Category: Politics & Government
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Responsible research agendas for public policy in the era of big data
Bringing together leading social science academics with senior government agency staff to discuss its public…
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Is China shaping the Internet in Africa?
Concerns have been expressed about the detrimental role China may play in African media sectors,…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Why do (some) political protest mobilisations succeed?
Mobilisation paths are difficult to predict because they depend on the right alignment of conditions…