Overview
- Provides a valuable introduction to research discussions on the role of the Internet for society and the sociology of collective action
- Addresses how different forms of collectivities on the internet and social media can be understood and differentiated from one another
- Covers the diverse array of topics and issues currently discussed in the field of internet research
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology (BRIEFSSOCY)
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of the manifestations and interrelations of collectivity and power on the internet from a sociological point of view. It addresses questions on how different forms of internet-based collectivities (masses, crowds, movements, communities ) could be understood and differentiated from one another. It presents analyses on the role technical infrastructures of the web play for their formation, how the mobilization and organization of social movements and social protests has changed through social media, how work and decision-making processes are organized in open source communities and why the essential segments of the commercial internet are today concentrated in the hands of a few corporations who dispose over significant economic, infrastructural and rule-setting power.
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Keywords
- Collective Action in the Internet Age
- Social Collectives on the Internet
- Social Movements and the Internet
- Technical Foundations of Collective Behavior and Action
- Open Source Communities
- Internet and Market Concentration
- Innovation Strategies of Leading Internet Companies
- Dynamics of Commercial Internet
- Social Action and Behavior
- Sociology of Social Media
- Infrastructures of the Internet
- media research
Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Dolata is Professor of Organizational Sociology and Innovation Studies at the University of Stuttgart (Germany).
Dr. Jan-Felix Schrape is Senior Researcher at the Department of Organizational Sociology and Innovation Studies, University of Stuttgart (Germany).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Collectivity and Power on the Internet
Book Subtitle: A Sociological Perspective
Authors: Ulrich Dolata, Jan-Felix Schrape
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Sociology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78414-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78413-7Published: 18 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78414-4Published: 10 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2212-6368
Series E-ISSN: 2212-6376
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 108
Topics: Sociology, general, Digital/New Media, Media Research