Global Geographies of the Internet

• Main Author: Warf, Barney (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Geography, 1
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Economic geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Human geography.; Communication.; Social Sciences.; Communication Studies.; Human Geography.; Economic Geography.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Regional/Spatial Science.

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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.