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Communications and Society Program

Knight Commission

Informing Communities

Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age

The Report of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.
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Featured Publication

The Promise and Peril of Big Data

Spotlight
The Promise and Peril of Big Data explores the implications of inferential technologies used to analyze massive amounts of data and the ways in which these techniques can positively affect business, medicine, and government. »
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FOCAS 2009:
Of the Press

Models for Preserving American Journalism

August 16-19
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Media leaders discuss the future of journalism. »
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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

Charlie Firestone

Executive Director, Communications and Society Program

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 moreĀ»

The Promise and Peril of Big Data

The Promise and Peril of Big Data explores the implications of inferential technologies used to analyze massive amounts of data and the ways in which these techniques can positively affect business, medicine, and government. The report is the result of the Eighteenth Annual Roundtable on Information Technology.

Making E-Governance Work for India

Making E-Governance Work for India touches on ways the Indian Government can provide services and information and include them in the governing process while transcending the country's vast cultural, linguistic and geographic differences.

ICT: The 21st Century Transitional Initiative

ICT: The 21st Century Transitional Initiative recommends how the Federal Government - through executive leadership, government services and investment - can leverage ICTs to serve the double bottom line of stimulating the economy and serving crucial social needs such as energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

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Roundtable on Talent Development

July 19, 2009 - July 21, 2009
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18th Annual Aspen Institute Roundtable on Information Technology

August 4, 2009 - August 7, 2009
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24th Annual Conference on Communications Policy

August 12, 2009 - August 15, 2009
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Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS)

August 16, 2009 - August 19, 2009
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