Cyberspace is a human constructed virtual environment that is new and constantly evolving. Our ability to trust in this new virtual environment cannot rely solely on our ‘real world’ ability to understand and predict the behaviour of others. Our trust in this virtual environment must rely partly on our implied trust in the technology that [...]
While information is fuelling economies around the world, to the individual it can seem an overwhelming flood of data. Responding to this, new and innovative industries are appearing converting information generated by humans and machines into knowledge to improve our daily lives. In this new economy knowledge, or distilled information, can be a product or [...]
Many of us have a variety of personas – both in the online and offline world. We have our work, home and recreational personas, online we have our social media identities and for some an online gaming persona. The creation of multiple personas is central to how human beings manage complex social interactions and adapt [...]
The recently released Public Discussion Paper, supporting the development of Australia’s first Cyber White Paper, makes use of the term ‘digital citizenship’.
It’s an odd term. Citizenship has traditionally been associated with being part of a nation, for example an Australian citizen.
National citizenship has also been associated with a set of rights (the right [...]
The first step in developing the Cyber White Paper is to hear what you have to say about what you think are the major issues in cyberspace.
So for the next two months, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet will lead a public consultation process informed by this blog, social media and a [...]
There is no question that over the last several years, new technologies have had a transformative effect on the way we do business and how we communicate as a society. As of this moment there are around 2 billion people connected to the Internet: this figure is only set to increase in the coming years.
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