by William Dutton | May 8, 2015 | Blog
The Quello Roundtable on Powerful (Social) Media Effects generated an odd juxtaposition of positions in the discussion: on the one hand the premise for the roundtable was rooted in the old (irrelevant?) theoretical conceptions of the traditional media and its...
by Mitchell Shapiro | May 6, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
I was struck today by a Washington Post story by Cecilia Kang and Will Hobson that considers the potential impact of new apps like Periscope (owned by Twitter) and Meerkat on the highly lucrative live-sports media sector. Noting that its “live” aspect has...
by William Dutton | May 5, 2015 | Blog
This is Professor Steve Wildman’s leaving lecture entitled ‘Domination in Search Markets: Why? How? and How to Respond?’. The lecture was given on 20 April 2015 at the Communication Arts and Sciences Building at Michigan State University. Domination...
by Mitchell Shapiro | May 4, 2015 | Blog
In a series of posts over the past two months I’ve discussed a range of initiatives aimed at using unlicensed spectrum to support the growing demand for wireless connectivity. To put these efforts in a forward-looking context, it’s helpful to get a sense of what...
by William Dutton | May 3, 2015 | Blog
On 20 April 2015, Professor Steve Wildman gave his leaving lecture, marking his departure from MSU’s Department of Media and Information, where he was Founding Director of the Quello Center (1999-2014). His lecture was preceded and concluded by tributes, first...
by Mitchell Shapiro | Apr 29, 2015 | Blog, Uncategorized
In a series of posts over the past two months, I’ve looked at efforts by private companies and city governments to use unlicensed spectrum to improve choice, affordability, innovation and service quality in the communications sector. In this post I’ll add another type...
