Collaborative Society (MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)

260 Pages·2020·22.301 MB·English

by  Dariusz Jemielniak, Aleksandra Przegalinska

COLLABORATIVE
SOCIETY
DARIUSZ J EM IELN IAK AN D
ALEKSAN D RA PRZEGALI NSKA

The MIT Press Essentid Knowledge Series
A complete list of the tides in this series appears at the back of this book.
CO LLABO RATIVE
SO C IETY
DARIUSZ JEMIELNIAK AND
ALEKSAN D RA PRZEGALI NSKA
The MIT Press I Cambridge, Massachusetts I London, England
@ 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jemielniak, Dariusz, author. I Przegalinska, Aleksandra, author.
Tide: Collaborative society / Dariusz Jemielniak and Aleksandra
Przegalinska.
Description: Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, [2019] I Series: MIT Press
essential knowledge series I Indudes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019008960 | ISBN 9780262537919 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Online socral networks. I Social networks. I Cooperation.
Classification: LCCHM742.J4620Lg I DDC 302.30285-dc23 LC record
available at http s:/ Accn)oc.gov /2019008960
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CONTENTS
Series Foreword vii
Acknowledgments ix
1 Introduction
1
2 Neither "Sharing" nor "Economy" '17
3 Peer Production 1'l
4 Collaborative Media Production and
Consumption
61
5 Collaborative Social Activism and Hacktivism 81
6 Collaborative Knowledge Creation 105
7 Collaborative Gadgets 127
8 Being Together Online 1ss
9 Controversies and the Future of Collaborative
Society
177
Glossary
199
Notes
205
Further Reading 233
Index
237

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