Telecommunications in Canada / / Robert Babe.
This study provides Canada's first comprehensive, integrated treatment of the emergence and development of key communication sectors: telegraph telephones, cable TV, broadcasting, communication satellites, and electronic publishing. By focusing on real institutions, actual (and frequently preda...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©1990 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Part I. Introduction -- 1. Mythologies of Canadian Telecommunications -- 2. Telecommunications Today -- Part II. The Telegraph -- 3. Onset of Electronic Communication -- 4. Cartelization -- 5. The Telegraph Coast-to-Coast -- Part III. The Telephone -- 6. Inception -- 7. Independent Telephones -- 8. The Politics of Government Control -- 9. Western Reaction -- 10. Local-Exchange Competition in Ontario and Quebec -- 11. Long-Distance Competition and Reversed Rate Rebalancing -- 12. Natural Monopoly: Arguments and Evidence -- 13. Unnatural Monopoly: Predatory Pricing and the Cost Inquiry -- 14. Rate Regulation -- 15. Juggling Corporate Forms -- Part IV. Broadcasting and New Technologies -- 16. Broadcasting -- 17. Cable Television -- 18. Communications Satellites -- 19. Electronic Publishing -- Part V. Conclusion -- 20. Political Economy -- 21. An Information Revolution? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | This study provides Canada's first comprehensive, integrated treatment of the emergence and development of key communication sectors: telegraph telephones, cable TV, broadcasting, communication satellites, and electronic publishing. By focusing on real institutions, actual (and frequently predatory) business practices, and law and regulatory policies, in both historical and contemporary perspectives, Babe helps demystify current communication issues.Stressing the flexibility of communication 'technologies' on the one hand, and the element of corporate power on the other, Babe reintroduces the principle of corporate/governmental responsibility for communication outcomes, a principle that has been largely drowned out by the shrill cries of 'Information Revolution.' |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781442680425 9783110490947 |
DOI: | 10.3138/9781442680425 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Robert Babe. |