EMSOC

New rights? Data portability and the right to be forgotten

Mathias Vermeulen — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:22:10 +0000

This EMSOC-deliverable demonstrates that the choice of legal instrument (the creation of separate rights) by the Commission has not been entirely well received, not only by the usual suspects –...

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Visual, Creative Methods in Social Sciences

Annet Daems — Tue, 28 May 2013 11:52:20 +0000

On Thursday 27 June prof. dr. David Buckingham will give a lecture at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel on visual, creative methods in social sciences, based on his leading and critical...

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The use of labels to empower minors, parents and educators in the social media environment. An explanatory report.

Ellen Wauters — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 19:02:28 +0000

Labelling and rating are not new phenomena and have been used throughout different disciplines. Relating to the protection of minors, this has resulted in different classification systems for audiovisual products...

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Presentations of ‘For Your Eyes Only’ conference

Paulien Coppens — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:19:57 +0000

During the ‘For Your Eyes Only’ conference on the 29th and the 30th of November in Brussels, many possible strategies to cope with privacy and security needs in online social...

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For Your Eyes Only – reporting

Paulien Coppens — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:55:23 +0000

On the 29th and 30th of November 2012, the Flemish IWT research projects SPION and EMSOC organized the “For Your Eyes Only”-conference. Since the rise of online social networks, privacy...

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No free lunch on social media

Annet Daems — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:43:12 +0000

Social media seem to challenge users’ privacy as the platforms value openness, connecting, and sharing with others. They became the focal point for privacy discussions as EU regulation and consumer...

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Creating a model of determinants for inclusion strategies

Lore Dupont — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:48:43 +0000

Based on an analysis of risk factors for social and digital exclusion, on a state- ‐of- ‐the- ‐art overview of existing IT- ‐based inclusion initiatives and on expert interviews, a...

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Creating a model of determinants for inclusion strategies

Lore Dupont — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 08:39:27 +0000

In this research report, a model of determinants for inclusion strategies for vulnerable groups based ...

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Use Cases as a means of societal research valorization through stakeholder collaboration

Annet Daems — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:36:55 +0000

This paper presents the valorisation approach used within the EMSOC research project to disseminate and build upon the research findings amongst respectively together with relevant societal stakeholders. The EMSOC project aims at investigating the extent to which users are empowered or disempowered within a social media culture.

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Panel behavioral economics and privacy nudging

Annet Daems — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:47:15 +0000

Panel “Behavioral economics and privacy nudging” Speakers of this panel Lorrie Faith Cranor Lorrie Faith Cranor is an Associate Professor of Computer Science and of Engineering and Public Policy at...

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Panel social shaping of privacy enhancing technology

Annet Daems — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:43:01 +0000

Panel ‘The social shaping of privacy enhancing technology’ The key challenge of communication and media studies in the 21st century, is, or will be the disappearance of media (Deuze 2011). This...

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Panel security and privacy protection

Annet Daems — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:38:34 +0000

Panel “Security and privacy protection in Online Social Networks” Privacy in social network is typically associated with the difficulty of configuring the settings so that the uploaded information does not...

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Panel living apart together?

Annet Daems — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:02:57 +0000

Panel ”Living apart together? The propertisation of personal data, the right to privacy and the protection of personal data” “If you’re not paying for it, you’re the product” has become a widespread buzz-phrase...

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Panel consensual exploitation on social media

Annet Daems — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 09:56:13 +0000

Panel “Are there alternatives to the consensual exploitation on social media?“ The state of current affairs on the commodification of User Generated Content and personal information will be discussed for...

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Panel minors and social media

Annet Daems — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:19:53 +0000

Panel “Minors and social media: between protection and empowerment” The aim of this panel is to provide various perspectives (legal, pedagogic, sociological) on social media use and privacy practices by...

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For Your Eyes Only

Annet Daems — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:58:32 +0000

The objective of the conference on Privacy, Empowerment and Technology in the context of Social Networks is to bring together young and senior academics, representatives from public organizations, companies, ngo’s and governments together with artists, designers and developers to discuss and create visions for online social networks in which privacy, security, and other user needs are addressed.

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Guaranteeing media pluralism and protecting minors in social media. The current legal framework

Ellen Wauters — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:32:13 +0000

The purpose of this legal report of IBBT-ICRI KU Leuven is to provide an overview of the current regulatory framework with regards to media pluralism and minors. The first section focusses...

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Pan-European Forum on Media pluralism & New media

Annet Daems — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:06:02 +0000

wIDER? wORLD? wEB? The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn (UK), University of Leuven, ICRI & IBBT (Belgium) and the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (Italy) kindly invite you...

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4th ICTs and Society-Conference 2012

Annet Daems — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:48:05 +0000

Critique, Democracy, and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society. Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. The Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference provides a forum for the discussion of how to critically study social media...

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The Dark Side of Social Networking

Annet Daems — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:47:04 +0000

At the 18th ‘Americas Conference on Information Systems’ (amcis) a track on “The Dark Side of Social Networking – Social and Ethical” is being organized. Online social networks are web-based services,...

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Mapping and in-depth analysis of corporate profiling techniques

Rob Heyman — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:31:59 +0000

This article summarises the results of the EMSOC deliverable: ‘Mapping and in-depth analysis of corporate profiling techniques’ from IBBT-SMIT of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. It describes how Facebook, LinkedIn, Netlog, StumbleUpon and...

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How developments in media affect culture and literacy

Joachim Vlieghe — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:31:46 +0000

Social media evoke mixed feelings: some people praise the potential of new media, while others fear the current or pending crisis. The research group Culture & Education from the Ghent...

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Mapping social media literacy: Towards a conceptual framework

Hadewijch Vanwynsberghe — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:00:03 +0000

Social media have become increasingly popular because of the combination of both technological developments and social change. However, there are manifest differences in the ways people use social media as...

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Conclusions: Building blocks for the creation of regulatory strategies for social media

Eva Lievens — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:06:43 +0000

The aim of this deliverable was to identify a number of regulatory trends which may be of interest for the regulation of social media. General conclusions can be made on...

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Report of Social Media workshop hosted by the European Commission

Emiliya Hubavenska — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:54:37 +0000

On the 18th of November 2011, the Social Media Network of the European Commission organized an internal workshop inviting social media experts in order to discuss the impact of new...

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Don’t be Evil Round Table Discussion

Sofie Leconte — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:07:53 +0000

Dont't be evil - Technology companies' role in supporting and suppressing human rights activists. What are the dangers and opportunities of the use of various online tools by human rights and democratization activists all over the world? An international panel of hands-on experts will gather in Brussels on the 27th of January on this topic.

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Social and digital exclusion: who, and why?

Lore Dupont — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:11:35 +0000

In a second report for the inclusion work package, CUO puts emphasis on risk factors and vulnerable groups for social and digital exclusion. The central question in this part of...

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What happens off the field?

Joachim Vlieghe — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:42:05 +0000

The fifth European Conference on Game Based Learning proceeded as planned on the 20th and 21st of October, despite the strikes and uproar that was troubling Athens at that time....

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IAMCR EMSOC panel session papers presenting interim results

Hadewijch Vanwynsberghe — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:35:06 +0000

In this article you find papers of some interim EMSOC results as submitted for the Communication Policy and Technology (CP&T) Section at the IAMCR Conference ‘Cities, Creativity, Connectivity’, 13-17 July 2011, Istanbul, Turkey

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EUROCPR 2012

Annet Daems — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:25:49 +0000

EuroCPR 2012 will take place in Ghent (Belgium) from March 25th to 27th, 2012. The conference theme is “Policies for the Future Internet”.

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Social media and cookies: challenges for online privacy

Rob Heyman — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:08:42 +0000

Dataveillance and privacy in social computing: conceptual exploration and analysis of corporate profiling technique. Pierson, Jo & Heyman, Rob.

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Trust in the Information Society

Annet Daems — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:35:52 +0000

ICRI celebrates its 20th anniversary with an international conference on “Trust in the Information Society - In search of Trust Generating Mechanisms for the Network Society”. You are cordially invited to attend the conference and/or the celebration reception!

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ITS 2011 in Budapest

Annet Daems — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 19:54:19 +0000

The Hungarian Scientific Association for Infocommunications (HTE) hosts in September the 22nd European Regional Conference of the International Telecommunications Society (ITS), the ITS2011 in Budapest. For whom? The ITS conferences...

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IAMCR 2011 Istanbul

Annet Daems — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:22:23 +0000

“Cities, Connectivity and Creativity is the coordinating theme of 2011 IAMCR Conference at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey. Networking, mobility and wide scale flow of goods and ideas through internet are the...

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New Media Technologies and User Empowerment

Annet Daems — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:03:06 +0000

Editors: Jo Pierson, Enid Mante-Meijer and Eugène Loos For Peter Lang – International Academic Publishers Abstract Recent developments in new media devices and applications have led to the rise of...

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ACS Summer Institute 2011

Annet Daems — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:08:01 +0000

At the first day of the Summer Institute (11 July) a special debate related to the EMSOC research project is organized. Some of the researchers will present in short their research objectives...

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Inclusion and social media: report on state-of-the-art of IT-based inclusion initiatives

Lore Dupont — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:53:00 +0000

The state-of-the-art (SotA) report on IT-based inclusion initiatives shows that many policy plans are being set up on different policy levels as well as concrete initiatives by practitioners. Nevertheless, results...

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Title report

Veerle Verbert — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:46:57 +0000

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Title report

Veerle Verbert — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 08:09:00 +0000

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