Michael Zimmer, PhD, is a digital privacy and data ethics scholar at Marquette University
I'm excited to share the newest book published in the “Information Society Series” at MIT Press that I co-edit with Laura DeNardis. Weaving the Dark Web: Legitimacy on Freenet, Tor, and I2P by Robert Gehl Summary An exploration of the Dark Web—websites accessible…
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I'm happy to share the (open) publication of a new article "Addressing Conceptual Gaps in Big Data Research Ethics: An Application of Contextual Integrity" in Social Media + Society. In this article, I revisit the OkCupid data collection and release controversy,…
Two new books have just been published in the “Information Society Series” at MIT Press that I co-edit with Laura DeNardis. Congrats to Tijana Milosevic and James Meese on these great contributions! Protecting Children Online? Cyberbullying Policies of Social Media Companies By Tijana Milosevic…
I am extremely happy to announce the publication of "Internet Research Ethics for the Social Age: New Challenges, Cases, and Contexts", which I was lucky to co-edit with Dr. Katharina Kinder-Kurlanda at the GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences and the Institute…
I'm thrilled to announce that the "Privacy" special issue of the American Library Association’s Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy (JIFP) has now been published. The issue can be accessed here, and subscription information is here. Here is my introduction to the…
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I’m thrilled to announce that the 10th book in the “Information Society Series” at MIT Press that I co-edit with Laura DeNardis has been released: Digital Countercultures and the Struggle for Community By Jessa Lingel Whether by accidental keystroke or deliberate tinkering, technology is…
I'm pleased to announce that the special issue of Information, Communication & Society that features research from the 2016 annual conference of the Association of Internet Research (AoIR) has been published. I was privileged to co-edit the special issue with Koen…
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[UDPATE: The "Privacy" special issue has now been published. Details here.] I'm pleased to announce I am the guest editor for the Spring 2017 issue of the American Library Association's Journal of Intellectual Freedom & Privacy (JIFP). The issue's theme is…
I’m thrilled to announce that the 9th book in the “Information Society Series” at MIT Press that I co-edit with Laura DeNardis has been released: The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy By Aaron Perzanowski and Jason Schultz If you buy a…
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I’m very pleased to announce that the 8th book in the MIT Press collection “Information Society Series” that I am co-editing with Laura DeNardis has been released: The World Made Meme: Public Conversations and Participatory Media by Ryan Milner Internet memes—digital snippets that can make…
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