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October 2019
- October 3, 2019
- 3:00pm to 4:30pm
- Quello Center
- 404 Wilson Road, Room 145, East Lansing.
Where is Digital Technology’s Ralph Nader? A talk by Kentaro Toyama
WATCH THE LIVE STREAM Until the mid-1960s, the automobile industry cared little for safety regulation. That changed in 1966 when the United States passed the National Traffic and Motor Vehicles Safety Act, which then House Speaker John McCormack credited to the “crusading spirit of one individual who believed he could do something… Ralph Nader.” Today, we are faced with a digital technology industry that appears to care little for regulation, worrying that any constraints will dampen innovation. Yet, despite mounting concerns about technology’s role in destroying privacy, eroding mental health, increasing inequality, and even threatening democracy itself, regulation is slow…
- October 11, 2019
- 11:00am to 12:30pm
- Quello Center
- 404 Wilson Road, Room 145, East Lansing.
Communication Regulatory Science: Optimizing Hookah Tobacco Public Education Messages to Reduce Young Adult Use
A talk by Glenn Leshner, University of Oklahoma Friday, October 11, 2019, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in CAS 145 Communication regulatory science (CRS) is “communication research that uses validated techniques, tools, and models to inform regulatory actions that promote optimal communication outcomes and benefit the public” (Noar, et al, 2019). An example of CRS research is provided in the context of hookah smoking behavior. Hookah tobacco use is a public health concern because it poses substantial health risks, promotes addiction, and is associated with progression to cigarette smoking. Based on our literature review and pilot testing, we identified message…
November 2019
- November 8, 2019
- 11:00am to 12:30pm
- 404 Wilson Road, Room 145, East Lansing.
IMPhD & Quello Center present: Lanier Holt, The Ohio State University
Is there anything that can be done? Examining the effect media messages have on race and perception. Very little of what we know about the world today comes from reality. Increasingly what fills the gap between what we know, and come to believe, comes from media messages. Media scholars have long known first-hand experience/reality offset almost all media effects. However, recent research has also shown that racial discussions are rare, and even on social media, people are more likely to self-select themselves into racially homogenous enclaves than to have a diverse network of friends. This presentation discusses the status of…
December 2019
- December 13, 2019
- 11:00am to 12:30pm
- 404 Wilson Road, Room 145, East Lansing.
Amy Gonzalez, UC Santa Barbara: Importance of Access to Digital Technology for Building and Maintaining Social Capital and Quality of Life
We are reliant on digital technology for nearly every aspect of daily life, including searching for job, completing coursework, and accessing healthcare. In this talk I will present data from two studies demonstrating the essential nature of digital access for the health, quality of life, and social capital of individuals from marginalized communities. First, I will present findings from a diary study in Philadelphia on the use of digital technology to broaden social networks for those constrained by geographic segregation. Second, I will present findings from a 6-month field experiment in Indiana demonstrating that stable access to cell-phones improves health…
January 2020
- January 17, 2020
- 11:00am to 12:00pm
- 404 Wilson Road, Room 145, East Lansing.
Amanda Holmstrom: Communicating Social Support to those in Need: What Research Does – and Doesn’t – Tell Us
Friday, January 17, 2020, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. in CAS 145 We rely on the people around us to help us move through our personal, professional, and relational struggles. Consequently, the provision and reception of high-quality, supportive communication is vital for physical, mental, and relational well-being. However, we sometimes lack the skills to send the most effective messages of support to those in need. In my talk, I’ll discuss my research program that is centered around the communication of social support. In doing so, I’ll focus on key theoretical and pragmatic implications of this body of research. Amanda Holmstrom…
- January 30, 2020
- 10:00am to 11:00am
- 404 Wilson Rd, Room 405, East Lansing.
Spatial data analytics for 5G assessment By Edward Oughton
Edward Oughton, University of Oxford 5G is now the focus in telecom markets around the world. Hence, decision makers in industry and government require new evidence to help strategically connect both people and things to a faster, more reliable internet. This presentation focuses on the development of new spatial data analytics to support decisions relating to telecommunication technologies, business models and policies, based on engineering-economic assessment of 5G roll-out. Research using four key methods which underpin these analytics will be presented including (i) simulation modeling, (ii) open-source software, (iii) machine learning and (iv) high performance computing. Attention will also be…
February 2020
- February 14, 2020
- 11:00am to 12:00pm
- 404 Wilson Road, Room 145, East Lansing.
Virtual Interactions that Impact Physical Behaviors – Virtual Reality’s Promises and Pitfalls in Communication by Sun Joo Grace Ahn, University of Georgia
Friday, February 14, 2020, 11 AM, Room 145 CAS Immersive virtual environments, commonly known as virtual reality, surround users with rich layers of sensory information and allow them to see, hear, and feel as if they are in the physical world. My work has explored the use of virtual experiences to impact how people think and behave in the physical world, particularly in the context of health and risk communication. This talk will introduce studies that span across over a decade of investigating virtual reality’s effect on attitude and behavior change. Findings shed light on when and how these virtual…
- February 26, 2020
- 10:00am to 11:30am
- 404 Wilson Road, Room 145, East Lansing.
Colonized by Data: The Costs of Connection, Nick Couldry, London School of Economics and Ulises A. Mejias, Oswego State University of New York
ARCHIVED TALK: https://livestream.com/wkar/colonizedbydata This talk will introduce the speakers’ new book, The Costs of Connection: How Data Colonizes Human Life and Appropriates it for Capitalism (Stanford University Press, August 2019). Couldry and Mejias argue that the role of data in society needs to be grasped as not only a development of capitalism, but as the start of a new phase in human history that rivals in importance the emergence of historic colonialism. This new “data colonialism” is based not on the extraction of natural resources or labor, but on the appropriation of human life through data, paving the way for a further…
July 2020
Next Practices Live with Dr. Scott Wallsten and Dr. Johannes Bauer
A lot of countries are interested in having telecom operators share infrastructure. Some are concerned that capital costs are a barrier to competition. Others believe that sharing might result in lower prices. What are the real effects of sharing? Why is it that some operators willingly share infrastructure, but others do not? Please join Next Practices Live as Mark Jamison talks with Dr. Scott Wallsten and Dr. Johannes Bauer about this very issue. Scott is President and Senior Fellow at the Technology Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. He was the economics director for the FCC’s National Broadband Plan, served as…
August 2020
TPRC48 Webinar: Antitrust and Platform Regulation
TPRC48 Webinar Thursday, August 13, 1 pm ET ANTI-TRUST AND PLATFORM REGULATION Moderator, Scott Wallsten, President and Senior Fellow at the Technology Policy Institute Panelists: Johannes Bauer, Chairperson, Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University Joe Kennedy, Senior Fellow, ITIF Christopher Yoo, Professor of Law, Communication, and Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania Law School, and the founding director of the Center for Technology, Innovation, and Competition. Shane Tews, Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute Zoom registration HERE FaceBook Live HERE