{"product_id":"communications-satellites-joseph-n-pelton-9780805849622","title":"Communications Satellites: Global Change Agents","description":"Over the past 40 years, satellites have played a key role in creating a global culture, spreading worldwide entertainment, stimulating technological interchange, and promoting trade around the world. \u003ci\u003eCommunications Satellites: Global Change Agents\u003c\/i\u003e addresses communications satellites not only in terms of the technology and the services they provide, but also with consideration of the technology's impact in socio-political, security, economic, policy, news, entertainment, and cultural spheres. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEditors Joseph N. Pelton, Robert J. Oslund, and Peter Marshall bring together contributions that place satellites into a broad context and examine how they influence and define today's world. Written in a non-technical, reader-friendly style, chapters investigate how satellite communications work and explore the role of satellites in such arenas as: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*news and entertainment systems around the world; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*Internet, E-business, and the new global economy; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*global television and radio channels; \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*military operations; and \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e*education, health services, economic development, and electronic immigration. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommunications Satellites: Global Change Agents\u003c\/i\u003e examines what satellites have been and projects how they will evolve in the future, articulating what they mean to the world today and forecasting what they will mean tomorrow. As the definitive source on communications satellites and their role in today's world, this volume serves as a valuable, unique, and timely resource for scholars and students in telecommunications, communication and technology, mass communication and society, and broadcasting.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph N. Pelton, Robert J. Oslund, Peter Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805849629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805849622\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.06w x 0.90d","brand":"Joseph N. Pelton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054867706111,"sku":"9780805849622","price":66.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94041c0d-9353-455a-a73b-263fc5ec5d10.jpg?v=1685032447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/communications-satellites-joseph-n-pelton-9780805849622","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}