Collectivity and power on the internet : a sociological perspective /: a sociological perspective. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Kollektivität und Macht im Internet.
• Further Information: Note: Ulrich Dolata, Jan-Felix Schrape.
• Authors: Dolata, Ulrich; Schrape, Jan-Felix
• Contents: Intro; Contents; About the Authors; 1 Collectivity and Power on the Internet: An Introduction; 2 Collective Action in the Digital Age: An Actor-Based Typology; 1 Introduction; 2 Basic Types of Social Actors; 2.1 Individuals; 2.2 Organizations; 2.3 Collective Formations; 3 Non-organized Collectives and Collective Behavior; 3.1 Types of Collective Behavior on the Web: Masses, Crowds, Publics; 3.2 The Foundations of Collective Behavior: Infrastructures of the Collective; 4 Collective Actors and Collective Action; 4.1 Variants of Collective Action on the Web: Communities and Movements 4.2 The Basis of Collective Action: The Institutionalization of the Collective5 Conclusion: The Socio-Technical Formation and Institutionalization of the Collective on the Internet; References; 3 Social Movements: The Sociotechnical Constitution of Collective Action; 1 Introduction; 2 Social Movements: Conventional Categories, New Attributes and Blind Spots; 2.1 Collective Action: Conventional Social Categories and Their Blank Spaces; 2.2 Connective Action: New Sociotechnical Attributes and Their Blind Spots 3 Social Movements and the Internet: The Transformative Capacity of Technologies and the Rise of a Technically Advanced Sociality3.1 The Structuring and Rule-Setting Capacities of Technology: Social Media as Infrastructure and Institution; 3.2 Technically Advanced Sociality: Social Media and the Movements' Enhanced Repertoire of Action; 4 Social Movements Revisited: The Internet, Social Media and the Sociotechnical Constitution of Collective Action; References; 4 Open Source Communities: The Sociotechnical Institutionalization of Collective Invention 1 IntroductionID=""Fn1""The research for this article was funded by the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung.2 Reconstruction: The Genesis and Institutionalization of Open Source Projects; 2.1 Free Software as Utopia; 2.2 Open Source as Method; 2.3 Open Source as Innovation Strategy; 3 Typology: Varieties of Open Source Software Projects; 4 Discussion: The Sociotechnical Institutionalization of Collective Invention; 5 Conclusions; References; 5 Internet Companies: Market Concentration, Competition and Power; 1 Introduction; 2 Concentration: Market Power and the Fight to Secure Business Sectors 3 Expansion: Competition and New Areas of Rivalry4 Innovation: Closed Cores, Controlled Opening of Peripheries; 5 Power: Centralization, Control and Volatility; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.23/1; Social sciences; Internet -- Social aspects; Social media; Open source intelligence; Social movements; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology; Internet -- Social aspects; Open source intelligence; Social media; Social movements; Social Science -- Media Studies; Media studies; Digital media; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Sociology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319784144; 3319784145
• Related ISBNs: 9783319784137; 3319784137
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 16, 2018).
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