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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, https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565241247413

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.

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.

Global Standard Setting in Internet Governance (2020)
Book
Harcourt, A., Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2020). Global Standard Setting in Internet Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198841524.001.0001

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.

The struggle for co-existence : communication policy by private technical standards making and its limits in unlicensed spectrum (2019)
Journal Article
Rashid, I., & Simpson, S. (2021). The struggle for co-existence : communication policy by private technical standards making and its limits in unlicensed spectrum. Information, Communication and Society, 24(4), 576-593. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1662072

Huge increase in the demand by the wireless sector to use the airwaves has trained focus on the classic policy problem of resource scarcity in the field. This article illuminates a part of wireless communication – unlicensed spectrum – where a parti... Read More about The struggle for co-existence : communication policy by private technical standards making and its limits in unlicensed spectrum.

Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum (2019)
Journal Article
Rashid, I., & Simpson, S. (2019). Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum. Journal of Civil Society, 15(1), 62-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2019.1565181

Recent work in political science asserts a growth in prominence of civil society in international public policy processes, something that has been to this point under-addressed in the field of public policy research in communication. This article und... Read More about Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum.

Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the Media (2018)
Book
Humphreys, P., & Simpson, S. (2018). Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the Media. Cheltenham and Northampton MA: Edward Elgar

With digital technologies blurring media boundaries, this book provides a detailed analysis of how the Internet is producing a convergence of the press, audio-visual and online media. Based on extensive empirical analysis, the authors analyse over 25... Read More about Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the Media.

European Union telecommunications policy (2017)
Book Chapter
Simpson, S. (2017). European Union telecommunications policy. In J. Nussbaum (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228613.013.128

This article explores the character and development of telecommunications policy at EU level. For most of the 20th century a matter of national governance and thus of peripheral interest to the EU, from the mid to late 1980s the EU began to develop a... Read More about European Union telecommunications policy.

Intervention, net neutrality and European Union media policy (2016)
Journal Article
Simpson, S. (2016). Intervention, net neutrality and European Union media policy. International Journal of Digital Television, 7(3), 331-346. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdtv.7.3.331_1

Net Neutrality was once in Europe thought to be a technically arcane subject with little policy relevance beyond the USA. However, its dominant articulation as the idea that Internet Service Providers should treat equally communication traffic of a b... Read More about Intervention, net neutrality and European Union media policy.

Global civil society activism and the public interest in the debate on the future shape of spectrum (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Rashid, I., & Simpson, S. (2016, March). Global civil society activism and the public interest in the debate on the future shape of spectrum. Presented at 2016 UK Political Studies Association conference, Brighton

This paper explores the positions of actors representing public interest goals in recent international policy activity around possible changes to the allocation of spectrum. Its focus is the lead up to the consideration of the future of the so-called... Read More about Global civil society activism and the public interest in the debate on the future shape of spectrum.

Convergence, net neutrality and European Media Policy (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2015, April). Convergence, net neutrality and European Media Policy. Presented at FACE conference, ‘European Media Policy 2015: New Contexts, New Approaches’,, Helsinki

Net Neutrality - in its origins the idea that Internet Service Providers should treat without discrimination communication traffic of a broadly similar kind - was once in Europe thought a technically arcane subject with little policy relevance beyond... Read More about Convergence, net neutrality and European Media Policy.

Next generation network environments in Europe — The significance of the EU as a policy actor (2013)
Journal Article
Simpson, J. (2014). Next generation network environments in Europe — The significance of the EU as a policy actor. Government Information Quarterly, 31(1), 100-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2012.08.008

The relatively new topic of Next Generation Networks (NGN) is one which is ascending rapidly communications policy agendas in Europe and beyond. How these networks might be created and, beyond that, how they might function in a sustained and broadly... Read More about Next generation network environments in Europe — The significance of the EU as a policy actor.

Shaping the global communications milieu : the EU’s influence on Internet and telecommunications governance (2012)
Journal Article
governance. Comparative European Politics, 12(1), 54-75. https://doi.org/10.1057/cep.2012.33

This article evaluates the European Union’s (EU) influence in shaping the global governance for telecommunications and the Internet. Through analysing EU behaviour within an actorness framework, we demonstrate how the external opportunity structur... Read More about Shaping the global communications milieu : the EU’s influence on Internet and telecommunications governance.

The evolution of next generation network environments in Europe - the significance of the EU as a policy actor (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2011, May). The evolution of next generation network environments in Europe - the significance of the EU as a policy actor. Presented at International Communication Association, Boston

This paper undertakes an exploration of the current, and likely future, significance of the European Union as an actor in the emerging communication policy area of Next Generation Networks. In so doing, it explores the key approaches taken by the EU... Read More about The evolution of next generation network environments in Europe - the significance of the EU as a policy actor.

The potential of soft governance in the EU information society: lessons from the EU electronic communications regulatory framework (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2011, April). The potential of soft governance in the EU information society: lessons from the EU electronic communications regulatory framework. Presented at UK Political Studies Association Annual Conference ‘Transforming Politics – New Synergies’. Panel: ‘The Public Interest and EU Information Society Policy: the Role of Soft Governance’,, London

The paper has two key findings. First, the EU’s employment of soft governance as a policy tool to stimulate effective transposition and implementation of agreed measures in telecommunications has been utilised alongside the threat (and use of) hard l... Read More about The potential of soft governance in the EU information society: lessons from the EU electronic communications regulatory framework.

The evolution of international policy agendas in the regulation of electronic communications: the internet and telecommunications (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2011, February). The evolution of international policy agendas in the regulation of electronic communications: the internet and telecommunications. Presented at International Political Science Association/European Consortium for Political Research conference, ‘Whatever Happened to North-South?’, Sao Paulo, Brazil

This paper focuses on the recent evolution of global regulatory policy agendas in two key parts of communication media: the Internet and telecommunications. It explores the key regulatory governance ideas and practices that have come to the fore in s... Read More about The evolution of international policy agendas in the regulation of electronic communications: the internet and telecommunications.

‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications? (2011)
Journal Article
Simpson, S. (2011). ‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications?. West European Politics, 34(5), 1114-1133. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2011.591108

This article makes a contribution to research on soft or ‘new’ governance in EU policy making by examining the recent history of telecommunications policy as a case study, a sector hitherto not widely recognised for displaying this kind of governan... Read More about ‘New’ governance in European Union policy making: Policy innovation or political compromise in European telecommunications?.

The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet (2011)
Journal Article
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2011). The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet. Journal of European Public Policy, 18(2), 241-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2011.544505

Whilst the global governance architecture of the Internet has evolved at pace in the last 10 years, the European Union’s (EU) role and influence in its development has been relatively understudied. This article contributes to closing this gap in t... Read More about The European Union, multilateralism and the global governance of the Internet.

Catering for Minority Interests in Public Service Media Environments: Finland and the UK (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Sihvonen, M., & Simpson, S. (2010, September). Catering for Minority Interests in Public Service Media Environments: Finland and the UK. Presented at Reinterpretations of the Public Enterprise (RIPE) conference ‘Public Service Media After the Recession’, University of Westminister, London

This paper explores recent patterns of minority interest television programming in Finland and the UK and their implications for future public service broadcasting (PSB) environments. The provision of resources to cater for minority interests of va... Read More about Catering for Minority Interests in Public Service Media Environments: Finland and the UK.

New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2010, June). New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework. Presented at International Telecommunications Society Conference, Tokyo

This paper explores the regulatory character of key parts of the latest incarnation of the EU telecommunications regulatory package, finalised at the end of 2009. Its core argument is that whilst the broad parameters of the modified Electronic Commun... Read More about New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework.

The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2010, May). The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU. Presented at The Influence of International Institutions on the EU, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, Barcelona

Since the mid-1990s, the EU has sought to engage in the formation and development of the most important multilateral Internet governance institutions, and, in doing so, has portrayed itself as a leading and influential player in the evolving global I... Read More about The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU.

Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2010, April). Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance. Presented at GARNET (Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation: The Role of the EU ) conference ‘The European Union in International Affairs’, Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels

This paper evaluates the EU’s influence in shaping the global governance for telecommunications and the Internet. Through analyzing EU behavior within an actorness framework, we demonstrate how the external opportunity structure and the EU’s internal... Read More about Shaping the global communications milieu: The EU's influence on internet and telecommunications governance.

Governing information infrastructures and services in telecommunications (2010)
Journal Article
Simpson, S. (2010). Governing information infrastructures and services in telecommunications. Aslib Proceedings, 62(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.1108/00012531011015190

Purpose – Telecommunications comprises a vital component of information infrastructures and services, with a historically strong public interest dimension. For the best part of 30 years, the telecommunications sector in Europe has been the subject of... Read More about Governing information infrastructures and services in telecommunications.

Effective communications regulation in an era of convergence?: The case of premium rate telephony and television in the UK (2010)
Journal Article
Simpson, S. (2010). Effective communications regulation in an era of convergence?: The case of premium rate telephony and television in the UK. Convergence, 16(2), 217. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856509357684

This article explores recent problems with premium rate number service (PRS) use in UK participation TV, utilizing a regulatory convergence analytical framework. In 2003, the UK government created the communications convergence regulator, Ofcom, yet... Read More about Effective communications regulation in an era of convergence?: The case of premium rate telephony and television in the UK.

New approaches to the development of telecommunications infrastructures in Europe? The evolution of European Union policy for next generation networks (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2009, November). New approaches to the development of telecommunications infrastructures in Europe? The evolution of European Union policy for next generation networks. Presented at ECREA Communication Law and Policy Section workshop ‘New Directions for Communication Policy Research, Zurich

In May 2009, the European Commission released a draft consultation document on the application of state aid rules to broadband network deployment, leaving open the possibility of significant state aid intervention. However, this paper argues that th... Read More about New approaches to the development of telecommunications infrastructures in Europe? The evolution of European Union policy for next generation networks.

Multilateralism, the EU and the evolving global governance of the internet (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2009, September). Multilateralism, the EU and the evolving global governance of the internet. Presented at 2009 European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, Panel 433: ‘The EU’s Performance in International Institutions: Cross-Cutting Issues’, Potsdam, Germany

Whilst the global governance architecture for the Internet has evolved at pace in the last ten years the EU’s role and influence in its formation and development has been relatively understudied. This paper contributes to closing this gap in the lite... Read More about Multilateralism, the EU and the evolving global governance of the internet.

New governance, the internet, and country code top-level domains in Europe (2009)
Journal Article
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. (2009). New governance, the internet, and country code top-level domains in Europe. Governance, 22(4), 599. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0491.2009.01455.x

Much academic work on governance in recent years has explored responses that states have made to sectors of the economy, usually historically well rooted nationally, that have been subject to globalizing pressures. Less work exists on responses that... Read More about New governance, the internet, and country code top-level domains in Europe.

Supranationalism through institutionalization and its limits in European telecommunications (2009)
Journal Article
Simpson, S. (2009). Supranationalism through institutionalization and its limits in European telecommunications. Information, Communication and Society, 12(8), 1224-1241. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691180902866042

The recent proposal of a European Electronic Communications Market Authority (EECMA) by the European Commission has turned out to be the most high profile and controversial element of the latest review of the EU's telecommunications regulatory framew... Read More about Supranationalism through institutionalization and its limits in European telecommunications.

Pervasiveness and efficacy in regulatory governance – neo-liberalism as ideology and practice in European telecommunications reorganisation (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2008, June). Pervasiveness and efficacy in regulatory governance – neo-liberalism as ideology and practice in European telecommunications reorganisation. Presented at European Consortium for Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance Second Biennial Conference, ‘(Re)Regulation in the Wake of Neoliberalism. Consequences of Three Decades of Privatization and Market Liberalization’, Utrecht, Netherlands

Telecommunications provides one of the most well-developed examples of the growth of neo-liberalism. The sector is interesting since the contrast between its pre neoliberal and post neo-liberal characteristics is particularly stark. This paper expl... Read More about Pervasiveness and efficacy in regulatory governance – neo-liberalism as ideology and practice in European telecommunications reorganisation.

Globalization, the ‘competition’ state and the rise of the ‘regulatory’ state in European telecommunications (2008)
Journal Article
Humphreys, P., & Simpson, S. (2008). Globalization, the ‘competition’ state and the rise of the ‘regulatory’ state in European telecommunications. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.00802.x

This article examines European telecommunications through the conceptual lenses of the ‘competition’ and the ‘regulatory’ state, exploring their complementarities and tensions. It analyses the EU's electronic communications regulatory framework, expo... Read More about Globalization, the ‘competition’ state and the rise of the ‘regulatory’ state in European telecommunications.

The influence of ethnicity in newspaper coverage of the Plateau State conflict in North-Central Nigeria (2010-2012)
Thesis
Dewan, A. (in press). The influence of ethnicity in newspaper coverage of the Plateau State conflict in North-Central Nigeria (2010-2012). (Thesis). University of Salford

This research project surveyed the Influence of ethnicity in newspaper coverage of the Plateau State conflict in North-Central Nigeria. It analyses how conflict journalists reported this violent episode that has spanned nearly twenty years and the si... Read More about The influence of ethnicity in newspaper coverage of the Plateau State conflict in North-Central Nigeria (2010-2012).

Optimising video for e-commerce
Thesis
Connock, A. (in press). Optimising video for e-commerce. (Thesis). University of Salford

An e-commerce video is an online video which offers one or more items for the viewer to directly buy. It is a new type of media content, resulting from the fusion of the retail, content creation and digital marketing industries, and it is enjoying ra... Read More about Optimising video for e-commerce.

The performance of the EU in the international institutional landscape of the internet
Presentation / Conference
Christou, G., & Simpson, S. The performance of the EU in the international institutional landscape of the internet. Presented at Europe in Global Governance: Performance, Reform, Power, Rapallo, Italy

The paper undertakes a review of the how the EU has ‘acted’ within the Internet governance space that exists and is still being developed at the international level. In the process, the paper assesses the utility of some of the main approaches taken... Read More about The performance of the EU in the international institutional landscape of the internet.