[Air-L] Google "imperialism"

martin dodge m.dodge at manchester.ac.uk
Tue Mar 18 11:39:42 PDT 2008


Hello, you might be interested in Matt Zook's paper, focusing in
particularly at Google's strategy on maps and local listings,

Zook, M. and M. Graham. (2007). The Creative Reconstruction of
the Internet: Google and the Privatization of Cyberspace and DigiPlace.
GeoForum. Volume 38, Issue 6, November 2007, Pages 1322-1343

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.05.004

cheers
martin

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> Hi,
>
>     i am currently writing a small and general public article about the
> importance of Google and its "imperialism", both economically and in our
> daily Internet practices. I am thinking now about covering the
> monopolistic tendencies of Google as well as some concerns around
> privacy issues.
>
>     i will be happy if anybody can refer me to more extensive and
> academic work that has already been done around Google. Of course, any
> other ideas are also welcome!
>
> Stéphane Couture
> Ph.D. student
> Laboratoire de communication médiatisée par ordinateur (LabCMO)
> Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie
> (CIRST)
> Université du Québec à Montréal
> http://stephanecouture.info
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