New Special Issue of Internet Policy Review *Networked publics: multi-disciplinary perspectives on big policy issues <https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/networked-publics-multi-disciplinary-perspectives-big-policy-issues>* Guest-edited by William H. Dutton We’re pleased to announce the publication of our newest special issue, bringing together the best policy-oriented papers presented at the 2017 annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) in Tartu, Estonia. The issue – on the broad theme of networked publics – was edited by guest editor William H. Dutton, Professor of media and information policy at Michigan State University. The seven papers in the special issue span topics concerning whether and how technology and policy are reshaping access to information, perspectives on privacy and security online, and social and legal perspectives on informed consent of internet users. As explained in the editorial to this issue, taken together, the papers reflect the rise of new policy, regulatory and governance issues around the internet and social media, an ascendance of disciplinary perspectives in what is arguably an interdisciplinary field, and the value that theoretical perspectives from cultural studies, law and the social sciences can bring to internet policy research. This special issue is the first major release of Internet Policy Review in its fifth anniversary year. The open access journal on internet regulation is a high-quality publication put out by four leading European internet research institutions: The Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin; the Centre for Creativity, Regulation, Enterprise and Technology (CREATe), Glasgow; the Institut des sciences de la communication (ISCC-CNRS), Paris; the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Barcelona. The release of this special issue officially kicks off the Internet Policy Review anniversary series of activities, including both an Open Access Minigolf during the Long Night of the Sciences (Berlin) and the IAMCR conference (Eugene, Oregon) in June, a Grand anniversary celebration (Berlin) in September and a participation in the AoIR2018 conference in October (Montreal). For up-to-date information on our planned activities, please kindly access: https://policyreview.info/5years *Papers in this Special Issue* *Editorial: Networked publics: multi-disciplinary perspectives on big policy issues* William H. Dutton, Michigan State University *Political topic-communities and their framing practices in the Dutch Twittersphere* Maranke Wieringa, Daniela van Geenen, Mirko Tobias Schäfer, & Ludo Gorzeman *Big crisis data: generality-singularity tensions* Karolin Eva Kappler *Cryptographic imaginaries and the networked public* Sarah Myers West *Not just one, but many ‘Rights to be Forgotten’* Geert Van Calster, Alejandro Gonzalez Arreaza, & Elsemiek Apers *What kind of cyber security? Theorising cyber security and mapping approaches* Laura Fichtner *Algorithmic governance and the need for consumer empowerment in data-driven markets* Stefan Larsson *Standard form contracts and a smart contract future* Kristin B. Cornelius Link to Special issue https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/networked-publics-multi-discipli... [image: HIIG-Logo] <http://www.hiig.de/> Frédéric Dubois | Managing editor, Internet Policy Review <http://policyreview.info/> Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society gGmbH Französische Strasse 9 · 10117 Berlin · Germany T +49 30 20 07 60 83 · F +49 30 20 60-89 60 · hiig.de <http://www.hiig.de/> · [image: Facebook-Button] <http://www.facebook.com/HIIG.Berlin> [image: Twitter-Button] <https://twitter.com/PolicyR> [image: Google+1-Button] <https://plus.google.com/u/0/104662709701524780855> Gesellschaftssitz Berlin | Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg | HRB 140911B | St-ID DE 291 151 171 Forschungsdirektorium: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann (Geschäftsführung) · Prof. Dr. Dr. Ingolf Pernice (Geschäftsführer) · Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer · Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz | Geschäftsführung: Dr. Karina Preiß