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Karine Barzilai-Nahon is an associate professor at the Information School, director of the Center for Information & Society, faculty adjunct at the department of Communication and affiliated faculty at the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement in University of Washington. Her research interests lie in information policy and politics and in the social aspects of the management of information. More specifically she studies information control and gatekeeping, self-regulation mechanisms in cyberspace and particularly in virtual communities, and "Digital Divide" measurement tools. She holds a PhD and MSc in Management of Information Systems (2004) from Tel-Aviv University, and BA in Computer Science and Political Science. Currently, she co-chairs the virtual communities minitrack and the digital divide minitrack at HICSS. She serves as an expert in many decision-making forums that relate to Internet and information technology policy and advises the science and technology committee of the Israeli parliament. She academically directed the Israeli delegation and participated as a representative in the UN summit of WSIS (World Summit of Information Society). Formerly she held senior positions in Research and Development in the hi-tech industry.
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Posts by Karine Nahon:
- Doing Research: Internet and Changes in Ethics of Research (and Human Subjects)(1)
- Provocative Statement of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh in the UN Commission for Science and Technology for Development(2)
- Inclusiveness and Politics in the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development(4)
- 10 Years of “Code” – Debate on Lessig book(0)
- Video, Virality and Political Campaigns(0)
- Librarians and e-Government: Mixed Feelings?(3)
- Digital Divide/s and Inclusion Minitrack – Notes from HICSS-42 Conference(1)
- Some important references on freedom of information(2)
- Cultured Technology – About Religion and Technology(2)
- השאלון עם סיני גז(0)