A critical look at the present cable television system and a discussion of potential uses of the system. (AK)

The ATS-6 Educational Satellite Communications Demonstration-Alaska (ESCD), was viewed as a way to give isolated population groups greater voice in their educational future, by bypassing bureaucratic levels and allowing the local people to have a direct say in the school curriculum and programs that were shown via satellite. This study focused on…

This paper analyzes thirteen recommendations for media policy making in rural Alaska which were formulated as a product of a study of the educational television aspect of the ATS-6 (Applications Technology Satellite) project in 1974-75. The recommendations, which emphasize local media control, were based on information provided by village…

An overview is given of the potential contribution of computerized information services to communities involved with common disciplines or common missions. The author first describes the knowledge workshop--an environment in which knowledge workers do their knowledge work--and then discusses the prototype of the community workshop which has been…