Departmental Papers (ASC)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
March 1983
Publication Source
Telecommunications Policy
Volume
7
Issue
1
Start Page
43
Last Page
52
DOI
10.1016/0308-5961(83)90050-2
Abstract
Most serious discussion of telecommunications policy is governed by a utilitarian framework in which the success of communications networks is measured by some criterion of productivity. This exclusive emphasis creates undesirable rigidities in large communications systems upon which industrialized societies are so dependent. An analysis of productivity constraints on the social flexibility of existing networks is offered in support of an argument for deliberately building playfulness, In line with certain modest proposals, into the organization of emerging networks of communication.
Keywords
telecommunications, social psychology, systems design
Recommended Citation
Marvin, C. (1983). Telecommunications Policy and the Pleasure Principle. Telecommunications Policy, 7 (1), 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/0308-5961(83)90050-2
Date Posted: 07 March 2008