Digital Culture Industry

A History of Digital Distribution
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-44150-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 231 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3115 g

How did digital media happen ? Through a unique approach to digital documents, and detailed intricate histories of illicit internet piracy networks, The Digital Culture Industry goes beyond the Napster creation myth and illuminates the unseen individuals, code and events behind the turn to digital media.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen-Robertson, James

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Software Engineering
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Writing a Digital History with Digital Documents 2. MP3.com and Napster: The Entrepreneurs of Risk 3. GNUtella: Decentralising the Masses 4. FastTrack: The Business of Piracy 5. BitTorrent: Revolution in the Network 6. Hacking the Market 7. New Media Gatekeepers 8. A History of Digital Distribution

Über Autor(innen)

James Allen-Robertson is a doctoral alumni of the Department of Sociology at the University of York, UK. His previous research has been published in the international journal and he continues his work in the fields of digital culture and social informatics.