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Cyber geography

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Cyber geography is mapping the physical network of broadband cables.[1][2]

Background

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While servers, routers, cables, and other physical equipment and infrastructure that enable the Internet can be located, the location of each of these hardware modules does not convey the nature of cyberspace.[3] Cyber geography addresses the degree of complexity of this infrastructure. One of the earliest endeavors that investigated the "spatiality" of cyberspace was the research conducted by Martin Dodge at the University of Manchester between 1997 and 2004. Dodge identified "electronic places" that exist behind the computer screen as part of such geography.[4] "Space" in this case is said to be produced or reproduced through social relations and that it is both geographic and cyber as well as a relational concept.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ This Map of the World’s Underwater Broadband Cables Says A Lot About Who Matters Archived 2014-08-14 at the Wayback Machine, Ryot, 13 August 2014, Oliver Michaels
  2. ^ "About Cyber-Geography Research". Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  3. ^ Corn, Geoffrey; VanLandingham, Rachel; Reeves, Shane (2016). U.S. Military Operations: Law, Policy, and Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 159. ISBN 9780199328574.
  4. ^ Ryan, Julie (2015). Leading Issues in Cyber Warfare and Security: Cyber Warfare and Security, Volume 2. Reading, UK: Academic Conferences and Publishing Limited. p. 125. ISBN 9781910810644.
  5. ^ Dodge, Martin; Kitchin, Rob (2003-09-02). Mapping Cyberspace. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781134638994.