Online collective action and policy change: shifting contentious politics in policy processes
The Internet can facilitate the involvement of social movements in policymaking processes, but also constitute in itself the object of contentious politics …
Online collective action and policy change: new special issue from Policy and Internet
The internet has provided citizens with a greater capacity for coordination and mobilisation, which can strengthen their voice and representation in the policy agenda …
Did Libyan crisis mapping create usable military intelligence?
While many people continued to contribute conventional humanitarian information to the map, the sudden shift toward information that could aid international military intervention was unmistakable …
Experiments are the most exciting thing on the UK public policy horizon
Very few of these experiments use manipulation of information environments on the internet as a way to change people’s behaviour. The Internet seems to hold enormous promise for ‘Nudging’ by redesigning ‘choice environments’ …
Uncovering the structure of online child exploitation networks
Despite large investments of law enforcement resources, online child exploitation is nowhere near under control, and while there are numerous technological products to aid this, they still require substantial human intervention …
Papers on Policy, Activism, Government and Representation: New Issue of Policy and Internet
Investigating the relationship between Internet-based applications and data and the policy process …
UK teenagers without the Internet are ‘educationally disadvantaged’
The researchers’ interviews with teenagers reveal that they felt shut out of their peer group socially and also disadvantaged in their studies as so much of the college or school work set for them to do at home required online research or preparation …
Searching for a “Plan B”: young adults’ strategies for finding information about emergency contraception online
While the Internet is a valuable source of information about sexual health for young adults, difficulty in searching and evaluating credibility may prevent them from finding useful information in time …
Understanding low and discontinued Internet use amongst young people in Britain
Why do these people stop using the Internet given its prevalence and value in the lives of the majority of their peers? What difficulties do they face in being unable to connect properly with the online world? …
