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After Net Neutrality: A New Deal for the Digital Age
A provocative analysis of net neutrality and a call to democratize online communication
This short book is both a primer that explains the history and politics of net neutrality and an argument for a more equitable framework for regulating access to the internet. Pickard and Berman argue that we should not see internet service as a commodity but as a public good necessary for sustaining democratic society in the twenty-first century. They aim to reframe the threat to net neutrality as more than a conflict between digital leviathans like Google and internet service providers like Comcast but as part of a much wider project to commercialize the public sphere and undermine the free speech essential for democracy. Readers will come away with a better understanding of the key concepts underpinning the net neutrality battle and rallying points for future action to democratize online communication.
This short book is both a primer that explains the history and politics of net neutrality and an argument for a more equitable framework for regulating access to the internet. Pickard and Berman argue that we should not see internet service as a commodity but as a public good necessary for sustaining democratic society in the twenty-first century. They aim to reframe the threat to net neutrality as more than a conflict between digital leviathans like Google and internet service providers like Comcast but as part of a much wider project to commercialize the public sphere and undermine the free speech essential for democracy. Readers will come away with a better understanding of the key concepts underpinning the net neutrality battle and rallying points for future action to democratize online communication.
- GenresTechnologyPolitics
192 pages, Hardcover
Published October 29, 2019
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Victor Pickard
10 books8 followersVictor Pickard is Associate Professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, where he co-directs the Media, Inequality & Change (MIC) Center. He is the author of America's Battle for Media Democracy and co-author of After Net Neutrality: A New Deal for the Digital Age.
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August 31, 2024
Overall, this is a solid book that talks about Internet being a practical necessity in the modern era, how it should be treated as a utility rather than the unregulated commercial business that the industry currently is. It needs to be competitive with smaller players or have some national alternative in the near future, for the benefit of consumers. There is a lot in here talking about how necessary it is, and the unfair practices large corporations have taken to screw over consumers and use their profits to lobby for less regulation.
I read this book in 4 sessions in the car, it doesn’t take that long to read lol.
I read this book in 4 sessions in the car, it doesn’t take that long to read lol.
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