Conference Papers:
2001:
Philip E. Steinberg and Stephen D. McDowell, "Mutiny on the Bandwidth: The Semiotics of Statehood in the Internet Domain Name Registries of Pitcairn Island and Niue," paper accepted for the meetings of the National Communication Association, November 2001, Atlanta, Georgia.
"New Media Policies in Canada," paper accepted for the meetings of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 2001, Washington D.C.
"India: Round Two of Reforms," paper for 51st annual conference of the International Communication Association, May 24-28, 2001, Washington, D.C.
Philip E. Steinberg and Stephen D. McDowell, “Mutiny on the Bandwidth," paper for the February 20-24, 2001 meetings of the International Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois.
2000:
"`Consumers' and the `Consumption' of Media and Cultural `Products and Services': Conceptual and Theoretic Considerations," paper for Global Fusion 2000: Communication and Culture - Bridging Borders, St. Louis, 13-15, October, 2000.
Stephen D. McDowell and Kostadin Kostadinov, "Telecommunications Liberalization in Central and Eastern Europe: "Further on Up the Road" of Institutional, Policy, and Industry Change," paper for the 2000 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, September 23-25, 2000, Alexandria, Virginia.
Patrick Hadley and Stephen D. McDowell, "Community-Centered Initiatives Addressing the Digital Divide: Challenges to Traditional Telecommunications Policy and Governance," paper for the 2000 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, September 23-25, 2000, Alexandria, Virginia.
Kartik Pashupati, Helen Sun, and Stephen D. McDowell, "Policy Responses to Satellite Television: Similarities and Contrasts in India and China," paper for the 50th annual conference of the International Communication Association, Intercultural and Development Communication Section, June 1-5, 2000, Acapulco, Mexico.
"The Un-Sovereign Century: Canada's Media and Communications Industries and Policies," paper accepted for the 50th annual conference of the International Communication Association, Intercultural and Development Communication Section, June 1-5, 2000, Acapulco, Mexico.
"Promoting Competition in U.S. Telecommunications," panel presentation for the 50th annual conference of the International Communication Association, Intercultural and Development Communication Section, June 1-5, 2000, Acapulco, Mexico.
Stephen McDowell and Kartik Pashupati, "The Absence of Cable and Satellite Policy in India: Its Impact on Programming, Access, and Investment," paper accepted for delivery to the Broadcast Education Association April 2000 meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Stephen D. McDowell and Philip Steinberg "Non-State Governance and the Internet: Civil Society and the ICANN," paper for the March 2000 meetings of the International Studies Association, March 15-20, Los Angeles, California.
Stephen D. McDowell, Ana Luz Ruelas, and Martin Dowding, "Access to Telecommunications in North America: Comparing Universal Service Debates and Indicators" paper for the Seventeenth Annual Intercultural Communication Conference, February 3-5, 2000, University of Miami, Miami, Florida.
1999:
Stephen D. McDowell, "Telecommunications Services in Mexico and Canada,"
paper for "Semana de Canada en Sinaloa,"
Mazatlan, Mexico, November 10-12, 1999.
Stephen D. McDowell, Ana Luz Ruelas Monjardin, and Martin Dowding, "Telecommunications Services: NAFTA and National Legislation," paper for the World Services Congress, November 1-3, 1999, Atlanta, Georgia.
Michele Jackson and Stephen D. McDowell, "How We Talk about Technology: New Technology, Higher Education, and the Need for Public Knowledge," paper for conference "New Media in Higher Education and Learning," Annenberg School of Communication, USC, October 27-30, 1999.
Stephen D. McDowell and Kostadin Kostadinov, "Basic Local Telephone Rates: Comparing Plans for Restructuring," paper for the 1999 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, September 25-27, 1999, Alexandria, Virginia.
"Canadian Communication and Cultural Policies: Coping with Globalization and Digital Media," paper for II Colloquium on Communication and Cultural Industries in NAFTA and MERCOSUR, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, June 1-2, 1999.
Kathryn Butterfield and Stephen D. McDowell, "FCC Spectrum Auctions: Evaluating a Public Policy Experiment," paper for the International Communication Association, Communication Law and Policy Interest Group, 1999 annual meetings, San Francisco, California.
Stephen McDowell and Kartik Pashupati, "India's Internet Policies: New Media Ownership, Control, and Purposes," Paper for the 49th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Intercultural and Development Communication Section, San Francisco, California, May 27-31, 1999
Stephen D. McDowell and Michele Jackson, "Connectivity and Information Infrastructures: New Technology and Public Policy," paper for the June 6-8, 1999 annual meetings of the Canadian Political Science Association, Law and Policy Division, Sherbrooke, Quebec.
Philip E. Steinberg and Stephen D. McDowell, "The Governance of Global Cyberspace: Spatial Constructivism and its Implications for International Relations Theory," paper for the March 1999 meetings of the American Association of Geographers, Hawaii.
Philip E. Steinberg and Stephen D. McDowell, "The Governance of Global Cyberspace: Spatial Constructivism and its Implications for International Relations Theory," paper presented at the February 1999 meetings of the International Studies Association, Washington, DC.
1998:
"Telecommunications Governance: From International to Global Institutions?" paper for the October 30-November 1, 1998 meetings of the International Studies Association Southern Region, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Stephen McDowell and Michele Jackson, "Ideologies of Order and Disempowerment: New Information and Communication Technology and the Need for Public Knowledge," paper for the conference of the International Association of Mass Communication Research, July 26-30, 1998, Glasgow, Scotland.
Stephen D. McDowell and Carleen Maitland, "Developing Television Ratings in Canada and the United States: The Perils and Promises of Self-Regulation,"for the July 20-24, 1998 meetings of the International Communication Association, Law and Policy Division, Jerusalem, Israel.
"Telecommunications Regulation in India: Context and Institutional Change," paper for the July 20-24, 1998 meetings of the International Communication Association, Intercultural Communication Division, Jerusalem, Israel.
"Conflicts between Local and Federal Governance in the United States: Prospects for New Communication Technology Deployment," Paper for, "Promoting Investment in the Digital Telecommunications Infrastructure," Fourth Annual Conference of the Consortium for Research on Telecommunications Policy and Strategy, June 5 and 6, 1998, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
"Local Governance and the U.S. Telecommunications Act of 1996," for "Telecommunications and the City," March 21-23, 1998, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.
"New Communication Technology and the Spatial Reconfiguration of State Authority and Community Affiliation," presentation for panel at the March 1998 meetings of the International Studies Association, Minneapolis, Minnnesota.
1997:
"Dispersing Governance: An IPE of Telecommunications Policies in North America," paper prepared for the October 17-19, 1997 meetings of the International Studies Association - South regional meetings, Miami, Florida.
"Convergence," paper for panel "Teaching and Research in New Communication Technology: Remapping Familiar Terrain?" paper for the October 16-18, 1997 meetings of the Florida Communication Association, Melbourne, Florida.
"Spatiality, Technology, and International Political Economy: Consumption of Culture, Communication and Tourism Services" paper for the July 10-12, 1997 conference, "Communication, Technology and Cultural Values," Rochester Institute of Technology.
Carleen Maitland and Stephen McDowell, "Information Technology Choice in Canada and the United States: Themes and Variations in `V-Chip' Design and Deployment," paper for the 1997 meetings of the International Communication Association, Montreal.
"New Communciation Technology and Global Community: A Resurgent Cosmopolitan Morality?" panel presentation for the 1997 meetings of the International Communication Association.
"Information Technology Choice in Canada and the United States: Themes and Variations in `V-Chip' Design and Deployment," paper with Carleen Maitland for the April 2-6, 1997 meetings of the Southern States Communication Association, Savannah, Georgia.
"Spatiality and the IPE of Consumption: Culture, Communication and Mobility," paper for the March 18-22, 1997 Meetings of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada.
"Regionalism and National Regulation: Canadian and United States' Participation in Regional Telecommunication Governance," Paper for 14th Annual Intercultural and International Communication Conference, February 6-8, 1997, Miami, Florida.
1996:
"Non-Commercial Stakeholders and Canadian Information Highway Debates: Redefining Public Policy without Public Interest Groups?" paper for the May 1996 meeting of the International Communication Association in Chicago, Illinois.
"Regulating Content and Converging Information Services: Comparing Canada and the United States," paper co-authored by Carleen Maitland presented at the June 1996 meeting of the Canadian Communications Association at Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario.
"Confronting the Neo-Liberal Account: Theory and the Political Economy of India's Communications Policies," paper for the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Diego, California, 16-20 April, 1996.
1995:
"Theoretic Traditions and the Political Economy of India's Communications Policies," paper prepared for the 24th Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin, October 20-22, 1995.
1994:
"New Audiovisual Services and Communications Policy in India," paper for the June 9-11, 1994 meeting of the Canadian Asian Studies Association, South Asia Council, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
"Making Sense of the State: Perspectives on Canadian Telecommunications," paper for June12-14, 1994 meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of Calgary, Alberta.
"Regional Integration in North America: Examining Telecommunications Services and Equipment," paper for "Communications in the Americas Conference," University of Calgary, June 4-7, 1994.
"Regional Integration? North American Telecommunications Services and Policy," paper for conference "Economic Integration and Public Policy: NAFTA, the EC, and Beyond," York University, Toronto, May 27-29, 1994.
1993:
"On Informatics and the Indian State: Examining Conventional Interpretations," paper for the joint conference of the Canadian Asian Studies Association/South Asia Council and Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, Carleton University, June 9-12, 1993.
"Liberalization and Democracy: Understanding India's International Economic Policies," paper for annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Studies in International Development, Carleton University, June 7-9, 1993.
"National Development and Information Technology: Informatics and the Indian State," paper for the Canadian Communications Association 1993 meeting, Carleton University, June 3-5, 1993.
"Globalization and Shifting Forms of State: India's International Economic Policies in the 1990s," paper delivered at the International Studies Association annual meeting, March 23-28, 1993, Acapulco, Mexico, Political Economy Section.
1992:
"The Economic Liberalization Debate in India," paper for the Politics of Developing Areas Section of the September 1992 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, United States.
"Canadian Firms, the State and Telecommunications Technology Research: Shifting Approaches to Economic and Social Opportunity," paper prepared for the Communication and Technology Division of the May 1992 conference of the International Communication Association, Miami, Florida.
"Epistemic Communities and Trade and Investment in Services," paper delivered at the March 1992 annual meeting of the International Studies Association, International Organization Section, Atlanta, Georgia.
1991:
"Rational Choosers and Collective Norms," paper for panel "The Politics of Theory," in the Political Theory section of the June 1991 annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association in Kingston, Ontario.
"Policy Research Institutes and Liberalized International Services Exchange," paper delivered on panel entitled "Social Scientists, Policy Communities, and the State," in the Public Policy and Law section of the June 1991 annual meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association in Kingston, Ontario.
"Global Computer Services, Class Formation and the State: The Case of Indian Software Policy," paper delivered on panel "Options for an Emergent India" at the June 7-9, 1991 meeting of the Canadian Asian Studies Association in Kingston, Ontario.
"International Services Liberalization and Indian Telecommunications Policy," paper prepared for the Intercultural and Development Communication Section of the May 1991 meeting of the International Communication Association at Chicago, Illinois, USA.
"Gender and the Liberalization of Service Institutions," paper delivered at the March 1991 meeting of the International Studies Association in Vancouver, British Columbia, Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section.
1990:
"Declining Counter-Hegemony: India and International Services Liberalization," paper delivered at the joint meeting of the 1990 Northeastern International Studies Association/Northeast Political Science Association, November 15-17, 1990, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
1989:
"Politics and the Social Relations of Intellectual Production," paper delivered in the Political Sociology section of the June 1989 Canadian Political Science Association meeting in Quebec City, Quebec.
"Sites of Resistance to the Expansion of World Services Markets," paper delivered at the March 1989 meeting of the International Studies Association, London, England.
1988:
"Hegemony and Trade in Services," paper delivered at the June 1988 Canadian Political Science Association meeting in Windsor, Ontario.
1987:
"Building Consensus in the OECD: The Case of Transborder Data Flows," paper delivered at the June 1987 CPSA meeting in Hamilton, Ontario.
"The International Information Order: Destruction from the Centre," paper delivered at the April 1987 meeting of the International Studies Association in Washington D.C., United States.
Papers and Presentations for Other Groups:
"Emerging Issues in the Telecommunications Industry," presentation to Convergence 2001 conference, February 4, 2001, Ritz Carlton Hotel, Amelia Island, Florida.
"Access for All," presentation to the Florida Information Service Technology Development Task Force, Friday, October 15, 1999, Orlando, Florida.
"Understanding Shifts in the Form and Scope of Telecommunications Governance, " paper for workshop, "Information, Power and Globalization," American Political Science Association meetings, September 2, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Canadian Communication and Cultural Policies: Coping with Globalization and Digital Media, guest presentation at Michigan State University, April 20, 1998.
"Understanding Shifts in the Form and Scope of Telecommunications Governance," paper for workshop, "Information, Power and Globalization," Memphis, Tennessee, January 24, 1998.
Presentation for panel, "Men Doing Feminist International Relations," International Studies Association, March 18-21, 1998, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
"New Technologies and Universal Service," presentation to the Committee on Utilities and Communications, Florida House of Representatives, September 16, 1997.
"Universal Access and the Scope and Form of Telecommunications Governance," paper for "Universal Access Workshop," University of Toronto, February 6-8, 1997.
"New Communication Technologies, Federal Legislation, and Policy Issues for Florida," presentation to Committee on Regulated Industries, Florida State Senate, January 8, 1997.
"The Spatial Organization of Governance and the Geographic and Social Accessibility of Communications Services," presentation for workshop "Exploring Electronic Space: Economic, Policy, and Social Dimensions of Information Technology," May 12-22, 1996, Hikone, Japan.
"Universality and Access in National Information Infrastructure Consultations and NTIA Research in the United States," presentation for workshop, "Defining and Maintaining Universal Access to Basic Network Services: Canadian Directions in an International Context," University of Toronto, March 14-16, 1996.
"Theoretic Perspectives on Canada's International Role," for conference "Canada's Role in the World," organized by Mennonite Central Committee Canada, Ottawa, February 25-27, 1993.
"Programs, Policies and Canadian Telecommunications Technology Development,"
paper for conference "Cooperating in Technological and Environmental Development:
Canada, Mexico and the United States," Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs,
New York, October 24-25, 1991.