Wikipedia, Work and Capitalism : A Realm of Freedom?

• Main Author: Lund, Arwid. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Dynamics of Virtual Work
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Economic sociology.; Mass media.; Communication.; Social sciences in mass media.; Industrial sociology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319506906
• Physical Description: XV, 373 p. 14 illus. online resource.

This book relates Wikipedians' conceptions of their activities in terms of play, game, work and labour, to their views on Wikipedia and capitalism. The author identifies and compares ideology formations with each other, and with contemporary Marxist theory, providing critical evaluation of the...