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Schejter, Amit M.. Ed(S): Taylor, Richard D. - Beyond Broadband Access - 9780823251834 - V9780823251834
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Beyond Broadband Access

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Description for Beyond Broadband Access Hardback. Provides an international perspective on theoretical approaches to data-based communications policymaking in Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa Editor(s): Taylor, Richard D. Series: Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 70 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: GTC; GTF; JPQB; KNTT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.

After broadband access, what next? What role do metrics play in understanding “information societies”? And, more important, in shaping their policies? Beyond counting people with broadband access, how can economic and social metrics inform broadband policies, help evaluate their outcomes, and create useful models for achieving national goals? This timely volume not only examines the traditional questions about broadband, like availability and access, but also explores and evaluates new metrics more applicable to the evolving technologies of information access.
Beyond Broadband Access brings together a stellar array of media policy scholars from a wide range of disciplines—economics, law, policy ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823251834
SKU
V9780823251834
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About Schejter, Amit M.. Ed(S): Taylor, Richard D.
Richard D. Taylor (Author) Richard D. Taylor holds the Palmer Chair at Pennsylvania State University, where he is professor of Telecommunications Studies, Affiliate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology, and codirector of the Penn State Institute for Information Policy. Prior to joining the faculty at Penn State in 1989, he was vice president and corporate counsel at ... Read more

Reviews for Beyond Broadband Access
"Making communications policy is difficult because policymakers are constantly forced to select one among multiple policy alternatives when neither principles nor theory can provide a definitive answer. Ideally data-based analysis could be used to resolve such uncertainties, but all too frequently the data available and empirical methods employed to analyze it are not up to the task. Beyond Broadband: Developing ... Read more

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