Karine Nahon

Karine Nahon studies the relationship between society and information technologies, while focusing on politics and policy of information. How social networks change traditional power structures? What makes someone a network gatekeeper? What impact do social networks and information flows have on our lives as individuals, communities and societies?

Nahon is an associate professor at the Information School at University of Washington. She is the director of the Virality of Information research Group and a member of the Social Media Lab (SoMe Lab). Her papers are published in top-tier journals and she developed well-recognized theoretical frameworks like Network Gatekeeping Theory and cultured technology.

She divides her time between Tel-Aviv and Seattle. Nahon is publicly active on topics of open government, control of information, digital divides and privacy. She fights for promoting transparency of public information, and at the same time protecting privacy rights of individuals and communities. Among other things, she acts as a member of the Israeli CIO (Chief Information Officer) Cabinet, a board member of the Freedom of Information Movement, and a board member of the Workshop for open knowledge. She represents Israel in the UN in the committee for science and technology.

More can be found on her homepage http://eKarine.org

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