02970nam a2200445Ii 4500 9781787432956 UtOrBLW 20251029120755.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 171115t20172017enk ob 001 0 eng d 9781787432956 (e-book) 9781787436756 ePUB UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW HM851 .B43 2017 GTC bicssc SOC000000 bisacsh 316.2 Becoming digital : toward a post-Internet society / Vincent Mosco. Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017. ©2017 1 online resource (xvii, 227 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Society now Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. Becoming Digital examines the transition from the online world we have known to the Next Internet, which is emerging from the convergence of Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, and the Internet of Things. The Cloud stores and processes information in data centers; Big Data Analytics provide the tools to analyse and use it; and the Internet of Things connects sensor-equipped devices everywhere to communication networks that span the globe. These technologies make possible a post-Internet society filled with homes that think, machines that make decisions, drones that deliver packages or bombs, and robots that work for us, play with us, and take our jobs. The Next Internet promises a world where computers are everywhere, even inside our bodies, "coming alive" to make possible the unification of people and machines in what some call the Singularity. This timely book explores this potential as both a reality on the horizon and a myth that inspires a new religion of technology. It takes up the coming threats to a democratic, decentralized, and universal Internet and the potential to deepen the problems of commercial saturation, concentrated economic power, cyber-warfare, the erosion of privacy, and environmental degradation. On the other hand, it also shows how the Next Internet can help expand democracy, empowering people worldwide, providing for more of life's necessities, and advancing social equality. But none of this will happen without concerted political and policy action. Becoming Digital points the way forward. Print version record Internet Social aspects. 59157 Internet Technological innovations. 59158 Internet of things. 58845 Cloud computing. 58386 Mosco, Vincent, editor. 59392 9781787432963 https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787432956 51969 51969