Broadband Convergence: Future Directions and Societal Impacts
Titel:
Broadband Convergence: Future Directions and Societal Impacts
Auteur:
Wirth, Michael O.
Verschenen in:
JMM: the international journal on media management
Paginering:
Jaargang 8 (2006) nr. 1 pagina's 19-28
Jaar:
2006-03-01
Inhoud:
This article provides a nonquantitative social benefits and costs framework for discussing the impact of converged broadband networks on society. Societal benefits discussed include choice, control, convenience, competition, community and connectivity, education, democratization, audience feedback and product improvement, economic growth, telework, multitasking skills, and regulation. Discussion of societal costs focuses on privacy and security, intellectual property and piracy, social isolation and human interaction, journalistic standards, telework, the digital divide, globalization, mass content, community decline, desensitization to violence, audience fragmentation, regulation, and workplace productivity.
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