wow. thanks for sharing this. from where I sit, that looks like hitting a nail on the head that has needed such a direct hit for quite a while. as the publisher's site tags it: "How the freedom-to-connect movement aids Western hegemony." Can't wait to read it.
DG On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Shawn Mathew Powers <s...@gsu.edu> wrote: > We are pleased to announce the release of The Real Cyber War: The > Political Economy of Internet Freedom (University of Illinois Press, 2015, > http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/83cdd9wm9780252039126.html) > by Shawn Powers (https://gsu.academia.edu/smp) and Michael Jablonski ( > http://www.realcyberwar.com/authors/). The book is on sale now ( > http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Cyber-War-Communication/dp/025208070X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1426072769&sr=1-1) > for $25 (paperback). The Kindle edition ( > http://www.amazon.com/Real-Cyber-War-Political-Communication-ebook/dp/B00UGIKUVA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1426072769) > is just $11.75. > > About the book: Discussions surrounding the role of the internet in > society are dominated by terms such as internet freedom, surveillance, > cybersecurity, and, most prolifically, cyber war. But behind the rhetoric > of cyber war is an ongoing state-centered battle for control of information > resources. Powers and Jablonski conceptualize this real cyber war as the > utilization of digital networks for geopolitical purposes, including covert > attacks against another state’s electronic systems, but also, and more > importantly, the variety of ways the internet is used to further a state’s > economic and military agendas. > > Moving beyond debates on the democratic value of new and emerging > information technologies, The Real Cyber War focuses on political, > economic, and geopolitical factors driving internet freedom policies, in > particular the U.S. State Department's emerging doctrine in support of a > universal freedom to connect. They argue that efforts to create a universal > internet built upon Western legal, political, and social preferences is > driven by economic and geopolitical motivations rather than the > humanitarian and democratic ideals that typically accompany related policy > discourse. In fact, the freedom-to-connect movement is intertwined with > broader efforts to structure global society in ways that favor American and > Western cultures, economies, and governments. > > Table of Contents: > > Introduction: Geopolitics & the Internet > > 1. Information Freedom & US Foreign Policy: A History > > 2. The Information Industrial Complex > > 3. Google, Information & Power > > 4. The Economics of Internet Connectivity > > 5. The Myth of Multistakeholder Governance > > 6. Towards Information Sovereignty > > 7. Internet Freedom in a Surveillance Society > > Conclusion: Taming Geopolitics > > Reviews: > > "A knowing, wide-ranging, perceptive, important, and original book. Powers > and Jablonski connect disparate and significant dots; weave history, > technology, and law together; and explain interrelated complex concepts > imaginatively. They tell a compelling story key for any student of > transnational information flows."--Monroe Price, author of Media and > Sovereignty: The Global Information Revolution and its Challenge to State > Power > > "As governments, companies, civil society, and other stakeholders struggle > towards a new global information and communication order in the > post-Snowden world, this equally provocative and important book cuts > through the Western rhetoric of 'Internet freedom' and draws a sobering > picture of how policy-making in this space is ultimately a fight for > control over information, which is largely driven by economic and > geopolitical interests rather than democratic ideals and human > rights."--Urs Gasser, Executive Director, Berkman Center for Internet & > Society, Harvard University > > Where to learn more? > > University of Illinois Press ( > http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/83cdd9wm9780252039126.html) > > Amazon ( > http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Cyber-War-Communication/dp/025208070X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1426072769&sr=1-1 > ) > > Realcyberwar.com > > Feedback and questions are welcome. Also, if you are working on a > similar or related project, please get in touch! All the best, > > > > > ————————————————— > > Shawn Powers, PhD > Assistant Professor, Communication > Associate Director, CIME > Georgia State University > s...@gsu.edu > > > > > > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations > of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > compa...@stanford.edu. > -- David Golumbia dgolum...@gmail.com
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