Cyberspaces and global affairs / / edited by Sean S. Costigan and Jake Perry

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815024903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, 2012
• ISBN: 1-315-57571-X; 1-317-15520-3; 1-317-15519-X; 1-283-36768-8; 9786613367686; 1-4094-2755-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CostiganSean S; PerryJake
• Disciplina: 327.0285/4678
• Soggetti: Technology and international relations; Internet and international relations; Mass media and international relations; International relations - Technological innovations; Information technology - Political aspects; Internet - Political aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; PART I; 1 Cyberwar: A Real and Growing Threat; 2 From an Analog Past to a Digital Future; 4 VIEWPOINT: Cyberterrorism: Cyber "Pearl Harbor" is Imminent; 5 VIEWPOINT: Protecting Google. Is an Attack Against Google, an Attack Against the U.S.?; 6 VIEWPOINT: Invisible Threats; PART II; 7 Web 2.0 and Public Diplomacy; 8 Call for Power? Mobile Phones as Facilitators of Political Activism; 9 ICT Infrastructure in Two Asian Giants: A Comparative Analysis of China and India; 10 Information (without) Revolution?11 The Political History of the Internet; 12 U.S. Identity, Security, and Governance of the Internet; 13 ; Information and Communications Technologies and Power; 14 Social Media and Iran's Post-election Crisis; 15 VIEWPOINT: Combating Censorship Should be a Foreign Policy Goal; 16 VIEWPOINT: An Alternative Perspective on Cyber Anarchy for Policy-makers; PART III; 17 Digital Divide: The Reality of Information Haves and Have-nots; 18 Using ICT Research to Assist Policy-making and Regulation: The Case of Namibia; 19 Leveraging Information and Communication Technologies for Global Public Health20 Knowledge Ecologies in International Affairs: A New Paradigm for Dialog and Collaboration; 21 Environmental Politics: How Information and Communication Technology have Changed the Debate; 22 VIEWPOINT: Privacy-There is Not Enough and it is Shrinking Fast; 23 VIEWPOINT: Information Overload: Real and Growing by the Minute; 24 VIEWPOINT: PageRank and Perceptions of Quality; 25 VIEWPOINT: Citizen Change; 26 VIEWPOINT: Old and New Media: Picket Fences Until the End; 27 Postscript; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The essays and topical cases in this book explore such issues as networks and networked thinking, information ownership, censorship, neutrality, cyberwars, humanitarian needs, terrorism, privacy and rebellion, giving a comprehensive overview of the core issues in the field, complimented by real world examples.