This workshop summary was produced in the course of a broader study that is exploring how information technology research can foster new and improved government services, operations, and interactions with citizens.
Governments have done much to leverage information technology to deploy e-government services, but much work remains before the vision of e-government can be fully realized.
An eye-opening look at the invisible workers who protect us from seeing humanity's worst on today's commercial internetSocial media on the internet can be a nightmarish place.
A cybersecurity expert and former Google privacy analyst's urgent call to protect devices and networks against malicious hackers and misinformed policymakersNew technologies have provided both incredible convenience and new threats.
A revealing and gripping investigation into how social media platforms police what we post online-and the large societal impact of these decisionsMost users want their Twitter feed, Facebook page, and YouTube comments to be free of harassment and porn.
“[Tufekci’s] personal experience in the squares and streets, melded with her scholarly insights on technology and communication platforms, makes [this] such an unusual and illuminating work.
An illuminating investigation into a class of enterprising women aspiring to "e;make it"e; in the social media economy but often finding only unpaid workProfound transformations in our digital society have brought many enterprising women to social media platforms from blogs to YouTube to Instagram in hopes of channeling their talents into fulfilling careers.
From the famed Harvard psychologist and an expert on the impact of digital media technologies, a riveting exploration of the power of apps to shape our young people—for better or for worse No one has failed to notice that the current generation of youth is deeply—some would say totally—involved with digital media.
Social media, once heralded as revolutionary and democratic, have instead proved exclusionary and elitist Social media technologies such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook promised a new participatory online culture.
Teeming with chatrooms, online discussion groups, and blogs, the Internet offers previously unimagined opportunities for personal expression and communication.
The Internet has changed our social spaces, our political and social realities, our use of language, and the way we communicate, all with breathtaking speed.
From #Gamergate to the 2016 election, to the daily experiences of marginalized perspectives, gaming is entangled with mainstream cultures of systematic exploitation and oppression.
In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly determined that affordable Internet access is a human right, critical to citizen participation in democratic governments.
How to repair the disconnect between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us: toward a more democratic internet.
How to be a great online searcher, demonstrated with step-by-step searches for answers to a series of intriguing questions (for example, “Is that plant poisonous?
An investigation of independent video games—creative, personal, strange, and experimental—and their claims to handcrafted authenticity in a purely digital medium.
Investigations of what increasing digital connectivity and the digitalization of the economy mean for people and places at the world''s economic margins.
A critical examination of efforts by social media companies—including Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram—to rein in cyberbullying by young users.
The cultural contradictions of early video games: a medium for family fun (but mainly for middle-class boys), an improvement over pinball and television (but possibly harmful)
First person accounts by pioneers in the field, classic essays, and new scholarship document the collaborative and creative practices of early social media.
An examination of how nonprofessional archivists, especially media fans, practice cultural preservation on the Internet and how “digital cultural memory” differs radically from print-era archiving.
How memetic media—aggregate texts that are collectively created, circulated, and transformed—become a part of public conversations that shape broader cultural debates.
How the Super Nintendo Entertainment System embodied Nintendo''s resistance to innovation and took the company from industry leadership to the margins of videogaming.
How, despite thirty years of effort, Soviet attempts to build a national computer network were undone by socialists who seemed to behave like capitalists.
An expert considers the effects of a more mobile Internet on socioeconomic development and digital inclusion, examining both potentialities and constraints.
