IT development in Korea : a broadband nirvana? / Kwang-Suk Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yi, Kwang-sŏk (Professor of digital cultural policy)

Series:

Routledge advances in Korean studies ; 25.

Routledge advances in Korean studies ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Social aspects--Korea (South).

Information technology.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Communication and culture.

Korea (South).

Communication and culture--Korea (South).

Technology and state--Korea (South).

Technology and state.

Physical Description:

xvii, 176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

In recent years Korea has been praised and admired for the extraordinarily rapid and efficient development of broadband infrastructure. The author states in his introduction: "This book arose from concerns about the little-known and widely ignored dark side of Korean IT development." Lee (public policy and information technology, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, South Korea; and visiting fellow, U. of Wollongong, Australia) developed this book from his dissertation. His investigation analyzes the cultural and political context of the nation's IT development, and various facets of the dark side, including the rise in government surveillance practices and social control. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415587464

0415587468

9780203152690

0203152697

OCLC:

651914273