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]
<mailto:[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 <http://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] <mailto:[email protected]>
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