It is apparent that file sharing on the Internet has become an emerging norm of media consumption—especially among young people. This book provides a critical perspective on this phenomenon, exploring issues related to file sharing, downloading, peer-to-peer networks, "piracy," and (not least) policy issues regarding these practices. Andersson Schwartz critically engages with the justificatory discourses of the actual file-sharers, taking Sweden as a geographic focus. By focusing on the example of Sweden—home to both The Pirate Bay and Spotify—he provides a unique insight into a mentality that drives both innovation and deviance and accommodates sharing in both its unadulterated and its compliant, business-friendly forms.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780415854306
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-415-85430-6
- Verlag: Routledge
- Erscheinungstermin: 28.08.2013
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2013
- Serie: Comedia
- Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 518 g
- Seiten: 248
- Format (B x H x T): 157 x 235 x 18 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
