Kevin G Wilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 342376 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin G Wilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin G |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilson |
| SIGNATURE | WILSON K G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université TÉLUQ |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0652-3294 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An Alternative Internet: Radical Media, Politics and Creativity
The Last Mile: Service Tiers Versus Infrastructure Development and the Debate on Internet Neutrality
In this article, the current debate on Internet neutrality is examined in terms of four frames: legislative reform, network economics, Internet practices and culture, and broadband policy. The paper is critical of the broadband carriers’ (telephone and cable companies) attempt to institute a “new Internet” based on discriminatory service tiers. It is vital for the Internet community to oppose the introduction of service tiers, but public debate o…
Feeling like a burden: Exploring the perspectives of patients at the end of life
Identification of Domains Relevant to Health-related Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery
Competition in Long-Distance Telephony: A Critical Analysis of Telecom Decision CRTC 92-12
In 1992 the agency responsible for regulating Canadian telecommunications, the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission), authorized Unitel Communications Inc. to provide a public long-distance telephone service. For the first time Bell Canada, and six of the other telephone companies that comprise the Stentor common carrier consortium, would face competition in the market for public telephony (CRTC, 1992a). This article …
Olympians or lemmings? the postmodernist fun run
The phenomenon of mass fun running in Britain dates from the early 1980s and displays much of the ideology of the ‘Sport For All’ campaign. While running as an activity can be viewed as a natural pastime, the notion of mass jogging, as exemplified by the Great North Run and the London Marathon, is more difficult to comprehend and requires further analysis. This paper argues that the mass fun run is an example of the ‘Society of Spectacle’: a comm…
Deregulating telecommunications and the problem of natural monopoly: A critique of economics in telecommunications policy
An Evaluation of Outpatient Clinic Services for Patients with Panic Disorder
The study is an evaluation of treatment services that are provided to patients with panic disorder at an outpatient mental health clinic. A mail survey was used to contact patients who had completed therapy at the clinic between January 1987 and October 1989. Responses were obtained from 21 individuals (representing a 70% response rate). Results indicated that 14 of 21 patients (66%) no longer meet diagnostic criteria for panic disorder. However,…
Family psychoeducational support groups in schizophrenia
Family members of 55 patients with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to a psychoeducational support group or to a control group. Support group participants showed greater knowledge of schizophrenia and greater satisfaction with health care services than did control group members. Psychological distress, coping behavior, and family satisfaction did not appear affected by support group participation; nor were support groups associated with lower…
Technologies of Control: The New Interactive Media for the Home
The videotex industry: Social control and the cybernetic commodity of home networking
Feeling like a burden: Exploring the perspectives of patients at the end of life
Olympians or lemmings? the postmodernist fun run
The phenomenon of mass fun running in Britain dates from the early 1980s and displays much of the ideology of the ‘Sport For All’ campaign. While running as an activity can be viewed as a natural pastime, the notion of mass jogging, as exemplified by the Great North Run and the London Marathon, is more difficult to comprehend and requires further analysis. This paper argues that the mass fun run is an example of the ‘Society of Spectacle’: a comm…
The videotex industry: Social control and the cybernetic commodity of home networking
Technologies of Control: The New Interactive Media for the Home
Deregulating telecommunications and the problem of natural monopoly: A critique of economics in telecommunications policy
An Evaluation of Outpatient Clinic Services for Patients with Panic Disorder
The study is an evaluation of treatment services that are provided to patients with panic disorder at an outpatient mental health clinic. A mail survey was used to contact patients who had completed therapy at the clinic between January 1987 and October 1989. Responses were obtained from 21 individuals (representing a 70% response rate). Results indicated that 14 of 21 patients (66%) no longer meet diagnostic criteria for panic disorder. However,…
Family psychoeducational support groups in schizophrenia
Family members of 55 patients with schizophrenia were randomly assigned to a psychoeducational support group or to a control group. Support group participants showed greater knowledge of schizophrenia and greater satisfaction with health care services than did control group members. Psychological distress, coping behavior, and family satisfaction did not appear affected by support group participation; nor were support groups associated with lower…
Competition in Long-Distance Telephony: A Critical Analysis of Telecom Decision CRTC 92-12
In 1992 the agency responsible for regulating Canadian telecommunications, the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission), authorized Unitel Communications Inc. to provide a public long-distance telephone service. For the first time Bell Canada, and six of the other telephone companies that comprise the Stentor common carrier consortium, would face competition in the market for public telephony (CRTC, 1992a). This article …
Olympians or lemmings? the postmodernist fun run
The phenomenon of mass fun running in Britain dates from the early 1980s and displays much of the ideology of the ‘Sport For All’ campaign. While running as an activity can be viewed as a natural pastime, the notion of mass jogging, as exemplified by the Great North Run and the London Marathon, is more difficult to comprehend and requires further analysis. This paper argues that the mass fun run is an example of the ‘Society of Spectacle’: a comm…
Identification of Domains Relevant to Health-related Quality of Life in Patients Undergoing Major Surgery
Feeling like a burden: Exploring the perspectives of patients at the end of life
An Alternative Internet: Radical Media, Politics and Creativity
The Last Mile: Service Tiers Versus Infrastructure Development and the Debate on Internet Neutrality
In this article, the current debate on Internet neutrality is examined in terms of four frames: legislative reform, network economics, Internet practices and culture, and broadband policy. The paper is critical of the broadband carriers’ (telephone and cable companies) attempt to institute a “new Internet” based on discriminatory service tiers. It is vital for the Internet community to oppose the introduction of service tiers, but public debate o…
Computer Science (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Telecommunications (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Distress (3 works) · ICT Impact and Policies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works)