Tag: public policy
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How policy makers can extract meaningful public opinion data from social media to inform their actions
Examining how the information available on social media can support the actions of politicians and…
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Crowdsourcing for public policy and government
The growing interest in crowdsourcing for government and public policy must be understood in the…
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Evidence on the extent of harms experienced by children as a result of online risks: implications for policy and research
If we only undertake research on the nature or extent of risk, then it’s difficult…
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Past and Emerging Themes in Policy and Internet Studies
– in Social Data ScienceIt is simply not possible to consider public policy today without some regard for the…
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Five recommendations for maximising the relevance of social science research for public policy-making in the big data era
How can social scientists help policy-makers in this changed environment, ensuring that social science research…
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The promises and threats of big data for public policy-making
Widespread use of digital technologies, the Internet and social media means both citizens and governments…
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Can text mining help handle the data deluge in public policy analysis?
There has been a major shift in the policies of governments concerning participatory governance—that is,…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.