Media & Telecommunication Issues de Benjamin J. Cuttler

Media & Telecommunication Issues

Benjamin J. Cuttler

Telecommunications media include radio, cable, satellite services, multimedia, the Internet, cable TV, telephony, broadcast radio and TV. This book deals with the policies, laws, impact and fast-moving developments in a field which impacts the world in a multitude of ways - not all of which are benign. This book presents the latest research in the field. Topics discussed in this book include telemarketing and the implementation of the Do Not Call Registry; mobile telephones and motor vehicle operation; internet and the workforce; models in wireless telecommunications; and society and media industries.

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Preface; Regulation of the Telemarketing Industry: State & National Do-Not-Call Registries; Telemarketing: Implementation of the National Do-Not-Call Registry; Telemarketing: Dealing with Unwanted Telemarketing Calls; Media Law & the Internet; The Convergent Society & the Media Industries; You're My Bitch: Crude & Degrading Treatment of Women in Hardcore Rap through the Eyes of the Predominantly White Target Audience; Mobile Telephones & Motor Vehicle Operation; How Dangerous is Driving with a Mobile Phone? Benchmarking the Impairment to Alcohol; Resistive Rectangular Patch Antenna With Uniaxial Substrate; The New Generation: Hybrid Webified Applications for the Mobile Workforce; Faculty Learning in Online Courses; Integrating a Speech Interface with YouTube to Allow More Natural Interactions; The Privatization of Intelsat: From an Intergovernmental Organization to Private Equity Ownership; Predictive Validity of Forecasting Models in Wireless Telecommunications: Traditional Time Series Models Versus Diffusion Models; The FCC's "a la Carte" Reports; Journalists' Privilege: Overview of the Law & 109th Congress Legislation; Index.