Signal Traffic Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures

Signal Traffic : Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures

Inside the technological objects, geophysical locations, and material resources that network the world.

Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Parks, Lisa 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Starosielski, Nicole 1984- (MitwirkendeR)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2015
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:The Geopolitics of Information Ser.
The Geopolitics of Information Ser
Schlagworte:Telecommunication systems Digital media Mass media Computer networks Information networks Telecommunication Signal processing Information superhighway Digital media -- Social aspects Mass media -- Social aspects mehr... Telecommunication systems -- Social aspects Computer networks -- Social aspects Information networks -- Social aspects Telecommunication -- Traffic Telecommunication systems ; Social aspects.;Digital media ; Social aspects.;Mass media ; Social aspects.;Information superhighway.;Computer networks ; Social aspects.;Information networks ; Social aspects.;Telecommunication ; Traffic Computer networks ; Social aspects Digital media ; Social aspects Information networks ; Social aspects Mass media ; Social aspects Telecommunication ; Traffic Telecommunication systems ; Social aspects Electronic books Telekommunikation Rechnernetz Einfluss
Umfang:1 online resource (305 pages)
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Inside the technological objects, geophysical locations, and material resources that network the world.
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Compression, Storage, Distribution -- 1. Compression: A Loose History -- 2. Fixed Flow: Undersea Cables as Media Infrastructure -- 3. "Where the Internet Lives": Data Centers as Cloud Infrastructure -- 4. Deep Time of Media Infrastructure -- Part II: Resources, Environments, Geopolitics -- 5. Water, Energy, Access: Materializing the Internet in Rural Zambia -- 6. The Art of Waste: Contemporary Culture and Unsustainable Energy Use -- 7. Cellular Borders: Dis/Connecting Phone Calls in Israel-Palestine -- Part III: Content, Protocols, Platforms -- 8. Protocols, Packets, and Proximity: The Materiality of Internet Routing -- 9. Service Providers as Digital Media Infrastructure: Turkey's Cybercafé Operators -- 10. The Internet as the Anti-Television: Distribution Infrastructure as Culture and Power -- 11. Consumer Electronics and the Building of an Entertainment Infrastructure -- Contributors -- Index.
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (305 pages)
ISBN:9780252097416
0252097416
9780252039362
025203936X
9780252080876
0252080874