After Net Neutrality: A New Deal for the Digital Age (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300241402)

A provocative analysis of net neutrality and a call to democratize online communication

This short book is both a primer that explains the history and politics of net neutrality and an argument for a more equitable framework for regulating access to the internet. Pickard and Berman argue that we should not see internet service as a commodity but as a public good necessary for sustaining democratic society in the twenty-first century. They aim to reframe the threat to net neutrality as more than a conflict between digital leviathans like Google and internet service providers like Comcast but as part of a much wider project to commercialize the public sphere and undermine the free speech essential for democracy. Readers will come away with a better understanding of the key concepts underpinning the net neutrality battle and rallying points for future action to democratize online communication.

Author: Victor Pickard, David Elliot Berman
ISBN-10: 0300241402
ISBN-13: 9780300241402
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/29/2019
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.10h x 5.10w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2020