ICA Communication and Technology Awards: Nominate!

Scholars of the Internet and Society Please take some time to consider this last call for nominations to the Communication and Technology (CAT) Awards Committee for three different awards. CAT is a division of the International Communication Association (ICA): First,...

Replanting the Roots of Communication Policy

[Update: shortly after this was written, the FCC released details about Chairman Wheeler’s “Protecting the Open Internet” proposal, which will be discussed here in later posts] With the FCC expected to classify broadband access as a Title II common...

Censoring of Sensoring by Michael Noll

It seems that nearly every physical object either has a sensor, or soon will. And that can lead to censoring by government or by us. The tires in an automobile have sensors of the tire air pressure, which is a good thing since it informs us when the tire needs more...