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William H. Dutton is former Director of the
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, Professor of Internet Studies,
University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...
, and Fellow of
Balliol College Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the ...
. He also has a chair in Michigan State University's Department of Media and Information, where he is Quello Professor of Media and Information Policy. He was previously a Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication at the
University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...
, which he joined in 1980, where he was elected President of the Faculty.


Books

William H.Dutton has written a number of books on the societal implications of computing and
telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...
, such as the Internet, including: ''Social Transformation in an Information Society'' (UNESCO 2004); ''Society on the Line: Information Politics in the Digital Age'' (Oxford, 1999); ''Modeling as Negotiating: The Political Dynamics of Computer Models in the Policy Process'' (Ablex, 1985); and ''Computers and Politics'' (Oxford, 1982).


Edited books

Dutton also edited or co-edited several influential books, including: ''Wired Cities: Shaping the Future of Communications'' (G.K. Hall, 1987); ''Information and Communication Technologies: Visions and Realities'' (Oxford, 1996); and ''Digital Academe: The New Media and Institutions of Higher Education and Learning'' (Routledge, 2002); ''Transforming Enterprise: The Economic and Social Implications of Information Technology'' (MIT, 2005); and ''Society and the Internet: How Networks of Information and Communication are Changing Our Lives'' (Oxford, 2014).


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External links


William H. Dutton ''OII'' home page
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William H. Dutton ''Annenberg School for Communication'' home page
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