by William Dutton | Aug 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
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...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Aug 16, 2015 | Blog
Though not as essential as drinking water, I consider both electricity and Internet access to be core infrastructure, with high fixed costs and providing general purpose support for the requirements of modern life. As the Internet expands to include networked “things”...
by William Dutton | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog
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...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Aug 13, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
After thinking and writing about the benefits of fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) networks for a number of years, I’m happy to report that I’ve finally joined the small but growing population of U.S. households connected to the Internet via fiber networks delivering...
by William Dutton | Aug 11, 2015 | Blog
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...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Aug 9, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the design and management of society’s core infrastructure systems (which I define broadly to include things like healthcare, education, housing and “money”) in an era marked by several important trends (for reasons suggested...
by William Dutton | Aug 4, 2015 | Blog
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...
by William Dutton | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog
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...
by William Dutton | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog
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...
by William Dutton | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog
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...
