The Internet Trap

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Hindman
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Net Neutrality ◽  
The Public ◽  
Attention Economy ◽  
Digital News ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Over Time

The Internet was supposed to fragment audiences and make media monopolies impossible. Instead, behemoths like Google and Facebook now dominate the time we spend online—and grab all the profits from the attention economy. This book explains how this happened. It sheds light on the stunning rise of the digital giants and the online struggles of nearly everyone else—and reveals what small players can do to survive in a game that is rigged against them. The book shows how seemingly tiny advantages in attracting users can snowball over time. The Internet has not reduced the cost of reaching audiences—it has merely shifted who pays and how. Challenging some of the most enduring myths of digital life, the book explains why the Internet is not the postindustrial technology that has been sold to the public, how it has become mathematically impossible for grad students in a garage to beat Google, and why net neutrality alone is no guarantee of an open Internet. It also explains why the challenges for local digital news outlets and other small players are worse than they appear and demonstrates what it really takes to grow a digital audience and stay alive in today's online economy. The book shows why, even on the Internet, there is still no such thing as a free audience.

The Emerging Field of Internet Governance

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura DeNardis
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Net Neutrality ◽  
Internet Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Policy Arenas

This chapter demonstrates the significance of the emerging field of Internet governance, highlighting issues over standards, names and numbers, and net neutrality, which are unfolding in a variety of contexts around the world, including the Internet Governance Forum. It describes how technology could bias outcomes across policy arenas, such as privacy or freedom of expression. Internet governance generally refers to policy and technical coordination issues related to the exchange of information over the Internet. Governance has had immediate implications for freedom of expression online. Despite the significant public interest implications, Internet governance is largely hidden from public view. A crucial role of Internet governance research is to evaluate the implications of the tension between forces of openness and forces of enclosure, examine the implications of the privatisation of governance, and bring to public light the key issues at stake at the intersection of technical expediency and the public interest.

Social Media Use in the Public Sector

2015 ◽  
pp. 63-85
Author(s):  
Anteneh Ayanso ◽  
Darryl Moyers
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Media Use ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Service Agencies ◽  
Service Agencies ◽  
Over Time

With advances in the Internet and its associated technologies, more and more governments and their public service agencies are embracing social media as a key channel of communication and service provision. These easy-to-use applications encourage the public to actively participate and share constructive ideas in various government initiatives. At the same time, social media helps governments to actively engage with the public and monitor their existing services for continuous improvements. In this chapter, the authors explore the application of social media in the public sector and review how it has evolved over time and what lies ahead for the future. To this end, the authors explore existing and emerging platforms and tools that can be used in various public sector settings. The chapter also reviews social media best practices and initiatives in similar settings. Finally, it examines the critical challenges the public sector faces in integrating social media in its processes and services.

Change in the library: the viewpoint of a columnist

2018 ◽  
Vol 119 (11) ◽  
pp. 613-617
Author(s):  
Bruce Massis
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Communication Skill ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Human Touch ◽  
Customer Services ◽  
Over Time

Purpose The purpose of this study is to reflect on the author’s decade as a columnist for New Library World and Information and Learning Science. Design/methodology/approach This paper provides literature review and commentary on this topic that has been addressed by professionals, researchers and practitioners. Findings When a patron approaches a librarian with a question, and the resources are discovered that can aid and support that patron in finding a solution to his or her dilemma, the stock of the librarian rises, reminding the public that with all the changes around the profession since the advent of the internet, the human touch, that face-to-face interaction and personal communication skill, still remains a significant instrument in the librarian’s customer services toolkit. Originality/value The value in exploring this topic is for others to acknowledge that which has been gained over time by an experienced library colleague.

scholarly journals After the post-public sphere

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1545-1563
Author(s):  
Philip Schlesinger
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Present Condition ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internet Age ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Transitional Phase ◽  
Over Time

The idea of a public sphere has long been central to discussion of political communication. Its present condition is the topic of this essay. Debate about the public sphere has been shaped by the boundary-policing of competing political systems and ideologies. Current discussion reflects the accelerating transition from the mass media era to the ramifying entrenchment of the Internet age. It has also been influenced by the vogue for analysing populism. The present transitional phase, whose outcome remains unclear, is best described as an unstable ‘post-public sphere’. This instability is not unusual as, over time, conceptions of the public sphere’s underpinnings and scope have continually shifted. Latterly, states’ responses to the development of the Internet have given rise to a new shift of focus, a ‘regulatory turn’. This is likely to influence the future shape of the public sphere.

scholarly journals The Municipal Authority as an Organizational Framework for Regional Public Water Systems

1973 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-171
Author(s):  
Arthur B. Daugherty ◽  
J. Dean Jansma
Keyword(s):  
Water Use ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Public Water Supply ◽  
The Public ◽  
Municipal Authority ◽  
Supply Industry ◽  
Public Water Systems ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Number Of Customers ◽  
Over Time

Demands on the public water supply “industry” have been increasing steadily. Most of the existing systems have experienced increased water use per customer over time, as well as a greater number of customers. There has also been a growing interest in and concern about providing adequate quantities of safe, treated water for all of the Nation's population. The cost of providing public water systems for “an estimated 30,000 smaller communities, unincorporated settled areas and farming sectors in rural territory without systems” was estimated at $6 billion in 1966 [1, p. 978]. The cost of completing this task has probably increased, even though many water systems have been installed in these communities since 1966.

scholarly journals A contribution to the debate on the redefinition of the networked public sphere based on Portuguese public participation in cyberspace

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 287-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiago Lima Quintanilha
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Representative Sample ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Portuguese Population ◽  
The Public ◽  
Digital News ◽  
Networked Public Sphere ◽  
Networked Society

This article locates Portugal in the discussion on the transition from a normative public sphere (Habermas, 1968/1989, 1998) to a new networked public sphere (Benkler, 2006), powered by the internet, global networked society and participative and interactive cultures. We use data from the public participation module of the 2018 Digital news report published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, which surveyed a representative sample of the Portuguese population. The results point to the existence and appropriation of many forms of public participation in cyberspace. Users share news, comment on news, take part in online votes, etc., on press websites and social media. Nonetheless, the collected data point to a type of online public participation that determines the slow constitution and consolidation of a new networked public sphere in Portugal.

Net Neutrality: No Easy Answers

2006 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-17
Author(s):  
Danny Butt
Keyword(s):  
Business Models ◽  
Internet Traffic ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Network Neutrality ◽  
Net Neutrality ◽  
Network Access ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Benefits

This article considers the debate on ‘network neutrality’, and the idea that the internet should carry all internet traffic equally without prioritising different kinds of traffic or discriminating among types of content. It considers contemporary developments in the internet and its business models, and urges caution about adopting simplistic solutions in the name of saving the public internet. Instead, the author suggests that there is a need to clarify the public benefits of network access, and to develop mechanisms to support these.

scholarly journals A Cost Increase Analysis of Weapon Systems Using the Paache Index: Cases from the German Bundeswehr

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Essig ◽  
Andreas H. Glas ◽  
Simon Mondry
Keyword(s):  
Public Perception ◽  
Clear Trend ◽  
Weapon Systems ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cost Increase ◽  
Vehicle Type ◽  
Framework Model ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Over Time

Abstract The media and the public often make claims regarding the excessive cost increases in the development and production of major weapon systems such as fighter planes, submarines or tanks. The purpose of this research is in assessing the cost increase of such weapon systems during their procurement periods with the help of the Paasche price index. In contrast to other approaches, which focus upon either the specific situations of single weapon systems or cost increases relative to planned budgets, we compare several projects of military services and their cost increases over time to reveal generalisable trends. For this purpose, we used a framework model that allows for performance and cost comparisons. This paper primarily emphasises the cost perspective by calculating a Paasche index for each chosen project. As a background case for our analysis, we have used the acquisition projects for major weapon systems in Germany. However, the framework model that this study employs is universally applicable. In contrast to the public perception of cost increases, we could not find any clear trend that would indicate that modern weapon systems have a significantly higher (or lower) cost increase than was the case for projects several decades before. To give brief insight into the empirical findings, the cost increase ratios of the Starfighter and Eurofighter jets have the same level, while cost increase ratios of other weapon systems (APC tanks, submarines) differ significantly (to the worse and to the better) over time. Our findings imply that there is no general trend that today the costs for weapon systems increase more/less than some decades ago. This paper calculates data only from the regarded seven cases therefore we could not question the causes for this observation on basis of our sample. However, it appears that, within a specific service or a specific vehicle type (tank, fighter jet, ship/boat), cost increases may be similar over time.

scholarly journals Upaństwowianie romantyzmu” w kinie II RP. O „Panu Tadeuszu” w reżyserii Ryszarda Ordyńskiego

2018 ◽  
pp. 55-75
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Szyngiel
Keyword(s):  
Social Engineering ◽  
Film Adaptation ◽  
The Political ◽  
National Consciousness ◽  
Adaptation Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Made In

The article concerns the film Pan Tadeusz (1928) by Ryszard Ordyński, and issues related to the adaptation process and political reception of Mickiewicz’s artwork. In the first part of the text, the author discusses the application of 19th-century romantic ideas by the Sanacja authorities as part of their historical policy. The cult of Romanticism was realized on many levels, including everyday life as well as literature, art and journalism. Its functioning was conditioned by the existence of a holistic romantic narrative and the possibilities it brought in terms of building the continuity of tradition in social awareness. These possibilities resulted from the patriotic staffage, which over time surrounded the work of romantic bards. The second part of the text describes the tendencies dominating in Polish cinema at that time, the most important of which are the politicisation and the „Upaństwowienie romantyzmu” w kinie II RP domination of love themes. These directions influenced the final shape of the films made in the 1920s. Afterwards, R. Ordyński’s film was presented, taking into account the political and cultural background mentioned above. The production of the picture aroused great interest among the public opinion and reviewers. The subject of discussion at that time was fidelity of the film adaptation to the literary prototype. In the article, Pan Tadeusz was presented as an example of an artwork committed to ideology. The screen trivialization of the content of Mickiewicz’s poem took place at the level of creation of a world that was simplified and devoid of romantic ambivalence, as well as in meticulous presenting details at the cost of more significant elements of the work, and intentional lowering of the level of presented content. In this way, Pan Tadeusz was a commercial undertaking, and at the same time it participated in the process of a kind of social engineering. It was a tool for building national consciousness in a reborn Polish state and, in a way, for reigning souls.

scholarly journals Net Neutrality: Telecom Policy and the Public Interest

2007 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neil Barratt ◽  
Leslie Regan Shade
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Net Neutrality ◽  
Alternative Models ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Input ◽  
National Debate

Abstract: What is net neutrality? The debate about the shape of the Internet is being held behind closed doors, led by government and industry with little public input. This article examines net neutrality and the stakeholders in this emerging national debate. The authors discuss the legislative and policy implications, while at the same time exploring alternative models for achieving broadly accessible, affordable high-speed Internet access. Résumé : Qu’est-ce que ça veux dire la « net neutrality »? Au moment, le débat sur le futur de l’Internet est contrôlé par le gouvernement et les intérêts du commerce, sans des consultations publiques. Cet article examine la neutralité de l’Internet et les participants divers dans cette discussion émergente. Les auteurs discutent le des conséquences législatives et politiques, pendant qu’ils explorent des modèles alternatifs pour atteindre l’accès à l’Internet universele, hautevitesse, et abordable.

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