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

Nanette Levinson nlevins at american.edu
Sat Aug 3 12:46:01 PDT 2013


   Rick-

   Great suggestions! I have one more forthcoming book to add for
   Madeline's consideration. Laura Denardis' newest book is due out in
   November, even though it will have a 2014 date.  It is called The
   Global War for Internet Governance (Yale Univ Press) and I think it
   should be quite relevant.  I just checked and they already have it on
   Amazon, although it lists the 2014 date.

   Hope this is useful and best,

   Nanette
   Nanette S. Levinson
   School of International Service
   American University
   Washington, DC 20016-8071
   www.american.edu/sis/levinson

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   To: Madeline Carr <madeline.carr at aber.ac.uk>
   From: Richard Forno
   Sent by: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org
   Date: 08/03/2013 02:05PM
   Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
   Subject: Re: [Air-L] Chinese (or other non-Western) objections to
   Internet Freedom...
   Hi Madeline -
   Off the top of my head....
   Milton Mueller's "Networks and States: The Global Politics of Internet
   Governance" (2010, MIT Press) might have some useful nuggets in it.
   I've only skimmed it (it was on my summer reading list, but due to
   other work stuff, "summer reading" has turned into "winter reading"
   *sigh*)
   Jack Goldsmith & Tim Wu "Who Controls The Internet" (2006, OUP) also
   might be helpful too.  As I recall there was at least a chapter just on
   China.
   Hope that helps some.
   -- rick
   ---
   Richard F. Forno, Ph.D.
   Director, Graduate Cybersecurity Program
   A/Director, UMBC Center for Cybersecurity
   cybersecurity.umbc.edu
   On Aug 3, 2013, at 8:49 AM, Madeline Carr <madeline.carr at aber.ac.uk>
   wrote:
   > 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.
   >> [1]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 â 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.
   >>
   [2]http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources
   /publications-and-communication-materials/publications/full-list/freedo
   m-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
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   >> Oxford Internet Institute
   >> University of Oxford
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References

   1. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1916005
   2. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/publications-and-communication-materials/publications/full-list/freedom-of-connection-freedom-of-expression-the-changing-legal-and-regulatory-ecology-shaping-the-internet/
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   6. http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/dutton/about/
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