Overview

Who owns the Internet? While this network of information seems to be the world's property, the controversy is rapidly rising over who controls coordination and regulations of cyberspace. This work examines the historical, sociological and empirical influence of the Internet Domain Name System (DNS). This comprehensive look at cyberspace control is timely as many European countries are questioning the domain name authority of the US-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Detailing the reconstruction of DNS, Pare reveals the infrastructure of Internet governance and its effect on power relations and politicking. Though these questions are particularly relevant to the field of communications, all Internet users should find this book a useful tool for understanding the increasingly complex web of Internet control.

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Par has clearly mastered his subject matter. Internet Governance in Transition leaves little question as to why the administration of Internet domain names has become &ltU>the&ltU> pivotal battle for control over cyberspace.....--Elmer, Greg

Pare has clearly mastered his subject matter. Internet Governance in Transition leaves little question as to why the administration of Internet domain names has become &ltU>the&ltU> pivotal battle for control over cyberspace.....--Elmer, Greg

Pare has clearly mastered his subject matter. Internet Governance in Transition leaves little question as to why the administration of Internet domain names has become the pivotal battle for control over cyberspace... -- Greg Elmer, Boston College, editor of Critical Perspectives on the Internet Pare has clearly mastered his subject matter. Internet Governance in Transition leaves little question as to why the administration of Internet domain names has become the pivotal battle for control over cyberspace. -- Greg Elmer, Boston College, editor of Critical Perspectives on the Internet

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Daniel J. ParZ is a research fellow at the London School of Economics and researcher at University of Sussex in science and technology policy.

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