Transnational culture in the internet age / edited by Sean A. Pager, Adam Candeub.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pager, Sean A.

Candeub, Adam.

Series:

Elgar law, technology and society.

Elgar law, technology and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Social aspects.

Internet.

Transnationalism.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (446 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Digital technology has transformed global culture, connecting and empowering users on a hitherto unknown scale. Existing paradigms from intellectual property rights to cultural diversity and telecommunications regulation seem increasingly obsolete, confounding policymakers and provoking wide-ranging debate. Transnational Culture in the Internet Age draws on a range of disciplines to examine new approaches to regulating communications and cultural production. The insightful contributions shed new light on insufficiently examined issues and highlight connections that cut across the many differen

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: navigating in the darkwhen bits have no borders; 1. The challenge(s) of cyberlaw; 2. Copyright, culture and the Cloud; 3. Addressing "libel tourism"; 4. YouTube from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: tyrannize locally, censor globally; 5. Balkanizing the Internet; 6. Timid liberalism: a critique of the process-oriented norms for Internet blocking; 7. Internet creativity, communicative freedom and a constitutional rights theory response to "code is law"

8. Diminished, enduring, and emergent diversity policy concerns in an evolving media environment9. Cultural protectionism 2.0: updating cultural policy tools for the digitalage; 10. Copyright, complexity, and cultural diversity: a skeptic's view; 11. The Nigerian film industry and lessons regarding cultural diversity from the home-market effects model of international trade in films; 12. Digital content production in Nigeria and Brazil: a case for cultural optimism?; 13. Decolonizing networked technology: learning from the street dance

14. Balancing act: the creation and circulation of indigenous knowledge and culture inside and outside the legal frame15. Localism as a production imperative: an alternative framework for promoting intangible cultural heritage; 16. Cross-country comparison of audience tastes in Hollywood movies: cultural distance and genre preferences; 17. Protecting and promoting national cultures in a world where bits want to flow freely; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-52245-4

0-85793-134-2

OCLC:

804665306