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Collective Principles and the Formation of the Internet: Cultural Influences and Historical Impacts (Beginnings to 2010)

Collective Principles and the Formation of the Internet: Cultural Influences and Historical Impacts (Beginnings to 2010)

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Series: Springer Cultural Computing

General ComputersGeneral Sociology

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ISBN10: 3031904729
ISBN13: 9783031904721
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jul 20 2026
Pages: 188
Language: English

This book describes how distinctive socio-political commitments and cultural practices developed upon the internet in the later 20th and early 21st century and considers what lies ahead in those terms.

Five decades after the internet's technological structure began to be erected, and three decades after engagement with it started burgeoning, an active and global collective formation has grown upon it. This collective formation is dubbed the 'Internet Polity' here and is distinguishable from, and yet embedded within, real-world collectives. Despite divergences and conflicts, its organization is based on certain shared principles and its culture characterized by distinctive discursive practices. This book examines how the Internet Polity developed until 2010, in terms of the technological and cultural features that have supported it. Accordingly, the Internet Polity's emerging prospects are considered.

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