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The Googlization of everything [[electronic resource] ] : (and why we should worry) / / Siva Vaidhyanathan



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Autore: Vaidhyanathan Siva Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Googlization of everything [[electronic resource] ] : (and why we should worry) / / Siva Vaidhyanathan Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
Disciplina: 338.7/6102504
Soggetto topico: Internet industry - Social aspects
Internet - Social aspects
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: the gospel of Google -- "Render unto Caesar": how Google came to rule the web -- Google's ways and means: faith in aptitude and technology -- The Googlization of us: universal surveillance and infrastructural imperialism -- The Googlization of the world: prospects for a global public sphere -- The Googlization of the library: the future of books -- The Googlization of memory: filters and the fracturing of knowledge -- Conclusion: the human knowledge project.
Sommario/riassunto: In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and open to the point of anarchy, a vast and intimidating repository of unindexed confusion. Into this creative chaos came Google with its dazzling mission-"To organize the world's information and make it universally accessible"-and its much-"ed motto, "Don't be evil." In this provocative book, Siva Vaidhyanathan examines the ways we have used and embraced Google-and the growing resistance to its expansion across the globe. He exposes the dark side of our Google fantasies, raising red flags about issues of intellectual property and the much-touted Google Book Search. He assesses Google's global impact, particularly in China, and explains the insidious effect of Googlization on the way we think. Finally, Vaidhyanathan proposes the construction of an Internet ecosystem designed to benefit the whole world and keep one brilliant and powerful company from falling into the "evil" it pledged to avoid.
Titolo autorizzato: The Googlization of everything  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-27781-6
9786613277817
0-520-94869-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910458666303321
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