The Global Political Economy Of Communication: Hegemony, Telecommunication And The Information Economy

INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY SERIES General Editor: Timothy M. Shaw, Professor of Political Science and International Development Studies, and Director of the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia Recent titles include: Pradeep Agrawal, Subir V. Gokarn, Veena Mishra, Kirit S. Parikh and Kunal Sen ECONOMIC RESTRUCTURING IN EAST ASIA AND INDIA: Perspectives on Policy Reform Solon L. Barraclough and Krishna B. Ghimire FORESTS AND LIVELIHOODS: The Social Dynamics of Deforestation in Developing Countries Kathleen Barry (editor) VIETNAM'S WOMEN IN TRANSITION Jorge Rodríguez Beruff and Humberto García Muñíz (editors) SECURITY PROBLEMS AND POLICIES IN THE POST-COLD WAR CARIBBEAN Ruud Buitelaar and Pitou van Dijck (editors) LATIN AMERICA'S INSERTION IN THE WORLD ECONOMY: Towards Systemic Competitiveness in Small Economies William D. Coleman FINANCIAL SERVICES, GLOBALIZATION AND DOMESTIC POLICY CHANGE: A Comparison of North America and the European Union Paul Cook and Frederick Nixson (editors) THE MOVE TO THE MARKET? Trade and Industry Policy Reform in Transitional Economies Mark E. Denham and Mark Owen Lombardi (editors) PERSPECTIVES ON THIRD-WORLD SOVEREIGNTY: The Postmodern Paradox Frederic C. Deyo (editor) COMPETITION, POWER AND INDUSTRIAL FLEXIBILITY: Social Reconstructions of the World Automobile Industry John Healey and William Tordoff (editors) VOTES AND BUDGETS: Comparative Studies in Accountable Governance in the South Jacques Hersh and Johannes Dragsbaek Schmidt (editors) THE AFTERMATH OF 'REAL EXISTING SOCIALISM' IN EASTERN EUROPE, VOLUME 1: Between Western Europe and East Asia Noeleen Heyzer, James V. Riker and Antonio B. Quizon (editors) GOVERNMENT-NGO RELATIONS IN ASIA: Prospects and Challenges for People-Centred Development George Kent CHILDREN IN THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY David Kowalewski GLOBAL ESTABLISHMENT: The Political Economy of North/Asian Networks Richard G. Lipsey and Patricio Meller (editors) WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRADE INTEGRATION: A Canadian-Latin American Dialogue Laura Macdonald SUPPORTING CIVIL SOCIETY: The Political Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Central America Stephen D. McDowell GLOBALIZATION, LIBERALIZATION AND POLICY CHANGE: A Political Economy of India's Communications Sector Gary McMahon (editor) LESSONS IN ECONOMIC POLICY FOR EASTERN EUROPE FROM LATIN AMERICA David B. Moore and Gerald J. Schmitz (editors) DEBATING DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE: Institutional and Popular Perspectives Juan Antonio Morales and Gary McMahon (editors) ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY: The Latin American Experience Paul J. Nelson THE WORLD BANK AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS: The Limits of Apolitical Development Archibald R. M. Ritter and John M. Kirk (editors) CUBA IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM: Normalization and Integration John Sorenson (editor) DISASTER AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE HORN OF AFRICA Howard Stein (editor) ASIAN INDUSTRIALIZATION AND AFRICA: Studies in Policy Alternatives to Structural Adjustment Geoffrey R. D. Underhill (editor) THE NEW WORLD ORDER IN INTERNATIONAL FINANCE Sandra Whitworth FEMINISM AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS David Wurfel and Bruce Burton (editors) SOUTHEAST ASIA IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER: The Political Economy of a Dynamic Region The Global Political Economy of Communication Hegemony, Telecommunication and the Information Economy Edited by Edward A. Comor Assistant Professor School of International Service The American University Washington, DC Foreword by Craig N. Murphy Published in Great Britain by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-0-333-66477-3 DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-24926-8 ISBN 978-1-349-