.... This study aims to examine the factors related to the unauthorized downloading of content amongst young internet users in an emerging market. Design/methodology/approach An online structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data from 219 internet users between 17 and 24 years of age. The partial...

... University of Kenya and 5 key informant interviews with selected book publishers in Nairobi. The uses and gratification theory was used to explore the knowledge-seeking behavior among the respondents. Findings Findings showed that more than 80% of the respondents preferred the internet to the printed...

... addressing issues related to safe online use. Findings Findings indicate that Israeli students are aware of the dangers and risks of the internet, and these concerns are reflected in their own ethical codes. The students discouraged online self-exposure and encouraged precautions and wariness towards...

...Md. Nurul Momen; Harsha S.; Debobrata Das Purpose This paper aims to highlight the very recent cases of internet shutdown during the creation of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and enactment of Citizenship Amendment Act and the detention under Section 66 (A) of Information Technology Act 2000...

..., and participation. Filippo Trevisan can be contacted at: trevisan@american.edu 07 02 2020 10 03 2020 10 03 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Internet Social media United Nations CRPD Global governance Accessibility...

...Matthew Warren; Shona Leitch Purpose The information society has developed rapidly since the end of the twentieth century. Many countries (including Australia) have been looking at ways to protect their citizens against the variety of risks associated with the continued evolution of the internet...

...Christian Fuchs; Daniel Trottier Purpose This paper aims to present results of a study that focused on the question of how computer and data experts think about Internet and social media surveillance after Edward Snowden’s revelations about the existence of mass-surveillance systems...

... and evaluate the two arguments that they claim may be used to justify operating and using booters: that they are a useful tool for testing the ability of networks and servers to handle heavy traffic, and that they may be used to perform DDoS attacks as a form of civil disobedience on the internet. Findings...

... be contacted at: vsteeves@uottawa.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Privacy Disclosure Youth Internet Social networking Surveillance Communication A number of years ago, a colleague of ours heard that there had been an incident at a party that her teenaged daughter had...

...Dr Pedro Isaias, Dr Piet Kommers, Dr Tomayess Issa; Karthik Vilapakkam Nagarajan Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine institutional influences on the customer service (CS) and complaints handling (CH) practices of the Australian Internet industry. Design/methodology/approach...

... was collected from among final year undergraduate and postgraduate university students. Results are reported, conclusions are drawn, limitations are noted and indications for future research are suggested. Internet Mass media Electronic media Journalism Online news Quantitative analysis...

... concrete, feedback is of course, very appealing to many people. Some might even say it has addictive qualities. Computer games Internet Gaming Ethics Moral philosophy Virtues Wellbeing Happiness Aristotle Against this backdrop of a high general level of “computer literacy” and the fact...

... with ethics is clear, which – however – is presented as a set of codes to follow, as a law of human conduct. Artificial life Ethics Moral responsibility Philosophy Social responsibility Internet The neuromorphic approach to artificial sensors is a prime example of how technology, which...

... in this study answer this question and lead directly to saving time and resources for these companies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Business ethics e‐Business Internet ethics Networking Marketing Facebook Social media Social networking Internet Ethics Sweden Mark...

... classification of privacy exposures and violations by analyzing the nature of privacy violations inherent in the new media. The paper then discusses the unique cultural and normative manifestations of this issue in Israeli society. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Privacy Internet Social...

...Christian Fuchs Purpose There are a lot of discussions about privacy in relation to contemporary communication systems (such as Facebook and other “social media” platforms), but discussions about privacy on the internet in most cases misses a profound understanding of the notion of privacy...

... in Australia, GreyPath (referred in this article as the GreyPath Study). This article presents a case for the claim that a new universal value has been identified and that there are now deeper understandings of the constituents of values earlier identified. Australia Internet Elderly people Ageing...

...Kutoma Wakunuma; Nico Meissner Purpose With the rise of the internet, the act of sharing copyrighted material has received a lot of attention, culminating in a flood of lawsuits against file‐sharers as well as studies concerning the costs of file‐sharing for the entertainment industry. This paper...

... information needs and sources selected to access it. Design/methodology/approach The relationships between personality and communication behaviour, socio‐economic characteristics and internet adoption, based on Rogers' theory are investigated. Findings Results from 150 households suggest younger...

...Vittorio Bertola Purpose Starting from the end‐to‐end principle, a founding element of the internet's technical architecture, the paper aims to discuss its extension and effects at the social level. It shows how the internet moves power from governments and private entities to individual citizens...