roundtable: Videotapes*Boston*TPR-NE*Telecommunications Policy Roundtable

roundtable: Videotapes*Boston*TPR-NE*Telecommunications Policy Roundtable

Videotapes*Boston*TPR-NE*Telecommunications Policy Roundtable

Howard Frederick (hfrederick@igc.apc.org)
Tue, 7 Mar 1995 16:14:58 -0800 

Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 16:14:58 -0800
From: Howard Frederick <hfrederick@igc.apc.org>
Message-Id: <199503080014.QAA04301@igc2.igc.apc.org>
To: roundtable@cni.org
Subject: Videotapes*Boston*TPR-NE*Telecommunications Policy Roundtable


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      [Videotapes*Boston*TPR-NE*Telecommunications Policy Roundtable]

          -->>  Three Telecommunications Policy Videotapes 
          -->>  Available for Cable Distribution/Educational Use

         (1) Universal Access and Teledemocracy  (30 min) 
         (2) What Journalists Know about the Internet?  (60 min)
         (3) How Communities Can Make the Information Highway 
             Come to Town (60 min)

     The Telecommunications Policy Roundtable-Northeast (TPR-NE) is a 
coalition of New England groups working to protect the public interest 
in telecommunications policy and to promote enlightened policy at the 
regional and local level.  These cable-release videos of TPR-NE policy 
forums were produced by Emerson College and TPR-NE.  

(1) Universal Access and Teledemocracy ($22)  Speakers from the industry 
    and non-profit sectors debate the meaning of universal service and 
    its impact on American democracy.  Panelists were:  Stan Kugell, Vice 
    President, Pilgrim Telephone Inc.; Miles Fidelman, Center For Civic 
    Networking; Eric Loeb, MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab; Kate Snow, 
    Somerville Community Computing Center; Allen Shaw, MIT Media Lab; 
    Howard Frederick, Emerson College

(2) What Journalists Know about the Internet? ($27)  Journalists, 
    educators and policy makers discuss Internet policies and practice 
    affecting journalists and the news business.  Presenters include:  
    David Armstrong, Boston Globe; Simson L. Garfinkel, contributing 
    writer, Wired; Coralee Whitcomb, Telecommunication Policy Roundtable-- 
    Northeast.  

(3) How Communities Can Make the Information Highway Come to Town ($27)  
    Municipal and community computer pioneers ask how cities and civil 
    society in general can assure that they are not bypassed by the 
    information superhighway.  Presentations included:  Miles Fidelman, 
    The Center for Civic Networking; Robert C. Maier, Massachusetts Board 
    of Library Commissioners; Geoffrey Beckwith, Massachusetts Municipal 
    Association; Curtiss Priest, Center for Information, Technology & 
    Society; Ken Komoski, Learning and Information Network for Community 
    Telecomputing; Harry Stevens, computer teleconferencing pioneer; Gordon 
    Cook, former analyst, U.S. Office of Technology Assessment; Jennifer 
    Lawton, Net Daemons Associations.

All tapes are provided on high-quality VHS, NTSC standard (3/4" or PAL by 
special order).  Tape (1) is $22; Tapes (2) and (3) are $27 each, plus 
$4.00 shipping.  All three tapes are available for $70.00 plus $6.00 
shipping.  Overseas orders, $7 shipping for each tape for airmail delivery.  
All tapes are edited and titled for cable release.  Please send checks or 
money orders made payable to "Emerson College Bookstore" to 143 Beacon 
Street, Boston, MA 02116.  Credit card payments are accepted (please 
include number and expiration date).  For more information, contact Prof. 
Phyllis Haynes, Emerson College, phone:  617-421-0111 email:  
haynespl@delphi.com   

Howard Frederick
<hfrederick@igc.apc.org>

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