Online File Sharing: Innovations in Media Consumption

ISBN-13: 9781138548596 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 248 str.

Jonas Andersson Schwarz

Opis

This book provides a critical perspective on file sharing on the Internet, exploring issues related to file sharing, downloading, peer-to-peer networks, "piracy," and (not least) policy issues regarding these practices.

Spis treści

1. Outlining the Conflict: Observations and Potentials  2. Personal Justifications: Learning from the File-Sharers while Criticizing Them  3. Historical Foundations: The Nested Historiography of P2P-Based File-Sharing  4. Technical Limitations: The Stupid Net – How Protocols Instigate Behaviors and Configurations Online  5. Geographical Locations: The Pirate Bay and Sweden as a Case Study  6. Philosophical Implications: Mass Sharing as an Ubiquitous Backdrop to Everyday Life  7. Political Potentials: Occasional Activism Generating Strategic Sovereigns

O autorze

Jonas Andersson Schwarz is a Lecturer in the Department of Culture and Communication at Södertörn University, Sweden.