Calling all “Fiberhoods”: Google Fiber and the Politics of Visibility

Halegoua, Germaine R.

dc.contributor.author	Halegoua, Germaine R.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-11-19T15:44:44Z
dc.date.available	2015-11-19T15:44:44Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.citation	Halegoua, G. "Calling All 'fiberhoods': Google Fiber and the Politics of Visibility." International Journal of Cultural Studies 18.3 (2014): 311-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877913513690	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1808/18943
dc.description	This is the author accepted manuscript. Copyright 2015 SAGE Publications	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This essay examines the promise of transformation and initial outcomes of Google’s “Fiber for Communities” project in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. Through a discourse analysis of industry and popular press, press releases, Google’s official blog and YouTube channel, and user-generated content from Kansas City residents from 2010-2012, the essay highlights the ways in which Google promised to transform the image and significance of Kansas City, upgrade experiences of internet access and use, and experiment with new deployment models for large scale fiber optic infrastructure in the US. However, the author focuses on how the process of transformation rendered certain pre-existing digital divides and inequities more visible rather than erasing them.	en_US
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications	en_US
dc.subject	Google Fiber	en_US
dc.subject	Broadband infrastructure	en_US
dc.subject	Urban informatics	en_US
dc.subject	Kansas City	en_US
dc.subject	Transformation	en_US
dc.title	Calling all “Fiberhoods”: Google Fiber and the Politics of Visibility	en_US
dc.type	Article
kusw.kuauthor	Halegoua, Germain R.
kusw.kudepartment	Film and Media Studies	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	10.1177/1367877913513690
kusw.oaversion	Scholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscript
kusw.oapolicy	This item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.
dc.rights.accessrights	openAccess

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