Electronic Mediations Ser.: Internet Daemons : Digital Communications ...

Internet DaemonsDigital Communications Possessed\nAuthor(s): Fenwick McKelvey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Minnesota Press, United States\nImprint: University of Minnesota Press\nISBN-13: 9781517901530, 978-1517901530\nSynopsis\nA complete history and theory of internet daemons brings these little-known-but very consequential-programs into the spotlight\n\n Were used to talking about how tech giants like Google, Facebook, and Amazon rule the internet, but what about daemons? Ubiquitous programs that have colonized the Nets infrastructure-as well as the devices we use to access it-daemons are little known. Fenwick McKelvey weaves together history, theory, and policy to give a full account of where daemons come from and how they influence our lives-including their role in hot-button issues like network neutrality.\n\nGoing back to Victorian times and the popular thought experiment Maxwells Demon, McKelvey charts how daemons evolved from concept to reality, eventually blo.