The Institute for Information Policy (IIP), created in Fall 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 responsbility, and quality of life.

Current Projects:

• NEW! Call for papers on "Media Reform and Public Policy"

• Universal Service Working Group

• Future of American Communications (FACT) Working Group

• International Network for Research on Appropriate Measurement of Information Societies

• Academic Research for Media Reform: a Symposium for Scholars

Institute Directors:
Richard Taylor, Dept. of Telecommunications, College of Communications
Amit M. Schejter, Dept. of Telecommunications, College of Communications
John Bagby, College of Information Science & Technology

Research Fellows:
Rob Frieden, Dept. of Telecommunications, College of Communications
Krishna Jayakar, Dept. of Telecommunications, College of Communications
Andrea Tapia, College of Information Science and Technology

Carnegie Building

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

Steven Mitchell, Vice President, for Intellectual Property Protection, Entertainment Software Associatio

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