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

• Superior document: Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker book series
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Taylor, Richard Denny.; Schejter, Amit M.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker book series.
• Physical Description: viii, 311 p. :; ill.

Table of 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.