03851nam 2200793 a 450 991081917380332120200520144314.00-262-31181-X0-262-28313-10-585-06933-61-282-09689-39786612096891(CKB)1000000000380358(OCoLC)614511479(CaPaEBR)ebrary10015360(SSID)ssj0000139005(PQKBManifestationID)11139568(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000139005(PQKBWorkID)10107995(PQKB)10875550(SSID)ssj0001141127(PQKBManifestationID)12499778(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001141127(PQKBWorkID)11089758(PQKB)11647233(MiAaPQ)EBC3338461(OCoLC)42922453(OCoLC)47905737(OCoLC)232161196(OCoLC)243510868(OCoLC)243510869(OCoLC)318204935(OCoLC)488706724(OCoLC)532461718(OCoLC)614511479(OCoLC)646708926(OCoLC)649223347(OCoLC)939263614(OCoLC-P)42922453(MaCbMITP)2415(Au-PeEL)EBL3338461(CaPaEBR)ebr10015360(OCoLC)939263614(EXLCZ)99100000000038035819980827d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDigital capitalism networking the global market system /Dan Schiller1st ed.Cambridge, Mass. MIT Pressc19991 online resource (314 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-262-19417-1 0-262-69233-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Information societyElectronic commerceSocial aspectsInternational economic integrationInformation superhighwayInternetSocial aspectsTelecommunicationHistoryInformation society.Electronic commerceSocial aspects.International economic integration.Information superhighway.InternetSocial aspects.TelecommunicationHistory.303.48/33Schiller Dan1951-150286MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819173803321Digital capitalism52442UNINA