Overview
- Presents a topical case study of Wikipedia
- Provides a unique intersection of three fields of knowledge: social effects of digital technology, ideologies and politics of cognitive capitalism’s social relations and the culture of contemporary capitalism
- Contributes richly to the emerging literature of critical internet studies
Part of the book series: Dynamics of Virtual Work (DVW)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book relates Wikipedians’ conceptions of their activities in terms of play, game, work and labour, to their views on Wikipedia and capitalism. The author identifies and compares ideology formations with each other, and with contemporary Marxist theory, providing critical evaluation of the perceived economic relation between peer production and capitalism. The book covers a range of topics including encyclopaedias and the digital revolution; Marxist approaches to cognitive capitalism; and crowdsourcing. The book richly contributes to the emerging literature of critical internet studies, providing a unique intersection of three fields of knowledge: social effects of digital technology; ideologies and politics of cognitive capitalism’s social relations; and the culture of contemporary capitalism.
Wikipedia, Work and Capitalism will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including political economy, sociology and digital cultures, as wellas social activists, Wikipedians, and peer producers.
Reviews
“A startling reminder of how capitalism today is part of even the most communally organized venture. Recommended reading!” (Jutta Haider, Lund University, Sweden)
“This book explores, within an innovative and lucid framework, and through meticulous observations, the ideological work underpinning the real cognitive work done by Wikipedians.” (Eran Fisher, The Open University of Israel)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Arwid Lund is Lecturer at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences at Lund University, Sweden. He holds a research fellowship at Westminster Institute of Advanced Studies, UK and is author of three books in Swedish.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Wikipedia, Work and Capitalism
Book Subtitle: A Realm of Freedom?
Authors: Arwid Lund
Series Title: Dynamics of Virtual Work
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50690-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50689-0Published: 25 April 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84463-3Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50690-6Published: 17 April 2017
Series ISSN: 2947-9290
Series E-ISSN: 2947-9304
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 373
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations
Topics: Sociology of Work, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology, Media Sociology