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25 Aug 2015

Spooking & Snooping Post Snowden

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SPOOKING & SNOOPING POST SNOWDEN by A. Michael Noll The National Security Agency (NSA) has been the center of much attention as a result of the revelations released by Mr. Snowden’s theft of classified documents. Although everyone now screams in horror about the scope of the spying, only the most naïve did not realize what was happening. At a time when the NSA is under tremendous scrutiny and criticism by civil libertarians and privacy advocates, I come to its defense with the advice: please continue to snoop; but obey the law, respect our rights, and avoid publicity. The NSA was […]
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22 Aug 2015

Three New Positions in Media and Information at MSU

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The Department of Media and Information at MSU is recruiting for three tenure-track positions. They are in the areas of: – media/information theory/research http://bit.ly/cas-theory – Internet economics http://bit.ly/cas-ie – health and data science http://bit.ly/cas-data Moreover, these are three of 15 academic positions opened across the College of Communication Arts & Sciences. See: http://cas.msu.edu/places/cas-deans-office/jobs/ Please let colleagues know of these positions, and please consider any of these positions for your own career future. Regards, Bill Dutton
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22 Aug 2015

Memorial to Mark Levy: Past Chair and Professor of Media and Information and Quello Colleague

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This video records a memorial event for Professor Mark Levy, which was held at the 2015 Meeting of the International Communication Association (ICA) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Mark Levy Memorial from Quello Center on Vimeo. Mark served on the faculty of the College of Communication Arts & Sciences at MSU for more than 15 years. He joined MSU in 1999 to Chair the Department of Telecommunication and Information Studies (renamed as the Department of Media and Information) until 2006. The Mark Levy ICT4D Scholarship Fund has been set up to honor his legacy, since the role of the Internet […]
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14 Aug 2015

Informing Voters in the Digital Age

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Using the Media, Internet and Debates to Inform Voters: A Series of Blogs Bill Dutton of the Quello Center, and Tracy Westen, founder of The Democracy Network and founder and CEO of The Center for Governmental Studies, have posted a series of blogs that take a critical look at the way in which the GOP primary debates have been handled by Fox News and Facebook. Reflecting on the challenges of televised and Internet orchestrated debates, they come up with suggestions combining the media to improve the ways in which voters can obtain information about the issue positions, personalities, and endorsements […]
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13 Aug 2015

Professor in Media and Information Theory and/or Methods at MSU’s Department of Media and Information

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Professor in Media and Information Theory/Methods Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University The Department of Media and Information (M&I) at Michigan State University (MSU) invites applications for a faculty position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in the area of Media and Information Theory and/or Methods. Candidates should have an internationally outstanding record as a scholar and teacher in theory and/or empirical methods in one or more major areas of media and information research. More detailed information can be found at http://cas.msu.edu/job/posting-1678/. To apply, please visit the Michigan State University Employment Opportunities website (https://jobs.msu.edu), refer to […]
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11 Aug 2015

Being There – a personal perspective on the culture of innovation at Bell Labs

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Michael Noll has been teaching and conducting research on communication and technology since the early 1980s, most recently as a Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at USC. Prior to joining Annenberg, he was an engineer at Bell Labs in its heyday, from 1961-1971. At Bell Labs, Michael pioneered in such areas as digital art, three-dimensional displays, and tactile communication, and video communication. Michael as drafted in to design the prototype of video conferencing used in Stanley Kubrick classic film, 2001 Space Odyssey. Professor Noll has been supporting the Quello Center, such as through his […]
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04 Aug 2015

News of the Quello Center from Bill Dutton – August 2015

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Dear Friends and Colleagues of the Quello Center: I am delighted to brief you on recent developments at Quello. We have two new appointments, several forthcoming events, and some selected research papers that I would like to highlight for you. New Appointments Two early career researchers will be joining us in the coming weeks – creating a core of our research team around Internet Studies and economics: Bianca Reisdorf and Aleks Yankelevich, who will strengthen the Quello Center’s multidisciplinary team in ways that will advance research to inform and stimulate debate on policy and practice. Bianca C. Reisdorf, Quello Postdoctoral […]
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30 Jul 2015

I Change My City – through the Internet: Venkatesh Kannaiah on Ichangemycity.com

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I Change My City is a Web site ichangemycity.com that enables residents to report problems, from streets in need of repair to trash pickups, and more. In addition to identifying the problems, the system enables the public to determine if and when something has been done to address the problem. In this video, Venkatesh Kannaiah, a senior editor for Ichnagemycity.com provides a clear overview of how this site operates and plays a role in addressing urban problems in cities across India, and worldwide, such as through similar Web-based platforms. Venkatesh Kannaiah is a senior editor from India with wide-ranging experience […]
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30 Jul 2015

Paid a Bribe? Venkatesh Kannaiah’s Quello Seminar on Ipaidabribe.com

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Ipaidabribe.com was an innovator in the development of bribery websites that enable individuals to report bribery in ways that can be used to create information at the level of specific offenders but also aggregated information to identify the kinds of services and regions of a nation that are most plagued by corruption in the form of bribery. Bill Dutton has used this web site as an example of the potential of the Internet to support a ‘Fifth Estate’. In this video, Venkatesh Kannaiah, a senior editor for Ipaidabribe.com provides a clear overview of how this site operates and plays a […]
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30 Jul 2015

Society Meets Social Media: Canaries at the Coal Face of the Internet

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Bill Dutton gave a keynote presentation for Social Media & Society 2015, an international conference held 27-29 July 2015 at the Rogers School of Management at Reyerson University, Toronto, Canada. An abstract, and links to the powerpoint and video of the talk are posted here. Abstract Legal and regulatory initiatives shaped by moral panics over social media are a microcosm of many general threats to the vitality of a free, open and global Internet. The belief is widespread that social media and related Internet developments are unstoppable and beyond the control of governments and regulators across the world. However, initiatives […]
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