Beyond broadband access : developing data-based information policy strategies / edited by Richard D. Taylor and Amit M. Schejter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Richard D., Author.

Contributor:

Taylor, Richard Denny.

Schejter, Amit M.

Series:

Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker book series.

Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication policy.

Broadband communication systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 studies, computer science, information science, and communications studies. Importantly, it provides a well-rounded, international perspective on theoretical approaches to databased communications policymaking in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Showcasing a diversity of approaches, this invaluable collection helps to meet myriad challenges to improving the foundations for communications policy development.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction: numbers that matter / Richard D. Taylor and Amit M. Schejter

Theory

Beyond broadband access : what do we need to measure and how do we measure it? / Catherine Middleton

Understanding digital gaps : a quartet of empirical methodologies / Bin Zhang and Richard D. Taylor

Broadband microfoundations : the need for traffic data / Steven Bauer, David Clark, and William Lehr

Adoption factors of ubiquitous broadband / Sangwon Lee and Justin S. Brown

Data and modeling challenges in international comparisons / Johannes M. Bauer and Sungjoong Kim

Data, policy, and democracy / Jorge Reina Schement

"Rulers of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens" : does democracy count? / Amit M. Schejter

The use and abuse of data in information policy making

PHD heal thyself : in search of evidence-based research for evidence-based policy / Eli Noam

Case studies in results-driven decision making at the fcc / Rob Frieden

The determinants of disconnectedness : understanding US broadband unavailability / Kenneth Flamm

European broadband spending : implications of input-output analysis and opportunity costs / Ibrahim Kholilul Rohman and Erik Bohlin

Using data for policy development : designing a universal service fund for Tanzania / Heather Hudson

Notes

Bibliography

List of contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8232-6895-0

0-8232-5208-6

0-8232-5185-3

OCLC:

849927427