[Commlist] New book: Comparing Digital Communication Systems in Nordic Welfare States

New book from Nordicom:

*Gateways: Comparing Digital Communication Systems in Nordic Welfare States*

Authors: Signe Sophus Lai and Sofie Flensburg.

Download the book as open access or order a print copy here:

https://www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publications/gateways 
<https://www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publications/gateways>

Content:

  * *Preface*

  * *Introduction*

      o What we (think we) know
      o Biases of digital media
      o Agenda
      o Narrative

PART I: DEPARTURES

  * *Chapter 1. Follow the data*

      o Epistemic crossroads
      o Structuring forces of digital communication
      o Towards digital communication systems

  * *Chapter 2. Step-by-step: Comparing infrastructures, markets, & states*

      o Step one: The Digital Communication System Matrix
      o Step two: The continuums
      o Step three: The indicators Future steps: A dynamic framework
PART II: MAPS

  * *Chapter 3. Accessing the Nordic Internets*

      o Waves & wires
      o The rise & fall of incumbent empires
      o Governing access
      o The last mile & the last bastion
  * *Chapter 4. The backbone of communication*

      o Mermaids & sea serpents
      o Expanding territories
      o The black-boxed backbone
      o Horizons & vertigos
  * *Chapter 5. Over-the-top applications*

      o Nordic application environments
      o Platform power
      o Gatekeeping the gatekeepers
      o Ruptures & tectonic plates
  * *Chapter 6. Bits of data, bits of power *

      o Surveillance architectures
      o The data asset
      o Datafication of welfare
      o Blocking the data hose?
PART III: ROUTES

  * *Chapter 7. A waltz*

      o Big Tech & the welfare state
      o At the mercy of the objects we study
  * *Chapter 8. Road to nowhere*

      o Comparing digital communication systems
      o Datafied welfare?
      o Evolving Internet regimes
  * *References*


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