Configuring the networked self law, code, and the play of everyday practice

"The legal and technical rules governing flows of information are out of balance, argues Julie E. Cohen in this original analysis of information law and policy. Flows of cultural and technical information are overly restricted, while flows of personal information often are not restricted at all...

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Main Author: Cohen, Julie E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] Yale University Press ©2012, 2012
Series:Ebook Central Academic Complete Collection
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Collection: JSTOR Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"The legal and technical rules governing flows of information are out of balance, argues Julie E. Cohen in this original analysis of information law and policy. Flows of cultural and technical information are overly restricted, while flows of personal information often are not restricted at all. The author investigates the institutional forces shaping the emerging information society and the contradictions between those forces and the ways that people use information and information technologies in their everyday lives. She then proposes legal principles to ensure that people have ample room for cultural and material participation as well as greater control over the boundary conditions that govern flows of information to, from, and about them"--
Physical Description:xi, 337 pages
ISBN:0300177933
9780300177930