WASHINGTON, DC – Dr. Nicol Turner Lee, Vice President of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies and Director of the Media and Technology Institute, has been selected by Time Warner Cable as a Digital Research Program stipend recipient.

The Digital Research Program funds studies designed to understand digital technology and its future impact on the industry. Dr. Turner-Lee’s research, “Evaluating Minority Attitudes Toward Digital Privacy and Security,” will focus on minority communities and understanding their digital privacy and security needs and concerns, as well as policy recommendations to address these issues.

Dr. Turner-Lee is one of four research program stipend recipients recently announced by the program. Each researcher will receive $20,000 to complete their study.  More information about Time Warner Cable’s Digital Research Program can be found on its website: www.twcresearchprogram.com.

Dr. Turner-Lee is the first director of the Joint Center’s Media and Technology Institute, which conducts research on technology and trends in media, with a focus on how they affect policy and regulation from a social justice perspective, as well as how emerging communications technologies can become avenues of advancement for the disadvantaged.