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This volume puts together the works of a group of distinguished
scholars and active researchers in the field of media and
communication studies to reflect upon the past, present, and future
of new media research. The chapters examine the implications of new
media technologies on everyday life, existing social institutions,
and the society at large at various levels of analysis. Macro-level
analyses of changing techno-social formation - such as discussions
of the rise of surveillance society and the "fifth estate" - are
combined with studies on concrete and specific new media phenomena,
such as the rise of Pro-Am collaboration and "fan labor" online. In
the process, prominent concepts in the field of new media studies,
such as social capital, displacement, and convergence, are
critically examined, while new theoretical perspectives are
proposed and explicated. Reflecting the inter-disciplinary nature
of the field of new media studies and communication research in
general, the chapters interrogate into the problematic through a
range of theoretical and methodological approaches. The book should
offer students and researchers who are interested in the social
impact of new media both critical reviews of the existing
literature and inspirations for developing new research questions.
This volume puts together the works of a group of distinguished
scholars and active researchers in the field of media and
communication studies to reflect upon the past, present, and future
of new media research. The chapters examine the implications of new
media technologies on everyday life, existing social institutions,
and the society at large at various levels of analysis. Macro-level
analyses of changing techno-social formation - such as discussions
of the rise of surveillance society and the "fifth estate" - are
combined with studies on concrete and specific new media phenomena,
such as the rise of Pro-Am collaboration and "fan labor" online. In
the process, prominent concepts in the field of new media studies,
such as social capital, displacement, and convergence, are
critically examined, while new theoretical perspectives are
proposed and explicated. Reflecting the inter-disciplinary nature
of the field of new media studies and communication research in
general, the chapters interrogate into the problematic through a
range of theoretical and methodological approaches. The book should
offer students and researchers who are interested in the social
impact of new media both critical reviews of the existing
literature and inspirations for developing new research questions.
Welcome to a brave new world of capitalism propelled by high tech,
guarded by enterprising authority, and carried forward by millions
of laborers being robbed of their souls. Gathered into mammoth
factory complexes and terrified into obedience, these workers feed
the world's addiction to iPhones and other commodities--a
generation of iSlaves trapped in a global economic system that
relies upon and studiously ignores their oppression. Focusing on
the alliance between Apple and the notorious Taiwanese manufacturer
Foxconn, Jack Linchuan Qiu examines how corporations and
governments everywhere collude to build systems of domination,
exploitation, and alienation. His interviews, news analysis, and
first-hand observation show the circumstances faced by Foxconn
workers--circumstances with vivid parallels in the Atlantic slave
trade. Ironically, the fanatic consumption of digital media also
creates compulsive free labor that constitutes a form of bondage
for the user. Arguing as a digital abolitionist, Qiu draws
inspiration from transborder activist groups and incidents of
grassroots resistance to make a passionate plea aimed at
uniting--and liberating--the forgotten workers who make our
twenty-first-century lives possible.
Welcome to a brave new world of capitalism propelled by high tech,
guarded by enterprising authority, and carried forward by millions
of laborers being robbed of their souls. Gathered into mammoth
factory complexes and terrified into obedience, these workers feed
the world's addiction to iPhones and other commodities--a
generation of iSlaves trapped in a global economic system that
relies upon and studiously ignores their oppression. Focusing on
the alliance between Apple and the notorious Taiwanese manufacturer
Foxconn, Jack Linchuan Qiu examines how corporations and
governments everywhere collude to build systems of domination,
exploitation, and alienation. His interviews, news analysis, and
first-hand observation show the circumstances faced by Foxconn
workers--circumstances with vivid parallels in the Atlantic slave
trade. Ironically, the fanatic consumption of digital media also
creates compulsive free labor that constitutes a form of bondage
for the user. Arguing as a digital abolitionist, Qiu draws
inspiration from transborder activist groups and incidents of
grassroots resistance to make a passionate plea aimed at
uniting--and liberating--the forgotten workers who make our
twenty-first-century lives possible.
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