Description: How networked technology enables the emergence of a new collaborative society.
Humans are hard-wired for collaboration, and new technologies of communication act as a super-amplifier of our natural collaborative mindset. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series examines the emergence of a new kind of social collaboration enabled by networked technologies. This new collaborative society might be characterized as a series of services and startups that enable peer-to-peer exchanges and interactions though technology. Some believe that the economic aspects of the new collaboration have the potential to make society more equitable; others see collaborative communities based on sharing as a cover for social injustice and user exploitation.
The book covers the “sharing economy,” and the hijacking of the term by corporations; different models of peer production, and motivations to participate; collaborative media production and consumption, the definitions of “amateur” and “professional,” and the power of memes; hactivism and social movements, including Anonymous and anti-ACTA protest; collaborative knowledge creation, including citizen science; collaborative self-tracking; and internet-mediated social relations, as seen in the use of Instagram, Snapchat, and Tinder. Finally, the book considers the future of these collaborative tendencies and the disruptions caused by fake news, bots, and other challenges.
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Narrative Type: book
Type: book
Intended Audience: General/trade
Book Title: Collaborative Society
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Topic: Communication Studies, Social Aspects, Web / Social Media, Sociology / General, General
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Computers, Technology & Engineering, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
Item Weight: 8.2 Oz
Item Length: 7 in
Author: Aleksandra Przegalinska, Dariusz Jemielniak
Book Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Ser.
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
