...Augustino Mwogosi; Rajabu Simba Purpose This study aims to examine Tanzania’s digital policy and governance frameworks for electronic health records (EHR) systems, focusing on data protection, cybersecurity and interoperability. The study provides insights into strengthening digital health...

... are the residents of Polish clusters and how they perceive the advantages of cluster membership for such implementation. Finally, it seeks to formulate policy recommendations based on the evidence gathered. Design/methodology/approach The methodology used in this study combines quantitative analysis...

...Jayaprada Putrevu; Charilaos Mertzanis Purpose This paper aims to present a comprehensive overview of the emergence and significance of digital payments, focusing on their impact on competitiveness and the need for policy interventions. In addition, it explores the design of policies that promote...

... be contacted at: anthony.bokolo@ife.no Smart city planning and design Data driven enablers Interoperability Data security Risk assessment Data governance Government policy Information systems Information management Policy Governance Services European Union's Horizon 2020 Research...

...Kennedy Kumangkem Kubuga; Daniel Azerikatoa Ayoung; Stephen Bekoe Purpose Nearly at the end of its lifespan, the Ghana ICT4AD policy is in a position for a holistic view, especially through the eyes of the intended beneficiaries. This paper aims to fill that gap. The paper measures the gap between...

...Sheshadri Chatterjee; Arpan Kumar Kar Purpose The purpose of this study is to highlight the importance of Internet of Things (IoT) in India. The purpose also includes providing insights regarding policy framing for IoTs with a focus on regulation and governance. Design/methodology/approach...

...Edward J. Oughton; Zoraida Frias; Mischa Dohler; Jason Whalley; Douglas Sicker; Jim W. Hall; Jon Crowcroft; David D. Cleevely Purpose Public policy requires effective identification of the current and emerging issues being faced in industry and beyond. This paper aims to identify a set of key...

... concerns about the implications of this new power, from the impact on media plurality to implications for democratic discourse, freedom of speech and control over public opinion formation. After reviewing academic literature that has raised this concern and public policy addressing it, this paper aims...

... – This is a conceptual research work based on desk research into the relevant and communications science, economic and legal academic literature and the relevant laws and public policy documents. Based on the existing evidence as well as on applying the insights from network gatekeeping theory, this paper...

... in the EU and USA might address these current and emerging issues. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Ethics Regulation Policy Behavioural advertising Do not track With the increase in data available to commercial organisations has come an increase in how these organisations...

...Sora Park; Gwang Jae Kim Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine South Korea’s digital divide policy and investigate how it Korea is one of the most networked countries in the world that has been addressing the digital divide issue since the inception of broadband. Design...

...Leo Van Audenhove, Julia Pohle and Milton Mueller; Milton Mueller; Brenden Kuerbis; Hadi Asghari Purpose – This article aims to quantify the emerging transfer market for internet protocol (IPv4) numbers and provides an initial assessment of factors and policies impacting those transactions...

... organisational, industrial, social and institutional (including policy) innovations. Hence, the precise outcome of any radical technological innovation such as the internet is always the product of conflicts and struggles between different interest groups in domains that are often far removed from any...

...Chris Marsden; Damian Tambini; Thomas Gibbons Purpose To examine whether OFCOM's Public Service Broadcasting Review has responded adequately to the contestable values entailed in this dimension of media policy. Design/methodology/approach Analysis of OFCOM's premises and reasoning...

... to prevent abuse of the market power. Originality/value A broad debate about the role of public intervention in the broadcasting market place is now taking place, and the paper proposes that such interventions be largely confined to competition policy and regulation directed to the goal...

.... Findings The paper finds primarily that institutional barriers to reform of competition in both broadband and copyright fields create bottlenecks in any policy reform process. It goes on to consider models that have succeeded, in peer‐to‐peer content, cable and satellite television content, mobile...

... driven solely by the “telecommunications revolution.” Such a one‐sided view obscures the ways in which developments in criminal justice policy and associated changes in the US State have helped generate the calls for these surveillance initiatives. In the policy debates over CALEA, key recovery...

...Jan Bierhoff States there is a need for a new social dialogue among the various stakeholders with regard to Europe’s media sector undergoing substantial change, from analogue to digital. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Media Policy Europe Camford info vol.2 no.5 october.2000 the journal...

... be taken not to use the newness of the technology as an excuse for changing critical balances – especially with regard to the interests of the public. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Infrastructure Policy Telecommunications Camford info vol.2 no.2 april.2000 the journal of policy, regulation...