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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…
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Mapping the uneven geographies of information worldwide
There are massive inequalities that cannot simply be explained by uneven Internet penetration. A range…
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Investigating the structure and connectivity of online global protest networks
The new networks of political protest, which harness these new online technologies are often described…
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The global fight over copyright control: Is David beating Goliath at his own game?
We stress the importance of digital environments for providing contenders of copyright reform with a…
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How accessible are online legislative data archives to political scientists?
Government agencies are rarely completely transparent, often do not provide clear instructions for accessing the…
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Online crowd-sourcing of scientific data could document the worldwide loss of glaciers to climate change
The platform aims to create long-lasting scientific value with minimal technical entry barriers—it is valuable…
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Crowdsourcing translation during crisis situations: are ‘real voices’ being excluded from the decisions and policies it supports?
If you have ever worried about media bias then you should really worry about the…