Beyond Broadband Access : : Developing Data-Based Information Policy Strategies / / Richard D. Taylor, Amit M. Schejter.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• VerfasserIn: Taylor, Richard D.,; Schejter, Amit M.,
• MitwirkendeR: Bauer, Johannes M.,; Bauer, Steven,; Bohlin, Erik,; Brown, Justin S.,; Clark, David,; Flamm, Kenneth,; Frieden, Rob,; Hudson, Heather E.,; Kim, Sungjoong,; Lee, Sangwon,; Lehr, William,; Middleton, Catherine,; Noam, Eli,; Rohman, Ibrahim Kholilul,; Schejter, Amit M.,; Schement, Jorge Reina,; Taylor, Richard D.,; Zhang, Bin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Donald McGannon Communication Research Center's Everett C. Parker Book Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Numbers That Matter
• PART I: THEORY
• 1. Beyond Broadband Access
• 2. Understanding Digital Gaps
• 3. Broadband Microfoundations
• 4. Adoption Factors of Ubiquitous Broadband
• 5. Data and Modeling Challenges in International Comparisons
• 6. Data, Policy, and Democracy
• 7. “Rulers of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens”
• PART II: THE USE AND ABUSE OF DATA IN INFORMATION POLICY MAKING
• 8. PhD Heal Thyself
• 9. Case Studies in Results-Driven Decision Making at the FCC
• 10. The Determinants of Disconnectedness
• 11. European Broadband Spending
• 12. Using Data for Policy Development
• Notes
• Bibliography
• List of Contributors
• Index