Access to information
Report
Digital lives of older Australians
This research report explores the levels of online engagement of Australians aged 65 and over. It includes how often the internet is used, where it is accessed from, the devices used and activities undertaken.
Journal article
Why drop a paywall? Mapping industry accounts of online news decommodification
This article by University of Southern California professor Mike Ananny and USC Ph.D. candidate Leila Bighash examines the reasons behind online news organisations eliminating or temporarily reconfiguring their paywalls, including in response to national emergencies and natural disasters.
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.
Briefing paper
Safeguarding human rights on the net
The Council of Europe works with governments, the private sector, civil society and other actors to shape the Internet as a safe and open environment where freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association, diversity, culture and education can flourish. In line with its overall mission, the ultimate aim of its Internet-related action is to...