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(Re)inventing the Internet [[electronic resource] ] : critical case studies / / edited by Andrew Feenberg, Norm Friesen



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Titolo: (Re)inventing the Internet [[electronic resource] ] : critical case studies / / edited by Andrew Feenberg, Norm Friesen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Rotterdam ; ; Boston, : Sense Publishers, c2012
Edizione: 1st ed. 2012.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (140 p.)
Disciplina: 370
Soggetto topico: Internet
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: FeenbergAndrew  
FriesenNorm  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preliminary Material / Andrew Feenberg and Norm Friesen -- Introduction / Andrew Feenberg -- Rationalizing Play / M. Grimes and Andrew Feenberg -- Alternative Rationalisations and Ambivalent Futures / Edward Hamilton and Andrew Feenberg -- Experiencing Surveillance / Norm Friesen , Andrew Feenberg , Grace Smith and Shannon Lowe -- Subactivism / Maria Bakardjieva -- Hacking for Social Justice / Kate Milberry -- Index / Andrew Feenberg and Norm Friesen.
Sommario/riassunto: Although it has been in existence for over three decades, the Internet remains a contested technology. Its governance and role in civic life, education, and entertainment are all still openly disputed and debated. The issues include censorship and network control, privacy and surveillance, the political impact of activist blogging, peer to peer file sharing, the effects of video games on children, and many others. Media conglomerates, governments and users all contribute to shaping the forms and functions of the Internet as the limits and potentialities of the technologies are tested and extended. What is most surprising about the Internet is the proliferation of controversies and conflicts in which the creativity of ordinary users plays a central role. The title, (Re)Inventing the Internet, refers to this extraordinary flowering of agency in a society that tends to reduce its members to passive spectators. This collection presents a series of critical case studies that examine specific sites of change and contestation. These cover a range of phenomena including computer gaming cultures, online education, surveillance, and the mutual shaping of digital technologies and civic life.
Titolo autorizzato: Re)inventing the Internet  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9786613709608
94-6091-734-8
1-280-79921-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462094003321
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