Have to say that I share David's enthusiasm. The book looks great and is extremely timely.
> On Mar 11, 2015, at 12:08 PM, David Golumbia <[email protected]> wrote: > > wow. thanks for sharing this. from where I sit, that looks like hitting a > nail on the head that has needed such a direct hit for quite a while. as the > publisher's site tags it: "How the freedom-to-connect movement aids Western > hegemony." Can't wait to read it. > > DG > >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Shawn Mathew Powers <[email protected]> wrote: >> We are pleased to announce the release of The Real Cyber War: The Political >> Economy of Internet Freedom (University of Illinois Press, 2015, >> http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/83cdd9wm9780252039126.html) by >> Shawn Powers (https://gsu.academia.edu/smp) and Michael Jablonski >> (http://www.realcyberwar.com/authors/). The book is on sale now >> (http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Cyber-War-Communication/dp/025208070X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1426072769&sr=1-1) >> for $25 (paperback). The Kindle edition >> (http://www.amazon.com/Real-Cyber-War-Political-Communication-ebook/dp/B00UGIKUVA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1426072769) >> is just $11.75. >> >> About the book: Discussions surrounding the role of the internet in society >> are dominated by terms such as internet freedom, surveillance, >> cybersecurity, and, most prolifically, cyber war. But behind the rhetoric of >> cyber war is an ongoing state-centered battle for control of information >> resources. Powers and Jablonski conceptualize this real cyber war as the >> utilization of digital networks for geopolitical purposes, including covert >> attacks against another state’s electronic systems, but also, and more >> importantly, the variety of ways the internet is used to further a state’s >> economic and military agendas. >> >> Moving beyond debates on the democratic value of new and emerging >> information technologies, The Real Cyber War focuses on political, economic, >> and geopolitical factors driving internet freedom policies, in particular >> the U.S. State Department's emerging doctrine in support of a universal >> freedom to connect. They argue that efforts to create a universal internet >> built upon Western legal, political, and social preferences is driven by >> economic and geopolitical motivations rather than the humanitarian and >> democratic ideals that typically accompany related policy discourse. In >> fact, the freedom-to-connect movement is intertwined with broader efforts to >> structure global society in ways that favor American and Western cultures, >> economies, and governments. >> >> Table of Contents: >> >> Introduction: Geopolitics & the Internet >> >> 1. Information Freedom & US Foreign Policy: A History >> >> 2. The Information Industrial Complex >> >> 3. Google, Information & Power >> >> 4. The Economics of Internet Connectivity >> >> 5. The Myth of Multistakeholder Governance >> >> 6. Towards Information Sovereignty >> >> 7. Internet Freedom in a Surveillance Society >> >> Conclusion: Taming Geopolitics >> >> Reviews: >> >> "A knowing, wide-ranging, perceptive, important, and original book. Powers >> and Jablonski connect disparate and significant dots; weave history, >> technology, and law together; and explain interrelated complex concepts >> imaginatively. They tell a compelling story key for any student of >> transnational information flows."--Monroe Price, author of Media and >> Sovereignty: The Global Information Revolution and its Challenge to State >> Power >> >> "As governments, companies, civil society, and other stakeholders struggle >> towards a new global information and communication order in the post-Snowden >> world, this equally provocative and important book cuts through the Western >> rhetoric of 'Internet freedom' and draws a sobering picture of how >> policy-making in this space is ultimately a fight for control over >> information, which is largely driven by economic and geopolitical interests >> rather than democratic ideals and human rights."--Urs Gasser, Executive >> Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University >> >> Where to learn more? >> >> University of Illinois Press >> (http://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/83cdd9wm9780252039126.html) >> >> Amazon >> (http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Cyber-War-Communication/dp/025208070X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1426072769&sr=1-1) >> >> >> Realcyberwar.com >> >> Feedback and questions are welcome. Also, if you are working on a similar or >> related project, please get in touch! All the best, >> >> >> >> >> ————————————————— >> >> Shawn Powers, PhD >> Assistant Professor, Communication >> Associate Director, CIME >> Georgia State University >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of >> list guidelines will get you moderated: >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, >> change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at >> [email protected]. > > > > -- > David Golumbia > [email protected] > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of > list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, > change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at > [email protected].
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