[ecrea] New book on the Internet of Things

New book about the Internet of Things by Graham Meikle and Mercedes 
Bunz, published this month by Polity 
http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509517459.

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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 examine its promises of 
convenience and the breaking of new frontiers in communication. They 
also raise urgent questions about ubiquitous surveillance, networked 
sensors, and artificial intelligence, 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 our 
rapidly changing networked lives.

‘In this remarkably profound and accessible book, Bunz and Meikle 
analyse the internet of things as a matter of communication for both 
machines and humans. It is a must read for anyone interested in 
understanding how the world around us is changing.’

Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Brown University

‘Sick of people banging on about the internet of things? Read Bunz and 
Meikle’s wonderful and timely book to understand this powerful and 
complex next wave of digital technology development and in what ways the 
profound changes in the internet really do matter for contemporary 
life.  A delight to read, this exceptionally lucid, deeply researched, 
insightful and witty account deserves to be widely read by anyone 
interested in media, communication and technology futures.’

Gerard Goggin, The University of Sydney

Mercedes Bunz is Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster.

Graham Meikle is Professor of Communication and Digital Media at the 
University of Westminster.



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