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020 | _a9780415854306 (hardback) | ||
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_a004.772 _bSCH |
100 | 1 | _aSchwarz, Jonas Andersson, | |
245 | 1 | 0 | _aOnline file sharing : innovations in media consumption |
300 | _a236 pages ; | ||
490 | 0 | _aComedia | |
520 | _a"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"-- | ||
650 | 0 | _aPeer-to-peer architecture | |
650 | 0 | _aComputer file sharing | |
650 | 0 | _aSocial media. | |
650 | 7 | _aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. | |
650 | 7 | _aCOMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General. | |
650 | 7 | _aCOMPUTERS / Internet / Security. | |
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