Signs of digital distress

Signs of digital distress. Mapping broadband availability and subscription in American neighborhoods: how the national digital divide varies depending on the place.

UK Internet regulation

Internet regulator considered for UK (BBC News)

International Communications Market Report 2014

Ofcom has today published its annual International Communications Market Report 2014, which examines the take-up, availability, price and usage of communications services across the world's major countries, including the UK. The report covers the telecoms, broadcasting and postal sectors.

It is published today alongside Ofcom’s latest European Broadband Scorecard, which compares levels of internet coverage, take-up, usage and choice between European Union states.

Both reports underline the importance of the internet and broadband to UK consumers, businesses and the economy as a whole. A news release is available summarising major findings.

Measuring the Information Society

Measuring the Information Society 2013

Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"

The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from You

If you order the book here, all of Eli’s proceeds from this post will go to MoveOn.org Civic Action. Here’s what author Bill McKibben has to say about it: “You spend half your life in Internet space, but trust me—you don’t understand how it works. Eli Pariser’s book is a masterpiece of both investigation and interpretation; he exposes the way we’re sent down particular information tunnels, and he explains how we might once again find ourselves in a broad public square of ideas. This couldn’t be a more interesting book; it casts an illuminating light on so many of our daily encounters.”

EU Internet usage in 2010 – Households and Individuals