TY - BOOK ID - 35091524 TI - Telecommunications in Canada : technology, industry, and government PY - 1993 SN - 0802067387 9786612056277 1282056271 1442680423 9781442680425 PB - Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - Telecommunication policy KW - Telecommunication KW - History KW - Telecommunication and state KW - Electric communication KW - Mass communication KW - Telecom KW - Telecommunication industry KW - Telecommunications KW - Communication KW - Information theory KW - Telecommuting KW - History. KW - Government policy KW - E-books KW - Kanada. KW - Kanada KW - Canada. KW - Canada (Province) KW - Canadae KW - Ceanada KW - Chanada KW - Chanadey KW - Dominio del Canadá KW - Dominion of Canada KW - Jianada KW - Kʻaenada KW - Kaineḍā KW - Ḳanadah KW - Kanadaja KW - Kanadas KW - Ḳanade KW - Kanado KW - Kanakā KW - Province of Canada KW - Republica de Canadá KW - Yn Chanadey KW - Canada KW - Puissance du Canada KW - Kanadier KW - Provinz Kanada KW - 01.07.1867 KW - -Telecommunication UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:35091524 AB - This study provides Canada's first comprehensive, integrated treatment of the emergence and development of key communication sectors: telegraph telephones, cable TV, broadcasting, communication satellites, and electronic publishing. By focusing on real institutions, actual (and frequently predatory) business practices, and law and regulatory policies, in both historical and contemporary perspectives, Babe helps demystify current communication issues.Stressing the flexibility of communication 'technologies' on the one hand, and the element of corporate power on the other, Babe reintroduces the principle of corporate/governmental responsibility for communication outcomes, a principle that has been largely drowned out by the shrill cries of 'Information Revolution.' ER -