nep-ict New Economics Papers
on Information and Communication Technologies
Issue of 2010‒10‒23
four papers chosen by
Walter Frisch
University Vienna
  1. ICT4D and the human development and capabilities approach: the potentials of information and communication technology By Hamel, Jean-Yves
  2. Germany’s PSB going online – is there an economic justification for Public Service Media online? By Nadine Lindstädt
  3. Developments in Cable Broadband Networks By Hyun-Cheol CHUNG
  4. Dynamics of Information Exchange in Endogenous Social Networks By Daron Acemoglu; Kostas Bimpikis; Asuman E, Ozdaglar
  1. By: Hamel, Jean-Yves
    Abstract: This study frames a review of information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) within the human development and capabilities approach. Looking at the basic dimensions of human development, which make up the core measurement of its achievements: health, education and a income, and additionally at the dimensions of participation and empowerment, a survey of research and evidence seeks to evaluate whether or not ICTs have demonstrated positive outcomes for these dimensions of human development and more broadly to the practice of its approach. The paper reviews the literature and research conducted in these dimensions in order to establish a sense of the scope and potential that ICTs have for human development. By doing so, the paper seeks to assess whether or not the use of ICTs is pertinent to the human development of the poor, and if so, which are documented cases and outcomes that can perhaps be replicated in differing development contexts. The paper also seeks to answer questions on the role of government policy and investment in ICTs as keys to their success in development and whether or not ICTs should be emphasized at all in poor countries. The paper concludes with the important realisation that ICTs alone cannot improve peoples’ lives; the use of ICTs needs to occur within broader strategies that are tailored to make the most use of these tools and techniques in order to reap their potential benefits for human development.
    Keywords: human development; information and communication technology; ICT4D; telecommunications reform; empowerment; participation
    JEL: I30 O15 Z10 I00 D01
    Date: 2010–09–27
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:25561&r=ict
  2. By: Nadine Lindstädt (Department of Environmental and Business Economics, University of Southern Denmark)
    Abstract: Public Service Media (PSM) online is a highly up to date topic. There is no clear consensus among researchers if Public Service Media should have a le-gitimization online and if so to which extent. Some authors still demand for an extensive role of public service provision in the digital era whereas others either argue against PSM on the internet at all or assign them a restrictive and complementing function at the most. The question has furthermore concerned the European Commission as well as several Member States for many years now. Public service broadcasters have been accused of distorting competition online – an area that up to then seemed to have worked being left to the market. Though the extension of public service providers towards the internet is legitimized by the European Commission it seems appropriate to analyze if there is a true economic justification for having Public Service Media online and if so to which extent. This article contributes to enter into that question against the background that the traditional public service broadcasting system (i.e. television and radio) is taken as given and unchangeable for the analysis. The paper thereby waives to repeat the fundamental discussion of pros and cons of public service provision and, instead, concentrates specifically on elaborating possible cross-media effects.
    Keywords: media economics, two-sided markets, competition, public service broadcasting, public service media
    JEL: L82 A20 L13 M21
    Date: 2010–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sdk:wpaper:102&r=ict
  3. By: Hyun-Cheol CHUNG
    Abstract: The position of cable operators within the pay TV market has changed drastically in recent years. Although video service remains core to the cable industry’s business model, cable TV’s market share has been dropping significantly with intense competition from direct broadcast satellite services (DBS), Internet protocol Television (IPTV) services, digital terrestrial television services (DTT) and finally from over-the-top (OTT) service providers that supply video over an existing data connection from a third party. Cable still has a strong market position for video, particularly because of its existing relationships with content providers but the market is likely to become more competitive as other substitutable offers become available over a range of media.
    Date: 2010–03–23
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:stiaab:170-en&r=ict
  4. By: Daron Acemoglu; Kostas Bimpikis; Asuman E, Ozdaglar
    Date: 2010–10–08
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cla:levarc:661465000000000216&r=ict
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