Internationalizing the Internet: the co-evolution of influence and technology

1. Introduction -- 2. Socioeconomic design of technological systems -- 3. Economics and politics of telecommunications systems -- 4. The design of data network systems : competing and collaborating technologies -- 5. The evolution of the Internet system -- 6. Internationalization and digital divide...

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1. Verfasser: Kim, Byung-Keun (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Northampton, Mass Edward Elgar Publishing 2005
Schriftenreihe:Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
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Zusammenfassung:1. Introduction -- 2. Socioeconomic design of technological systems -- 3. Economics and politics of telecommunications systems -- 4. The design of data network systems : competing and collaborating technologies -- 5. The evolution of the Internet system -- 6. Internationalization and digital divide -- 7. Co-evolution : localization of the Internet system -- 8. Conclusion
This compelling 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
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (vii, 300 Seiten) ill
ISBN:9781845426750
DOI:10.4337/9781845426750