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IR13 Preconference Workshop, The Internet, Mobile Media, and Journalism: Technologies of News in the 21st Century

This afternoon's workshop was a great start to the conference. It's always fun to sit in on workshops that are almost-but-not-quite my area, partly for the additional connections to my research, but also to spend some time learning about entirely new areas. Here are a few rather sketchy notes from today's session (these are as … Continue reading IR13 Preconference Workshop, The Internet, Mobile Media, and Journalism: Technologies of News in the 21st Century →

Quandaries of apparently contradictory feelings

I’ve been thinking about ‘space’ for a long time. But usually I’ve come at it indirectly, though some other kind of engagement. The battles over globalisation, the politics of polace, the question of regional inequality, the engagements with ‘nature’ as I walk the hills, the complexities of cities. Picking away at things that don’t seem … Continue reading Quandaries of apparently contradictory feelings →

New article out: the emergence of the digital liberties movement

My new article is now out on First Monday. This work complements my previous conference paper, which looked at the need to see the Internet and other digital technologies as a contested space which activists must work to protect. The digital liberties movement is an emerging social movement that draws together activism around online censorship … Continue reading New article out: the emergence of the digital liberties movement →