Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet
Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet
by Danny Kimball
University of Michigan Press, 2022
ISBNs
Paper: 978-0-472-03859-6
eISBN: 978-0-472-90245-3 (OA)
About the Book
“Net neutrality,” a dry but crucial standard of openness in network access, began as a technical principle informing obscure policy debates but became the flashpoint for an all-out political battle for the future of communications and culture. Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet is a critical cultural history of net neutrality that reveals how this intentionally “boring” world of internet infrastructure and regulation hides a fascinating and pivotal sphere of power, with lessons for communication and media scholars, activists, and anyone interested in technology and politics. While previous studies and academic discussions of net neutrality have been dominated by legal, economic, and technical perspectives, Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet offers a humanities-based critical theoretical approach, telling the story of how activists and millions of everyday people, online and in the streets, were able to challenge the power of the phone and cable corporations that historically dominated communications policy-making to advance equality and justice in media and technology.
About the Author
Danny Kimball is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Goucher College.
Reviews
“Net Neutrality and the Battle for the Open Internet is a thorough, engaging, and important history of the battles over net neutrality in the US. It offers a capacious examination of the many actors, stakes, maneuvers, and decisions involved in the fight over whether the principles of openness, nondiscrimination, and equality will structure how the internet operates in the US.”
—Allison Perlman, author of Public Interests: Media Advocacy and Struggles Over US Television
— Allison Perlman—Allison Perlman, author of Public Interests: Media Advocacy and Struggles Over US Television
Tags
Computer & Internet, Internet and activism, Media Studies, Law, Social aspects, Social Science
Open Access Information
Label: The Eugene B. Power Fund
License: CC BY-SA
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