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Communications Policy and Information Technology: Promises, Problems, Prospects (Telecommunications Policy Research Conference) by Lorrie Faith Cranor, Shane M. Greenstein, Shane Greenstein is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Communications Policy and Information Technology: Promises, Problems, Prospects (Telecommunications Policy Research Conference) about?

New technologies, although developed with optimism, often fall short of their predicted potential and create new problems. Communications technologies are no different. Their utopian proponents claim that universal access to advanced communications technologies can help to feed the hungry, cure the sick, educate the illiterate, improve the global standard of living, and ultimately bring about world peace. The sobering reality is that while communications technologies have a role to play in making the world a better place, the impact of any specific technological advance is likely to be modest.The limitations of new technologies are often not inherent in the technologies themselves but the result of regulatory or economic constraints. While the capability may exist to deliver any information anywhere in the world, many people lack the money to pay for it, the equipment to access it, the skills to use it, or even the knowledge that it might be useful to them. This book examines the c

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Lorrie Faith Cranor, Shane M. Greenstein, Shane Greenstein
Publisher
The MIT Press
Published
2002
Language
EN
ISBN
9780262527279
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Technology, Computer Science, Business

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