Digital capitalism : networking the global market system /

Digital capitalism : networking the global market system /

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Author / Creator:	Schiller, Dan, 1951-
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 294 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Information society. Electronic commerce -- Social aspects. International economic integration. Information superhighway. Internet -- Social aspects. Telecommunication -- History. Electronic commerce -- Social aspects. Information society. Information superhighway. International economic integration. Internet -- Social aspects. Telecommunication. History. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11104862

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ISBN:	9780262283137 0262283131 0585069336 9780585069333 9780262194174 0262194171 0262692333 9780262692335 026231181X 9780262311816 1282096893 9781282096899 9786612096891 6612096896
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Schiller traces the transformation of the Internet from government, military, and educational tool to agent of "digital capitalism" through three critically important and interlinked realms.The networks that comprise cyberspace were originally created at the behest of government agencies, military contractors, and allied educational institutions. Over the past generation or so, however, a growing number of these networks began to serve primarily corporate users. 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 exisiting 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.
Other form:	Print version: Schiller, Dan, 1951- Digital capitalism. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1999 0262194171

Table of Contents:

The Neoliberal Networking Drive Originates in the United States
Going Global: The Neoliberal Project in Transnational Telecommunications
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