The Internet and public policy: Future directions

Whether marriage counseling is perceived by the general public to be scientific or not has a number of implications for utilization of services, treatment outcomes, and public policy decisions. The current study used a nationally representative sample ( N = 1,026) from the 2012 General Social Survey to examine two research questions. First, how scientific is marriage counseling viewed by the general public? Second, what demographic variables predict how scientific marriage counseling is perceived by the general public? The analyses indicate that marriage counseling is generally not viewed as scientific, with only 7% rating it as “very scientific” and 40% rating it as “not scientific at all.” These ratings are similar to those given for salesmanship and financial counseling. This opinion was consistent across all demographic groups measured with the notable exception of those individuals who attend religious services more frequently, who were more likely to rate marriage counseling as scientific. There was also a finding indicating the possibility of those who are currently married but previously divorced rate marriage counseling as more scientific than those who are currently married and never divorced. The implications for the field of marriage counseling in regard to health promotion, public policy, and client utilization are discussed. Future directions, including more in-depth inquiry about these opinions, are also presented.

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Asia`s Role in Internet Governance

Korean Journal of Policy Studies ◽

10.52372/kjps24208 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 137-142

Author(s):

Park Y. J.

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Public Policy ◽

Civil Society ◽

Public Sector ◽

The United States ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Governance ◽

The Public ◽

Policy Negotiation ◽

Global Public Policy

Most stakeholders from Asia have not actively participated in the global Internet governance debate. This debate has been shaped by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers(ICANN) since 198 and the UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) since 2006. Neither ICANN nor IGF are well received as global public policy negotiation platforms by stakeholders in Asia, but more and more stakeholders in Europe and the United States take both platforms seriously. Stakeholders in Internet governance come from the private sector and civil society as well as the public sector.

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Distributing Information through Dispersed Media and Campaigns

Accelerating Democracy ◽

10.23943/princeton/9780691151021.003.0006 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

John O. McGinnis

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Universal Access ◽

Political Campaigns ◽

The Internet ◽

Post Office ◽

Empirical Inquiry ◽

New Information ◽

Policy Information ◽

Dispersed Media ◽

The Government

This chapter deals with dispersed media. New information technology has created a more dispersed media that, in combination with empirical inquiry and prediction markets, have the capacity to create a politics more focused on the consequences of public policy. Just as the government in the nineteenth century helped distribute policy and political information through the post office, so today it should be careful to facilitate distribution of such information through contemporary technologies. It is argued that our laws should give as much protection to the new, dispersed media as to the old media. The government should also encourage universal access to the Internet—the portal to much of the dispersed media. Finally, the government should deregulate and subsidize the provision of information in political campaigns, because campaigns remain the most effective route for public policy information to reach the mass of citizens who do not follow specialized media or even the news more generally.

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Internet Fraud

Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch077 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 931-943

Author(s):

Michael Bachmann ◽

Brittany Smith

Keyword(s):

Precise Definition ◽

The Internet ◽

Future Directions ◽

Internet Fraud ◽

History Of ◽

The Subject

This article provides an introduction into the topic of Internet fraud. A precise definition and detailed descriptions of the most prevalent Internet fraud schemes are provided. The entry presents a history of frauds committed on the Internet and introduces the leading scholars on the subject. Predominant areas of research are discussed, and future directions of the problem of Internet fraud schemes are outlined. The entry concludes with a critique of current limitations and advancements needed to better address the increasing problem of online frauds.

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Advancing the Study of Comparative Public Policy

Comparative Policy Agendas ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198835332.003.0035 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 391-398

Author(s):

Frank R. Baumgartner ◽

Christian Breunig ◽

Emiliano Grossman

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Data Collection ◽

Survey Data ◽

Political Behavior ◽

Comparative Public Policy ◽

Future Directions ◽

The Many ◽

Media Data

The concluding chapter emphasizes several central points and contributions of the book. It first provides a summary of the extent of the emerging infrastructure that the Comparative Agendas Project (CAP) has developed. It shows the many possibilities provided by this infrastructure, as illustrated by the comparative chapters in the volume. The chapter goes to discuss the achievements in terms of data collection and comparability. Finally, the chapter explores possible future directions of research for the CAP and, beyond, the field of comparative public policy. In particular, it could positively contribute to the study of the consequence of differences in bureaucratic structures. Similarly, the inclusion of media data has opened up new possibilities that have only just started to be explored. Finally, the study of “responsiveness” and its consequences for political behavior could also benefit from crossing, say, survey data with CAP data.

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Regulation and Policy Reforms

Networked Communities ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-771-3.ch003 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 68-103

Author(s):

Sylvie Albert ◽

Don Flournoy ◽

Rolland LeBrasseur

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Public Sector ◽

Social Development ◽

Open Source ◽

The Internet ◽

Collaborative Culture ◽

Policy Reforms ◽

Technical Standards ◽

Policy Information ◽

Local Impact

This chapter examines the following ideas on regulation and public policy: • Information societies are enabled by regulations and public policies that support open communications; • Government, business and public sector collaboration is key to establishing policies that lead to economic and social development; • Open source applications, products and collaborative culture are accelerated by adopting universal technical standards; • To be sustained, accessibility to the Internet and keeping it free and open requires some vigilance; • Ways must be devised to assess the local impact of policy and regulations and to provide next steps.

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Hydrogen embrittlement: future directions—discussion

Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ◽

10.1098/rsta.2017.0029 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 375 (2098) ◽

pp. 20170029 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

H. Lambert ◽

Y.-S. Chen

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Hydrogen Embrittlement ◽

Future Directions ◽

Final Session ◽

Potential Impact ◽

Discussion Panel

The final session of the meeting consisted of a discussion panel to propose future directions for research in the field of hydrogen embrittlement and the potential impact of this research on public policy. This article is part of the themed issue ‘The challenges of hydrogen and metals’.

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Using the Internet for B2B activities: a review and future directions for research

Internet Research ◽

10.1108/10662240010322911 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 126-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Urs E. Gattiker ◽

Stefano Perlusz ◽

Kristoffer Bohmann

Keyword(s):

The Internet ◽

Future Directions

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Technology Addictions and Technostress

Journal of Organizational and End User Computing ◽

10.4018/joeuc.2020040101 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 1-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Stoney Brooks ◽

Xuequn Wang ◽

Christoph Schneider

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

The Internet ◽

Negative Outcomes ◽

Future Directions ◽

Research And Practice ◽

Differential Effects ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Different Cultures ◽

The U.S ◽

Internet And Social Media

In today's technology-centric world, people are becoming increasingly dependent on the Internet. The most common use of the Internet is through social media, which is used to communicate, share, collaborate, and connect. However, continued usage of a hedonic system can be linked with compulsion or addiction. Since problematic usage/behaviors can lead to negative outcomes, this study aims to determine differential effects of Internet and social media addictions on social media-related technostress. This is examined in two different cultures: The U.S. and China. The results support the association between the Internet and social media addictions with increases in social media-related technostress. Additionally, these effects are moderated by culture. Implications for research and practice are discussed along with future directions for this stream.

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Book Reviews

Journal of Economic Literature ◽

10.1257/jel.48.1.146.r11 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 172-174

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Free Trade ◽

Harm Principle ◽

The Internet ◽

Commercial Sex ◽

University Of Chicago ◽

The University ◽

The Harm Principle

Jonathan Guryan of University of Chicago reviews “Regulating Vice: Misguided Prohibitions and Realistic Controls” by Jim Leitzel,. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins “Provides an interdisciplinary lens for examining vice policy, focusing on traditional vices such as alcohol, nicotine, drugs, gambling, and commercial sex. Discusses the harm principle; addiction--rational and otherwise; the robustness principle; prohibition; taxation, licensing, and advertising controls; commercial sex; the Internet and vice; and free trade and federalism. Leitzel teaches public policy and economics at the University of Chicago. Index.”

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