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Bunz, Mercedes

The Internet of Things

Bunz, Mercedes - The Internet of Things, ebook

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More objects and devices are connected to digital networks than ever before. Things - from your phone to your car, from the heating to the lights in your house - have gathered the ability to sense their environments and create information about what is happening. Things have become media, able to both generate and communicate information. This has become known as 'the internet of things'.

In this accessible introduction, Graham Meikle and Mercedes Bunz observe its promises of convenience and the breaking of new frontiers in communication. They also raise urgent questions regarding ubiquitous surveillance and information security, as well as the transformation of intimate personal information into commercial data.

Discussing the internet of things from a media and communication perspective, this book is an important resource for courses analysing the internet and society, and essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand the rapidly changing roles of our networked lives.

Keywords: internet of things; media studies; communication studies; information technology; surveillance; information security; information policy; internet and society, Media Studies, Communication Studies, Communication & Media Studies Special Topics, Media Studies, Communication Studies, Communication & Media Studies Special Topics

Author(s)
 
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Publication year
2017
Language
en
Edition
1
Series
Digital Media and Society
Page amount
192 pages
Category
Society
Format
Ebook
eISBN (ePUB)
9781509517497
Printed ISBN
9781509517466

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