"The pandemic has raised awareness of the need for universal access to high speed internet service in the United States. This book shows us that the debate about internet access is but the latest chapter in a long history of debates about universal service in the United States. This book analyzes the history, costs, and benefits of providing universal access to technologies and services, including education, postal service, telephone service, electrification, public libraries, and Internet"--
"The pandemic has raised awareness of the need for universal access to high speed internet service in the United States. This book shows us that the debate about internet access is but the latest chapter in a long history of debates about universal service in the United States. This book analyzes the history, costs, and benefits of providing universal access to technologies and services, including education, postal service, telephone service, electrification, public libraries, and Internet"--
Harmeet Sawhney is Professor, The Media School, Indiana University, Bloomington. He is Editor-in-Chief of The Information Society. Hamid Ekbia is Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington. He is the author of Heteromation and Other Stories of Computing and Capitalism (MIT Press) and Artificial Dreams: The Quest for Non-Biological Intelligence (Cambridge University Press).
Inhaltsangabe
Series Editor Introduction ix Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 Postal System 21 3 Education 41 4 Electrification 57 5 Telephony 75 6 Public Libraries 91 7 Broadcasting 105 8 The Internet 129 9 Conclusion 145 Notes 167 References 189 Index 221
Series Editor Introduction ix Acknowledgments xiii 1 Introduction 1 2 Postal System 21 3 Education 41 4 Electrification 57 5 Telephony 75 6 Public Libraries 91 7 Broadcasting 105 8 The Internet 129 9 Conclusion 145 Notes 167 References 189 Index 221
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