Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Communications and the Changing Environment -- Part II. Satellites, Computers, and Global Relations -- Part III. Ecology, Culture, and Communications Technology -- Notes -- Index

In the primary context of the USA, the authors discuss technological possibilities compatible with present equipment, which offer some limited improvements in audio broadcasting. They then analyse more radical possibilities which may greatly increase the number of audio delivery channels....

Restrictions on transmission of data across borders are sometimes proposed as means to control abuses such as invasions of privacy. The authors explore the thesis that controls on cross-border data flows are rarely effective in helping to achieve such ends. They argue that the technology of...

Further comments on the debate concerning the use of telecommunications for development, in response to John H. Clippinger's article 'Can communications development benefit the Third World?'

The current and predictable trends in international computer communications are outlined. The opportunities that arise through the use of these services are then discussed. The opportunities will not be grasped unless the problems connected with international communications are solved. The...