How the Modem World Shaped the Internet w/ Kevin Driscoll

How the Modem World Shaped the Internet w/ Kevin Driscoll

Paris Marx is joined by Kevin Driscoll to discuss the networks and services built by volunteers and hobbyists on top of the telephone network before the internet took over the in the 1990s, and what it can teach us about the internet and social media today.Kevin Driscoll is the author of The Modem World: A Prehistory of Social Media and an associate professor in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. Follow Kevin on Twitter at @kevindriscoll.Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter, and support the show on Patreon.The podcast is produced by Eric Wickham and part of the Harbinger Media Network.Also mentioned in this episode: Kevin wrote about The Modem World in Wired. textfiles.com is a good source for historical documents about the modem world. Find out more about Paris’ event with Sabrina Fernandes in Berlin on August 26! Support the show

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