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For readers not wellversed in the history of monopolies and antitrust legislation, the author begins by detailing how monopolies arose in a number of industries railroads. Crawford gets the balance right between details, anecdotes, and bigpicture. Crawford offers one point of view in her new book captive audience. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it.

Read online interview with susan crawford captive audience. Technological determinism and its discontents harvard. Elliott hibbler 22fterecenta a r move, i was in the enviable position of deciding on a televi sionnternet and i package. Reilly visiting professor in intellectual property at harvard law school, is the author of captive audience.

To enable widespread quality of life and to ensure national competitiveness most americans should have access. Engaging communities through datasmart governance, a contributor to wired, and. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age, coauthor of the. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age, and came away quite excited by susan crawfords new book. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.

The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age audio cd september 2, 2014 by susan p. In areas that include 75% of the population, consumers will likely have only one service provider cable companies with docsis 3. View american english definition of captive audience. Susan crawford has been supportive of community owned networks and a loud voice against the poor policies that have allowed a few massive cable and telephone companies to monopolize our. Captive audience by susan crawford, 9781491528747, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The pocket wife susan crawford author cassandra campbell narrator 2015. Its an academic book, but i hope it reaches a wider audience. Crawford writes in her debut, is the communications equivalent of standard oil. About speaker susan crawford susan crawford is the john a. Definition of captive audience in the idioms dictionary. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age see other formats. Professor susan crawfords book, captive audience, adopts the second approach, viewed through the lens of the recent merger between comcast and nbc universal. This is the british english definition of captive audience.

The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new. Definition and synonyms of captive audience from the online english dictionary from macmillan education. Pdf captive audience download full pdf book download. Professor susan crawford has just published an exciting new book on the future of highspeed internet access in america.

The virtually unlimited amounts of data well be able to send and receive through fiberoptic connections will enable a degree of virtual presence that will radically transform healthcare, education, urban administration and services, agriculture, retail sales, and offices. A captive audience is a person or a group of people who have gathered in a certain place for a purpose and are provided or exposed to information that are unrelated to their actual purpose of. Topics internet, telecommuncations, broadband, monopoly collection. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age susan crawford.

The coming tech revolutionand why america might miss it, captive audience. Read captive audience pdf the telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age by susan crawford yale university press. Crawford is a crisp, clear writer, who avoids jargon and methodically lays out the evidence for her arguments. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age is an american nonfiction book by the legal expert susan p. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age free book online. Building a wider audience for readers cccs beyond the book. Susan crawford is the visiting stanton professor of the first amendment at harvards kennedy school, a visiting professor at harvard law school, a professor at cardozo law school, author of captive audience. Reilly visiting professor in intellectual property at harvard law school and a fellow at the roosevelt institute, is the author of captive audience. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading captive audience.

Captive audience kindle edition by crawford, susan p download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age susan p. With some of the fastest speeds and lowest prices in the world for highspeed internet access, the nation was poised to be the global leader in the new knowledgebased economy. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age yale 2012 and regularly contributes to bloomberg view and wired. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age is a timely book on an industry whose rate of growth is only outpaced by its rate of change crawford traces the concentration of monopoly power in telecommunications, using comcast as the storys main character. Captive audience wikipedia captive audience the telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age is an american nonfiction book by the legal expert susan p crawford it describes highspeed internet access in the united states as essential like electricity but currently too slow and too expensive. Captive audience available for download and read online in other formats. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age, susan crawforda professor at the benjamin n.

Susan crawford, author of the justreleased captive audience. Engaging communities through datasmart governance, and a contributor to wired. Susan crawford keynote speakers bureau and speaking fee. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age, and came away quite excited by susan crawfords new book susan crawford has been supportive of community owned networks and a loud voice against the poor policies that have allowed a few massive cable and telephone companies to monopolize our telecommunications. Susan crawford painstakingly, methodically, calmly and persuasively makes the case that telecommunications in the united states has been sold out by profit seeking corporations not acting in the best interests of the public, collusive regulators who frequently join the industries they once regulated and bought and paid for politicians.

Interview with susan crawford author, captive audience. Captive audience susan crawford pdf the telecom industry and. Ten years ago, the united states stood at the forefront of the internet revolution. The pdf file you selected should load here if your web browser has a pdf reader plugin installed for example, a recent version of adobe acrobat reader if you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with pdfs, highwire press provides a helpful frequently asked questions about pdfs alternatively, you can download the pdf file directly to your computer, from where it. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age by susan crawford pp. Susan has long been an advocate of communities deciding for themselves. A former adviser to president obama, she has been a leading figure in the struggle to preserve an open internet. Susan crawford, captive audience, and how to kill the. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age, is our guest for the 29th episode of the community broadband bits podcast. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age by susan p. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age by susan crawford and publisher yale university press.

The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded agexplainshye w that is. Susan crawford captive audience pdf susan crawford, captive audience. Crawford published on 20108 by yale university press. It describes highspeed internet access in the united states as essential like electricity but currently too slow and too expensive. This important book by leading telecommunications policy expert susan crawford explores why americans are now paying much more but getting much less when it comes to high. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the new gilded age, coauthor of the responsive city. As an initial matter, crawford is sharply critical of u. To hear crawford tell it in 270 pages excluding the copious footnotes, americans should be worried because most of them will not have access to the fastest lane on the information superhighway. This important book by leading telecommunications policy expert susan crawford explores why americans are now paying much more but getting much less when it comes to highspeed internet access.

Susan crawford is a visiting professor at harvard law school and a fellow at the roosevelt institute. The telecom industry and monopoly power in the crawford argues that further compounding this failure are the cable. We cant create a level playing field for all americans or indeed. Susan crawford, in particular, had been leading the charge against. In this talk, and in her new book captive audience.