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Paper: "Info-nauti - Cittadini in rete" (Ceccarini e Di Pierdomenico)

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Luigi Ceccarini e Martina Di Pierdomenico Info-nauti Cittadini in rete L'articolo, con un approccio descrittivo, studia il nesso tra l'utilizzo della rete, come stru- mento di informazione, e il profilo civico e politico di questi utenti. Quanti usano internet con regolarita? per informarsi sono definiti info-nauti. Richiamano la figura del buon cittadino, sofisticato e competente. Sono esigenti e critici rispetto alla politica. Partecipano di piu?, anche a parita? di risorse sociali e culturali. Una componente importante degli info-nauti e? quella dei giovani. Le loro abilita? tecnologiche e una diversa cultura politica rispetto agli adulti abbozzano le trasformazioni che il ricambio generazionale portera? sul fronte della cittadinanza politica e della sfera pubblica. Parole chiave: nuovi media, partecipazione politica, democrazia elettronica, in- formazione politica, sfera pubblica. Sono libero di condividere con voi su questa lista il PDF in allegato grazie al consenso degli autori, del Prof. Mazzoleni (direttore della rivista "Comunicazione politica") e del Mulino - che ringrazio tutti. juan carlos

Jan. 20, 2013

iniziativa europea media pluralism

by Marina Caporale

Chiedo scusa, Nexa potrebbe partecipare? Marina http://www.mediainitiative.eu/join-the-initiative/

Jan. 20, 2013

New European cybercrime centre (EC3) opens at Europol

by Marina Caporale

https://www.europol.europa.eu/content/press/new-european-cybercrime-centre-… Marina

Jan. 20, 2013

Google and the future of search: Amit Singhal and the Knowledge Graph

by gianluca quaglia

Thinking about Google over the last week, I have fallen into the typically procrastinatory habit of every so often typing the words "what is" or "what" or "wha" into the Google search box at the top right of my computer screen. Those prompts are all the omnipotent engine needs to inform me of the current instant top 10 of the virtual world's most urgent desires. At the time of typing, this list reads, in descending order: What is the fiscal cliff What is my ip What is obamacare What is love What is gluten What is instagram What does yolo mean What is the illuminati What is a good credit score What is lupus It is a list that indicates anxieties, not least the ways in which we are restlessly fixated with our money, our bodies and our technology -- and paranoid and confused in just about equal measure. A Prince Charles-like desire for the definition of love, in my repetitive experience of the last few days, always seems to come in at No 4 on this list of priorities, though the preoccupations above it and below it tend to shift slightly with the news. The list also supports another truism: that we -- the billion components of the collective questioning mind -- have got used to asking Google pretty much anything and expecting it to point us to some kind of satisfactory answer. It's long since become the place most of us go for knowledge, possibly even, desperately, for wisdom. And it is already almost inconceivable to imagine how we might have gone about finding the answer to some of these questions only 15 years ago without it -- a visit to the library? To a doctor? To Citizens Advice? To a shrink?/[...]/ continua http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/19/google-search-knowledge-gr… qgl

Jan. 20, 2013

Fwd: [liberationtech] CfP: "Internet and International Politics: Comparing Opportunities and Rising Challenges" Panel - 7th ECPR General Conference, 4th-7th September 2013 Bordeaux

by Andrea Glorioso

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Calderaro, Andrea" <Andrea.Calderaro(a)eui.eu> Date: Jan 17, 2013 12:08 PM Subject: [liberationtech] CfP: "Internet and International Politics: Comparing Opportunities and Rising Challenges" Panel - 7th ECPR General Conference, 4th-7th September 2013 Bordeaux To: "liberationtech" <liberationtech(a)mailman.stanford.edu> Cc: Sorry for cross-posting ---- *7th ECPR General Conference* 4th - 7th September 2013 Sciences Po, Bordeaux Deadline 1st February 2013 Call for Papers for the Panel: *Internet and International Politics: Comparing Opportunities and Rising Challenges* Chair: Andrea Calderaro (European University Institute) Discussant: Ben Wagner (European University Institute) The consolidation of worldwide Internet practices calls for research looking at the influence that this scenario has on politics from a comparative and transnational perspective of analysis. We can observe a growing scholarly interest in how the Internet is increasingly influencing International Politics, especially by empowering local actors in the development of and the coordination around contentious issues – both locally and internationally. Recent key international events have illustrated this empirically. The recent streams of protests challenging authoritarian regimes have generated interest in the potentialities of the Internet in transition countries. Furthermore, new tools have been developed to support the rising of local voices and to connect these to a global audience. Within this framework, the debate on the opportunities offered by the Internet to protect Human Rights is rich of contributions addressing new opportunities and new challenges. However, despite a general agreement that the Internet influences International Politics along this line, further effort is demanded to clarify the nature and dynamics of such an influence. This panel calls for papers addressing novel research and empirical cases that capture the influence of the Internet on International Politics, as well as comparative research strategies exploring the use of internet-mediated communication across countries and political systems. The goal is to establish clear lines of dialogues between empirical research and innovative methodological approaches to new media and International Politics, with a main focus on contentious politics. For further information, please contact: andrea.calderaro(a)eui.eu *How to propose a paper* After having logged in, select the panel's title, and submit an abstract of 300 max words via: http://bit.ly/TXEWbp Further information on the "Internet and Politics " Program at the ECPR: http://new.ecprnet.eu/Events/PanelList.aspx?EventID=5&SectionID=83 _________________________________ Andrea Calderaro, PhD | European University Institute Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom | European University Institute Guest Editor "Policy and Internet" special issue: "Online Collective Action and Policy Change" - CfP at:http://t.co/YWe2a7ya Chair "Internet and Politics" Standing Group - European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) ----------------------------------------------- Personal Page: www.eui.eu/Personal/Researchers/calderaro/ Twitter: @andreacalderaro ** ** The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited without the express permission of the sender. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. **** -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech

Jan. 19, 2013

Campaigns against the privatization of digitized public domain material in France

by Philippe Aigrain

Dear all, A small point of information on what be of interest to all of you. For several years, the French National Library BnF (as well as the French National Audiovisual Institut INA) have been engaged in negotiating public-private partnerships for digitizing part of their collections. These agreements receive public funding through a stimulus plan (named "grand emprunt" = "great loan" under the former government and "investissements d'avenir" = "investments for the future" under the new government). The agreements regard collections that include public domaiun material, orphan works, out-of-publication works and commercially distribued works, with different provisions. For now two years, a debate developed, first in 2011 in specialized international circles of library digitizing policy, then through coverage by the on-line media ActuaLitté (http://www.actualitte.com/) and by myself, in particular on the specifics of agreements regarding public domain material. On 15 January 2013, just during the wave of emotion surrounding the death of Aaron Swartz, the Ministry of culture, the Commissariat à l'investissement and BNF announced the signature of two agreements regarding respectively ancient books (incunables and books until 1700) with ProQuest and 78 and 33rpm sound recordings of patrimonial value (only part being public domain) with Believe. These agreements create 10 years of commercial exclusive rights for the private party, the library being authorized to distribute on-line only 5% of the works, and to give access to the rest when digitized only in its premises (during the 10 years). Similar agreements exist in other countries, in particular in the UK, but it should be noted that, according to information published by the signatories, the rights of the public and libraries are tramped upon by the French (unpublished) agreements to a significantly greater degree than in the Google Books agreements, even though the new policy is supposed to represent an alternative. I have published an analysis on 16 January http://paigrain.debatpublic.net/?p=6333 (in French) stressing that the agreements constitute a privatization of the public domain, are in contradiction with the Europeana Charter (the President of BNF also chairs Europeana) and with the recommandations of the European Commission Comité des Sages, and of course with COMMUNIA Public Domain Manifesto and recommandations. I also analyzed how the public private partnerships are likely to be economically more costly for the government than procurement for digitizing under the library own terms, and called to their immediate publication, their cancellation. I stressed that there were likely to result in French-speaking public domain material being mostly available from societal projects (Internet Archive, Gutenberg, WikiSource, UbuWeb and P2P file sharing) or from the US DPLA. I also stressed that it was every citizen's right and duty to share widely the works digitized under these agreements or by others that would enter in one's possession (by legal means) as to prevent the privatization of the public domain. And that if technology or legal artifacts were used to prevent entry in possession of these files by their users, they should be legally and politically challenged. Yesterday, 6 organisations published a press release also demanding publication and cancellation of these public-private partnerships : COMMUNIA association, Regards Citoyens, Open Knowledge Foundation France, Framasoft, SavoirCom1 and La Quadrature du Net : http://www.laquadrature.net/fr/non-a-la-privatisation-du-domaine-public-par… ActuaLitté has extendly covered these positions : http://www.actualitte.com/usages/refuser-la-privatisation-du-domaine-public… http://www.actualitte.com/usages/bnf-vendre-le-domaine-public-n-est-pas-le-… Specific calls have started to be published by librarians against the agreements, including calls to sharing public domain digitized material, though many express sympathy in private byr are still hesitating to speak out publicly due to "duty of reserve" requirements for civil servants. International support will be appreciated. Our apologies for not having had time to provide English translations of all our materials. Feel free to produce translations yourselves. Best regards, Philippe Aigrain

Jan. 19, 2013

livestream evento a NYC in ricordo di Aaron Swartz

by bernardo parrella

per chi sta seguendo questa triste ma importante vicenda, domani livestream da new york city, ore 10-12 italiane: This Saturday Democracy Now! will provide a special livestream as family and friends of Aaron Swartz gather at Cooper Union's Great Hall in New York City to celebrate his life and remember their beloved friend, sibling, child, and partner. http://www.democracynow.org/live/democracy_now_livestream_of_aaron_swartz

Jan. 19, 2013

Re: [nexa] livestream evento a NYC in ricordo di Aaron Swartz

by David Orban

Sarò lì... David Orban skype, twitter, linkedin, sl, etc: davidorban On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 11:29 PM, bernardo parrella <bernardo.parrella(a)gmail.com> wrote: > per chi sta seguendo questa triste ma importante vicenda, domani livestream > da new york city, ore 10-12 italiane: > > This Saturday Democracy Now! will provide a special livestream as family and > friends of Aaron Swartz gather at Cooper Union’s Great Hall in New York City > to celebrate his life and remember their beloved friend, sibling, child, and > partner. > > > http://www.democracynow.org/live/democracy_now_livestream_of_aaron_swartz > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >

Jan. 19, 2013

Save the Date - Morgan Marquis Boire - 1 febbraio ore 14.30

by Giuseppe Vaciago

Vi segnalo questa iniziativa per chi fosse interessato. Giuseppe Vaciago For Their Eyes Only: The Changing Face of Online Spying - Morgan Marquis Boire 01/02/2013– Ore 14.30 - Aula Magna del Politecnico di Milano Nel corso della “Primavera Araba” si è assistito all’utilizzo da parte di cittadini privati dei loro diritti civili, economici e politici, di strumenti come i Social Media e smartphones per vincere il monopolio statale dell’informazione e mobilitare una protesta di massa. Mentre i governi hanno impiegato poco tempo nel prendere familiarità con i diversi meccanismi di repressione contro i manifestanti, questi ultimi hanno inizialmente avuto alcune difficoltà nel controllare il nuovo “dissenso digitale”. I mezzi tradizionali di censura, filtraggio ed intercettazioni sono divenuti sempre meno efficaci contro una comunità digitale più consapevole riguardo al tema della sicurezza online. I regimi, preoccupati per questa crescente consapevolezza, si sono rivolti a quell’industria di strumenti per la sorveglianza di Internet da 5 miliari di dollari all’anno ancora ampiamente non regolamentata. Inizialmente ottenuti attraverso il mercato nero e le agenzie di intelligence, ora i più recenti computer spyware sono venduti in occasione di eventi commerciali a prezzi accessibili per qualsiasi dittatore. Attivisti e giornalisti si sono presto trovati ad essere target di e-mail in grado di fornire informazioni esclusive e scandalose. Marquis-Boire e il suo team, analizzando alcuni messaggi a loro inoltrati da utenti insospettiti, hanno trovato spyware distribuiti dalla Gamma International e Hacking Team, conosciuti protagonisti nell’industria di prodotti per la sorveglianza. Così hanno analizzato i loro prodotti, alla ricerca di indirizzi internet e società di comodo in tutto il mondo. Non appena però hanno pubblicato i loro risultati i server sono scomparsi e gli spyware sono stati riscritti e modificati. Questo talk ha lo scopo di proseguire nello sforzo di tracciare la mappa delle relazioni tra le compagnie distributrici di software di sorveglianza e i governi. Morgan Marquis-Boire lavora come Security Engineer presso Google; è specializzato nelle aree dell’Incident Response, Forensics e Malware Analysis. È security researcher e Technical Advisor per il Citizen Lab, la Munk School of Global Affairs e l’Università di Toronto (per ulteriori informazioni:https://citizenlab.org/author/mmboire/. Recentemente ha lavorato con la Electronic Frontier Foundation su problemi relativi alla repressione del dissenso in Siria (il più recente: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/07/new-blackshades-malware) È spesso speaker in eventi organizzati in tutto il mondo come Black Hat, DefCON, FIRST, e ICANN. I suoi lavori sono stati pubblicati online e in numerose riviste cartacee, tra le quali Bloomberg Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, la BBC e The New York Times. Ha ricevuto menzione d’onore dalla SC Magazine per essere stato una delle menti più influenti nel mondo dell’IT Security nel 2012. È stato inoltre uno degli primi organizzatori della KiwiCON conference in Nuova Zelanda. L’evento sarà tenuto in lingua inglese. Non è prevista traduzione in italiano. Ulteriori informazioni: http://www.techandlaw.net/talks/ Il giorno 18/gen/2013, alle ore 22:13, nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it ha scritto: > Send nexa mailing list submissions to > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > nexa-request(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > You can reach the person managing the list at > nexa-owner(a)server-nexa.polito.it > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of nexa digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Report sul futuro delle biblioteche (il caso di NYC) > (David Orban) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 16:12:43 -0500 > From: David Orban <david(a)davidorban.com> > To: "J.C. DE MARTIN" <demartin(a)polito.it> > Cc: NEXA List <nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> > Subject: Re: [nexa] Report sul futuro delle biblioteche (il caso di > NYC) > Message-ID: > <CACS-f+nxebouvA-L9zyvm73s7k3-x5NuZnZYTFSxd7=vrYhWCA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Confermo, con ulteriori illustrazioni concrete: > > 1. La biblioteca e specificamente il bibliotecario vengono visti in senso > generale come veicoli di accesso dinamico alla cultura, non solo in termini > di magazzino o trasporto meccanico dei libri. Ho fatto ottima esperienza > con il servizio di ricerca della biblioteca del Congresso, per esempio: > http://www.davidorban.com/it/2009/06/andare-a-fondo-di-una-notizia-generalm… > > 2. La NYPL offre corsi quotidiani che guardano verso il futuro digitale > della cultura bibliotecaria. Uso del computer, anche totalmente di base, > ricerche online, le sfide della digitalizzazione non solo di libri ma > artefatti culturali in generale. http://www.nypl.org/events/public-programs > > 3. Ci sono investimenti ingenti per biblioteche e in particolare toglie il > fiato il progetto di ampliamento della sede centrale della NYPL verso > Bryant Park, con un video illustrativo a volo d'uccello: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=069BmopRbQg > > 4. In collaborazioni che non temono mescolare interesse pubblico e privato > a vantaggio di entrambi, con la tessera della NYPL ? possibile prendere in > prestito libri elettronici da leggere su Kindle per un periodo di qualche > settimana. Al termine del periodo, quando si ? finito di leggere il libro, > questo viene cancellato dal device e si riceve un link per eventualmente > acquistarlo sul sito di Amazon. > > > David Orban > skype, twitter, linkedin, sl, etc: davidorban > > > 2013/1/18 J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> > >> Mentre da noi le biblioteche continuano a subire tagli gravissimi >> (un esempio su tutti: mi dicono che la Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria >> di Torino non si pu? pi? permettere gli abbonamenti a giornali e riviste), >> altrove le biblioteche sono riconosciute cruciali per lo sviluppo non solo >> della cultura, ma anche dell'economia. Questo report analizza in >> particolare >> il caso di New York: >> >> *Branches of opportunity* >> New York City?s public libraries are serving more people in more ways than >> ever before, >> and have become an increasingly critical part of the city?s human capital >> system; but they >> have been undervalued by policymakers and face growing threats in today?s >> digital age >> >> http://www.nycfuture.org/images_pdfs/pdfs/BranchesofOpportunity.pdf >> >> juan carlos >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nexa mailing list >> nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >> https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >> >> >

Jan. 18, 2013

Re: [nexa] Report sul futuro delle biblioteche (il caso di NYC)

by David Orban

Confermo, con ulteriori illustrazioni concrete: 1. La biblioteca e specificamente il bibliotecario vengono visti in senso generale come veicoli di accesso dinamico alla cultura, non solo in termini di magazzino o trasporto meccanico dei libri. Ho fatto ottima esperienza con il servizio di ricerca della biblioteca del Congresso, per esempio: http://www.davidorban.com/it/2009/06/andare-a-fondo-di-una-notizia-generalm… 2. La NYPL offre corsi quotidiani che guardano verso il futuro digitale della cultura bibliotecaria. Uso del computer, anche totalmente di base, ricerche online, le sfide della digitalizzazione non solo di libri ma artefatti culturali in generale. http://www.nypl.org/events/public-programs 3. Ci sono investimenti ingenti per biblioteche e in particolare toglie il fiato il progetto di ampliamento della sede centrale della NYPL verso Bryant Park, con un video illustrativo a volo d'uccello: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=069BmopRbQg 4. In collaborazioni che non temono mescolare interesse pubblico e privato a vantaggio di entrambi, con la tessera della NYPL è possibile prendere in prestito libri elettronici da leggere su Kindle per un periodo di qualche settimana. Al termine del periodo, quando si è finito di leggere il libro, questo viene cancellato dal device e si riceve un link per eventualmente acquistarlo sul sito di Amazon. David Orban skype, twitter, linkedin, sl, etc: davidorban 2013/1/18 J.C. DE MARTIN <demartin(a)polito.it> > Mentre da noi le biblioteche continuano a subire tagli gravissimi > (un esempio su tutti: mi dicono che la Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria > di Torino non si può più permettere gli abbonamenti a giornali e riviste), > altrove le biblioteche sono riconosciute cruciali per lo sviluppo non solo > della cultura, ma anche dell'economia. Questo report analizza in > particolare > il caso di New York: > > *Branches of opportunity* > New York City’s public libraries are serving more people in more ways than > ever before, > and have become an increasingly critical part of the city’s human capital > system; but they > have been undervalued by policymakers and face growing threats in today’s > digital age > > http://www.nycfuture.org/images_pdfs/pdfs/BranchesofOpportunity.pdf > > juan carlos > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa > >

Jan. 18, 2013