Christian Sandvig, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication and Arnold O. Beckman Fellow, Center for Advanced Study
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, http://www.uiuc.edu/
Three Expertise Keywords:
innovation, public-policy, wireless
Read More: My homepage:
http://www.niftyc.org/
Recent Posts:
- Christian Sandvig: Is A&R the new R&D? (November 30, 2006)
Description of Current Work:
I am currently studying the ways that new communication technologies develop in research project funded by the US National Science Foundation.
Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:
Wireless Play and Unexpected Innovation, MacArthur Series
http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/dmal.9780262633598.077
** Why Local Governments Should Care about Experimenting With Municipal Wi-Fi Networks:
Sandvig, C. (forthcoming). Disorderly Infrastructure and the Role of Government. Government Information Quarterly. (see author’s draft version.)
** A short, non-technical piece that tries to explain why spectrum regulation matters across the world if democracy and development are important:
Sandvig, C. (2006). Access to the Electromagnetic Spectrum is a Foundation for Development. In: M. Harvey (ed.) Media Matters: Perspectives on Advancing Governance and Development, (pp. 50-54). Paris: Internews. http://research.niftyc.org/Access_to_the_Electromagnetic_Spectrum.pdf
** What do young children really do with free access to Internet connections in public places?
Sandvig, C. (2006). The Internet at Play: Child Users of Public Internet Connections. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11 (4). http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue4/sandvig.html
