LEADER 03125nam 2200505I 450 001 9910794998303321 005 20171115094539.0 010 $a1-78743-675-6 010 $a1-78743-295-5 035 $a(CKB)4340000000194209 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4941311 035 $a(UtOrBLW)9781787432956 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000194209 100 $a20171115h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aBecoming digital $e toward a post-Internet society /$f Vincent Mosco 210 1$aLondon, [England] :$cEmerald Publishing,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (246 pages) 225 0 $aSociety now 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-78743-296-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe next Internet -- Converging technologies -- Power, politics and political economy -- The body and culture -- Problems -- Citizenship in a post-Internet world. 330 $aBecoming 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. 606 $aInternet$xSocial aspects 606 $aInternet$xTechnological innovations 606 $aInternet of things 606 $aCloud computing 615 0$aInternet$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aInternet$xTechnological innovations. 615 0$aInternet of things. 615 0$aCloud computing. 676 $a303.4833 702 $aMosco$b Vincent 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794998303321 996 $aBecoming digital$93843892 997 $aUNINA