From Anarchy to Power : The Net Comes of Age

by Grossman, Wendy M.

• ISBN13: 9780814731413
• ISBN10: 0814731414
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: New York Univ Pr

Summary

Companion website: http://www.nyupress.org/fapYesterday's battles over internet turf were fought on the net itself: today's battles are fought in government committees, in Congress, on the stock exchange, and in the marketplace. What was once an experimental ground for electronic commerce is now the hottest part of our economic infrastructure.InFrom Anarchy to Power, Wendy Grossman explores the new dispensation on the net and tackles the questions that trouble every online user: How vulnerable are the internet and world wide web to malicious cyber hackers? What are the limits of privacy online? How real is internet addiction and to what extent is the news media responsible for this phenomenon? Are women and minorities at a disadvantage in cyberspace? How is the increasing power of big business changing internet culture?We learn about the political economy of the internet including issues of copyright law, corporate control and cryptography legislation. Throughout the book the emphasis is on the international dimensions of the net, focusing on privacy and censorship in the United States, Europe and Canada and the hitherto ignored contributions of other countries in the development of the net. Entertaining and informativeFrom Anarchy to Poweris required reading for anyone who wants to know where the new digital economy is heading.

Author Biography

Wendy M. Grossman is a freelance writer living in London

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
The Internet Gets the Bomb	1	(13)
Selling Community	14	(18)
Who Owns the Net?	32	(10)
The Heart of the Net	42	(17)
A Thousand Points of Failure	59	(8)
The Empire Strikes Back	67	(13)
Free Speech, Not Free Beer	80	(15)
The Innocent Pleasure of Reading	95	(22)
The Future of Public Information	117	(11)
Falling into the Gap	128	(12)
Divide by Zero	140	(14)
The Haunted Goldfish Bowl	154	(23)
Twenty-first Century Snow	177	(10)
Acknowledgments	187	(2)
Notes	189	(28)
Selected Bibliography	217	(2)
Index	219	(4)
About the Author	223