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Exploring the Limits

Europe’s Changing Communication Environment

Part of the book series: European Communication Council Report (EUROCOMM)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-7
  2. About the ECC and this Report

    1. About the ECC and this Report

      • Axel Zerdick
      Pages 9-12
  3. Emerging Issues

    1. Emerging Issues

      • Philip R. Schlesinger, Alessandro Silj, Percy H. Tannenbaum, Axel Zerdick
      Pages 13-32
  4. Economic Perspectives Summary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-34
    2. The Internet — On the Verge of a Modem Society?

      • Klaus Goldhammer, Ulrich Thomas Lange
      Pages 45-68
  5. Social Perspectives Summary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-112
    2. New Media in European Households

      • Roger Silverstone
      Pages 113-134
    3. Communication and Decommunication

      • Gérard Claisse
      Pages 135-148
  6. Policy Perspectives Summary

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-168
    2. Strategic Alliances in the New Communication Environment

      • Antonio Pilati, Giuseppe Richeri
      Pages 187-202
    3. State Intervention —The Japanese Experience

      • Ulrich Wattenberg
      Pages 219-228
    4. Regulation in the USA — Lessons for Europe?

      • Hans J. Kleinsteuber, Marcel Rosenbach
      Pages 229-236
  7. The Road Ahead…

    1. The Road Ahead…

      • Axel Zerdick
      Pages 237-241
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 242-368

About this book

The ECC was formed in 1996 to discuss current developments in information and communication technologies and related perspectives for economics, politics and social systems. The 1997 report gives a scientific evaluation of some of the discussed trends in our society.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Exploring the Limits

  • Book Subtitle: Europe’s Changing Communication Environment

  • Authors: Ulrich Thomas Lange, Klaus Goldhammer

  • Series Title: European Communication Council Report

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60746-2

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64536-5Published: 03 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-60746-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 361

  • Topics: Communications Engineering, Networks

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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