His fundamental fascination with how and why technologies-especially digital technologies-change over regimes of time, space, and power has led to several projects: His first book-The Soviet Internet: How Not to Network a Nation, scheduled for release from the MIT Press this coming summer-puts that foundational question into sharp focus by examining why the Soviet Union, despite repeated attempts at the height of the cold war tech race, failed to develop a contemporary to the ARPANET. He currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa, where he also teaches in the Honors Program and the Russian Studies Programs as well as directs the Digital Working Group. Ben Peters is a historian of modern technology and a media theorist with emphases on the history and philosophy of information science and technology.
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