03125nam 2200505I 450 991082376230332120171115094539.01-78743-675-61-78743-295-5(CKB)4340000000194209(MiAaPQ)EBC4941311(UtOrBLW)9781787432956(EXLCZ)99434000000019420920171115h20172017 uy 0engurun|||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBecoming digital toward a post-Internet society / Vincent MoscoLondon, [England] :Emerald Publishing,2017.©20171 online resource (246 pages)Society nowIncludes index.1-78743-296-3 Includes bibliographical references.The next Internet -- Converging technologies -- Power, politics and political economy -- The body and culture -- Problems -- Citizenship in a post-Internet world.Becoming Digital examines the transition from the online world we have known to the Next Internet, which is emerging from the convergence of Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, and the Internet of Things. The Cloud stores and processes information in data centers; Big Data Analytics provide the tools to analyse and use it; and the Internet of Things connects sensor-equipped devices everywhere to communication networks that span the globe. These technologies make possible a post-Internet society filled with homes that think, machines that make decisions, drones that deliver packages or bombs, and robots that work for us, play with us, and take our jobs. The Next Internet promises a world where computers are everywhere, even inside our bodies, "coming alive" to make possible the unification of people and machines in what some call the Singularity. This timely book explores this potential as both a reality on the horizon and a myth that inspires a new religion of technology. It takes up the coming threats to a democratic, decentralized, and universal Internet and the potential to deepen the problems of commercial saturation, concentrated economic power, cyber-warfare, the erosion of privacy, and environmental degradation. On the other hand, it also shows how the Next Internet can help expand democracy, empowering people worldwide, providing for more of life's necessities, and advancing social equality. But none of this will happen without concerted political and policy action. Becoming Digital points the way forward. InternetSocial aspectsInternetTechnological innovationsInternet of thingsCloud computingInternetSocial aspects.InternetTechnological innovations.Internet of things.Cloud computing.303.4833Mosco VincentUtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910823762303321Becoming digital4126320UNINA