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09 Feb 2015

Safer Internet Day – A Growing Priority for Learning and Education

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Tomorrow, 10 February, is Safer Internet Day. It might not appear to be a critical issue, but actually, one of the key initiatives over the coming years will inevitably focus on better addressing learning and education about how to use the Internet and related technologies, such as the Web and social media. We teach people how to write, but we seldom teach people how to write for and on the Internet. Issues of etiquette, safety, privacy, and more, all come together in creating a culture that respects the communicative power of the Internet, and uses it accordingly. Information about the […]
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05 Feb 2015

Re-inventing Journalism: A Report on a Conference in Switzerland

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Re-inventing Journalism by Avshalom Ginosar “Re-inventing Journalism” – this was the title of an international academic conference that took place in Winterthur, Switzerland (15 minutes from Zurich by train), on February 5th-6th. More than an hundred scholars, most of them from Europe, attended the conference. Most of the 23 different workshops and presentations addressed, in one way or another, the transition of journalism onto the online world. It seems that this issue occupies not only the industry of news which keeps looking for the successful new business model, but it is an issue of great confusion and concern for the […]
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24 Jan 2015

ICT for Development in Agricultural Sectors, Professor Steinfield

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We had a brief interview with Professor Charles Steinfield before a seminar he presented on the role of information and communication technologies for development, focusing on their role in the agricultural context. Distilling key lessons learned from his field research with Professor Susan Wyche, he touches on the kinds of technologies being used, the implications of their use, and the barriers to further success. This brief overview conveys the substantive areas he addressed in more depth in the seminar that followed. See the short video at: https://vimeo.com/110827930 Professor Steinfield’s work is supported by USAID, which funds MSU’s Global Center for Food Systems […]
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16 Jan 2015

Journalism, Freedom of Speech, and Hypocrisy by Avshalom Ginosar

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There are moments in which the “world” stands together; I mean the democratic-liberal world and all those in other parts of the globe who wish to join the democratic-liberal part. The three terrorist attacks in Paris were one of these moments. It is understandable that everyone felt sympathy for the victims and their families. However, the terrorists in Paris did not murder only innocent people; they severely injured two of the fundamental values of the democratic-liberal world as well: freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Therefore, it is obvious that millions demonstrated not only to express their grief […]
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15 Jan 2015

Quello Policy Issues: Comments on Emerging Issues

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At the last meeting of the Quello Center Advisory Board, in the late Fall of 2014, we discussed key issues tied to media, communication and information policy and practice. The following list is a snapshot of the key issues emerging from that discussion, organized by general categories. Feedback on this list would be most welcome, and will be posted as comments on this post.   Innovation-led Policy Issues The Future of Content Delivery: Content delivery, particularly around broadcasting of film and television, in the digital age: technology, business models, and social impact of the rapidly developing ecosystem, such as on […]
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14 Jan 2015

Censoring of Sensoring by Michael Noll

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It seems that nearly every physical object either has a sensor, or soon will. And that can lead to censoring by government or by us. The tires in an automobile have sensors of the tire air pressure, which is a good thing since it informs us when the tire needs more air. Sensors also inform us when the tire has worn enough to need replacement, and that too is a good thing. However, when the tire information is transmitted to a tire store that then attempts to make a sale that can be an invasion of privacy. When the car […]
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10 Jan 2015

Compilation of Detroit Revitalisation Projects that Employ the Internet, Web, and Related ICTs

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Mitch Shapiro and I have compiled a list of revitalisation-focused projects in Detroit, Michigan, that make some use of ICT (mainly web sites). The list is based on online and desk research, but also a few preliminary interviews. We’d appreciate feedback on projects we may have missed as we will be continuing to explore this field. The list is here: https://quello.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/DetroitOrgs_InitialWebScan_v4-5.pdf
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20 Dec 2014

Song Wook Ji wins an Assistant Professorship at SIU

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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 very best in his rapidly evolving career. He will be joining SIU in January 2015. Sung came to MSU as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Information in 2012, where he taught a graduate course on the economic structure of telecommunication, and an undergraduate course on media strategies. While at MSU, he became involved in a […]
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13 Dec 2014

Quello Policy Research Paper on Mobile Today and Tomorrow

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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 literature, and a set of interviews with leading experts in many aspects of mobile technology, use and policy. It differs from many other overviews in being based on a social science perspective on mobile and striving to be global in its perspective. We invite comments and recommendations on this report and directions for taking further research. […]
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