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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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,…
I’m very pleased to announce that the fourth book in the MIT Press “Information Society Series” I am co-editing with Laura DeNardis has been released: The Digital Rights Movement: The Role of Technology in Subverting Digital Copyright Hector Postigo The…
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I'm pleased to announce that the special issue on the topic of “Ethics of Secrecy”, that I co-edited with Daniel Nagel and Matthias Rath, has been published by the International Review of Information Ethics. Here is the table of contents,…
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I'm thrilled to announce that the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has published a new entry on "Internet Research Ethics", written by Elizabeth Buchanan and myself. I'm confident the existence of this entry in such a popular and prestigious publication will help increase awareness of these important issues.
In celebration of Choose Privacy Week, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom has released preliminary findings from a new survey on "Librarian Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Informational Privacy" that I conducted on their behalf with generous support from the…
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I've received a preview copy of an important forthcoming volume, "Design and Ethics: Reflections on Practice," edited by Emma Felton, Oksana Zelenko, Suzi Vaughan. This book marks an important contribution to the growing "ethical design" or "values in design" community…
I’m very pleased to announce that the third book in the MIT Press “Information Society Series” I am co-editing with Laura DeNardis has been released: The Reputation Society: How Online Opinions Are Reshaping the Offline World Edited by Hassan Masum…
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Along with Daniel Nagel and Matthias Rath, I am co-editing a special issue of the International Review of Information Ethics on the topic of "Ethics of Secrecy". The full call for papers is below, and available here. Abstract submission deadline…
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