Protocol: How Control Exists after Decentralization (Leonardo)
Galloway, Alexander R.
Verkauft von Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, USA
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 7. November 2023
Neu - Softcover
Zustand: Neu
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den Warenkorb legenVerkauft von Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, USA
AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 7. November 2023
Zustand: Neu
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den Warenkorb legenExcellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.
Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers Scanned0262572338
Is the Internet a vast arena of unrestricted communication and freely exchanged information or a regulated, highly structured virtual bureaucracy? In Protocol, Alexander Galloway argues that the founding principle of the Net is control, not freedom, and that the controlling power lies in the technical protocols that make network connections (and disconnections) possible. He does this by treating the computer as a textual medium that is based on a technological language, code. Code, he argues, can be subject to the same kind of cultural and literary analysis as any natural language; computer languages have their own syntax, grammar, communities, and cultures. Instead of relying on established theoretical approaches, Galloway finds a new way to write about digital media, drawing on his backgrounds in computer programming and critical theory. "Discipline-hopping is a necessity when it comes to complicated socio-technical topics like protocol," he writes in the preface.
Galloway begins by examining the types of protocols that exist, including TCP/IP, DNS, and HTML. He then looks at examples of resistance and subversion—hackers, viruses, cyberfeminism, Internet art—which he views as emblematic of the larger transformations now taking place within digital culture. Written for a nontechnical audience, Protocol serves as a necessary counterpoint to the wildly utopian visions of the Net that were so widespread in earlier days.
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
All returns are accepted within 30 days.
All books will be shipped through media mail. All books will be shipped within 2 business days.