ISBN:
9780252097416
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 online resource (305 pages)
Serie:
The Geopolitics of Information Ser.
Serie:
The Geopolitics of Information Ser
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Signal traffic
DDC:
303.4833
Schlagwort(e):
Telecommunication systems Social aspects
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Digital media Social aspects
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Mass media Social aspects
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Computer networks Social aspects
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Information networks Social aspects
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Telecommunication Traffic
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Signal processing
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Information superhighway
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Digital media -- Social aspects
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Mass media -- Social aspects
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Telecommunication systems -- Social aspects
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Computer networks -- Social aspects
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Information networks -- Social aspects
;
Telecommunication -- Traffic
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Telecommunication systems ; Social aspects.;Digital media ; Social aspects.;Mass media ; Social aspects.;Information superhighway.;Computer networks ; Social aspects.;Information networks ; Social aspects.;Telecommunication ; Traffic
;
Computer networks ; Social aspects
;
Digital media ; Social aspects
;
Information networks ; Social aspects
;
Information superhighway
;
Mass media ; Social aspects
;
Telecommunication ; Traffic
;
Telecommunication systems ; Social aspects
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Telekommunikation
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Rechnernetz
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Einfluss
Kurzfassung:
Inside the technological objects, geophysical locations, and material resources that network the world.
Kurzfassung:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Compression, Storage, Distribution -- 1. Compression: A Loose History -- 2. Fixed Flow: Undersea Cables as Media Infrastructure -- 3. "Where the Internet Lives": Data Centers as Cloud Infrastructure -- 4. Deep Time of Media Infrastructure -- Part II: Resources, Environments, Geopolitics -- 5. Water, Energy, Access: Materializing the Internet in Rural Zambia -- 6. The Art of Waste: Contemporary Culture and Unsustainable Energy Use -- 7. Cellular Borders: Dis/Connecting Phone Calls in Israel-Palestine -- Part III: Content, Protocols, Platforms -- 8. Protocols, Packets, and Proximity: The Materiality of Internet Routing -- 9. Service Providers as Digital Media Infrastructure: Turkey's Cybercafé Operators -- 10. The Internet as the Anti-Television: Distribution Infrastructure as Culture and Power -- 11. Consumer Electronics and the Building of an Entertainment Infrastructure -- Contributors -- Index.
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