The New Research Frontiers of Communications Policy

by D. McLean Lamberton (Editor)

Overview

This timely volume provides a comprehensive view of the economic and social research frontiers of the telecommunications and information activities in the Information Age. New technologies and deregulation characterize this rapidly growing sector, which is assuming an increasingly international character. These changes are generating a wide range of local, regional and international policy issues. An international group drawn from research, industry and policy communities outline the important frontiers on which research efforts should focus. The book emphasizes the need for the implementation of such economic and social research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780444822512
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date:	10/19/1996
Series:	0
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

Preface (M. Haddad). Research frontiers (D. Lamberton). The international economy: knowledge flows, and information activities (H.—J. Engelbrecht). Telecommunications demand (J. Alleman, A. de Fontenay). Comment (G. Madden, D. Cracknell). Localized knowledge, percolation processes and information networks (C. Antonelli). Comment (R. Joseph, D. Cracknell). Technological change (G.M. Peter Swann). Comment (M. Jussawalla, D. Cracknell). Market structures in telecommunications (J. Nightingale). Comment (D. Lamberton). Telecommunications and economic development (R. Maddock). Comment (N. Holcer, D. Cracknell). New developments in telecommunications regulation (M. Cave). Comment (M.S. Snow, D. Cracknell). Telecommunications regulation: an Australian perspective (A.J. Shaw). Social dimensions (D. Allen). Comment (A. Moyal, R. Joseph). Interdisciplinary research: history (A. Moyal). The contribution of information science to telecommunications research (J. Kirk). Telecommunications and management (B. Martin). Comment (D. Lamberton). Participants in the workshop. Supplementary references. Index.

Editorial Reviews

International delegates and local researchers and communication policy advisors offer 13 papers from a July 1994 workshop in Sydney, Australia. They explore new approaches to studying communications policy as the industry and technology change rapidly and becomes global. The topics include knowledge flows and information activities, telecommunications demand, market structures, economic development, new developments in regulation, social dimensions, telecommunications and management, and the contribution of information science to telecommunications research. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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