Volume 14 Issue 1 (1996)
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BRINGING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES TO AUSTRALIA’S COMMUNICATION FUTURES: BEYOND THE SUPERHIGHWAY?
A case study is presented of the multi-method and multi-discipline approach to anticipating the social and policy implications of new communication and information technologies (C&IT) being adopted by the Communication…
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A TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT AN INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
We are now living in the Information Age, where information-handling activities, taken, together, are the dominant claim on resources. The infrastructure needed to make this socio-economic system work is much…
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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ON AUSTRALIA’S COMMUNICATIONS FUTURE
Australia’s communications future is being increasingly shaped by globalisation trends. However, complex interrelationships exist between forces operating at global, national and local scales. Social and business networks have a major…
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AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT: ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE
Australian telecommunications policy is undergoing a period of rapid change. Policy statements released to date have placed emphasis on competition and liberalisation but with a focus on the domestic situation.…
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TELEVISION FUTURES IN AUSTRALIA
In this paper I discuss “Television Futures in Australia” and social science’s attempts to describe that future. In the first part of the paper I note characteristics of the discussion…
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RE-ENGINEERING TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR THE WAY PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE: SOCIAL RESEARCH IN THE DESIGN OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
This article uses findings from a close study of eleven people’s telecommunications uses at home and a national survey to argue for the importance of technology development which is based…
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REVIEW ARTICLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: WHY REFORM IS NEEDED
Experiences of environmental impact assessment (EIA) for some major transportation projects, particularly in urban areas strongly suggest that decisions have been made with highly adverse environmental consequences. Political and bureaucratic…