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The following websites publish online papers on search engine optimization from the Google Panda and Penguin era.

Le Promoteur Internet has a blog promoting some ways of getiing one's online avatar seen on the web, through articles of the like of http://blog.promoteur-internet.com/post/2012/04/27/Liens-naturels-et-commentaires-de-blog that explains how interacting on…

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7th Annual Symposium

5 November 2012

Baku, Azerbaijan

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The ways in which the Internet is managed and controlled – often labeled as Internet Governance – are usually considered as standing on four main pillars: Technology, Market Laws, State Regulation and Uses. Nevertheless, its specific features, the consequences of the plurality of…

Lexington will release next month Frames and Connections in the Governance of Global Communications: A Network Study of the…

New book is out! Schafer V., Le Crosnier H., Musiani F., 2011, La neutralité de l'Internet, Un enjeu de communication, Paris, CNRS Editions/Les Essentiels d'Hermès, 168 p. (http://ning.it/o5JqOj)

GigaNet Sixth Annual Symposium

United Nations Office, UNON complex, Nairobi, Kenya

September 26, 2011

The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GIGANET) will hold its Sixth Annual Symposium on 26 September 2011, one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Nairobi, Kenya.

Since 2006, GigaNet has…

GIGANET

Global Internet Governance Academic Network

in co-operation with

Research ICT Africa

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The program committee for 2011 GigaNet Annual Symposium has been formed.  The committee will be chaired by Leo Van Audenhove, Associate Professor and Program Director of the Master of Communication Studies - New Media and Society in Europe at Vrije University in Brussels, Belgium. Committee members include:…

Please join us May 5-6, 2011, when GigaNet will host a workshop, Global Internet Governance: Research and Public Policy Challenges for the Next Decade, at American University School of International Service in Washington DC.  (Abramson Family Founders Room, Terrace Level)

The Internet’s status as a communication medium that is decentralized, scalable and global continues to pose challenging new problems in governance and regulation.…

Wu Fei  is an associate professor at China Guangzhou Jinan University.  Also a columnist and writer for several major Hong Kong and international newspapers and magazines and has published more than 20 books in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.  Also is a commentator for several television channels that have a combined audience of 20 million viewers in China mainland and Hong Kong. Wu Fei is an alumna of the US East West center, has been a Visiting Researching Fellow at the US Center for…

GigaNet members Milton Mueller and Rebecca MacKinnon participated recently in the panel, "Can the US Continue to Support a Free Global Internet?", at the 2011 State of the Net conference in Washington DC.

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Dear GigaNet members,

It was a pleasure to have many of you, including the remote participants, during the Fifth GigaNet Annual Symposium, in Vilnius.

Despite our usual tight schedule, we had good presentations and discussions!

We had a total number of 74 pre-registered attendants, most from Europe, North America and Latin America/Caribbean regions. There are a set of numbers related to pre-registration here:…

Dear GigaNet Colleagues,



The 2010 election for our Steering Committee has now concluded.  I am pleased to report that we had a good level of participation, with half (50%, n=52) of our membership casting ballots in the election.  Please join me in thanking all of our members that participated in the nominations and voting process, and in congratulating the candidates who stood for election.



The voting results are as follows:



Chair (Two-Year…

First, I would like to thanks all the 2010 Program Committee (PC) members for the hard work on evaluations and program shaping.

An updated Symposium Program is now available.

Those that are planning to attend the event or to follow remotely, please register. We are working to provide remote participation options…