03260nam 2200589I 450 991064404650332120220224072028.09780472902453047290245810.3998/mpub.10067550(CKB)5850000000058076(OCoLC)1299149974(MdBmJHUP)musev2_110138(MiU)10.3998/mpub.10067550(MiAaPQ)EBC7191315(Au-PeEL)EBL7191315(EXLCZ)99585000000005807620220224h20222022 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNet neutrality and the battle for the open internet /Danny Kimball1st ed.Ann Arbor, Michigan :University of Michigan Press,2022.©20221 online resource: illustrations ;9780472038596 0472038591 Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-264) and index.Introduction: the broadband battle -- Democratic communications infrastructure, discourse, policy, and advocacy -- Defining broadband -- Clash of titans or the best of frenemies? -- Nuclear net neutrality -- The Title II turn -- Organizing for net neutrality -- Conclusion: boring points."Net neutrality," a dry but crucial standard of openness in network access, began as a technical principle informing obscure policy debates but became the flashpoint for an all-out political battle for the future of communications and culture. Net Neutrality and the Struggle for the Open Internet is a critical cultural history of net neutrality that reveals how this intentionally "boring" world of internet infrastructure and regulation hides a fascinating and pivotal sphere of power, with lessons for communication and media scholars, activists, and anyone interested in technology and politics. While previous studies and academic discussions of net neutrality have been dominated by legal, economic, and technical perspectives, Net Neutrality and the Struggle for the Open Internet offers a humanities-based critical theoretical approach to net neutrality, telling the story of how activists and millions of everyday people, online and in the streets, were able to challenge the power of the phone and cable corporations that historically dominated communications policy-making to advance equality and justice in media and technology.Network neutralitySocial aspectsInternet and activismInternetAccess controlSocial aspectsInternet service providersPolitical activistsNetwork neutralitySocial aspects.Internet and activism.InternetAccess controlSocial aspects.Internet service providers.Political activists.384SOC052000LAW104000bisacshKimball Danny1983-1280859EYMEYMBOOK9910644046503321Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet3017547UNINA