Bücher von Ithiel de Sola Pool

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In this study Mr. Pool has shown what is meant by the word democracy on each side of the iron curtain. He has shown the different connotations of democracy; He has devised some new techniques involving a general theory of communication to measure the ways by which people in the East and West use the word.

This book applies the approach of technology assessment to the telephone. This book not only examines the social consequences of the telephone, but provides a model for future efficient assessments of new technologies.