Welcome to the third issue of Policy & Internet for 2010. We are pleased to present five articles focusing on substantive public policy issues arising from widespread use of the Internet: regulation of trade in virtual goods; development of electronic government in Korea; online policy discourse in UK elections; regulatory models for broadband technologies in the US; and alternative governance frameworks for open ICT standards.<\/p>\n
Three of the articles are the first to be published from the highly successful conference ‘Internet, Politics and Policy<\/a>‘ held by the journal in Oxford, 16th-17th September 2010. You may access any of the articles below at no charge.<\/p>\n Helen Margetts: Editorial<\/a><\/p>\n Vili Lehdonvirta and Perttu Virtanen: A New Frontier in Digital Content Policy: Case Studies in the Regulation of Virtual Goods and Artificial Scarcity<\/a><\/p>\n Joon Hyoung Lim: Digital Divides in Urban E-Government in South Korea: Exploring Differences in Municipalities\u2019 Use of the Internet for Environmental Governance<\/a><\/p>\n Darren G. Lilleker and Nigel A. Jackson: Towards a More Participatory Style of Election Campaigning: The Impact of Web 2.0 on the UK 2010 General Election<\/a><\/p>\n Michael J. Santorelli: Regulatory Federalism in the Age of Broadband: A U.S. Perspective<\/a><\/p>\n