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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163976003321

Autore

Reader Capitol

Titolo

Summary of The Master Switch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, : Primento Digital, 2013

ISBN

9782511002247

2511002248

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (25 p.)

Disciplina

384.041

Soggetti

Information technology -- History

Mass media -- History

Telecommunication -- History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; Book Presentation; Book Abstract; About the Author; Important Note About This Ebook; Summary of The Master Switch (Tim Wu); The Rise- The First Phase of the Cycle; Consolidation- The Second Phase of the Cycle; Breaking the Monopoly- The Third Phase of the Cycle; The Perennial Lure of Size and Scale- The Fourth Phase of the Cycle; Applying the Cycle to the Network of Networks- The Internet; Buy the Book; About the Summary Publisher; Copyright

Sommario/riassunto

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Tim Wu in his book "The Master Switch, The Rise and Fall of Information Empires". This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Tim Wu's book.Wu argues that information technology start as an open playing field and then eventually became dominated by a big entity exercising monopoly.  He argues that the world's information is now traveling in a single network; the Internet, therefore he says that great information