Copyright, Libraries, and the Electronic Information Environment: Discussions and Developments in the United States

IFLA Journal ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 280-283
Author(s):  
Duane E. Webster
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Electronic Information

scholarly journals Electronic Publication of Scholarly Information in Law: A View from the United States

2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Danner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Scholarly Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Electronic Publication ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Legal Information ◽  
The World ◽  
User Centered

This article examines the potential effects of the developing user-centered, networked information environment on scholarly communication in law. By “user-centered, networked information environment,” I mean the emerging environment for legal research and scholarship, in which most seekers and users of legal information will have ready desktop access to a networked computer and to applications that will allow them to communicate with colleagues around the world and enable them to retrieve increasing amounts of the information they need to be productive directly via the Internet, without needing to rely on locally held print sources.

scholarly journals The Gray Legion: Information Warfare Within Our Gates

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-55
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Baptist ◽  
Julian Gluck
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Information Warfare ◽  
Policy Changes ◽  
Foreign State ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Theoretical Dynamics ◽  
Social Media Tool ◽  
Grave Danger

The information environment, once viewed as an unassailed common for human knowledge, has revealed itself to be a vector for malicious narratives in the ongoing battle for global hegemony. Since 2014, the United States has been under siege from information attacks on multiple fronts, from cyber infrastructure and goods to the cognitive outlooks of its citizenry. Disinformation as a social media tool represents a novel and grave danger to democracy; it serves as a means for sowing unrest and influencing policy changes while enabling conventional conflict or—in the best case for those who would exploit and manipulate narratives—avoiding it entirely. In this article, we identify the harbinger of a dire threat that circles outside, and now inside, the United States' walls by exploring the theoretical dynamics of foreign, state-sponsored disinformation in democracies throughout the West. We examine the mechanisms through which this approach operates and why it is Russia’s preferred course of action.

scholarly journals The Ideological Landscape of Twitter: Comparing the Production versus Consumption of Information on the Platform

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhayan Mukerjee ◽  
Kokil Jaidka ◽  
Yphtach Lelkes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Information Environment ◽  
Opinion Leaders ◽  
Political Elites ◽  
Small Populations ◽  
Information Production ◽  
Weighted Estimates ◽  
Echo Chambers

There are mounting concerns that the information environment on Twitter isfragmented along ideological lines, with users ensconced into echo chambers withlimited exposure to cross-cutting views. Previous studies have typically relied on small populations of political elites or opinion leaders to appraise this level of fragmentation.This study makes two main advancements over the existing body of literature. First, itidentifies the need to make the distinction between information production andconsumption. Second, it proposes weighted estimates of ideology, based on active use, to better assess the extent of polarization on the platform. Our analyses find little evidence that Twitter, at least in the United States, is polarized based on howinformation is produced by opinion leaders. While partisan opinion leaders are certainly polarized, centrist or non-political voices are much more likely to produce the most visible information on the platform. Analysis of co-exposure networks of how ordinary Americans follow these opinion leaders similarly reveals little evidence of echo-chambers in consumption. However, while the extent of ideological selective consumption is low, there does exist a small but dedicated audience for conservative opinion leaders on the platform.

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