The Post-Socialist Internet: How Labor, Geopolitics and Critique Produce the Internet in Lithuania

How Is The Internet Produced As An Infrastructure In Post-socialist Lithuania? Migle Bareikyte Contributes To The Growing Field Of Sts And Media Studies With A Distinct Focus On Eastern Europe. She Situates The Internet Development In Lithuania's Telecom Industry With The Exploration Of Its Labor Practices, Geopolitical Imaginaries, And Critical Negotiations From A Bottom-up Perspective. Bareikyte Further Explores How Fieldwork-based Research Can Foster New Theorizations Of Media Infrastructures. Finally, She Argues For A Situated Investigation Of New Places And Actors Beyond The United States And Western Europe-such As Post-socialist Regions-in Order To Explore The Diversity Of Media Infrastructures.