Institute for Information Policy

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.

Current Projects

• Future of American Communications (FACT) Working Group
  ("And Communications for All")
  Video of Book Launch: C-SPAN / New America Foundation
  Online Articles About Event: Government Computer News, Internet News, ars technica
  
• International Network for Research on Appropriate Measurement
  of Information Societies
• Workshop -- Beyond Broadband Access: Data-Based Information Policy for a New Administration / Call for Paper Proposals
  

Conferences

Academic Research for Media Reform: a Symposium for Scholars
(June 5, 2008)

Playing to Win: The Business and Social Frontier of Videogames"
(April 4-5, 2008)

• Steven Mitchell, Vice President, for Intellectual Property Protection, Entertainment Software Association
• David Bickham, Ph.D., Center on Media and Child Health
• Adam Thierer, Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Digital Media Freedom Program and Freedom Foundatio
• Scott Forbes, Director, Technology Ventures, General Electric
• Jen McNamara, Director, Strategic Partenerships, and Director of Marketing, Breakaway Games Ltd.
• Jen MacLean, Vice President and General Manager, Games, Comcast Interactive Media
  

Past Projects

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)