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Proceedings.TT214.Pdf Proceedings of Think Twic30-31 eAugust Editors Can BILGILI Arif YILDIRIM ISTANBUL2014 P-ISSN:2295-8657 2e-ISSN:2295-8665 P-ISSN: 2295-8657 E-ISSN: 2295-8665 Proceedings of ThinkTwice 2 Istanbul 2014, 30-31 August ThinkTwice 2 Istanbul 2014 www.thinktwice.co email: [email protected] Editors Can Bilgili Arif Yıldırım Organizing Committee Directors Can BİLGİLİ, Prof. Dr., Turkey Arif YILDIRIM, Asst.Prof.Dr., Turkey Anders KLEPPE, MsC MEBA NHH International Business, Norway General Committee Members Rana Atabay BAYTAR, Asst.Prof.Dr., Turkey Hakan AYAZ, Res.Asst., Turkey Sena AYDIN, Res. Asst. Istanbul Commerce University, Turkey Koen De VOEGT, Pirate Parties International - Co-chairperson, Belgium EDITORS PROF. DR. CAN BİLGİLİ is a Faculty Member at Istanbul Commerce University, Faculty of Communication, Department of Media and Communication Systems. He was born in 1968 in Izmir. Bilgili completed his B.A. at Istanbul University, Press and Broadcasting Vocational School, Department of Journalism and PR, his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Journalism at the same university. He worked as faculty member of the Faculty of Communication at Istanbul University, (1991-1994), at Galatasaray University (1994-2008) and Yeditepe University (2008-2012) and he also undertook administrative duties. Bilgili, who prepared many sectorial reports in the field of advertising, radio and television in Turkey, still gives communication consultancy services to various public and private institutions. He is the author of the book “Görsel İletişim ve Grafik Tasarım” (Visual Communication and Graphic Design) and editor of the book series “Medya Eleştirleri” (Media Critics). He has several works and gives lectures on media management and organization, media industry, media economy, media ethics, marketing communication, competition strategies, health communication. ASST.PROF. ARİF YILDIRIM, is an Assistant Professor, working as Head of the Departments of Communication Informatics and Journalism, Gaziantep University, Turkey holding a PhD in Informatics with the thesis subject as "Data Security Approach in Information Technology and Cryptography: DNA Algorithm". Yildirim established a faculty, two undergraduate departments, one graduate department. Additionally worked as Vice Director of Institute of Social Sciences and the editor-in- chief of Journal of Social Sciences in Gaziantep University. He is founder Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Cyber Security, Privacy and eCrime (www.jcspe.org). Dr.Yildirim teaches lectures as "Neurohacking with Social Media", "Social Media Journalism and Hacktivism", "Activism, Digital Activism and Hacktivism" and "Community Media and ICTs for Development and Social Transformation". His research focuses on social media, cryptography with genetics, neurohacking with social media, marketing, activism, digital activism, hacktivism, civil disobedience, privacy, P2P, online behavior and identity. ACADEMIC COMMITTEE DIRECTORS Prof.Dr. Can BİLGİLİ Istanbul Commerce University Asst.Prof.Dr. Arif YILDIRIM Pirate Parties International MEMBERS Prof.Dr. Cem SÜTÇÜ Marmara University Prof.Dr. Christian CHRISTENSEN Stockholm University Sweden Prof.Dr. Cornelia ILIE Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE Prof.Dr. Dwayne WINSECK Carleton University Canada Prof.Dr. Eddie HALPIN Leeds Metropolitan University UK Prof.Dr. Katrin DÖVELING Institute for Communication and Media Studies Germany Prof.Dr. Mark TOLEMAN University of Southern Queensland Australia Prof.Dr. Miriam LIPS Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand Prof.Dr. Neven VRČEK University of Zagreb Croatia Prof.Dr. Sonja UTZ Knowledge Media Research Center Germany Prof.Dr. Thomas A. BAUER University of Vienna Austria Prof.Dr. Yasemin Giritli İNCEOĞLU Galatasaray University Prof.Dr. Yogesh DWIVEDI Swansea University UK Prof.Dr. Young-Chan LEE Dongguk University South Korea Prof. John VAIL Florida State College at Jacksonville USA Prof. Christine RUSSELL Florida State College at Jacksonville USA Assoc.Prof.Dr. Camelia Florela VOINEA University of Bucharest Romania Assoc.Prof.Dr. Erhan AKYAZI Marmara University Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ersin ERKAN Gelisim University Assoc.Prof.Dr. Ieva Meidute Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Lithuania Assoc.Prof.Dr. Kemal Sinan OZMEN Gazi University Assoc.Prof.Dr. Kyle EVERED Michigan State University USA Assoc.Prof.Dr. Mathias KLANG University of Göteborg Sweden Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nazlım Tuzel URALTAŞ Marmara University Assoc.Prof.Dr. Necmi Emel DILMEN Marmara University Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tolga KARA Marmara University Asst.Prof.Dr. Ahu ERDOĞDU Yeditepe University Asst.Prof.Dr. Fuat USTAKARA Gaziantep University Asst.Prof.Dr. Gülüm ŞENER Hasan Kalyoncu University Asst.Prof.Dr. Gülşah AYDIN Yeditepe University Asst.Prof.Dr. Joanna KULESZA University of Lodz Poland Asst.Prof.Dr. Kurtulus KAYMAZ Uludag University Asst.Prof.Dr. Lotte WILLEMSEN University of Amsterdam Netherlands Asst.Prof.Dr. Perrin ÖĞÜN Kadir Has University Asst.Prof.Dr. Rana Atabay BAYTAR Istanbul Commerce University Asst.Prof.Dr. Seçil ÖZAY Marmara University Asst.Prof.Dr. Serah BAHADIRLI Marmara University Dr. Sertaç ÖĞÜT Founder at Ocelott Hakan KILIC Gaziantep University TABLE OF CONTENTS Creating a Knowledge Architecture for Socio-economic Policy Generation 13 PAUL SUCIU Commercial Threats to Financial Independence – and What to Do With Them 49 RICO BROUWER The Educator’s New Clothes: Towards a Collaborative and Open Vision for 61 Education In The 21st Century RICHARD VICKERS A More Direct and Participatory Support for Creators 79 JOSEF OHLSSON COLLENTINE Some Conditions for Electronic Voting 89 SMÁRI MCCARTHY What Role Should Pirate Parties Play in Digital Area Democracy? 99 BIRGITTA JONSDOTTIR HIRT Correcting Copywrongs: Towards a European Copyright Reform 105 JULIA REDA Political Holism and the Failure of Issues 113 SMÁRI MCCARTHY The Quixotic Efficiency: The Proneness for Transcendental Change of Shared 123 Economy Based Communities OANA OLARIU Occupy Wi-Fi – A Concept, A Tool, A Call For Action 165 YOAV LIFSHITZ Proceedings of ThinkTwice 2 Istanbul 30-31 August 2014 P-ISSN: 2295-8657 E-ISSN: 2295-8665 http://www.thinktwice.co [email protected] CREATING A KNOWLEDGE ARCHITECTURE FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC POLICY GENERATION PAUL SUCIU* ABSTRACT This paper proposed itself to investigate the application of open source knowledge architectures to the volatile field of socio-economic policy generation, starting with an exploratory research, grounded in heuristics and iterative methodology and in the philosophy of deconstruction. It then moves on to a more pragmatic implementation through the use of the Liquid Feedback crowd-network policy enabling platform, showing both the capabilities of the software and possible pathways of improvement of its consensual decision making method and the quality of the policy generated. Finally, in the study case of the EU labor market it attempts to enhance the policy generation process adding end user friendly populated visualization methods, such as the Timeglider widget API. The Ask So what is the first thing we do when we have a question? - Ask a friend - Ask a professional or authoritative figure - Ask a machine algorithm (Google Search, Wolfram Alpha, Siri) * Policy Analyst, Community Organizer 14 Paul Suciu We input our question verbally or textually. We use key words to link up meaning. We hope for an illuminating answer. The answer for simple problems is a word, a string or a sentence, much the same as our input. The one for complex ones is a narrative. But what if we have a bigger question, one that is socially relevant for a community’s future? One that depends on two parameters necessary for political action: to want and to be able; empowerment and accountability; knowledge and legitimacy. INTRODUCTION Whatever happened to the Knowledge Society? To the Knowledge Worker that Drucker (2002) was promoting as the basis of the modern corporation? An individual empowered to take decisions in a consensual environment, from any part of a production network, based on his unique specialized knowledge, with the necessary knowledge to eliminate the sort of Black Swan uncertainty that is plaguing modern society and having a “chilling effect” on action. The drive beyond this project lies in my life experience as a migrant who has travelled in search of a better life across three continents and the empowerment I attained out of self-reliance. I ultimately aim to build communities, to bring likeminded individuals together and to further explore my political options, beyond mere compliance with the current social norms. Since I possess very limited means of action, beyond my rather unfocused knowledge of socio-economic processes and policy, I guess I currently fall within the sphere of what is called grassroots activism - all the while actively searching for a clear expression of personal purpose. I would have to say that I’ve followed every step that society prescribes in such endeavors. In my youth, years ago, I was a party member for a few months, thou tired of the angst caused by the rather authoritarian environment, I let go for more artistic endeavors; studied Communication (including political, public, law, economic, PR and religious), continued on to International Policy, Business and Accounting. I have traveled the world for the last 10 years and have on occasion engaged in fierce political debate. I became a clicktivist, supported AVAAZ, Change.org, Wikileaks and many others, until I’ve come to realize that while aiming for betterment,
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