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...
by William Dutton | Jan 24, 2017 | Blog, Uncategorized
What is a cyber security mindset and why is it important? Quello’s Professor of Media and Information Policy has just published an article in Internet Policy Review, a journal on Internet regulation, entitled ‘Fostering a Cyber Security Mindset’. It seeks to introduce...
by Aleks Yankelevich | Jan 18, 2017 | Blog
The Chief Economist of the Federal Communications Commission is a temporary position—with a term of a year or so of late—typically bestowed on economists with impressive credentials and experience related to media or telecommunications. Having worked at the FCC long...