TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schwarz,Jonas Andersson
TI  - Online file sharing : innovations in media consumption
T2  - Comedia
SN  - 9780415854306 (hardback)
U1  - 004.772 
KW  - Peer-to-peer architecture
KW  - Computer file sharing
KW  - Social media
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
KW  - COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General
KW  - COMPUTERS / Internet / Security
N2  - "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"--
ER  -