William H. Dutton

Colleagues at The Chinese University of Hong Kong are editing a new journal, entitled the Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC). It will be published by Routledge. As one member of their International Advisory Board, let me encourage people to consider sending strong manuscripts to this new outlet. It is open to international contributions that ‘examine [...]

Our report, ‘The Internet in Britain, 2007′ is available in hard copy from the OII or online at http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/microsites/oxis/ I urge you to review the report as it should be a useful reference for discussions of the use and non-use of the Internet and its consequences on everyday life. Summaries and coverage of the report [...]

Mallory Wober has written me about the ethics of research within online communities. Since the issues he raises are likely to become more prominent in new online spaces such as Facebook and Second Life, I am posting his note and will then respond: Hi Bill I sent you a piece last month, from The Psychologist, [...]

THIS SURVEY HAS NOW BEEN COMPLETED. The OII in collaboration with other researchers at Oxford University have launched a web-based survey of users of online gambling sites. Online gambling has increased substantially in the last few years. Little is known about the effects of the Internet on people’s gambling behaviour and its impact on people [...]

On 28 June 2007, Jeremy Sutton delivered one of the most entertaining and informative seminars the OII has ever organized. If you have an interest in the role of digital media in shaping artistic expression, from brush strokes to business models, then you might find the Webcast of this event to be informative and provocative. [...]