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'Sexualized' digital images of the young, photos which purport to be of the young and photographs taken by the young present new philosophical and policy challenges of the kind Foucault described in his definition of 'problematics': a combination of the history of ideas and the history
of mentalities. This article sets out to describe and analyse 'problematics' associated with the reception of, and public debate about, notable digital images in order to demonstrate the multiple ways in which new technologies are revealing relationships of power and creating the conditions
of possibility for policy change in Australia. Among the cited instances are the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) Skype incident and the YouTube Australian Football League (AFL) 'nude photo' scandal; the fight against the distribution of illegal images by the Australian Federal Police
(AFP); the generative impact of the 'Henson case'; and young photographers' groups hosted by web communities. All Australian images made, and photography practices referred to, took place between 2008 and April 2011. Earlier feminist approaches to photographic images are tested against newer
questions emerging from the use of digital technologies.

This book focuses on the surprising generative possibilities which digital and smart technologies offer media consumers, citizens, institutions and governments in making publics and places, across topics as diverse as Twitter audiences, rural news, the elasticity of the public sphere, Weibo, cultural heritage and responsive spaces in smart cities. Multidisciplinary perspectives engage with critical questions in new media scholarship. General readers, curious about how technologies are enabling social, public and civic participation, will enjoy the book's mix of fresh approaches and insights.

This book focuses on the surprising generative possibilities which digital and smart technologies offer media consumers, citizens, institutions and governments in making publics and places, across topics as diverse as Twitter audiences, rural news, the elasticity of the public sphere, Weibo, cultural heritage and responsive spaces in smart cities. Multidisciplinary perspectives engage with critical questions in new media scholarship. General readers, curious about how technologies are enabling social, public and civic participation, will enjoy the book's mix of fresh approaches and insights

Civic hackathons have become a popular, experimental process through which to promote public access to open government data and enable innovative civic uses for the information. The International Space Apps Challenge, led by NASA, is a high-profile event, promoting the use of space-derived data with the aim of contributing solutions to 'grand challenges' such as environmental sustainability. Central to the civic hackathons are the concepts of 'stewardship,' and 'usefulness'. The study explores the promises and realities of civic hacking through analysis of the aims of the organisers, perspectives of participants and the event's outcomes, concluding that hackathon peer processes promote networks for knowledge transfer.

Introduction -- Why a report on gas and water -- The changing face of gas production -- Water -- Landowner concerns about the protection of water -- Fresh and saline groundwater -- Alberta's groundwater resources -- Existing information on aquifers -- New research on aquifers -- Monitoring groundwater -- Conventional gas, coalbed methane, shale gas and tight gas -- Conventional gas -- What is conventional gas -- How can conventional gas development affect water -- What are the government regulatory programs for conventional gas -- Coalbed methane -- What is coalbed methane -- How can coalbed methane development affect water -- What are the government regulatory programs for coalbed methane -- Shale gas -- What is shale gas -- How can shale gas development affect water -- What are the government regulatory programs for shale gas -- Tight gas -- What is tight gas -- How can tight gas development affect water -- What are the government regulatory programs for tight gas -- Development of the resource -- Seismic exploration -- Well drilling -- Drilling mud -- Casing the well -- Well stimulation -- Fracturing fluids -- Fracture propagation in shallow formations -- Volume of water used for fracturing -- Water production with gas -- Water production from conventional gas wells -- Dewatering of coalbed methane wells -- Dewatering of shale gas wells -- Gas migration -- Commingling of gas production -- Handling produced water and water treatment -- Well abandonment -- Best management practices for industry -- What landowners can do -- Learning from others -- Negotiating for best management practices -- Seismic exploration -- Gas well setbacks -- Baseline testing of water wells -- Locating and checking old oil, gas and water wells -- Protection of fresh aquifers -- Drilling wastes -- Produced water -- Gas and water leaks -- Water wells -- Troubleshooting problem water wells -- Landowner maintenance of water wells -- Recommendations to government -- Adopt the precautionary principle to protect fresh aquifers -- Improve knowledge of fresh aquifers -- Increase surveillance of industry operations -- Improve the system for investigating landowner complaints and objections -- Improve routine monitoring of water wells -- Revise the crown mineral disposition review committee -- Increase the resources available to Alberta Environment and EUB and improve their accountability -- Review resource allocation and management in Alberta as it impacts water -- In conclusion -- Appendix A: gas composition and isotopic analysis -- Appendix B: glossary -- Appendix C: abbreviations.

As government uses of information technology mature, awareness is growing of the need to effectively engage citizens in all stages of the policy process. E-democracy is often what lies beyond electronic service delivery, through a gradual process of learning & user feedback. This article describes the national framework for e-government in Australia, levels of technology literacy in elected officials, & current electronic democracy initiatives in several Australian state & territory governments. These illustrate the potential for e-government to transform democracy, but they also highlight the need to reinforce democratic values & develop new literacies of citizenship. 45 References. Adapted from the source document. COPIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM: HAWORTH DOCUMENT DELIVERY CENTER, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580