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Technologies of freedom / Ithiel de Sola Pool.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pool, Ithiel de Sola, 1917-1984.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media--Law and legislation--United States.
- Mass media.
- Telecommunication--Law and legislation--United States.
- Telecommunication.
- Freedom of speech--United States.
- Freedom of speech.
- Technology--Social aspects--United States.
- Technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Belknap Press, 1983.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examines the impact of cable television, computer networks, communication satellites, and other modern technology on free speech and freedom of the press.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- 1. A Shadow Darkens
- 2. Printing and the Evolution of a Free Press
- 3. Electronics Takes Command
- 4. The First Amendment and Print Media
- 5. Carriers and the First Amendment
- 6. Broadcasting and the First Amendment
- 7. Cable Television and the End of Scarcity
- 8. Electronic Publishing
- 9. Policies for Freedom
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780674042216
- 0674042212
- OCLC:
- 923110202
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