Professor William H. Dutton
Senior Fellow, Advisory Board Member
Bill Dutton was the OII’s Founding Director, a Fellow of Balliol College and the first Professor of Internet Studies at Oxford University.
Date & Time:
11:00:00 - 15:00:00,
Monday 27 March, 2006
11:00:00 - 15:00:00,
Monday 27 March, 2006
About
This workshop showcases two areas of the OII’s research addressing questions of real concern to government, industry and NGOs. The first part of the workshop will draw on data from the 2005 Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) to explore the generational and age-related patterns of Internet use which need to be more clearly understood if concerns about the future uptake of Internet-driven services and age-related exclusion are to be addressed. After an informal lunch, the second half of the workshop will focus on Professor Jonathan Zittrain’s research on state-sponsored filtering and Internet censorship (OpenNet Initiative), raising important questions about the potential of the Internet to provide information even in more repressive regimes.
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 11:00 | Coffee and registration |
| 11:15 | William Dutton: Internet Generations
The first part of the workshop will draw on data from the 2005 Oxford Internet Survey (OxIS) to explore generational and age-related patterns of Internet use |
| 12:00 | Discussion
Moderator: Helen Margetts |
| 12:45 | Networking Lunch |
| 13:30 | Jonathan Zittrain: Understanding Internet Filtering Worldwide
This second session will focus on the latest insights and issues in Internet filtering conducted by national governments, including recent controversies over the role of Western firms who assist in political censorship or surveillance |
| 14:15 | Discussion
Moderator: Victoria Nash |
| 17:00 | End |
This workshop has been organised in collaboration with AOL, BT, Ofcom and Wanadoo.
Speakers
Professor Helen Margetts
Professor of Society and the Internet
Helen Margetts is Professor of Society and the Internet, a political scientist specialising in digital government and politics. She was Director of the OII from 2011-18. She is a Professorial Fellow of Mansfield College.
Professor Jonathan Zittrain
Senior Fellow
Jonathan Zittrain is the George Bemis Professor of International Law at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Professor Victoria Nash
Director, Associate Professor, Senior Policy Fellow
Victoria Nash is the OII's Director and a Senior Policy Fellow. Her research focuses on the opportunities and risks experienced by children using digital technologies; she also leads OII engagement on Internet regulation and digital policy issues.