Forged in War de R. David Lankes

Forged in War

Autor R. David Lankes

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 feb 2024

"[I]deal for readers seeking a more comprehensive look at information dissemination technology, its context, and its impact on the way in which we now live." Library Journal, Starred Review • Explore how the tools of our information age grew directly out of conflicts from World War I to the present day.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781538192214
ISBN-10: 1538192217
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

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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