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dc.contributor.authorHalegoua, Germaine R.
dc.contributor.authorLingel, Jessa
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-10T21:12:19Z
dc.date.available2018-07-10T21:12:19Z
dc.date.issued2018-06-05
dc.identifier.citationHalegoua, Germaine R, and Jessa Lingel. "Lit up and left dark: Failures of imagination in urban broadband networks." New Media & Society (Jun. 2018). https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818779593en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/26633
dc.description.abstractThe design and deployment of urban broadband infrastructures inscribe particular imaginations of Internet access onto city streets. The different manifestations and locations of these networks, their uses, and access points often expose material excesses of urban broadband networks, as well as failures of Internet service providers, urban planners, and public officials to imagine the diverse ways that people incorporate Internet connection into their everyday lives. We approach the study of urban broadband networks through the juxtaposition of invisible networks that are buried under the streets and have always been “turned off” (dark fiber) versus hypervisible that are “turned on” and prominently displayed on city streets (LinkNYC). In our analysis of these two case studies, we critique themes of visibility and invisibility as indexes of power and access. Our findings are meant to provide a critical analysis of urban technology policy as well as theories of infrastructure, visibility, and access.en_US
dc.publisherSageen_US
dc.subjectBroadband networksen_US
dc.subjectDark fiberen_US
dc.subjectDigital dividesen_US
dc.subjectImaginationen_US
dc.subjectInfrastructureen_US
dc.subjectInternet accessen_US
dc.subjectLinkNYCen_US
dc.subjectUrban communicationen_US
dc.subjectVisibilityen_US
dc.titleLit up and left dark: Failures of imagination in urban broadband networksen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
kusw.kuauthorHalegoua, Germaine R.
kusw.kudepartmentFilm & Media Studiesen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1461444818779593en_US
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, author accepted manuscripten_US
kusw.oapolicyThis item meets KU Open Access policy criteria.en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US


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