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The James H. and Mary B. Quello Center for Telecommunication Management & Law is a research center at

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. Part of the Department of Media and Information (formerly Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media) at the College of Communication Arts and Sciences, the Quello Center is dedicated to original research on issues of information and communication management, law and policy. It is named for former

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chairman James H. Quello. The Quello Center was founded to improve understanding of policy choices and management options affected by change in communication industries, and to help develop new alternatives. Among conducting rigorous interdisciplinary research and publication, both domestically and internationally; providing opportunities, such as symposia and conferences, to facilitate dialogue among policy makers, scholars, industry executives, and consumer interest groups; participating in other events and proceedings that evaluate important

telecommunication policy Policy Policy is a deliberate system of guidelines to guide decisions and achieve rational outcomes. A policy is a statement of intent and is implemented as a procedure or protocol. Policies are generally adopted by a governance body within a ...

developments; and providing expertise and research to policy making institutions.
The Quello Center maintains national and international program of trans-disciplinary research addressing critical issues and serve as catalyst for the development, implementation, and evaluation of public policies and the advancement of management principles, helping to better align private sector interests with the economic and political conditions of the communications industries.

History

The Quello Center was established in 1998 to be a worldwide focal point for excellence in research, teaching, and the development and application of expertise in telecommunication management and policy. It is named for James H. Quello, who served as Federal Communications Commission commissioner for 23 years including one year as acting chairman, and his wife Mary B. Quello (1913–1999). He married Mary in 1937. Both of them were Michigan State University undergraduate students. James Quello, policy maker and broadcasting executive, who has received many honors and awards, including the Distinguished Service Award from the

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, was inducted to the Museum of Broadcast Communications'

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and is a member of Broadcasting/Cable Hall of Fame in

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. In 2014, William H. Dutton, founding director of the Oxford Internet Institute, became the director of the Quello Center. Prior to that, in August 1999, Steven S. Wildman became its first director, holding the endowed James H. Quello Chair for Telecommunication Studies, joined by Barbara A. Cherry as associate director and associate professor in the Department of Telecommunication. In 2001, Johannes M. Bauer, joined the center. He is professor and department chairperson in the Department of Media and Information and was named executive director in 2003. In August 2010, Jonathan A. Obar joined the center as its newest associate director, and as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Media and Information.

Research initiatives

Following are some of the ongoing research initiatives of the Quello Center: * Benefits of

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* Pricing of Commercial time for broadcast and

commercial television Commercial broadcasting (also called private broadcasting) is the broadcasting of television programs and radio programming by privately owned corporate media, as opposed to state sponsorship. It was the United States′ first model of radio (a ...

* The economics of

media audience Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass el ...

* Dynamics of investment and innovation in

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services * Factors shaping diffusion of

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in the

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countries * The future of broadcasting in digital environment *

Antitrust Competition law is the field of law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies. Competition law is implemented through public and private enforcement. It is also known as antitrust ...

Media Media may refer to: Communication * Media (communication), tools used to deliver information or data ** Advertising media, various media, content, buying and placement for advertising ** Broadcast media, communications delivered over mass e ...

and

Telecommunications Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that ...

* Issues of Media and Telecommunication ownership * Content bundling for information services *

Governance Governance is the process of interactions through the laws, norms, power or language of an organized society over a social system ( family, tribe, formal or informal organization, a territory or across territories). It is done by the g ...

of the

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* Communication industry economics and management * Internet industry and

streaming media Streaming media is multimedia that is delivered and consumed in a continuous manner from a source, with little or no intermediate storage in network elements. ''Streaming'' refers to the delivery method of content, rather than the content i ...

* Application of complexity theory to information and communications policy * Methods for evaluating the outcomes of legal and regulatory policy *

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Governance * U.S. Telecommunications Policy-making * Next-generation wireless services *

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and

internet access Internet access is the ability of individuals and organizations to connect to the Internet using computer terminals, computers, and other devices; and to access services such as email and the World Wide Web. Internet access is sold by Interne ...

* New Communication Policy Paradigm * The Governance of Social Media

People

The Quello Center is home to leading scholars in the field of communications and telecommunications economics, technology and

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. Among them are William H. Dutton, founding director of the Oxford Internet Institute, Steven S. Wildman, PhD. (former director), Johannes M. Bauer, PhD. (director of special programs), and Steve Lacy, PhD. (director of media studies). Wildman, PhD in economics from

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, previously served as associate professor of Communication Studies and director of the Program in Telecommunications Science, Management and Policy at

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. Bauer, PhD in economics from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration in

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, previously worked as director of Institute of Public Utilities and Network Industries at the Eli Broad Graduate School of Management and professor at

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in the Netherlands. Lacy, PhD in journalism from the

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is a professor in the

Department of Communication and School of Journalism. Faculty associates include: Thomas F. Baldwin (senior fellow) Adam Candeub, Gary Reid, Kevin Saunders, and Peter K. Yu. Research associates include: Barbara Cherry, Wayne Fu, Robert LaRose, Hairong Li, Nora Rifon, Charles Steinfield (department chair), Carol Ting, and

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(Dean of College of Communication Arts and Sciences). Research assistants include: Tithi Chattopadhyay, Sang Yup Lee, Wenjuan Ma, and Sonya Yan Song. Joy Mulvaney serves as the primary administrator of the center. The Quello Center hosts many national and international scholars (including

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), many of them were and are involved in award-winning research. Members of advisory board in 2006 were: Rudy Baca (vice president, Precursor Group), Lauren J. “Pete” Belvin (

), Marjory Blumenthal (associate provost,

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), Rick Coy ( Clark, Hill, P.L.C,

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( John D. Evans Foundation), Brian Fontes (vice president of Federal Relations,

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Wireless), Eddie Fritts (president and CEO,

), Richard D. McLellan ( Attorney at Law, Dykema Gossett, PLLC), Patrick J. Mullen (president,

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(chief of policy,

), James H. Quello (

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), Charles Salmon (acting

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, College of Communication Arts & Science,

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Funding

Center's activities are enabled by an endowment to which nearly 200 donors contributed. The center pursues funding from major national agencies and the private sector and conducts independent research.

Annual Quello Lecture

* October 15, 2014 – Lisa Nakamura "Racism, Sexism, and Video Games: Social Justice Campaigns and the Struggle for Gamer Identity" * November 4, 2013 – Alessandro Acquisti "Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality" * October 17, 2012 – Constance Steinkuehler "Designing and Researching Games for Impact: National Challenges, Local Initiatives” * October 24, 2011 – Milton Mueller “Internet Freedom in the Age of Google and Facebook”

References

External links

Quello Center WebsiteCollege of Communication Arts and SciencesDepartment of Media and InformationMichigan State University
Michigan State University