"The Framing Years" Talks Policy in the Early Internet Years

Sandra Braman, professor in the UWM Department of Communications will deliver a talk Friday, November 4 on the issues the designers of the Internet had to think through, such as privacy and intellectual property rights.

In "The Framing Years: Policy Fundamentals in the Internet Design Process, 1969-1979," Braman will discuss how positions on these issues were "framed by conceptualizations of the nature of the network, goals to be served by the network, the nature of the users and uses of the network, and the design criteria that served as policy principles developed during the early years of the design process."

As part of the Center for Information Policy Research's "brown bag research lunch" session, held multiple times throughout each semester, "The Framing Years" will share the stage with other formal and informal discussions Friday.  The goal of these luncheons is to offer a space for faculty, staff, and students interested in information policy and ethics to share both finished and in-progress research.

In addition to other talks, "The Framing Years" will be held in Bolton Hall, room 521 at UW-Milwaukee, 1:30 - 3:00pm on Friday, November 4.