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foreword by William O. Baker To understand the Information Age one must understand the concept of information as a resource. Like other basic resources such as energy and materials, information resources are building blocks of society. But unlike energy and materials, they are far more abundant and versatile. Information resources includes computers, telecommunications, the mass media, and financial services, all created or changed by the movement from analog to digital. This collection looks at the factors underlying digital technologies as well as the resulting public and strategic policy issues.In a rapidly evolving discipline, certain judgments are likely to change. To strike a balance between the more abstract concepts of enduring value and writings focused on current examples, each part of the book opens with a timeless "evergreen" chapter, followed by one or more "contemporary" chapters.Contributors : Daniel Bell, Anne Wells Branscomb, Benjamin M. Compaine, Derrick C. Huang, Martin C. Libicki, Patricia Hirl Longstaff, Robert Lucky, John F. McLaughlin, Lee McKnight, Vincent Mosco, W. Russell Neuman, Eli Noam, Anthony G. Oettinger, Ithiel deSola Pool, William H. Read, Jerome S. Rubin, Richard J. Solomon, Debra Spar, Ronald Alan Weiner, Janet Wikler.

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CONTENTS
Foreword : Into the Age of Information / William O. Baker = xi
Preface / Benjamin M. Compaine ; William H. Read = xvii
Introduction : Information Resources : Knowledge and Power in the 21st Century / Anthony G. Oettinger = xxiii
Ⅰ Ageless Issues = 1
 Evergreen
  1 Telling Ripe from Hype in Multimedia : The Ecstasy and the Agony / Anthony G. Oettinger = 3
  2 Will Computer Communication End Geography? / Vincent Mosco = 29
Ⅱ New Age Technology = 75
 Evergreen
  3 A Convergence of Form and Function : Compunications Technologies / Anthony G. Oettinger = 77
  4 Understanding Computers and Communications / Robert W. Lucky = 85
  5 Understanding Digital / Anthony G. Oettinger = 111
  6 Standards : The Rough Road to the Common Byte / Martin C. Libicki = 195
Ⅲ Information as a Resource = 237
 Evergreen
  7 Building Blocks and Bursting Bundles / Anthony G. Oettinger = 239
  8 Publishing as a Creature of Technology / Jerome S. Rubin ; Janet Wikler = 289
  9 Communications - For Better or for Worse / Daniel Bell = 303
Ⅳ The Information Business = 321
 Evergreen
  10 Charting Change : The Harvard Information Business Map / Anthony G. Oettinger ; John F. McLaughlin ; Anne E. Birinyi = 323
  11 Size, Growth, and Trends of the Information Industries, 1987-1996 / Derrick C. Huang = 347
  12 Managing Information : Back to Basics / Benjamin M. Compaine ; John F. McLaughlin = 363
  13 Knowledge as a Strategic Business Resource / William H. Read = 379
  14 New Competition and New Media / Benjamin M. Compaine = 405
Ⅴ Information Policy = 421
 Evergreen
  15 Information and Communications Policy Research - More Important, More Neglected / Eli M. Noam = 423
  16 Policies for Freedom / Ithiel de Sola Pool = 431
  17 Regulating Communications in the 21st Century : New Common Ground / Patricia Hirl Longstaff = 453
  18 FCC Reform : Does Governing Require a New Standard? / William H. Read ; Ronald Alan Weiner = 491
  19 Cybercommunities and Cybercommerce : Can We Learn to Cope? / Anne Wells Branscomb = 531
  20 Cyberrules : Problems and Prospects for On-Line Commerce / Debora Spar = 549
  21 Political Gridlock on the Information Highway / W. Russell Neuman ; Lee McKnight ; Richard J. Solomon = 575
  22 Information Resources in the 21st Century / Benjamin M. Compaine ; William H. Read = 601
About the Editors and Authors = 613
Index = 617