The Politics of Micro-Decisions
Be it in the case of opening a website, sending an email, or high-frequency trading, bits and bytes of information have to cross numerous nodes at which micro-decisions are made. These decisions concern the most efficient path through the network, the processing speed, or the priority of incoming da...
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| description | Be it in the case of opening a website, sending an email, or high-frequency trading, bits and bytes of information have to cross numerous nodes at which micro-decisions are made. These decisions concern the most efficient path through the network, the processing speed, or the priority of incoming data packets. Despite their multifaceted nature, micro-decisions are a dimension of control and surveillance in the twenty-first century that has received little critical attention. They represent the smallest unit and the technical precondition of a contemporary network politics – and of our potential opposition to it. The current debates regarding net neutrality and Edward Snowden’s revelation of NSA surveillance are only the tip of the iceberg. What is at stake is nothing less than the future of the Internet as we know it. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-345702025-03-11T23:53:49Z The Politics of Micro-Decisions Sprenger, Florian media studies, networking, materiality, surveillance, Internet architecture, infrastructure, micro-decisions, power, net neutrality, Paul Baran, Edward Snowden thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATF Films, cinema thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATJ Television Be it in the case of opening a website, sending an email, or high-frequency trading, bits and bytes of information have to cross numerous nodes at which micro-decisions are made. These decisions concern the most efficient path through the network, the processing speed, or the priority of incoming data packets. Despite their multifaceted nature, micro-decisions are a dimension of control and surveillance in the twenty-first century that has received little critical attention. They represent the smallest unit and the technical precondition of a contemporary network politics – and of our potential opposition to it. The current debates regarding net neutrality and Edward Snowden’s revelation of NSA surveillance are only the tip of the iceberg. What is at stake is nothing less than the future of the Internet as we know it. 2021-02-10T14:18:26Z 2021-02-10T14:18:26Z 2020-05-04T14:51:04Z 2015 book Book_9783957960405_20200504_33 OCN: 982238518 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/37575 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/34570 eng Digital Cultures open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37575/1/9783957960412-Sprenger-The_Politics_of_Micro-Descisions.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37575/1/9783957960412-Sprenger-The_Politics_of_Micro-Descisions.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/37575/1/9783957960412-Sprenger-The_Politics_of_Micro-Descisions.pdf meson press 10.14619/005 10.14619/005 ac472089-6d55-48f6-b3d5-e22eef42c7db ScholarLed 128 open access |
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