[Air-L] Fwd: Chinese (or other non-Western) objections to Internet Freedom...

[Madeline Carr]

Thanks very much, Richard, Nannette and Michael! Got my reading lined up
for today...

Madeline

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *michael gurstein*
Date: Saturday, August 3, 2013
Subject: Chinese (or other non-Western) objections to Internet Freedom...
To: "madeline.carr" <madeline.carr at aber.ac.uk>


Hi Madeline,

It's not quite what you are looking for but you might find this series of
blogposts of some relevance. (I understand that they spurred some interest
both in the African and Latin American participants in the Internet
Governance Forum and related events...

http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/the-ituwcit-thinking-about-internet
-regulatory-policy-from-an-ldc-perspective/

http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/yes-hands-off-the-internet-towards-
internet-freedom/

http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2013/01/17/with-friends-like-these-freedom-hou
ses-freedom-on-the-internet-report-an-exercise-in-applied-ideology/

http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2013/02/11/civil-society-and-the-emerging-inte
rnet-cold-war-non-alignment-and-the-public-interest/

http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/whose-hand-off-what-internet-some-r
eflections-on-wcit-2012/

There are a few more but you will get the drift.

Best,

Mike

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Freedom...

Hi Bill,

Thanks so much for that - I have seen your excellent UNESCO report but
wasn't aware of the Working Paper.

And I agree with your comment on the possible disjuncture between state and
civil society approaches, of course. Perhaps I should have clarified - this
module is an International Politics course so as part of it, I'm asking the
students to critically analyse state policies and the underlying arguments
that shape them. That's easy for the US/EU because there is so much material
available but I have a lot of difficulty sourcing a straightforward framing
of alternative views - in English. By presenting them with a 'Western'
interpretation that critiques those alternative approaches, I fear they are
relieved of the intellectual burden of thinking it through for themselves.
It's just a pedagocial preference of mine to problematise these issues.

If anyone else is teaching Internet Freedom in an International Relations
context (Bill, I think you mentioned to me that you had in the past?) I'd be
very open to input or suggestions. I really need to nail this before
holidays so I can concentrate on Italy!

Madeline


Dr. Madeline Carr
Lecturer in International Politics and the Cyber Dimension Department of
International Politics Aberystwyth University Penglais, Aberystwyth
SY23 3FE Wales
+44 01970 621955
mob: 0752 867 2088
madelinemcarr at gmail.com



On 3 August 2013 13:00, William Dutton <william.dutton at oii.ox.ac.uk> wrote:

> Madeline,
>
> I would not assume Internet freedom is not valued by Internet users in
> China. Be careful not to take national policy as indicative of the
> values and attitudes of users. Some of our findings suggest that
> people in North America, for example, might be more complacent about
> freedom of expression online than users in the emerging nations of the new
Internet world.
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1916005
>
> Our report on freedom of expression for UNESCO looked at a range or
> ecology of policies that are shaping freedom of expression and
> connection worldwide, from liability to industrial policy, etc: see:
William H.
> Dutton, Anna Dopatka, Michael Hills, Ginette Law, and Victoria Nash
> (2011), Freedom of Connection - Freedom of Expression: The Changing
> Legal and Regulatory Ecology Shaping the Internet. Paris: UNESCO,
> Division for Freedom of Expression, Democracy and Peace. Reprinted in
> 2013; Trans. In French and Arabic.
> http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/p
> ublications-and-communication-materials/publications/full-list/freedom
> -of-connection-freedom-of-expression-the-changing-legal-and-regulatory
> -ecology-shaping-the-internet/
>
> Good luck with your course,
>
> Bill
>
> On 3 Aug 2013, at 11:49, Madeline Carr wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It seems we're all working to get our syllabi together for next
> > semester and the hunt for quality sources begins. I'm writing a new
> > module on Internet Freedom and I would like to provide the students
> > with a balanced account of objections raised by some states like
> > China. There is plenty available from a Western perspective that
> > critiques Chinese approaches
> but
> > I want something that challenges the students to consider
> > alternative perspectives. This might include the argument about
> > cultural imperialism, language preservation, social cohesion etc...
> > Could anyone point me to a good article or chapter that looks at
> > non-Western objections to Internet Freedom in a balanced way?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Madeline
> >
> > Dr. Madeline Carr
> > Lecturer in International Politics and the Cyber Dimension
> > Department of International Politics Aberystwyth University
> > Penglais, Aberystwyth
> > SY23 3FE Wales
> > +44 01970 621955
> > mob: 0752 867 2088
> > madelinemcarr at gmail.com



-- 
Dr. Madeline Carr
Lecturer in International Politics and the Cyber Dimension
Department of International Politics
Aberystwyth University
Penglais, Aberystwyth
SY23 3FE Wales
+44 01970 621955
mob: 0752 867 2088
madelinemcarr at gmail.com