Outputs (59)

Perspectives on Citizen Data Privacy in a Smart City -an Empirical Case Study (2024)
Journal Article
Lucas, E., Simpson, S., & Lucas, E. (in press). Perspectives on Citizen Data Privacy in a Smart City -an Empirical Case Study. Convergence,

Digitisation is arguably an inevitable feature of contemporary urban development, yet privacy issues arising from the mass data collection, transmission and processing it entails continue to be a poorly understood and contentious issue for people liv... Read More about Perspectives on Citizen Data Privacy in a Smart City -an Empirical Case Study.

Citizen Participation and Strategic Communication through Twitter: Food Waste Awareness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (2024)
Thesis
Alkorbi, N. (2024). Citizen Participation and Strategic Communication through Twitter: Food Waste Awareness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (Thesis)

This study investigates the under-researched topic of the extent to which – and how – Twitter is used to undertake food waste awareness campaigns by food bank organisations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It provides a better understanding of... Read More about Citizen Participation and Strategic Communication through Twitter: Food Waste Awareness in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Innovating free-to-air broadcasting: Social value, broadcast content, and personal mobile communications. (2023)
Book Chapter
Simpson, S., & Rashid, I. (2023). Innovating free-to-air broadcasting: Social value, broadcast content, and personal mobile communications. In M. Puppis, & C. Ali (Eds.), Public service media’s contribution to society (175–192). Goteborg: Nordicom. https://doi.org/10.48335/9789188855756-9

This chapter analyses recent evidence of efforts by broadcast players to move into personal mobile communications through the delivery of broadcast content to smartphones. It explores innovation strategies related to the broadcast distribution channe... Read More about Innovating free-to-air broadcasting: Social value, broadcast content, and personal mobile communications..

Participation and Strategic Communication of Saudi Food Banks through Twitter to Enhance Food Waste Awareness among Saudi Arabian Citizens (2022)
Journal Article
Alkorbi, N., Hernandez-Perez, M., & Simpson, S. (2022). Participation and Strategic Communication of Saudi Food Banks through Twitter to Enhance Food Waste Awareness among Saudi Arabian Citizens. World academy of engineering and technology, 16(12),

Twitter is a platform service that has quickly risen to prominence as the social media platform most preferred for strategic communication campaigns. It is used by most of the Non-Profit Organizations (NPO) in Saudi Arabia, making it the most popular... Read More about Participation and Strategic Communication of Saudi Food Banks through Twitter to Enhance Food Waste Awareness among Saudi Arabian Citizens.

Global internet governance and the digital media economy (2022)
Book Chapter
Simpson, S. (2022). Global internet governance and the digital media economy. In T. Flew, J. Thomas, & J. Holt (Eds.), The Sage Handbook of the Digital Media Economy. London: Sage

Political economy, communications discourse and media policy : the case of online news commenting in Nigeria (2022)
Journal Article
Apejoye, A., & Simpson, S. (2022). Political economy, communications discourse and media policy : the case of online news commenting in Nigeria. International journal of digital television (Online), https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00102_1

This article provides a contribution to knowledge on the growth of online news commenting in Nigeria. Specifically, it accounts for factors which influence the character of the often fractious online discursive behaviour in evidence and what commun... Read More about Political economy, communications discourse and media policy : the case of online news commenting in Nigeria.

Participatory communication for community development : the Ghanaian experience (2020)
Thesis
Gbadago, F. Participatory communication for community development : the Ghanaian experience. (Thesis). University of Salford

This research pursued a better understanding of development communication in a range of Ghanaian programmes in the education sector. Its focus is the nature of engagements between a range of actors during formulation, implementation and evaluation of... Read More about Participatory communication for community development : the Ghanaian experience.

New media and civil society : a study of Native Customary Rights (NCR) Land and Community-based Organisations (CBOs) in Sarawak, Malaysia (2020)
Thesis
Yap, P. New media and civil society : a study of Native Customary Rights (NCR) Land and Community-based Organisations (CBOs) in Sarawak, Malaysia. (Thesis). University of Salford

Civil society generally refers to a sphere where individuals exercise their freedom and rights through voluntary, independent associations. Spurred by world political events, the discourse of civil society shifted to a democratising mission against t... Read More about New media and civil society : a study of Native Customary Rights (NCR) Land and Community-based Organisations (CBOs) in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Online news commenting platforms as space for democratic deliberation : a study of selected Nigerian online news websites (2020)
Thesis
Apejoye, A. Online news commenting platforms as space for democratic deliberation : a study of selected Nigerian online news websites. (Thesis). University of Salford

News commenting has become part of the features of online news sites in Nigeria, providing space for readers to express their views on news content and to engage with other readers in discussion. Over time, these commenting sections have become a spa... Read More about Online news commenting platforms as space for democratic deliberation : a study of selected Nigerian online news websites.

Global Standard Setting in Internet Governance (2020)
Book
Harcourt, A., Christou, G., & Simpson, J. (2020). Global Standard Setting in Internet Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press

The book addresses representation of the public interest in Internet standard developing organisations (SDOs). Much of the existing literature on Internet governance focuses on international organisations such as the United Nations (UN), the Internet... Read More about Global Standard Setting in Internet Governance.