|  | Phone: +1 213 743 1789 E-mail: fbar at usc dot edu Web site: http://fbar.net Office: KER 209 (map: http://ker.fbar.net) Office Hours: On sabbatical during the 2009-2010 academic year François Bar is Associate Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for
Communication at the University of Southern California. He is a steering
committee member of the Annenberg Research Network
on International Communication. His research and teaching focus
on the social and economic impacts of information technologies, with a specific
concentration on telecommunication policy, user-driven innovation and technology
appropriation. His most recent work examines the impact of
information technology for development, in places ranging from East Africa to
Latin America.
His work has been published in books of collected studies, in
policy reports, and in such journals as Information Technologies and
International Development, Communications & Strategies,
Telecommunications Policy, The Information
Society, Media, Culture & Society,
Organization Science, Infrastructure Economics
and Policy, Communications & Strategies,
Réseaux, and the International Journal of
Technology Management. He is co-Editor in Chief of Information Technologies and International Development (ITID).
Affiliations:
- Annenberg Research Network for International Communication (ARNIC)
- Annneberg Networks Network (ANN)
- USC Center for Communication Law & Policy (CCLP)
- Annenberg Program on Online Communities (APOC)
Research
Projects:
Recent Publications:
- Bar, François, and Christian Sandvig (2008), "US communication policy after
convergence", Media, Culture & Society, 30: 531-550 [PDF]
- Bar, François, Walter Baer, Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, and Fernando Ordonez
(2008), "Infrastructure: Network Neutrality and Network Futures," in Kazys
Varnelis, ed., Networked
Publics, MIT Press (2008) - preview
- Lee, Seungyoon, Peter Monge, François Bar, and Sorin Matei (2007), “The
Emergence of Clusters in the Global Telecommunications Network,” Journal of
Communication, 57(3), 415-434. [PDF]
- Galperin, Hernan and François Bar (2007), “O Potencial das Microempresas de
Telecomunicações: Experiências na América Latina”, in Maciel, Maria Lucia, and
Sarita Albagli, Informação e desenvolvimento: conhecimento, inovação e
apropriação social. Brasilia, UNESCO/IBICT, 2007 [UNESDOC
online access]
- Bar, François, and Jonathan Taplin (2007), “Cable’s Digital Future,” in
Sarah Banet-Weiser, Cynthia Chris and Anthony Frietas, editors, Cable
Visions: Beyond a Broadcast Model, New York: New York University Press,
66-84
- Bar, François and Namkee Park (2006), "Municipal Wi-Fi: The Goals,
Practices, and Policy Implications of the U.S. Case", Communications &
Strategies, no. 61, 1st quarter 2006, 107-125. [PDF]
- Bar, François, with Caroline Simard (2006), "From Hierarchies to Network
Firms", in The Handbook of New Media: Updated Student Edition,
Lievrouw, Leah, and Sonia Livingstone eds., Sage, 350-363. [PDF]
- Bar, François and Hernan Galperin (2006) , "Geeks, Burocratas e Cowboys:
criando uma infra-estrutura Internet, de modo Wireless" in Manuel Castells and
Gustavo Cardoso, eds. A sociedade em Rede: Do Conhecimento à Acção
Política, Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda, Lisboa , 291-304. [PDF]
[ Full
list of publications in RefWorks] close Spring 2009 classes:
- CGMT582 - International Communication and National Development
- COMM620 - Research Seminar on Mobile phones, On-Line Community, and Social Change
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