OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Policy and Internet is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Digital currencies, monetary sovereignty, and U.S.–China power competition	60
The client net state: Trajectories of state control over cyberspace	50
Broadcasting anti‐media populism in the Philippines: YouTube influencers, networked political brokerage, and implications for governance	43
Location, Location, Reaction: How Mandatory IP Disclosure Silences Critics and Sparks Backlash	33
National markets in a world of global platform giants: The persistence of Russian domestic competitors	27
Rage or rationality: Exposure to Internet censorship and the impact on individual information behaviors in China	26
Issue Information	26
Experts React—The Politics of Technology in Trump's Second Term	25
Producing entrepreneurial citizens: Governmentality over and through Hong Kong influencers onXiaohongshu (Red)	22
Where are the ethical guidelines? Examining the governance of digital technologies and AI in Nigeria	22
Accepting but not engaging with it: Digital participation in local government‐run social credit systems in China	21
SAVE YOUR INTERNET! The persuasion work of YouTube in the controversy over EU's digital market directive	20
The political origins of platform economy regulations. Understanding variations in governing Airbnb and Uber across cities in Switzerland	17
Procedural rights as safeguard for human rights in platform regulation	16
Data justice in the “twin objective” of market and risk: How discrimination is formulated in EU's AI policy	16
The Multiple Streams Framework: A Lens for Understanding Artificial Intelligence Adoption in the Public Sector	16
Unthinking Digital Sovereignty: A Critical Reflection on Origins, Objectives, and Practices	15
Countering online terrorist content: A social regulation approach	15
Regulating social media and influencers within Vietnam	15
Rethinking the legal regulation of Internet platform monopoly in China	15
Watering down the wine: European Union regulation of violent right‐wing extremism content and the securitisation of new online spaces	15
The success of e‐participation. Learning lessons from Decide Madrid and We asked, You said, We did in Scotland	14
Special issue: The (international) politics of content takedowns: Theory, practice, ethics	14
Oegugin Influencers and pop nationalism through government campaigns: Regulating foreign‐nationals in the South Korean YouTube ecology	14
Do fake online comments pose a threat to regulatory policymaking? Evidence from Internet regulation in the United States	14

Issue Information	13
Withdrawn: Power Relationships in China's Internet Governance	13
Social media governance and strategies to combat online hatespeech in Germany	13
Content takedowns and activist organizing: Impact of social media content moderation on activists and organizing	13
Shedding light on transparency: A comprehensive study of state‐level transparency portals in Mexico	12
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The pursuit of ‘good’ Internet policy	12
The (complex) effect of internet voting on turnout: Theoretical and methodological considerations	12
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NetzDG on Twitter: A Social Network Analysis of Stakeholders in Public Discourse About Platform Regulation in Germany	10
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Pathways to Safeguarding Digital Sovereignty Within a Multi‐Level Governance Framework: A Cross‐National Comparative Study Based on the FsQCA Method	10
Australian Teen Voices on Age Verification and Age Assurance Measures	10
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Ghosts of YouTube: Rules and conventions in Japanese YouTube content creation outsourcing	9
Platform governance by competing systems of political economy: The United States and China	9
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An exploratory study of social media's role in facilitating public participation in e‐rulemaking using computational text analysis tools	9
A Teleological Interpretation of the Definition of DeepFakes in the EU Artificial Intelligence Act—A Purpose‐Based Approach to Potential Problems With the Word “Existing”	8
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Integrating Civic and Artificial Intelligence in Policymaking: Experimental Insights on Public Perceptions of Policy Proposals	8
Geopolitics in Platform Governance: Algorithmic Sovereignty and Data Localization in China and the United States	8
The unjust burden of digital inclusion for low‐income migrant parents	8
Democracy in the digital era	8
Blame and obligation: The importance of libertarianism and political orientation in the public assessment of disinformation in the United States	8
Regulating Zhibo in China: Exploring multiple levels of self‐regulation and stakeholder dynamics	8
“Dual‐Track” platform governance on content: A comparative study between China and United States	8
Repackaging and Repurposing Digital Objects: A Conceptual Model to Understand the Malleability of Politics in Digital Environments	8
Digitally skilled or digitally competent? Evaluating the impact of e‐Facilitation on young volunteers in Italy	8
Does the level of e‐government affect value‐added tax collection? A study conducted among the European Union Member States	7
Issue Information	7
The responsibility to protect online: Lessons from R2P and the politics of Western‐Centricity in online harms regulation	7
Effects of online citizen participation on legitimacy beliefs in local government. Evidence from a comparative study of online participation platforms in three German municipalities	7
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Can Facebook's community standards keep up with legal certainty? Content moderation governance under the pressure of the Digital Services Act	7
Nerd Harder: A Typology of Techno‐Legal Solutionist Logics in Child Online Safety Laws	7
Policy is theft: The state of global Internet policy in an age of revolutions	7
From Swipes to Votes: The Role of the Voting Advice Application Voteswiper in Polarizing Voter Choices for the 2025 General Election in Germany	6
Social imaginaries of digital technology in South Korea during the COVID‐19 pandemic	6
Mediated trust, the internet and artificial intelligence: Ideas, interests, institutions and futures	6
“Never good enough.” A situated understanding of the impact of digitalization on citizens living in a low socioeconomic position	6
Understanding Chinese Internet users' information sensitivity in big data and artificial intelligence era	6
Institutionalizing Predictive AI in Public Administration: Algorithmic Governance and the Case of a Wildfire Forecasting System	6
Transitional affordances: A longitudinal mixed‐method study on the context and effects of changing mode of online access	6
Law Enforcement and the Public: Designing Effective Public Safety Crowdsourcing Initiatives	6
Content moderation and the digital transformations of gatekeeping	6
The cloud sovereignty nexus: How the European Union seeks to reverse strategic dependencies in its digital ecosystem	6
Enhancing Public Health Policy Communication Through Government–Citizen Social Media Interactions: The Impact of Replying Agents, Inquiry Tone, and Institutional Trust	6
Content Moderation and Community Standards: The Disconnect Between Policy and User Experiences Reporting Harmful and Offensive Content on Social Media	5

Models of State Digital Sovereignty From the Global South: Diverging Experiences From China, India and South Africa	5
From Global to Local: Building Internet Policy(ies) in a National Digital Agenda	5
Patchwork Governance on KidTok: Balancing Regulation and Community Norms	5
Issue Information	5
A conceptual framework to explore considerations of the social implications in internet of things and smart city governance and policy: The case of Thailand	5
What is an online political advert? An interrogation of conceptual challenges in the formation of digital policy response	5
Digital citizen participation in policy conflict and concord: Evaluation of a web‐based planning tool for railroad infrastructure	5
Crowdfunding platforms as conduits for ideological struggle and extremism: On the need for greater regulation and digital constitutionalism	5
Invisible transparency: How different types of ad disclaimers on Facebook affect whether and how digital political advertising is perceived	5
Hate speech on social media against German mayors: Extent of the phenomenon, reactions, and implications	5
Public Opinion, Sentiment, and Policy Feedback: An Exploratory Computational Text Analysis of Debates on Leave Compensation Policies on Chinese Social Media	5
A new social contract for technology	5
Issue Information	5
Core concerns: The need for a governance framework to protect global Internet infrastructure	5
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Data sovereignty: The next frontier for internet policy?	4
A comparative study on false information governance in Chinese and American social media platforms	4
WeChat‐as‐a‐Police Service	4
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Balancing Innovation and Control: Public Views on Risks and Governance of AI in Political Communication	4
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A legal cure for news choice overload: Regulating algorithms and AI with ‘light patterns’ to foster autonomy and democracy	3
Influencer regulations, governance and sociocultural issues in Asia	3
Where Risk Travels: A Dual‐Path Model of Media and Governance in the Perception of AI Hallucination	3
Quantifying water effluent violations and enforcement impacts using causal AI	3
Conceptualizing Digital Democracy: A Policy‐Oriented Approach Through Computational Text Analysis	3
Reciprocity and asymmetry in digital diplomacy: Geopolitics of national identity in South Korea–Japan and South Korea–US relations	3