Online file sharing : innovations in media consumption /
by Schwarz, Jonas Andersson.
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BookPublisher: New York : Routledge, c2014.Description: xi, 236 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780415854306.Subject(s): Peer-to-peer architecture -- Social aspects | Computer file sharing -- Technological innovations | Social media | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies | COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General | COMPUTERS / Internet / SecuritySummary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
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