Centro para el Futuro digital: Center for the Digital Future

El Center for the Digital Future pertenece a la  USC Annenberg School  de la Southern California University y se dedica entre otras cosas a analizar y estudiar el futuro de la sociedad red, el futuro digital. Todos los años edita un informe sobre la evolución del "Futuro Digital": internet sin cables, medios de comunicación online, generación de contenidos por los usuarios, redes sociales, conectividad, etc. El del año 2009 es el octavo informe de esta prestigiosa institución cuyo director es Jeffrey Cole de quien se destacan estos datos biográficos.

Jeffrey Cole has been at the forefront of media and communication technology policy issues in both the United States and internationally for the past 25 years.  In July 2004 Dr. Cole joined the USC Annenberg School for Communication as Director of the newly formed Center for the Digital Future and as a Research Professor. Founded on the belief that the best policy arises from the best information, the Center is a research and policy institute committed to work that has a real and beneficial effect on people's lives, while seeking to maximize the positive potential of the mass media and our rapidly evolving communication technologies.