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Analysing internet policy as a field of struggle

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  • Pohle, Julia
  • Hösl, Maximilian
  • Kniep, Ronja

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This essay proposes an analytical approach that conceptualises internet policy as a field of struggle which emerges through processes of discursive institutionalisation. By combining field theory and selected Science and Technology Studies (STS) concepts, the essay highlights the performative function of discourses in the field. It does so by showing how actors entered the policy field through the creation of expertise and regulatory competences and uncovers key conflicts that have shaped internet policy. Drawing on interviews and document analysis, the essay illustrates the proposed research approach via three selected examples which demonstrate how international discourses materialised in internet-related organisational structures and regulatory competences in German ministries.

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  • Pohle, Julia & Hösl, Maximilian & Kniep, Ronja, 2016. "Analysing internet policy as a field of struggle," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 5(3), pages 1-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:espost:155364
    DOI: 10.14763/2016.3.412
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    1. Hintz, Arne & Dencik, Lina, 2016. "The politics of surveillance policy: UK regulatory dynamics after Snowden," Internet Policy Review: Journal on Internet Regulation, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, vol. 5(3), pages 1-16.
    2. Hösl, Maximilian & Kniep,Ronja, 2020. "Auf den Spuren eines Politikfeldes: Die Institutionalisierung von Internetpolitik in der Ministerialverwaltung," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 29(3-4), pages 207-235.
    3. Tréguer, Félix, 2017. "Gaps and bumps in the political history of the internet," Internet Policy Review: Journal on Internet Regulation, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, vol. 6(4), pages 1-21.
    4. Schwanholz, Julia & Jakobi, Tobias, 2020. "There's a place for us? The Digital Agenda Committee and internet policy in the German Bundestag," Internet Policy Review: Journal on Internet Regulation, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, vol. 9(4), pages 1-24.
    5. Kerr, Aphra & Musiani, Francesca & Pohle, Julia, 2019. "Editorial – Communication and internet policy: a critical rights-based history and future," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 8(1), pages 1-16.
    6. Arora, Kim, 2020. "Privacy and data protection in India and Germany: A comparative analysis," Discussion Papers, Research Group Politics of Digitalization SP III 2020-501, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    7. Thiel, Thorsten, 2017. "Digitalisierung als Kontext politischen Handelns. Republikanische Perspektiven auf die digitale Transformation der Gegenwart," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, pages 189-215.
    8. Kerr, Aphra & Musiani, Francesca & Pohle, Julia, 2019. "Editorial – Communication and internet policy: a critical rights-based history and future," Internet Policy Review: Journal on Internet Regulation, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Berlin, vol. 8(1), pages 1-16.

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