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Internet Studies: The Foundations of a Transformative Field Bill Dutton Oxford Internet Institute (OII) University of Oxford www.ox.ac.ukPresentation for Students and Faculty, Lisbon University Institute,Lisbon, Portugal, 10 April 2013.

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Emergence of a Transitional Field

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Objects of Internet Study

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Questions About Technology, Use, and Policy

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Technology Use (Context) PolicyWho shapes? Who shapes Who uses Who shapes design and (does not use) law and policy? implementa- in what ways? tion?Why? What goals Why such Their goals and(structures, and objectives patterns in objectives?cultures, … drive design particularshaping development contexts?choice)With what Do technical Do patterns of How isimplications for designs bias use support evolvingwhom? use and different ecology of law impacts? aims/groups? and policy shaping design and use?

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Competing Perspectives on the Field

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Two Conceptions of Internet Studies

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A Transformative Field

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The Future of Internet Studies

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Number and Proportion of Internet Users by RegionSource: Internet World Stats- www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm. Penetration rates are based on a world population of6,930,055,154 and 2,267,233,742 estimated Internet users for December 31, 2011.

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Internet Studies• 2000: Lawrence, Kansas, 200 participants• 2013: Worldwide Diffusionand Increasing Significancewith a Growing Number ofCentres for Teaching andResearch

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Internet Studies• Dutton, W. H. (2013), ‘Internet Studies’ inDutton, W. H. (ed.), The Oxford Handbook ofInternet Studies. Oxford University Presshttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2231188• Peng, T. Q., Zhu, J. J. H., Zhang, L., & Zhong,Z. J. (2012). “Mapping the Landscape of InternetResearch: Text Mining of Social Science JournalArticles 2000–2009,” New Media & Society.DOI: 10.1177/1461444812462846.