Last week, Dennis Rodman once again entered the media spotlight by taking a trip to North Korea. In spite of the media hullabaloo over the alleged purpose of Dennis Rodman’s latest round of basketball diplomacy, and apparent subsequent disappointment over the lack of controversy following the trip, the controversial star’s intent seems patently obvious: he is America’s cryptocurrency ambassador. Media photographs of Rodman consistently pictured him decked out in gear emblazoned with the logo of his sponsor, PotCoin.com. Potcoin.com touts itself as “an ultra-secure digital cryptocurrency, network and banking solution for the $100 billion global legal marijuana industry,”—so Bitcoin, but […]
Charles Villanueva manages a “gigantic Cybersecurity Conference Directory which lists nearly a thousand events” – and this is truly incredible. So if you feel you can’t keep up with all the conferences, you are probably not alone. His URL is https://infosec-conferences.com/ The Quello Center is involved in a number of cybersecurity projects, including Oxford Martin’s Global Cyber Security Capacity Building Center at the University of Oxford. See: http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/cybersecurity
I was honored to take part in a celebration of the many endowed faculty at MSU. From the College of Communication Arts and Sciences #comartsci, a medallion was given to me – Bill Dutton – as the James H. and Mary B. Quello Professor of Media and Information Policy, in the Department of Media and Information, and John C. Besley, the Ellis N. Brandt Chair in Public Relations, and noted among many other things for his work on public attitudes toward science and scientists. Dean Prabu David was on hand to congratulate us. My major take away from this event […]
As a new faculty member, arriving just three years ago, I learned a lot at the retirement party that the Department of Media and Information put on for Bob Albers, who was with the department for 35 years – maybe more. He was the first and founding director of what is called the Media Sandbox, which has attracted undergraduates across the university who want to learn the basics of media production. All the art of media production went into his retirement party on May 1st. It was held in Studio A of the WKAR Studios, which are in the College […]
Professor Barry Wellman’s Quello Lecture on ‘Digital Media and Networked Individualism’, given on 26 April 2017 to a packed, standing room only audience at the Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University. The Quello Center presents: Barry Wellman: "Digital Media and Networked Individualism" from Quello Center on Vimeo.