Bibliograph

The system, who owns the internet, and how it owns us, James Ball

Type

Label

The system, who owns the internet, and how it owns us, James Ball

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The system

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

James Ball

Sub title

who owns the internet, and how it owns us

Summary

The internet is a network of physical cables and connections, a web of wires enmeshing the world, linking huge data centres to one another and eventually to us. All are owned by someone, financed by someone, regulated by someone. We refer to the internet as abstract from reality. By doing so, we obscure where the real power lies. In this powerful and necessary book, James Ball sets out on a global journey into the inner workings of the system. From the computer scientists to the cable guys, the billionaire investors to the ad men, the intelligence agencies to the regulators, these are the reallife figures powering the internet and pulling the strings of our society. Ball brilliantly shows how an invention once hailed as a democratising force has concentrated power in places it already existed that the system, in other words, remains the same as it did before

Table Of Contents

Part one. The mechanics -- 1. The architects -- 2. The cable guys -- 3. The custodians -- Part two. The money -- 4. The money men -- 5. The ad men -- Part three. The melee -- 6. The cyber warriors -- 7. The rulemakers -- 8. The resistance -- Conclusion

Target audience

adult

Creator