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Protocol, or the "Chivalry of the Object".

The article explores protocols and their self-historicization. Topics discussed include information on author Alexander Galloway's "Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization," tendency noted by author Patrick Jagoda for critical analyses of digital networks, and comparison of protocol to a...

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Published in:Critical Inquiry Vol. 45; no. 3; pp. 747 - 762
Main Author: Yeager, Stephen M.
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Spring2019
Subjects:
Computer network protocols
Galloway, Alexander
Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization (Book)
Jagoda, Patrick
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article explores protocols and their self-historicization. Topics discussed include information on author Alexander Galloway's "Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralization," tendency noted by author Patrick Jagoda for critical analyses of digital networks, and comparison of protocol to a succinct description of chivalry in poet Geoffrey Chaucer's moral ballad "Gentilesse."