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Mass communication in Israel
Mass communication has long been recognized as an important contributor to national identity and nation building. This book examines the relationship between media and nationalism in Israel, arguing that, in comparison to other countries, the Israeli case is unique. It explores the roots and evolution of newspapers, journalism, radio, television, and the debut of the Internet on both the cultural and the institutional levels, and examines milestones in the socio-political development of Hebrew and Israeli mass communication. In evaluating the technological changes in the media, the book shows how such shifts contribute to segmentation and fragmentation in the age of globalization.
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After Net Neutrality
A provocative analysis of net neutrality and a call to democratize online communication This short book is both a primer that explains the history and politics of net neutrality and an argument for a more equitable framework for regulating access to the internet. Pickard and Berman argue that we should not see internet service as a commodity but as a public good necessary for sustaining democratic society in the twenty-first century. They aim to reframe the threat to net neutrality as more than a conflict between digital leviathans like Google and internet service providers like Comcast but as part of a much wider project to commercialize the public sphere and undermine the free speech essential for democracy. Readers will come away with a better understanding of the key concepts underpinning the net neutrality battle and rallying points for future action to democratize online communication.
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Signal Failure: The Rise and Fall of the Telecoms Industry
Signal Failure: How the Telecoms Industry Lost its Way explores the history of the telecoms industry concentrating on the key period from 1950-2000, enabling practicing telecoms engineers to learn from the experiences and mistakes of the industry's history. The book arises from wider research into the history of the United Kingdom electronics industry. The lessons highlighted are very relevant now for any country that aims to grow by supporting technological industries. The book has relevance well beyond telecoms and in particular show the long timescales affecting technological trends and how these can sometimes conflict with the relatively short horizon of political decisions.The book is intended for anyone who is interested in how innovation affects the realities of technology entering the marketplace as well as the technology's economic performance. Telecom professionals will find it gives background to the changes that happened in the UK industry. However, the book is also aimed at people who are interested in trends in the world-wide telecoms and other technology industries. Anyone involved with technological development will find the book relevant as it gives an insight into the issues that occur as significant disruptive technology enters a market.
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Communication, technology and cultural change
Gary Krug demonstrates how communication technology must be studied as an integral part of culture and lived-experience. Rather than stand in awe of the apparent explosion of new technologies, this book links key moments and developments in communication technology with the social conditions of their time.
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