03484nam 2200637Ia 450 991043793910332120200520144314.094-007-1245-610.1007/978-94-007-1245-4(CKB)2560000000091165(EBL)971999(OCoLC)806228788(SSID)ssj0000745976(PQKBManifestationID)11399111(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000745976(PQKBWorkID)10860436(PQKB)10911480(DE-He213)978-94-007-1245-4(MiAaPQ)EBC971999(PPN)258863366(PPN)165062746(EXLCZ)99256000000009116520120831h20122013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGlobal geographies of the internet /Barney Warf1st ed. 2013.Dordrecht ;New York Springer2012, c20131 online resource (169 p.)SpringerBriefs in geography,2211-4165Description based upon print version of record.94-007-1244-8 Includes bibliographical references.1: Introduction -- 2: Origins, Growth, and Geographies of the  Global Internet -- 3: Global Internet Censorship -- 4: Global E-Commerce -- 5: Global E-Government -- 6: Social Media -- 7: References.Today, roughly 2 billion people use the internet, and its applications have flourished in number and importance. This volume will examine the growth and geography of the internet from a political economy perspective. Its central motivation is to illustrate that cyberspace does not exist in some aspatial void, but is deeply rooted in national and local political and cultural contexts. Toward that end, it will invoke a few major theorists of cyberspace, but apply their perspectives in terms that are accessible to readers with no familiarity with them. Beyond summaries of the infrastructure that makes the internet possible and global distributions of users, it delves into issues such as the digital divide to emphasize the inequalities that accompany the growth of cyberspace. It also addresses internet censorship, e-commerce, and e-government, issues that have received remarkably little scholarly attention, particularly from a spatial perspective. Throughout, it demonstrates that in cyberspace, place matters, so that no comprehensive understanding of the internet can be achieved without considering how it is embedded within, and in turn changes, local institutional and political contexts. Thus the book rebuts simplistic “death of distance” views or those that assert there is, or can be, a “one-size-fits-all, cookie-cutter” model of the internet applicable to all times and places.SpringerBriefs in Geography,2211-4165Human geographyInternetSocial aspectsTechnological innovationsSocial aspectsHuman geography.InternetSocial aspects.Technological innovationsSocial aspects.909909.097170829909/.097170829Warf Barney1956-303970MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910437939103321Global geographies of the internet4201564UNINA