Communication

Index

Objective: In order to understand the social implication of the advances in communication, it is first necessary to study the technical aspect of communications. Then we shall examine the issue of substitution of communication for travel in such social innovations as teleconferencing and telecommuting. The index for this Chapter is:

• Segment 1: Index
• Segment 2: Spectrum, Wired, Wireless
  • The Electromagnetic Spectrum
  • Wired Communication
    • Wired Telephone
    • Cable TV
    • Computer Communication
  • Wireless Communication
    • Radio and TV
    • Satellites
    • New Advances
• Segment 3: Technical Aspects of Communication
  • Information
  • Message Compression
• Segment 4: Competition and Forecast
  • Competition
  • Forecast
• Segment 5: Impact of Computing and Communications
  • Security
  • Efficiency versus privacy
  • Communications versus transportation
  • Experiments in problem solving
  • Teleconferencing
  • Telecommuting

Sections 2 and 5 revised: 25 Aug 09