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Digital Divides: The New Challenges and Opportunities of E-Inclusion

Kim J. Andreasson (ed.)

Boca Raton et al.: CRC Press (2015), xxviii, 300 pp.

"The rapid development of the information society has accentuated the importance of digital divides, which refer to economic and social inequalities among populations due to differences in access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT). This book discusses the cu ... more

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OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2015

Paris: OECD (2015), 284 pp.

"This report assesses how countries can maximise the potential of the digital economy as a driver for innovation and inclusive growth, and discusses the evolutions in the digital economy that policy makers need to consider as well as the emerging challenges they need to address as a part of national ... more

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The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms: A Positive Agenda for Human Rights Online

Tom Orrell

London: Global Partners Digital (2015), 20 pp.

"The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms was drafted by African civil society organisations to guide the creation of a positive, rights-based and democratically governed Internet policy environment in Africa. The initiative is part of a rich heritage of freedom of expression advocacy ... more

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Convention on Cybercrime: Protocol on Xenophobia and Racism

Council of Europe (2015), 278 pp.

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Éducation aux médias et jeux vidéo: Des ressorts ludiques à l’approche critique

Média Animation (2015), 67 pp.

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Social Media and Their Use by Albanian Media

Tirana: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES);Albanian Media Institute (2015), 52 pp.

"This study takes it upon itself to present a general overview of the development of online media and social media in Albania, focusing particularly on how professional media outlets use social media. The empirical research focused on monitoring the most widely used social media in Albania, such as ... more

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Chaos and Control: The Competing Tensions of Internet Governance in Iran

James Marchant, Bronwen Robertson (eds.)

Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS);Small Media (2015), 52 pp.

"Some key findings from the report include: Iran's primary objective has been to challenge existing internet governance structures, most notably the United States' privileged position vis-à-vis the IANA and ICANN; it is too simplistic to say that Iran allies only with authoritarian countries on int ... more

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Benchmarking Public Demand: Russia's Appetite for Internet Control

Erik C. Nisbet

Philadelphia, PA: Annenberg School for Communication, Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS);Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) (2015), 26 pp.

"Almost half (49%) of all Russians believe that information on the Internet needs to be censored; a plurality (42%) of Russians believe foreign countries are using the Internet against Russia and its interests. About one-quarter of Russians think the Internet threatens political stability (24%); abo ... more

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Building Digital Safety for Journalism: A Survey of Selected Issues

Jennifer R. Henrichsen, Michelle Betz, Joanne M. Lisosky

Paris: UNESCO (2015), 101 pp.

"This publication identifies at least 12 digital threats, including illegal or arbitrary digital surveillance, location tracking, and software and hardware exploits without the knowledge of the target. Further examples that are considered are: phishing, fake domain attacks, Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) ... more

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Digital, Social & Mobile in 2015: We Are Social's Compendium of Global Digital Statistics

Simon Kemp

Singapore: We Are Social (2015), 372 slides

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Watchdogs Under Watch: Media in the Age of Cyber Surveillance

Don Podesta

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2015), 20 pp.

"The fundamental problem with cyber surveillance, even for the most well-intentioned governments, is that laws have not evolved with the technology. Governments must enforce the laws that exist and apply them to the modern age. And they should consider that just because technology makes surveillance ... more

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Keystones to Foster Inclusive Knowledge Societies: Access to Information and Knowledge, Freedom of Expression, Privacy, and Ethics on a Global Internet

Paris: UNESCO (2015), 107 pp.

"UNESCO’s vision of universal Knowledge Societies builds on a free, open and trusted Internet that enables people to not only have the ability to access information resources from around the world, but to also contribute information and knowledge to local and global communities. What can UNESCO do ... more

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Digital Passages: Migrant Youth 2.0. Diaspora, Gender and Youth Cultural Intersections

Koen Leurs

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2015), 319 pp.

"This book considers how Moroccan-Dutch youth, mostly born in the Netherlands, navigate digital spaces to articulate their politicized identities in a time when claims over the failure of multiculturalism, anti-immigration sentiments and Islamophobia sweep across Europe. Digital Passages: Migrant Yo ... more

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Bridging the Gender Gap: Mobile Access and Usage in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Connected Women 2015

Shireen Santosham, Dominica Lindsey

GSMA;Altai Consulting (2015), 128 pp.

"Women on average are 14% less likely to own a mobile phone than men, which translates into 200 million fewer women than men owning mobile phones. Women in South Asia are 38% less likely to own a phone than men, highlighting that the gender gap in mobile phone ownership is wider in certain parts of ... more

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Media Use in the Middle East 2015: A Six-Nation Survey

Everette E. Dennis, Justin D. Martin, Robb Wood

Qatar: Northwestern University in Qatar (2015), 73 pp.

"Especially notable in the 2015 study is that most people access the internet on their phones rather than by laptop or desktop computers. That’s true in every country in our sample, except Egypt, where an ailing economy has slowed the adoption of new technologies common elsewhere in the region and ... more

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El ecosistema y la economía digital en América Latina

Raúl Katz

Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica;Ariel (2015), xx, 399 pp.

"Las brechas de acceso a Internet al interior de los países y en relación con las naciones más desarrolladas se han reducido significativamente, en particular en lo que se refi ere a las tecnologías móviles. Este proceso ha sido resultado, en gran parte, de la disminución de las tarifas de acc ... more

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Sittenbild der Konsumgesellschaft: Ethik der Werbung in Zeiten der freiwilligen Aufgabe unserer Grundrechte

Guido Zurstiege

Communicatio Socialis, volume 48, issue 3 (2015), pp. 250-264

"Im Kontext digitaler Medienumgebungen vermischen sich bestehende werbebezogene normative Standards mit neuen, ehemals branchenfremden Standards. Dies macht auf der Ebene werblicher Medienangebote die Neudefinition ethischer Grenzlinien wahrscheinlich. Dies macht aber auch auf der Ebene der Akteure ... more

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Always online? Die Medienwelt der Jugendlichen: Ergebnisse aus 15 Jahren JIM-Studie

Sabine Feierabend, Theresa Plankenhorn, Thomas Rathgeb

Televizion, volume 28, issue 1 (2015), pp. 7-11

"Seit 1998 untersucht der Medienpädagogische Forschungsverbund Südwest (mpfs) mit der Studienreihe »Jugend, Information, (Multi-)Media«, der JIM-Studie, kontinuierlich das Medienverhalten der 12- bis 19-Jährigen in Deutschland. Die jährlich im Frühsommer durchgeführte Studie bildet mit einer ... more

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Smartphones, Sex und Social Media: Erwachsenwerden im Digitalzeitalter. Wie Jugendliche in Deutschland mit Smartphone, Apps und Social-Media-Plattformen umgehen

Nicola Döring

Televizion, volume 28, issue 1 (2015), pp. 12-19

"Der Artikel beschreibt, wie Jugendliche in Deutschland mit Smartphone, Apps und Social-Media-Plattformen umgehen und inwiefern dies Chancen und Risiken bei der Bewältigung ihrer Entwicklungsaufgaben mit sich bringt." (Seite 12)

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Uso del internet en el Perú

Lima: GfK Perú (2015), 30 pp.

"El número de usuarios de Internet en el Perú llega al 42%. Esta cifra se incrementa cuando se considera únicamente el ámbito urbano (50%) y se reduce considerablemente en el entorno rural, donde la conectividad llega a sólo 18%." (Página 6)