Reading List

Dr. Wedemeyer's List:

Compaine, Benjamin & Greenstein, Shane.  Communication Policy in Transition:  The Internet and Beyond.  The MIT Press (2001).

Neuman, W.  The Gordian Knot:  Political Gridlock on the Information Highway.  (1997).

WWW Sources on:

• U.S. Communication Act of 1996

WWW Sources on:

• NII (National Information Infrastructure)
  • Introduction to NII
  • Myths, Metaphors And Realities
  • Issues in NII
  • Book summary
     
• GII (Global Information Infrastructure)
  • Links to GII related stuff
  • GIIC.org
     

• WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) - help turn the 'digital divide' into a thing of the past, bringing technology, digital education and participation to everybody (Global digital citizenship)

WWW Sources on:

• WTO/Gatt Telecommunication Services Agreement (1995:  General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: which helped produce the World Trade Organization)
   

• ITU (International Telecommunications Union)

Bijker, W., Hughes, T., and Pinch, T.  The Social Construction of Technological Systems.  (Summary)

Guide to Telecommunications in Asia.  Asia Law and Practice and The Pacific.  Telecommunications Council (2005).

Jussawalla, M., and Taylor, R.  Information Technology Parks of the Asia Pacific:  Lessons for the Regional Digital Divide.  (available on 4th floor of East-West Center)

Wedemeyer, D. "The Futures Forecasting Engine (FFE): An Online
Methodology for Anticipating Alternative Futures."  Available here

Dr. Tehranian's List:

Mill, J.  On Liberty.  Dover Publications (2002). 

Brock, Gerald W. Telecommunication Policy for the Information Age: From Monopoly to Competition. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994.

Castells, Manuel. The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture, Vols. 1-3. Malden, MA: Blackwells Publishers, 2000. ISBN: 1-55786-617- 1, 1-55786-874-3, 1-55786-872-7.

Hudson, Heather. Global Connections: International Telecommunications Infrastructure and Policy. New York: Van Norstrand Reingold, 1997.
(600 pages / $40 - didn't order from Amazon)

Mosco, Vincent. The Political Economy of Communication. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1996.
($42 @ Amazon - didn't order)
Reviews here:  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0803985614/ref=ord_cart_shr/102-3356849-5479334?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

Roe, Emery. Narrative Policy Analysis: Theory and Practice. Durham: Duke University Press, 1994.

Tehranian, Majid. Technologies of Power: Information Machines and Democratic Prospects. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Co., 1990.

Tehranian, Majid. Global Communication and World Politics: Domination, Development, and Discourse. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner,1999.