© Oxford University Lectures and seminars from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford. The OII is a leading world centre for multidisciplinary research and teaching on the social factors that are shaping the Internet, and their implications for society. Areas covered by our podcasts include: social networking, Internet regulation, safety and security online, e-government and democracy, civil society, open access, identity, e-learning, citizen journalism and new media, and the future of the Internet itself. en-GB Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:28:46 +0100 http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford University http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/images/podcasts/oii.png http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/ 1 Internet media democracy government networking people information politics social society The Internet and web are creating a new space for networking people, information and other resources: this has the potential to become an important 'fifth estate' to support greater accountability in politics, the media and other institutional arenas. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2008-09-12:122039:455:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20071015_208/20071015_208.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu The Internet and web are creating a new space for networking people, information and other resources: this has the potential to become an important 'fifth estate' to support greater accountability in politics, the media and other institutional arenas. The Internet and web are creating a new space for networking people, information and other resources: this has the potential to become an important 'fifth estate' to support greater accountability in politics, the media and other institutional arenas. Internet,media,democracy,government,networking,people,information,politics,social,society William Dutton 2907 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:20:39 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 2 facebook myspace e-mail twitter social networking microsoft internet online relationships sartore hogan Veronica Sartore interviews Dr Bernie Hogan about his research on the social networking site Facebook, differences between online and offline relationships, how personal boundaries are regulated and the strength of weak ties. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-02-06:111330:189:internet/all-audio http://media.podcasts.ox.ac.uk/internet/oii/hogan-medium-audio.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Veronica Sartore interviews Dr Bernie Hogan about his research on the social networking site Facebook, differences between online and offline relationships, how personal boundaries are regulated and the strength of weak ties. Veronica Sartore interviews Dr Bernie Hogan about his research on the social networking site Facebook, differences between online and offline relationships, how personal boundaries are regulated and the strength of weak ties. facebook,myspace,e-mail,twitter,social networking,microsoft,internet,online relationships,sartore,hogan Bernie Hogan, Veronica Sartore 2791 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:13:30 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 3 internet web traffic modelling visualisation prediction democracy users web ranking news production economics media stock market Using three years of daily Web traffic data, and new models adapted from financial mathematics, this talk examines large-scale variation in Web traffic. Using new models adapted from financial mathematics, Dr Hindman examines large-scale variation in Web traffic and finds that web audience distribution is actually extremely stable. He discusses the implications for the openness of the online public sphere. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-03-06:172959:488:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090306_271/20090306_271.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Using three years of daily Web traffic data, and new models adapted from financial mathematics, this talk examines large-scale variation in Web traffic. Using three years of daily Web traffic data, and new models adapted from financial mathematics, this talk examines large-scale variation in Web traffic. Using new models adapted from financial mathematics, Dr Hindman examines large-scale variation in Web traffic and finds that web audience distribution is actually extremely stable. He discusses the implications for the openness of the online public sphere. internet,web traffic,modelling,visualisation,prediction,democracy,users,web ranking,news,production,economics,media,stock market Matthew Hindman 2580 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:29:59 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 4 trust computing systems computer architecture trusted systems security computer attacks hardware Eugene provokes us to question some assumptions related to computer architecture, the definitions of security, and how best to build trusted systems. Are current methods of defining security appropriate? How might we better design a system to be secured? A great deal of the trust we think we can place (or not) in our computing systems is based on experience with the ones we commonly use. However, those computing systems continue to be victimized by a variety of failures and attacks. Perhaps some of the 'common knowledge' on which we base our designs is itself faulty? Perhaps we are employing concepts that should be re-examined? In this talk, Eugene provokes the audience to question some assumptions related to computer architecture, the definitions of security, and how best to build trusted systems. In particular, we should question if the current methods of defining security are appropriate, how we might better design a system to be secured, and whether we understand the appropriate tradeoffs when paying for heightened trust. Professor Eugene H. Spafford is one of the most senior and recognized leaders in the field of computing. He has an on-going record of accomplishment as a senior advisor and consultant on issues of security and intelligence, education, cybercrime and computing policy to a number of major companies, law enforcement organizations, academic and government agencies. This talk is a Keynote from the TRUST 2009 Conference (University of Oxford, April 2009) which focused on trusted and trustworthy computing, both from technical and social perspectives. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-05-08:133637:712:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090406_279/20090406_279.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Eugene provokes us to question some assumptions related to computer architecture, the definitions of security, and how best to build trusted systems. Are current methods of defining security appropriate? How might we better design a system to be secured? Eugene provokes us to question some assumptions related to computer architecture, the definitions of security, and how best to build trusted systems. Are current methods of defining security appropriate? How might we better design a system to be secured? A great deal of the trust we think we can place (or not) in our computing systems is based on experience with the ones we commonly use. However, those computing systems continue to be victimized by a variety of failures and attacks. Perhaps some of the 'common knowledge' on which we base our designs is itself faulty? Perhaps we are employing concepts that should be re-examined? In this talk, Eugene provokes the audience to question some assumptions related to computer architecture, the definitions of security, and how best to build trusted systems. In particular, we should question if the current methods of defining security are appropriate, how we might better design a system to be secured, and whether we understand the appropriate tradeoffs when paying for heightened trust. Professor Eugene H. Spafford is one of the most senior and recognized leaders in the field of computing. He has an on-going record of accomplishment as a senior advisor and consultant on issues of security and intelligence, education, cybercrime and computing policy to a number of major companies, law enforcement organizations, academic and government agencies. This talk is a Keynote from the TRUST 2009 Conference (University of Oxford, April 2009) which focused on trusted and trustworthy computing, both from technical and social perspectives. trust,computing systems,computer architecture,trusted systems,security,computer attacks,hardware Eugene H. Spafford 3043 Fri, 08 May 2009 13:36:37 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 5 trust computing systems computer architecture trusted systems security computer attacks hardware How do we build trustworthy hardware, and how can we use that to increase the trustworthiness of broader distributed computation? Sean presents some things he's learned, some things he wishes he had done differently, and some things he'd still like to do. How do we build trustworthy hardware, and how can we use that to increase the trustworthiness of broader distributed computation? These questions have followed Sean through a variety of venues in his career so far: academia, government, start-up, large industry, and academia again. In this talk, Sean presents some things he's learned, some things he wishes he had done differently, and some things he'd still like to do. Professor Sean Smith has been working in information security - attacks and defenses, for industry and government - since before there was a Web. His current work, as PI of the Dartmouth PKI Lab, investigates how to build trustworthy systems in the real world. This talk is a Keynote from the TRUST 2009 Conference (University of Oxford, April 2009) which focused on trusted and trustworthy computing, both from technical and social perspectives. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-05-08:133758:240:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090407_280/20090407_280.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu How do we build trustworthy hardware, and how can we use that to increase the trustworthiness of broader distributed computation? Sean presents some things he's learned, some things he wishes he had done differently, and some things he'd still like to do. How do we build trustworthy hardware, and how can we use that to increase the trustworthiness of broader distributed computation? Sean presents some things he's learned, some things he wishes he had done differently, and some things he'd still like to do. How do we build trustworthy hardware, and how can we use that to increase the trustworthiness of broader distributed computation? These questions have followed Sean through a variety of venues in his career so far: academia, government, start-up, large industry, and academia again. In this talk, Sean presents some things he's learned, some things he wishes he had done differently, and some things he'd still like to do. Professor Sean Smith has been working in information security - attacks and defenses, for industry and government - since before there was a Web. His current work, as PI of the Dartmouth PKI Lab, investigates how to build trustworthy systems in the real world. This talk is a Keynote from the TRUST 2009 Conference (University of Oxford, April 2009) which focused on trusted and trustworthy computing, both from technical and social perspectives. trust,computing systems,computer architecture,trusted systems,security,computer attacks,hardware Sean Smith 2554 Fri, 08 May 2009 13:37:58 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 6 software business users markets internet web technologies services innovation business models demand Michael Cusumano focuses on how both the enterprise and consumer software businesses have been changing over the past decade, building on observations made in his 2004 book, The Business of Software. This talk focuses on how both the enterprise and consumer software businesses have been changing over the past decade and builds on observations made in Professor Cusumano's 2004 book, The Business of Software. As documented in new research, a major change is the shift among software products-companies to a services and maintenance business. Another change is the increasing importance of non-traditional business models, where software products (or functionality once sold as products) is now offered as a service or as free to the end user and paid for indirectly through advertising or other revenue sources. Part of the reason for this shift is the ageing of software companies and the saturation and commoditization of many product markets. Another factor is the platform shift to the internet and web technologies, which has increased demand for services or allowed the appearance of new business models. Professor Cusumano recommends that product or technology companies develop a hybrid business strategy and focus on 'productizing services' as well as 'servitizing products'. He also predicts a serious future battle between IT services businesses and software product companies as they fight for service revenues, and recommends that IT services companies place a new emphasis on services R and D and innovation. The basis for these observations comes from a multi-year study through which we have compiled 10 or more years of annual financial data on publicly listed global software product firms (approximately 400) and IT services and computer hardware and telecommunications firms (approximately 500). http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-05-08:133903:078:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090326_281/20090326_281.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Michael Cusumano focuses on how both the enterprise and consumer software businesses have been changing over the past decade, building on observations made in his 2004 book, The Business of Software. Michael Cusumano focuses on how both the enterprise and consumer software businesses have been changing over the past decade, building on observations made in his 2004 book, The Business of Software. This talk focuses on how both the enterprise and consumer software businesses have been changing over the past decade and builds on observations made in Professor Cusumano's 2004 book, The Business of Software. As documented in new research, a major change is the shift among software products-companies to a services and maintenance business. Another change is the increasing importance of non-traditional business models, where software products (or functionality once sold as products) is now offered as a service or as free to the end user and paid for indirectly through advertising or other revenue sources. Part of the reason for this shift is the ageing of software companies and the saturation and commoditization of many product markets. Another factor is the platform shift to the internet and web technologies, which has increased demand for services or allowed the appearance of new business models. Professor Cusumano recommends that product or technology companies develop a hybrid business strategy and focus on 'productizing services' as well as 'servitizing products'. He also predicts a serious future battle between IT services businesses and software product companies as they fight for service revenues, and recommends that IT services companies place a new emphasis on services R and D and innovation. The basis for these observations comes from a multi-year study through which we have compiled 10 or more years of annual financial data on publicly listed global software product firms (approximately 400) and IT services and computer hardware and telecommunications firms (approximately 500). software,business,users,markets,internet,web technologies,services,innovation,business models,demand Michael Cusumano 3213 Fri, 08 May 2009 13:39:03 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 7 law regulation technology convergence risk society governance legal issues emerging technologies ict biotechnology nanotechnology Roger Brownsword argues that the legal community should be concerned to contribute to debates about the implications and regulation of rapidly developing and converging technologies (eg ICTs, biotech / nanotech). Roger Brownsword argues that the emergence of a raft of rapidly developing technologies (ICTs, biotechnologies, nanotechnologies and neurotechnologies), together with the prospect of significant convergence between some or all of these technologies, should be of major concern to the legal community. One set of questions focuses on the regulatory environment in which these technologies first emerge before developing and moving on. What contribution can lawyers make to ensuring that the regulatory environment is fit for purpose? In particular, how well does law perform in controlling for the risks presented by these technologies; and how well does it perform in supporting the research, development, and distribution of these technologies? A second set of questions relates to the use by regulators of various kinds of technological fix, including fixing opportunities presented by developments in these emerging technologies. In addition to checking that technological fixes are legitimate and effective, what should the legal community make of the possibility that technology might displace law as an instrument of social control? In short, lawyers should be concerned to contribute to debates about getting the regulatory environment right for emerging technologies, but they should also be concerned about the implications of technology and design replacing law as a channelling mechanism. This lecture is part of a series organised in collaboration with the Society for Computers and Law (SCL) to provide a platform for leading international scholars to address emerging legal issues concerning the Internet: its use, governance and regulation. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-05-08:134022:010:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090330_278/20090330_278.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Roger Brownsword argues that the legal community should be concerned to contribute to debates about the implications and regulation of rapidly developing and converging technologies (eg ICTs, biotech / nanotech). Roger Brownsword argues that the legal community should be concerned to contribute to debates about the implications and regulation of rapidly developing and converging technologies (eg ICTs, biotech / nanotech). Roger Brownsword argues that the emergence of a raft of rapidly developing technologies (ICTs, biotechnologies, nanotechnologies and neurotechnologies), together with the prospect of significant convergence between some or all of these technologies, should be of major concern to the legal community. One set of questions focuses on the regulatory environment in which these technologies first emerge before developing and moving on. What contribution can lawyers make to ensuring that the regulatory environment is fit for purpose? In particular, how well does law perform in controlling for the risks presented by these technologies; and how well does it perform in supporting the research, development, and distribution of these technologies? A second set of questions relates to the use by regulators of various kinds of technological fix, including fixing opportunities presented by developments in these emerging technologies. In addition to checking that technological fixes are legitimate and effective, what should the legal community make of the possibility that technology might displace law as an instrument of social control? In short, lawyers should be concerned to contribute to debates about getting the regulatory environment right for emerging technologies, but they should also be concerned about the implications of technology and design replacing law as a channelling mechanism. This lecture is part of a series organised in collaboration with the Society for Computers and Law (SCL) to provide a platform for leading international scholars to address emerging legal issues concerning the Internet: its use, governance and regulation. law,regulation,technology,convergence,risk,society,governance,legal issues,emerging technologies,ict,biotechnology,nanotechnology Roger Brownsword 3929 Fri, 08 May 2009 13:40:22 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 8 diplomacy negotiation politics globalization economics multilateral information power trade governance internet JP Singh discusses the role played by diplomacy and negotiations in economic globalization, exploring possibilities for transformational problem-solving through multilateral diplomacy, allowing an adjustment of positions so that mutual gains will result JP Singh discusses aspects of his book 'Negotiation and the Global Information Economy'. What role do diplomacy and negotiations play in economic globalization? Many argue that great powers shape diplomacy to their advantage, others that, in a 'flat world', diplomacy helps everyone. Going beyond these polarized views, this book explores the conditions under which negotiations matter and the ways in which diplomacy is evolving in the global commercial arena. JP Singh argues that where there is a diffusion or decentralization of power among global actors, diplomacy can be effective in allowing the adjustment of positions so that mutual gains will result. In contrast, when there is a concentration of power, outcomes tend to benefit the strong. There will be little alteration in perception of interest, and coercion by strong powers is common. Singh's book suggests that there are possibilities for transformational problem-solving through multilateral diplomacy. Empirically, the book examines the most important information-age trade issues. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-07-03:140523:019:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090508_284/20090508_284.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu JP Singh discusses the role played by diplomacy and negotiations in economic globalization, exploring possibilities for transformational problem-solving through multilateral diplomacy, allowing an adjustment of positions so that mutual gains will result JP Singh discusses the role played by diplomacy and negotiations in economic globalization, exploring possibilities for transformational problem-solving through multilateral diplomacy, allowing an adjustment of positions so that mutual gains will result JP Singh discusses aspects of his book 'Negotiation and the Global Information Economy'. What role do diplomacy and negotiations play in economic globalization? Many argue that great powers shape diplomacy to their advantage, others that, in a 'flat world', diplomacy helps everyone. Going beyond these polarized views, this book explores the conditions under which negotiations matter and the ways in which diplomacy is evolving in the global commercial arena. JP Singh argues that where there is a diffusion or decentralization of power among global actors, diplomacy can be effective in allowing the adjustment of positions so that mutual gains will result. In contrast, when there is a concentration of power, outcomes tend to benefit the strong. There will be little alteration in perception of interest, and coercion by strong powers is common. Singh's book suggests that there are possibilities for transformational problem-solving through multilateral diplomacy. Empirically, the book examines the most important information-age trade issues. diplomacy,negotiation,politics,globalization,economics,multilateral,information,power,trade,governance,internet JP Singh 1981 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:05:23 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 9 Internet broadband media content fibre optic economics technology infrastructure networks medium television trends entertainment sensory experience By investigating price and capacity trends over the past century, Eli Noam shows that it is possible to predict the type, style, and genres of media content of a future ultra-broadband infrastructure, which allows a richer, more bit-intensive content The nature of content is critical for the economic viability of an ultra-broadband infrastructure. This paper asks what types of media content we will have when we achieve widespread fiber optic networks. In the past, an expansion of transmission capacity led to a 'widening' of the TV medium. But the impact of ultrabroadband will be a 'deepening' of the content to a richer, more bit-intensive content. The paper investigates, for 25 media, the price and capacity trends over the past century. It creates a model which shows the relationship of media prices per second over time, and the declining transmission cost per second and per GB. We find that the price people have been willing to pay for media entertainment per time unit has been fairly steady over a century, adjusted for inflation, at about 4.4 cents per minute. The price of distribution of content has been dropping at a compound rate of 8%. This enables us to identify the trend of bits per second delivered - the 'richness' - of the media over time. It grows at about 8% per annum. Projecting this rate permits us to predict the type, style, and genres of media content of the near future. It also enables us to determine the time when media will become visually richer than 3-D real life in terms of sensory experience. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-07-03:140835:920:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20081113_267/20081113_267.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu By investigating price and capacity trends over the past century, Eli Noam shows that it is possible to predict the type, style, and genres of media content of a future ultra-broadband infrastructure, which allows a richer, more bit-intensive content By investigating price and capacity trends over the past century, Eli Noam shows that it is possible to predict the type, style, and genres of media content of a future ultra-broadband infrastructure, which allows a richer, more bit-intensive content The nature of content is critical for the economic viability of an ultra-broadband infrastructure. This paper asks what types of media content we will have when we achieve widespread fiber optic networks. In the past, an expansion of transmission capacity led to a 'widening' of the TV medium. But the impact of ultrabroadband will be a 'deepening' of the content to a richer, more bit-intensive content. The paper investigates, for 25 media, the price and capacity trends over the past century. It creates a model which shows the relationship of media prices per second over time, and the declining transmission cost per second and per GB. We find that the price people have been willing to pay for media entertainment per time unit has been fairly steady over a century, adjusted for inflation, at about 4.4 cents per minute. The price of distribution of content has been dropping at a compound rate of 8%. This enables us to identify the trend of bits per second delivered - the 'richness' - of the media over time. It grows at about 8% per annum. Projecting this rate permits us to predict the type, style, and genres of media content of the near future. It also enables us to determine the time when media will become visually richer than 3-D real life in terms of sensory experience. Internet,broadband,media,content,fibre optic,economics,technology,infrastructure,networks,medium,television,trends,entertainment,sensory experience Eli Noam 3821 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:08:35 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 10 urban informatics city networks planning design planning participation Second Life trends technology geography information communication internet visalization virtual reality environment public community interaction people place society Marcus Foth demonstrates the value of various tools and services (eg Second Life) for engaging people in novel and participatory planning exercises, and for investigating how the public interpret and understand proposed urban designs and urban planning The majority of the world's citizens now live in cities. Although urban planning can thus be thought of as a field with significant ramifications on the human condition, many practitioners feel that it has reached a crisis in thought leadership. Conventional approaches to engage people in participatory planning exercises are limited in reach and scope. At the same time, sociocultural trends and technology innovation offer opportunities to re-think the status quo in urban planning. The notion of neogeography introduces tools and services that allow non-geographers to use advanced geographical information systems. Similarly, is a neo-planning paradigm without planners possible? This presentation traces a number of evolving links between urban planning, neogeography and information and communication technology. Two significant trends - participation and visualisation - with direct implications for urban planning are discussed. Combining novel participation and visualisation features, the popular virtual reality environment Second Life is then introduced as a test bed for a series of workshops that engaged high school students in generating narratives with a view to make transparent how they understand and interpret proposed urban designs. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-07-03:141653:404:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090604_287/20090604_287.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Marcus Foth demonstrates the value of various tools and services (eg Second Life) for engaging people in novel and participatory planning exercises, and for investigating how the public interpret and understand proposed urban designs and urban planning Marcus Foth demonstrates the value of various tools and services (eg Second Life) for engaging people in novel and participatory planning exercises, and for investigating how the public interpret and understand proposed urban designs and urban planning The majority of the world's citizens now live in cities. Although urban planning can thus be thought of as a field with significant ramifications on the human condition, many practitioners feel that it has reached a crisis in thought leadership. Conventional approaches to engage people in participatory planning exercises are limited in reach and scope. At the same time, sociocultural trends and technology innovation offer opportunities to re-think the status quo in urban planning. The notion of neogeography introduces tools and services that allow non-geographers to use advanced geographical information systems. Similarly, is a neo-planning paradigm without planners possible? This presentation traces a number of evolving links between urban planning, neogeography and information and communication technology. Two significant trends - participation and visualisation - with direct implications for urban planning are discussed. Combining novel participation and visualisation features, the popular virtual reality environment Second Life is then introduced as a test bed for a series of workshops that engaged high school students in generating narratives with a view to make transparent how they understand and interpret proposed urban designs. urban,informatics,city,networks,planning,design,planning,participation,Second Life,trends,technology,geography,information,communication,internet,visalization,virtual reality environment,public,community,interaction,people,place,society Marcus Foth 2503 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:16:53 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 11 urban informatics city networks planning design planning participation history narrative story telling mobile locative media location technology geography information communication internet visalization public community interaction people place society Marcus Foth overviews various urban informatics projects, exploring the communicative ecology of urban residents, community engagement using public history and digital storytelling, and social navigation for mobile urban information systems Cities are exciting. Cities are buzzing. They are alive with movement. A rapid flow of exchange is facilitated by a meshwork of infrastructure connections: road systems, building complexes, information and communication technology and people networks. In this environment, the Internet has advanced to become the prime communication medium that connects many threads across the fabric of urban life. The increasing ubiquity of Internet services and applications has led many scholars to question the dichotomy between cyberspace and real space. New media and information and communication technology afford an increasingly seamless transition between mediated and unmediated forms of interaction. Driven by curiosity, initiative and interdisciplinary exchange, 'urban informatics' is an emerging cluster of people interested in research and development at the intersection of people, place and technology with a focus on cities, locative media and mobile technology. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-07-03:141852:339:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20070815_207/20070815_207.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Marcus Foth overviews various urban informatics projects, exploring the communicative ecology of urban residents, community engagement using public history and digital storytelling, and social navigation for mobile urban information systems Marcus Foth overviews various urban informatics projects, exploring the communicative ecology of urban residents, community engagement using public history and digital storytelling, and social navigation for mobile urban information systems Cities are exciting. Cities are buzzing. They are alive with movement. A rapid flow of exchange is facilitated by a meshwork of infrastructure connections: road systems, building complexes, information and communication technology and people networks. In this environment, the Internet has advanced to become the prime communication medium that connects many threads across the fabric of urban life. The increasing ubiquity of Internet services and applications has led many scholars to question the dichotomy between cyberspace and real space. New media and information and communication technology afford an increasingly seamless transition between mediated and unmediated forms of interaction. Driven by curiosity, initiative and interdisciplinary exchange, 'urban informatics' is an emerging cluster of people interested in research and development at the intersection of people, place and technology with a focus on cities, locative media and mobile technology. urban,informatics,city,networks,planning,design,planning,participation,history,narrative,story telling,mobile,locative media,location,technology,geography,information,communication,internet,visalization,public,community,interaction,people,place,society Marcus Foth 4736 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:18:52 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 12 research science social media blogging community peer review academia public communication internet technology How have social media changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists? Are they challenging the supremacy of editors, reviewers and science communicators? How have they impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science? Journals and peer-reviewed publications are still the most widely used channels through which research is disseminated within the scientific community and to a broader audience. However, social media are increasingly challenging the supremacy of editors, reviewers and science communicators. Blogging about science has become a new way of engaging 'the public' directly with researchers whilst researchers are increasingly using blogs within their own academic communities for peer-review purposes. Panellists give their perspective on how social media have changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists, and how they have impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science. This is part of a series of recordings from the OII's Oxford Social Media Convention, held at the University of Oxford on 18 September 2009. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-10-07:174933:924:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090918_294/20090918_294.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu How have social media changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists? Are they challenging the supremacy of editors, reviewers and science communicators? How have they impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science? How have social media changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists? Are they challenging the supremacy of editors, reviewers and science communicators? How have they impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science? Journals and peer-reviewed publications are still the most widely used channels through which research is disseminated within the scientific community and to a broader audience. However, social media are increasingly challenging the supremacy of editors, reviewers and science communicators. Blogging about science has become a new way of engaging 'the public' directly with researchers whilst researchers are increasingly using blogs within their own academic communities for peer-review purposes. Panellists give their perspective on how social media have changed the nature of the scientific debate among scientists, and how they have impacted on engagement with the public understanding of science. This is part of a series of recordings from the OII's Oxford Social Media Convention, held at the University of Oxford on 18 September 2009. research,science,social media,blogging,community,peer review,academia,public,communication,internet,technology Felix Reed-Tsochas, Maxine Clarke, Ben Goldacre, Cameron Neylon 2617 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:49:33 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 13 research transparency social media blogging community democracy accountability communication internet technology public impact social networking collaboration society politics Can Web 2.0 tools (eg blogs, social networking and wikis) enhance our democratic freedoms? Or can we dismiss the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of these social media? Have any significant social impacts been ignored so far? Theorists such as Yochai Benkler have suggested that the accessibility and inherently social nature of Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, social networking and wikis mean that we might expect them to enhance our democratic freedoms through the opening of new channels for debate and collaboration. Academic research suggests that such new opportunities have not been equally taken up, and that in many areas, new social media are simply being used by old 'elites'. At the same time, blogs and social media are having significant effect in enhancing accountability and transparency, particularly in repressive regimes like Burma and China. This session asks whether we should be so quick to dismiss the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of social media or whether there might equally be more mundane but significant social impacts which have so far been ignored. This is part of a series of recordings from the OII's Oxford Social Media Convention, held at the University of Oxford on 18 September 2009. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-10-07:175439:299:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090918_295/20090918_295.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Can Web 2.0 tools (eg blogs, social networking and wikis) enhance our democratic freedoms? Or can we dismiss the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of these social media? Have any significant social impacts been ignored so far? Can Web 2.0 tools (eg blogs, social networking and wikis) enhance our democratic freedoms? Or can we dismiss the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of these social media? Have any significant social impacts been ignored so far? Theorists such as Yochai Benkler have suggested that the accessibility and inherently social nature of Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, social networking and wikis mean that we might expect them to enhance our democratic freedoms through the opening of new channels for debate and collaboration. Academic research suggests that such new opportunities have not been equally taken up, and that in many areas, new social media are simply being used by old 'elites'. At the same time, blogs and social media are having significant effect in enhancing accountability and transparency, particularly in repressive regimes like Burma and China. This session asks whether we should be so quick to dismiss the socially egalitarian and politically democratic potential of social media or whether there might equally be more mundane but significant social impacts which have so far been ignored. This is part of a series of recordings from the OII's Oxford Social Media Convention, held at the University of Oxford on 18 September 2009. research,transparency,social media,blogging,community,democracy,accountability,communication,internet,technology,public,impact,social networking,collaboration,society,politics Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Stefan Niggemeier, Evgeny Morozov, Richard Allan 2666 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:54:39 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 14 media blogging democracy communication internet technology public impact social networking collaboration society politics engagement voting Are social media tools likely to prove effective in engaging any voters except those who are already interested in politics? Is their apparent 'democratisation' of traditional party structures to be believed? The outcome of political careers and even campaigns is increasingly dependent on the successful mastery of new communication tools including social media. Many MPs and members of Congress are embracing the use of social networking tools to keep in touch with their constituents, whilst Facebook, YouTube and even Twitter have potentially changed the nature of election campaigns in reaching out directly to grass-roots supporters, with the recent US presidential campaign also showing how effective these tools might be in raising funds. At the same time, it is not clear whether these tools are likely to prove effective in engaging any voters except those who are already interested in politics, or whether their apparent 'democratisation' of traditional party structures is to be believed. This is part of a series of recordings from the OII's Oxford Social Media Convention, held at the University of Oxford on 18 September 2009. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-10-07:175949:276:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090918_297/20090918_297.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Are social media tools likely to prove effective in engaging any voters except those who are already interested in politics? Is their apparent 'democratisation' of traditional party structures to be believed? Are social media tools likely to prove effective in engaging any voters except those who are already interested in politics? Is their apparent 'democratisation' of traditional party structures to be believed? The outcome of political careers and even campaigns is increasingly dependent on the successful mastery of new communication tools including social media. Many MPs and members of Congress are embracing the use of social networking tools to keep in touch with their constituents, whilst Facebook, YouTube and even Twitter have potentially changed the nature of election campaigns in reaching out directly to grass-roots supporters, with the recent US presidential campaign also showing how effective these tools might be in raising funds. At the same time, it is not clear whether these tools are likely to prove effective in engaging any voters except those who are already interested in politics, or whether their apparent 'democratisation' of traditional party structures is to be believed. This is part of a series of recordings from the OII's Oxford Social Media Convention, held at the University of Oxford on 18 September 2009. media,blogging,democracy,communication,internet,technology,public,impact,social networking,collaboration,society,politics,engagement,voting Helen Margetts, Iain Dale, Andrew Rasiej, Matthew McGregor 1812 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:59:49 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 15 media journalism social media blogging community citizen news public communication internet technology business reporting quality politics democratisation Among the traditional media, blogs and other contributions to citizen journalism have for a long time been regarded as posing a significant threat to 'quality' news reporting ... is this a valid view? What (if anything) can social media offer? Among the traditional media, blogs and other contributions to citizen journalism have for a long time been regarded as posing a significant threat to 'quality' news reporting, whilst the global recession has shown that the threatened failure of high quality local and regional media outlets was not a groundless fear. Whilst some of the most successful social media sites are professional media productions such as CNN's Twitter news feed and the Huffington Post, many critics of social media now fear that the collapse of traditional business models will see a real decline in the depth and quality of news reporting, particularly at the local level. On the other hand, blogs and social media are seen as potentially democratising the production of news, enabling fast, first-hand reporting often in areas where traditional media face political restrictions. This panel session will consider whether social media necessarily threaten traditional news media, and what, if anything they may have to offer in return. This is part of a series of recordings from the OII's Oxford Social Media Convention, held at the University of Oxford on 18 September 2009. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-10-07:180756:940:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090918_293/20090918_293.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Among the traditional media, blogs and other contributions to citizen journalism have for a long time been regarded as posing a significant threat to 'quality' news reporting ... is this a valid view? What (if anything) can social media offer? Among the traditional media, blogs and other contributions to citizen journalism have for a long time been regarded as posing a significant threat to 'quality' news reporting ... is this a valid view? What (if anything) can social media offer? Among the traditional media, blogs and other contributions to citizen journalism have for a long time been regarded as posing a significant threat to 'quality' news reporting, whilst the global recession has shown that the threatened failure of high quality local and regional media outlets was not a groundless fear. Whilst some of the most successful social media sites are professional media productions such as CNN's Twitter news feed and the Huffington Post, many critics of social media now fear that the collapse of traditional business models will see a real decline in the depth and quality of news reporting, particularly at the local level. On the other hand, blogs and social media are seen as potentially democratising the production of news, enabling fast, first-hand reporting often in areas where traditional media face political restrictions. This panel session will consider whether social media necessarily threaten traditional news media, and what, if anything they may have to offer in return. This is part of a series of recordings from the OII's Oxford Social Media Convention, held at the University of Oxford on 18 September 2009. media,journalism,social media,blogging,community,citizen,news,public,communication,internet,technology,business,reporting,quality,politics,democratisation David Levy, Richard Sambrook, John Kelly, Jonathan Ford 2955 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:07:56 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 16 Internet technology regulation public private government intellectual property law legislation identity grid wikipedia surveillance filtering future security collaboration ietf icann wsis community What lies around the corner for the Internet .. and how do we avoid it? How can we study and affect the future of the Internet using the distributed power of the network itself? This is Jonathan Zittrain's inaugural lecture at the University of Oxford This inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Zittrain proposes a theory about what lies around the corner for the Internet, how to avoid it, and how to study and affect the future of the internet using the distributed power of the network itself, using privacy as a signal example. Jonathan Zittrain holds the Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University and is also the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Visiting Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. His research interests include battles for control of digital property and content, cryptography, electronic privacy, the roles of intermediaries within Internet architecture, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of technology in education. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-10-09:144840:192:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20060411_141/20060411_141.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu What lies around the corner for the Internet .. and how do we avoid it? How can we study and affect the future of the Internet using the distributed power of the network itself? This is Jonathan Zittrain's inaugural lecture at the University of Oxford What lies around the corner for the Internet .. and how do we avoid it? How can we study and affect the future of the Internet using the distributed power of the network itself? This is Jonathan Zittrain's inaugural lecture at the University of Oxford This inaugural lecture by Professor Jonathan Zittrain proposes a theory about what lies around the corner for the Internet, how to avoid it, and how to study and affect the future of the internet using the distributed power of the network itself, using privacy as a signal example. Jonathan Zittrain holds the Chair in Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University and is also the Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Visiting Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. His research interests include battles for control of digital property and content, cryptography, electronic privacy, the roles of intermediaries within Internet architecture, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of technology in education. Internet,technology,regulation,public,private,government,intellectual property,law,legislation,identity,grid,wikipedia,surveillance,filtering,future,security,collaboration,ietf,icann,wsis,community Jonathan Zittrain 3640 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:48:40 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 17 social media blogging communication internet technology impact social networking collaboration society engagement web20 If social media are the defining advance of Web 2.0, whereby the network-as-platform enabled users not just to download content but to create it, tag it and share it ... what will the next decade hold? Will we continue to Tweet? If social media are the defining advance of Web 2.0, whereby the network-as-platform enabled users not just to download content but to create it, tag it and share it, what will the next decade hold? Many of the social media businesses whose tools we rely on have yet to make a profit, whilst concerns about privacy, security and possibly even dignity suggest that our online habits may have to change. The technology press has for some time been heralding the oncoming arrival of Web 3.0, as an era where the web gets 'smart', and research on the developing semantic web suggests that this is no idle prediction. But what will happen to social media in the interim? Will the next ten years see our fascination with blogging, wikis and social networks replaced by a re-focusing on the enhanced informational capacity of the Web or will we continue to Tweet? http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-11-09:152505:180:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090918_298/20090918_298.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu If social media are the defining advance of Web 2.0, whereby the network-as-platform enabled users not just to download content but to create it, tag it and share it ... what will the next decade hold? Will we continue to Tweet? If social media are the defining advance of Web 2.0, whereby the network-as-platform enabled users not just to download content but to create it, tag it and share it ... what will the next decade hold? Will we continue to Tweet? If social media are the defining advance of Web 2.0, whereby the network-as-platform enabled users not just to download content but to create it, tag it and share it, what will the next decade hold? Many of the social media businesses whose tools we rely on have yet to make a profit, whilst concerns about privacy, security and possibly even dignity suggest that our online habits may have to change. The technology press has for some time been heralding the oncoming arrival of Web 3.0, as an era where the web gets 'smart', and research on the developing semantic web suggests that this is no idle prediction. But what will happen to social media in the interim? Will the next ten years see our fascination with blogging, wikis and social networks replaced by a re-focusing on the enhanced informational capacity of the Web or will we continue to Tweet? social media,blogging,communication,internet,technology,impact,social networking,collaboration,society,engagement,web20 William Dutton, Nigel Shadbolt, Dave Sifry, Richard Allan, Kara Swisher 1019 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:25:05 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 18 Internet capitalism financial crisis economics markets regulation deregulation communication technology credit government power economy state depression society Manuel Castells draws on arguments from his book Communication Power in discussing the structural causes and implications of the 2008 economic crisis, and in claiming that we are moving, without much understanding, towards a new form of global capitalism The global crisis of capitalism that exploded in the Fall of 2008 is the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is rooted in the volatility of interdependent global financial markets resulting from deregulation, liberalization, and use of new communication and financial technologies. It has brought to a halt the period of growth largely based on consumer demand facilitated by easy credit. It has exposed the massive endebtedness of the leading capitalist governments, and highlighted the shift of economic power towards the Asian Pacific. The most immediate result of the crisis is the return of state intervention in the management of the economy, as the ideological belief in the capacity of financial markets for self-regulation has been shattered by the financial collapse. A new round of regulation is in the making but faces the difficult task of regulating global markets in the absence of a global regulator. In the Fall of 2009, the slowing of economic deterioration in the West and the continuation of Asian growth appear to alleviate the fears of a global depression. However, much of the current stabilization is due to unprecedented injection of public spending in the financial markets and in the economy at large, both in the West and in the East. The structural causes of the crisis are not being treated. It appears that we are moving, without much understanding, towards a new form of global capitalism in which the Washington consensus is being replaced by the London consensus. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-11-09:153928:953:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20091028_300/20091028_300.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Manuel Castells draws on arguments from his book Communication Power in discussing the structural causes and implications of the 2008 economic crisis, and in claiming that we are moving, without much understanding, towards a new form of global capitalism Manuel Castells draws on arguments from his book Communication Power in discussing the structural causes and implications of the 2008 economic crisis, and in claiming that we are moving, without much understanding, towards a new form of global capitalism The global crisis of capitalism that exploded in the Fall of 2008 is the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It is rooted in the volatility of interdependent global financial markets resulting from deregulation, liberalization, and use of new communication and financial technologies. It has brought to a halt the period of growth largely based on consumer demand facilitated by easy credit. It has exposed the massive endebtedness of the leading capitalist governments, and highlighted the shift of economic power towards the Asian Pacific. The most immediate result of the crisis is the return of state intervention in the management of the economy, as the ideological belief in the capacity of financial markets for self-regulation has been shattered by the financial collapse. A new round of regulation is in the making but faces the difficult task of regulating global markets in the absence of a global regulator. In the Fall of 2009, the slowing of economic deterioration in the West and the continuation of Asian growth appear to alleviate the fears of a global depression. However, much of the current stabilization is due to unprecedented injection of public spending in the financial markets and in the economy at large, both in the West and in the East. The structural causes of the crisis are not being treated. It appears that we are moving, without much understanding, towards a new form of global capitalism in which the Washington consensus is being replaced by the London consensus. Internet,capitalism,financial crisis,economics,markets,regulation,deregulation,communication,technology,credit,government,power,economy,state,depression,society Manuel Castells 5340 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:39:28 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 19 Internet behaviour social science interaction research technology social networks decision making society web20 methodology Duncan Watts discusses how the Internet is beginning to lift a long-time constraint of social science research on emergent collective behaviour: the difficulty of measuring interactions between people, at scale, over time, while also observing behaviour Social science is often concerned with the emergence of collective behavior out of the interactions of large numbers of individuals; but in this regard it has long suffered from a severe measurement problem - namely that interactions between people are hard to measure, especially at scale, over time, and at the same time as observing behavior. In this talk, Duncan will argue that the technological revolution of the Internet is beginning to lift this constraint. To illustrate, he will describe four examples of research that would have been extremely difficult, or even impossible, to perform just a decade ago: using email exchange to track social networks evolving in time; using a web-based experiment to study the collective consequences of social influence on decision making; using a social networking site to study the difference between perceived and actual homogeneity of attitudes among friends; using Amazon's Mechanical Turk to study the incentives underlying 'crowd sourcing'. Although internet-based research still faces serious methodological and procedural obstacles, Duncan proposes that the ability to study truly 'social' dynamics at individual-level resolution will have dramatic consequences for social science. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-11-09:154203:339:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20091023_301/20091023_301.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Duncan Watts discusses how the Internet is beginning to lift a long-time constraint of social science research on emergent collective behaviour: the difficulty of measuring interactions between people, at scale, over time, while also observing behaviour Duncan Watts discusses how the Internet is beginning to lift a long-time constraint of social science research on emergent collective behaviour: the difficulty of measuring interactions between people, at scale, over time, while also observing behaviour Social science is often concerned with the emergence of collective behavior out of the interactions of large numbers of individuals; but in this regard it has long suffered from a severe measurement problem - namely that interactions between people are hard to measure, especially at scale, over time, and at the same time as observing behavior. In this talk, Duncan will argue that the technological revolution of the Internet is beginning to lift this constraint. To illustrate, he will describe four examples of research that would have been extremely difficult, or even impossible, to perform just a decade ago: using email exchange to track social networks evolving in time; using a web-based experiment to study the collective consequences of social influence on decision making; using a social networking site to study the difference between perceived and actual homogeneity of attitudes among friends; using Amazon's Mechanical Turk to study the incentives underlying 'crowd sourcing'. Although internet-based research still faces serious methodological and procedural obstacles, Duncan proposes that the ability to study truly 'social' dynamics at individual-level resolution will have dramatic consequences for social science. Internet,behaviour,social science,interaction,research,technology,social networks,decision making,society,web20,methodology Duncan Watts 3102 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:42:03 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 20 media journalism social media blogging community citizen news communication internet technology business reporting politics democracy twitter weblog What are the most important milestones in the evolution of social media? What factors have shaped their successes and limitations? Although the dates of the earliest 'weblog' are a matter of some debate, the majority of their growth in popularity has arisen over the past ten years. What are the most important milestones in that process of evolution, and what are the factors that have shaped the successes and limitations of social media? Why (if at all) should we expect them to have an inherently democratising or egalitarian effect? Each speaker concludes by identifying the most significant ways in which they think that blogs and social media have had any social, political or economic impact. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-11-13:124920:104:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20090918_292/20090918_292.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu What are the most important milestones in the evolution of social media? What factors have shaped their successes and limitations? What are the most important milestones in the evolution of social media? What factors have shaped their successes and limitations? Although the dates of the earliest 'weblog' are a matter of some debate, the majority of their growth in popularity has arisen over the past ten years. What are the most important milestones in that process of evolution, and what are the factors that have shaped the successes and limitations of social media? Why (if at all) should we expect them to have an inherently democratising or egalitarian effect? Each speaker concludes by identifying the most significant ways in which they think that blogs and social media have had any social, political or economic impact. media,journalism,social media,blogging,community,citizen,news,communication,internet,technology,business,reporting,politics,democracy,twitter,weblog Kathryn Corrick, Dave Sifry, Bill Thompson, William Dutton, Nigel Shadbolt 1885 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:49:20 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 21 broadband policy internet communication FCC market economics governmnet governance technology competition antitrust social society Robert Hahn discusses his recent paper responding to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a national US broadband plan Robert Hahn discusses his recent paper responding to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a national broadband plan. William Dutton responds from a comparative perspective with a response to the Digital Britain Report. The paper responds to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a national broadband plan. It argues that the US market for Internet services is working well overall, as evidenced by nearly ubiquitous coverage, rapid adoption, large investments, and increasing speeds. Still, the market is not working well for all people in all places, and the paper offers a framework for considering policies intended to mitigate those issues. The core of the paper consists of nine recommendations. Two of our recommendations are general. First, the government should ensure that its interventions do more good than harm. Second, the government should define clear, measurable, goals that do not benefit particular firms, technologies, or regions. The remaining seven recommendations provide specific guidance for a US broadband plan. They include: liberalizing spectrum, gathering and analyzing data on broadband demand, targeting resources to where they are most needed, defining broadband access to maximize social gain, designing mechanisms that will achieve the government's broadband goals at the lowest social cost, vigorous antitrust enforcement, and designing policies to facilitate rigorous evaluation. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2009-11-13:125653:323:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20091014_299/20091014_299.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Robert Hahn discusses his recent paper responding to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a national US broadband plan Robert Hahn discusses his recent paper responding to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a national US broadband plan Robert Hahn discusses his recent paper responding to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a national broadband plan. William Dutton responds from a comparative perspective with a response to the Digital Britain Report. The paper responds to the US Federal Communications Commission's request for guidance in designing a national broadband plan. It argues that the US market for Internet services is working well overall, as evidenced by nearly ubiquitous coverage, rapid adoption, large investments, and increasing speeds. Still, the market is not working well for all people in all places, and the paper offers a framework for considering policies intended to mitigate those issues. The core of the paper consists of nine recommendations. Two of our recommendations are general. First, the government should ensure that its interventions do more good than harm. Second, the government should define clear, measurable, goals that do not benefit particular firms, technologies, or regions. The remaining seven recommendations provide specific guidance for a US broadband plan. They include: liberalizing spectrum, gathering and analyzing data on broadband demand, targeting resources to where they are most needed, defining broadband access to maximize social gain, designing mechanisms that will achieve the government's broadband goals at the lowest social cost, vigorous antitrust enforcement, and designing policies to facilitate rigorous evaluation. broadband,policy,internet,communication,FCC,market,economics,governmnet,governance,technology,competition,antitrust,social,society Robert Hahn 5247 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:56:53 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 22 internet file sharing recording industry recorded music digital reproduction distribution market information goods economics regulation encryption copyright law free culture business rights management peer to peer crime policy 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. The period from the advent of the compact disc in 1982 to the first significant file-sharing system in 1999 saw the greatest period of profitability in the history of recorded music. The decade since 1999 has seen an equally radical collapse. What seems obvious in hindsight was largely ignored at the time. The very efficiency of digital reproduction and distribution promised or threatened to eliminate scarcity, and hence threaten the possibility of market exchange in informational goods. Markets require regulation and a market in informational goods requires the suspension of the free circulation of information. This has been attempted by technical means (surveillance and encryption); legal means (in prosecutions for copyright infringement); and by cultural means (the attempt to persuade people that file-sharing is impossible, immoral, un-cool or dangerous). These interlinked strategies have failed. This talk will examine these technical, legal and cultural strategies and their failure. In the context of such failure it is worthwhile looking at alternative business models. Where free culture is a way of life, it can also be shown to be a more effective condition for making a living, at least for performing artists, if not for today's major record labels. The five traditional 'functions' of the established recording industry (production, manufacture, promotion, distribution and rights management) are no longer best performed through the centralized model of the major label. Whilst once at the cutting edge of what Castells called the capitalist perestroika of an emergent network society; today's informational monopolies (of which record companies are just one example), hierarchical and bureaucratic to their core, appear more like late-Soviet monoliths when set against a digital multitude that innovates and circulates past, through and beyond them. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-03-08:141925:410:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20100209_313/20100209_313.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu 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. 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. The period from the advent of the compact disc in 1982 to the first significant file-sharing system in 1999 saw the greatest period of profitability in the history of recorded music. The decade since 1999 has seen an equally radical collapse. What seems obvious in hindsight was largely ignored at the time. The very efficiency of digital reproduction and distribution promised or threatened to eliminate scarcity, and hence threaten the possibility of market exchange in informational goods. Markets require regulation and a market in informational goods requires the suspension of the free circulation of information. This has been attempted by technical means (surveillance and encryption); legal means (in prosecutions for copyright infringement); and by cultural means (the attempt to persuade people that file-sharing is impossible, immoral, un-cool or dangerous). These interlinked strategies have failed. This talk will examine these technical, legal and cultural strategies and their failure. In the context of such failure it is worthwhile looking at alternative business models. Where free culture is a way of life, it can also be shown to be a more effective condition for making a living, at least for performing artists, if not for today's major record labels. The five traditional 'functions' of the established recording industry (production, manufacture, promotion, distribution and rights management) are no longer best performed through the centralized model of the major label. Whilst once at the cutting edge of what Castells called the capitalist perestroika of an emergent network society; today's informational monopolies (of which record companies are just one example), hierarchical and bureaucratic to their core, appear more like late-Soviet monoliths when set against a digital multitude that innovates and circulates past, through and beyond them. internet,file sharing,recording industry,recorded music,digital reproduction,distribution,market,information goods,economics,regulation,encryption,copyright,law,free culture,business,rights management,peer to peer,crime,policy Matthew David 5188 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:19:25 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 23 internet regulation market access consumers content provider net neutrality monopoly surplus industry competition policy governance A discussion of net neutrality regulation in the context of a two-sided market model. Platforms sell Internet access services to consumers and may set fees to content - and application providers on the Internet. When access is monopolized, for reasonable parameter ranges, net neutrality regulation (requiring zero fees to content providers) increases the total industry surplus as compared to the fully private optimum at which the monopoly platform imposes positive fees on content providers. However, there are also parameter ranges for which total industry surplus is reduced. Imposing net neutrality in duopoly with multi-homing content providers and single-homing consumers increases the total surplus as compared to duopoly competition with positive fees to content providers. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-03-08:142227:742:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20100120_312/20100120_312.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu A discussion of net neutrality regulation in the context of a two-sided market model. A discussion of net neutrality regulation in the context of a two-sided market model. Platforms sell Internet access services to consumers and may set fees to content - and application providers on the Internet. When access is monopolized, for reasonable parameter ranges, net neutrality regulation (requiring zero fees to content providers) increases the total industry surplus as compared to the fully private optimum at which the monopoly platform imposes positive fees on content providers. However, there are also parameter ranges for which total industry surplus is reduced. Imposing net neutrality in duopoly with multi-homing content providers and single-homing consumers increases the total surplus as compared to duopoly competition with positive fees to content providers. internet,regulation,market,access,consumers,content provider,net neutrality,monopoly,surplus,industry,competition,policy,governance Nicholas Economides 5448 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:22:27 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 24 internet media buying business attention advertising economics industry targeting audience statistics society behaviour user space time purchasing 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. A huge part of the media business is about getting people's attention and proving it to advertisers. The goal is to present people with interesting stuff-articles, videos, music - so they will see commercial messages that ride along, and sometimes in, the material. At the start of the 21st century's second decade a new attention-creation industry struggles to be born out of the legacies of 20th century ad norms, the initiatives of powerful corporations, and dreams of target-marketing startups. Media buying has become the hub of the huge venture. Virtually ignored by academics, media buying involves purchasing space or time for advertising on outlets as diverse as billboards and radio, websites, mobile phones and newspapers. For decades, the activity was a backwater, a service part of advertising agencies that hired female liberal arts majors just out of college for the lowest-paying jobs on Madison Avenue. That has changed. During the past twenty years, media-buying firms and a wide array of satellite firms that feed them technology and data have become lucrative magnets for software engineers and financial statisticians of both sexes. What they are creating is nothing less than new ways of thinking about, and trading, audiences. The traditional way involved reaching out to the types of people who according to survey research tend to visit particular media locations-specific newspapers, particular magazines, one or another website. The new way draws as detailed a picture as possible of particular individuals based in large part on measurable physical acts they perform such as clicks, swipes, and mouseovers. The aim is to infer profiles from those measureable acts and other data and then engage the attention of the most commercially attractive individuals with persuasive strategies in whatever places and ways can prove the best return on investment. Based on research in progress, this talk will discuss media buying in the context of a longstanding (and recently energized) debate within media studies about the relative importance of human agency and institutional power in confronting 'the text.' It will then sketch key ramifications of the restructured attention-buying industry. It will show how the fixation on audiences' click-like behavior is a disruptive institutional force with cascading influences. A central argument is that media buyers' new approaches to attention are creating new forms of social discrimination in the public sphere. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-03-08:142411:537:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20100125_310/20100125_310.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu 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. 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. A huge part of the media business is about getting people's attention and proving it to advertisers. The goal is to present people with interesting stuff-articles, videos, music - so they will see commercial messages that ride along, and sometimes in, the material. At the start of the 21st century's second decade a new attention-creation industry struggles to be born out of the legacies of 20th century ad norms, the initiatives of powerful corporations, and dreams of target-marketing startups. Media buying has become the hub of the huge venture. Virtually ignored by academics, media buying involves purchasing space or time for advertising on outlets as diverse as billboards and radio, websites, mobile phones and newspapers. For decades, the activity was a backwater, a service part of advertising agencies that hired female liberal arts majors just out of college for the lowest-paying jobs on Madison Avenue. That has changed. During the past twenty years, media-buying firms and a wide array of satellite firms that feed them technology and data have become lucrative magnets for software engineers and financial statisticians of both sexes. What they are creating is nothing less than new ways of thinking about, and trading, audiences. The traditional way involved reaching out to the types of people who according to survey research tend to visit particular media locations-specific newspapers, particular magazines, one or another website. The new way draws as detailed a picture as possible of particular individuals based in large part on measurable physical acts they perform such as clicks, swipes, and mouseovers. The aim is to infer profiles from those measureable acts and other data and then engage the attention of the most commercially attractive individuals with persuasive strategies in whatever places and ways can prove the best return on investment. Based on research in progress, this talk will discuss media buying in the context of a longstanding (and recently energized) debate within media studies about the relative importance of human agency and institutional power in confronting 'the text.' It will then sketch key ramifications of the restructured attention-buying industry. It will show how the fixation on audiences' click-like behavior is a disruptive institutional force with cascading influences. A central argument is that media buyers' new approaches to attention are creating new forms of social discrimination in the public sphere. internet,media buying,business,attention,advertising,economics,industry,targeting,audience,statistics,society,behaviour,user,space,time,purchasing Joseph Turow 5276 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:24:11 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 25 internet regulation policy governance technology society dmocracy networks economics politics law innovation communication culture freedom A discussion of how largely well-intentioned political and legal reactions to the highest-profile risks of ICT creates a danger of perhaps killing the goose that is giving us golden eggs of innovation, decentralization, and personal empowerment. From its inception, many have recognized the Internet's potential as a liberating, decentralizing, and, yes, destabilizing technology but also its counter-potential as a controlling and centralizing technology. Over the last two decades, predictions about the social effects of the Internet have ranged from cybernetic anarchy (both utopian and distopian) to the instantiation of a fascistic regime of surveillance that would make Orwell look like a piker. Some see a winner-take-all economy of massive new monopolies emerging on the back of network effects, others see the growth of a new economy in which intermediaries are replaced by huge open networks of buyers and sellers trading with e-cash on anonymous electronic exchanges - and evading their taxes. Meanwhile enthusiasts of electronic democracy and popular empowerment offer a vision sharply at odds with that of Cassandras of globalization for whom the Internet provides yet another occasion for decision-making authority to seep away towards relatively undemocratic trans-national bodies. One would think that such contrasting predictions could not possibly all be correct. Yet, for the last decade, to a surprising extent both sets of trends have manifested themselves simultaneously. The question is whether those two trends can continue, or if instead we are witnessing the start of a collision between them. At present, 'the Internet' is neither 'fraud's playground' nor democracy's. (Indeed, there is more than one 'Internet'.) Rather, different groups of people doing different things with different objectives have moved down independent paths. Now, however, these trends find themselves meeting at a crossroads: Largely well-intentioned political and legal reactions to the highest-profile risks of communications technology create a danger of at least wounding and perhaps in some areas even killing the goose that is giving us golden eggs of innovation, decentralization, and personal empowerment. Advances in medical records technology might give patients greater control over their treatment, but could also further disempower them, and (in the US at least) seem even more likely to become another target for data mining and marketing. E-government holds out the promise of more involved and better informed citizens. The same technologies may, however, also empower nosey neighbors, or the nanny state's evil sibling Big Sister, who knows what is best for you and has honed predictive profiling to the point where many find their liberty practically encumbered without being formally curtailed. Most immediately, technologies, practices, and technical standards that may appear benign in a democracy - may in truth be benign in a democracy - may take on a more sinister cast when adopted in more repressive regimes faced with indigenous pressure for reform. For example, the world witnessed via YouTube as Iranian demonstrators marched to protest the theft of an election. The communicative freedom making the sending of those images possible is a fragile thing, and could fall before the creation of standards and practices intended to foil digital piracy half a world away. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-03-08:151028:521:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20091117_306/20091117_306.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu A discussion of how largely well-intentioned political and legal reactions to the highest-profile risks of ICT creates a danger of perhaps killing the goose that is giving us golden eggs of innovation, decentralization, and personal empowerment. A discussion of how largely well-intentioned political and legal reactions to the highest-profile risks of ICT creates a danger of perhaps killing the goose that is giving us golden eggs of innovation, decentralization, and personal empowerment. From its inception, many have recognized the Internet's potential as a liberating, decentralizing, and, yes, destabilizing technology but also its counter-potential as a controlling and centralizing technology. Over the last two decades, predictions about the social effects of the Internet have ranged from cybernetic anarchy (both utopian and distopian) to the instantiation of a fascistic regime of surveillance that would make Orwell look like a piker. Some see a winner-take-all economy of massive new monopolies emerging on the back of network effects, others see the growth of a new economy in which intermediaries are replaced by huge open networks of buyers and sellers trading with e-cash on anonymous electronic exchanges - and evading their taxes. Meanwhile enthusiasts of electronic democracy and popular empowerment offer a vision sharply at odds with that of Cassandras of globalization for whom the Internet provides yet another occasion for decision-making authority to seep away towards relatively undemocratic trans-national bodies. One would think that such contrasting predictions could not possibly all be correct. Yet, for the last decade, to a surprising extent both sets of trends have manifested themselves simultaneously. The question is whether those two trends can continue, or if instead we are witnessing the start of a collision between them. At present, 'the Internet' is neither 'fraud's playground' nor democracy's. (Indeed, there is more than one 'Internet'.) Rather, different groups of people doing different things with different objectives have moved down independent paths. Now, however, these trends find themselves meeting at a crossroads: Largely well-intentioned political and legal reactions to the highest-profile risks of communications technology create a danger of at least wounding and perhaps in some areas even killing the goose that is giving us golden eggs of innovation, decentralization, and personal empowerment. Advances in medical records technology might give patients greater control over their treatment, but could also further disempower them, and (in the US at least) seem even more likely to become another target for data mining and marketing. E-government holds out the promise of more involved and better informed citizens. The same technologies may, however, also empower nosey neighbors, or the nanny state's evil sibling Big Sister, who knows what is best for you and has honed predictive profiling to the point where many find their liberty practically encumbered without being formally curtailed. Most immediately, technologies, practices, and technical standards that may appear benign in a democracy - may in truth be benign in a democracy - may take on a more sinister cast when adopted in more repressive regimes faced with indigenous pressure for reform. For example, the world witnessed via YouTube as Iranian demonstrators marched to protest the theft of an election. The communicative freedom making the sending of those images possible is a fragile thing, and could fall before the creation of standards and practices intended to foil digital piracy half a world away. internet,regulation,policy,governance,technology,society,dmocracy,networks,economics,politics,law,innovation,communication,culture,freedom Michael Froomkin 4290 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:10:28 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 26 internet online dating relationships trust identity social networking policy behaviour users social This forum looks at the state of the art of academic research on relationships and the Internet and how this research informs research on the social aspects of the Internet in general, such as issues of trust and identity. Research on the role of the Internet in meeting new people is an increasingly vital area of inquiry, and is illustrated by a burgeoning literature on such topics as online dating. However, the Internet may shape many other aspects of relationships beyond introducing individuals, such as in undermining or maintaining ongoing relationships, from courtship to marriage. This forum will look at the state of the art of academic research on relationships and the Internet and how this research informs research on the social aspects of the Internet in general, such as issues of trust and identity. Cross-national and cross-cultural aspects will be addressed in ways that can illuminate general cross-cultural trends and responses shaping use of the Internet in building and maintaining relationships. The forum will draw out the connections between this research and such emerging issues of policy and practice as involved in efforts to foster a digital economy in Europe. The forum will bring together researchers in the fields of online dating, social networking, and the role of information and communication technologies in interpersonal relationships with practitioners from a growing and international relationship industry and policy-makers concerned with consumer protection and media literacy in a digital age. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-03-08:151340:781:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20091204_308/20091204_308.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu This forum looks at the state of the art of academic research on relationships and the Internet and how this research informs research on the social aspects of the Internet in general, such as issues of trust and identity. This forum looks at the state of the art of academic research on relationships and the Internet and how this research informs research on the social aspects of the Internet in general, such as issues of trust and identity. Research on the role of the Internet in meeting new people is an increasingly vital area of inquiry, and is illustrated by a burgeoning literature on such topics as online dating. However, the Internet may shape many other aspects of relationships beyond introducing individuals, such as in undermining or maintaining ongoing relationships, from courtship to marriage. This forum will look at the state of the art of academic research on relationships and the Internet and how this research informs research on the social aspects of the Internet in general, such as issues of trust and identity. Cross-national and cross-cultural aspects will be addressed in ways that can illuminate general cross-cultural trends and responses shaping use of the Internet in building and maintaining relationships. The forum will draw out the connections between this research and such emerging issues of policy and practice as involved in efforts to foster a digital economy in Europe. The forum will bring together researchers in the fields of online dating, social networking, and the role of information and communication technologies in interpersonal relationships with practitioners from a growing and international relationship industry and policy-makers concerned with consumer protection and media literacy in a digital age. internet,online dating,relationships,trust,identity,social networking,policy,behaviour,users,social William Dutton, Nicole Ellison, Bernie Hogan, Joseph B. Walther, Barry Wellman, Monica Whitty 4942 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:13:40 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 27 Internet Web 2.0 technology computing semantic web mobile computing open data information sharing society social The Web 2.0 world is commonplace but the promise of massive scale human computing has barely been exploited. This seminar explores the potential, challenges, and promises for next-generation technologies that can empower humanity to address key problems Although the read / write world of Web 2.0 is now commonplace - even your parents use Facebook - the promise of massive scale human computing has barely begun to be exploited. New technologies, including the Semantic Web, mobile computing, and open data suggest ways that far more powerful systems than those we have today could be created, empowering humanity to help address some of our key problems. The potential for the sharing of data and knowledge, among willing participants, makes it possible to envision declarative models for creating and evolving new Web technologies that would more open and distributed systems. Further, by explicating the social, not just the technical, protocols, new models of information control that encourage, rather than prohibit, sharing can be explored. In this talk we explore the potential for next-generation social machines, explore some of the challenges, and look at promising technologies for the future. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-04-30:172343:758:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20100310_318/20100310_318.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu The Web 2.0 world is commonplace but the promise of massive scale human computing has barely been exploited. This seminar explores the potential, challenges, and promises for next-generation technologies that can empower humanity to address key problems The Web 2.0 world is commonplace but the promise of massive scale human computing has barely been exploited. This seminar explores the potential, challenges, and promises for next-generation technologies that can empower humanity to address key problems Although the read / write world of Web 2.0 is now commonplace - even your parents use Facebook - the promise of massive scale human computing has barely begun to be exploited. New technologies, including the Semantic Web, mobile computing, and open data suggest ways that far more powerful systems than those we have today could be created, empowering humanity to help address some of our key problems. The potential for the sharing of data and knowledge, among willing participants, makes it possible to envision declarative models for creating and evolving new Web technologies that would more open and distributed systems. Further, by explicating the social, not just the technical, protocols, new models of information control that encourage, rather than prohibit, sharing can be explored. In this talk we explore the potential for next-generation social machines, explore some of the challenges, and look at promising technologies for the future. Internet,Web 2.0,technology,computing,semantic web,mobile computing,open data,information,sharing,society,social Jim Hendler 5241 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:23:43 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 28 Haiti philanthropy technology data economics scarcity networks ownership volunteering policy charity For charitable organizations and initiatives, the Internet provides the opportunity to reach more people in more direct and personal ways. Are they grasping this opportunity? Following on the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, generous individuals around the world used their mobile phones to make more than $40 million in gifts to aid organisations. More than $1 billion in gifts came in the next four weeks, a large percentage of which was donated online. But the real stories of how digital technologies are changing philanthropy are not measured in funds given. The real changes have to do with the types of enterprises now producing social goods, the expectations of transparency and accountability, and the growing marketization of philanthropic funding. The most important changes can be seen in the role that data - and the technologies we use to store, sort, sift, and share these data - are playing as the new platforms for change. By their very nature, data require a different economics framework for philanthropy, one that shifts from scarcity to abundance. The growing role of data also means that global networks, volunteer labour, and new constructs of ownership matter more to philanthropy than ever before. The nature of the digital world not only changes the practices of our existing philanthropy organisations it also requires a reconsideration of relevant policy domains. While philanthropy is only just beginning to feel the reverberations of the digital changes so familiar to publishing, music recording, and other industries, we can still expect the impact to be significant. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-04-30:172627:036:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20100414_319/20100414_319.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu For charitable organizations and initiatives, the Internet provides the opportunity to reach more people in more direct and personal ways. Are they grasping this opportunity? For charitable organizations and initiatives, the Internet provides the opportunity to reach more people in more direct and personal ways. Are they grasping this opportunity? Following on the earthquake in Haiti in January 2010, generous individuals around the world used their mobile phones to make more than $40 million in gifts to aid organisations. More than $1 billion in gifts came in the next four weeks, a large percentage of which was donated online. But the real stories of how digital technologies are changing philanthropy are not measured in funds given. The real changes have to do with the types of enterprises now producing social goods, the expectations of transparency and accountability, and the growing marketization of philanthropic funding. The most important changes can be seen in the role that data - and the technologies we use to store, sort, sift, and share these data - are playing as the new platforms for change. By their very nature, data require a different economics framework for philanthropy, one that shifts from scarcity to abundance. The growing role of data also means that global networks, volunteer labour, and new constructs of ownership matter more to philanthropy than ever before. The nature of the digital world not only changes the practices of our existing philanthropy organisations it also requires a reconsideration of relevant policy domains. While philanthropy is only just beginning to feel the reverberations of the digital changes so familiar to publishing, music recording, and other industries, we can still expect the impact to be significant. Haiti,philanthropy,technology,data,economics,scarcity,networks,ownership,volunteering,policy,charity Lucy Bernholz 5660 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:26:27 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 29 technology innovation competitiveness economics ICTs development competition networked economy Internet world economic forum global information technology report global economy Professor Soumitra Dutta discusses the Global Information Technology Reports: the world's most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of ICTs on the development process and the competitiveness of nations. Over the last decade, the Global Information Technology Reports have created a useful benchmark in evaluating and understanding the inter-relationships between technology, innovation and competitiveness. Published each year in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, and with a record coverage of 134 economies worldwide in 2009, the Report remains the world's most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of Information and Communications Technologies on the development process and the competitiveness of nations. The Networked Readiness Framework is the simple but comprehensive model which underpins much of the data collection and analysis of the Global IT Reports. The Networked Readiness Framework gives a useful perspective on the readiness of an economy or region to benefit from the global networked economy created by the rapid spread of the Internet. This talk will describe the evolution of the Networked Readiness Framework, outline key lessons learned thus far and indicate challenges for future development and analysis. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-05-10:121527:536:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20100222_314/20100222_314.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Professor Soumitra Dutta discusses the Global Information Technology Reports: the world's most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of ICTs on the development process and the competitiveness of nations. Professor Soumitra Dutta discusses the Global Information Technology Reports: the world's most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of ICTs on the development process and the competitiveness of nations. Over the last decade, the Global Information Technology Reports have created a useful benchmark in evaluating and understanding the inter-relationships between technology, innovation and competitiveness. Published each year in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, and with a record coverage of 134 economies worldwide in 2009, the Report remains the world's most comprehensive and authoritative international assessment of the impact of Information and Communications Technologies on the development process and the competitiveness of nations. The Networked Readiness Framework is the simple but comprehensive model which underpins much of the data collection and analysis of the Global IT Reports. The Networked Readiness Framework gives a useful perspective on the readiness of an economy or region to benefit from the global networked economy created by the rapid spread of the Internet. This talk will describe the evolution of the Networked Readiness Framework, outline key lessons learned thus far and indicate challenges for future development and analysis. technology,innovation,competitiveness,economics,ICTs,development,competition,networked economy,Internet,world economic forum,global information technology report,global economy Soumitra Dutta 2107 Mon, 10 May 2010 12:15:27 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 30 memory remembering digital technology internet forgetting personal data information sharing search censorship social networking time decision making cognitive psychology organisational change data storage anonymisation privacy right law Viktor Mayer-Schönberger looks at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger discusses the themes of his new book 'Delete' with Helen Margetts, Professor of Society and the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute. 'Delete' looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Digital technology empowers us to find and share information as never before, but we do not always foresee the consequences of these new powers. Potentially humiliating content on Facebook is enshrined in cyberspace for future employers to see. Google remembers everything we've searched for and when. The digital realm remembers what is sometimes better forgotten, and this has profound implications for us all. In conversation, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Helen Margetts will look at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to the possibility of second chances. The written word made it possible for humans to remember across generations and time, yet now digital technology and global networks are overriding our natural ability to forget - the past is ever present, ready to be called up at the click of a mouse. Can the dangers of everlasting digital memory, whether it's outdated information taken out of context or compromising photos the Web won't let us forget, be avoided? Things touched upon included: the Panopticon, self-censorship, social networking sites and employers, memory and time, 'the curse of perfect episodic memory', decision making in the present, cognitive psychology, forgetting and forgiving, memory and mood, organisational change, compartmentalisation of data storage (and making connections across silos), creating a comprehensive image from disparate data, information context, anonymisation, 'solving the problem', information privacy rights and law, information ecology post-9/11, the age of information retention, digital abstinence, Web 2.0, cognitive adjustment (can we share conditionally?), and ... reviving forgetting. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-05-10:122851:753:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20091118_303/20091118_303.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Viktor Mayer-Schönberger looks at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger looks at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger discusses the themes of his new book 'Delete' with Helen Margetts, Professor of Society and the Internet at the Oxford Internet Institute. 'Delete' looks at the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and reveals why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. Digital technology empowers us to find and share information as never before, but we do not always foresee the consequences of these new powers. Potentially humiliating content on Facebook is enshrined in cyberspace for future employers to see. Google remembers everything we've searched for and when. The digital realm remembers what is sometimes better forgotten, and this has profound implications for us all. In conversation, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger and Helen Margetts will look at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, from the ability to make sound decisions unencumbered by the past to the possibility of second chances. The written word made it possible for humans to remember across generations and time, yet now digital technology and global networks are overriding our natural ability to forget - the past is ever present, ready to be called up at the click of a mouse. Can the dangers of everlasting digital memory, whether it's outdated information taken out of context or compromising photos the Web won't let us forget, be avoided? Things touched upon included: the Panopticon, self-censorship, social networking sites and employers, memory and time, 'the curse of perfect episodic memory', decision making in the present, cognitive psychology, forgetting and forgiving, memory and mood, organisational change, compartmentalisation of data storage (and making connections across silos), creating a comprehensive image from disparate data, information context, anonymisation, 'solving the problem', information privacy rights and law, information ecology post-9/11, the age of information retention, digital abstinence, Web 2.0, cognitive adjustment (can we share conditionally?), and ... reviving forgetting. memory,remembering,digital technology,internet,forgetting,personal data,information sharing,search,censorship,social networking,time,decision making,cognitive psychology,organisational change,data storage,anonymisation,privacy right,law Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Helen Margetts 1974 Mon, 10 May 2010 12:28:51 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 31 internet technology ICT communication web 2.0 social media online knowledge networking assessment students learning education teaching The emergence of Web 2.0-enabled social media online provides a new opportunity to develop assessments that match with, and draw upon students' engagement with online knowledge networking, creating new possibilities for 'authenticity' in assessment. Authentic assessment refers both to the alignment of assessment with the actual outcomes of students' learning, and to the utilisation in assessment of approximations of real-world situations within which knowledgeable activity might take place. In both cases, student learning is assumed to be intimately connected with the manner in which they are assessed, and that students will be more highly motivated to learn if their assessment is authentic. The emergence recently of Web 2.0-enabled social media online provides a new opportunity to develop assessments that match with, and draw upon students' engagement with online knowledge networking, creating new possibilities for 'authenticity'. Matthew Allen will briefly review why an assessment-driven focus on online learning is important, and how authenticity might be developed in a world of social media, before presenting several examples of current and proposed assessment practice in an undergraduate Internet Communications course. While the examples demonstrate the importance for assessment practice of the particular disciplinary and professional context provided by the subject matter of students' learning, these examples will also show how the use of Web 2.0 in blended and online learning can more generally be based on real-world knowledge production, in knowledge networks, that bridge the growing gap between formal and informal learning via the Internet. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-05-18:163415:780:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20100510_322/20100510_322.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu The emergence of Web 2.0-enabled social media online provides a new opportunity to develop assessments that match with, and draw upon students' engagement with online knowledge networking, creating new possibilities for 'authenticity' in assessment. The emergence of Web 2.0-enabled social media online provides a new opportunity to develop assessments that match with, and draw upon students' engagement with online knowledge networking, creating new possibilities for 'authenticity' in assessment. Authentic assessment refers both to the alignment of assessment with the actual outcomes of students' learning, and to the utilisation in assessment of approximations of real-world situations within which knowledgeable activity might take place. In both cases, student learning is assumed to be intimately connected with the manner in which they are assessed, and that students will be more highly motivated to learn if their assessment is authentic. The emergence recently of Web 2.0-enabled social media online provides a new opportunity to develop assessments that match with, and draw upon students' engagement with online knowledge networking, creating new possibilities for 'authenticity'. Matthew Allen will briefly review why an assessment-driven focus on online learning is important, and how authenticity might be developed in a world of social media, before presenting several examples of current and proposed assessment practice in an undergraduate Internet Communications course. While the examples demonstrate the importance for assessment practice of the particular disciplinary and professional context provided by the subject matter of students' learning, these examples will also show how the use of Web 2.0 in blended and online learning can more generally be based on real-world knowledge production, in knowledge networks, that bridge the growing gap between formal and informal learning via the Internet. internet,technology,ICT,communication,web 2.0,social media,online,knowledge,networking,assessment,students,learning,education,teaching Matthew Allen 2888 Tue, 18 May 2010 16:34:15 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 32 internet technology ICT visualisation arpanet communication This talk discusses research being undertaken at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago and its consequences for future forms of computer-mediated communication and for the Internet. On 29 October 1969, Leonard Kleinrock's research team at UCLA transmitted a message from a computer to another one located at Douglas Engelbart's Stanford University research lab. That transmission was the first to send a message via ARPANET using packets, just like messages are sent via today's Internet. This presentation uses the occasion of the Internet's fortieth birthday to discuss research being undertaken at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago and its consequences for future forms of computer-mediated communication and for the Internet. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-05-18:163554:297:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20100510_321/20100510_321.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu This talk discusses research being undertaken at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago and its consequences for future forms of computer-mediated communication and for the Internet. This talk discusses research being undertaken at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago and its consequences for future forms of computer-mediated communication and for the Internet. On 29 October 1969, Leonard Kleinrock's research team at UCLA transmitted a message from a computer to another one located at Douglas Engelbart's Stanford University research lab. That transmission was the first to send a message via ARPANET using packets, just like messages are sent via today's Internet. This presentation uses the occasion of the Internet's fortieth birthday to discuss research being undertaken at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago and its consequences for future forms of computer-mediated communication and for the Internet. internet,technology,ICT,visualisation,arpanet,communication Steve Jones 4582 Tue, 18 May 2010 16:35:54 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 33 Internet online gaming games griefing racism culture social social networks public space community This talk recaps the history of racist griefing online and link the current crisis in racial discourse in the US with this practice, exploring the implications for digital games as a transnational public sphere. Games are a radically transnational medium: as Martin Lister writes in New Media: An Introduction, 'even before Pokemon, the videogame was perhaps the most thoroughly transnational form of popular culture, both as an industry (with Sony, Sega and Nintendo as the key players) but also at the level of content - the characters and narratives of many videogames are evidence of relays of influence between America and Japan.' Internet gameplay is becoming more socially and culturally diverse and ubiquitous than ever before. Yet at the same time, the culture of griefing or pranking that dominates these games and other forms of networked social life such as Second Life and Chatroulette takes increasingly racist and racialized forms. The Patriotic Niggas, a group of griefers who delight in 'breaking' Second Life and Habbo Hotel by filling public space with garbage, are assuredly not African American, but resort to offensive racist languages as the shortest route to their goal: the disruption of online community and social life. This talk will recap the history of racist griefing online and link the current crisis in racial discourse in the US with this practice, exploring the implications for digital games as a transnational public sphere. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-07-20:111540:138:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20100714_325/20100714_325.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu This talk recaps the history of racist griefing online and link the current crisis in racial discourse in the US with this practice, exploring the implications for digital games as a transnational public sphere. This talk recaps the history of racist griefing online and link the current crisis in racial discourse in the US with this practice, exploring the implications for digital games as a transnational public sphere. Games are a radically transnational medium: as Martin Lister writes in New Media: An Introduction, 'even before Pokemon, the videogame was perhaps the most thoroughly transnational form of popular culture, both as an industry (with Sony, Sega and Nintendo as the key players) but also at the level of content - the characters and narratives of many videogames are evidence of relays of influence between America and Japan.' Internet gameplay is becoming more socially and culturally diverse and ubiquitous than ever before. Yet at the same time, the culture of griefing or pranking that dominates these games and other forms of networked social life such as Second Life and Chatroulette takes increasingly racist and racialized forms. The Patriotic Niggas, a group of griefers who delight in 'breaking' Second Life and Habbo Hotel by filling public space with garbage, are assuredly not African American, but resort to offensive racist languages as the shortest route to their goal: the disruption of online community and social life. This talk will recap the history of racist griefing online and link the current crisis in racial discourse in the US with this practice, exploring the implications for digital games as a transnational public sphere. Internet,online gaming,games,griefing,racism,culture,social,social networks,public space,community Lisa Nakamura 3994 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:15:40 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 34 Internet conversation computer agent emotion user person life natural language processing embodied conversational agent language dialogue affect relationship speech social ethics semantic web Yorick Wilks explores the state of the art in modelling realistic conversation with computers over the last 40 years, and asks what we would want in a conversational agent (or 'Companion') designed for a long-term relationship with a user. This lecture begins by looking at the state of the art in modelling realistic conversation with computers over the last 40 years. Yorick Wilks argues that there has been real progress, even though some systems of the late 1960s were remarkably good, a fact largely forgotten now. Yorick then moves on to ask what we would want in a conversational agent that was designed for a long-term relationship with a user, rather than the carrying out of a single brief task, like buying a railway ticket. Such agents he calls 'companionable' and he distinguishes several functions for such agents, but the feature they share will be that, in some definable sense, an artificial Companion should know a great deal about its owner - derived both from conversation and from the internet itself - and can use that information. For this lecture, it is not important what form, robotic or otherwise, a Companion has and Yorick doesn't focus on developments in speech understanding and generation but just assumes the state of the art. The focus is, first, on the technical issues of what such a Companion should know and how it can gain and use such knowledge though the understanding of conversations and searching the internet; and, secondly, on what the social implications of such Companions will be: will we trust them, will a Government or their manufacturer demand access to what they know about us, will they talk to each other about us, and what will happen to their unique knowledge of us when we die? http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2010-07-20:111810:206:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20100712_326/20100712_326.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Yorick Wilks explores the state of the art in modelling realistic conversation with computers over the last 40 years, and asks what we would want in a conversational agent (or 'Companion') designed for a long-term relationship with a user. Yorick Wilks explores the state of the art in modelling realistic conversation with computers over the last 40 years, and asks what we would want in a conversational agent (or 'Companion') designed for a long-term relationship with a user. This lecture begins by looking at the state of the art in modelling realistic conversation with computers over the last 40 years. Yorick Wilks argues that there has been real progress, even though some systems of the late 1960s were remarkably good, a fact largely forgotten now. Yorick then moves on to ask what we would want in a conversational agent that was designed for a long-term relationship with a user, rather than the carrying out of a single brief task, like buying a railway ticket. Such agents he calls 'companionable' and he distinguishes several functions for such agents, but the feature they share will be that, in some definable sense, an artificial Companion should know a great deal about its owner - derived both from conversation and from the internet itself - and can use that information. For this lecture, it is not important what form, robotic or otherwise, a Companion has and Yorick doesn't focus on developments in speech understanding and generation but just assumes the state of the art. The focus is, first, on the technical issues of what such a Companion should know and how it can gain and use such knowledge though the understanding of conversations and searching the internet; and, secondly, on what the social implications of such Companions will be: will we trust them, will a Government or their manufacturer demand access to what they know about us, will they talk to each other about us, and what will happen to their unique knowledge of us when we die? Internet,conversation,computer,agent,emotion,user,person,life,natural language processing,embodied conversational agent,language,dialogue,affect,relationship,speech,social,ethics,semantic web Yorick Wilks 3707 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:18:10 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 35 Internet users broadband mobility access computers digital divide oxis survey technology Grant Blank summarises his lecture on how a new pattern of Internet access is developing through the use of a growing variety of devices than enable increasing mobility: these people are "Next Generation Internet Users". Survey research on Internet use in Britain has highlighted two dramatic and interrelated shifts in how users are accessing the Internet. From our early study of Internet use in 2003, the primary pattern of Internet access was based on the use of a personal computer in one's household, and at times complemented by similar access at the workplace, linked to the Internet through a modem or broadband connection. The major change in access since 2003 was around the speed of connections, with the major trend being the uptake of broadband Internet until 2009, by when nearly all Internet users used a broadband connection. This dominant pattern of Internet access characterizes the 'first generation user' in Britain. In contrast to this first generation of Internet users, there is a new pattern of Internet access developing through the use of a growing variety of devices than enable increasing mobility. Laptops, smart phones, tablet computers, and readers are providing a multitude of entry points that most often complement but occasionally replace the centrality of the household personal computer. We call those who link to the Internet in this increasingly mobile style as the 'next generation users' (NGUs). Who are the next generation users, the more tethered users, and non-users? Additionally, socioeconomic divides and the choices of many individuals not to use the Internet are socially distributed in ways that reignite issues over digital divides in society. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-02-28:110423:412:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120124_409/20120124_409.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Grant Blank summarises his lecture on how a new pattern of Internet access is developing through the use of a growing variety of devices than enable increasing mobility: these people are "Next Generation Internet Users". Grant Blank summarises his lecture on how a new pattern of Internet access is developing through the use of a growing variety of devices than enable increasing mobility: these people are "Next Generation Internet Users". Survey research on Internet use in Britain has highlighted two dramatic and interrelated shifts in how users are accessing the Internet. From our early study of Internet use in 2003, the primary pattern of Internet access was based on the use of a personal computer in one's household, and at times complemented by similar access at the workplace, linked to the Internet through a modem or broadband connection. The major change in access since 2003 was around the speed of connections, with the major trend being the uptake of broadband Internet until 2009, by when nearly all Internet users used a broadband connection. This dominant pattern of Internet access characterizes the 'first generation user' in Britain. In contrast to this first generation of Internet users, there is a new pattern of Internet access developing through the use of a growing variety of devices than enable increasing mobility. Laptops, smart phones, tablet computers, and readers are providing a multitude of entry points that most often complement but occasionally replace the centrality of the household personal computer. We call those who link to the Internet in this increasingly mobile style as the 'next generation users' (NGUs). Who are the next generation users, the more tethered users, and non-users? Additionally, socioeconomic divides and the choices of many individuals not to use the Internet are socially distributed in ways that reignite issues over digital divides in society. Internet,users,broadband,mobility,access,computers,digital divide,oxis,survey,technology Grant Blank 440 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:04:23 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 36 Internet poverty Africa liberalisation networks Sudan labour market weak ties economy markets wasta access literacy digital divides literacy information tribalism Laura Mann summarises her lecture on information technologies and marginalization in African market economies, part of the OII's Society and the Internet Lecture Series. It is often argued that poor and marginalized communities self perpetuate their poverty by inhabiting closed networks. This argument has been most strongly lobbied against those in Africa, where Ethno-linguistic Fragmentation (ELF) has been used to explain "Africa's 'growth tragedy'". However, the rapidly increasing use of the Internet coupled with liberalisation has been seen by many as a way for people to participate in traditionally unreachable social and economic networks. Using the case study of the graduate Sudanese labour market, this talk problematizes the link between technologically mediated weak ties and embeddedness in African economic networks. It contends that tribalism is not an exogenous variable that impinges on the performance of markets but is instead partly an outcome of the failure of liberalisation to produce markets. In the context of the drastic expansion of tertiary education and the politically motivated program of liberalisation carried out by the NCP, the graduate labour market has developed stronger ties in both formal and informal sectors of the economy. 'Wasta' (the Arabic word for intermediation) is strengthening amidst liberalisation, while minorities are being shut out. In such a context, the Internet and other ICTs are not the levellers that many expect them to be. Whilst codified information on the Internet is in theory accessible to all, it remains that a range of barriers including access, technological proficiency and literacy, class, tribe and gender all play a role in restricting access to information for the traditionally marginalized. While the Internet allows for information to be more widely shared, it can also provide mechanisms for information to be kept more secret and for access to be restricted. Internet initiatives focused on development need to deal with this larger range of issues if they are to succeed. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-02-28:110750:460:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120117_408/20120117_408.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Laura Mann summarises her lecture on information technologies and marginalization in African market economies, part of the OII's Society and the Internet Lecture Series. Laura Mann summarises her lecture on information technologies and marginalization in African market economies, part of the OII's Society and the Internet Lecture Series. It is often argued that poor and marginalized communities self perpetuate their poverty by inhabiting closed networks. This argument has been most strongly lobbied against those in Africa, where Ethno-linguistic Fragmentation (ELF) has been used to explain "Africa's 'growth tragedy'". However, the rapidly increasing use of the Internet coupled with liberalisation has been seen by many as a way for people to participate in traditionally unreachable social and economic networks. Using the case study of the graduate Sudanese labour market, this talk problematizes the link between technologically mediated weak ties and embeddedness in African economic networks. It contends that tribalism is not an exogenous variable that impinges on the performance of markets but is instead partly an outcome of the failure of liberalisation to produce markets. In the context of the drastic expansion of tertiary education and the politically motivated program of liberalisation carried out by the NCP, the graduate labour market has developed stronger ties in both formal and informal sectors of the economy. 'Wasta' (the Arabic word for intermediation) is strengthening amidst liberalisation, while minorities are being shut out. In such a context, the Internet and other ICTs are not the levellers that many expect them to be. Whilst codified information on the Internet is in theory accessible to all, it remains that a range of barriers including access, technological proficiency and literacy, class, tribe and gender all play a role in restricting access to information for the traditionally marginalized. While the Internet allows for information to be more widely shared, it can also provide mechanisms for information to be kept more secret and for access to be restricted. Internet initiatives focused on development need to deal with this larger range of issues if they are to succeed. Internet,poverty,Africa,liberalisation,networks,Sudan,labour market,weak ties,economy,markets,wasta,access,literacy,digital divides,literacy,information,tribalism Laura Mann 219 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:07:50 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 37 Internet relationships online dating sites dating profiles social media romantic relationships compatibility cultural variation psychology Erina Lee discusses the importance of similarity between partners in terms of long-term relationship satisfaction. She discusses some compatibility dimensions that have been considered by eHarmony, as well as future directions for research. Erina Lee of eHarmony Labs discusses the importance of similarity between partners in the context of different kinds of online relationship. She explains how similarity is indelibly intertwined with long-term relationship satisfaction, and reveals the surprisingly high levels of cultural variation in the way that similarity can be constructed. She goes on to discuss some of the many dimensions of compatibility that have been considered by eHarmony, before giving her thoughts on future directions for research on matchmaking to the OII's own Bernie Hogan. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-02-28:113206:349:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20111210_413/20111210_413.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Erina Lee discusses the importance of similarity between partners in terms of long-term relationship satisfaction. She discusses some compatibility dimensions that have been considered by eHarmony, as well as future directions for research. Erina Lee discusses the importance of similarity between partners in terms of long-term relationship satisfaction. She discusses some compatibility dimensions that have been considered by eHarmony, as well as future directions for research. Erina Lee of eHarmony Labs discusses the importance of similarity between partners in the context of different kinds of online relationship. She explains how similarity is indelibly intertwined with long-term relationship satisfaction, and reveals the surprisingly high levels of cultural variation in the way that similarity can be constructed. She goes on to discuss some of the many dimensions of compatibility that have been considered by eHarmony, before giving her thoughts on future directions for research on matchmaking to the OII's own Bernie Hogan. Internet,relationships,online dating sites,dating profiles,social media,romantic relationships,compatibility,cultural variation,psychology Bernie Hogan, Erina Lee 277 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:32:06 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 38 Internet relationships online dating sites social media romantic relationships dating profiles hyperpersonal model perception presentation psychology Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. 'Idealisation' of perception and presentation online can facilitate the selection process, but may have unforseen consequences when people eventually meet. In conversation with Nicole Ellison, Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. He explains how the 'idealisation' of both perception and presentation online can facilitate our natural processes of selection, but also suggests that the specific presentational affordances of computer mediated communication may have unforeseen (and likely troublesome) consequences when individuals finally meet. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-02-28:113958:500:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20111210_412/20111210_412.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. 'Idealisation' of perception and presentation online can facilitate the selection process, but may have unforseen consequences when people eventually meet. Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. 'Idealisation' of perception and presentation online can facilitate the selection process, but may have unforseen consequences when people eventually meet. In conversation with Nicole Ellison, Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. He explains how the 'idealisation' of both perception and presentation online can facilitate our natural processes of selection, but also suggests that the specific presentational affordances of computer mediated communication may have unforeseen (and likely troublesome) consequences when individuals finally meet. Internet,relationships,online dating sites,social media,romantic relationships,dating profiles,hyperpersonal model,perception,presentation,psychology Joseph Walther, Nicole Ellison 251 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:39:58 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 39 Internet relationships online dating sites social media romantic relationships dating profiles dating scams victim support fraud psychology Monica Whitty discusses her recent work on dating scams, which has focused on attempting to identify a typology of victims, recognizing the techniques used by scammers, and also the psychological impact of the scams themselves. Monica Whitty discusses her recent ESRC funded work on dating scams, aided by SOCA, various online dating agencies, and victim support groups. This work has focused on attempting to identify a typology of victims, as well as to recognize the techniques used by scammers, and the psychological impact of the scams themselves. She tells Bernie Hogan about the extraordinary sums of money fraudulently obtained through these scams, and also highlights the long lasting effects felt by many victims. Because of the intimate nature of these crimes, she discusses strategies for creating more effective forms of awareness, as well as mechanisms for automatically alerting people to the potential for an online interaction being fraudulent. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-02-28:114324:206:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20111210_415/20111210_415.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Monica Whitty discusses her recent work on dating scams, which has focused on attempting to identify a typology of victims, recognizing the techniques used by scammers, and also the psychological impact of the scams themselves. Monica Whitty discusses her recent work on dating scams, which has focused on attempting to identify a typology of victims, recognizing the techniques used by scammers, and also the psychological impact of the scams themselves. Monica Whitty discusses her recent ESRC funded work on dating scams, aided by SOCA, various online dating agencies, and victim support groups. This work has focused on attempting to identify a typology of victims, as well as to recognize the techniques used by scammers, and the psychological impact of the scams themselves. She tells Bernie Hogan about the extraordinary sums of money fraudulently obtained through these scams, and also highlights the long lasting effects felt by many victims. Because of the intimate nature of these crimes, she discusses strategies for creating more effective forms of awareness, as well as mechanisms for automatically alerting people to the potential for an online interaction being fraudulent. Internet,relationships,online dating sites,social media,romantic relationships,dating profiles,dating scams,victim support,fraud,psychology Monica Whitty, Bernie Hogan 364 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:43:24 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 40 Internet journalism innovation news agencies freedom of expression reporting journalists technology Turo Uskali argues that, thanks to the Internet, there has never been a better time for innovative journalism and innovations in journalism. According to Turo Uskali, there has never been a better time for innovative journalism and innovations in journalism. Based on his new book, Innovation and Journalism, this talk explores how the Internet has created new challenges and opportunities for news agencies, and has allowed journalists greater freedom on expression and reporting. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-02-28:114958:324:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20110412_353/20110412_353.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Turo Uskali argues that, thanks to the Internet, there has never been a better time for innovative journalism and innovations in journalism. Turo Uskali argues that, thanks to the Internet, there has never been a better time for innovative journalism and innovations in journalism. According to Turo Uskali, there has never been a better time for innovative journalism and innovations in journalism. Based on his new book, Innovation and Journalism, this talk explores how the Internet has created new challenges and opportunities for news agencies, and has allowed journalists greater freedom on expression and reporting. Internet,journalism,innovation,news agencies,freedom of expression,reporting,journalists,technology Turo Uskali 5090 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:49:58 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 41 Internet terrorism September 11 9/11 information sharing intelligence weapons of mass destruction wmd homeland security policy security privacy civil liberties technology David Bray describes the Information Sharing Environment, exploring post-9/11 information sharing in the United States, and the efforts being made towards information sharing and national security. In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States began a historic transformation aimed at preventing future attacks and improving its ability to protect institutions at home and abroad. As a result, the US is now better informed of terrorist intentions and plans, and better prepared to detect, prevent, and respond to their actions. Enhanced information sharing has provided a greater capacity for coordinated and integrated action. The Information Sharing Environment (ISE, www.ise.gov) was established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The ISE provides analysts, operators and investigators with integrated and synthesized information on terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and homeland security. This talk will describe what the ISE is and by doing so will explore post-9/11 information sharing in the United States, and the efforts being made towards information sharing and protection. David will also give a brief outline of on-going ISE development efforts. In essence, this talk highlights that when examining the full scope of information sharing and protection, there are many widespread and complex challenges that must be addressed and solved by multiple agencies together. Policies and solutions should be framed to address all types of protected information, classified and unclassified, as critical national and homeland security issues cut across security domains. Protection also includes privacy and civil liberties protections. Without privacy and civil liberties protections, sharing is not possible; and without sharing, protection loses its relevance. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-02-28:115332:277:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20110408_351/20110408_351.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu David Bray describes the Information Sharing Environment, exploring post-9/11 information sharing in the United States, and the efforts being made towards information sharing and national security. David Bray describes the Information Sharing Environment, exploring post-9/11 information sharing in the United States, and the efforts being made towards information sharing and national security. In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the United States began a historic transformation aimed at preventing future attacks and improving its ability to protect institutions at home and abroad. As a result, the US is now better informed of terrorist intentions and plans, and better prepared to detect, prevent, and respond to their actions. Enhanced information sharing has provided a greater capacity for coordinated and integrated action. The Information Sharing Environment (ISE, www.ise.gov) was established by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The ISE provides analysts, operators and investigators with integrated and synthesized information on terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and homeland security. This talk will describe what the ISE is and by doing so will explore post-9/11 information sharing in the United States, and the efforts being made towards information sharing and protection. David will also give a brief outline of on-going ISE development efforts. In essence, this talk highlights that when examining the full scope of information sharing and protection, there are many widespread and complex challenges that must be addressed and solved by multiple agencies together. Policies and solutions should be framed to address all types of protected information, classified and unclassified, as critical national and homeland security issues cut across security domains. Protection also includes privacy and civil liberties protections. Without privacy and civil liberties protections, sharing is not possible; and without sharing, protection loses its relevance. Internet,terrorism,September 11,9/11,information sharing,intelligence,weapons of mass destruction,wmd,homeland security,policy,security,privacy,civil liberties,technology David Bray 3637 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:53:32 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 42 Internet human brain adaptation environment biotechnology attention memory ideas the mind future cognitive psychology technology creativity Baroness Greenfield discusses how Information Technology is changing the way humans think and feel. Whilst there are clear benefits, she also highlights the less desirable consequences, and suggests how best to minimise these threats. The human brain is exquisitely sensitive to the environment. The brain is personalised even in clones (identical twins), as different experiences drive the unique configuration of different brain connections. These connections are constantly changed and updated by continuing experiences. Since the 21st Century is offering unprecedented environmental experiences it is possible that the 21st century human mind may be adapting in unprecedented ways. Biotechnology is blurring the distinction between one generation and another, nanotechnology is blurring the distinction of the body with the outside world, whilst Information Technology is perhaps causing the most immediate and diverse changes to how we think and feel. In this talk we shall see how, accordingly the individual of the future may have: higher IQ; shorter attention span; improved short-term memory; a preference for icons rather than ideas; sensory emphasis rather than cognitive; less empathy; be less risk-averse; have less of a sense of identity. Of these, some are desirable (higher IQ), whilst others are obviously not (less empathy). This talk will explore how to harness the benefits and minimise the threats by being alert to the transition from 'meaning' to experiences, being constructive with risk, promoting recognition of individual and above all devising situations to promote creativity. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-02-28:115727:862:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20110407_350/20110407_350.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Baroness Greenfield discusses how Information Technology is changing the way humans think and feel. Whilst there are clear benefits, she also highlights the less desirable consequences, and suggests how best to minimise these threats. Baroness Greenfield discusses how Information Technology is changing the way humans think and feel. Whilst there are clear benefits, she also highlights the less desirable consequences, and suggests how best to minimise these threats. The human brain is exquisitely sensitive to the environment. The brain is personalised even in clones (identical twins), as different experiences drive the unique configuration of different brain connections. These connections are constantly changed and updated by continuing experiences. Since the 21st Century is offering unprecedented environmental experiences it is possible that the 21st century human mind may be adapting in unprecedented ways. Biotechnology is blurring the distinction between one generation and another, nanotechnology is blurring the distinction of the body with the outside world, whilst Information Technology is perhaps causing the most immediate and diverse changes to how we think and feel. In this talk we shall see how, accordingly the individual of the future may have: higher IQ; shorter attention span; improved short-term memory; a preference for icons rather than ideas; sensory emphasis rather than cognitive; less empathy; be less risk-averse; have less of a sense of identity. Of these, some are desirable (higher IQ), whilst others are obviously not (less empathy). This talk will explore how to harness the benefits and minimise the threats by being alert to the transition from 'meaning' to experiences, being constructive with risk, promoting recognition of individual and above all devising situations to promote creativity. Internet,human brain,adaptation,environment,biotechnology,attention,memory,ideas,the mind,future,cognitive psychology,technology,creativity Susan Greenfield 2806 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:57:27 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 43 Internet technology media research visualisation computational images communication knowledge production Professor Steve Woolgar introduces and discusses the main themes of the Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation conference, by reflecting on recent changes in visualisation media and considering some of the implications of these changes for research. This paper introduces and discusses the main themes of the conference "Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation" (Said Business School, 25 March 2011). It reflects on changes in visualisation media in recent years and considers some of the implications of these changes for research. In particular, the paper discusses the 'lure of the visual' - our tendency to experience visual representation as more 'vivid', 'real', 'striking' than other media - and the consequences for our research. In what ways and to what extent can we resist being drawn in by the visual? How can we maintain analytic distance on the visual? What after all is 'cool' about visualisation? http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-02-28:120215:878:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20110325_354/20110325_354.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Professor Steve Woolgar introduces and discusses the main themes of the Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation conference, by reflecting on recent changes in visualisation media and considering some of the implications of these changes for research. Professor Steve Woolgar introduces and discusses the main themes of the Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation conference, by reflecting on recent changes in visualisation media and considering some of the implications of these changes for research. This paper introduces and discusses the main themes of the conference "Visualisation in the Age of Computerisation" (Said Business School, 25 March 2011). It reflects on changes in visualisation media in recent years and considers some of the implications of these changes for research. In particular, the paper discusses the 'lure of the visual' - our tendency to experience visual representation as more 'vivid', 'real', 'striking' than other media - and the consequences for our research. In what ways and to what extent can we resist being drawn in by the visual? How can we maintain analytic distance on the visual? What after all is 'cool' about visualisation? Internet,technology,media,research,visualisation,computational images,communication,knowledge production Steve Woolgar 3767 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:02:15 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 44 Arab Spring revolution politics mobilisation collective action Arab world social networks revolt Facebook Revolution consumers producers technology social change Tunisia Egypt Libya Bahrain Egypt Iran Twitter Revolution Revolutions are currently sweeping the Arab world, from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya to Bahrain. The Internet has been reported as a key factor, but we in fact know little of its role in these revolutions. Revolutions are currently sweeping the Arab world: from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya to Bahrain. After decades of dictatorship, mass mobilisations and strikes are bringing down presidents and redrawing constitutions. These mass revolts are inspirational throughout the world and have swiftly shattered the notion of passivity and complacency that has for long been coined as the 'Arab exception'. But the unfolding events raise many questions, most pressingly: what were the main reasons of this unprecedented turmoil. The role of the Internet has been reported as a key source. The soundbites that resonated during the Iran protests in 2009 - Twitter Revolution - were neatly echoed or replaced with new ones - Facebook Revolution. But despite the stormy debates taking place online and offline, fueled by the massive outpour of journalistic editorials about the impact of the Internet, we in fact know little of the empirical role of the Internet in these revolutions; neither in terms of Internet producers nor Internet consumers. In times of revolution, how can traditional academic frameworks regarding the social and political implications of the Internet help explain the dialectic between technology and social change as well as offering a way forward to the very people on the ground employing these new tools? These and other issues will be discussed by a panel of experts representing an interesting mix of academics and activists. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-03-12:164111:669:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20110328_348/20110328_348.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Revolutions are currently sweeping the Arab world, from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya to Bahrain. The Internet has been reported as a key factor, but we in fact know little of its role in these revolutions. Revolutions are currently sweeping the Arab world, from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya to Bahrain. The Internet has been reported as a key factor, but we in fact know little of its role in these revolutions. Revolutions are currently sweeping the Arab world: from Tunisia to Egypt and Libya to Bahrain. After decades of dictatorship, mass mobilisations and strikes are bringing down presidents and redrawing constitutions. These mass revolts are inspirational throughout the world and have swiftly shattered the notion of passivity and complacency that has for long been coined as the 'Arab exception'. But the unfolding events raise many questions, most pressingly: what were the main reasons of this unprecedented turmoil. The role of the Internet has been reported as a key source. The soundbites that resonated during the Iran protests in 2009 - Twitter Revolution - were neatly echoed or replaced with new ones - Facebook Revolution. But despite the stormy debates taking place online and offline, fueled by the massive outpour of journalistic editorials about the impact of the Internet, we in fact know little of the empirical role of the Internet in these revolutions; neither in terms of Internet producers nor Internet consumers. In times of revolution, how can traditional academic frameworks regarding the social and political implications of the Internet help explain the dialectic between technology and social change as well as offering a way forward to the very people on the ground employing these new tools? These and other issues will be discussed by a panel of experts representing an interesting mix of academics and activists. Arab Spring,revolution,politics,mobilisation,collective action,Arab world,social networks,revolt,Facebook Revolution,consumers,producers,technology,social change,Tunisia,Egypt,Libya,Bahrain,Egypt,Iran,Twitter Revolution Miriyam Aouragh, Noha Atef, Khaled Hroub, George Weyman 3785 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:41:11 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 45 Internet social science knowledge bibliometrics digital social research computer science 2012-03-12 Peter van den Besselaar's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. This is a Keynote talk from the Oxford Internet Institute's Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", held in Oxford on 12 March 2012. Peter starts his talk by describing the crisis in the social sciences, for which interdisciplinarity is often seen as the (a) solution. He then moves to the nature of 'interdisciplinarity' as a transitional stage in knowledge development, based on a range of empirical (bibliometric) studies. He shows some of the core characteristics of interdisciplinary research, and investigates how digital social science can be positioned in terms of these characteristics. This leads to a discussion of whether digital social research is an interdisciplinary collaboration niche between social science and computer science, or a solution for the main problems of social research. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-03-28:122023:793:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120312_419/20120312_419.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Peter van den Besselaar's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. Peter van den Besselaar's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. This is a Keynote talk from the Oxford Internet Institute's Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", held in Oxford on 12 March 2012. Peter starts his talk by describing the crisis in the social sciences, for which interdisciplinarity is often seen as the (a) solution. He then moves to the nature of 'interdisciplinarity' as a transitional stage in knowledge development, based on a range of empirical (bibliometric) studies. He shows some of the core characteristics of interdisciplinary research, and investigates how digital social science can be positioned in terms of these characteristics. This leads to a discussion of whether digital social research is an interdisciplinary collaboration niche between social science and computer science, or a solution for the main problems of social research. Internet,social science,knowledge,bibliometrics,digital,social,research,computer science,2012-03-12 Peter van den Besselaar 1571 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:20:23 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 46 Internet social science knowledge bibliometrics digital social research computer science data sharing policy science data deluge 2012-03-12 Christine Borgman's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. This is a Keynote talk from the Oxford Internet Institute's Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", held in Oxford on 12 March 2012. Data sharing has become a core tenet of science policy in the UK, the US, and elsewhere. Among the rationales for sharing data is improving the ability to reproduce or to replicate research. Reproducibility is an oft-stated "gold standard" for science, yet it is a problematic rationale for sharing research data. Sociologists of science have described the difficulties of verifying, let alone reproducing, scientific results, since the 1970s. While most sciences are experiencing a data deluge, the characteristics and practices associated with data vary widely, with different requirements for replication. Reproducibility concerns underlie peer review, identification of fraud, bio-security, and publication practices. The role of data in reproducing science lies at the intersection of e-Science, practice, and policy, and thus is a significant problem to be addressed by digital social research. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-03-28:122416:131:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120312_417/20120312_417.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Christine Borgman's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Christine Borgman's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. This is a Keynote talk from the Oxford Internet Institute's Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", held in Oxford on 12 March 2012. Data sharing has become a core tenet of science policy in the UK, the US, and elsewhere. Among the rationales for sharing data is improving the ability to reproduce or to replicate research. Reproducibility is an oft-stated "gold standard" for science, yet it is a problematic rationale for sharing research data. Sociologists of science have described the difficulties of verifying, let alone reproducing, scientific results, since the 1970s. While most sciences are experiencing a data deluge, the characteristics and practices associated with data vary widely, with different requirements for replication. Reproducibility concerns underlie peer review, identification of fraud, bio-security, and publication practices. The role of data in reproducing science lies at the intersection of e-Science, practice, and policy, and thus is a significant problem to be addressed by digital social research. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Internet,social science,knowledge,bibliometrics,digital,social,research,computer science,data sharing,policy,science,data deluge,2012-03-12 Christine Borgman 1151 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:24:16 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 47 Internet social science knowledge digital social research policy science technology 2012-03-12 Diane H. Sonnenwald's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. This is a Keynote talk from the Oxford Internet Institute's Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", held in Oxford on 12 March 2012. It is increasingly important to understand the potential impact of future technology in complex contexts as early as possible in the research and development (R&D) cycle. Understanding the potential impact, including its interaction with social structures, helps inform funding and research decisions. It identifies technology capabilities that may enhance the technology's adoption and use, and reduce its unintended negative consequences. It also uncovers potential conflicts with current social structures, facilitating the identification of enhancements to social structures and/or practices to derive benefit from the technology. To understand the potential impact of future technology we have been developing a research approach called "visioning studies". The goal of a visioning study is to understand the perspectives of potential users and stakeholders, and from this understanding develop socio-technical design recommendations in collaboration with computer science researchers and relevant stakeholders. We have explored two visioning study approaches: a mixed method approach involving simulation, surveys and interviews; and a semi-structured approach in which a video depicting the technology vision embedded in relevant realistic scenarios is used in conjunction with semi-structured interviews. To date, visioning studies have been conducted regarding 3D telepresence technology in emergency health care and mobile technology in policing. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-03-28:122830:528:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120312_418/20120312_418.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Diane H. Sonnenwald's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Diane H. Sonnenwald's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. This is a Keynote talk from the Oxford Internet Institute's Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", held in Oxford on 12 March 2012. It is increasingly important to understand the potential impact of future technology in complex contexts as early as possible in the research and development (R&D) cycle. Understanding the potential impact, including its interaction with social structures, helps inform funding and research decisions. It identifies technology capabilities that may enhance the technology's adoption and use, and reduce its unintended negative consequences. It also uncovers potential conflicts with current social structures, facilitating the identification of enhancements to social structures and/or practices to derive benefit from the technology. To understand the potential impact of future technology we have been developing a research approach called "visioning studies". The goal of a visioning study is to understand the perspectives of potential users and stakeholders, and from this understanding develop socio-technical design recommendations in collaboration with computer science researchers and relevant stakeholders. We have explored two visioning study approaches: a mixed method approach involving simulation, surveys and interviews; and a semi-structured approach in which a video depicting the technology vision embedded in relevant realistic scenarios is used in conjunction with semi-structured interviews. To date, visioning studies have been conducted regarding 3D telepresence technology in emergency health care and mobile technology in policing. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Internet,social science,knowledge,digital,social,research,policy,science,technology,2012-03-12 Diane H. Sonnenwald 1407 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:28:30 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 48 Internet social science knowledge digital social research policy science technology webmetrics link analysis text analysis social media web data information 2012-03-12 Mike Thelwall's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. This is a Keynote talk from the Oxford Internet Institute's Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", held in Oxford on 12 March 2012. The research field of webometrics encompasses various forms of web-based link and text analyses. Webometric studies have included large scale analyses of social network sites and social web sites like Flickr, Twitter and YouTube, as well as areas of the traditional web, such as university websites. Webometrics began in 1997 within the discipline of Library and Information Science (LIS) in response to the recognition that commercial search engines could turn the Web into a large database for certain types of LIS research. In response to technical challenges involving automatically gathering web data, webometrics attracted people with computing backgrounds and became an interdisciplinary field in approximately 2000. Webometrics further evolved in 2003, when it began to incorporate social science research goals outside of LIS. The evolution was cemented in 2008 with the development of information-centred research theory: defining a type of research that had the goal of discovering suitable social science applications for new types of web information (Thelwall, Wouters and Fry, 2008). Since then webometrics has consciously attempted to develop quantitative web research methods and theories to have general application within social science, although continuing to prioritise LIS goals and approaches. This talk evaluates the impact and progress of webometrics: its impact within LIS and the wider social sciences. Although webometrics has been repeatedly singled out for its achievements within LIS, outside of LIS it has been much less successful. The evaluation will centre on evidence for the uptake of the methods generated by practicing webometricians and reasons behind their successes and failures. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-03-28:123234:725:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120312_420/20120312_420.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Mike Thelwall's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Mike Thelwall's Keynote talk from the OII Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", March 2012. This is a Keynote talk from the Oxford Internet Institute's Symposium "Social Science and Digital Research: Interdisciplinary Insights", held in Oxford on 12 March 2012. The research field of webometrics encompasses various forms of web-based link and text analyses. Webometric studies have included large scale analyses of social network sites and social web sites like Flickr, Twitter and YouTube, as well as areas of the traditional web, such as university websites. Webometrics began in 1997 within the discipline of Library and Information Science (LIS) in response to the recognition that commercial search engines could turn the Web into a large database for certain types of LIS research. In response to technical challenges involving automatically gathering web data, webometrics attracted people with computing backgrounds and became an interdisciplinary field in approximately 2000. Webometrics further evolved in 2003, when it began to incorporate social science research goals outside of LIS. The evolution was cemented in 2008 with the development of information-centred research theory: defining a type of research that had the goal of discovering suitable social science applications for new types of web information (Thelwall, Wouters and Fry, 2008). Since then webometrics has consciously attempted to develop quantitative web research methods and theories to have general application within social science, although continuing to prioritise LIS goals and approaches. This talk evaluates the impact and progress of webometrics: its impact within LIS and the wider social sciences. Although webometrics has been repeatedly singled out for its achievements within LIS, outside of LIS it has been much less successful. The evaluation will centre on evidence for the uptake of the methods generated by practicing webometricians and reasons behind their successes and failures. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Internet,social science,knowledge,digital,social,research,policy,science,technology,webmetrics,link analysis,text analysis,social media,web data,information,2012-03-12 Mike Thelwall 1337 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:32:34 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 49 Internet social interaction data Web 2.0 collective action social behaviour machine computation analysis data information networks social networks structure information flow big data In this talk, Jure discusses how the computational perspective can be applied to questions involving the structure of online networks and the dynamics of information that flow through such networks. With an increasing amount of social interaction taking place online, we are accumulating large amounts of data about phenomena that were once essentially invisible to us: the collective behaviour and social interactions of hundreds of millions of people. Analyzing this data computationally offers enormous potential to address both long-standing scientific questions, and to harness and inform the design of future social computing applications. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-06-19:122531:028:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120412_423/20120412_423.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu In this talk, Jure discusses how the computational perspective can be applied to questions involving the structure of online networks and the dynamics of information that flow through such networks. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer In this talk, Jure discusses how the computational perspective can be applied to questions involving the structure of online networks and the dynamics of information that flow through such networks. With an increasing amount of social interaction taking place online, we are accumulating large amounts of data about phenomena that were once essentially invisible to us: the collective behaviour and social interactions of hundreds of millions of people. Analyzing this data computationally offers enormous potential to address both long-standing scientific questions, and to harness and inform the design of future social computing applications. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Internet,social interaction,data,Web 2.0,collective action,social behaviour,machine,computation,analysis,data,information,networks,social networks,structure,information flow,big data Jure Leskovec 4903 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:25:31 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 50 Internet natural disaster earthquake digital archive disaster recovery preservation digital humanities collaboration CEISMIC data information curation big data Paul Millar, CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive project leader, discusses the role of digital humanities in developing an international resource to preserve the digital record of the earthquakes' impacts and the long-term process of recovery. In the months since a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand's Canterbury province in September 2010, the region has experience over ten thousand aftershocks, 430 above magnitude 4.0. The most devastating aftershock, a 6.2 earthquake under the centre of Christchurch on 22 February 2011, had one of the highest peak ground acceleration rates ever recorded. This event claimed 185 lives, damaged 80% of the central city beyond repair, and forced the abandonment of 6,000 homes. It was the third costliest insurance event in history. In this talk Paul Millar, the CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive project leader, discusses the role of digital humanities in developing an international resource to preserve the digital record of the earthquakes' impacts and the long-term process of recovery. Millar's initial project proposal was predicated on the belief that "when all the empirical data around the earthquakes has been collected and the city's infrastructure restored, the effects will still be felt among families and communities for decades to come, and that these experiences needed to be recorded, preserved and made available for commemoration and scholarship." This view was fully supported by University of Canterbury senior management, who endorsed the CEISMIC project's digital humanities approach by resourcing it at an equivalent level to a number of the university's world-leading geology and engineering earthquake research projects. Since the CEISMIC project began, it has grown and evolved in ways far exceeding the scope of the initial proposal. Millar will suggest that the evolution of the project reflects both the need for humanities scholars to be prepared to play a practical role in recovery following such major events, and the value and validity of digital humanities principles openness and collaboration. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-06-19:123208:852:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120521_435/20120521_435.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Paul Millar, CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive project leader, discusses the role of digital humanities in developing an international resource to preserve the digital record of the earthquakes' impacts and the long-term process of recovery. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Paul Millar, CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive project leader, discusses the role of digital humanities in developing an international resource to preserve the digital record of the earthquakes' impacts and the long-term process of recovery. In the months since a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit New Zealand's Canterbury province in September 2010, the region has experience over ten thousand aftershocks, 430 above magnitude 4.0. The most devastating aftershock, a 6.2 earthquake under the centre of Christchurch on 22 February 2011, had one of the highest peak ground acceleration rates ever recorded. This event claimed 185 lives, damaged 80% of the central city beyond repair, and forced the abandonment of 6,000 homes. It was the third costliest insurance event in history. In this talk Paul Millar, the CEISMIC Canterbury Earthquakes Digital Archive project leader, discusses the role of digital humanities in developing an international resource to preserve the digital record of the earthquakes' impacts and the long-term process of recovery. Millar's initial project proposal was predicated on the belief that "when all the empirical data around the earthquakes has been collected and the city's infrastructure restored, the effects will still be felt among families and communities for decades to come, and that these experiences needed to be recorded, preserved and made available for commemoration and scholarship." This view was fully supported by University of Canterbury senior management, who endorsed the CEISMIC project's digital humanities approach by resourcing it at an equivalent level to a number of the university's world-leading geology and engineering earthquake research projects. Since the CEISMIC project began, it has grown and evolved in ways far exceeding the scope of the initial proposal. Millar will suggest that the evolution of the project reflects both the need for humanities scholars to be prepared to play a practical role in recovery following such major events, and the value and validity of digital humanities principles openness and collaboration. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Internet,natural disaster,earthquake,digital archive,disaster recovery,preservation,digital humanities,collaboration,CEISMIC,data,information,curation,big data Paul Millar 2033 Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:32:08 +0100 Oxford Internet Institute 51 Internet social networks social media information data automated analysis machine networks community collaboration collective action automation Web 2.0 visualisation big data Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gives a talk for the Oxford Internet Institute. As social creatures, our online lives just like our offline lives are intertwined with others within a wide variety of social networks. Each retweet on Twitter, comment on a blog or link to a Youtube video explicitly or implicitly connects one online participant to another and contributes to the formation of various information and social networks. Once discovered, these networks can provide researchers with an effective mechanism for identifying and studying collaborative processes within any online community. However, collecting information about online networks using traditional methods such as surveys can be very time consuming and expensive. The presentation will explore automated ways to discover and analyze various information and social networks from social media data. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2012-11-06:112026:783:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120918_451/20120918_451.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gives a talk for the Oxford Internet Institute. Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gives a talk for the Oxford Internet Institute. As social creatures, our online lives just like our offline lives are intertwined with others within a wide variety of social networks. Each retweet on Twitter, comment on a blog or link to a Youtube video explicitly or implicitly connects one online participant to another and contributes to the formation of various information and social networks. Once discovered, these networks can provide researchers with an effective mechanism for identifying and studying collaborative processes within any online community. However, collecting information about online networks using traditional methods such as surveys can be very time consuming and expensive. The presentation will explore automated ways to discover and analyze various information and social networks from social media data. Internet,social networks,social media,information,data,automated analysis,machine,networks,community,collaboration,collective action,automation,Web 2.0,visualisation,big data Anatoliy Gruzd 3486 Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:20:26 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 52 innovation software technology Internet computing philanthropy The OII's Founding Donor Dame Stephanie Shirley speaks about the sources of her innovation, the software house she founded back in 1962 and why she has already given away £65M to IT and autism projects. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2013-01-02:152753:459:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20121113_461/20121113_461.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu The OII's Founding Donor Dame Stephanie Shirley speaks about the sources of her innovation, the software house she founded back in 1962 and why she has already given away £65M to IT and autism projects. The OII's Founding Donor Dame Stephanie Shirley speaks about the sources of her innovation, the software house she founded back in 1962 and why she has already given away £65M to IT and autism projects. innovation,software,technology,Internet,computing,philanthropy Stephanie Shirley 3069 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:27:53 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 53 Raspberry Pi technology computing programming Internet computer education Victoria Nash, talks to Pete Lomas, Founder and Trustee at Raspberry Pi, recipients of an Internet and Society Award in 2012 from OII, in recognition of their exemplary efforts in using the Internet for the public good in Britain. Raspberry Pi has developed an affordable, approachable pocket-sized computer that is already providing today's children with unparalleled opportunities for learning to program. Digital computing and the Internet, with all the current emphasis on touch-screen visual cues and icons has for many become abstract and remote; with the advent of the Raspberry Pi we now have a credit-card sized computer we can hold in our hands and play with, reminding us of our capacity to tinker with technology, and the inherent mutability of the Internet itself. The concept and prototypes behind the Raspberry Pi were developed between 2006 and 2008 by Eben Upton and colleagues at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, the project triggered by a perceived lack of computing skills amongst university applicants. The resulting device, which costs around £25, went into mass production in 2011 and hundreds of thousands have already been sold. The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK registered charity. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2013-01-02:153244:779:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20121113_459/20121113_459.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Victoria Nash, talks to Pete Lomas, Founder and Trustee at Raspberry Pi, recipients of an Internet and Society Award in 2012 from OII, in recognition of their exemplary efforts in using the Internet for the public good in Britain. Victoria Nash, talks to Pete Lomas, Founder and Trustee at Raspberry Pi, recipients of an Internet and Society Award in 2012 from OII, in recognition of their exemplary efforts in using the Internet for the public good in Britain. Raspberry Pi has developed an affordable, approachable pocket-sized computer that is already providing today's children with unparalleled opportunities for learning to program. Digital computing and the Internet, with all the current emphasis on touch-screen visual cues and icons has for many become abstract and remote; with the advent of the Raspberry Pi we now have a credit-card sized computer we can hold in our hands and play with, reminding us of our capacity to tinker with technology, and the inherent mutability of the Internet itself. The concept and prototypes behind the Raspberry Pi were developed between 2006 and 2008 by Eben Upton and colleagues at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory, the project triggered by a perceived lack of computing skills amongst university applicants. The resulting device, which costs around £25, went into mass production in 2011 and hundreds of thousands have already been sold. The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK registered charity. Raspberry Pi,technology,computing,programming,Internet,computer,education Victoria Nash, Pete Lomas 1293 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:32:44 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 54 Internet social interaction social media information business consumers targetted advertising global economy companies B2B marketing communication social tools collaboration knowledge sharing knowledge workers information trust policy Over 70 percent of companies are using social technologies in some way, however very few come anywhere close to achieving the full potential benefit. In a few short years, social technologies have given social interactions the speed and scale of the Internet. Whether discussing consumer products, or organizing political movements, people around the world are constantly using social media platforms to both seek and share information. Companies are using social technologies to reach consumers in new ways too; by tapping into these conversations, organizations can generate richer insights and create precisely targeted messages and offers. While 72 percent of companies are using social technologies in some way, very few are anywhere near achieving the full potential benefit. In fact, the most powerful applications of social technologies in the global economy are largely untapped. While companies will continue to develop ways to use social technologies to reach consumers and B2B customers to gather insights for product development, marketing and customer service purposes, we find that twice as much value potential lies in using social tools to enhance communications, knowledge sharing, and collaboration within and across enterprises. According to MGI estimates, by fully implementing social technologies, companies have the opportunity to raise productivity of 'interaction workers' (high-skill knowledge workers including managers and professionals) by 20 to 25 percent. By looking into how social technologies are being used today and how they are likely to evolve in the coming years in five sectors of the economy (four commercial sectors and the nonprofit sector) we have identified eight value-creating 'levers' that are used across the value chain, from product development through after-sale customer service. Overall, we estimate that between $900 billion and $1.3 trillion in value can be unlocked through the use of social technologies in the commercial sectors we examined. This level of value creation could have transformative impact across sectors and economies. But capturing this value will be a challenge for enterprises - for organizational and cultural reasons, rather than technical ones. Since 'social' is a feature that can be added to virtually any IT-enabled human interaction, the technical challenge is relatively light. But the organizational challenges are significant. For social technologies to deliver their potential economic benefits, enterprises must be open to information sharing and create cultures of trust and cooperation. They must also deal with significant risks to confidentiality, intellectual property, and reputation. Policy makers are confronted with similar challenges to ensure that personal and property rights are protected in online communities. On balance, we believe that the benefits are so compelling that business leaders, policy makers, and individuals will find ways to meet these challenges. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2013-01-02:154030:383:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20121108_470/20121108_470.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Over 70 percent of companies are using social technologies in some way, however very few come anywhere close to achieving the full potential benefit. Over 70 percent of companies are using social technologies in some way, however very few come anywhere close to achieving the full potential benefit. In a few short years, social technologies have given social interactions the speed and scale of the Internet. Whether discussing consumer products, or organizing political movements, people around the world are constantly using social media platforms to both seek and share information. Companies are using social technologies to reach consumers in new ways too; by tapping into these conversations, organizations can generate richer insights and create precisely targeted messages and offers. While 72 percent of companies are using social technologies in some way, very few are anywhere near achieving the full potential benefit. In fact, the most powerful applications of social technologies in the global economy are largely untapped. While companies will continue to develop ways to use social technologies to reach consumers and B2B customers to gather insights for product development, marketing and customer service purposes, we find that twice as much value potential lies in using social tools to enhance communications, knowledge sharing, and collaboration within and across enterprises. According to MGI estimates, by fully implementing social technologies, companies have the opportunity to raise productivity of 'interaction workers' (high-skill knowledge workers including managers and professionals) by 20 to 25 percent. By looking into how social technologies are being used today and how they are likely to evolve in the coming years in five sectors of the economy (four commercial sectors and the nonprofit sector) we have identified eight value-creating 'levers' that are used across the value chain, from product development through after-sale customer service. Overall, we estimate that between $900 billion and $1.3 trillion in value can be unlocked through the use of social technologies in the commercial sectors we examined. This level of value creation could have transformative impact across sectors and economies. But capturing this value will be a challenge for enterprises - for organizational and cultural reasons, rather than technical ones. Since 'social' is a feature that can be added to virtually any IT-enabled human interaction, the technical challenge is relatively light. But the organizational challenges are significant. For social technologies to deliver their potential economic benefits, enterprises must be open to information sharing and create cultures of trust and cooperation. They must also deal with significant risks to confidentiality, intellectual property, and reputation. Policy makers are confronted with similar challenges to ensure that personal and property rights are protected in online communities. On balance, we believe that the benefits are so compelling that business leaders, policy makers, and individuals will find ways to meet these challenges. Internet,social interaction,social media,information,business,consumers,targetted advertising,global economy,companies,B2B,marketing,communication,social tools,collaboration,knowledge sharing,knowledge workers,information,trust,policy Drummond Bone, Michael Chui, James Manyika, Marc Ventresca 4286 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:40:30 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 55 Internet audience gratification media consumption social communication information In this seminar Jay G. Blumler discusses the origins and sources of the appeal of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm. Is the active audience an article of faith or an empirical question? Empirical and quantifiable measurement of gratifications sought or obtained from consumption of a wide range of media materials proves to have been remarkably easy and productive when undertaken properly. After reviewing the principal conceptual framework of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm, Jay will provide an overview of the prominent and to some extent recurrent typologies of gratifications sought (or obtained) that have emerged from research in the area. He will also review the social origins of gratifications, and the interplay of gratifications and effects. There has been some lessening of interest in the paradigm from approximately the 1990s, and the talk will end with a discussion of the main criticisms of the approach. Having flourished in a period of classic, limited-channel television, can the uses and gratifications approach be applied in today's very different communications system? If so, how? And what, if any, lessons can we take from its mainstream heyday? http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2013-01-02:154344:933:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20121026_456/20121026_456.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu In this seminar Jay G. Blumler discusses the origins and sources of the appeal of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer In this seminar Jay G. Blumler discusses the origins and sources of the appeal of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm. Is the active audience an article of faith or an empirical question? Empirical and quantifiable measurement of gratifications sought or obtained from consumption of a wide range of media materials proves to have been remarkably easy and productive when undertaken properly. After reviewing the principal conceptual framework of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm, Jay will provide an overview of the prominent and to some extent recurrent typologies of gratifications sought (or obtained) that have emerged from research in the area. He will also review the social origins of gratifications, and the interplay of gratifications and effects. There has been some lessening of interest in the paradigm from approximately the 1990s, and the talk will end with a discussion of the main criticisms of the approach. Having flourished in a period of classic, limited-channel television, can the uses and gratifications approach be applied in today's very different communications system? If so, how? And what, if any, lessons can we take from its mainstream heyday? Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Internet,audience,gratification,media,consumption,social,communication,information Jay Blumler 1715 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:43:44 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 56 Internet audience gratification media consumption social communication information Denis McQuail's response to Jay G. Blumler's talk on the origins and sources of the appeal of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm. Is the active audience an article of faith or an empirical question? Empirical and quantifiable measurement of gratifications sought or obtained from consumption of a wide range of media materials proves to have been remarkably easy and productive when undertaken properly. After reviewing the principal conceptual framework of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm, Jay will provide an overview of the prominent and to some extent recurrent typologies of gratifications sought (or obtained) that have emerged from research in the area. He will also review the social origins of gratifications, and the interplay of gratifications and effects. There has been some lessening of interest in the paradigm from approximately the 1990s, and the talk will end with a discussion of the main criticisms of the approach. Having flourished in a period of classic, limited-channel television, can the uses and gratifications approach be applied in today's very different communications system? If so, how? And what, if any, lessons can we take from its mainstream heyday? http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2013-01-02:154705:977:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20121026_457/20121026_457.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Denis McQuail's response to Jay G. Blumler's talk on the origins and sources of the appeal of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm. Denis McQuail's response to Jay G. Blumler's talk on the origins and sources of the appeal of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm. Is the active audience an article of faith or an empirical question? Empirical and quantifiable measurement of gratifications sought or obtained from consumption of a wide range of media materials proves to have been remarkably easy and productive when undertaken properly. After reviewing the principal conceptual framework of the 'uses and gratifications' paradigm, Jay will provide an overview of the prominent and to some extent recurrent typologies of gratifications sought (or obtained) that have emerged from research in the area. He will also review the social origins of gratifications, and the interplay of gratifications and effects. There has been some lessening of interest in the paradigm from approximately the 1990s, and the talk will end with a discussion of the main criticisms of the approach. Having flourished in a period of classic, limited-channel television, can the uses and gratifications approach be applied in today's very different communications system? If so, how? And what, if any, lessons can we take from its mainstream heyday? Internet,audience,gratification,media,consumption,social,communication,information Denis McQuail 1827 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:47:05 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 57 Internet politics policy big data public policy social behaviour civic engagement government technology information data privacy ethics citizen collective action open data society Duncan Watts discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2013-01-02:160646:461:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120920_453/20120920_453.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Duncan Watts discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ ukoer Duncan Watts discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Internet,politics,policy,big data,public policy,social behaviour,civic engagement,government,technology,information,data,privacy,ethics,citizen,collective action,open data,society Duncan Watts 4257 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:06:46 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 58 Internet politics policy big data public policy social behaviour civic engagement government technology information data privacy ethics citizen collective action open data society Nigel Shadbolt discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2013-01-02:160933:748:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120920_452/20120920_452.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Nigel Shadbolt discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". Nigel Shadbolt discusses the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making during his opening keynote of the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". Internet,politics,policy,big data,public policy,social behaviour,civic engagement,government,technology,information,data,privacy,ethics,citizen,collective action,open data,society Nigel Shadbolt 2048 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:09:33 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute 59 Internet politics policy big data public policy social behaviour civic engagement government technology information data privacy ethics citizen collective action open data society Panellists discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making at the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". This is the opening plenary panel of the conference Internet, Politics, Policy 2012: Big Data, Big Challenges? organised by the OII-edited journal Policy and Internet (Oxford, 20-21 September 2012). The panellists discuss the potential and challenges of big data for public policy-making. Big data offers enormous scope for understanding societal behaviour and citizens' willingness - or unwillingness - in terms of civic engagement. It can allow the design of efficient and realistic policy and administrative change. Also, however, it brings ethical challenges, for example when big data is used for probabilistic policy-making, raising issues of justice, equity and privacy. And big data generation and analysis requires expertise and skills which can challenge governmental organizations in particular, given their dubious record on the guardianship of large scale datasets, the management of large technology-based projects, and capacity to innovate. http://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/tag:2013-01-02:161336:652:internet/all-audio http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/download/oii/20120920_450/20120920_450.mp3?CAMEFROM=itunesu Panellists discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making at the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". Panellists discuss the opportunities and challenges posed by big data for research and public policy-making at the conference "IPP2012: Big Data: Big Challenges". This is the opening plenary panel of the conference Internet, Politics, Policy 2012: Big Data, Big Challenges? organised by the OII-edited journal Policy and Internet (Oxford, 20-21 September 2012). The panellists discuss the potential and challenges of big data for public policy-making. Big data offers enormous scope for understanding societal behaviour and citizens' willingness - or unwillingness - in terms of civic engagement. It can allow the design of efficient and realistic policy and administrative change. Also, however, it brings ethical challenges, for example when big data is used for probabilistic policy-making, raising issues of justice, equity and privacy. And big data generation and analysis requires expertise and skills which can challenge governmental organizations in particular, given their dubious record on the guardianship of large scale datasets, the management of large technology-based projects, and capacity to innovate. Internet,politics,policy,big data,public policy,social behaviour,civic engagement,government,technology,information,data,privacy,ethics,citizen,collective action,open data,society Lance Bennett, Theo Bertram, Helen Margetts, Patrick McSharry, Victoria Nash 3614 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 16:13:36 +0000 Oxford Internet Institute