Technologies of Freedom

by Ithiel de Sola Pool

How can we preserve free speech in an electronic age? In a masterly synthesis of history, law, and technology, Ithiel de Sola Pool analyzes the confrontation between the regulators of the new communications technology and the First Amendment.

Genres: Politics, Technology

299 pages, Paperback

First published May 5, 1983

Reviews

[Indra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written in 1983 before the term 'internet was used outside a few universities and research centres, Pool captures so many of the issues related to changes in communciations and media debated now but with more clarity and insight than all but a few. Essential reading.

[A.C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent text on policy. In some ways, it was as if he could see to the now because a lot of the things he talks about are prescient now.

[Ivan · Rating 4 out of 5]

the landmark of media convergence talk. often considered as a must read for new media scholars.