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Title Details:
Exchange, Sharing and the Economies of the Internet
Authors: Papailia, Pinelopi
Petridis, Petros
Reviewer: Boumparis, Nikos
Subject: LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY > ETHNOGRAPHIC THEORY
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL)
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > ETHNOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > ANTHROPOLOGY AND MASS MEDIA
LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES > ANTHROPOLOGY (NON PHYSICAL) > SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY > METHODOLOGY AND HISTORY IN ANTHROPOLOGY
Keywords:
Ethnography
Digital Culture
Internet And Society
Exchange
Sharing
Peer-to-peer Networks
Digital Economy
Digital Labor
Knowledge Economy
Culture Industry
Description:
Abstract:
This chapter focuses on the analysis of economic practices that have developed in relation to the internet. In particular, it focuses on the concepts of exchange and sharing, through the presentation of a series of ethnographic cases related to various forms of technosociality, such as peer-to-peer networks, the economies of online role-playing games, the digital currency Bitcoin, etc. In addition, this chapter analyzes issues that relate to the idea of intellectual property and related licenses (copyright, creative commons), focusing on the views of the users. Lastly, this chapter considers the concept of free digital labor and creationist capitalism in the context of the knowledge, cultural and creative industries.
Table of Contents:
7.1. Introductory Comments
7.2. The Gift and the Internet
7.3. Peer-to-peer Networks and the Problem of the Gift
7.4. Intellectual Property Rights
7.5. Free Labor, Creationist Capitalism and the Culture of Sharing
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/6121
Bibliographic Reference: Papailia, P., & Petridis, P. (2015). Exchange, Sharing and the Economies of the Internet [Chapter]. In Papailia, P., & Petridis, P. 2015. Digital Ethnography [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/6121
Language: Greek
Is Part of: Digital Ethnography
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions