by William Dutton | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog, engineering, policy
On April 11th, 2017, Richard Stallman, the President and Founder of the Free Software Foundation, gave a Quello Lecture at Michigan State University on “A Free Digital Society”. Here is the unedited version of this full talk, which you are free to use for...
by William Dutton | Mar 25, 2017 | Blog, policy, Quello Center
Emeritus Professor Steve Wildman, who held the Quello Chair of Telecommunication Studies at MSU, and was founding Director of the Quello Center, may be away, but he has certainly not stopped contributing to studies of policy and practice. He remains active in our...
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 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 | 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...
