fragmentation

The New F-word: The case of fragmentation in Dutch cybersecurity governance external link

Mirzaei, P. & Busser, E. de

Computer Law & Security Review, vol. 55, num: 106032, 2024

Abstract

The fragmentation of the Dutch cybersecurity government landscape is a widely discussed phenomenon among politicians, policy makers, and cybersecurity specialists. Remarkably though, a negative narrative is underlying the idea of fragmentation, suggesting that we are dealing with a serious problem. A problem that has the potential of impeding cybersecurity governance in the Netherlands. This research zooms in on how cybersecurity governance is organised within the central government, and which organisations are concerned with the creation, implementation, and oversight of cybersecurity policies vis à vis Dutch society. This article provides an overview of all central government organisations (de Rijksoverheid) that are involved in cybersecurity governance on a strategic level. This research provides the first step in doctoral research into the possible implications of the fragmentation of cybersecurity governance in the Dutch central government, and how this fragmentation could potentially impact policy creation, implementation, and oversight. Based on the mapping of this governance landscape, it set out to measure fragmentation based on the number of units or organisations that are concerned with cybersecurity governance in the central government on a strategic level. This study has found that based on Boyne's (1992) notion of fragmentation and the Dutch governments’ definition of tiers, the Dutch cybersecurity governance landscape could indeed, when meticulously following Boyne's counting procedure, be regarded as fragmented.

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cybersecurity, fragmentation, Internet governance, the netherlands

Bibtex

Article{nokey,
	title = {The New F-word: The case of fragmentation in Dutch cybersecurity governance},
	author = {Mirzaei, P. and Busser, E. de},
	url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0267364924000980},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2024.106032},
	year = {2024},
	date = {2024-11-15},
	journal = {Computer Law & Security Review},
	volume = {55},
	number = {106032},
	pages = {},
	abstract = {The fragmentation of the Dutch cybersecurity government landscape is a widely discussed phenomenon among politicians, policy makers, and cybersecurity specialists. Remarkably though, a negative narrative is underlying the idea of fragmentation, suggesting that we are dealing with a serious problem. A problem that has the potential of impeding cybersecurity governance in the Netherlands. This research zooms in on how cybersecurity governance is organised within the central government, and which organisations are concerned with the creation, implementation, and oversight of cybersecurity policies vis à vis Dutch society. This article provides an overview of all central government organisations (de Rijksoverheid) that are involved in cybersecurity governance on a strategic level. This research provides the first step in doctoral research into the possible implications of the fragmentation of cybersecurity governance in the Dutch central government, and how this fragmentation could potentially impact policy creation, implementation, and oversight. Based on the mapping of this governance landscape, it set out to measure fragmentation based on the number of units or organisations that are concerned with cybersecurity governance in the central government on a strategic level. This study has found that based on Boyne\'s (1992) notion of fragmentation and the Dutch governments’ definition of tiers, the Dutch cybersecurity governance landscape could indeed, when meticulously following Boyne\'s counting procedure, be regarded as fragmented.},
	keywords = {cybersecurity, fragmentation, Internet governance, the netherlands},
}

(Re)structuring Copyright: A Comprehensive Path to International Copyright Reform external link

Gervais, D.J.

Edwards Elgar, 0303, Series: Edgar Monographs in Intellectual Property Law

Bibtex

Book{Gervais2017,
	title = {(Re)structuring Copyright: A Comprehensive Path to International Copyright Reform},
	author = {Gervais, D.J.},
	url = {https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781785369490/9781785369490.xml},
	year = {0303},
	date = {2017-03-03},
	keywords = {authors, Berne Convention, Copyright, fragmentation, reform},
}

Shrinking core? Exploring the differential agenda setting power of traditional and personalized news external link

Möller, J., Helberger, N., Trilling, D., Irion, K. & Vreese, C.H. de

info, vol. 18, num: 6, pp: 26-41, 2016

Abstract

A shared issue agenda provides democracies with a set of topics that structure the public debate. The advent of personalized news media that use smart algorithms to tailor the news offer to the user challenges the established way of setting the agenda of such a common core of issues. This paper tests the effects of personalized news use on perceived importance of these issues in the common core. In particular we study whether personalized news use leads to a concentration at the top of the issue agenda or to a more diverse issue agenda with a long tail of topics. Based on a cross-sectional survey of a representative population sample (N=1556), we find that personalized news use does not lead to a small common core in which few topics are discussed extensively, yet there is a relationship between personalized news use and a preference for less discussed topics. This is a result of a specific user profile of personalized news users: younger, more educated news users are more interested in topics at the fringes of the common core and also make more use of personalized news offers. The results are discussed in the light of media diversity and recent advances in public sphere research.

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common core, fragmentation, frontpage, Media law, media law & policy, Personalisation, survey

Bibtex

Article{Moeller2016,
	title = {Shrinking core? Exploring the differential agenda setting power of traditional and personalized news},
	author = {Möller, J. and Helberger, N. and Trilling, D. and Irion, K. and Vreese, C.H. de},
	url = {http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/info-05-2016-0020},
	doi = {https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/info-05-2016-0020},
	year = {0927},
	date = {2016-09-27},
	journal = {info},
	volume = {18},
	number = {6},
	pages = {26-41},
	abstract = {A shared issue agenda provides democracies with a set of topics that structure the
public debate. The advent of personalized news media that use smart algorithms to tailor the
news offer to the user challenges the established way of setting the agenda of such a common
core of issues. This paper tests the effects of personalized news use on perceived importance
of these issues in the common core. In particular we study whether personalized news use
leads to a concentration at the top of the issue agenda or to a more diverse issue agenda with
a long tail of topics. Based on a cross-sectional survey of a representative population sample
(N=1556), we find that personalized news use does not lead to a small common core in which
few topics are discussed extensively, yet there is a relationship between personalized news
use and a preference for less discussed topics. This is a result of a specific user profile of
personalized news users: younger, more educated news users are more interested in topics at
the fringes of the common core and also make more use of personalized news offers. The
results are discussed in the light of media diversity and recent advances in public sphere
research.},
	keywords = {common core, fragmentation, frontpage, Media law, media law &amp; policy, Personalisation, survey},
}