by William Dutton | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog, Quello Center
“I find great wisdom and guidance in a quote expressing Franklin Roosevelt’s view of the role which administrative agencies should play in government. The great President said: ‘A common sense resort to usual and practical sources of information takes the place of...
by William Dutton | Mar 26, 2017 | Blog
One major outcome of the new faculty joining the Department of Media and Information this academic year that been a coming together of a critical mass of very strong faculty key to social scientific research on the digital age. Suddenly, the Quello Center can enjoy a...
by William Dutton | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog, policy, Quello Center
Emeritus Professor Steve Wildman, who held the Quello Chair of Telecommunication Studies at MSU, and was founding Director of the Quello Center, may be away, but he has certainly not stopped contributing to studies of policy and practice. He remains active in our...
by William Dutton | Mar 22, 2017 | Blog, Quello Center
Our Visiting Fellow from China over the past year, Dr Jingwei Cheng, has left to return to her position as an Associate Professor in the School of Economics and Management, Communication University of China, where she is the Vice Director of the School. With a...
by William Dutton | Mar 11, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized
Talk on the politics of the Fifth Estate at University Institute of Lisbon, March...
by William Dutton | Mar 6, 2017 | Blog, Quello Center, research
You can hear MSU’s roundtable on Fake News here: Fake News: A Roundtable Discussion from Quello Center on Vimeo.
by William Dutton | Mar 2, 2017 | Blog, Department of Media & Information, Media and Information Department, research, Uncategorized
On March 3, the Quello Center co-hosted a roundtable on Fake News with the Department of Media and Information and the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Talks by Winson Peng, Esther Thorson, David Ewolsen, Keith Hampton, and Rachel Mourao kicked off a...
by William Dutton | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog, policy
A BBC reporter, Rachel Nuwer, wrote a nice piece on what would it mean to people if the Internet stopped working. It was entitled “What if the Internet Stopped for a Day”. I stressed that there are some empirical cases, such as a power outage in NYC, and...
by William Dutton | Jan 25, 2017 | Blog
Professor Bill Dutton, Director of the Quello Center, in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, has signed a contract with Oxford University Press for a book on his concept of the Fifth Estate. He has been speaking and conducting research over the last decade...
by William Dutton | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog, Media and Information Department, Mobile Policy and Regulation, Net Neutrality, policy, Quello Center, research
From discussions in courses and within the Quello Center Advisory Board, the Center has been developing a set of key issues tied to media, communication and information policy and practice. We’d welcome you thoughts on issues we’ve missed or issues noted that do not...
