Institute for Information Policy
Conducts sponsored research and self-funded programs on information technology's social implications, particularly in improving democratic discourse, social responsbility, and quality of life.
The Institute for Information Policy (IIP), created in 1997 in the College of Communications, has conducted sponsored research and self-funded programs on the social implications of information technology, with an emphasis on the potential of information technologies for improving democratic discourse, social responsibility, and quality of life.
Recent Projects
- Beyond Broadband Access: Data-Based Information Policy for a New Administration
- Future of American Communications (FACT) Working Group
"And Communications for All" - International Network for Research on Appropriate Measurement of Information Societies
- Universal Service Working Group
Academic Research for Media Reform: a Symposium for Scholars
(June 5, 2008)
"Playing to Win: The Business and Social Frontier of Video Games"
(April 4-5, 2008)
Research Fellows
- Rob Frieden, Dept. of Telecommunications, College of Communications (rmf5@psu.edu / 814-863-7996)
- Krishna Jayakar, Dept. of Telecommunications, College of Communications (kpj1@psu.edu / 814-863-6416)
- John Jordan, Center for Digital Transformation, Smeal College of Business (jmj13@psu.edu / 814-863-7575)
- Andrea Tapia, College of Information Science and Technology (axh50@psu.edu / 814-863-2907)
