• DocumentCode
    1220497
  • Title

    Information and communication in the third millenium

  • Author

    Posner, Edward C.

  • Author_Institution
    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    1/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    15
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the author´s views on what the information and communication industry will be like at the start of the third millennium, with emphasis on the implications to information and communication theorists. The main conclusions are that communication will play a greater role in Society in the third millennium. Communication Theory will be more concerned with channel complexity than with channel capacity. More communication theorists will be needed, and they will be more broadly trained.
  • Keywords
    Communication systems; Information systems; Technology forecasting; Air traffic control; Artificial satellites; Channel capacity; Communication industry; Information theory; Mobile communication; Optical fibers; Space technology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0163-6804
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCOM.1979.1089939
  • Filename
    1089939