Digital capitalism : networking the global market system / Dan Schiller.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999Description: xvii, 294 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
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- 9780262692335 (pbk.)
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Introduction: The Enchanted Network
1. The Neoliberal Networking Drive Originates in the United States
2. Going Global: The Neoliberal Project in Transnational Telecommunications
3. Brought to You by ...
4. Networking the Higher-Learning Industry
Conclusion: The Road Forward.
Under the sway of an expansionary market logic, the Internet began a political-economic transition toward what Dan Schiller calls "digital capitalism." Schiller traces these metamorphoses through three critically important and interlinked realms. Parts I and II deal with the overwhelmingly "neoliberal" or market-driven policies that influence and govern the telecommunications system and their empowerment of transnational corporations while at the same time exacerbating existing social inequalities. Part III shows how cyberspace offers uniquely supple instruments with which to cultivate and deepen consumerism on a transnational scale, especially among privileged groups. Finally, Part IV shows how digital capitalism has already overtaken education, placing it at the mercy of a proprietary market logic.
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