The role of innovation and wealth in the net neutrality debate: A content analysis of human values in congressional and FCC hearings

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1360-1373

  Cheng, An Shou ^a   Fleischmann, Kenneth R ^a   Wang, Ping ^b   Ishita, Emi ^c   Oard, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

content analysis; ethics; information policy

Indexed keywords

CODING SCHEME; CONTENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHICS; HUMAN VALUES; INFORMATION ACCESS; INFORMATION POLICY; PILOT STUDIES; POLICY DEBATES; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

INTERNET;

EID: 84862292986     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.22646     Document Type: Article

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