Publications

Epstein, D. and Quinn, K. (accepted). A Dimensionalized Privacy Behavior model: An empirical test of a conceptual proposition. Behaviour and Information Technology.

Masur, P. K., Epstein, D., Quinn, K., Wilhelm, C., Baruh, L., & Lutz, C. (accepted). Comparative privacy research: Literature review, framework, and research agenda. The Information Society. | Preprint at OSF

Epstein, D., John, N., Siibak, A., Wilhelm, C., and Barats, C. (2024). A moment of turbulence: Privacy considerations in the pivot to distance learning during COVID-19 in higher education in Estonia, France and Israel. New Media & Society. | Open access online

Dogruel, L., Epstein, D., Joeckel, S., and John, N. (2024). Turn it on! Turn it on? Privacy management of pupils and teachers in online learning during COVID-19 Lockdowns in Germany and Israel. Social Media + Society, 10(4). | Open access online

Epstein, D. (2024). Exposed in Isolation. International Journal of Communication, 18, 1339-1342. | Open access online

Medzini, R. and Epstein, D. (2024). Polycentric privacy governance. In Aguerre, C., Campbell-Verduyn, M., and Scholte, J.A. (eds.) Global Data Governance: A Polycentric Perspective, Abingdon, UK: Routledge. | Open access online

Quinn, K. and Epstein, D. (2023). Dimensionalizing privacy to advance the study of digital disempowerment. Big Data & Society, 10(2). | Open access online

Epstein, D. and Medzini, R. (2022). Conversations with fellow leaders: Privacy framing in congressional hearings after Cambridge Analytica. Telecommunications Policy, 46(10). | Published version | Preprint PDF

John, N., Joeckel, S., Epstein, D., & Dogruel, L. (2022). Privacy and distance learning in turbulent times: A comparison of German and Israeli schools during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learning, Media and Technology, 48(3), 514-527. | Published version | Preprint PDF

Epstein, D. and Quinn, K. (2020). Markers of online privacy marginalization: Empirical examination of socioeconomic disparities in social media privacy attitudes, literacy, and behavior. Social Media + Society, 6(2). | Open access online

Stoycheff, E, Nisbet, E.C., and Epstein, D. (2020). Differential effects of capital-enhancing and recreational internet use on citizens’ demand for democracy. Communication Research. | Published version

Quinn, K. and Epstein, D. (2019). There is hope: Race, gender, and the uses and gratifications of social media. In Lind R. A. (ed.) Race/Gender/Class/Media (4th ed.), pp.23-27. Boston: Pearson. | Published version | Preprint PDF

Quinn, K., Epstein, D., and Moon, B. (2019). We care about different things: Non-elite conceptualizations of social media privacy. Social Media + Society, 5(3). | Open access online

Quinn, K. and Epstein, D. (2018). #MyPrivacy: How users think about social media privacy. Proceedings of #SMSociety 2018, 360-364. | Open access online

Epstein, D., Katzenbach, C., and Musiani, F. (2016). Doing internet governance: How science and technology studies inform the study of internet governance. Internet Policy Review, 5(3). | Open access online | Preprint at SSRN

Epstein, D., and Leshed, G. (2016). The magic sauce: Experiences of moderators in online policy deliberation. Journal of Public Deliberation, 12(1), Article 4. | Open access online

Epstein, D. and Nonnecke, B. M. (2016). Multistakeholderism in praxis: The case of the regional and national IGF initiatives. Policy & Internet, 8(2), 148-173. | Published version | Preprint PDF

McInnis, B., Murnane, E., Epstein, D., Cosely, D., and Leshed, G. (2016). One and Done: Factors affecting one-time contributors to ad-hoc online communities. Proceedings of CSCW 2016, 609-623, San Francisco, CA. | Open access online

Epstein, D. and Blake, C. (2016). RegulationRoom: Case study. In Gordon E., and Mihailidis P. (eds) Civic media reader. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. | Printed volume | Online multimedia version

Epstein, D. (2015). Duality squared: Technology and governance in the making of the web. In Lind R. A. (ed.) Produsing theory, pp. 41-56. New-York, NY: Peter Lang Press. | Printed volume | Preprint PDF

Farina, C. R., Epstein, D., Heidt, J., and Newhart, M. J. (2014). Designing an online civic engagement platform: Balancing “more” vs. “better” participation in complex public policymaking. International Journal of E-Politics. | Published version | Preprint at Scholarship@CornellLaw

Epstein, D., Heidt, J., and Farina, C. R. (2014) The value of words: Narrative as evidence in policymaking. Evidence and Policy, 10(2), 243-258. | Published version | Preprint at Scholarship@CornellLaw | Preprint at SSRN | Top 10 most read articles in the journal in 2015

Epstein, D., Ross, M., and Baumer, E. (2014). It’s the definition, stupid! Framing of online privacy in the Internet Governance Forum debates. Journal of Information Policy, 4. | Open access online

Epstein, D., Newhart, M. J., and Vernon, R. (2014). Not by technology alone: The “analog” aspects of online public engagement in rulemaking. Government Information Quarterly, 31(2), 337-344. | Published version | Preprint at Scholarship@CornellLaw

Farina, C. R., Epstein, D., Heidt, J., and Newhart, M. J. (2013). Regulation Room: Getting “more, better” civic participation in complex government policymaking. Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, 7(4), 501-516. | Published version | Preprint at Scholarship@CornellLaw

Epstein, D. (2013). The making of institutions of information governance: The case of the Internet Governance Forum. Journal of Information Technology, 28(2). | Published version | Preprint PDF

Farina, C. R., Epstein, D., Heidt, J. and Newhart, M. J. (2012). Knowledge in the people: Rethinking “value” in public rulemaking participation. Wake Forest Law Review, 47(5), 1185-1241. | Open access online | Preprint at Scholarship@CornellLaw | Preprint at SSRN

Maidel, V. and Epstein, D. (2012). The query is just the beginning: Exploring search-related decision-making of young adults. In S. Apostel & M. Folk (eds.) Online Credibility and Digital Ethos: Evaluating Computer-Mediated Communication, p.95-113. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. | Printed volume | Preprint PDF

Epstein, D. (2011). The analog history of the ‘digital divide.’ In Park, D.W., Jankowski, N., and Jones, S. (eds.) The Long History of New Media, p.127-144. New-York, NY: Peter Lang Press. | Printed volume | Preprint PDF

Epstein, D., Nisbet, E., and Gillespie, T.  (2011). Who is responsible for the digital divide? Public perceptions and policy implications. The Information Society, 27(2), 92-104. | Published version (paywall) | Preprint PDF | Awarded Best Student Paper for 2011 by the Communication and Information Technologies section of the American Sociological Association

Epstein, D. and Reich, D. (2009).  Citizen journalism online: Promise of an alternative conflict discourse? In S. Tunney & G. Monaghan (eds.) Web Journalism: A New Form of Citizenship, p.226-248. Sussex, UK: Sussex Academic Press. | Printed volume | Preprint PDF

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Last updated: December 2024