News
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7 January 2013
BBC Radio 4
Do I have a Right to be Forgotten?
Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, authority on forgetting in a digital age, tells Radio 4 that if we don’t have the right to be forgotten, others might take control of online records of our digital past. (c 17.00 on clock)
7 January 2013
NewStatesman
The superfast lane to nowheresville
A blog post on a Policy Exchange report suggesting Government should focus policy on people who remain offline rather than on ‘superfast’ broadband mentions the Teenagers and Technology study showing disadvantage for those with no home internet access.
4 January 2013
BBC News, Education and Family
A third of poorest pupils ‘without internet at home’
Rebecca Eynon is quoted as saying that research carried out for recently published book ‘Teenagers and Technology’ which she co-authored confirms that disconnected young people are at a distinct disadvantage.
4 January 2013
Oxford Internet Institute
Call for Papers: Government, Policy-making and the Internet
Policy and Internet is inviting submissions for a special issue on 'Government, Policy-making and the Internet', to be published in December 2013 (paper deadline: 1 April 2013).
2 January 2013
Wired.co.uk
Study: Teenagers without web access are left 'educationally disadvantaged'
Teenagers with no access to the internet are disadvantaged educationally and socially according to OII Research Fellow Rebecca Eynon and education researcher Chris Davies. The benefits of technology outweigh the risks despite popular perceptions.
31 December 2012
Daily Mail
Teenagers who don't have internet access at home are 'missing out educationally and socially'
The Daily Mail features the work of Rebecca Eynon and Chris Davis which shows that young people without internet access are at significant disadvantage relative to their peers. The work is published in a new book 'Teenagers and Technology'.
31 December 2012
Business Standard, India
Teens with no internet access educationally disadvantaged
Teenagers with no access to the internet are disadvantaged educationally and socially according to OII Research Fellow Rebecca Eynon and education researcher Chris Davies. The benefits of technology outweigh the risks despite popular perceptions.
31 December 2012
The Hindu, India
Teens with no internet access educationally disadvantaged
Teenagers with no access to the internet are disadvantaged educationally and socially according to OII Research Fellow Rebecca Eynon and education researcher Chris Davies. The benefits of technology outweigh the risks despite popular perceptions.
22 December 2012
University of Oxford
UK teenagers without the internet are 'educationally disadvantaged'
A major in-depth study by Dr Chris Davies and Dr Rebecca Eynon, shows that teenagers with no access to the internet are disadvantaged both educationally and socially.
20 December 2012
Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford Internet Institute Launches Alumni Website
The Oxford Internet Institute embarks on its latest venture, launching its interactive alumni website.
19 December 2012
Oxford Internet Institute
OII News: OII Award Winners, New Positions, Summer Doctoral Programme 2013
"We are entering an exciting period of expansion for the OII; most recently we have welcomed Dr Taha Yasseri to the department as our Big Data Research Officer, tasked with managing our growing big data capabilities; he is a physicist (...)"
17 December 2012
BBC News Technology
Icann to set new internet address timetable with raffle
Icann, the internet name regulator has opted for a raffle to determine the timetable for applications for new suffixes. Victoria Nash comments that the new top-level domains have been controversial and Icann needs to deliver a smooth rollout.
11 December 2012
The Guardian
From Euro 2012 to Gangnam Style: what Britons Googled most this year
Grant Blank looks at some facts behind the headlines of Google's annual Zeitgeist list of the top UK search terms. The list reflects popular concerns and also highlights the question of whether popular culture is really important.
11 December 2012
Macau Daily Times
After Bill Dutton delivered a lecture to the University of Macao on the rise of the Internet, the Macau Daily Times interviewed him about the likely impact of the 'Fifth Estate' phenomenon now and in the future.
8 December 2012
The Next Web
Copyright: Holding back the torrent
At the IGF meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, Ian Brown floated the idea of a celestial jukebox connecting the world, where we can download whatever we want whenever we want with fair remuneration for creators. His idea features in a report on copyright.
5 December 2012
Der Standard
Medienexperte Mayer-Schönberger: "Kein Urheber lebt in einem Vakuum
In an interview about digital copyright, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger says ‘no author lives in a vacuum’. Current copyright regulation is outdated and unworkable, he warns, and without change, rules will be ignored and society will act as it sees fit.
4 December 2012
The Times
The internet needs a global leader. Base it in London
As delegates meet for the World Conference on International Telecommunications in Dubai, Derek Wyatt, one of the founders of the OII, argues that London should be the global leader of the Internet.
4 December 2012
Oxford Internet Institute
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is delighted to announce that its eleventh annual Summer Doctoral Programme (SDP) will be held in collaboration with the iSchool at the University of Toronto from 8-19 July 2013.
1 December 2012
Huffington Post
Clicktivism: A Model For 21st Century Activism?
In a blog about how social media is used by activists, the author mentions that the Oxford Internet Institute named the organisation 38 Degrees as 'Best UK Internet NGO’ in 2011.
30 November 2012
New Scientist
Florida pet spa mystery link to China's great firewall
A report on Joss Wright’s work on internet censorship in China notes that among his findings on how censorship is applied was the surprising fact that visitors to one site that prevents online tracking were sent to the site of a pet spa in Miami.
28 November 2012
The Guardian, Datablog
Digital trails of the UK floods - how well do tweets match observations?
Physical phenomena like floods don’t just leave physical trails; they create digital ones as well. Mark Graham and the team have combined meteorological and social media data to plot data shadows of the recent UK floods.
26 November 2012
Oxford Internet Institute
'Teenagers and Technology': New Book by Chris Davies and Rebecca Eynon
Drawing on extensive interviews conducted over several years, this book offers a timely and non-sensational exploration of teenagers' experiences and opinions about the digital technologies they use, desire and dislike.
23 November 2012
Washington Post
Why we need to let our online memories go
'We need to appreciate and preserve forgetting as a feature of humanity' says Viktor Mayer -Schönberger in an article in the Washington Post arguing that forgetting allows us to grow, learn and forgive – and enjoy rancour- free family events.
18 November 2012
The Observer
Fake Twitter accounts and the danger for politicians
Investigative journalists need mastery of analytical tools to determine what is real in the digital world says John Naughton. Questioning the origins of Mitt Romney’s Twitter followers he cites the findings of OII students Alex Furnas and Devin Gaffney.
16 November 2012
Los Angeles Times
Twitter and other social media now another front in Gaza attack
Miriyam Aouragh questions the effectiveness of increasing use of social media in the battle front although she acknowledges the enormous number of protests organised via Facebook and Twitter.
Last updated on: 17 May 2013
