Global Geographies of the Internet

Today, roughly 2 billion people use the internet, and its applications have flourished in number and importance. This volume will examine the growth and geography of the internet from a political economy perspective. Its central motivation is to illustrate that cyberspace does not exist in some aspa...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Warf, Barney (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Σειρά:SpringerBriefs in Geography, 1
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505 0 |a 1: Introduction -- 2: Origins, Growth, and Geographies of the  Global Internet -- 3: Global Internet Censorship -- 4: Global E-Commerce -- 5: Global E-Government -- 6: Social Media -- 7: References. 
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