ICT

Information Policy: An Unsettled Issue of the Digital Age

Bill Dutton Arts and Humanities, Digital Policy, Information Communication and the Social Sciences, Internet Studies, Social Informatics, Social Science Research, Socio-technical Systems, teaching , , ,

Information Policy: Broadening our Perspective on the Issue for the Digital Age There is widespread awareness that we are living in a post-industrial, information society, as we have learned from such seminal thinkers as Daniel Bell (1973). Given such an awareness, it is surprising to that the study of “information policy” is not more prominent. … Continue reading Information Policy: An Unsettled Issue of the Digital Age

Could History be the New, New Thing? Archiving

Bill Dutton Digital Industries, Digital Policy, Dissemination, General Interest, Internet Studies, Outreach, Quello, Quello Center, Research and Learning, teaching , , , , , ,

Could History be the New, New Thing: Archiving Could it be that the digerati are beginning to wonder about the origins of such ‘innovations’ as video communication, AI, remote work, and more? Are they discovering that all these innovations have a long history in the development of information and communication technologies (ICTs)?  These questions arose … Continue reading Could History be the New, New Thing? Archiving