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In this chapter, we focus on Kenya’s nascent algorithmic and data accountability system and a news industry increasingly receptive to technological innovations as a response to the myriad challenges facing the sector. We look at the state of data regulation and policy debate in the country and their impact on news media's use of personal data within the context of emerging news distribution practices. We document how Kenya’s accountability practices and discourses are shaping up as a new data protection law takes effect. We see newsrooms receptive to news automation and other innovative technologies, but with limited assessment of their implications on personal data use, consumer data protection rights, and the gaps in accountability processes.

In this chapter, we focus on Kenya’s nascent algorithmic and data accountability system and a news industry increasingly receptive to technological innovations as a response to the myriad challenges facing the sector. We look at the state of data regulation and policy debate in the country and their impact on news media's use of personal data within the context of emerging news distribution practices. We document how Kenya’s accountability practices and discourses are shaping up as a new data protection law takes effect. We see newsrooms receptive to news automation and other innovative technologies, but with limited assessment of their implications on personal data use, consumer data protection rights, and the gaps in accountability processes.

“Made in Japan” and “Made in Korea” once signified cheap fake goods copied from abroad. Today, however, Japan and South Korea are known for their exports of innovative technology (e.g. Sony, Toyota and Toshiba from Japan; LG, Kia and Samsung from Korea) and creative cultural products (e.g. manga and video games from Japan; pop music and soap operas from Korea). How did these countries, as the rising powers of their day, transform from being “free-riders” on foreign intellectual property (IP) to being innovation-exporters and proponents of strong protection of foreign IP at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)?, 0

Rising economies face a crucial dilemma when establishing their position on international patent law. Should they translate their increasing economic strength into political power to further developing countries' interests in lower levels of international patent protection? Or, anticipating a rising domestic interest in stronger international patent protection, should they adopt a position that favours maximal patent protection? Drawing on multiple case studies using a most-similar system design, we argue that rising economies, after having been coerced into adopting more stringent patent standards, tend to display ambivalent positions, trapped in bureaucratic politics and caught between conflicting domestic constituencies. We find that the recent proliferation of international institutions and the expansion of transnational networks have contributed to fragmentation and polarisation in domestic patent politics. As a result, today's emerging economies experience a more tortuous transformative process than did yesterday's. This finding is of particular relevance for scholars studying rising powers, as well as for those working on policy diffusion, regulatory regimes, transnational networks and regime complexes.

Rising economies face a crucial dilemma when establishing their position on international patent law. Should they translate their increasing economic strength into political power to further developing countries' interests in lower levels of international patent protection? Or, anticipating a rising domestic interest in stronger international patent protection, should they adopt a position that favours maximal patent protection? Drawing on multiple case studies using a most-similar system design, we argue that rising economies, after having been coerced into adopting more stringent patent standards, tend to display ambivalent positions, trapped in bureaucratic politics and caught between conflicting domestic constituencies. We find that the recent proliferation of international institutions and the expansion of transnational networks have contributed to fragmentation and polarisation in domestic patent politics. As a result, today's emerging economies experience a more tortuous transformative process than did yesterday's. This finding is of particular relevance for scholars studying rising powers, as well as for those working on policy diffusion, regulatory regimes, transnational networks and regime complexes.

“Made in Japan” and “Made in Korea” once signified cheap fake goods copied from abroad. Today, however, Japan and South Korea are known for their exports of innovative technology (e.g. Sony, Toyota and Toshiba from Japan; LG, Kia and Samsung from Korea) and creative cultural products (e.g. manga and video games from Japan; pop music and soap operas from Korea). How did these countries, as the rising powers of their day, transform from being “free-riders” on foreign intellectual property (IP) to being innovation-exporters and proponents of strong protection of foreign IP at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)?

This article considers issues of social cohesion, national identity, and national values as they appeared in Canadian newspaper coverage of the same-sex marriage debate between September 2003 and the federal election of June 2004. Media reports in Canada about the issue of same-sex marriage reflected a range of reactions. For some, same-sex marriage was a symbol of fracture, of a split in the country over core values - a split that could undermine the very commonality that makes Canada a society. For others,same-sex marriage was an affirmation of the high value Canadians place on equality and diversity. This article examines the roles played by newspapers in their coverage of same-sex marriage as it relates to Canadian values and social cohesion.

In Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics, Robin Mansell and W. Edward Steinmueller offer a new roadmap to the economics and regulation of digital platforms, arguing that decisions about regulating platforms should be driven by careful economic analysis. This concise book provides a helpful guide to those coming with fresh eyes to studying platforms and platform regulation, finds Sara Bannerman.

In Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics, Robin Mansell and W. Edward Steinmueller offer a new roadmap to the economics and regulation of digital platforms, arguing that decisions about regulating platforms should be driven by careful economic analysis. This concise book provides a helpful guide to those coming with fresh eyes to studying platforms and platform regulation, finds Sara Bannerman. Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics. Robin Mansell and W. Edward Steinmueller. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2020.

In Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics, Robin Mansell and W. Edward Steinmueller offer a new roadmap to the economics and regulation of digital platforms, arguing that decisions about regulating platforms should be driven by careful economic analysis. This concise book provides a helpful guide to those coming with fresh eyes to studying platforms and platform regulation, finds Sara Bannerman. Advanced Introduction to Platform Economics. Robin Mansell and W. Edward Steinmueller. Edward Elgar Publishing. 2020.