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Harnessing ‘generative friction’: can conflict actually improve quality in open systems?
The more that differing points of view and differing evaluative frames came into contact, the…
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Uncovering the patterns and practice of censorship in Chinese news sites
Is censorship of domestic news more geared towards “avoiding panics and maintaining social order”, or…
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Predicting elections on Twitter: a different way of thinking about the data
Social media monitoring, which in theory can extract information from tweets and Facebook posts and…
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The complicated relationship between Chinese Internet users and their government
Chinese citizens are being encouraged by the government to engage and complain online. Is the…
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Staying free in a world of persuasive technologies
Broadly speaking, most of the online services we think we’re using for “free”—that is, the…
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How are internal monitoring systems being used to tackle corruption in the Chinese public administration?
China has made concerted efforts to reduce corruption at the lowest levels of government, as…
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Seeing like a machine: big data and the challenges of measuring Africa’s informal economies
– in DevelopmentIn a similar way that economists have traditionally excluded unpaid domestic labour from national accounts,…
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Chinese Internet users share the same values concerning free speech, privacy, and control as their Western counterparts
Many people—even in China—see the Internet as a tool for free speech and as a…
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Is China changing the Internet, or is the Internet changing China?
By 2015, the proportion of Chinese language Internet users is expected to exceed the proportion…
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The scramble for Africa’s data
– in DevelopmentAs Africa goes digital, the challenge for policymakers becomes moving from digitisation to managing and…
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How effective is online blocking of illegal child sexual content?
Combating child pornography and child abuse is a universal and legitimate concern. With regard to…
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Presenting the moral imperative: effective storytelling strategies by online campaigning organisations
Existing civil society focused organisations are also being challenged to fundamentally change their approach, to…