This week marks the 10th anniversary of Facebook, and to help commemorate this milestone I wrote an essay for The Washington Post that postulates an early framework of Mark Zuckerberg's theory of privacy, based on a preliminary analysis of the…
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We’re (again) looking for a new permanent dean. Full position profile and qualifications can be found here. Please do not hesitate to contact me with questions, or nominations. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) invites applications and nominations for the position of Dean…
SOIS PhD student Nick Proferes and I have published a chapter in the new book Twitter and Society, edited by Katrin Weller, Axel Bruns, Jean Burgess, Merja Mahrt, and Cornelius Puschmann. Our contribution is "Privacy on Twitter, Twitter on Privacy". Here's our introduction:…
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Today, after months of hard work by many hands, I'm happy to announce the launch of The Zuckerberg Files, a digital archive of all public utterances of Facebook's founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Over 126 full-text transcripts and 60 video files are available…
I've been invited by the Ohio State University Libraries to contribute to an ongoing campus-wide series of Conversations on Morality, Politics, and Society (COMPAS). This year's theme is "Public/Private", and I will be presenting today on the topic "Is Library User…
To kick off 2013 Banned Books Week, the UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies and UWM's Center for Information Policy Research is partnering with the Milwaukee Public Library to host a special lecture by Barbara Jones, Director of the ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom: CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE:…
[Deadline extended to December 31 - details below] Along with Johannes Britz, I am co-editing a special issue of the International Review of Information Ethics on the topic of “The Digital Future of Education”. The full call for papers is below, and available…
[Updated with links and summary comments at bottom of post] I have been invited to join a gathering of national library, education, technology, legal and policy experts for a national symposium hosted by the American Library Association and Google considering…
I'm pleased to announce two recent publications of my work exploring the implications of Library 2.0 platforms and applications for patron privacy. These represent early thinking on this complex relationship between privacy and web-based delivery of library services, and I intend…
I'm pleased to announce the publication of "On considering the application of Amartya Sen’s capability approach to an information-based rights framework" in the journal Information Development. This article was co-authored with colleagues at UW-Milwaukee: Johannes Britz, Anthony Hoffmann, Shana Ponelis,…
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