by William Dutton | Apr 8, 2016 | Blog
Deplorable Telephony A. Michael Noll April 7, 2016 © 2016 AMN The quality and fidelity of a telephone call in the United States are deplorable. Calls are disconnected and it is challenging to understand the other person. In our rush to cheaper telephone service,...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog, Uncategorized
During the past few days I’ve been: 1) reviewing the BTOP program evaluation study’s final report prepared in 2014 by ASR Analytics and; 2) doing some homework aimed at better understanding issues related to the FCC’s pending special access study and proceeding....
by William Dutton | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog
Is the Internet Destroying Scholarship? A. Michael Noll April 4, 2016 © 2016 AMN Has the Internet created a batch of scholars who simply cruise the Internet for references and citations for their research and mostly ignore old-fashioned libraries and archives? Is the...
by William Dutton | Apr 1, 2016 | Blog
Bob LaRose is giving a leaving lecture entitled ‘The Challenge of Media Habits’ on April 4th at 1:30PM in CAS Rm 145 at MSU. Bob is a distinguished professor at MSU, and possibly most widely known for his multi-edition text with Joseph Straubhaar and...
by Aleks Yankelevich | Apr 1, 2016 | Blog
I belong to that rare breed of human that enjoys commercials. As a social scientist with an interest in the impact of advertisement on consumer behavior, I often find myself, possibly to the chagrin of my wife (though she has not complained), assessing commercials...
by William Dutton | Mar 20, 2016 | Blog
Alexander Heffner on Civil Discourse in the New Media Age: The Open Mind Turning 60 Alexander Heffner visited the Quello Center at MSU about one year ago, to discuss his thoughts on on ‘Millennials, Public Media and The Future of Civil Discourse’. His program launched...
