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| Monograph
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In
2003, the Institute for Telecommunications Studies initiated a
Monograph Series recognizing and publishing outstanding research
of students undertaken with assistance from the ITS. Examples
of this research are noted below.
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| Podcasting:
The Emerging Business of Nanocasting
by Thanas Goga
January
2006
The
new medium of podcasting, through which audio files are
downloaded from the Internet to an MP3 player, cell phone,
or similar digital portable device, is being hailed as the
‘next big thing,’ or ‘the next frontier
of personalized media’ that will succeed blogging
and e-mail as the way people want to publish and receive
information - in this case sound - via the Web. [ ] While
tech-savvy enthusiasts from the interactive Internet community
talk about podcasting as the hottest trend on the Web, many
media professionals argue that it is just the latest example
of how grassroots technology is getting around big media.
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The
Problems Faced by China in Devising an Online Landscape
with Chinese Characteristics
by
Shuho Otani
October
2005
Since China sent its first email in 1987, it has become
the second largest Internet user in the world. This has
been primarily due to the country’s rapid economic
growth and the growth of its telecommunication industry.
During this recent period of economic growth, the country
has experienced two parallel reforms: economic liberalization
and political deregulation. These have resulted in changes
in China’s telecommunication industry and its Internet
landscape.
This research investigates some of the problems that China
faces in devising an online landscape. One of the challenges
is the conflict between a development leap forward in information
technology and the Internet’s putative threat to the
power of China’s government. The other challenge is
the digital divide characterized by economic and social
differences between those who can afford the Internet and
those who cannot.
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Satellite
Communication & the Indian Subcontinent
By
Roshan Noorzai
June
2005
Satellite services are no longer limited to the affluent
societies; they can serve and support the development
process in the poorest of regions. This can be observed
in the Indian Subcontinent, one of the less developed
regions of the world. This paper examines the space-based
assets of India and Pakistan and the ways those assets
support the development process in those countries. Examples
cited include tele-education, tele-medicine, remote sensing
and village connectivity.
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History
and Development of the Communication Regulatory Agency
in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1998 – 2005
by
Adin Sadic
October
2005
This is the first overall study of the Communication Regulatory
Agency (CRA) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). The
main purpose of this research was to provide insight into
the recent history and development of the B&H Communication
Regulatory Agency. The study focuses principally on the
regulation of broadcasting, offering an analysis of the
evolutionary stages in which the international community
played a crucial role. The intent has been to provide
the most objective overview of the political, social and
cultural situation based on the most relevant and accurate
information available on media regulation.
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Telecommunications
Privatization and Implications for Access to Information:
The Case of Ghana and South Africa
by
Emmanuel Adugu
October
2004
Abstract
This
study explores the privatization of the telecommunications
sector in Ghana and South Africa and how that is related
to access to telecommunications services for socio-economic
development. The study focuses on economic and political
factors that might have influenced privatization of telecommunications
in both countries.
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Access
to Education in Africa via Satellite
by
Hala Ibrahim
May
2005
Abstract
The
potential of satellite technologies to improve access to
education in Africa is discussed in this paper. Education
contributes to sustainable development in Africa. However,
accessibility to quality education has been stalled by many
barriers, including lack of infrastructure, lack of trained
teachers, high teacher/student ratios and shortage of educational
materials. Satellites are among the information and communication
technologies (ICTs) with the potential to by-pass terrestrial
barriers to deliver educational services to scattered users.
The situation of education in Africa is discussed in terms
of Direct Broadcast Services (DBS), Internet via satellites
and VSAT networks. Also covered are the principal satellite
providers with access to the African continent and African
projects making use of satellite technology to improve access
to education. Regulatory and economic constraints are also
discussed.
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Internet
and the News: The Globalization of News
Consumers
and Providers
Miao Zhang and Don Flournoy
January
2005
Abstract
This
study applies uses and gratifications theory to the phenomenon
of news globalization as a result of the wide use of the
Internet. An analysis of online news flow shows that news
consumers can get more of their needs met in cyberspace,
but a greater degree of technological literacy and access
to still-expensive and quite complicated equipment are required
to take full advantage of the medium. How global consumers
are provided with web-based news is explored from the perspective
of web content, technology and management. This study draws
the seemingly contradictory conclusion that in the process
of being internationalized, news is also being localized.
Even though the Internet continues to develop in directions
news consumers expect and require, news consumer expectations
and requirements are changing.
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