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The Emergent Effects of a Wired World
Rutgers University Press
April 2011
On Sale: April 15, 2011
296 pages
ISBN: 0813549620
EAN: 9780813549620
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
Through the lens of culture, The Internet of Elsewhere looks
at the role of the Internet as a catalyst in transforming
communications, politics, and economics. Cyrus Farivar
explores the Internet's history and effects in four distinct
and, to some, surprising societies--Iran, Estonia, South
Korea, and Senegal. He profiles Web pioneers in these
countries and, at the same time, surveys the environments in
which they each work. After all, contends Farivar, despite
California's great success in creating the Internet and
spawning companies like Apple and Google, in some areas the
United States is still years behind other nations. Surprised? You won't be for long as Farivar proves there are
reasons that:
Skype was invented in Estonia--the same country that
developed a digital ID system and e-voting;Iran was the
first country in the world to arrest a blogger, in 2003;
South Korea is the most wired country on the planet, with
faster and less expensive broadband than anywhere in the
United States;
Senegal may be one of sub-Saharan Africa's best chances for
greater Internet access. The Internet of Elsewhere brings forth a new complex and
modern understanding of how the Internet spreads globally,
with both good and bad effects.
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