Work of The Organisation
Knowledge Politics' work is divided into seven themes or workstreams: the knowledge economy, intellectual property, media & culture, skills & education, information society theory, internet governance, and technology & society.
Knowledge Politics defines its primary function as providing a gateway to research produced by other individuals or organisations, notably academics and think-tanks. An extensive set of links on the Knowledge Politics website demonstrates this.
But the organisation also publishes its own material. This is mainly in the form of pamphlets or discussion documents. To date, all of Knowledge Politics' publications have been written mainly or entirely by external contributors.
The first pamphlet published was by Dr Karol Jakubowicz, defending the principle of public service broadcasting. Then followed a series of reports entitled Frontiers of Freedom examining the future of intellectual property in the digital age. Most recently Knowledge Politics published a report which presented contrasting viewpoints on the European Union's Audiovisual Media Services Directive.
Three Members of Parliament have contributed to Knowledge Politics publications: Derek Wyatt MP (Labour Party), Andrew Gwynne MP (Labour Party) and Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party).
The organisation has also announced plans for an online academic journal aimed at postgraduate students, and further reports on the significance of blogs in the political world and the relationship between the information society and localism.
Most of the early attention gained by Knowledge Politics within the UK policy community concerned their overt campaigning in favour of public service broadcasting in the digital age. This has been a feature of the organisation since its inception, which came at a time when a reduction public funding of the British Broadcasting Corporation was announced by the UK government.
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