Alexander R. Galloway
Associate Professor
Department of Media, Culture, and Communication
New York University
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BOOKS


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  THE EXPLOIT — A Theory of Networks
coauthored with Eugene Thacker
University of Minnesota Press, 2007

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"The Exploit is that rare thing: a book with a clear grasp of how networks operate that also understands the political implications of this emerging form of power. It cuts through the nonsense about how 'free' and 'democratic' networks supposedly are, and it offers a rich analysis of how network protocols create a new kind of control. Essential reading for all theorists, artists, activists, techheads, and hackers of the Net."
McKenzie Wark, author of A Hacker Manifesto

256 pages
5 3/8 x 8 1/2
October 2007
Electronic Mediations Series, volume 21



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  GAMING — Essays on Algorithmic Culture
University of Minnesota Press, 2006

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"This is contemporary media theory at its best."
Lev Manovich, author of The Language of New Media

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Reviewed by author Steven Shaviro
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Interviewed by Paul Johnson on WPS1 radio


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  PROTOCOL — How Control Exists After Decentralization
MIT Press, 2004

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"Expressing some startling new lines of thought with refreshingly straightforward clarity, Galloway reminds all of us why thinking about networks and their protocols is so relevant to our time. From FTP to fluxus or Deleuze to DNS, these are the connections that need to be made between the models competing to be our reality."
Douglas Rushkoff, author of Media Virus, Coercion, and Nothing Sacred

"An engaging methodological hybrid of the Frankfurt School and UNIX for Dummies... Galloway brings the uncool question of morality back into critical thinking" (more)
The Village Voice