Net neutrality and the battle for the open internet / Danny Kimball.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kimball, Danny, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Network neutrality--Social aspects.

Network neutrality.

Internet and activism.

Internet--Access control--Social aspects.

Internet.

Internet service providers.

Political activists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Michigan : University of Michigan Press, 2022.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Net neutrality," a dry but crucial standard of openness in network access, began as a technical principle informing obscure policy debates but became the flashpoint for an all-out political battle for the future of communications and culture. Net Neutrality and the Struggle for the Open Internet is a critical cultural history of net neutrality that reveals how this intentionally "boring" world of internet infrastructure and regulation hides a fascinating and pivotal sphere of power, with lessons for communication and media scholars, activists, and anyone interested in technology and politics. While previous studies and academic discussions of net neutrality have been dominated by legal, economic, and technical perspectives, Net Neutrality and the Struggle for the Open Internet offers a humanities-based critical theoretical approach to net neutrality, telling the story of how activists and millions of everyday people, online and in the streets, were able to challenge the power of the phone and cable corporations that historically dominated communications policy-making to advance equality and justice in media and technology.

Contents:

Introduction: the broadband battle

Democratic communications infrastructure, discourse, policy, and advocacy

Defining broadband

Clash of titans or the best of frenemies?

Nuclear net neutrality

The Title II turn

Organizing for net neutrality

Conclusion: boring points.

Notes:

Title from eBook information screen..

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-264) and index.

CC BY-SA

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9780472902453

0472902458

OCLC:

1299149974