$29.08
- Paperback
500 pages
- Release Date
23 July 2021
Summary
From café culture to home schooling, remote community networks, and smart cities, Wi-Fi is an invisible but fundamental element of contemporary life. Loosely regulated, low-cost, and largely overlooked by researchers, this technology has driven the rise of the smartphone and broadband internet, and is a vital element in the next wave of automation.
Thomas, Wilken, and Rennie provide the first comprehensive account of the social and cultural consequences of Wi-Fi, highlighting the ways…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509529902 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 150952990X |
| Author: | Julian Thomas, Rowan Wilken, Ellie Rennie |
| Publisher: | Polity Press |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 500 |
| Release Date: | 23 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 150mm x 208mm |
| Series: | Digital Media and Society |
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Critics Review
‘This pathbreaking study explores the full significance of the already ubiquitous, but largely “invisible”, technology of Wi-Fi.’
David Morley, Goldsmiths University of London
‘As a technology, Wi-Fi seemed to disappear into the mundane infrastructures of everyday life almost as soon as it was adopted twenty years ago. Looking backwards as well as towards possible futures, this book offers an important account of “why Wi-Fi matters”.’
Laura Forlano, Illinois Institute of Technology
Julian Thomas
Julian Thomas is Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society at RMIT University.
Rowan Wilken is Principal Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University.
Ellie Rennie is Principal Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University.
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