The Institute for Information Policy (IIP) at Penn State's College
of Communications is launching this week a first-of-its kind,
peer-reviewed online journal. The Journal of Information Policy is
an effort to bring contemporary scholarly research and analysis of
significant information policy issues to the attention of
policymakers in a timely fashion.
IIP co-directors and College of Communications faculty members Amit
M. Schejter and Richard D. Taylor will edit the new journal, which
is supported by a generous grant provided by the Ford Foundation.
Post-doctoral fellow Benjamin W. Cramer is the Journal's managing editor.
The Journal's advisory and editorial boards consist of researchers
from across the globe. Its inaugural issue is dedicated to the
"Broadband Act of 2011," offering policy prescriptions for issues
ranging from wireless policy to community computing centers.
Contributions in the first issue come from scholars in the US,
Australia, Canada and the Netherlands.
The primary audience for the journal includes policymakers; leaders
in government, industry, and academia; legislators and their staffs;
regulators; attorneys; standards bodies; and other participants in
American and international policy discourse on information,
communication, media, telecommunications and the information society.
With a broad interpretation of the term "information policy," the
editors believe that research published in the Journal can make an
important impact on a rapidly changing society.
Articles in the journal will be published on a rolling basis,
enhancing its timely impact. The Journal web site
<http://www.jip-online.org>www.jip-online.org is already live and
the Journal is accepting unsolicited submissions.
Amit M. Schejter, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
Building 72, Room 586B
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Be'er Sheva, Israel
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Associate Professor
Co-director, <http://www.comm.psu.edu/iip>Institute for Information Policy
The <http://www.comm.psu.edu>College of Communications
The <http://www.psu.edu>Pennsylvania State University
Office: 314C Willard
Mail address: 115 Carnegie Building
University Park, PA 16802-5101
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