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William Dutton, incoming Director of MSU’s Quello Center, has been named the 2014 winner of the William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award, presented by the Communication and Information Technologies section of the American Sociological Association (CITASA). The award recognizes a sustained body of research that has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. It is named for the late William F. Ogburn, former president of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Dutton will begin his new position as Director of the Quello Center in August, along […]
William H. Dutton, incoming Director of MSU’s Quello Center, and Quello Chair of Media and Information Policy, was the lead author of one of three new reports released by the World Economic Forum on strengthening trust, transparency and privacy in personal data usage. The reports are part of the WEF’s Rethinking Personal Data initiative, which was launched in 2010. “I hope this initiative leads the industry and other key actors to assume leadership in addressing the concerns of users over their privacy and rights to free expression – concerns that are documented by our research,” Dutton said. “No one should […]
Jonathan Obar, a Quello Research Associate, spoke with WKAR regarding “net neutrality.” There has been a great deal of discussion around the idea of net neutrality and how it will affect people’s everyday use of the internet. Net neutrality is the debate over free use of the internet and has been going on for several years now. Jonathan’s interview provides a very accessible overview of the idea and the issues that have generated debate over the merits of net neutrality. Listen to Jonathan’s interview on WKAR.
Watch the panel on the C-SPAN website. The Quello Center organised a DC Policy Forum about the future of the FCC and its role in the regulation of digital media. Moderated by Richard Wiley, the panel featured individuals with years of experience in the regulation of communication in a discussion that ranged across a wide array of issues. Moderator: Richard E. Wiley, Chairman of Wiley Rein LLP, a Washington, DC law firm, and is a former Chairman, Commissioner and General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission (1970-77) Panelists: Rachelle Chong – Commissioner Chong had the honor of serving with Jim […]
Alessandro Acquisti is an associate professor at the Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the co-director of CMU Center for Behavioral and Decision Research. He investigates the economics of privacy. His studies have spearheaded the application of behavioral economics to the analysis of privacy and information security decision making, and the analysis of privacy and disclosure behavior in online social networks. Alessandro has been the recipient of the PET Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technologies, the IBM Best Academic Privacy Faculty Award, multiple Best Paper awards, the Heinz College School of Information’s Teaching Excellence Award. He has […]
MSU has named Professor Johannes Bauer as the recipient of a Distinguished Faculty Award. Johannes has helped direct the Quello Center and is one of its major researchers. Professor Bauer has gained a reputation as one of the world’s leading scholars in the area of telecommunications policy, with a remarkable record of global engagement, sustained productivity and grant funding. Bauer’s research on the governance of complex network infrastructures has informed policy makers and scholars throughout the world. He has applied economic theory to analyze how malware evolves, which has led to new Internet security approaches, while concurrently developing a distinct […]
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced today the appointment of Steven Wildman to the position of FCC Chief Economist. Professor Wildman, an expert on communications and media issues, will commence his role in January 2013. Chairman Genachowski said, “I’m very pleased that Steve will be joining the Commission. He has a stellar record as an economist and has conducted important research on broadband adoption and spectrum management, among other topics. The Chief Economist’s role and office are critical to the agency’s work and its understanding of complex economic issues related to the communications sector. “I would also like to commend and […]
Professors Wietske Van Osch and Constantinos K. Cousaris Receive Best Paper Award at the 2012 International Conference on Information Systems! The International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) is the major annual meeting of the Association for Information Systems (AIS), which has over 4,000 members representing universities in over 95 countries worldwide. It is the most prestigious gathering of academics and practitioners in the IS discipline. Each year, over 1,000 Information Systems academic professions participate in the conference program – the theme this year being Digital Innovation and the Service Economy – and two of our very own Department faculty received […]
November 11 & 12, 2011, Georgetown University, Washington, DC For a large and growing portion of the population, social media of various types have become an integral part of daily life, and businesses based on social media have become a major economic force. Given their pervasive influence on institutions and society, it is time to start developing a more comprehensive framework to guide policy responses to the challenges raised by social media, which to this point have been addressed piecemeal as they become salient. This workshop is designed to stimulate thinking on what such a framework might look like, examining: […]
