
Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet
Danny Kimball(Author)
The University of Michigan Press
Published on 24. August 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
292 pages
978-0-472-03859-6 (ISBN)
Description
"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 Battle 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 Battle for the Open Internet offers a humanities-based critical theoretical approach, 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.
Reviews / Votes
"A handbook for activists on the front lines as well as a reference for academics and journalists, Kimball's book shows how new words and meanings invited "everyday people" into the policy-making process."-New York Journal of Books * New York Journal of Books *
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ann Arbor
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-472-03859-6 (9780472038596)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Danny Kimball is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Goucher College.
Content
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Broadband Battle
Chapter 1
Democratic Communications Infrastructure, Discourse, Policy, and Advocacy
Chapter 2
Defining Broadband
Chapter 3
Clash of Titans or Best of Frenemies?
Chapter 4
Nuclear Net Neutrality
Chapter 5
The Title II Turn
Chapter 6
Organizing for Net Neutrality
Conclusion
Boring Points
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Broadband Battle
Chapter 1
Democratic Communications Infrastructure, Discourse, Policy, and Advocacy
Chapter 2
Defining Broadband
Chapter 3
Clash of Titans or Best of Frenemies?
Chapter 4
Nuclear Net Neutrality
Chapter 5
The Title II Turn
Chapter 6
Organizing for Net Neutrality
Conclusion
Boring Points
Bibliography
Index