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The System
Who Owns the Internet, and How It Owns Us
Taschenbuch von James Ball
Sprache: Englisch

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'A fascinating exposé of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important' Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women'Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murkier world where we discover how everything online works and who benefits from it. Fascinating, engaging and important' Observer'Could not be more timely' Spectator

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 real-life 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.
'A fascinating exposé of the world behind your screen. Timely, often disturbing, and so important' Caroline Criado Perez, author of Invisible Women'Takes us beyond Zuckerberg, Bezos et al to a murkier world where we discover how everything online works and who benefits from it. Fascinating, engaging and important' Observer'Could not be more timely' Spectator

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 real-life 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.
Über den Autor
James Ball is the Global Editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the author of multiple books, including Post-Truth. He has worked for BuzzFeed, the Guardian and the Washington Post and his reporting projects have won the Pulitzer Prize for public service, the Scripps Howard Prize and the British Journalism Award for investigative reporting, among others.
Zusammenfassung
Based in London, James Ball has a huge profile in the journalism world. He won the Pulitzer Prize before reaching the age of 30 for his coverage of the NSA leaks by Edward Snowden, and prior to that worked at Wikileaks alongside Julian Assange
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 263 S.
ISBN-13: 9781526607232
ISBN-10: 1526607239
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 423245
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ball, James
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 196 x 127 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: James Ball
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.07.2021
Gewicht: 0,202 kg
Artikel-ID: 119192953
Über den Autor
James Ball is the Global Editor of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and the author of multiple books, including Post-Truth. He has worked for BuzzFeed, the Guardian and the Washington Post and his reporting projects have won the Pulitzer Prize for public service, the Scripps Howard Prize and the British Journalism Award for investigative reporting, among others.
Zusammenfassung
Based in London, James Ball has a huge profile in the journalism world. He won the Pulitzer Prize before reaching the age of 30 for his coverage of the NSA leaks by Edward Snowden, and prior to that worked at Wikileaks alongside Julian Assange
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Importe, Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 263 S.
ISBN-13: 9781526607232
ISBN-10: 1526607239
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 423245
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ball, James
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestraße 122 a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 196 x 127 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: James Ball
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.07.2021
Gewicht: 0,202 kg
Artikel-ID: 119192953
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