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Book SynopsisThis study examines issues of communication technology, neo-liberal economic policies, public service media and media access, among others, and shows how progressive policymakers must use these bases to confront more directly the debates on contemporary welfare theory and politics.
Trade ReviewThe book has many strengths, most notably, wide representation among countries and regions as case studies and a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including sociology, political science, culture, and communication studies. * Journal of Communication *
This is a far-ranging and penetrating excursion into the vast and rapidly expanding territory of information and communication policy, very thoroughly analysing the casual links in its development and its conceptual basis in neoliberalism and postmodernism, and questioning the appropriateness of the market-place metaphor. * Journal Of Multilingual & Multicultural Development *
If we are to define poverty as the inability to participate fully in the society in which we are members, and if our media and communication technologies are a crucial precondition of such participation, then there is no longer any meaningful dividing line to be drawn between media policy and social policy. This excellent collection brings together a formidable array of international scholars to address that interface. It is timely and important, and it might even make a difference. -- Roger Silverstone, London School of Economics and Political Science
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Communication Technology and the Geography of Citizenship Chapter 3 The State and the New Geography of Power Chapter 4 Citizenship and the Technopoles Part 5 The Neoliberal Transition Chapter 6 That Deep Romantic Chasm: Libertarianism, Neoliberalism, and the Computer Culture Chapter 7 From Citizenship to Consumer Sovereignty: The Paradigm Shift in European Audiovisual Policy Chapter 8 Will Information Societies Be Welfare Societies? Chapter 9 Ideology, Communication, and Capitalist Crisis: The New Zealand Experience Part 10 Social Policy in Telecommunications Chapter 11 Amartya Sen's "Capabilities" Approach to the Evaluation of Welfare: Its Application to Communications Chapter 12 The Future of the Welfare State and Its Challenges for Communication Policy Chapter 13 Social Movement in Telecommunications: Rethinking the Public Service History of U.S. Telecommunications, 1894-1919 Part 14 Public Service Broadcasting Chapter 15 Public Service Journalism in Post-Tory Britain: Problems and Prospects Chapter 16 Public Service Broadcasting in Australia: Value and Difference Part 17 Participatory Politics and Citizen Access Chapter 18 Telecommunications Reform in Postapartheid South Africa Chapter 19 Policies for Participation: Myth, Reality, and the Media in Local Initiatives in the United Kingdom Chapter 20 The Public Interest in U.S. Electronic Media Today: The DBS Debate Chapter 21 New Technologies, the Welfare State, and the Prospects for Democratization Part 22 Global Media Development and Policy Chapter 23 The Welfare State, the Information Society, and the Ambivalence of Social Movements Chapter 24 Television and Citizenship: A New International Division of Cultural Labor? Chapter 25 Communication Policy and Globalization as a Social Project Chapter 26 Afterword Chapter 27 Index Chapter 28 About the Editors and Contributors
