Forged in war : how a century of war created today's information society /: how a century of war created today's information society. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: R. David Lankes.
• Authors: Lankes, R. David, 1970-
• Contents: Table of Contents Introduction: From Alert to a Promise to the Reader Data Chapter 1 Common Carriers: From Telegraphs to Internet Kill Switches Chapter 2 Encryption: From Zimmerman to the Monetized Self Chapter 3 Massive Scale Computing: From Depth Bombs to Deep Learning Chapter 4 The Internet: From Hydrogen Bombs to 5G Chapter 5 The World Wide Web: From CERN to Facial Recognition Chapter 6 Dataism: From Reducing Noise to Reducing People Data Waypoint: The Span of the Knowledge Infrastructure Media Chapter 7 Propaganda: From Influencing Minds to Manipulating Brains Chapter 8 Memory Organizations: From Weaponized Librarianship to a Digital Dark Age From Collecting Books to Collecting Intelligence Chapter 9 Media Consolidation: From Steamboat Willie to Disney + Chapter 10 Trust: From Walter Cronkite to Saul Alinsky Media Waypoint: The Weaponized Knowledge Infrastructure Society Chapter 11 Certainty: From Clockwork to Complexity Chapter 12 Pandemic: From the Spanish Flu to COVID-19 Chapter 13 People: From Empty Campuses to Open Arms Chapter 14 Technology: From Zoom Bombs to the Shin Bet Chapter 15 Sources: From Swans in Venice to Floods in New Orleans Chapter 16 Policy: From a Commodity to a Public Good Chapter 17 A Choice: From Chemical Warfare to Healing the World Society Waypoint: From Chemical Warfare to Healing the World Excursus: On the Joys of Writing and How to Check My Facts About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 303.4833; Information technology -- History; Information society
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538148969
• Related ISBNs: 9781538148952
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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