This working paper reports on an exploratory study of cybersecurity practices across workplaces. It is based on a global survey of attitudes, beliefs, and practices of individuals about the cybersecurity problems they experienced before, during, and in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

The idea that many computing developments, such as the revolution in personal computing, are tied to social movements is a heuristically rich theme developed by Rob Kling and his colleagues, as captured by the concept of a computerization movement (CM). This perspective provides a useful counter...

A key question raised by the three party-leader debates held during Britain's 2010 national election campaign was whether it had a positive impact on political engagement. This is especially important given that in the months preceding the election, public involvement was low and public...

The existence of a ‘digital divide’ has been one of the key social issues of the Internet since its early diffusion at the turn of the twenty-first century. Over time, as access to the Internet has become increasingly central to everyday life, those without access to broadband...

There are concerns across government, industry, and academia over the adequacy of data about broadband Internet connections. Due to the uneven availability and adoption of broadband, these inadequacies are important to consider because government policy and regulation, industry and business...

Major concerns have been raised over the impact of fake news, echo chambers and filter bubbles. But how pervasive are these problems? What proportion of Internet users are susceptible to such sources of disinformation? Based on a seven nation comparative survey of Internet users, we identify...

This special of Internet Policy Review is the first to bring together the best policy-oriented papers presented at the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). This is anchored in the 2017 conference in Tartu, Estonia, which was organised around the theme of networked...

This reports on the results of a study of Internet (non)use in three neighborhoods of Detroit, Michigan. The study was conducted by the Quello Center at Michigan State University, working in collaboration with the Center for Urban Studies at Wayne State University, which administered telephone...

Cyber security experts have acknowledged the need to focus more attention on the attitudes, beliefs and practices of end-users. Unfortunately, rather than fostering social research on users, this realisation has more often led to blaming users for security problems and sponsorship of fear-based...