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Social Media Definition and the Governance Challenge - An Introduction to the Special Issue

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Social Media Definition and the Governance Challenge - An Introduction to the Special Issue

Obar, J.A. and Wildman, S. (2015). Social media definition and the governance challenge: An introduction to the special issue. Telecommunications policy, 39(9), 745-750., Quello Center Working Paper 2663153

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 23 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2017

Jonathan A. Obar and Steven S. Wildman

York University and Quello Center

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Social Media Definition and the Governance Challenge: An Introduction to the Special Issue

Obar, J.A. and Wildman, S. (2015). Social media definition and the governance challenge: An introduction to the special issue. Telecommunications Policy, 39(9), 745-750., Quello Center Working Paper No. 2647377

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2017

Jonathan A. Obar and Steven S. Wildman

York University and Quello Center

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The Biggest Lie on the Internet: Ignoring the Privacy Policies and Terms of Service Policies of Social Networking Services

Information, Communication & Society, pp. 1-20, 2018., TPRC 44: The 44th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy, 2016.

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 02 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2022

Jonathan A. Obar and Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch

York University and University of Connecticut

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Advocacy 2.0: An Analysis of How Advocacy Groups in the United States Perceive and Use Social Media as Tools for Facilitating Civic Engagement and Collective Action

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2014

Jonathan A. Obar, Paul Zube and Cliff Lampe

York University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Information

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Canadian Advocacy 2.0: An Analysis of Social Media Adoption and Perceived Affordances by Advocacy Groups Looking to Advance Activism in Canada

Canadian Journal of Communication, 39(2), 211-233 (2014).

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014

Jonathan A. Obar

York University

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Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty

TEM 2013: Proceedings of the Technology & Emerging Media Track - Annual Conference of the Canadian Communication Association (Victoria, June 5-7, 2012)

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 19 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2014

Jonathan A. Obar and Andrew Clement

York University and University of Toronto - Faculty of Information

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Mobile Leapfrogging and Digital Divide Policy: Assessing the Limitations of Mobile Internet Access

Fordham University Schools of Business Research Paper No. 2263800

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 12 May 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jul 2013

Philip M. Napoli and Jonathan A. Obar

Duke University and York University

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Reconciling Political and Economic Goals in the Net Neutrality Debate

The Information Society, Vol. 30, p. 1-19, 2014

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 24 May 2017

Johannes M. Bauer and Jonathan A. Obar

Michigan State University - Department of Media and Information and York University

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Older Adults and 'The Biggest Lie on the Internet': From Ignoring Social Media Policies to the Privacy Paradox

International Journal of Communication, 16, 4779-4800 (2022)

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 20 Oct 2022

Jonathan A. Obar and Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch

York University and University of Connecticut

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The Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative: Exploring the Potential Benefits of Using Wikipedia in the University Classroom as a Tool for Innovative E-Pedagogy

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2014

Jonathan A. Obar and Amy Roth

York University and Wikimedia Foundation

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Tackling the 'Fake' Without Harming the 'News': A Paper Series on Regulatory Responses to Misinformation

Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information, 2021

Number of pages: 107 Posted: 05 Apr 2021

Nathalie Maréchal, Elizabeth Renieris, Jan Rydzak, Ivar Alberto Hartmann, Jonathan A. Obar, Akriti Gaur, Lisa Macpherson, Michael Karanicolas and Amanda Keton

affiliation not provided to SSRN, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Stanford Global Digital Policy Incubator, Insper Learning Institution, York University, Yale Law School, Public Knowledge, UCLA Institute for Technology, Law & Policy and Wikimedia Foundation

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Big Data and The Phantom Public: Walter Lippmann and the Fallacy of Data Privacy Self-Management

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 01 Dec 2015

Jonathan A. Obar

York University

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Mapping Digital Media: Canada

Number of pages: 105 Posted: 18 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014

Jonathan A. Obar, Gregory Taylor, Derek Antoine, Rena Bivens, Nadia Caidi, Arndis Johnson, Catherine A. Middleton and David Skinner

York University, University of Calgary, Carleton University, Carleton University, Independent, Independent, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) and York University - Department of Communications

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Inclusion or Illusion? An Analysis of the FCC's Public Hearings on Media Ownership 2006-2007

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 06 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2008

Jonathan A. Obar, Amit M. Schejter and Amit M. Schejter

York University and Ben-Gurion University of the NegevPennsylvania State University

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Source Triangulation Skills and the Future of Digital Inclusion: How Information Literacy Policy Can Address Misinformation and Disinformation Challenges

Wikimedia/Yale Law School Initiative on Intermediaries and Information. (March 2021). Tackling the "Fake" Without Harming the "News": A Paper Series on Regulatory Responses to Misinformation. Michael Karanicolas (ed.). Yale Law School Information Society Project.

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 23 Aug 2021

Jonathan A. Obar

York University

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Media Reform: An Overview

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 21 Jul 2015

Des Freedman and Jonathan A. Obar

University of London - Goldsmiths College and York University

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Clickwrap Impact: Quick-Join Options and Ignoring Privacy and Terms of Service Policies of Social Networking Services

In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Social Media & Society (p. 50). ACM.

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 03 May 2018

Jonathan A. Obar and Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch

York University and University of Connecticut

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Keeping Internet Users in the Know or in the Dark: An Analysis of the Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian Internet Carriers

Clement, A. and Obar, J. A. (2016). Keeping internet users in the know or in the dark: An analysis of the data privacy transparency of Canadian internet carriers. Journal of Information Policy, 6(1), 294-331.

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Jul 2017

Andrew Clement and Jonathan A. Obar

University of Toronto - Faculty of Information and York University

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Keeping Internet Users in the Know or in the Dark: An Analysis of the Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian Internet Service Providers

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 06 Sep 2014

Andrew Clement and Jonathan A. Obar

University of Toronto - Faculty of Information and York University

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Reconciling Economic and Political Goals in the Internet Ecosystem

TPRC 2011

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Jan 2012

Johannes M. Bauer and Jonathan A. Obar

Michigan State University - Department of Media and Information and York University

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Tell it Not in Harrisburg, Publish it Not in the Streets of Tampa: Framing, Media Ownership, and the Public Interest

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Apr 2008

Amit M. Schejter, Amit M. Schejter and Jonathan A. Obar

Ben-Gurion University of the NegevPennsylvania State University and York University

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Activating the Fifth Estate: Bill C-30 and the Digitally-Mediated Public Watchdog

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 25 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2014

Jonathan A. Obar and Leslie Shade

York University and University of Toronto - Faculty of Information

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Unpacking “the Biggest Lie on the Internet”: Assessing the Length of Terms of Service and Privacy Policies for 70 Digital Services

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 17 Dec 2022

Jonathan A. Obar

York University

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The Clickwrap as Platform Governance: Assessing the Frequency of Manipulative Interface Designs During Digital Service Sign-Up

TPRC49: The 49th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2022

Jonathan A. Obar and Lior Magalashvili

York University and Toronto Metropolitan University

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The Mobile Conversion, Internet Regression, and the 'Re-Passification' of the Media Audience

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Oct 2014

Philip M. Napoli and Jonathan A. Obar

Duke University and York University

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Video Notice Design to Support Meaningful Consent Online: An Analysis of Social Media Videos About Artificial Intelligence and Privacy

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 May 2024 Last Revised: 17 May 2024

Jonathan A. Obar, David Gelb, Desirée de Jesús, Guilherme Cavalcante Silva and Hannah Palmier Blizzard

York University, York University, Department of Design, York University - Department of Communications, York University and York University

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A Slice of the Pie: Examining the State of the Low Power FM Radio Service in 2009

TPRC 2009

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 07 Feb 2012

Amit M. Schejter, Amit M. Schejter, Jonathan A. Obar, Colleen Connolly-Ahern and Nadia Martinez-Carrillo

Ben-Gurion University of the NegevPennsylvania State University, York University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Submission to The Standing Committee on Industry and Technology on Bill C-27, An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act, the Personal Information and Data Protection Tribunal Act and the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 May 2024

Sara Bannerman, Karen Louise Smith, Joanna Redden, Opeyemi Akanbi, Sana Maqsood, Jonathan A. Obar and Tom Streeter

McMaster University Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, York University and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Aligned with the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights? An AI Transparency Evaluation of Company Privacy Notices and Explanations

Proceedings of the TPRC2024 The Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy, Osgoode Legal Studies Research Paper No. 4913427

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 02 Aug 2024

Jonathan A. Obar, Giuseppina (Pina) D'Agostino and Motunrayo Akinyemi

York University, York University - Osgoode Hall Law School and York University, Osgoode Hall Law School, Students

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Unpacking “the Biggest Lie on the Internet” Part Two: An Assessment of the Complexity of Terms of Service and Privacy Policies for 70 Digital Services

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 May 2024

Jonathan A. Obar

York University

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Distributional Data Justice: Shifting Policy to Address Digital Discrimination in Vulnerable Communities

Posted: 16 May 2019

Jonathan A. Obar, Amit M. Schejter and Amit M. Schejter

York University and Ben-Gurion University of the NegevPennsylvania State University

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The Clickwrap: A Political Economic Mechanism for Manufacturing Consent on Social Media

Social Media + Society, July-September 2018, pp. 1-14.

Posted: 27 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 17 Aug 2018

Jonathan A. Obar and Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch

York University and University of Connecticut

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Adding Slacktivism to the Activist's Toolkit: Advocacy Group Perceptions of the Benefits and Drawbacks of Slacktivism

Posted: 14 Mar 2014

Jonathan A. Obar

York University

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The Strength of a Broad-Based Coalition: How Canadian Media Reformists Defeated Bill C-30

Posted: 31 Jan 2014

Jonathan A. Obar, Leslie Shade and Andrew Clement

York University, University of Toronto - Faculty of Information and University of Toronto - Faculty of Information

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Governing the Social Media Consumer-Producer: Examining the Policy Implications of User-Generated Content

Posted: 02 Apr 2013

Jonathan A. Obar and Brandon Brooks

York University and Queens University of Charlotte

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Internet Boomerang Routing: Surveillance, Privacy and Network Sovereignty in a North American Context

Posted: 01 Apr 2013

Andrew Clement and Jonathan A. Obar

University of Toronto - Faculty of Information and York University

Jonathan A. Obar

York University

Quello Center - Michigan State University

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