Abstract
This special issue of Internet Policy Review brings together a hand-picked selection of articles presented in the Communication Policy and Technology (CPT) section at the annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) in Eugene, Oregon (USA), 2018. With different theoretical perspectives, methodologies, and geographical scope, the five papers in this issue address how ideal-type rights and values are translated into highly variable rules, regulations, policies and practices in different countries and regions around the world. Drawing from their respective case studies, the papers examine a number of consequences of this gap for internet users, as citizens and consumers. Building on these papers, the editorial discusses some recent evolutions of the internet policy field, and introduces the critical and ‘engaged scholarship’ approach that IAMCR and its CPT section have displayed over the years in their analyses of communication and internet policy.
Highlights
While Internet Policy Review has a focus on inter and pan European contexts, our contributors make critical connections from their work to the European context where appropriate. In this introduction we provide a brief overview of recent trends and key conceptual frameworks used in internet policy research
We provide a more detailed overview of the papers in our special issue and in particular the normative and practical challenges of assessing the impact of internet policy and governance instruments on individual and collective rights
Its members collaborate and are involved in International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)’s most visible publication projects, such as the Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy (Mansell & Raboy, 2011) which included chapters on the emerging conceptual and methodological challenges posed by the internet for media and communication researchers
Summary
Communication and internet policy: a critical rights-based history and future Aphra Kerr, Francesca Musiani & Julia Pohle. Data and digital rights: recent Australian developments Gerard Goggin, Ariadne Vromen, Kimberlee Weatherall, Fiona Martin, & Lucy Sunman. Operationalising communication rights: the case of a “digital welfare state” Marko Ala-Fossi, Anette Alén-Savikko, Jockum Hilden, Minna Aslama Horowitz, Johanna Jääsaari, Kari Karppinen, Katja Lehtisaari, & Hannu Nieminen. Counter-terrorism in Ethiopia: manufacturing insecurity, monopolizing speech Téwodros W.
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