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Real Cyber War:

The Political Economy of Internet Freedom

ISBN-13: 9780252080708
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
By Shawn M. Powers, By Michael Jablonski
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Local release date: 14/05/2015
Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 288 pages Weight: 480g
Categories: Media studies [JFD]

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Google Preview: 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-centred battle for control of information resources. Shawn Powers and Michael Jablonski conceptualise this real cyber war as the utilisation 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.; ''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; Google Preview content

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