News and Research articles on User rights

Non-user

Selwa Sweidan, University of Southern California
Karlynne Ejercito, University of Southern California
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Apr 2022 DOI: 10.14763/2022.2.1663

A “non-user,” as the name suggests, refers to an individual who does not use a given product or system. Critical work on non-use elaborates a range of applications for the term we consider here. The variations of non-use under discussion encompass both voluntary and involuntary cases of non-use.

Communication and internet policy: a critical rights-based history and future

Aphra Kerr, Maynooth University
Francesca Musiani, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Julia Pohle, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2019 DOI: 10.14763/2019.1.1395

This issue brings together a selection of articles presented in the Communication Policy and Technology section of the IAMCR conference in 2018.