Global networks in telecommunication and transportation

Abstract

This study examines the global network structures of telecommunication and transportation, and tests structural relationships among countries in the global system. Specifically, telephone and air travel networks are examined. The results of zero-order correlation, canonical correlation, and LISREL analysis show a high correlation between telecommunication and transportation network. NEGOPY reveals a similar structure for both networks. It identifies one large group with western industrialized countries as center and the rest as periphery for both networks. These results suggest the replication of inequalities in political and economic areas between center and periphery countries. It turns out that telephone is obviously one of the 'space-adjusting technologies' that change the significance of distance and allow for higher degrees of accessibility to remote locations. Only one country is identified as an isolate in the telephone network, whereas many isolate countries exist in the transportation network.

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