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Policy and Internet Journal
Policy & Internet investigates the implications of the Internet and associated technologies for public policy. It is edited by the Oxford Internet Institute for the Policy Studies Organization (PSO).
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Tag Archives: activism
Why Do (Some) Political Protest Mobilisations Succeed?
Social media are helping researchers gain insights into how people self-organize, and how bottom-up dynamics facilitate or hinder the emergence of large political mobilisations. OII Research Fellow Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon discusses how the dynamics of message propagation and recruitment help explain why some … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Society
Tagged activism, Arab Spring, collective action, mobilisation, protest, social media, Twitter
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Online Collective Action and Policy Change: Shifting Contentious Politics in Policy Processes
Internet mediated communication facilitates new forms of involvement in policy making processes for social movements, but also generates contentious politics as such. This is the central issue explored in this article by Andrea Calderaro, Guest Editor (with Anastasia Kavada from … Continue reading
Online Collective Action and Policy Change: New Special Issue from Policy and Internet
Digital communication technologies are altering the interface between policy makers and social movements. Anastasia Kavada, Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, and Guest Editor (with Andrea Calderaro from the European University Institute) of the Special issue on “Online Collective … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Politics
Tagged activism, agenda-setting, collective action, copyright, environment, open data, social media
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Papers on Policy, Activism, Government and Representation: New Issue of Policy and Internet
We are pleased to present the combined third and fourth issue of Volume 4 of Policy and Internet. It contains eleven articles, each of which investigates the relationship between Internet-based applications and data and the policy process. The papers have … Continue reading
New issue of Policy and Internet (2,2)
Welcome to the second issue of Policy & Internet for 2010! We are pleased to present six articles which investigate the role of the Internet in a wide range of policy processes and sectors: agenda setting in online and traditional … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, agenda-setting, broadband, data protection, digital divides, governance, net neutrality, personal data, privacy, regulation, social media
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