Collective Principles and the Formation of the Internet - 9783031904691

Collective Principles and the Formation of the InternetCultural Influences and Historical Impacts (Beginnings to 2010)\nAuthor(s): Suman Gupta\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783031904691, 978-3031904691\nSynopsis\nThis book describes how distinctive socio-political commitments and cultural practices developed upon the internet in the later 20th and early 21st century and considers what lies ahead in those terms. \n\nFive decades after the internets technological structure began to be erected, and three decades after engagement with it started burgeoning, an active and global collective formation has grown upon it. This collective formation is dubbed the Internet Polity here and is distinguishable from, and yet embedded within, real-world collectives. Despite divergences and conflicts, its organization is based on certain shared principles and its culture characterized by distinc.