDPR. By measuring compliance with the right of access for European Union (EU) and Canadian residents, we find that this is indeed the case. We argue this is likely caused by the Brussels Effect,
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Standardizing Security: Surveillance, Human Rights, and the Battle Over Tls 1.3 Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Colin J. Kiernan,Milton L. Mueller
ABSTRACT This is a detailed case study of the development of a new cybersecurity standard, Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3, and its implications for the privacy of Internet users and the security and accountability of network operators. It contributes to a theoretical debate about whether protocols or standards can have values or can be considered political. We find that while the design choices
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Trust Zones: A Path to a More Secure Internet Infrastructure Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 David Clark,kc claffy
ABSTRACT This article describes a data-driven approach to improve the security of the Internet infrastructure. We identify the key vulnerabilities, and describe why the barriers to progress are not just technical, but embedded in a complex space of misaligned incentive, negative externalities, lack of agreement as to priority and approach, and missing leadership. We describe current trends in how applications
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Applying a Contextual Integrity Framework to Privacy Policies for Smart Technologies Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Gwen Shaffer
ABSTRACT This research anticipates a future where “smart cities” rely extensively on data analytics to determine budget allocations, to manage traffic, to design infrastructure, and to advance sustainability efforts. In this study, Helen Nissenbaum's contextual integrity framework helps us understand how smart city residents consider privacy norms, and provides a structure for comparing these norms
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Broadband Speeds in Fibered us Markets: An Empirical Analysis Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Michael Kotrous,James Bailey
ABSTRACT Broadband deployment policies have directly subsidized fiber providers because fiber broadband delivers fast download speeds. This article examines whether recent fiber buildout has increased competition for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines (aDSL) and cable incumbents and whether entry by a fiber competitor predicts faster incumbent download speeds. Despite significant growth in fiber broadband
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Early GDPR Penalties: Analysis of Implementation and Fines Through May 2020 Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Josephine Wolff,Nicole Atallah
ABSTRACT The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect in May 2018, enabled European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) to fine companies up to 4 percent of their annual revenue in the event that they were found in violation of the regulation's requirements for data collection, processing, and use. But the regulation gave DPAs considerable leeway to determine how they would
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Twitter and Turkey: Social Media Surveillance at the Intersection of Corporate Ethics and International Policy Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Jeffery Wilson,Ashley Hahn
ABSTRACT The Arab Spring was a period of optimism when researchers saw social media platforms as a catalyst for advancing democracy worldwide. But Twitter and its peers are corporations that prioritize monetary and political gains. Through digital-ethnographic and archival research on Turkey, we found that the technology social media companies promised would enhance democracy may hinder it by providing
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The Would-Be Technocracy: Evaluating Efforts to Direct and Control Social Change with Internet Protocol Design Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Farzaneh Badiei,Bradley Fidler
ABSTRACT This article discusses the shortcomings of value in design approach to protect human rights on the Internet. It argues that Internet protocols do not single handedly mitigate human rights on the Internet and in order to measure their impact, they need to be put in context. In other words, instead of design determinism, contextual analysis of Internet technologies that involve Internet protocols
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Lessons from Internet Use and Performance During Covid-19 Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Shefali Dahiya,Lila N. Rokanas,Surabhi Singh,Melissa Yang,Jon M. Peha
ABSTRACT When COVID-19 hit, many people began working, going to school, and living much of their lives from home. The Internet was a gateway to the world. This article uses data from Internet speed tests, consumer complaints, search engine optimization tools, and logs of Internet use from public libraries to understand the effects of the pandemic on Internet use and performance. Despite reports that
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Rural Measures: A Quantitative Study of The Rural Digital Divide Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Angela K. Hollman,Timothy R. Obermier,Paul R. Burger
ABSTRACT A need exists for the accurate measurement of the rural digital divide to most effectively direct public policy assistance. This study examined: Can the rural-urban digital divide be accurately measured? Two pilot studies were performed to develop, test, and evaluate an inexpensive technology alongside of social science metrics. This methodology measures from the consumer's perspective, matching
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Revising the Record: Six Stylized Economic Facts About Pre-Covid US Residential Broadband Markets Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Kenneth Flamm,Pablo Varas
ABSTRACT This article reviews available public data on the pre-COVID (2014–2018) residential broadband markets in the United States, and presents six data-driven stylized economic facts about these markets. Broadband was a significant household expenditure. There were very limited numbers of competing residential broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) in most local markets. Service prices have
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5G Versus Wi-Fi: Challenges for Economic, Spectrum, and Security Policy Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Roslyn Layton,David Witkowski
ABSTRACT The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declares that 5G and Wi-Fi are complementary technologies. This sanguine observation belies the intense competition between policy actors to secure finite radio spectrum for these technologies. Although consumers may experience the “seamlessness” enabled by wireless technologies, there are important economic, spectrum, and security differences between
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Competent Third Parties and Content Moderation on Platforms: Potentials of Independent Decision-Making Bodies From A Governance Structure Perspective Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Amélie Heldt,Stephan Dreyer
ABSTRACT After many years of much-criticized opacity in the field of content moderation, social media platforms are now opening up to a dialogue with users and policymakers. Until now, liability frameworks in the United States and in the European Union (EU) have set incentives for platforms not to monitor user-generated content—an increasingly contested model that has led to (inter alia) practices
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Organizational Change and Security Clearance Reform: From the January 2021 Capitol Insurrection to a Future with Artificial Intelligence Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Sarah Young
ABSTRACT The Trusted Workforce 2.0 (TW2.0) initiative revamping the personnel security program made strides to implement the process of continuous evaluation (CE). CE isn't a new concept, though, but why did it take so long to implement? I argue TW2.0 built on previous momentum of evolutionary change to capitalize on a moment of punctuated equilibrium while utilizing best practices of designing for
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Conducting Critical Analysis on International Communication Rights Standards: The Contributions of Graphical Knowledge Modeling Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Normand Landry,Anne-Marie Pilote,Anne-Marie Brunelle
Abstract Using the computerized application of Modeling using Object Types (MOT) theory, this article examines the normative dimension of official interpretations of a corpus of core “communication rights” (the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the right to privacy, the right to participate in cultural life, and the right to education) enshrined and protected by the International Covenants
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Public Service Media as a Political Issue: How Does the European Parliament Approach PSM and Communication Rights? Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Marta Rodríguez-Castro,Francisco Campos-Freire,Ana López-Cepeda
Abstract Platform dominance, threats to media freedom and disinformation are some of the key phenomena that are shaping the current media environment in Europe and threatening citizens' communication rights. Within this context, Public Service Media (PSM) could have an important role to play, although explicit political support is needed. This article studies the main communication and PSM topics that
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A Dynamic Perspective of Internet Service Provider Adoption of Emergent Network Technology: A Case Study of Tribal Digital Village Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Richard Canevez,Carleen Maitland,Matthew Rantanen
Abstract Technological mediation describes the process where internet service providers (ISPs) translate telecommunications network innovations from the “technological frontier” to their particular commercial context. Although the original conception defined three obstacles during this process (technical, commercial, and structural), how these obstacles unfold has yet to be fully investigated. Using
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Addressing Misinformation on Whatsapp in India Through Intermediary Liability Policy, Platform Design Modification, and Media Literacy Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Ben Medeiros,Pawan Singh
Abstract Through a case study of lynchings in India that are perceived to have been catalyzed by misinformation on WhatsApp, this article explores how policymakers can mitigate social media misinformation without compromising public discourse. We evaluate the costs and benefits of three approaches to managing misinformation: intermediary liability reform, changes to platform design, and public information
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Four Discourses of Digital Rights: Promises and Problems of Rights-Based Politics Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Kari Karppinen,Outi Puukko
Abstract The notion of digital rights has recently generated a number of political declarations and civil society initiatives across the world. By critically examining these declarations and academic debates on digital rights, this article asks: Why is it that information policy issues are increasingly framed in terms of individual rights? And on what understandings of rights do various political,
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Policy Challenges in Mapping Internet Interdomain Congestion Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 kc claffy,David D. Clark,Steve Bauer,Amogh Dhamdhere
Abstract Interconnection links connecting broadband access providers with their peers, transit providers and major content providers, are a potential point of discriminatory treatment and impairment of user experience. However, adequate data to shed light on this situation is lacking, and different actors can put forward opportunistic interpretations of data to support their points of view. In this
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Protecting Academic Freedom or Managing Reputation? An Evaluation of University Social Media Policies Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Melanie Kwestel,Elizabeth Fitzpatrick Milano
Abstract University social media policies appear to favor institutional reputation over the tenets of academic freedom upon which research and teaching are based. A content analysis of social media policies of 82 doctoral-granting research universities found that policies used language and concepts that restrain online faculty speech. Two-thirds of policies are overseen by marketing departments rather
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Frozen 2: Communication Rights and the Thaw of Public Funding in Small Media Systems Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Manuel Puppis,Hilde Van den Bulck,Etienne Bürdel
Abstract This contribution investigates how public funding of media can be reinterpreted to fit a communication rights–based approach to media policy. To this end, it describes and evaluates current public funding in small democratic-corporatist European media systems. While public funding is no longer “frozen” in its late twentieth-century state, as funding mechanisms have undergone significant change
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Introduction: Communication Rights in the Digital Age Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Minna Aslama Horowitz,,Hannu Nieminen,,Amit M. Schejter,
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Examining How GDPR Challenges Emerging Technologies Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Rania El-Gazzar,Karen Stendal
Abstract Emerging technologies, particularly cloud computing, blockchain, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence, have received noticeable attention from research and industry. These technologies contribute to innovation in public and private organizations, but threaten the privacy of individuals. The natural characteristics of these technologies are challenged by the new general data protection
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Stimulating Innovation: Statutory Influence on Electric Cooperative Telecommunications Innovation Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Jamie A. Greig
Abstract Despite investment in electric cooperatives to stimulate innovation in the broadband telecommunications market, an overwhelming majority (around 835 out of approximately 900) have refrained from engaging in broadband infrastructure projects. This study identifies “statutory environment” as a barrier to electric co-op innovations in the broadband market, analyzes state-by-state legislation
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Communication Rights for Social Bots?: Options for the Governance of Automated Computer-Generated Online Identities Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Stefano Pedrazzi,Franziska Oehmer
Abstract Social bots, automated agents operating in social networks, are suspected of influencing online debates, opinion-formation processes and thus, the outcome of elections and votes. They do so by contributing to the dissemination of illegal content and disinformation and by jeopardizing an accurate perception of the relevance and popularity of persons, topics, or positions, through their potentially
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From Liability to Accountability: The Ethics of Citing Section 230 to Avoid the Obligations of Running a Social Media Platform Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Benjamin W. Cramer
Abstract In the United States, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides immunity from liability for Internet operators who host information submitted by their users. This article will argue that Section 230 allows firms to avoid accountability for the malfeasance that their platforms have enabled. With a focus on the ethical differences between liability (a legal concept) and accountability
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The Functions of Data in the Competition between Audiovisual Media and Video Sharing Platforms for Advertising Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Sally Broughton Micova,Sabine Jacques
Abstract The European Union's (EU) 2018 Audiovisual Media Services Directive attempted to level the playing field upon which video sharing platforms and audiovisual media services compete by evening out advertising and consumer protection rules. Recent competition policy literature identifies data as a source of dominance in platform markets, suggesting its relevance to such situations where platforms
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Four Phases of Internet Policy Development: Risks to the Public Interest Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Sabrina Wilkinson
Abstract This article investigates what risks to the public interest may arise in Internet policy development facilitated by Canada's communications regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). It finds that different risks exist in four distinct phases of CRTC policy formation. Although these threats are wide-ranging, they often relate to the strategic behaviors
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Stop Spreading The Data: PSM, Trust, and Third-Party Services Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Jannick Kirk Sørensen,Hilde Van den Bulck,Sokol Kosta
Abstract The article analyzes problems relating to public service media use of third-party services that track, collect, and analyze user behavior. The article extends a rights-based conception of privacy to privacy as a social phenomenon based in trust, relevant to public service media as “islands of trust.” However, data of European public and private media sites show that public service media, especially
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More Than a Suspect: An Investigation into the Connection Between Data Breaches, Identity Theft, and Data Breach Notification Laws Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-05-01 Fabio Bisogni,Hadi Asghari
Abstract This article investigates the relationship between data breaches and identity theft, including the impact of Data Breach Notification Laws (DBNL) on these incidents (using empirical data and Bayesian modeling). We collected incident data on breaches and identity thefts over a 13-year timespan (2005–2017) in the United States. Our analysis shows that the correlation is driven by the size of
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Introduction: Communication Rights in the Digital Age Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Horowitz,Nieminen,Schejter
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A Dynamic Perspective of Internet Service Provider Adoption of Emergent Network Technology: A Case Study of Tribal Digital Village Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Canevez,Maitland,Rantanen
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Four Discourses of Digital Rights: Promises and Problems of Rights-Based Politics Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Karppinen,Puukko
The notion of digital rights has recently generated a number of political declarations and civil society initiatives across the world. By critically examining these declarations and academic debates on digital rights, this article asks: Why is it that information policy issues are increasingly framed in terms of individual rights? And on what understandings of rights do various political, corporate
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Four Phases of Internet Policy Development: Risks to the Public Interest Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Wilkinson
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Policy Challenges in Mapping Internet Interdomain Congestion Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 claffy,Clark,Bauer,Dhamdhere
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Conducting Critical Analysis on International Communication Rights Standards: The Contributions of Graphical Knowledge Modeling Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Landry,Pilote,Brunelle
A l’aide de l'application informatique de la theorie de la modelisation par types d'objets (MOT), cet article examine la dimension normative des interpretations officielles d'un corpus de droits humains consacres sur la scene internationale. Cet article propose une contribution methodologique par laquelle l'application informatisee de la theorie de la modelisation des connaissances favorise l'analyse
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Public Service Media as a Political Issue: How Does the European Parliament Approach PSM and Communication Rights? Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Rodríguez-Castro,Campos-Freire,López-Cepeda
Platform dominance, threats to media freedom and disinformation are some of the key phenomena that are shaping the current media environment in Europe and threatening citizens' communication rights. Within this context, Public Service Media (PSM) could have an important role to play, although explicit political support is needed. This article studies the main communication and PSM topics that have
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Examining How GDPR Challenges Emerging Technologies Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 El-Gazzar,Stendal
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The Functions of Data in the Competition between Audiovisual Media and Video Sharing Platforms for Advertising Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Micova,Jacques
The European Union’s (EU) 2018 Audiovisual Media Services Directive attempted to level the playing field upon which video sharing platforms and audiovisual media services compete by evening out advertising and consumer protection rules. Recent competition policy literature identifies data as a source of dominance in platform markets, suggesting its relevance to such situations where platforms compete
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Stimulating Innovation: Statutory Influence on Electric Cooperative Telecommunications Innovation Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Greig
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Protecting Academic Freedom or Managing Reputation? An Evaluation of University Social Media Policies Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Kwestel,Milano
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Addressing Misinformation on Whatsapp in India Through Intermediary Liability Policy, Platform Design Modification, and Media Literacy Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Medeiros,Singh
5rough a case study of lynchings in India that are perceived to have been catalyzed by misinformation on WhatsApp, this article explores how policymakers can mitigate social media misinformation without compromising public discourse. We evaluate the costs and bene6ts of three approaches to managing misinformation: intermediary liability reform, changes to platform design, and public information endeavors
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Communication Rights for Social Bots?: Options for the Governance of Automated Computer-Generated Online Identities Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Pedrazzi,Oehmer
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Stop Spreading The Data: PSM, Trust, and Third-Party Services Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Sørensen,Van den Bulck,Kosta
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Frozen 2: Communication Rights and the Thaw of Public Funding in Small Media Systems Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Puppis,Van den Bulck,Bürdel
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From Liability to Accountability: The Ethics of Citing Section 230 to Avoid the Obligations of Running a Social Media Platform Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Cramer
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More Than a Suspect: An Investigation into the Connection Between Data Breaches, Identity Theft, and Data Breach Notification Laws Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-01-01 Bisogni, Asghari
This article investigates the relationship between data breaches and identity theft, including the impact of Data Breach Notification Laws (DBNL) on these incidents (using empirical data and Bayesian modeling). We collected incident data on breaches and identity thefts over a 13-year timespan (2005–2017) in the United States. Our analysis shows that the correlation is driven by the size of a state
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The Influence of Topography and Fracking on Cellular Network Availability in Unserved Areas of North Central Pennsylvania Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Benjamin W. Cramer
Abstract North Central Pennsylvania suffers from sparse cellular network coverage due to the longstanding challenges of low populations and rugged topography that are common in other remote areas. However, in recent years the natural gas (“fracking”) industry has entered the region and enjoys much better network coverage than citizens. Based on field research by the author, this article analyzes the
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Normative Analysis in the Communications Field: Why We Should Distinguish Communicative Means and Ends of Justice Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Max Hänska
Abstract In the social sciences, we often face normative questions, not least because many areas of inquiry intersect with public policy. Understanding and explaining media and communications is one task, deciding how communication systems should be organized quite another, but normative analysis receives scant attention. This article explores normative analysis: what is involved in answering questions
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Sen’s Capabilities Approach and the Measurement of Communication Outcomes Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Tom Jacobson,Leanne Chang
Abstract Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach to development defines development as an increase in freedoms citizens have to choose preferred development options. While Sen’s more recent writings are theoretical and philosophical his work was originally based in social choice theory, which comprises a tradition in quantifying and analyzing collective preferences, or choices among preferences. This article
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Algorithmic Regulation in Media and Cultural Policy: A Framework to Evaluate Barriers to Accountability Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Robert Hunt,Fenwick McKelvey
Abstract The word “algorithm” is best understood as a generic term for automated decision-making. Algorithms can be coded by humans or they can become self-taught through machine learning. Cultural goods and news increasingly pass through information intermediaries known as platforms that rely on algorithms to filter, rank, sort, classify, and promote information. Algorithmic content recommendation
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Political Manipulation and Internet Advertising Infrastructure Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Matthew Crain,Anthony Nadler
Abstract Disinformation and other forms of manipulative, antidemocratic communication have emerged as a problem for Internet policy. While such operations are not limited to electoral politics, efforts to influence and disrupt elections have created significant concerns. Data-driven digital advertising has played a key role in facilitating political manipulation campaigns. Rather than stand alone incidents
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Cybersecurity Capacity: Does It Matter? Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 William H. Dutton,Sadie Creese,Ruth Shillair,Maria Bada
Abstract National cybersecurity capacity building involves the development of managerial, technical, social, legal, policy, and regulatory initiatives by a growing ecology of actors to enhance the resilience of nations to cybersecurity breaches, cybercrime, and terrorism. Capacity building is therefore resource intensive, requiring attention across sectors of society, ranging from governments to Internet
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Notice After Notice-and-Consent: Why Privacy Disclosures Are Valuable Even If Consent Frameworks Aren't Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Daniel Susser
Abstract The dominant legal and regulatory approach to protecting information privacy is a form of mandated disclosure commonly known as “notice-and-consent.” Many have criticized this approach, arguing that privacy decisions are too complicated, and privacy disclosures too convoluted, for individuals to make meaningful consent decisions about privacy choices—decisions that often require us to waive
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The Political Economy of Media Capabilities: The Capability Approach in Media Policy Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Michael Litschka
Abstract In this article, the implications and application possibilities of the capability approach by Amartya Sen for normative discussions about media policy are explored. It gives an overview of some important streams of heterodox political-economic approaches in economics and their role in a “mediatized” world and centers on two concepts of major interest for media policies: the potential media
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Let's Meet Halfway: Sharing New Responsibilities in a Digital Age Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Amélie Heldt
Abstract Which legal instrument can effectively address current challenges in social media governance and how do companies take their share, shifting away from opaque enforcement of terms of services and increasingly copying governmental structures? In a first step, this article describes and analyzes the way that states address hate speech and misinformation in their respective regulatory projects
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How Government Surveillance Policies Modify SNS Use in South Korea Journal of Information Policy (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Tonghoon Kim,David J. Atkin
Abstract The present study examines the assumption that online users would be influenced by widely reported privacy threats; namely, that public servants might monitor personal online communications between instant messenger users, and compel the Korean domestic social network service (SNS) providers to cooperate with their surveillance efforts. Utilizing uses and gratifications (U&G) theory, we integrate