Spam . Shadow History of the Internet

Spam . Shadow History of the Internet
Author: Finn Brunton
Publisher: The MIT Press
Language: English
Pages: 304
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Weight: 526 g
Binding: Softcover
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Availability: In stock
Price: €21.99
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This is a book about what spam is, how it works, and what it means. Brunton provides a cultural history that stretches from pranks on early computer networks to the construction of a global criminal infrastructure. Spam shows us how technologies are transformed by unintended consequences and adaptations, and how online communications develop and invent governance for themselves.