Article: An Early Future of the Internet
Abstract
The essay on "early Internet futures" reconstructs an episode from the early history of what later would be called "the Internet". It shows which socio-technical imaginations in the early developments at the (D)ARPA Information Processing Techniques Office existed. Two of the most influential ideas will be focused: Firstly, J.C.R. Lickliders early concept of an "intergalactic network" which evolved into, secondly, into his (and Robert Taylor's) famous paper on the computer as a communication device. This shows how new technological developments are connected to socio-technical imaginaries from the very beginning.
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Schröter, Jens: An Early Future of the Internet. In: Navigationen - Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften, Jg. 23 (2023), Nr. 2, S. 80-92. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/21644.
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author = {Schröter, Jens},
title = {An Early Future of the Internet},
year = 2023,
doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/21644}",
volume = 23,
address = {Siegen},
journal = {Navigationen - Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften},
number = 2,
pages = {80--92},
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author = {Schröter, Jens},
title = {An Early Future of the Internet},
year = 2023,
doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/21644}",
volume = 23,
address = {Siegen},
journal = {Navigationen - Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturwissenschaften},
number = 2,
pages = {80--92},
}
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