Technoliberalism and the End of Participatory Culture in the United States

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ID7500364
AuthorsAdam Fish (0000-0001-5724-635X, corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueTechnoliberalism and the End of Participatory Culture in the United States (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherSpringer International Publishing (PUBLISHER • SG)
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-31256-9
OpenAlexW2345315951
Open LibraryOL27980264M
ISBN9783319312569
LanguageEN
Citations received12

This book examines whether television can be used as a tool not just for capitalism, but for democracy. Throughout television's history, activists have attempted to access it for that very reason. New technologies provided brief openings, but these were often short-lived. This book elaborate on this history by using ethnographic data upon a new iteration of liberalism, technoliberalism, which sees Silicon Valley technology and the free market of Hollywood end the need for a politics of participation

Capitalism · Citizen journalism · Democracy · Economic history · End of history · Media studies · Participatory culture · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Media Studies and Communication · Liberalism · Philosophy · Political participation · Television · History · Law · Public Administration

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