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Meeting the Information Needs of Communities

The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy called on the nation to make every community in the United States an informed, engaged community.

BY Amy Garmer

Blog Post

09.22.2014
Communications

Fragmentation and Concentration in the New Digital Environment

This report maps the effects of the digital revolution on the business environment, the nature of work and the role of leadership in navigating the organization through the constantly changing landscape.

BY Richard Adler

Publication

08.19.2014
Communications

Future of open Internet

Despite the Internet being essential to life as we know it in 2014, only a small percentage of people understand how it really works.

BY Elise Hu

Blog Post

08.13.2014
Communications

WATCH LIVE: Conversation on Free Expression and Innovation

This year’s Forum will explore the tension of values among security, innovation, openness and privacy, as played out on Internet policies, and propose constructive recommendations for ensuring free expression, consumer choice, a secure country and a vibrant economy.

BY Charles M. Firestone

Blog Post

08.11.2014
Communications

Net Neutrality: Should All Internet Data be Treated Equally?

Columbia Law School Professor Tim Wu is a pioneer of the highly-publicized net neutrality principle — a phrase he coined — which asserts that all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should treat data within their networks the same. He recently spoke about neutrality at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

BY Institute Contributor

Blog Post

06.18.2014
Communications

Learner at the Center of a Networked World

This report is a cross sector, bi-partisan report that highlights twenty-six action steps to foster learning networks, equity and access, interoperability, digital literacy, and learner safety, privacy and trust.

BY Communications and Society Program

Publication

06.17.2014
Communications

Video Veritas: Building a 21st Century Video Platform for a High-Performance Society

This report looks at the changing landscape of video regulation and the fundamental shift in how video is being viewed.

BY John B. Horrigan

Publication

06.04.2014
Communications

Understanding the Citizen

During the 2013 Forum on Communications & Society, leaders of the open government movement dove into some honest and contemplative conversations about who we serve, how to engage citizens in the work of opening and engaging with government.

BY Ellen Miller

Blog Post

05.08.2014
Communications

The Next Act

Telecommunications policy raises numerous controversial issues but two debates underlay all others.

BY Blair Levin

Blog Post

04.30.2014
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