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05 Apr 2016

Is the Internet Destroying Scholarship? by Michael Noll

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Is the Internet Destroying Scholarship? A. Michael Noll April 4, 2016 © 2016 AMN Has the Internet created a batch of scholars who simply cruise the Internet for references and citations for their research and mostly ignore old-fashioned libraries and archives? Is the past before the Internet, and everything online, now forgotten and forever lost? Is the Internet destroying scholarship? A student paper included what it claimed was a picture of me. It was not – it was a picture shown on Google images that was incorrectly implied to be me. Actually it was a photo that I had taken […]
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01 Apr 2016

Bob LaRose Leaving Lecture on Media Habits

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Bob LaRose is giving a leaving lecture entitled ‘The Challenge of Media Habits’ on April 4th at 1:30PM in CAS Rm 145 at MSU. Bob is a distinguished professor at MSU, and possibly most widely known for his multi-edition text with Joseph Straubhaar and Lucinda Davenport, entitled ‘Media Now‘ – which is now in its 9th edition. He has been one of the early pioneers in research on new media, being one of the first graduates of the Annenberg School of Communication at USC, when the late Fred Williams, the founding Dean, launched the School with a new media focus. […]
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20 Mar 2016

Alexander Heffner on Civil Discourse in the New Media Age

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Alexander Heffner on Civil Discourse in the New Media Age: The Open Mind Turning 60 Alexander Heffner visited the Quello Center at MSU about one year ago, to discuss his thoughts on on ‘Millennials, Public Media and The Future of Civil Discourse’. His program launched in 2014, The Open Mind, on PBS Channel THIRTEEN/WNET and CUNY TV, revived the longest-running public affairs interview program in the history of American public television, which was launched in 1956 by his grandfather, Richard Heffner. As Alexander approaches the 60th Anniversary of The Open Mind, there could not be a more appropriate time to […]
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19 Mar 2016

The Quello Center: An Overview

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We prepared a few slides about the Quello Center by way of an introduction to a group of visitors. They provide an overview of the Center’s history, mission, research team, the kinds of issues we pursue, and the theoretical and empirical approaches we use to address them. Some examples of projects, reports and publications are provided, along with some general thoughts on the future of the Quello Center – our strategy going forward. We invite you to comment, make suggestions, and let us know of opportunities for collaboration. One element of our forward strategy is to build more collaborative ties […]
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16 Mar 2016

Stimulating Visit to University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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I was able to spend 14 March at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, to deliver their Windsor Lecture for the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences (soon to be called the School of Information Sciences). I spoke on my conception of a 5th Estate, as a perspective on power shifts, bringing in some new ideas on my work in this area, along with a new case study developing around the Flint Water Crisis. Flint raises issues about the role of the 4th (the press) as well as the 5th Estate, and this case certainly struck a chord with the […]
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21 Feb 2016

Apple vs. the US Government by A. Michael Noll

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Apple vs. the US Government A. Michael Noll February 21, 2016 © 2016 AMN Recently, Apple was asked to assist in breaking into the iPhone of one of the terrorists responsible for the San Bernardino attack – and Apple refused, citing privacy concerns. What a difference today in how industry responds to a request for assistance from the government. Decades ago, when I worked at Bell Labs, the government sometimes asked Bell Labs for assistance in analyzing audio tapes from emergencies. One that I recall was from the Apollo 1 disaster, but there were others, such as a shooting in […]
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21 Feb 2016

Contemporary Political Youth Culture and Communication Symposium: Call for Papers

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At the University of York, UK, on 18-20 July 2016, a symposium on Contemporary Political Youth Culture and Communication. Consider submitting a proposal for presenting your work. The Symposium Marking the launch of the Centre for Political Youth Culture and Communication (CPAC) this two-day international symposium explores the socio-cultural factors influencing the civic engagement of young people and its means of communicative expression. Young networking citizens in many parts of the world today play a crucial role in shaping the future prospects for democratic societies. The styles, nature and means of their political engagement is therefore of increasing importance to […]
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17 Feb 2016

Laura DeNardis on Internet Governance

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Professor Laura DeNardis gave a Quello Lecture in Washington DC that updates her perspectives on the key issues facing what she refers to as the ‘destabilization’ of Internet governance. Laura is one of the world’s leading authorities on Internet policy and governance, and this video enables you to see why. Laura DeNaris – The Destabilization of Internet Governance from Quello Center on Vimeo. Laura was welcomed to the Quello Lecture by the Dean of MSU’s College of Communication Arts & Sciences, Professor Prabu David, and the College’s Director of Development, Meredith Jagutis.
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04 Feb 2016

Kwan Min Lee speaking on the Design of Human-Technology Interaction

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Join us in Communication Arts & Sciences Room 145 for Dr. Kwan Min Lee’s talk on Tuesday, 2/16, from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Professor Kwan Min Lee will be presenting his work on the ‘Psychology and Design of Human Technology Interaction’ at MSU. His talk will look at ‘some fundamental psychological mechanisms in human technology interaction, and explain how those mechanisms can be effectively applied to the design of successful ICT (information and communication technologies) products and interfaces.’ Kwan M. LEE received his doctorate at Stanford, is a vice president of Samsung Electronics, and a full professor at the Department of Interaction […]
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02 Feb 2016

Quello Talk on ‘Cybercrime Offending and Victimization’, by Tom Holt

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Identifying Risk Factors Associated with Cybercrime Offending and Victimization Tom Holt presented an informative talk on his research focused on who is most likely to be a victim of online cybercrime, and who is most likely to be an offender. Given the many scary stories in the media, you might find this to be a useful presentation to view. In general, he finds a number of common patterns that conform with key patterns in the real, offline world, such as the centrality of peer influence. He empirically examines the importance of traditional criminological theories in accounting for involvement in various […]
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