[Air-l] Dutton to become director of OII

[geert lovink]

William Dutton, currently Professor at The Annenberg School for
Communication at the University of Southern California (USC), will be
the first Director of the Oxford Internet Institute (OII). He takes up
this new role on 1 July this year when he also becomes Oxford's first
Professor of Internet Studies and a Fellow of Balliol College.

Professor Dutton said: 'I am delighted to have been given the
opportunity to lead and shape the Oxford Internet Institute, as it
launches its ambitious and vitally important programme to increase our
understanding of the way that new media influence our lives. The scale
of the transformations that digital communications are enabling in every

aspect of society is massive - and I believe that the work of the OII
will help to ensure that we can all gain the maximum benefits from those

changes over the years ahead.'

For the full press release, please visit:
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/OIIDirector.rtf