Information to users

Table 1.1
Research Questions
Questions Answers

Under what conditions has U.S. foreign policy making in the area of information and communications evolved?
What is current U.S.
foreign information policy and what factors currently influence foreign
information and
communications policy making?
What issues might be the most influential in future information policy making?
Chapter 2, Information Interdependence Chapter 3, History and Context
Cases
Chapter 4, International Telecommunication Union Chapter 5, General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs and the World Trade Organization Chapter 6, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Chapter 7, Issues and US Governmental Responses Chapter 8, An Agenda for US Foreign Information Policy
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First, this study evaluates information issues within
the evolving theoretical context of interdependence and then focuses on how 'information interdependent" the world is today. Second, an examination of the historical context of US foreign information policy will reveal the evolution of the principles in the use and perception of information over time. These principles provide the rationale on which the United States has based its foreign information policy.
Third, there will be an in-depth examination of US
relations with three international organizations which have clear agendas in information and communications: the
International Telecommunication Union, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (which became the World Trade
Organization in 1994), and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Finally, these
relationships will be analyzed and organized providing the basis for understanding both information policy in general as well as its application specifically to the United
States.