Geoffrey C. Bowker
How can a string 32 (or 128) of binary numbers get involved in international debates about the Global South, citizens' rights, market economics and Bush era unilateralism? In this lucid work, DeNardis weaves a wonderful tale about internet addressing - demonstrating the wider thesis that the arcane world of standards setting is a site of some of today's great questions, and that we as citizens should understand and be engaged in these debates.
Milton L. Mueller
A fascinating account of a societywide technological upgrade that affects us all. DeNardis uses the ongoing drama of a new Internet protocolIPv6to explore in depth how standards and governance are related.
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The MIT Press
Endorsement
A fascinating account of a societywide technological upgrade that affects us all. DeNardis uses the ongoing drama of a new Internet protocolIPv6to explore in depth how standards and governance are related.
Milton L. Mueller, Professor, Information Studies, Syracuse University
Milton Mueller
"A fascinating account of a society-wide technological upgrade that affects us all. DeNardis uses the ongoing drama of a new Internet protocol - IPv6 -
to explore in depth how standards and governance are related."--Milton L. Muller,
Dean, Information Studies, Syracuse University