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SUMMARY:"Corporate power in a digital world" - Professor John Naughton\, C
 RASSH
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CONTACT:Professor John Naughton
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract*\nTwo aspects of 'power' are important in a networke
 d world.  One is the coercive\, surveillance and other power exercised by 
 states.  The other is that wielded by the handful of large digital corpora
 tions that have come to dominate the Internet over the last two decades.  
 Corporate power is the main focus of this talk\, which explores a number o
 f interrelated questions: What exactly is the nature of the power wielded 
 by digital corporations? How does it differ from the kinds of power wielde
 d by other\, non-digital corporations? In what ways is it -- or might it b
 e -- problematic? And are the legislative tools possessed by states for th
 e regulation of corporate power fit for purpose in a digital era?\n\n*Spea
 ker*\nJohn Naughton is a Senior Research Fellow in CRASSH\, Emeritus Profe
 ssor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University and 
 the technology columnist of _The Observer_.  He is (with Sir Richard Evans
  and David Runciman) co-director of the Leverhulme 'Conspiracy and Democra
 cy' research project\, and (with David Runciman) co-director of the 'Techn
 ology and Democracy' project in the Centre for Digital Knowledge in CRASSH
 .  His most recent book\, _From Gutenberg to Zuckerberg: what you really n
 eed to know about the Internet_ is published by Quercus.
LOCATION:Room SG2\, Alison Richard Building
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