Collectivity and Power on the Internet A Sociological Perspective /

• Main Authors: Dolata, Ulrich (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Schrape, Jan-Felix (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Sociology,
• Subjects: Sociology.; Digital media.; Communication.; Sociology, general.; Digital/New Media.; Media Research.

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 understo...

Table of Contents:

• Collectivity and Power on the Internet. An Introduction
• Masses, Crowds, Communities, Movements: Collective Action in the Internet Age
• Social Movements and the Internet: The Sociotechnical Constitution of Collective Action
• Open Source Communities: The Sociotechnical Institutionalization of Collective Invention
• Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft: Market Concentration - Competition - Innovation Strategies.