Have you ever wondered who runs the Internet? Ever spared a thought for who could be monitoring your private e-mail or listening in on your cellular or wired telephone messages? And what does the World Health Organization (WHO) say about emissions from the cell-site tower near your home or school? And, before you buy your next TV set, what is the future of television in the digital era? These are some of the issues and questions to be discussed in another University of the West Indies-sponsored Public Lecture and Discussion “The University in the West” to be held on Wednesday May 14, at the St. John's Methodist Church Hall on Duke St. (off Humber Ave) in Montego Bay starting at 5.30 p.m.  The presenter  will be UWI Communications Lecturer and Policy Analyst, Dr Hopeton Dunn who will speak on the topic 'Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Challenges and the Emerging Technologies in Media and Communication.'

The lecture is open to the public. Participants will be urged to reflect on both the challenges and the opportunities of the digital era: How can new media technologies be better used to renew agriculture and make fishing safer? Can the innovations transform education and tourism? Or, do you worry that these new tools could be used mainly to help fight more ‘intelligent wars’ and to reduce people to people contact as they dominate our day to day relationships?

Apart from being a Senior Lecturer at the UWI, the presenter, Dr Dunn, who hails from the West, is a Commissioner of the Broadcasting Commission, Chairman of the CPTC and Chairman of the government’s Telecommunication’s Advisory Council. The lecture forms part of a new UWI series of public presentations at venues outside of Kingston and St Andrew. The series provides an opportunity for citizens, business leaders, community leaders, m