Contra Bentham: ethical information policy in the PanopticEon
Journal Article
Duff, A. S., & Bentham, C. (2017)
Contra Bentham: ethical information policy in the PanopticEon. Journal of Information Ethics, 26(1), 93-111
The article addresses the problem of surveillance within the framework of ethical information policy. Jeremy Bentham’s plan for a panoptic penitentiary is subjected to forensi...
Ethical ePunditry? The role of expertise in online opinion-making
Journal Article
Forrest, E., & Duff, A. S. (2017)
Ethical ePunditry? The role of expertise in online opinion-making. Journal of Information Ethics, 26(1),
The use of blogs to communicate ideas, opinions and knowledge has grown over the past two decades. Social media platforms have facilitated the rise of hybridised forms of writ...
Needing NoDI (normal democratic information)? The problem of information poverty in post-industrial society
Journal Article
Duff, A. S. (2015)
Needing NoDI (normal democratic information)? The problem of information poverty in post-industrial society. Information, Communication and Society, 18(1), 63-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118x.2014.934389
The paper addresses one of the main paradoxes of post-industrial society: information poverty. While digital divides of various types have been extensively theorized and resea...
Time to close curtains on Big Brother.
Other
Duff, A. (2014)
Time to close curtains on Big Brother
Is electronic punditry the future and should we welcome it?
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2013)
Is electronic punditry the future and should we welcome it?. All Media Scotland,
Review of "The Handbook of Internet Studies"
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2012)
Review of "The Handbook of Internet Studies". European Journal of Communication, 27, 97-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267323111433409
On the present state of information society studies.
Journal Article
Duff, A. (2001)
On the present state of information society studies. Education for Information. 19, 231-244. ISSN 0167-8329
The paper assesses the present condition of the emerging specialism. Topics include the information economy; information technology; the information explosion; the Japanese ve...