by William Dutton | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog
As a member of their advisory board, I would also like to invite scholarly and original submissions that broadly relate to the 2017 conference theme on “Social Media for Social Good or Evil.” The organizers welcome both quantitative and qualitative work...
by William Dutton | Nov 21, 2016 | Blog, Quello Center, research
The Information and Media PhD program at Michigan State University seeks outstanding students who wish to join a unique interdisciplinary program of study at the intersection of the social sciences and technical systems. The faculty develop and apply research about...
by William Dutton | Oct 24, 2016 | Blog, policy, research
Christine L. Borgman’s Quello Lecture on ‘Motivations for Sharing and Reusing Data: Complexities and Contradictions in the Use of a Digital Data Archive’ presented for the Quello Center, Michigan State University, on October 5, 2016. The talk draws on her...
by William Dutton | Oct 23, 2016 | Blog
by A. Michael Noll October 23, 2016 © 2016 AMN One can only wonder in amazement over the Hollywood fever that seems to afflict communications business in the United States. The proposed acquisition of Time Warner by AT&T shows that the disease is still...
by William Dutton | Oct 22, 2016 | Blog, Media and Information Department
Johannes Bauer on Meaningful Play 2016 Thanks to Brian, Casey and Carrie (the three co-chairs of Meaningful Play 2016) as well as all other faculty and students (among them Valeta, Will, Andrew, Luke, Jeremy, Ricardo, Robby, Wei, Constantinos, and many others) who...
by William Dutton | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog
Access Is Not Content A. Michael Noll October 7, 2016 © 2016 AMN Twenty years ago in 1994, Bell Atlantic almost purchased John Malone’s company TCI—but sane minds ultimately prevailed. However, in 2000, Time Warner merged with AOL, and nine years later broke up. And...