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Imagining the Internet - Communication, Innovation, and Governance (Paperback)
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Imagining the Internet - Communication, Innovation, and Governance (Paperback)
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This book is an impressive survey of our collective and cumulative
understanding of the evolution of digital communication systems and
the Internet. While the information societies of the twenty-first
century will develop ever more sophisticated technologies, the
Internet is now a familiar and pervasive part of the world in which
we live, work, and communicate. As such it is important to take
stock of some fundamental questions--whether, for example, it
contributes to progress, social cohesion, democracy, and
growth--and at the same time to review the rich and varied theories
and perspectives developed by thinkers in a range of disciplines
over the last fifty years or more.
In this remarkably comprehensive but concise and useful book, Robin
Mansell summarizes key debates, and reviews the contributions of
major thinkers in communication systems, economics, politics,
sociology, psychology, and systems theory--from Norbert Wiener to
Brian Arthur and Manuel Castells, and from Gregory Bateson to
William Davidow and Sherry Turkle. This is an interdisciplinary and
critical analysis of the way we experience the Internet in front of
the screen, and of the developments behind the screen, all of which
have implications for privacy, security, intellectual property
rights, and the overall governance of the Internet.
The author presents fairly the ideas of the celebrants and the
sceptics, and reminds us of the continuing need for careful,
critical, and informed analysis of the paradoxes and challenges of
the Internet, offering her own views on how we might move to
greater empowerment, and suggesting policy measures and governance
approaches that go beyond those commonly debated.
This concise book will be essential reading for anyone who wants to
understand the challenges the Internet presents in the twenty-first
century, and the debates and research that can inform that
understanding.
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