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Money for Provision and Clicks for Free

Essay by Francois Lévêque When I was kindly invited to write a short essay on Advertising and Internet for the Publius Project, Google’s encyclopedia and potential Wikipedia killer, Knol, was not launched, yet. So, I did not have to balance between the reputation to be one of the first European scholar to contribute to the […]

Posted 09 January 2009 § Control § Control over Metadata § François Lévêque § Guidance ‡ Comments Off on Money for Provision and Clicks for Free

Global Constitution-Building

Essay by Herbert Burkert After an unequivocal experience of the inefficiency of the subsisting system of Internet regulation, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the Internet. The subject speaks its own importance; comprehending in its consequences nothing less than the existence of the INTERNET, the safety and the welfare of […]

Posted 06 January 2009 § Herbert Burkert § Traditional Governance § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off on Global Constitution-Building

From the Bottom-Up: Using the Internet to Mobilize Campaign Participation

Essay by Dana Fisher This essay is one in a series of responses to A Working Hypothesis, Internet and Politics 2008: Moving People, Moving Ideas Additional responses include: The New Activism: Why Volunteering Declined in Campaign 08, by Ari Melber, Participation and Polarization in the Networked Public Sphere, by Henry Farrell, A Response to Working […]

Posted 09 December 2008 § Ari Melber § Dana Fisher § Henry Farrell § Internet and Politics 2008 § Matthew Hindman § Peter Daou § Sunshine Hillygus ‡ Comments Off on From the Bottom-Up: Using the Internet to Mobilize Campaign Participation

The Revolution of the Online Commentariat

Essay by Peter Daou* This essay is one in a series of responses to A Working Hypothesis, Internet and Politics 2008: Moving People, Moving Ideas Additional responses include: The New Activism: Why Volunteering Declined in Campaign 08, by Ari Melber, Participation and Polarization in the Networked Public Sphere, by Henry Farrell, A Response to Working […]

Posted 09 December 2008 § Ari Melber § Dana Fisher § Henry Farrell § Internet and Politics 2008 § Matthew Hindman § Peter Daou § Sunshine Hillygus ‡ Comments Off on The Revolution of the Online Commentariat

Not the Digital Democracy We Ordered

Essay by Matthew Hindman This essay is one in a series of responses to A Working Hypothesis, Internet and Politics 2008: Moving People, Moving Ideas Additional responses include: The New Activism: Why Volunteering Declined in Campaign 08, by Ari Melber, Participation and Polarization in the Networked Public Sphere, by Henry Farrell, A Response to Working […]

Posted 09 December 2008 § Ari Melber § Dana Fisher § Henry Farrell § Internet and Politics 2008 § Matthew Hindman § Peter Daou § Sunshine Hillygus ‡ Comments (1)

A Response to Working Hypothesis: Internet and Politics 2008

Essay by Sunshine Hillygus This essay is one in a series of responses to A Working Hypothesis, Internet and Politics 2008: Moving People, Moving Ideas Additional responses include: The New Activism: Why Volunteering Declined in Campaign 08, by Ari Melber, Participation and Polarization in the Networked Public Sphere, by Henry Farrell, The Revolution of the […]

Posted 09 December 2008 § Ari Melber § Dana Fisher § Henry Farrell § Internet and Politics 2008 § Matthew Hindman § Peter Daou § Sunshine Hillygus § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off on A Response to Working Hypothesis: Internet and Politics 2008

Participation and Polarization in the Networked Public Sphere

Essay by Henry Farrell* This essay is one in a series of responses to A Working Hypothesis, Internet and Politics 2008: Moving People, Moving Ideas Additional responses include: The New Activism: Why Volunteering Declined in Campaign 08, by Ari Melber, A Response to Working Hypothesis for Internet and Politics 2008, by Sunshine Hillygus, The Revolution […]

Posted 09 December 2008 § Ari Melber § Dana Fisher § Henry Farrell § Internet and Politics 2008 § Matthew Hindman § Peter Daou § Sunshine Hillygus ‡ Comments Off on Participation and Polarization in the Networked Public Sphere

Internet and Politics 2008: Moving People, Moving Ideas

A Working Hypothesis Responses include: The New Activism: Why Volunteering Declined in Campaign 08, by Ari Melber, Participation and Polarization in the Networked Public Sphere, by Henry Farrell, A Response to Working Hypothesis for Internet and Politics 2008, by Sunshine Hillygus, The Revolution of the Online Commentariat, by Peter Daou, Not the Digital Democracy We […]

Posted 09 December 2008 § Internet and Politics 2008 § Pierre de Vries § Uncategorized ‡ Comments Off on Internet and Politics 2008: Moving People, Moving Ideas

The New Activism: Why Volunteering Declined in Campaign 08

Essay by Ari Melber This essay is one in a series of responses to A Working Hypothesis, Internet and Politics 2008: Moving People, Moving Ideas Additional responses include: Participation and Polarization in the Networked Public Sphere, by Henry Farrell, A Response to Working Hypothesis for Internet and Politics 2008, by Sunshine Hillygus, The Revolution of […]

Posted 09 December 2008 § Ari Melber § Dana Fisher § Henry Farrell § Internet and Politics 2008 § Matthew Hindman § Peter Daou § Sunshine Hillygus ‡ Comments Off on The New Activism: Why Volunteering Declined in Campaign 08

The Path Towards Centralization of Internet Governance Under the UN

PART 3 OF A 3 PART SERIES Essay by Anonymous This essay is the third of a three-part series (1,2). It focuses on the steps of a possible roadmap for centralizing Internet governance under the UN. The first essay in this series introduces the idea that the course of Internet governance may be following the […]

Posted 04 December 2008 § New Institutions ‡ Comments Off on The Path Towards Centralization of Internet Governance Under the UN