In many ways it is futile to think about the future. There are far too many variables involved
and it is almost impossible to make accurate predictions. At the same time, we have no …

This chapter seeks to identify the main elements of an analytic framework for research on the
role of information-communication technologies in the restructuring of the inherited social …

This article suggests that those interested in both welfare theory and welfare policy cannot
afford to overlook the emerging interactions between online and offline environments. It …

Telecommunications networks (including the National Information Infrastructure being
promoted by the Clinton Administration in the US) are increasingly being perceived as …

In telecommunication privacy policy discourses, there is a paucity of evidence regarding
how lay people understand and deal with telephone privacy issues. This article aims to add …

This article examines the Supreme Court of Canada's position that reasonable expectations
of privacy in informational spaces can be protected by focusing on the protection of the …

The advent of caller identification (CID) services has brought additional complexity to the
issue of telephone privacy. Federal hearings and other documents written between 1988 …

This essay analyzes the regulatory record on state‐level telecommunications policy
proceedings that established regulations for Caller ID service during the late 1980s and …

As policy-makers in various countries have turned to devising policy in the relatively
unfamiliar terrain of telephone privacy, it is evident that they have done so with little …

While the timing and thrust of V‐Chip policies pursued in Canada and the US in the mid‐
1990s were similar, specific ways that V‐Chip technologies were deployed varied …