Digital Marx
Toward a Political Economy of Distributed Media
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21188032 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andreas Wittel (0000-0002-4680-6670, Nottingham Trent University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 313-333 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | tripleC Communication Capitalism & Critique Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1726-670X • E-ISSN: 1726-670X |
| Publisher | Information Society Research (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31269/triplec.v10i2.379 |
| OpenAlex | W4247099354 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 24 |
This is the claim: In the age of mass media the political economy of media has engaged with Marxist concepts in a rather limited way. In the age of digital media Marxist theory could and should be applied in a much broader sense to this field of research. The article will provide a rationale for this claim with a two step approach. The first step is to produce evidence for the claim that political economy of mass media engaged with Marxist theory in a rather limited way. It is also to explain the logic behind this limited engagement. The second step – which really is the core objective of this article – is an exploration of key concepts of Marx’s political economy - such as labour, value, property and struggle - and a brief outline of their relevance for a critical analysis of digital media. These concepts are particularly relevant for a deeper understanding of phenomena such as non-market production, peer production, and the digital commons, and for interventions in debates on free culture, intellectual property, and free labour
Commons · Digital economy · Digital media · Digital Revolution · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · Marxist philosophy · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Law
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.77 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |