Software defaults as de facto regulation: The case of the wireless internet

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-46

  Shah, Rajiv C ^a   Sandvig, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Defaults; Law; Policy; Regulation; Software; Usability; Wireless

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449135854     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691180701858836     Document Type: Article

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