Here is the draft syllabus for Media and Information Policy (TC 850), which will be offered by Bill Dutton in the Spring Semester, beginning in January 2015. Please email Bill or post comments if you have thoughts on ways to improve the topics, readings or other...
One of our Visiting Quello Research Fellows, Sung Wook Ji, has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio, Television, and Digital Media at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. We congratulate him on this appointment, and wish him...
The Quello Center has just released a report on 'Mobile Today and Tomorrow' by a team of researchers from the Quello Center, Oxford Consulting, and Huawei Technologies. It explores trends in mobile and speculates on future developments. It is anchored in a review of...
My colleagues and I were interviewed this week about a report on global digital divides, published by McKensey,Inc's Technology, Media and Telecom Practice, entitled 'Offline and Falling Behind'. It is a very useful up-date on adoption of the Internet that can help...
Wednesday, November 19, 8:00am - 11:00am Kellogg Center, Room 105 (Registration at 8:00am; program begins at 8:30am) Facilitator: Deborah DeZure, Assistant Provost for Faculty and Organizational Development, MSU Panelists: Ellen Cushman, Director, Center for Applied...
The exponential diffusion of mobile communication across Uganda, and much of the developing world at large, has led mobile to become a testing ground for various ICT agriculture services delivered. Unfortunately, the majority of these early services usually require...
Thoughts on a VIPP Seminar given by Professor Constantinos Coursaris (November 11, 2014) What device do you use in order to be informed of news? Is it the same machine that you listen to music? Are you willing to pay for your news, or for other digital content? And if...
Facing the nation’s largest-ever municipal bankruptcy, the city of Detroit is emerging as a test bed for initiatives aimed at reversing the city’s longstanding decline. These efforts are coming from a range of sources, including federal, state and local governments,...
Mitch Shapiro is joining the Quello Research Squad as a research specialist. He will be working with colleagues on a new project for the Center, an exploration of the role of collaborative networks in the revitalization of Detroit. This work is part of Bill Dutton’s...