[Air-l] London: Shopping in the Digital Age: a Critical View

[csandvig at uiuc.edu]

Dear AoIR colleagues and friends:

A free event in London this Friday that may be of interest 
to those concerned about e-commerce / databases / privacy / 
marketing.

Christian



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SHOPPING IN THE DIGITAL AGE: A CRITICAL VIEW

  Friday, 15 July 2005
  5:30 p.m. to about 6:30 p.m. with wine and cheese to follow
  Stanhope Centre for Communications Policy Research 
  (tube: Marble Arch)
  Stanhope House, Stanhope Place (at Hyde Park)
  London W2 2HH 

  Free and open to the public; 
  no advance booking is required.

A public lecture by Professor Joseph Turow.  Professor Turow 
is just completing a comprehensive study of the ways in 
which  new digital technology fundamentally alters the 
relationship between consumers and those interactively 
involved in selling to them.  Professor Turow provides novel 
insights into the privacy issues, questions of autonomy and 
self, and areas for regulatory concern.   

Turow is Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Communication at 
the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School For 
Communication.  He is the author of more than 50 articles 
and seven books on mass media industries, including 
_Breaking Up America: Advertisers and the New Media World_, 
_Playing Doctor: Television, Storytelling and Medical 
Power_, and _Getting Books to Children: An Exploration of 
Publisher-Market Relations_.    

This event is hosted by the Stanhope Centre for 
Communications Policy Research and co-sponsored by the 
Internet Society of England.  For more information:
http://www.stanhopecentre.org/   info at stanhopecentre.org    
0207 479 5900