What if gatekeepers of the broadband pipes could provide preferential treatment to customers? A 2013 research roundup sheds light on the net-neutrality policy and legal debates.
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2013 review of recent reports that provide data-driven perspective on U.S. broadband speeds and their relative value compared to international standards.
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2012 and 2013 reports from Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the University of New Hampshire examine and consolidate the research findings of recent studies.
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2013 study from USC showing the promise and challenges involved in a program providing access to computers to low-income residents in Los Angeles.
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2013 study in American Political Science Review on the association between increased cell phone availability and usage and the capacity for violent conflict.
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2013 study in Scientific Reports demonstrating that small amounts of geographical data from cell phones can be used to identify individuals.
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2013 research review on the growing ability of computers to gather, analyze, link and compare large data sets, with a look at the deep implications for how the information business may evolve.
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2013 paper from the New America Foundation on existing scholarship on mobile phone use in the developing world that critically examines the potential downsides.
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2013 study in Information, Communication & Society on the rates at which frequent users of communications technologies report work-life conflicts.
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2013 report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project and Harvard’s Berkman Society for Internet & Society on levels of teen mobile and Internet use.
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