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Osinowo, Gbenga Ayodeji. "Internet and Telecommunications Companies' Provision of Customer Information to the Government." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7248.
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The strategy of the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program is to incorporate the private sector into the bulk data collection of customers information, yet there is little legislative and judicial oversight. As a result, internet and telecommunications companies participated, placing at risk protected privacy interests of their customers. Using policy feedback theory and narrative policy framework as the theoretical framework, the purpose of this qualitative, case study was to explore how the federal government gains compliance of the internet and telecommunications industry to engage in information sharing with NSA during post 9/11, 2001 terrorists' attack. Secondary data were collected about internet and telecommunications companies through document analysis, corporate records, and credible news sources. These data were compiled as raw data and developed into codes, which led to categories and eventually developed into themes. Findings indicate that private companies participated for three main reasons: first, an interest in preserving national security, second, they believed they had limited or no liability, and third, profit-making. At the same time, the participants expressed concerns that the government gained compliance via the use of coercion, influence, and persuasion. The positive social change implication of this study includes recommendations to public policy practitioners/evaluators that it is necessary to include private sector analysis in a comprehensive review of public policy because inter-dependencies of the private-public sector guarantees effective public policy implementation/ assessment.
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Cheung, Kwong-chief. "Comparative study on aspects of e-government in Hong Kong: policy and issues." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45012337.
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Du, Juan. "Constructing the internet panoptic-fortification: a legal study on China's internet regulatory mechanism." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2018. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/530.
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With the development of the information network technologies and the popularisation of the Internet, Chinese society is experiencing a Triple Revolution. Regulating the Internet has become a priority in China. In this context, this study seeks a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of China's Internet regulatory mechanism. Through the systematical analysis on Internet law in China, supplemented by the case study on how the issue of the Occupy Movement in Hong Kong was regulated, this study argues that China has developed a hybrid Internet regulatory model, which values both external defense and internal control in pursuit of the goal of cybersecurity, and which combines hierarchical regulation with horizontal monitoring to address challenges brought by contemporary network society. The Internet panoptic-fortification model is developed to illuminate China's Internet regulatory mechanism. The Internet panoptic-fortification model is featured by the centralised control from the authorities and ISPs, the establishment of Chinese sovereign cyberspace with jurisdictional and technical supports, the implementation of the network real-name system and the Internet-surfing record backup system to regulate individual Internet users, and the tight ideological control. This conceptual model reflects important aspects of Michel Foucault's account of governmentality, incorporating both centralised power and diffuse micro-power. This study suggests that China's Internet law to some extent has become an instrument for the state to promote the social discipline in the sovereign cyberspace, and the Internet regulatory mechanism serves for the national security and social stability in a broader context.
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Jones, Melanie Anne. "Mitigating Uncertainty Through Government Intervention-exploring the Impact of Public Policy on Internet Privacy Concerns." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1021896261.
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Bai, Jing, and 白凈. "Dancing under control: online media in mainland China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31972366.
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Schmidt, Jeremy J. "The past, present and future of water policy in the South Saskatchewan River Basin, Alberta, Canada /." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=101895.
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This thesis presents an account of water policies in Alberta's South Saskatchewan River Basin in reference to the historical factors influencing past decisions, the claims supporting present reforms and implications for future policy directions. I begin by investigating the historical factors surrounding early water policies and consider their influence on water development in the 20th century. Next I critically examine the policy reforms from 1996-2006 and consider both how early policy decisions influence contemporary plans and the claims offered in support of current management decisions. I then look to the future of water policy in southern Alberta and the planned implementation of adaptive management systems. I analyze adaptive management theory in the policy context of Alberta and find the normative claims of adaptive management insufficient. I then suggest a more robust normative framework to supplement adaptive management theory.
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Pike, Amy. "Provincial policy planning for municipal government restructuring in non-metropolitan areas, the contemporary cases of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23456.pdf.
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黃恩平 and Yan-ping Agnes Wong. "The geography of Internet production and consumption in the Asia-Pacific." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B35319999.
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Tusikov, Natasha Marie. "Chokepoints : internet intermediaries and the private regulation of counterfeit goods on the internet." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/125030.
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This dissertation examines non-state regulation on the Internet, specifically the capacity of corporate actors to create private regulatory arrangements and the degree to which those efforts may rely upon the state. It critically traces the interactions and inter-dependencies between corporate actors and the state through the lens of corporate online anti-counterfeiting enforcement efforts. Between 2010 and 2013, small groups of multinational corporations and government officials from the United States, United Kingdom and the European Commission created a global private regulatory regime to control websites selling counterfeit goods. In this regime, for the first time, major U.S.-based Internet firms, like Google and PayPal, adopted so-called "voluntary best practices" agreements that guide their regulation of these websites on behalf of rights holders. This project examines eight of these agreements that pertain to five Internet sectors: advertising, domain name, marketplace, payment, and search services. In this particular case of private regulation, the state plays a strong, even central role. "Voluntary agreements" are a deliberate misnomer as government actors, acting in concert with rights holders, employed varying degrees of coercion to pressure major Internet firms and payment providers to adopt industry-derived best practices. Despite these coercive elements, however, there are common financial and reputational interests between rights holders and Internet firms. More importantly, these agreements serve strategic economic and national security interests, particularly those of the United States. The U.S. government, the principal architect of the regime, has interests in the protection of intellectual property because of its large stable of successful rights holders. In addition, it has national security interests in tapping into the vast troves of personal and commercial data that firms, such as Google and Yahoo, collect from their users. Corporate agreements to regulate the online distribution of counterfeit goods speak to private regulation on the Internet more generally. This dissertation contends that large corporate actors-both rights holders and Internet firms-can act as arbiters on the legality of technologies, services and applications on the Internet. In doing so, they can have significant influence in determining what types of new technologies and services prosper and which fail. Corporate anti-counterfeiting efforts demonstrate not only the considerable regulatory capacity of these Internet firms but also state and corporate interests in working with these firms to set rules and standards that govern Internet services.
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Hu, Ling, and 胡凌. "Shaping the virtual state: internet content regulation in China (1994-2009)." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46421701.
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Koen, Ruan. "ICT readiness for business continuity in local government." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7025.
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has evolved into a pervasive commodity in modern enterprises. ICT enables enterprises, regardless of sector, to achieve their strategic objectives. Similarly, ICT is regarded as a critical enabler in South African municipalities to reach their objectives and ultimately deliver sustainable services to their communities. This dependence on ICT, therefore, necessitates a resilient ICT environment where minimal disruption to ICT is a primary goal. Unfortunately, as reported by the Auditor-General of South Africa, the majority of South African municipalities are neglecting to address the continuity of their ICT services. Failing to implement adequate ICT continuity controls restrict these municipalities from achieving their strategic goals and, as a result, fulfilling their constitutional mandate of service delivery. It is, therefore, the objective of this study to devise a method, consisting of a theoretical foundation and a supporting tool-set, to assist municipalities in addressing a real-world ICT continuity problem. This method aims to be scalable and usable within different municipalities, and be simplistic and comprehensible enough to implement. The theoretical foundation will introduce the concept of ICT Readiness for Business Continuity, based on the recommendations of international best practices and standards, for example, the ISO 27031 (2011) standard. Furthermore, by considering various challenges within local government, the tool-set will ultimately help municipalities to help themselves in this regard.
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De, Heus Louisa. "E-commerce in South Africa : an overview." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52812.
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Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2002.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: E-commerce developed as a direct result of the Internet and it has impacted the way South African businesses conduct its operations and consumers receive their information. It is impossible to quantify the e-commerce phenomenon locally - this research study aims to cover most of the important areas impacted bye-commerce in South Africa. There are some barriers slowing the development of e-commerce in this country. The goal of this study is to determine if the local market is ready to accept e-commerce technologies that are already widely used in global markets. This research study examines the history of the Internet in South Africa and also raises the question whether the market was affected by the global dot com crash (also known as the dot bomb crash) experienced in 2000. The study also aims to identify the barriers hindering effective e-commerce in South Africa. It further highlights the importance of other areas of online commerce, such as mobile commerce (m-commerce), to bring the power of technology to consumers and collaboration commerce (c-commerce), to streamline business operations. Lastly, the study aims to explore the South African government's initiatives to effectively formulate a policy for e-commerce to protect the consumers' rights.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: E-handel het ontwikkel as gevolg van die Internet. Dit beïnvloed die manier waarop Suid-Afrikaanse besighede werk, en verbruikers kommunikasie ontvang. Dit is onmoontlik om die omvang van e-handel in Suid-Afrika te kwantifiseer - hierdie navorsingstudie se doel is om te fokus op die belangrikste areas wat deur e-handel beïnvloed is. Daar is hindernisse wat die ontwikkeling van e-handel in Suid-Afrika belemmer. Die doel van hierdie studie is om vas te stelof die plaaslike mark gereed is om e-handeltegnologie, wat alreeds in internasionale markte in gebruik is, te aanvaar. Die navorsingstudie ondersoek die geskiedenis van die Internet in Suid-Afrika en vra ook of die mark beïnvloed was deur die internasionale dot com ineenstorting van 2000 (dit word ook die dot bom ineenstorting genoem). Die studie kyk ook na wat effektiewe e-handel in Suid-Afrika keer. Dit fokus op die belangrikheid van ander areas van e-handel, soos mobiele elektroniese handel (m-handel), wat tegnologie op verbruikers se voorstoepe plaas, en saamwerk elektroniese handel (s-handel), wat besighede meer vaartbelyn maak. Laastens ondersoek die studie die Suid-Afrikaanse regering se pogings om 'n effektiewe beleid op te stel wat die verbruiker se regte te beskerm.
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Mcube, Unathi Unity. "A scenario-based ICT risk assessment approach in local government." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/7598.
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Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become an integral part of conducting business within enterprises including the local government. Local government relies on the use of ICT to ensure that its objectives and goals are accomplished. The effective use of ICT within the context of local government is fundamental for the support, sustainability and growth of municipalities. Benefits associated with the effective use of ICT in local government include but are not limited to accelerated service delivery, efficiency and accountability. While these benefits cannot be disputed, it is important to realise that the use of ICT presents potential risks. Thus, good governance of ICT should be addressed in local government. However, in recent years, the Auditor-General of South Africa (AG) has identified lack of good governance of ICT in local government. Various issues have been identified as emanating from the lack of good governance of ICT and lack of adequate ICT risk assessment is a case in point. In an attempt to address the good governance of ICT local government, various documents have been formulated. However, none of these address how effective management of ICT risks can be achieved. As such, local government lacks the means to effectively address the management of ICT risk which is core to the good governance of ICT. Local government still requires urgent intervention with regard to addressing the activities of managing ICT risks, particularly ICT risk assessment. Moreover, it was revealed that the lack of adequate ICT skills and financial resources in local government elevates this problem. The above-mentioned problem is what has motivated this research study. This dissertation aims to produce an artefact in the form of an approach for ICT risk assessment in local government. It is believed that a customised approach to ICT risk assessment in local government will contribute towards solving the identified problem.
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Akers, Eugene Jeff Grafton Carl. "A study of the adoption of digital government technology as public policy innovation in the American States." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/2006%20Summer/Dissertations/AKERS_EUGENE_17.pdf.
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Hunt, Richard Reid. "Moving Beyond Regulatory Mechanisms| A Typology of Internet Control Regimes." Thesis, Portland State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1560952.
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This paper examines national Internet control from a policy regime perspective. The mechanisms through which governments attempt to control the Internet may be developed and implemented by different institutions and agencies, or fall outside of a formal regulatory structure entirely. As such, the totality of the institutions and practices of national Internet control is better conceptualized not as a regulatory regime, but as a control regime. After a survey of the critical policy and control dimensions, a six-part typology of control regimes is proposed. The purpose of this study and typology is exploratory. With comparative research about Internet control regimes at a relatively early stage, this paper aims to enable the formation of concepts and hypotheses about the interrelationship, or co-presence, of key distinguishing variables in different Internet control regimes.
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Kim, Kkok ma eum. "Institutional change in e-government : a case study of the Government Policy Life Cycle System (GPLCS) in the Republic of Korea." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609545.
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Swart, Ignatius Petrus. "Pro-active visualization of cyber security on a National Level : a South African case study." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1017940.
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The need for increased national cyber security situational awareness is evident from the growing number of published national cyber security strategies. Governments are progressively seen as responsible for cyber security, but at the same time increasingly constrained by legal, privacy and resource considerations. Infrastructure and services that form part of the national cyber domain are often not under the control of government, necessitating the need for information sharing between governments and commercial partners. While sharing of security information is necessary, it typically requires considerable time to be implemented effectively. In an effort to decrease the time and effort required for cyber security situational awareness, this study considered commercially available data sources relating to a national cyber domain. Open source information is typically used by attackers to gather information with great success. An understanding of the data provided by these sources can also afford decision makers the opportunity to set priorities more effectively. Through the use of an adapted Joint Directors of Laboratories (JDL) fusion model, an experimental system was implemented that visualized the potential that open source intelligence could have on cyber situational awareness. Datasets used in the validation of the model contained information obtained from eight different data sources over a two year period with a focus on the South African .co.za sub domain. Over a million infrastructure devices were examined in this study along with information pertaining to a potential 88 million vulnerabilities on these devices. During the examination of data sources, a severe lack of information regarding the human aspect in cyber security was identified that led to the creation of a novel Personally Identifiable Information detection sensor (PII). The resultant two million records pertaining to PII in the South African domain were incorporated into the data fusion experiment for processing. The results of this processing are discussed in the three case studies. The results offered in this study aim to highlight how data fusion and effective visualization can serve to move national cyber security from a primarily reactive undertaking to a more pro-active model.
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Robins, Greg. "Is a knowledge based value network an effective model for implementing e-government?" Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2004. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/832.
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Is a knowledge based value network an effective model for implementing e-government? E-Government is a vision of how public sector organisations will govern, serve citizens, and interact with business partners, their employees, and other Government organisations. The “e” in e-Government represents a move to fully integrated, secure, on-demand accessible electronic Government that will: • improve integrated service delivery • provide universal citizen access • begin to enhance traditional Government structures and processes • support new Government products and services by relying on the emergence and convergence of new technologies • improve effectiveness Electronic commerce (e-commerce) has fundamentally changed the way business is being conducted and Government is rushing to catch up.
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Ferreira, Luiz Renato Ribeiro. "Cidades digitais : os processos e implicações politicas da introdução da tecnologia de comunicação e informação em pequenos municipios." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/279463.
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Orientador: Thomas Patrick DwyerDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
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Resumo: Este estudo apresenta uma reflexão sobre os processos técnicos e políticos encontrados elas administrações públicas municipais de cidades de pequeno e médio portes em suas tentativas de introduzir novas tecnologias de gestão baseadas nos ambientes da cidade digital. Com o uso de entrevistas, observações de campo e estudos bibliográficos, analisa também as relações de poder, os processos decisórios, as implicações políticas e o comportamento do corpo burocrático nesses momentos de transformações e transição do Poder Público Municipal, geradas a partir dos processos de globalização e inovação
Abstract: This dissertation presents a reflection on the technical and political processes found by public municipal administrations small-sized to medium-sized cities while trying to introduce new management technologies based on the environments of the digital city. Though the use of interviews, field observations and bibliographical studies, it also analyzes the power relations, the decision-making processes, the political implications and the behavior of the bureaucracy body in these moments of transformation and transition of the Public Municipal Power, which come from the globalization and innovation processes
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Notley, Tanya M. "The role of online networks in supporting young people's digital inclusion and the implications for Australian government policies." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/19097/2/Tanya_Notley_Citation.pdf.
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This study examines young people’s internet access and use in nine locations in Queensland, Australia. The primary aim of the research is to assess if internet use supports young people’s social inclusion: that is, if internet use supports young people to participate in society in ways they have most reason to value.
The research findings demonstrate that the digital divide in Queensland – the gap between citizens with and without access to ICTs – continues to inhibit young people’s ability to participate online. This divide is embedded within historic, economic, social and cultural inequalities. To address this, this study proposes that a digital inclusion framework, founded on the concept of social inclusion, offers the Australian federal and state governments an opportunity to extend digital divide policies so that they connect with and complement broader social policy goals.
The research outcomes also illustrate that creative uses of online networks provide a powerful means through which young people can participate in a networked society. While young people’s access to a range of ICTs impacts on their ability to use online networks, gradations of use, social networks and informal learning contexts frequently act as mediators to support effective internet use. This study contends that by understanding the social benefits of young people’s online network use and the role that mediators play in different environments, we can move towards a policy framework that supports equitable opportunities for young people’s digital inclusion.
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Notley, Tanya M. "The role of online networks in supporting young people's digital inclusion and the implications for Australian government policies." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/19097/.
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This study examines young people’s internet access and use in nine locations in Queensland, Australia. The primary aim of the research is to assess if internet use supports young people’s social inclusion: that is, if internet use supports young people to participate in society in ways they have most reason to value.
The research findings demonstrate that the digital divide in Queensland – the gap between citizens with and without access to ICTs – continues to inhibit young people’s ability to participate online. This divide is embedded within historic, economic, social and cultural inequalities. To address this, this study proposes that a digital inclusion framework, founded on the concept of social inclusion, offers the Australian federal and state governments an opportunity to extend digital divide policies so that they connect with and complement broader social policy goals.
The research outcomes also illustrate that creative uses of online networks provide a powerful means through which young people can participate in a networked society. While young people’s access to a range of ICTs impacts on their ability to use online networks, gradations of use, social networks and informal learning contexts frequently act as mediators to support effective internet use. This study contends that by understanding the social benefits of young people’s online network use and the role that mediators play in different environments, we can move towards a policy framework that supports equitable opportunities for young people’s digital inclusion.
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Sousa, Marcelo Igor de. "Processos tentativos de interação entre governo e sociedade: Casos e percalços comunicacionais nos Governos Dilma Rousseff." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2018. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/7175.
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Nesta investigação, analisamos experiências de interação entre Governo Federal Brasileiro e cidadão, visando a descrever ações comunicacionais empreendidas entre 2011 e 2016. O contexto se refere aos primeiros anos da década de 2010, profundamente marcados pela consolidação do uso da Internet no Brasil, principalmente pelo acesso disseminado às redes sociais digitais como ferramentas de conexão entre pessoas. Durante esse período, pela primeira vez no país uma mulher é eleita para a Presidência da República: Dilma Rousseff, que permanece no cargo de 2011 a 2016, tendo saído após sofrer um processo de destituição. O objetivo é o de analisar como foram programadas e realizadas as experiências tentativas de interação entre Governo Federal e Cidadão nesse período, o que é sintetizado como problema da pesquisa em: “Como se dá a interação entre Governo e Cidadão a partir das ações comunicacionais em uma sociedade em vias de midiatização?”. A tese se estrutura em torno das seguintes fases: inicialmente, explanamos sobre os contextos e os cenários sociopolíticos, com destaque para as tensões na democracia representativa e no presidencialismo, bem como para as mobilizações de rua e os grupos de militância virtual. Em seguida, discutimos o objeto, em termos teóricos, tendo a midiatização da política como eixo, com destaque para a realidade dos usos e das apropriações das tecnologias da internet e das redes sociais, bem como para o conceito de circulação como marca desta processualidade de atividades, de meios e de operações comunicacionais. Essas atividades foram implementadas pelos atores em situações diversas e direcionaram a pesquisa a um aporte metodológico de estudo de ‘casos múltiplos’, devido a esse caráter variado de elementos. Os materiais examinados envolvem discursos, pronunciamentos, documentos, guias, marcas de atuação nas redes sociais e websites, e estão distribuídos em três circuitos de processamento de ações comunicacionais. Buscamos, ainda, tensionar os objetos a partir dos ângulos de pesquisa de diversas ordens e que envolvem reflexões analíticas como: opções da política de participação em situação de crise; o papel da imagem do governo na interação; o contexto de redes sociais e governança; e os polos de contato entre Governo e Sociedade, entre outras, com destaque para a avaliação da execução de três experiências de plataformas web participativas criadas na gestão: Participatório, Participa.br e Dialoga Brasil. Por fim, discutimos, em termos avaliativos, sobre a natureza dos modos de interação, sobre a execução e as falhas das políticas e sobre as perspectivas de atuação diante da sociedade cada vez mais afetada pelas lógicas de midiatização. Em termos de conclusões, apontamos que o Governo promoveu experiências de interação a partir da consideração da era digital, mas que isso não foi uma política estratégica, apenas tentativa. E o rompimento dos processos, diante dos fatores conjunturais, contribuiu para essa limitação.
In this investigation, we analyze interaction experiences between the Brazilian Federal Government and citizens, aiming to describe actions of communication engaged between the years of 2011 and 2016. The context refers to the first years of the 2010 decade, deeply marked by the consolidation of Internet using in Brazil, mainly by exponential access to social media as tools to connect people. During this period, for the first time in Brazil history, a woman is elected President of the Republic: Dilma Rousseff, who remains in charge from 2011 to 2016, when she undergoes a destitution process (impeachment) and leaves the presidency. The main objective is to analyze how the attempts of interaction between Federal Government and Citizen were scheduled and accomplished in this period, synthesized as our research problem in: "How is the interaction between Government and Citizen given from the perspective of communication actions in a mediatization society?". The thesis is structured around the following phases: initially, we explain about context and socio-politics scenarios, highlighting the tensions of the representative democracy and the presidential system. Also, with emphasis in the street mobilizations that emerged online and the role of virtual 'militia' groups. After that, we discuss the object, in theoretical terms, with the mediatization of politics as its axis, highlighting the reality of uses and appropriations of internet technologies and social media, as well as the concept of circulation as a sign of the social media activity process and communication operations. Those activities were implemented by 'actors' in different situations and guided this research to a methodological design which studies 'multiple cases', due to its distinguished genres and due to this varied character of elements. The examined material, distributed in three circuits of communicational action processing, involves discourses, pronouncements, documents, guides, signs of social media performance and websites. This work also seeks out to stress the object from angles of other researches involving analytical reflection, such as: options of participation politics in a crisis situation, the role of the government’s image in the interaction, the social media context and the governance, the contact poles between Government and Society, among others, accentuating the execution evaluation of three participatory web platform experiences created during the management: Participatorio, Participa.br and Dialoga Brasil. Also, we discuss, in evaluation terms, about the nature of the interaction modalities and about the execution and the political flaws. Finally, we discuss about the action perspectives in a society increasingly affected by logics of mediatization. In terms of conclusion, we point out that the Government promoted interaction experiences based on the consideration of digital era, but this was not a political strategy, it was just an attempt. And the processes disruption, in face of conjunctural factors, contributed for this limitation.
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Magallanes, Reyes José Manuel. "Emerging models of democratic gobernability in the internet era: possible directions of local governments." Revista de Ciencia Política y Gobierno, 2014. http://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/48649.
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Analysts from different fields tend to analyze the technological effect in a very deterministic way, especially the effects that computing technologies of «internet era» may have when applied to the management and government activities in the modern times. Although there is surprising progress in transmission, storage and calculation technology, we propose that it is necessary to reflect that after the conjunction of technology, politics and society will appear some governability model different from the current one, though not necessarily better. In that sense, talking about «electronic government» deserves an arduous review of the scientific and professional paradigms that decision-makers, analysts and managers use in such situations. This paper proposes a reflection over the computing technologies, suggesting some method- ological considerations in the field of public policy, particularly at the local level, proposing concepts and the use of new tools from the adaptive social complexity approach.Analistas de diversos campos tienden a analizar el efecto tecnológico de manera determinista, especialmente en los efectos que las tecnologías computacionales de la «era internet» puedan tener al ser aplicadas en las actividades de gestión y gobierno en la época actual. Aun cuando son sorprendentes los avances en la tecnología de transmisión, almacenamiento y cálculo, proponemos que es necesario reflexionar que de la conjunción de tecnología, política y sociedad aparecerá algún modelo de gobernabilidad diferente al actual, aunque no necesariamente mejor. En ese sentido el hablar de «gobierno electrónico» amerita una ardua revisión de los paradigmas científicos y profesionales que decisores, analistas y gestores usan en situaciones de este tipo. Este trabajo plantea una reflexión sobre las tecnologías computacionales, proponiendo algunas consideraciones metodológicas en el campo de las políticas públicas, en particular a nivel local, proponiendo conceptos y el uso de nuevas herramientas desde el enfoque de la complejidadsocial adaptativa.
Analistas de diversos campos acostumam avaliar o efeito tecnológico de um jeito determinista,especialmente nos efeitos que as tecnologias computacionais na «era da internet» podem ter aos seres aplicados nas atividades da gestão e governo em nossa época atual. Ainda quando são surpreendentes os avanços na tecnologia de transmissão, estocagem e cálculo, nós achamos necessário reflexionar que da união da tecnologia, política e sociedade vai surgir algum modelo de governabilidade diferente ao atual, mas não precisamente melhor. Nesse sentido o falar do«governo eletrônico» merece uma difícil revisão dos paradigmas científicos e profissionais o que tomadores da decisão, analistas e gestores usam em situações deste tipo. Este trabalho sugere uma reflexão sobre as tecnologias computacionais, propõe algumas considerações metodológicas no campo das políticas publicas principalmente o nível local, propõe conceitos e o uso dasnovas ferramentas desde o enfoque da complexidade social adaptável.
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Cantón, Federico Alberto. "The Fourth Amendment and Cyberspace: Conflict or Cohesion?" PDXScholar, 2011. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/336.
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The purpose of the study was to determine how the Fourth Amendment is treated in the age of the internet. To determine the degree of the significance of this relationship a comparative approach is used. Court opinions from cases involving other technological innovations and the Fourth Amendment were examined and their reasoning was compared to that of cases involving the internet and the Fourth Amendment. The results indicated that contrary to some fears that the internet would require a different approach with respect to the law it actually did not present many novel barriers to its application. The principle conclusion was that the reasoning used in cases involving older technologies, namely the test outlined in Katz v. United States, was consistently applied even in the age of the internet.
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Bellon, Anne. "Gouverner l’internet : mobilisations, expertises et bureaucraties dans la fabrique des politiques numériques (1969-2017)." Thesis, Paris 1, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PA01D089.
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La thèse porte sur l’émergence et la transformation des politiques numériques, plus particulièrement en France à partir des années 1990. Face à la concurrence des acteurs techniques et aux institutions d’une gouvernance multipartite des réseaux, elle propose d’élucider les conditions de possibilité (et d’impossibilité) d’une intervention publique sur internet. Alors que les travaux sur la révolution numérique ont souvent négligé le rôle qu’y ont joué les acteurs publics, cette recherche réinscrit l’étude du gouvernement de l’internet dans l’espace administratif, en tenant compte de ses luttes internes et de ses échanges avec les univers militants, économiques ou scientifiques. L’enquête multi-site combine ainsi l’observation de collectifs d’internautes mobilisés à celle de l’État au quotidien, à partir d’un cabinet ministériel. Elle articule de nombreux entretiens avec l’analyse quantitative des réseaux d’action publique et s’appuie également sur l’étude de rapports publics et des archives du web. On montre alors comme les agents bureaucratiques se sont progressivement approprié la révolution numérique, l’ont accompagnée et en ont importé les logiques au sein de l’État, participant à la transformation plus générale de l’action publique. Contribution à l’analyse des politiques publiques et à l’étude des recompositions de l’État, la thèse permet ainsi d’éclairer les mécanismes et les stratégies par lesquelles les élites préservent leur capacité d’action dans une société bouleversée par la diffusion des nouvelles technologiesThis research deals with the conception and evolution of Internet policies, more specifically in France from the mid-1990’s onwards. It investigates the possibility of government intervention in a social space marked by decentralized governance and strong technical impediments. To this day, little attention has been devoted to the part played by state elites in governing the digital revolution : this research hence studies internet policies in the light of bureaucratic mechanisms at stake in internet policies, taking into account conflicts within the administration and the relationships of public actors with activists, scientists or private interests. The fieldwork combines the observation of digital protest groups and an account of a government cabinet’s everyday life. This dissertation also relies on a network analysis, the study of administrative reports and Web archives as well as on numerous interviews. It evidences how public actors have adapted to the Internet revolution, by contributing to this phenomenon and spreading its logics inside the bureaucratic structures, and how they have finally changed the design and implementation of public policies in the digital age. The dissertation offers a contribution to the analysis of modern state transformation and policy change, as it clarifies the ways in which state elites preserve their ability to govern a society transformed by technology
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Veira, Daniel Ianegitz. "Uma plataforma para disponibilização centralizada de dados abertos governamentais como suporte para aplicações no contexto de cidades inteligentes." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2016. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/8810.
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The Smart City (SC) concept aims to promote dynamic and flexible systems to the cities, that interact with each others and help to maintain the stability and scalability of it’s resources and services, usually through sensors and collectors, with high implantation and maintenance costs. On the other hand, the Open Goverment Data (OGD) are data relationated to the governamental activity, available on the Internet. The publications are fragmented in dierent and uncorrelated portals, also do not follow a standard pattern format. Thus, this work proposes a platform to collect and distribute OGD in a centralized way, in order to provide consolidated information to the context of SC. Also, two validations of this proposal are presented, the first one promoting the solidification of the platform and the second one being an experimental study applied at the academic environment, were eight graduation students where supervisionated, divided into two groups, during the development of two SC projects, consisting of comparative and graphic visualization OGD portals. The experimental group used the platform proposed here as a OGD source, and the control group used OGD collected directly through the governmental transparency portals. At the end of the study, with the intention to find benefits in the utilization of a centralized platform, statistical tests were applied to the collected metrics, and expressive advantages to the experimental group were found, related to the quantity of source-code lines and the development time, indicating that the platform oered benefits during the cycle of development of the project.
O conceito de Cidades Inteligentes (CI) visa prover às cidades sistemas dinâmicos e flexíveis, que interagem entre si e auxiliam a manter a estabilidade e escalabilidade de seus recursos e serviços, usualmente utilizando-se de sensores e coletores, com altos custos de implantação e manutenção. Por outro lado, os Dados Abertos Governamentais (DAG) são dados referentes às atividades governamentais, disponibilizados através da Internet. As publicações são fragmentadas em portais distintos e não correlacionados, além de não seguirem um padrão de formato definido. Assim, este trabalho propõe uma plataforma de coleta e disponibilização centralizada de DAG, com o intuito de prover informações consolidadas ao contexto de CI. Ainda, são apresentadas duas validações desta proposta, a primeira promovendo a solidificação da plataforma e a segunda um estudo experimental aplicado no ambiente acadêmico, no qual foram supervisionados oito estudantes de graduação, divididos em dois grupos, durante o desenvolvimento de dois projetos de CI, consistindo em portais de visualização gráfica e comparativa de DAG. O grupo experimental utilizou a plataforma aqui proposta como fonte de DAG, e o grupo controle utilizou-se de DAG coletados diretamente nos portais de transparência governamental. Ao fim do estudo, com o intuito de encontrar benefícios na utilização de uma plataforma centralizada, foram aplicados testes estatísticos às métricas coletadas, e expressivas vantagens em relação à quantidade de linhas de código-fonte e ao tempo de desenvolvimento foram encontradas para o grupo experimental, indicando que a plataforma ofereceu benefícios durante o ciclo de desenvolvimento do projeto.
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Ferreira, Juliana Sabino. "Uma abordagem para captura automatizada de dados abertos governamentais." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2017. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/9246.
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Currently open government data run an important job on regards to public transparency, besides being obligated by law. But most of this data are stored in non-standard ways, isolated and independent, making it very hard for its use by third party systems providers. This work proposes the creation of an approach for capturing this open government data in an automated way, allowing its use in various applications. For that a Web Crawler was built for the capture and storing of this open government data, as well as an API for making this data available in JSON format, that way developers can easily use this data on their application. We also performed an evaluation of the API for developers with different levels of experience.
Atualmente os dados abertos governamentais exercem um papel fundamental na transparência pública na gestão dos governos, além de ser uma obrigação legal. Porém grande parte desses dados são publicados em formatos diversos, isolados e independentes, dificultado seu reaproveitamento por sistemas de terceiros que poderiam reusar informações disponibilizadas em tais portais. Este trabalho propõe a criação de uma abordagem para captura de dados abertos governamentais de forma automatizada, permitindo sua reutilização em outras aplicações. Para isso foi construído um Web Crawler para captura e armazenamento de Dados Abertos Governamentais (DAG) e a API DAG Prefeituras para disponibilizar esses dados no formato JSON para que outros desenvolvedores possam utilizar esses dados em suas aplicações. Também foi realizada uma avaliação do uso da API para desenvolvedores com diferentes níveis de experiência
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Chan, Lai-sha, and 陳麗莎. "A study of the copyright protection in the digital environment in HongKong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46779632.
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Rossi, Julien. "Protection des données personnelles et droit à la vie privée : enquête sur la notion controversée de « donnée à caractère personnel »." Thesis, Compiègne, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020COMP2549.
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La menace qu’Internet et les technologies numériques de l’information et de la communication en général font ou feraient peser sur la vie privée soulève de nombreux débats, tant dans la presse qu’au niveau politique. L’affaire Snowden en 2013, puis l’adoption en 2016 du Règlement général de protection des données (RGPD), ont renforcé la visibilité de ces controverses dans l’espace public. Cette thèse part d’une triple interrogation : pouvons-nous définir ce qu’est la « vie privée », existe-t-il un consensus autour de la question, et ce consensus évolue-t-il avec des évolutions de notre milieu technique qui affectent nos modes de communication, et donc d’intrusion dans celle-ci ? En définissant la « vie privée » comme l’objet protégé par des textes normatifs – textes de loi, jurisprudence et standards techno-politiques d’Internet – qui protègent le droit à la vie privée, il est possible d’en étudier empiriquement l’évolution et les controverses qui l’accompagnent. Le droit de la protection des données à caractère personnel a émergé en Europe dans les années1970 pour protéger une « vie privée » perçue comme menacée par une informatique encore à ses débuts. Aujourd’hui, le RGPD, ou encore certains documents édictés par des organismes de standardisation comme l’Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) ou le World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), visent à protéger cette vie privée au travers d’un corpus de règles, la « protection des données », qui concerne les « données à caractère personnel ». Les définitions juridiques de cette notion produites dans des arènes institutionnelles et celles produites dans des arènes de standardisation technique sont identiques. L’étude de la généalogie de la protection des données révèle en outre le rôle déterminant d’informaticiens dans l’invention de la « protection des données » et en particulier des principes qui régissent aujourd’hui encore les dispositions contenues dans le RGPD. L’analyse des controverses qui ont eu lieu dans les arènes d’élaboration de ces normes montre que la notion de « donnée à caractère personnel » inscrite dans les textes de notre corpus reflète essentiellement le système de convictions d’une coalition d’acteurs inspirés par des idéaux libéraux utilitaristes, attachés à l’autonomie de l’individu et accordant de l’importance au respect de son consentement. Ce paradigme s’est imposé dans les arènes étudiées face à d’autres conceptions de la « vie privée », notamment celles qui la définissent comme un espace collectivement défini ôté au regard de l’espace public, ou encore celles qui préconisent une patrimonialisation de ces données. Ce n’est donc pas l’informatique qui a directement déterminé une évolution dans l’objet de la protection du droit de la vie privée, mais ses perceptions par un groupe d’acteurs. Convaincus de l’utilité sociale de la protection de leur conception libérale de la vie privée, ces derniers sont parvenus à faire émerger, en Europe, dans les années 1970, une nouvelle catégorie juridique : le droit à la protection des données. Le RGPD, adopté en 2016, tout comme les projets de standards du Web visant à protéger la vie privée et étudiés dans cette thèse, reprennent les principes issus de ces premiers débats. Ce faisant, l’arrivée de l’informatique a, indirectement mais effectivement, été un élément déclencheur dans l’évolution de la « vie privée » définie comme objet du droit à la vie privéeInternet and digital information and communication technologies in general are often portrayedas a threat to privacy. This gives rise to many debates, both in the media and among decisionmakers. The Snowden revelations, in 2013, followed by the adoption in 2016 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), have moved these discussions under the spotlight of the publicsphere.The research presented in this dissertation was born out of three questions: can we define what“privacy” is? Is there any consensus on its definition? And does this consensus change with theevolution of the technical milieu transforming our ways of communicating, and by doing so, theway in which our privacy can be intruded upon? By defining “privacy” as the object which is protected by normative texts – laws, court decisions,techno-political standards of the Internet – protecting the right to privacy, it becomes possible toconduct an empirical study of how it evolved and how it has been a topic of contention. Data protection law emerged in Europe during the 1970’s. Its aim was to protect a “privacy” that was perceived as under threat by the advent of computers. Currently, the GDPR, or somedocuments adopted by standards-settings organisations like the Internet Engineering Task Force(IETF) or the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), are written with the intention that they protect this privacy through a set of rules and principles referred to as “data protection”, that apply to “personal data”. The legal definitions of this notion produced by political institutions and those crafted instandards-settings bodies are identical. Furthermore, the study of the genealogy of data protection reveals that computer scientists have played a pivotal role in the invention of the principles that “data protection” still relies on, for instance in the GDPR. The analysis of the controversies that took place in the shaping of these rules shows that the notion of “personal data” written down in the normative texts we analysed essentially reflects the beliefs system of a coalition inspired by liberal utilitarian ideals, valuing individual autonomy and granting importance to the respect of one’s consent. This framing of “privacy” has become the paradigm on the field. Other theories, such as those defining “privacy” as a space bound by collectively defined borders protecting it from the public eye, or those advocating the recognition of private property rights on personal data, have been less successful in shaping policy out comes.The advent and spread of networked computers have not directly determined the evolution of theobject that is protected by the right to privacy. It is, rather, the perceptions a group of actors had of computers, that caused such an evolution. Convinced that their liberal conception of privacy issocially valuable, they managed to craft a new legal category during the 1970’s in Europe: the right to the protection of personal data. The GDPR, adopted in 2016, just like Web standards aiming at enhancing the protection of privacy, rely those same principles that were invented during these early debates. Therefore, it can be said that the emergence of computers has indeed, but indirectly, been a triggering factor in the evolution of “privacy” defined as the object protected by the right to privacy
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Baker, Paul M. A. "Local-government Internet sites as public policy innovations." 1997. http://books.google.com/books?id=fbjfAAAAMAAJ.
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"Censorship in cyberspace: accommodation and resistance among Chinese netizens." 2012. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5549065.
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二零一零年一月，全球最大的互联网搜索引擎谷歌在其官网上宣布了他们由于不满中国政府长期以来的网络审查制度而有意退出中国市场的决定。西方主流媒体及评论家对于中国的网络审查制度惯常以负面评价为主。中国民众对此又持怎样的态度呢？这个研究将焦点放在了中国的海归派身上。由于长年游走在中国大陆及海外之间，他们常常可以体验及比较不同地区的网络世界，故此对网络审查比一般的中国大陆民众有更深的体会及更详尽的洞悉。本研究旨在探索这群曾在或仍在中国境外居住的中国人是如何理解中国的互联网审查制度的。在此研究的受访对象中，有些人将网络审查视为一个来自政府的负面干涉，并认为它代表了一个不诚实的政府。而另一些人则认为由于中国社会及中国文化的特殊性，网络审查制度有其存在的道理。虽然受访对象的看法多样，但他们在谈论这个话题的时候都表现出了一种充满矛盾感的民族主义情节 ---他们会竭力为一个另自己蒙羞的政府辩护。通过深入分析了这种充满矛盾感的民族主义情节：它是如何产生的，又意味着什么，它与网络审查制度又有何相关，笔者力图强调，本研究受访对象的国家认同感在这个辩护过程中得到了加强。此分析有助于更好的了解中国的网络审查制度，以及它的合理性是如何被塑造出来的。
In January, 2010, the biggest internet search engine, Google, announced its potential exodus from the Chinese market due to China’s practice of censorship. Many foreign commentators have criticized China’s practice of censorship. But what are the views of Chinese citizens? This research focuses on a special group of Chinese netizens called “returnees“ [overseas Chinese who are living in between China and elsewhere], who have experienced both the domestic and overseas cyber-worlds. Through studying their perspectives on censorship, this research seeks to understand how those who have lived outside China understand internet censorship within China.
Some informants view internet censorship as a negative intrusion and a representation of an untruthful government while others consider it as a necessity in managing China’s cyberspace due to the special cultural context of Chinese society. Though their perceptions vary, my informants expressed a paradoxical nationalism, defending a government they felt ashamed of; this was expressed repeatedly during interviews. In this thesis, by bringing censorship and nationalism together, I analyze in depth my informants’ paradoxical and conflicting attitude toward these two concepts, in order to better understand Chinese censorship and how it may be justified. I argue that by defending censorship, my informants’ Chinese identities have been reinforced.
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Detailed summary in vernacular field only.
Chang, Xinyue.
Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 156-165).
Abstracts also in Chinese.
Abstract --- p.i
Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1
Introduction: “The Google-China Affair“ --- p.2
Chinese Returnees --- p.4
TheNascent Public Sphere, Censorship, and the Google-China Affair --- p.5
AnHistorical Perspective --- p.13
Methodology --- p.21
Chapter Breakdown --- p.24
Chapter Chapter2. --- Literature Review --- p.26
The Anthropology of Cyberspace --- p.26
China’s Cyberspace --- p.36
Nationalismand Chinese Nationalism --- p.39
Chapter Chapter3. --- The Google-China Affair --- p.53
TheSage of Google and China --- p.58
Reviewing the Saga through the Eyes of Chinese Returnees --- p.63
Follow-Up --- p.77
Conclusion --- p.77
Chapter Chapter4. --- Freedom of Information --- p.79
Universal Human Rights vs. Cultural Relativism --- p.79
Individual Agency vs. State Control --- p.85
Market Domination vs. State Control --- p.90
The Concept of Rationality --- p.92
Responses to Moral Discipline --- p.97
Conclusion --- p.101
Chapter Chapter5. --- Freedom of Speech --- p.103
Freedom in Relation to Speech --- p.105
Twitter and Sina Weibo --- p.109
Liu Xiaobo --- p.116
Ai Weiwei --- p.119
The Chinese Jasmine Movement --- p.122
Conclusion --- p.124
Chapter Chapter6. --- Conclusion: Censorship and Chinese Nationalism --- p.129
The Conundrum of Self-Flagellating National Pride --- p.130
Repressive Hypothesis --- p.136
Presentation of Self and Rituals of Rebellion --- p.141
Collective Memory Construction --- p.149
Conclusion: Censorship and Nationalism --- p.151
Bibliography --- p.156
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Pike, Amy. "Provincial policy planning for municipal government restructuring in non-metropolitan areas, the contemporary cases of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and New Brunswick." 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1993/1049.
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Throughout Canada, the provincial governments are examining consolidation as a method of supporting the economic well-being of small municipalities. In some cases, the provinces are instituting policies that influence these local governments to amalgamate or consolidate with neighbouring municipalities. In the case of Ontario and Alberta, the governments are not only enabling and encouraging this process through new municipal legislation, but they are giving the small municipalities little choice but to consolidate because of radical cuts to transfer payments. In New Brunswick, the focus has been primarily on the municipalities surrounding larger metropolitan areas, but there is still a clear Province-led policy toward consolidation. Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the last of the five provinces studied in this paper, have experienced an opposite trend. These prairie provinces, with high levels of fragmentation, are seeing transfer payments maintained and even raised in what appears to be an effort by the provincial governments to support the status quo. Equally significant is the process of decentralization occurring in some provinces. In Alberta and Ontario this is particularly evident where the provincial governments are empowering municipalities to establish new revenue-generating capacities, and to essentially fend for themselves more and more in the face of transfer payment reductions. When the portion of grants that were unconditional increased, autonomy did not simply increase. Autonomy, and hence, decentralization, increases when revenue generating capacity is permitted, or when provincial income and the revenue from industrial tax bases are redistributed. This is primarily where Alberta and Ontario have begun to truly distinguish themselves from the other provinces studied. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the opposite is occurring. Municipalities in these provinces are being gently nudged to find better ways of saving money, but few new powers are being downloaded to local governments to enable them to generate money. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
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Ritter, Teresa L. "Universal connectivity and market liberalization : competing policy goals in government initiatives for broadband connectivity in rural and Northern parts of Canada /." 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR19721.
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Massah, Mwale Khalaphuah Agnes. "Impact of culture on the adoption of e-government in African countries." 2014. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001583.
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M. Tech. Business Information SystemsLiterature shows some gaps that the impact of culture on the adoption of e-government in African countries for citizens is still undeveloped in terms of utilisation, growth as well as managing e-government services. In this 21st century, where Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is one of the major drivers of the world economy, it remains a challenge for most governments in developing countries to adapt Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and effectively utilise it in their systems. The purpose of the study is to examine the key drivers of culture that impacts adoption of e-government in African countries: a case study of South Africa.
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Hu, Fu-Hsiung, and 胡富雄. "A Study on the Development Strategy of Computer Game Software and Government Regulation Policy on Internet Café proprietors in Taiwan." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24040740030411507762.
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Taiwan''s outstanding accomplishments in its Information Technology (IT) hardware manufacturing industry have been extensively recognized internationally. The time has come for its government and industrial leaders to work together to tap the great potentials of the development of the IT software industry. And one of its product categories that hold out bright promise for Taiwan is computer game software. This study, based on the definition and scope of computer game software as published in literature, makes a review of the current status and the development of the industry in the world, especially with reference to such as US, Japan, and South Korea, and to the Chinese mainland that offers the largest market potential for Chinese language software. During this study, efforts have been made to collect information and reports from accessible government database and through in-depth interviews with experts having participated in government funded research to gain a clear understanding of Taiwan’s current development of PC games software and on-line games software and their future market demand and domestic consumers’ behavior. Based on the findings of fact and their review, suggestions are made with respect to government policy via SWOT analysis on the overall strategy needed for Taiwan’s software producers to develop game business in Mainland China. Moreover, the "Internet Café" is found to be the major effective channel for boosting the games industry. It’s future prospects and the need for a proper government regulatory policy is discussed in this study. In conclusion, the following suggestions are made to the Internet Café proprietors: (1) Adjust the industry’s core business, (2) Reinforce R&D personnel, (3) Develop strategic alliances, (4) Establish own brand names and marketing channels, (5) Strengthen strategic planning; and to the government: (1) Map out a concrete promotion program, (2) Improve the infrastructure essential to growth, (3) Assist Internet Café proprietors to recruit more R&D personnel, (4) Enhance technical capabilities of the industry, (5) Strengthen the industry’s competitiveness in world trade, (6) Assist Internet Café proprietors to boost their business .
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Jarvis, Steven. "Incubation nation : mobile internet and Japan's changed role at the technological frontier." Phd thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150016.
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Kamatula, Gwakisa. "A framework for e-records in support of e-government implementation in the Tanzania public service." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25230.
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Effective e-records management is considered an integral part for successful implementation of e-government. While many previous studies have been carried out on e-government implementation, few investigated e-records management in supporting successful implementation of e-government in Tanzania with a view to developing the best framework. The specific objectives of the study were to: determine e-records readiness in the Tanzania Public Service; assess e-government implementation status in the Tanzania Public Service; establish the effectiveness of existing e-records legal, policy and regulatory framework in support of e-government; determine the e-records knowledge and skills of staff in the Public Service; find out the extent to which the National Archives (RAMD) is involved in the management of e-records and e-government implementation in the Public Service; and to develop a framework for the management of e-records and e-government implementation.
The study based on interpretive research paradigm and adopted qualitative research method. A sample size of 50 respondents was drawn from four public offices namely: the Ministry of Public Service (PO-PSM), Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA), E-Government Agency (e-GA) and the Records and Archives Management Department (RAMD). Data was collected through interviews and personal observation and was analysed using thematic analysis.
Findings revealed that although there is evidence of availability and use of e-records across government institutions in Tanzania, the e-records readiness and efficiency levels in support of e-government were low; the management of e-records is not yet streamlined to the majority registries; and e-Government implementation maturity level is low. Findings revealed that although there is evidence of availability and use of e-records across government institutions in Tanzania, the e-records readiness and efficiency levels in support of e-government were low; the management of e-records is not yet streamlined to the majority registries; and e-Government implementation maturity level is low. Further findings indicated that the existing legislations, policies and regulations are inadequate and ineffective particularly on matters relating to e-records management and e-government implementation; records personnel, action officers and IT staff were not conversant with procedures and practices of e-records management; and that, there is poor involvement of RAMD in ERM a situation that slows down implementation e-government.
The study concluded that, the current practices for managing electronic records in support of e-government implementation in Tanzania were inadequate. Even the existing national e-government strategy does not incorporate the management of electronic records as an important aspect towards successful implementation of e-government in the country. The study has recommended a framework for effective management of e-records in support of e-government implementation; e-records management training for records personnel, IT staff and secretaries; development of RAMD website; identification of ERM software specifications; customization of ISO standards to suit Tanzanian environment; amendment of the existing Archival legislation; and benchmarking from successful governments.Information Science
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Baryaa, Abdullah Juma. "A framework for the development of electronic government projects in public service organisations in Oman." Thesis, 2008. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/30077/.
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The research focuses on the development of e-government initiatives at public sector
organisations in Oman. As e-government matures in importance and priority for
governments worldwide, an understanding of the factors that influence their
successful development is invaluable. Therefore, in order fore-government initiatives
to be successful, the influencing factors should be identified and evaluated. This
research examines the factors that could guide the successful development of egovernment
initiatives in public-sector service organisations in Oman. Based on the
research objectives, a case study approach was found to be appropriate and employed
throughout this research. The data was gathered utilising a questionnaire and semistructured
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Mattar, Shaikh Yasser Bin Shaikh Idris. "Public policy and replicating the business environment of Silicon valley : a survival analysis of internet / World Wide Web consultancies in New South Wales and The Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 1996 - 2003." Phd thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151368.
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Gustafson, Karen Estelle. "Deregulation and the market in public discourse: the AT&T divestiture, the 1996 Telecommunications Act, and the development of a commercial Internet." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3766.
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Asah, Flora Nah. "The application of information and communication technologies in the management of health information by doctors and nurses in selected government hospitals in Yaounde, Cameroon." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/6921.
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Doctors and nurses in most developing countries lack access to adequate health information, that is, the lifeblood for
the delivery of quality health care services. This problem is further compounded by the fact that correct techniques and
equipment are not applied to provide access to reliable health information. Based on previous literature, it is assumed
that information should be managed in the same way capital, labour and human resources are managed so that
healthcare providers and medical professionals should be able to have relevant information to assist then in their daily
activities, to help them to learn, to diagnose and to save lives. Relevance and reliability are paramount in meeting
health information needs. A number of studies have shown that the application of information and communication
technologies (ICTs) in the management of health information is a prerequisite to wider accessibility and availability of
relevant health information. Health information management is the continuum of processes in managing health-related information. It is composed of the use of technologies (computers, hardware, software and telecommunication), personnel (trained information
specialists), and the allocation of financial resources to achieve the major goals of the organisation such as a hospital.
The aim is to collect, process, store, retrieve and disseminate adequate health information to the right person, in the
right form, at the right time. This study investigated the application of ICTs in the management of health information by medical professionals in six selected government hospitals in Yaounde, Cameroon. The basis of the study was that through the effective
application of ICTs in the management of health information, relevant and timely information would be made available
to medical professionals. It was the researcher's view that unless we understand the importance of information in the
development of the health system, and apply the use of ICTs in its management, the delivery of health care services
will constantly remain poor. Data was collected from six government hospitals in Yaounde through a self-administered questionnaire given to
nurses and medical doctors. The data collected from 141 medical professionals [doctors and nurses] were presented,
using descriptive statistics in the form of frequency distribution and percentage. The findings of the study revealed that medical professionals are dissatisfied with the major method of information exchange activities, that is, face-to-face interaction with colleagues. In addition, the study found that health information is captured, processed and stored manually. This is very detrimental to medical professionals, because relevant information is not always available when needed. The study found that the barriers to adequate information exchange
activities were lack of information support services, irregular distribution of information and poor co-operation and
collaboration among medical professionals. The study also revealed the non-availability of ICTs and Internet resources and lack of basic computer skills. Consequently, there is low utilisation of ICTs by medical professionals and limited information needs are being
satisfied. Medical professionals unanimously favoured the application of Internet services or an electronic health
information resource to supplement the current method of managing and accessing health information. Lack of training
on the use of computers and Internet resources were the main factors that hinder the use of ICTs by medical
professionals. The study concluded by calling on directors of hospitals, medical professionals and the Ministry of
Health Officials to provide ICTs and Internet resources to medical professionals and provide them with basic computing
skills and training. It further called for the recognition of information as an important resource for national development
and called for formulation of a national information policy. With an information policy, information needs would be
clearly defined and the provision of information services throughout the country would be regulated. In addition,
medical professionals must create a free-flow of information and constant communication outlet to exchange and
disseminate local health information. The high demand for basic training on the use of ICTs could be provided through
in-service training or refresher courses.Thesis (M.I.S.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2003.
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Monnye, Segoane Lawrence. "Towards the regulation of interactive gambling : an analysis of the gambling regulatory framework in South Africa." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21154.
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With the exception of horse racing, any form of gambling was criminalised in South Africa until the dawn of constitutional democracy in 1994. In the same year, the Lotteries and Gambling Board Act, 1993, came into force decriminalising, amongst others, casinos and gambling games within the Republic. This Act has since been repealed and gambling is governed by the National Gambling Act, 2004, as well as by provincial gambling laws. Interactive / online gambling is illegal pending authorisation by a national legislation. Such legislation, the National Gambling Amendment Act, 2008, seeking to regulate interactive gambling awaits proclamation of the date of its commencement by the President. The National Gambling Policy, 2016, dashes any hope of regulation of interactive gambling, however, as it seeks to embargo the introduction of (new) forms of gambling, including but not limited to interactive gambling. The scourge of problem gambling and the protection of traditional forms of gambling, that is, casinos, are the main reasons for advocating for the continued prohibition of interactive gambling.
Problem gambling is not unique to interactive gambling, but affects all modes of gambling. South Africa is among countries with a high rate of problem gambling. It is feared that interactive gambling will exacerbate the scourge of problem gambling as gamblers with access to the internet will now have unlimited gambling opportunities around the clock. On the other hand, interactive gambling offers practical solutions to the implementation of harm minimisation strategies to deal with problem gambling such as limitations on gambling deposits, losses and time.
Prohibition of interactive gambling is difficult to enforce and deprives the country of an opportunity to control, through licensing, this mode of gambling and possible benefit from taxation and licensing fees. It further exposes gamblers – who despite prohibition choose this mode of gambling – to unregulated and illegal gambling websites. This thesis attempts to provide safeguards for regulation of interactive gambling and to embrace the benefits of the technological development that makes interactive gambling a reality. The United Kingdom (UK) is a prime example of a country that has successfully legalised and licensed interactive gambling in its jurisdiction.Criminal and Procedural Law
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