Beyond Broadband Access: Developing Data-Based Information Policy Strategies

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297 johannes m. bauer is professor in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media at Michigan State University where he is also the director of Special Programs of the Quello Center for Telecommunication Management and Law at Michigan State University. Dr. Bauer joined Michigan State University in 1990, after receiving his doctorate in economics from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria. Dr. Bauer taught and researched as a visiting professor at the Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands (academic year 2000–2001), the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China (May 2002), and the University of Konstanz, Germany (summer 2010). His research covers a wide range of issues related to the evolution of communications and information industries, in particular the design and effect of public policies towards next-generation networks and services, Internet governance , mobile communications, and innovation. He also researches business strategies, often from a comparative and international perspective. Research findings are published in leading journals in the field, including Telecommunications Policy, Information Economics and Policy, the International Journal of Communication, Telematics and Informatics, Info, and Electronic Markets. Dr. Bauer is a frequent speaker at international conferences and has served as an advisor for public and private sector organizations in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. steven bauer is a research affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He received his PhD in computer science at MIT working in the Advanced Network CONTRIBUTORS contributors 298 Architecture Group with David Clark. Bauer’s research focuses on the architectures and economics of Internet-scale networks. Bauer is the recipient of the Department of Defense National Science and Engineering Fellowship and the National Science Foundation Fellowship. He is also a Harry S. Truman Scholar and Barry Goldwater Scholar. erik bohlin is currently head and professor in Technology Assessment at the Division of Technology and Society, Department of Technology Management and Economics at Chalmers University of Technology. He has published in a number of areas relating to the information society policy, strategy, and management . He is chair of the International Telecommunications Society and chief editor of Telecommunications Policy. He obtained his graduate degree in Business Administration and Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics (1987) and his PhD at Chalmers University of Technology (1995). justin brown is assistant professor in the School of Mass Communications at University of South Florida teaching courses in telecommunications, law and research methods. His research focuses on telecommunications law and policy issues including broadband deployment, freedom of speech and new media. Dr. Brown has made numerous research presentations at conferences organized by the International Communications Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Broadcast Education Association (BEA), and the Telecommunication Policy Research Conference (TPRC). His research is represented in such publications as Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal, Communication Research, Communication Law & Policy, Federal Communications Law Journal, Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy, IDEA: Intellectual Property Law Review, and Info: The Journal of Policy, Regulation and Strategy for Telecommunications, Information and Media. He also worked as a research assistant at Penn State’s Institute for Information Policy and the Pennsylvania Center for the First Amendment and currently serves on the editorial review board of Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. He earned his BS (Journalism) from the University of Oregon, and both his MA (Telecommunication Studies) and PhD (Mass Communication) from Penn State University, and previously taught at the University of Florida and Winthrop University. david clark is senior research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, where he has worked since receiving his PhD there in 1973. Since the mid-1970s Dr. Clark has been leading the development of the Internet; from 1981 to 1989 he acted as chief protocol architect in this development, and chaired the Internet Activities Board. More recent activities include extensions to the Internet to support real-time traffic, pricing, and related economic issues, and policy issues surrounding the Internet, such as broadband local loop deployment . His current research looks at redefining the architectural underpinnings of the Internet, and the relation of technology and architecture to economic, co n tr i buto r s 299 societal, and policy considerations. Dr. Clark is past chairman of the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Academies, and has contributed to a number of studies on the societal...