In this posthumous work, Pool envisions how the technological revolution in communications may affect the mass media, developing countries, metropolitan centers, and individual users. He argues that the greatest benefits will come through allowing the free flow of technology and information. Less developed countries are likely to be most successful in creating their own communication industries welcoming competition. Computers, satellities, and facsimile machines will jump the boundaries of nations, states, and cities, frustrating those who would control information but bringing together and providing great benefits to those with common interests. The author sees a need to rewrite laws and regulations relating to copyright, the broadcast spectrum, and other barriers that restrict communication flow. ISBN 0-674-87263-0: $29.95
