With Facebook coming under significant scrutiny for its perceived role in the US election as a conduit for fake news and hate speech, Leighton Andrews, Professor of Public Service Leadership and Innovation at Cardiff Business School, a former Welsh Government Minister and a former head of public affairs at the BBC, argues that the social network an...
The paper aims to identify factors that have a significant impact on the quality characteristics of the results obtained in the Google global search engine. Several factors were considered, e.g. the impact of algorithms, the results page architecture, the Google company policies and the actual behaviour of the Google search engine users. Significan...
Narcissism is generally perceived as a growing social phenomenon in our society (Kopelman 1984; Mullins et al. 1984; Nelson 1977), as Lasch puts in his widely cited book "Culture of Narcissism" (1991). Recent technology shifts have yet again started a discussion about the increase of narcistic behaviour in western culture. Among these technology sh...
The chapter provides a broad overview to the topic of search engine liability for copyright infringement. In doing so, the chapter examines some of the key copyright law principles and their application to search engines. The chapter also provides an import discussion of some of the most important cases to be decided within the courts of the United...
Presentaciones del curso "Universo Google: aprovecha al máximo sus herramientas" impartido dentro de las jornadas de invierno de la Universidad de Alicante en la sede de Cocentaina.
Розглянуто нові тенденції модернізації бібліотек вищих навчальних закладів в епоху розвитку наукової та соціальної комунікації. Наголошено на ролі і значенні бібліотеки у популяризації і використанні нових джерел інформації та інноваційних технологій з метою якісного обслуговування користувачів.New trends in the modernization of libraries of higher...
Copyright 2010: The Future of Copyright This article outlines the way in which the rise of digital technologies and online social networks has challenged the rationale and efficacy of copyright law. In examining how the law might respond to these challenges, the piece highlights law reform issues that need to be closely considered as we move toward...
This paper investigates self–Googling through the monitoring of search engine activities of users and adds to the few quantitative studies on this topic already in existence. We explore this phenomenon by answering the following questions: To what extent is the self–Googling visible in the usage of search engines; is any significant difference meas...
This article takes a co-evolutionary approach to considering the influence of internet cultures and revenue sources on the development of the new commercial search media. The extent to which advertising revenues can be relied upon as a defining characteristic of commercial media in the global era is also problematised. A comparative consideration o...
A 12 year old girl uploads a video of herself lip syncing the latest Shakira pop song onto YouTube and is served with a copyright infringement notice. Has she breached copyright law? Has she infringed moral rights or performers' rights? Is she entitled to rely upon the defence of fair dealing? Can YouTube be held liable for authorising copyright in...
