Description
Book SynopsisDescribing and documenting the actual effects of computer networks on people's experience in the workplace, marketplace, and community, the book argues that the conditions of surveillance and corporate control far outweigh those of information access as key elements in the social and political presence of network computing.
Trade ReviewThis is a welcome and provocative addition to the growing literature on the politics of the Internet. In addition to its rich intellectual texture and mother-lode of information about computer hard- and software, it is a quick read because the author has a sharpe tongue and makes excellent points. -- Ted Becker * American Political Science Review *
The book presents an originality that is refreshing. Few authors have analysed information technology from the “meta-perspective” of Barney. While reading the book I spontaneously felt “this is a book that concerns everyone.” Ideally, the text should be recommended to all students involved in economic, technical and philosophical disciplines.
Prometheus Wired is superbly written and thought provoking. -- Fabian von Schéele * Telecommunications Policy *
Table of ContentsFigures
Acknowledgments
1 Prometheus Wired
2 On Technology
3 Networks
4 The Political Economy of Network Technology I
5 The Political Economy of Network Technology II
6 A Standing Reserve of Bits
7 Government, Politics, and Democracy: Network Technology as Stand-in Notes
Bibliography
Index
