Schwarz, Jonas Andersson, <br/><br/>
Online file sharing : innovations in media consumption 

 - 236 pages ; 
 - Comedia .
<br/><br/> "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"-- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415854306 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Peer-to-peer architecture<br/>Computer file sharing<br/>Social media.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.<br/>COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General.<br/>COMPUTERS / Internet / Security.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>004.772  / SCH