Biographical information for Prof. Stephen D. McDowell

Stephen McDowell is based in the Department of Communication at Florida State University in Tallahassee, where he teaches in the areas of communication policy, new technology and society, and mass media. His research has dealt with new communication technology, and with communication policies in India, Canada, and the United States. Recent papers address software and telecommunications policies in India, public interest groups in Canadian information highway strategy, cities and the U.S. Telecommunications Act of 1996, and television content ratings and V-Chip technology design in Canada and the United States. He is presently working on a book manuscript with Michele Jackson evaluating theory and research on new communication technology. [http://mailer.fsu.edu/~smcdowel/]