Isbn: 9781848879850 - the master switch: the rise and fall of information empires (2 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: Good. 366 pages. cover worn, slight foxingThe Internet Age: on the face of it, an era of unprecedented freedom in both communication and culture. Yet in the past, each major new medium, from telephon e to satellite television, has crested on a wave of similar idealistic optimism, before succumbing to the inevitable undertow of industrial consolidation. Every once free and open technology has, in time, become centralized and closed; as c orporate power has taken control of the 'master switch.' Today a similar struggl e looms over the Internet, and as it increasingly supersedes all other media the stakes have never been higher. Part industrial expose, part examination of free dom of expression, The Master Switch reveals a crucial drama - full of indelible characters - as it has played out over decades in the shadows of global communi cation. It is suitable for readers of Nicholas Carr's The Shallows, Clay Shirky' s Cognitive Surplus and Googled by Ken Auletta. ISBN: 9781848879850. ***The Mast er Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires*** by Tim Wu. 2011 Atlantic Books-London. 366 Numbered pages.…