

Collaborative Society
Author: Aleksandra Przegalinska, Dariusz Jemielniak
Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
Narrator: Bruce Mann
Unabridged: 5 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Ascent Audio
Published: 03/10/2020
Categories: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Social Science, Sociology
Synopsis
The book covers the "sharing economy," and the hijacking of the term by corporations; different models of peer production, and motivations to participate; collaborative media production and consumption, the definitions of "amateur" and "professional," and the power of memes; hactivism and social movements, including Anonymous and anti-ACTA protest; collaborative knowledge creation, including citizen science; collaborative self-tracking; and internet-mediated social relations, as seen in the use of Instagram, Snapchat, and Tinder. Finally, the book considers the future of these collaborative tendencies and the disruptions caused by fake news, bots, and other challenges.