The Control Revolution: How New Technology Is Putting Individuals In Charge And Changing The World We Know - Couverture rigide

Shapiro, Andrew L.

 
9781891620195: The Control Revolution: How New Technology Is Putting Individuals In Charge And Changing The World We Know
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ISBN 10 : 1891620193 ISBN 13 : 9781891620195
Editeur : PublicAffairs, 1999

Synopsis

Andrew L. Shapiro, contributing editor at The Nation , cuts through the hype to explain how the Internet revolution has really affected our lives and identifies the pot holes in the road ahead.. Dissidents around the world use the Internet to evade censorship and get their message out. Cyber-gossips send dispatches to thousands via email. Musicians bypass record companies and put their songs on the world wide web for fans to download directly. Day traders roil the stock market, buying securities online with the click of a mouse and then selling minutes later when the price jumps. The Control Revolution argues that there is a common thread underlying such developments. It is not just a change in how we compute or communicate. Rather, it is a potentially radical shift in who is in controlof information, experience, and resources. Shapiro explains how new technology is allowing individual s to take power from large institutions such as government, corporations, and the media; shows how powerful entities are trying to limit our new digitally enabled autonomy; warns that individual control can be pushed too far; and describes how we can reap the benefits of the new control without succumbing either to resistance or to excess. Along the way, Shapiro explores cyberporn and censorship, customized news delivery, electronic commerce, online democracy, Microsofts market power, encryption and law enforcement, copyright in the digital age, virtual communities, Matt Drudge, privacy, and the role of interactive technology in struggles against political tyranny.

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Dissidents around the world use the Internet to evade censorship and get their message out.

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Éditeur
PublicAffairs
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1891620193
ISBN 13 
9781891620195
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
304
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Editeur : PublicAffairs, 2000
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