This report focuses on two issues: access to information and communications technologies (ICTs) in Romania, and the legal and policy context shaping ICT access. Building on the GISWatch 2007 country report conclusions,1 we found these issues the most pressing, and therefore the most useful to...

The report presents the regional context for Romania’s ICT policy-making process, highlighting the positive role played by EU accession criteria. We also discuss ICT-based social inclusion policies and programmes concerning the three pillars of strategic ICT use: access, skills and...

Information and communications technologies are key tools for economic and social inclusion, but the rural and elderly population have scarce access to advanced ICT infrastructure and few skills to use the technology in Romania. Under these circumstances, it is crucial that the government takes...

The internet revolution and the process of “modern magical revival” (Drury, 2008: 13) have facilitated the spring of several religious communities in cyberspace. Their ways of organizing and communicating are subject of recent scholarly interest (Bakó & Hubbes, 2011; Coco, 2011; Berger, 2010; Campbell,...

One of the tools used in teaching Sociology and Communication Studies at the Sapientia University from Miercurea Ciuc, Romania is educational blogging. We propose a retrospective look at the opportunities and challenges faced by a "digital immigrant" educator [1] when trying to integrate...

The aim of this paper is to analyze organizing issues raised by developing debate activities for youth. A focus on educational debate is aimed at highlighting the benefits of teaching argumentation and rhetoric skills in an interactive manner. In fact, educational debate is one of the most...

The relationship between information and communications technologies (ICTs) and the environment is a new issue that is emerging in international and European Union forums as a response to growing concern about climate change. Meanwhile, in Romanian public discourse, debates on information...

As part of the preliminary research project initiated by the Association for Progressive Communications in 2009, the Region, Environment, Culture Research Group, acting as a taskforce of the StrawberryNet Foundation in this project, has completed a policy scan, developed a research agenda and...

A new issue is gaining space at international and European forums, as a response to a growing concern about the environment: the relationship between information technology, innovation and climate change. Information and communications technologies (ICTs) have a high priority on the European...

European Union membership since 1 January 2007 has shaped Romanian regulatory practices concerning access to online information. A process of aligning to EU legislation (2000-2007) catalyzed country efforts to create a more transparent policy environment for information and communications...