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After the Internet
Ramesh Srinivasan
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Description for After the Internet
Hardback. Whether in imagination or practice, the promise of networked digital technology has great appeal. With the expansion of Internet access worldwide it seemed that the economic and political playing field would be leveled. Any user across the world would be able to share his or her own voice. Series: Digital Futures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations, and concern that the internet has heightened rather than combated various forms of political and social inequality, it is time we ask: what comes after a broken internet? Ramesh Srinivasan and Adam Fish reimagine the internet from the perspective of grassroots activists and citizens on the margins of political and economic power. They explore how the fragments of the existing internet are being utilized - alongside a range of peoples, places, and laws - to make change possible. From indigenous and non-Western communities and activists in Tahrir ... Read more
In the wake of Edward Snowden's revelations, and concern that the internet has heightened rather than combated various forms of political and social inequality, it is time we ask: what comes after a broken internet? Ramesh Srinivasan and Adam Fish reimagine the internet from the perspective of grassroots activists and citizens on the margins of political and economic power. They explore how the fragments of the existing internet are being utilized - alongside a range of peoples, places, and laws - to make change possible. From indigenous and non-Western communities and activists in Tahrir ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Digital Futures
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781509506170
SKU
V9781509506170
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About Ramesh Srinivasan
Ramesh Srinivasan is Associate Professor in Information Studies and Design & Media Arts at UCLA. Adam Fish is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Lancaster University.
Reviews for After the Internet
This thought-provoking book achieves a rare balance between alarmism and hope in regard to the Internet, surveillance and big data in the current information order. Using rich examples of digital creativity in indigenous communities in different parts of the world, the authors open up new ways of imagining creativity, community and justice in the era of digital informatics. ... Read more