Annotated Bibliography
of Papers on Information Infrastructure
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Annotated Bibliography
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This document provides an overview of the whole body of my work in this area. Each paper is designed so as to be readable as a standalone document, and hence there is duplication within the papers, particularly in the introductory sections. This page is updated to 31 December 2006. Papers since then are indexed on my What's New Page.
A separate document lists my main papers in descending chronological order.
The papers span a very wide range of topics, and are grouped under the following themes:
Many of the papers are relevant to more than one of these areas, and hence some appear multiple times. They are introduced in logical order, and this is in many cases not the same as the chronological order of publication.
Starting-points for newcomers are provided by:
More advanced reading materials are available relating to technical aspects of information infrastructure.
More advanced reading materials are available relating to human behaviour in cyberspace.
Broad introductions to key policy issues are available, relating to:
An indication of the breadth of topics relevant to the area is provided by a series of notes on the annual Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conferences in 2002, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1995, 1994 and 1993, plus 'Why I'm Not Going to CFP 2003'
I've published a history of the Internet in Australia, which, as far as I'm aware, is the only reasonably authoritative document on the topic:
Other publications in this area are:
Internet architecture generally is described in the following papers:
Contributions dealing with particular technical aspects of the Information Infrastructure are grouped a series of sub-themes below.
A series of works relates to the critical question as to how the transfer of value is to be achieved over the information infrastructure. The index for my materials in this area is in my electronic commerce department.
An important theme in the area is the provision of digital materials over the Internet, both gratis and in return for payment of some kind. The index for my materials in this area is also in my electronic commerce department.
Here is the index for my materials in this critical area, which is also in my electronic commerce department.
The indexes for materials on these important topics are elsewhere, at:
Reflecting the Internet's origins in universities, much of my early work related specifically to academic and university use of the information infrastructure:
The following papers have addressed specific aspects of Internet technology which are of especial importance:
Introductory material is in:
A series of papers has addressed the nature of human behaviour on the Internet:
My contributions in this area have ranged across freedom of information, Internet regulation and surveillance, the laws and practices of copyright and defamation, consumer interests and the incursions of direct marketing, trust, e-consent, cookies, spam, digital rights management, copyright and process patents as constraints on Internet innovation, identification and nymity in cyberspace, and e-privacy.
My papers are categorised below into a number of sub-themes. Organisations that represented various interests in Australia were identified at Internet Industry and Community Groups (1996-). But that has been a rapidly changing space, and needs revisiting. See, for example, the list I maintain for the Australian Privacy Foundation.
My most significant papers in this area are:
A series of papers express concern about whether the interests of citizens and consumers will be served:
Earlier papers were:
Papers on specific industry sectors include:
Case studies are provided, relating to:
Threats to privacy represent one of the most serious aspects of information technology in the 'information society', the National and Global Information Infrastructure in general, and the Internet in particular.
The following provide a general overview of the topic:
A long series of papers investigates identification, anonymity and pseudonymity on the Internet.
Altogether, I've published about 50 papers in specific aspects of e-privacy, for which there's a separate annotated bibliography.
A separate document identifies papers that address the assault by marketers on net-consumers.
Additional papers are provided on the concept of Trust.
A small series of papers considers the exercise of democracy in the new context set by the Internet:
A series of papers addresses the need for the information infrastructure to be exploited, in order to achieve both economic and social goals. Introductory materials are at:
More advanced treatment is in:
A considerable number of papers express disquiet about particular aspects of the information infrastructure, including the feasibility and appropriateness of particular forms of regulation:
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