Laura DeNardis (American University). The Global War for Internet Governance (Yale University Press, 2014).
"The Internet has transformed the manner in which information is
exchanged and business is conducted, arguably more than any other
communication development in the past century. Despite its wide reach
and powerful global influence, it is a medium uncontrolled by any one
centralized system, organization, or governing body, a reality that has
given rise to all manner of free-speech issues and cybersecurity
concerns. The conflicts surrounding Internet governance are the new
spaces where political and economic power is unfolding in the
twenty-first century."
—The Global War for Internet Governance book jacket