Description |
xv, 414 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Information revolution and global politics |
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Information revolution & global politics.
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Contents |
Part I Access contested: Theory and analysis. Access contested: toward the fourth phase of cyberspace controls / Ronald Deibert [and others] ; Contesting cyberspace and the coming crisis of authority / Ronald Deibert, Rafal Rohozinski ; The struggle for digital freedom of speech: the Malaysian sociopolitical biogosphere's experience / Vee Vian Thien ; Sexing the Internet: censorship, surveillance, and the body politic(s) of Malaysia / Heike Jensen [and others] ; Internet politics in Thailand after the 2006 coup: regulation by code and a contested ideological terrain / Pirongrong Ramasoota ; Competing values regarding Internet use in "free" Philippine social institutions / Erwin A. Alampay, Joselito C. Olpoc, Regina M. Hechanova ; Interconnected contests: distributed denial of service attacks and other digital control measures in Asia / Hal Roberts, Ethan Zuckerman, John Palfrey ; Control and resistance: attacks on Burmese opposition media / Nart Villeneuve, Masashi Crete-Nishihata ; China and Global Internet governance: a tiger by the tail / Milton L. Mueller ; Corporate accountability in networked Asia / Rebecca MacKinnonn -- Part II Country profiles and regional overview. Introduction to the country profiles. Asia overview ; Bangladesh ; Burma ; China ; India ; Indonesia ; Malaysia ; Pakistan ; South Korea ; Thailand ; Vietnam. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
This book examines the interplay of national security, social and ethnic identity, and resistance in Asian cyberspace, offering in-depth accounts of national struggles against Internet controls as well as updated country reports by ONI researchers. THe contributors examine such topics as Internet censorship in Thailand, the Malaysian blogosphere, surveillance and censorship around gender and sexuality in Malaysia, Internet governance in China, corporate social responsibility and freedom of expression in South Korea and India, cyber attacks on Independent Burmese media, and distributed-denial-of-services attacks and other digital control measures across Asia. -- FROM BACK COVER. |
Local Note |
MIT Press DTL OA MIT Titles |
Subject |
Cyberspace -- Government policy -- Asia.
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Computer security -- Asia.
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Computers -- Access control -- Asia.
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Internet -- Government policy -- Asia.
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Internet -- Censorship -- Asia.
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Computer security. (OCoLC)fst00872484
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Computers -- Access control.
(OCoLC)fst00872779
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Cyberspace -- Government policy.
(OCoLC)fst00885796
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Internet -- Censorship.
(OCoLC)fst00977185
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Internet -- Government policy.
(OCoLC)fst00977191
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Asia. (OCoLC)fst01240495
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Added Author |
Deibert, Ronald.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Access contested 9780262299800 |
ISBN |
9780262016780 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0262016788 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780262516808 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0262516802 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
40019955890 |
ISBN |
9780262299800 |
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