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Communications and Society Program
The overall goal of the Communications and Society Program is to promote integrated, thoughtful, values-based decision making in the fields of communications, media, and information policy.
Charlie Firestone
Executive Director
Charlie Firestone joined C&S as executive director in 1989. Since then, the program has focused on the implications of communications and information technologies for leadership; the impact of new technologies on democratic, economic and social institutions; and the development of new communications policy models and options for the public interest. Read more»
Of the Press: Models for Transforming American Journalism
Of the Press: Models for Transforming American Journalism details the insights and forward-thinking frameworks resulting from the 2009 Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS) in which over 40 leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs addressed the crisis facing journalism, highlighted by recent closings and bankruptcies of numerous traditional news outlets. Read More »
Leveraging the Talent-Driven Organization
Leveraging the Talent-Driven Organization details how a number of firms are using social networking tools to open up communication, collaboration and learning across boundaries, and leveraging these tools to develop new products and real-time solutions for customers. The report is the result of the Inaugural Roundtable on Talent Development.
Scenarios for a National Broadband Policy
Scenarios for a National Broadband Policy is the volume resulting from the 24th Annual Aspen Institute Conference on Communications Policy. Using the scenario building process, the report maps four imaginary scenarios of how the economy and society might evolve in the future, and the implications for broadband policy.