Telecommunications
Alternative labels
Telecommunication systems
Telecommunication policy
Communication technologies
Telecommunication and networks
Article
Hack the state, Mike Bracken tells public servants
Former head of the United Kingdom's Government Digital Service, Mike Bracken, argues that the third wave of digital transformation will force old fashioned structures and systems of government to give way to platforms that can deal with an increasingly uncertain future, including the new era of big data.
Blog post
The economics of privacy
This article asks what the economic argument is for and against privacy, or managing data flows. It argues that privacy has a role to play in whether data will be used in a way which changes the allocation of economic surplus, or whether data will be used in a way that will increase the total...
Report
A digital news snapshot: an analysis of 25 of the top sites across platforms
An increasing amount of news traffic is coming from smartphones and tablets, as opposed to laptop and desktop computers. As news habits change, it is important to understand what is available for news audiences across various platforms. The following pages report on the results of a content analysis and an analysis of traffic data from...
Blog post
After net neutrality
Victor Pickard, Associate Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication, examines the historic June 2016 net neutrality ruling in the United States and asks whether net neutrality is now threatened by corporate capture.
Report
The global information technology report 2016
Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Israel, Singapore, the Netherlands and the United States are leading the world when it comes to generating economic impact from investments in information and communications technologies (ICT), according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Information Technology Report 2016.