The globalization of social, cultural and economic relations is facilitated, and at the same time conditioned by developments in the information and communications technologies (ICT) and infrastructure. Human knowledge brought mankind from an oral to a literate culture, thanks t…
From railroad to telephone -- Regulatory pendulum : the long twilight struggle -- A family company -- Going vertical : lessons from AOL-Time Warner -- Netflix, dead or alive -- The peacock disappears -- The programming battering ram -- When cable met wireless -- The biggest sque…
A comprehensive look at China's telecommunications industry, this text considers the way Chinese companies and the government acted in concert to put telephones and Internet access in the hands of hundreds of millions in less than 25 years, and looks at the consequences of this …
"This book tells how China conducted its remarkable "telecommunications revolution". It examines both corporate and government policy to get citizens connected to both voice and data networks, looks at the potential challenges to the one-party government when citizens get this a…
An introduction to the concepts of economics within the telecommunications industry, which takes an international perspective and covers such issues as critical trends, costing, demand, pricing, regulation and performance.
"Networks powered by algorithms are pervasive. Major contemporary technology trends-Internet of Things, Big Data, Digital Platform Power, Blockchain, and the Algorithmic Society-are manifestations of this phenomenon. The internet, which once seemed an unambiguous benefit to soci…
'The Political Economy of Communication' provides the first comprehensive guide to the discipline of political economy and its application to media and communication studies.
'The Political Economy of Communication' provides the first comprehensive guide to the discipline of political economy and its application to media and communication studies.
