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oapen-20.500.12657-611672024-03-27T14:14:25Z Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet Kimball, Danny net neutrality, broadband, media policy, media industries, communications policy, telecommunications policy, media activism, FCC, Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Google, Netflix, internet infrastructure, internet access, policy-making, discrimination, regulation, law, populism, privatization, tech industry, cable industry thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCT Media studies thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNQ IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations “Net neutrality,” a dry but crucial standard of openness in network access, began as a technical principle informing obscure policy debates but became the flashpoint for an all-out political battle for the future of communications and culture. Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet is a critical cultural history of net neutrality that reveals how this intentionally “boring” world of internet infrastructure and regulation hides a fascinating and pivotal sphere of power, with lessons for communication and media scholars, activists, and anyone interested in technology and politics. While previous studies and academic discussions of net neutrality have been dominated by legal, economic, and technical perspectives, Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet offers a humanities-based critical theoretical approach, telling the story of how activists and millions of everyday people, online and in the streets, were able to challenge the power of the phone and cable corporations that historically dominated communications policy-making to advance equality and justice in media and technology. 2023-02-03T12:07:59Z 2023-02-03T12:07:59Z 2022 book 9780472038596 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/61167 eng application/pdf Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International 9780472902453.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.10067550 10.3998/mpub.10067550 e07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889 9780472038596 292 open access
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“Net neutrality,” a dry but crucial standard of openness in network access, began as a technical principle informing obscure policy debates but became the flashpoint for an all-out political battle for the future of communications and culture. Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet is a critical cultural history of net neutrality that reveals how this intentionally “boring” world of internet infrastructure and regulation hides a fascinating and pivotal sphere of power, with lessons for communication and media scholars, activists, and anyone interested in technology and politics. While previous studies and academic discussions of net neutrality have been dominated by legal, economic, and technical perspectives, Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet offers a humanities-based critical theoretical approach, telling the story of how activists and millions of everyday people, online and in the streets, were able to challenge the power of the phone and cable corporations that historically dominated communications policy-making to advance equality and justice in media and technology.
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