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CDT’s “The Internet in Transition: A Platform to Keep the Internet Open, Innovative, and Free”

Posted by Michael Zimmeron June 17, 2008in Events, Information Law & Policy

Similar to the Yale Information Society Project's "9.5 Theses" and CFP's "Letter to the Next President," the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) has created an issue document targeted to the next President and Congress: "The Internet in Transition: A…

CFP ’08: Clay Shirky, Konstantinos Karachalios, and a Letter to the President

Posted by Michael Zimmeron May 7, 2008in Events, Privacy1 Comment

There have been some exciting developments as we near the Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference on "Technology Policy ‘08": We are pleased to announce that Clay Shirky will deliver the closing plenary keynote on Friday lunch (5/23). (See my post…

First Monday Podcast: The Faustian Bargain with Web 2.0

Posted by Michael Zimmeron April 28, 2008in Professional, Social Media

There's nothing worse than listening to yourself talk. Following up on March's special issue of First Monday on “Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0,” I was recently interviewed by Joy Austria and A.J. Hannah for the First Monday Podcast series. You…

Reminder: Computers, Freedom, & Privacy: Technology Policy ‘08

Posted by Michael Zimmeron April 28, 2008in Events, Privacy

The program for next month’s Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference on “Technology Policy ‘08“ has been posted and features an excellent array of tutorials, plenaries and panels: Plenary Sessions Presidential Technology Policy: Priorities for the Next Executive The 21st Century…

Yale ISP’s “9.5 Theses for Technology Policy in the Next Administration”

Posted by Michael Zimmeron April 25, 2008in Events, Privacy

In preparation for next month's Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference on “Technology Policy ‘08“, the Yale Information Society Project has released "9.5 Theses for Technology Policy in the Next Administration": 1. Privacy. Protect human dignity, autonomy, and privacy by providing…

Joining UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies

Posted by Michael Zimmeron April 23, 2008in Professional8 Comments

I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted an offer to join the faculty of the School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. As of August 18, 2008, I will be an Assistant Professor at SOIS, with…

CFP: Privacy Literacy — How Consumers Understand and Protect Their Privacy

Posted by Michael Zimmeron March 23, 2008in Events, Privacy

Consumer attention to privacy is seemingly on the rise. We witnessed renewed concern about the tracking of user behavior online, medical privacy as Web-based storage solutions are being proposed, the tracking and selling of television viewing patterns, the merging of…

Special issue of First Monday: Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0

Posted by Michael Zimmeron March 3, 2008in Publications, Social Media3 Comments

I am pleased to announce the (open) publication of a special issue of First Monday on "Critical Perspectives on Web 2.0." This special issue was born from a panel I organized at AoIR, and features amazing contributions from Trebor Scholz,…

Computers, Freedom, & Privacy: Technology Policy ’08

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 28, 2008in Events, Privacy

The call for papers for the 2008 Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference has been released. This year's theme is "Technology Policy '08". Details below: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY '08 http://cfp2008.org/ 18th Annual CFP conference May 20-23, 2008 Omni…

Web Search: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Posted by Michael Zimmeron February 25, 2008in Publications, Search Engines3 Comments

I'm pleased to announce that Web Search: Multidisciplinary Perspectives has, after 2 years in the making, been published in the Information Science and Knowledge Management series by Springer. Co-edited with Amanda Spink, Web Search is a collection of chapters approaching…