Internationalizing the internet : the co-evolution of influence and technology / Byung-Keun Kim
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TextPublication details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2005Description: viii, 300p. 24cmISBN: - 1843764970
- 004.678 KIM
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This book focuses on the global formation of the Internet system. It contests the common belief that the Internet's adoption was inevitable and instead examines the social and economic processes that allowed to it to prevail over competing standards and methods for achieving a global information infrastructure. It demonstrates how the current Internet system was not the only possible choice, nor the best data network in terms of technological and economic performance. It is therefore vital to understand the way in which different political and economic interests have helped shaped the Internet and allowed it to overcome rival technologies. Issues of particular importance include the role of negotiations among different social groups in the design of the Internet as well as the influence of US promotion.
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