
The Information Resources Policy Handbook
Reserach for the Information Age
MIT Press
Published on 11. June 1999
Book
Hardback
660 pages
978-0-262-03264-3 (ISBN)
Description
To understand the Information Age one must understand the concept of
information as a resource. Like other basic resources such as energy and materials,
information resources are building blocks of society. But unlike energy and
materials, they are far more abundant and versatile. Information resources includes
computers, telecommunications, the mass media, and financial services, all created
or changed by the movement from analog to digital. This collection looks at the
factors underlying digital technologies as well as the resulting public and
strategic policy issues.In a rapidly evolving discipline, certain judgments are
likely to change. To strike a balance between the more abstract concepts of enduring
value and writings focused on current examples, each part of the book opens with a
timeless "evergreen" chapter, followed by one or more "contemporary"
chapters.
ContributorsDaniel Bell, Anne Wells
Branscomb, Benjamin M. Compaine, Derrick C. Huang, Martin C. Libicki, Patricia Hirl
Longstaff, Robert Lucky, John F. McLaughlin, Lee McKnight, Vincent Mosco, W. Russell
Neuman, Eli Noam, Anthony G. Oettinger, Ithiel deSola Pool, William H. Read, Jerome
S. Rubin, Richard J. Solomon, Debra Spar, Ronald Alan Weiner, Janet Wikler
information as a resource. Like other basic resources such as energy and materials,
information resources are building blocks of society. But unlike energy and
materials, they are far more abundant and versatile. Information resources includes
computers, telecommunications, the mass media, and financial services, all created
or changed by the movement from analog to digital. This collection looks at the
factors underlying digital technologies as well as the resulting public and
strategic policy issues.In a rapidly evolving discipline, certain judgments are
likely to change. To strike a balance between the more abstract concepts of enduring
value and writings focused on current examples, each part of the book opens with a
timeless "evergreen" chapter, followed by one or more "contemporary"
chapters.
ContributorsDaniel Bell, Anne Wells
Branscomb, Benjamin M. Compaine, Derrick C. Huang, Martin C. Libicki, Patricia Hirl
Longstaff, Robert Lucky, John F. McLaughlin, Lee McKnight, Vincent Mosco, W. Russell
Neuman, Eli Noam, Anthony G. Oettinger, Ithiel deSola Pool, William H. Read, Jerome
S. Rubin, Richard J. Solomon, Debra Spar, Ronald Alan Weiner, Janet Wikler
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
124
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1361 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-03264-3 (9780262032643)
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Research for the Information Age
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06/1999
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Benjamin M. Compaine is Senior Research Affiliate at the Internet and Telecoms Convergence Consortium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the editor of The Digital Divide: Facing a Crisis or Creating a Myth? (MIT Press, 2001) and coauthor of Who Owns the Media?