The Politics of Micro-Decisions Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality, and the Architectures of the Internet

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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Main Author: Sprenger, Florian (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: meson press 2015
Series:Digital Cultures
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