Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets

Cowhey, Peter F.; Aronson, Jonathan D.; Abelson, Donald E.

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“…S ince wireless radio transmissions were first achieved in the 1880s, telecommunications have evolved to the point where instant global communication is a daily reality, currently contributing more than a trillion dollars to the world economy per year 1 . Consumer demands for higher-performance, more fashionable mobile phones are now unprecedented.…”

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Flexible indium–gallium–zinc–oxide Schottky diode operating beyond 2.45 GHz

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Mechanically flexible mobile phones have been long anticipated due to the rapid development of thin-film electronics in the last couple of decades. However, to date, no such phone has been developed, largely due to a lack of flexible electronic components that are fast enough for the required wireless communications, in particular the speed-demanding front-end rectifiers. Here Schottky diodes based on amorphous indium-gallium-zinc-oxide (IGZO) are fabricated on flexible plastic substrates. Using suitable radio-frequency mesa structures, a range of IGZO thicknesses and diode sizes have been studied. The results have revealed an unexpected dependence of the diode speed on the IGZO thickness. The findings enable the best optimized flexible diodes to reach 6.3 GHz at zero bias, which is beyond the critical benchmark speed of 2.45 GHz to satisfy the principal frequency bands of smart phones such as those for cellular communication, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and global satellite positioning.

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“…The mass adoption of the Internet has been driven a number of important advances in hardware technology, most notably high-speed broadband and wireless Internet access as well as mobile device technology (Cowhey and Aronson, 2012). At the same time, software interfaces have become increasingly user-friendly, enabling consumers to use devices to access the Internet with minimal effort and without any prior knowledge or expertise (Paasonen, 2010: 414).…”

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Rising Internet Use, Generational Effects, and Changing Patterns of Political Participation in East Asia

Chen¹

2018

2018 International Conference on Economics, Politics and Business Management (ICEPBM 2018)

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This paper examines how regular Internet use affects patterns of political participation, and whether this relationship is consistent across different generations, by using the data from the 3rd wave of the Asian Barometer Survey (ABS). Furthermore, Internet use is associated with lower level of participation, but there is a difference among different generations (under -35s and over 35s). It is suggested that as Internet use becomes universal across different age groups, its effect on patterns of political participation will decline.

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“…Convergence and component modularity mean that, as digital media convergence approaches, the spread of the Internet and broadband is leading to a restructuring of the ways digital media services are financed. This is making it increasingly difficult to sustain state financing and subsidies (Cowhey & Aronson, 2009).…”

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Media Convergence Policy Issues

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2016

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication

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Digital technologies are frequently said to have converged. This claim may be made with respect to the technologies themselves or to restructuring of the media industry over time. Innovations that are associated with digitalization (representing analogue signals by binary digits) often emerge in ways that cross the boundaries of earlier industries. When this occurs, technologies may be configured in new ways and the knowledge that supports the development of services and applications becomes complex. In the media industries, the convergence phenomenon has been very rapid, and empirical evidence suggests that the (de)convergence of technologies and industries also needs to be taken into account to understand change in this area. There is a very large literature that seeks to explain why convergence and (de)convergence phenomena occur. Some of this literature looks for economic and market-based explanations on the supply side of the industry, whereas other approaches explore the cultural, social, and political demand side factors that are important in shaping innovation in the digital media sector and the often unexpected pathways that it takes. Developments in digital media are crucially important because they are becoming a cornerstone of contemporary information societies. The benefits of digital media are often heralded in terms of improved productivity, opportunities to construct multiple identities through social media, new connections between close and distant others, and a new foundation for democracy and political mobilization. The risks associated with these technologies are equally of concern in part because the spread of digital media gives rise to major challenges. Policymakers are tasked with governing these technologies and issues of privacy protection, surveillance, and commercial security as well as ensuring that the skills base is appropriate to the digital media ecology need to be addressed. The complexity of the converged landscape makes it difficult to provide straightforward answers to policy problems. Policy responses also need to be compatible with the cultural, social, political, and economic environments in different countries and regions of the world. This means that these developments must be examined from a variety of disciplinary perspectives and need to be understood in their historical context so as take both continuities and discontinuities in the media industry landscape into account.

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Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets

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Flexible indium–gallium–zinc–oxide Schottky diode operating beyond 2.45 GHz

Flexible indium–gallium–zinc–oxide Schottky diode operating beyond 2.45 GHz

Rising Internet Use, Generational Effects, and Changing Patterns of Political Participation in East Asia

Media Convergence Policy Issues

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