DocumentCode :
1159735
Title :
Cable Communications Policy Issues: An Overview
Author :
Chen, Kan
Issue :
11
fYear :
1976
Firstpage :
727
Lastpage :
734
Abstract :
Three perspectives¿need-oriented, value-oriented, and technology-oriented¿were used to develop an overview of cable comminications policy issues. A need-oriented perspective shed light on the specific policy issues in the five service areas of the community information system, consumer information system, teleshopping/telebanking, teleeducation, and telemedicine, and in the social experimentation of these services. A value-oriented perspective identified programming diversity as a more important social policy issue than economic efficiency in cablecasting. A corresponding research agenda is presented for policy and institutional changes to increase ideological and stylistic diversity in television programming. From a technology-oriented perspective, the most important development impinging on cable communication is that of fiber optics. The policy issues here are so far-reaching that research should be started now, along the direction of a specific research agenda, to study policy options dealing with the convergence of telephone systems and cable systems.
Keywords :
Cable TV; Communication cables; Communications technology; Cultural differences; Information systems; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Telemedicine; Telephony; Uncertainty;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9472
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TSMC.1976.4309443
Filename :
4309443
Link To Document :
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