Coordinating the Internet : : Thought Styles, Technology and Coordination.

• Superior document: Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations Series ; v.2135
• Author: Lindeberg, Fredrik.
• Place / Publishing House: Linköping : : Linkopings Universitet,, 2021.; {copy}2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (377 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning -- Abstract -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- The Internet -- Reader service -- Research questions -- Approach -- Results -- Contribution of studies -- Reading guide -- Method -- Background and agenda of the researcher -- Philosophy of science -- Positioning -- Motivation for using thought styles -- Symbols and names of the thought styles -- Research approach -- Collecting data -- Code used in thesis -- Generalizability of results -- Ethical considerations -- Interoperability frame of reference -- The Internet and the web -- Assuming the Internet -- The Internet in practice -- The IANA-function on paper -- Internet standards -- Conceptualizing a technical only Internet -- A conceptual view of digital technology -- Practical interoperability -- Chapter summary -- Bureaucracy frame of reference -- Introduction to bureaucracies -- Bureaucracies and markets -- Communication networks -- A short history of the Internet -- Net neutrality and the Internet -- Resilience and disruption -- Chapter summary -- Market frame of reference -- Markets -- Ecologies -- Net neutrality -- Chapter summary -- Management and coordination -- Coordination concepts -- The organizational context -- Technology and coordination -- Aligning technology and coordination -- Internet governance and coordination -- Path dependence, technology, and coordination -- Levels of coordination -- Communities of the thought styles -- Chapter summary -- The Internet ecology -- The notion of Internet -- The spheres -- The ISOC-sphere -- The ICANN-sphere -- The UN and ITU sphere -- Other influential organizations and actors -- Coordinating the ecology -- The genesis of the Swedish ccTLD and IXP -- Chapter summary -- Internet concepts -- Conceptualizing the Internet.

A suggested conceptualization -- Thought styles regarding the present Internet -- Chapter summary -- Internet social resilience -- The ICANN-sphere -- The ISOC-sphere -- The UN-sphere -- Technical error -- Chapter summary -- Packet neutrality by the thought styles -- A practical problematization of net neutrality -- Net neutrality in practice -- One website in detail -- A portfolio of websites -- Four zones in more detail -- Internet-routing -- Discussion -- Net neutrality by the thought styles -- Chapter summary -- Conclusions -- Implications and further research -- Framing coordination and technology issues -- Longitudinal studies -- Future Internet Architecture efforts -- The great generational shift -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Acronyms -- Bibliography.