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Peer reviewedHansen, Craig J. – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1992
Examines communication technologies in the workplace, provides a brief overview of current research, and offers questions for further exploration. Offers a personal perspective based on the author's experiences as a product manager for NCR Corporation and as a computer industry consultant. Includes discussions on voice mail, fax, hypermedia, and…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communications, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail
Peer reviewedCalhoun, Craig – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1986
A conceptual framework is proposed for studying variations in kind and extent of social integration and relatedness, such as those new communication technology may foster. Emphasis is on the contrast between direct and indirect social relationships. The framework is illustrated by consideration of potential social impacts of widespread…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Communications, Community Change, Computer Networks
Peer reviewedSun, Su-Lien; Barnett, George A. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Examines the relationship between the international telephone network and democratization through network analysis. Highlights include principles of modern democracy; community and global interactions; a country's pattern of communication and its relationship to democratic development; and a country's position in the international telephone…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Networks, Correlation, Democracy
Peer reviewedBraman, Sandra – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1994
Discussion of the impact of the use of information technology on democratic potential highlights the concept of the autopoietic state as a basis for determining appropriate communication policy principles in a network environment. Topics addressed include the relationship between information and power; systems theory; chaos theory; and the…
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Communications, Computer Networks, Cybernetics
Download full textNewman, Denis; And Others – 1992
This paper identifies a paradigm shift that must take place in school networking. The ultimate goal is to retool the schools with a local technical infrastructure that gives teachers and students immediate access to communication systems and information resources, thereby supporting the implementation of advances in pedagogy and educational…
Descriptors: Communications, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Educational Change
Miller, Boulton B. – 1994
The knowledge development concept (KDC) described in this report is designed to prepare the public to take full advantage of the National Information Infrastructure. Implementation of KDC will redirect the efforts of the education industry from stressing information technology as tools and skills to the use of information technology for educating…
Descriptors: Communications, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education
