02749nam 2200625 a 450 991045655760332120200520144314.01-84964-403-9(CKB)2550000000013176(StDuBDS)AH22933691(SSID)ssj0000415364(PQKBManifestationID)11296672(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000415364(PQKBWorkID)10418055(PQKB)10974008(MiAaPQ)EBC3386266(Au-PeEL)EBL3386266(CaPaEBR)ebr10479777(CaONFJC)MIL987663(OCoLC)656841493(EXLCZ)99255000000001317620090825d2009 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrCyberchiefs[electronic resource] autonomy and authority in online tribes /Mathieu O'NeilLondon ;New York Pluto Press ;New York Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan20091 online resource (224 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-2797-4 0-7453-2796-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-232) and index.People are inventing new ways of working together on the internet. Decentralised production thrives on weblogs, wikis and free software projects. In Cyberchiefs, Mathieu O'Neil focuses on the regulations of these working relationships. He examines the transformation of leadership and expertise in online networks, and the emergence of innovative forms of participatory politics.What are the costs and benefits of alternatives to hierarchical organisation? Using case studies of online projects or 'tribes' such as the radical Primitivism archive, the Daily Kos political weblog, the Debian free software project, and Wikipedia, O'Neil shows that leaders must support maximum autonomy for participants, and he analyses the tensions generated by this distribution of authority.InternetSocial aspectsComputer networksSocial aspectsCyberspaceSocial aspectsAuthorityInterpersonal communicationElectronic books.InternetSocial aspects.Computer networksSocial aspects.CyberspaceSocial aspects.Authority.Interpersonal communication.302.231O'Neil Mathieu925360MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456557603321Cyberchiefs2077736UNINA