Archive 05 Nov 2008 Dissertation Update: “Reconstructing Information in Cold War Cybernetics and Social Science” Abstract: "Reconstructing Information" attempts to internationalize understanding of the emergence of information as a computer-compatible, or cybernetic, keyword before and… Ben Peters 3 Comments
Archive 22 Oct 2008 Why the Soviet Internet Failed In a word, decentralization. I had the pleasure of presenting a working paper and my first stab at such an… Ben Peters 12 Comments
Archive 02 Aug 2008 Who Made the Watchmaker? Dewey and Mendeleev on Information Organization The note below crudely illustrates a distinction in two modes of information organization predating the twentieth-century invention of automated data… Ben Peters 5 Comments
Archive 31 Jul 2008 Publishing the Public Domain: Eight Notes toward a Digital Commons A working draft of this very short paper can be downloaded for comment and review here:Peters%20Digital%20Commons%20Draft%202007%2007%2031.doc Ben Peters
Archive 17 Jun 2008 Betrothal and Betrayal: The Soviet Translation of Norbert Weiner’s Early Cybernetics The full-text .pdf download is available here. And kudos to the Manuel Castell and Larry Gross' International Journal of Communications… Ben Peters
Archive 15 Jun 2008 Working Draft: “And Lead Us Not into Thinking the New is New: A Bibliographic Case for New Media History” In the entry interim, I attended an excellent pre-conference to this year's International Communication Association conference in Montreal, The Long… Ben Peters
Archive 15 Jun 2008 Book Review: Thinking with James Carey Book review: Packer, J. & Robertson, C. (Eds). (2006) Thinking with James Carey: Essays on Communication, Transportation, History. (New York:… Ben Peters
Archive 11 Apr 2008 (Draft Dissertation Proposal Blurb) When Symbols Have Substance: A Short History of Information from Cybernetics to Cyber Law When do symbols have substance? When, and in what sense, does information matter? This project proposes to explore subtle changes… Ben Peters 23 Comments
Archive 01 Apr 2008 Sharing, Sanctioning, and Santri Sandals in Java Jonathan Zittrain of the Oxford Internet Institute gave his book talk, The Future of the Internet--and How to Stop It,… Ben Peters 2 Comments
Archive 12 Mar 2008 Anna Schwartz and Benkler’s Wealth of Networks With Tom Glaisyer's invitation, I had the pleasure today of responding to the noted monetary economist Anna Schwartz' review of… Ben Peters 12 Comments