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The Age of Sharing
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But the word 'sharing' also camouflages commercial or even exploitative relations. Websites say they share data with advertisers, although in reality they sell it, while parts of the sharing economy look a great deal like rental services. Ultimately, it is argued, practices described as sharing and critiques of those practices have common roots. Consequently, the metaphor of sharing now constructs significant swathes of our social practices and provides the grounds for critiquing them; it is a mode of participation in the capitalist order as well as a way of resisting it.
Drawing on nineteenth-century literature, Alcoholics Anonymous, the American counterculture, reality TV, hackers, Airbnb, Facebook and more, The Age of Sharing offers a rich account of a complex contemporary keyword. It will appeal to students and scholars of the internet, digital culture and linguistics.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2016-11-04
Publication Date:
2016-12-19
Publisher:
Polity Press
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
074566251X
ISBN13:
9780745662510
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Weight:
292 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
215 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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