Document(s): 

Report of the CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT AND MEDIA CAMPAIGN ON THE NEXT GENERATION INTERNET

External link: 

http://www.ngi-summit.org/wp-content/materials/Report-Campaign2017.pdf

Author(s): 

REISearch - Fiorenza Lipparini and Guido Romeo

Year of publication: 

2017

Many Europeans are highly interested in the Next Generation Internet and expect a better alignment of the digital world with values including human rights, dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, and the rule of law. The discussion on this complex area is, however, fragmented, with few young people and women involved. We need more debate between stakeholders - whose interests are not always aligned - and with citizens, in order to develop shared actions to build the internet of the future in a way which reflects European fundamental values. These are among the indications emerging from REIsearch’s second citizen engagement and media campaign focusing on the topic of the Next Generation Internet (NGI).

The main objectives of REIsearch’s NGI campaign were to:

• „„Inform citizens about the threats and opportunities related to internet technologies’ developments in different areas,particularly in terms of their socio-economic impact potential;
• Better understand what EU citizens think, feel, fear, and express about future internet technologies and their potential impact on the way we will live, work, and play over the next decade.

Please have a look at the interesting outcomes of this campaign in the attached report.