The Digital Activism and Society: Politics, Economy and Culture in Network Communication series focuses on the political use of digital everyday networked media by corporations, governments, international organisations (Digital Politics) as well as civil society actors, NGOs, activists, social movements and dissidents (Digital Activism) attempting to recruit, organise and fund their operations through information communication technologies. The series publishes books on theories and empirical case studies of digital politics and activism in the specific context of communication networks. Topics covered by the series include, but are not limited to: ⦁ the different theoretical and analytical approaches of political communication in digital networks; ⦁ studies of socio-political media movements and activism (and 'hacktivism'); ⦁ transformations of older topics such as inequality, gender, class, power, identity and group belonging; ⦁ strengths and vulnerabilities of social networks.
The ethical economy: Towards a post-capitalist theory of value Adam Arvidsson Web 2.0, prosumerism, P2P and the host of local autonomous economies that are emerging have put 'social production' on the agenda of the social sciences. This article argues that these are the embryonic expression of a new, ethical economy that moves according to a particular, post-capitalist value logic. Knowledge-based society, peer production and the common good Cosma Orsi Although the peer production movement is gaining momentum, in order for it to flourish, a far more cohesive and fair social environment than the one that characterises neoliberal societies is necessary. Here, Cosma Orsi argues that it is only through policies that postulate a richer understanding of human beings that the powerful economic vision necessary for a fully developed P2P mode of production might be possible.
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