Telecommunications and Community Wellbeing: a review of the literature on access and affordability for low-income and disadvantaged groups Tony Eardley, Jasmine Bruce and Gerard Goggin SPRC Report 09/09 University of New South Wales Consortium Social Policy Research Centre Journalism and Media Research Centre July 2009 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY WELLBEING For a full list of SPRC Publications see, www.sprc.unsw.edu.au or contact: Publications, SPRC, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia. Telephone: +61 (2) 9385 7802 Fax: +61 (2) 9385 7838 Email:
[email protected] ISSN 1446 4179 ISBN 978-0-7334-2796-1 Submitted: March 2009 Published: July 2009 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY WELLBEING Authors Dr Tony Eardley, Jasmine Bruce (Social Policy Research Centre) and Professor Gerard Goggin (Journalism and Media Research Centre) Contact details Dr Tony Eardley, Senior Research Fellow, Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, ph 02 9385 7826, fax 02 9385 7838, email
[email protected] Acknowledgements and disclaimer The authors would like to thank Isabel Yaya for additional research assistance. We are also grateful for the advice and support of the Low Income Measures Assessment Committee, especially those of its Chair, Chris Dodds. In particular we would like to thank Telstra’s Group Manager for Consumer Affairs, Robert Morsillo, who initiated this project, for his helpful and knowledgeable commentary on earlier drafts of the report. Any errors of fact and all views put forward in the report remain those of the authors and not those of either LIMAC or Telstra. Suggested Citations: Eardley, T., Bruce, J.