LEADER 04072nam 22005655 450 001 9911046540103321 005 20250718130302.0 010 $a3-031-90470-2 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-90470-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32226515 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32226515 035 $a(CKB)39672125400041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-90470-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9939672125400041 100 $a20250718d2026 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCollective Principles and the Formation of the Internet $eCultural Influences and Historical Impacts (Beginnings to 2010) /$fby Suman Gupta 205 $a1st ed. 2026. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2026. 215 $a1 online resource (258 pages) 225 1 $aSpringer Series on Cultural Computing,$x2195-9064 311 08$a3-031-90469-9 327 $a1. Introduction to Guiding Concepts and Terms -- 2. Internet Protocols and Minimal-Gradual-Mechanical Standardization -- 3. Hypertext and Precedent Individuation/Security Controls and Targeted Collective Regulation -- 4. Privatization Policies, ?Information Superhighway? and ?Cyberspace? -- 5. The Vocabulary and Culture of Internet Collectivity -- 6. ?Internet of Things? and ?Social Networking'. 330 $aThis book describes how distinctive socio-political commitments and cultural practices developed upon the internet in the later 20th and early 21st century and considers what lies ahead in those terms. Five decades after the internet?s technological structure began to be erected, and three decades after engagement with it started burgeoning, an active and global collective formation has grown upon it. This collective formation is dubbed the ?Internet Polity? here and is distinguishable from, and yet embedded within, real-world collectives. Despite divergences and conflicts, its organization is based on certain shared principles and its culture characterized by distinctive discursive practices. This book examines how the Internet Polity developed until 2010, in terms of the technological and cultural features that have supported it. Accordingly, the Internet Polity?s emerging prospects are considered. Topics and features: Gives an original framework for understanding the global collective grounded on the internet as a social space Presents a history of the technological basis and communication features of this collective, from the beginnings to 2010 Offers an interdisciplinary perspective that cuts across most disciplines of the humanities and social sciences Describes the histories of and debates surrounding popular terms like ?cyberspace,? ?information superhighway,? ?Internet of Things,? ?hacker,? etc. This wide-ranging and original book is for researchers, graduate students, professionals and informed readers who are interested in information technology and political culture, digital humanities, sociolinguistics and communication studies, history of the internet, contemporary social organization and political philosophy. Suman Gupta is Professor of Literature and Cultural History at The Open University, UK. 410 0$aSpringer Series on Cultural Computing,$x2195-9064 606 $aComputers$xHistory 606 $aInternet$xSocial aspects 606 $aComputers and civilization 606 $aHistory of Computing 606 $aInternet Studies 606 $aComputers and Society 615 0$aComputers$xHistory. 615 0$aInternet$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aComputers and civilization. 615 14$aHistory of Computing. 615 24$aInternet Studies. 615 24$aComputers and Society. 676 $a004.09 700 $aGupta$b Suman$0169105 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911046540103321 996 $aCollective Principles and the Formation of the Internet$94481097 997 $aUNINA