The social impact of emerging telephone services

William H. Dutton

Telecommunications Policy, 1992, vol. 16, issue 5, 377-387

Abstract: This article considers the complex social issues raised by new technological developments in telecommunications under the general headings of privacy, intrusion, equity, a 'human touch' and freedom of expression. Caller identification is discussed in some detail. The author concludes that, ironically, technological innovations and the regulatory response to them could eventually erode the popularity of the telephone itself.

Date: 1992
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/030859619290029O
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:telpol:v:16:y:1992:i:5:p:377-387

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30471/bibliographic
http://www.elsevier. ... /30471/bibliographic

Access Statistics for this article

Telecommunications Policy is currently edited by Erik Bohlin

More articles in Telecommunications Policy from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().