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Wee Kim Wee
School of Communication and Information
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718
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Assistant Professor |
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Division of Information Studies
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information |
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Nanyang Technological University
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718 |
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Office: Room 05-05, SCI |
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Phone: (65) 6316 8894 |
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Fax: (65) 6791 5214 |
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| Qualifications
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PhD (Western Ontario) |
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MLIS (Western Ontario) |
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MA (Queens) |
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BA (Hons) Western Ontario |
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| Research, Teaching and Professional Experience |
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Dr. Luyt joined NTU in 2005. His recent dissertation, Political Legitimacy and the Idea of an Emerging Information Society, focused on the political role of information technology discourse in the Philippines. |
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His current research interests may be broadly described as exploration of the social and policy landscape of information access. This includes studies of new information and communication technology such as Wikipedia, the social construction of the digital divide as an international policy issue, and institutions supporting scholarly communication. He is also very much interested in the history of libraries and other knowledge producing institutions. |
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Dr. Luyt has taught courses at the University of Western Ontario, Canada (Perspectives on Library and Information Science and The Digital Divide: Access in the Age of the Internet) and at the University of Windsor, Canada (Political Economy of Communication). |
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| Areas
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Information and ICT Policy |
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Political Economy of Information |
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Access and Equity Issues for Information Organizations |
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| Selected
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2004. Who benefits from the Digital Divide?
First Monday 9 (8). Available at: http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_8/ |
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2003. Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace, by Milton Mueller. Library Quarterly 73 (3). |
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2003. Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty, and the Internet Worldwide, by Pippa Norris. Social Science Computer Review 21 (1). |
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2001. Regulating Readers: The Social Origins of the Readers? Advisor in the United States. Library Quarterly 71 (4): 443 466. |
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| Publications |
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Faculty at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and
Information publish and present their work in many areas
of communication and information studies. The publications
and presentations range from communication law and policy,
media effects, public relations, organisational communication
and culture, advertising, gender studies to information
technology and knowledge management.
Refereed Articles and Review Essays
2004. Who benefits from the Digital Divide? First Monday
9 (8). Available at:
http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_8/
2001. Regulating Readers: The Social Origins of the Readers?
Advisor in the United States. Library Quarterly 71 (4):
443 466.
Book Reviews
2003. Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming
of Cyberspace, by Milton Mueller. Library Quarterly 73
(3).
2003. Digital Divide: Civic Engagement, Information Poverty,
and the Internet Worldwide, by Pippa Norris. Social Science
Computer Review 21 (1).
2002. Information and Communication Technology in Development,
by Subhash Bhatnagar and Robert Schware (eds.). Journal
of Contemporary Asia 32 (4).
Conference Presentations
2004. Empowering Users: Cultures and Conflicts from Social
Informatics Perspectives. Panel Presentation at the ASIST
Annual Meeting, November 14 (forthcoming).
2004. Deconstructing Google: A Critical Analysis of a
Commercial Search Engine. Panel Presentation at the ALISE
Annual Conference, January 7.
2004. The Information Society as a Political Project.
Poster Presentation at the ALISE Annual Conference, January
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2003. Imagining Information Technology in the South: a
Case Study of the Philippines. Seminar given at the Swedish
School of Library and Information Science, Boras, Sweden,
April 28.
2002. Development and the Digital Divide. Presentation
given at Connections 2001 at the Faculty of Information
and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario, London,
Ontario, May 12. |
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