Anderson, Chris. “Six Trends Driving the Global Economy: People Power.” Wired , 14.07: 63.
Anderson, Chris. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More. New York: Hyperion, 2006.
Benkler, Yochai. The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.
Biggart, Nicole Woolsey. Charismatic Capitalism: Direct Selling Organizations in America. Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 1990.
Deuze, Mark. Media Work (Digital Media and Society). London: Polity Press, 2007.
Dubner, Stephen J., and Steven D. Levitt. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything. New York: Harperlargeprint, 2006.
Feldstein, Lewis, and Robert D. Putnam. Better Together : Restoring the American Community. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003.
Holzner, Steve. Facebook Marketing: Leverage Social Media to Grow Your Business. Indianapolis: Que, 2008.
Jenkins, Henry. Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide. New York City: New York University Press, 2006.
Jenkins, Henry. Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers: Media Consumers in a Digital Age. New York City: New York University Press, 2006.
Keen, Andrew. The Cult of the Amateur: How blogs, MySpace, YouTube, and the rest of today’s user-generated media are destroying our economy, our culture, and our values. New York: Currency, 2008.
Andrew Keen’s hardcover edition of this book spurned the web community and suffered a backlash of criticism that - shockingly - he never saw coming. In the forward of this book he attempts to address the criticisms leveled at the book. The book is focused on highlighting areas of “concern” to Keen, the ways user-generated content is undermining old-fashioned concepts like authorship and capitalism.
Lasn, Kalle. Culture Jam: How to Reverse America’s Suicidal Consumer Binge–And Why We Must. Brattleboro: Harper Paperbacks, 2000.
Packer, Randall, and Ken Jordan. Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality, Expanded Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002.
The first of two edited compilations, Multimedia: Wagner to VR really does cover an amazing breadth of essays from across mediums, from 1849 to 2001, how multi-media and hypermedia is changing the arts. across the arts, political and otherwise. The Italian Futurists (cinema) to Bauhaus School’s experimentation in theatre. The politics of cultural production in the digital age.
Putnam, Robert D.. Bowling Alone : The Collapse and Revival of American Community. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001.
Scholz, Trebor. “Market Ideology and the Myths of Web 2.0.” First Monday 13.3 (2008). 18 Sep. 2008
Shirky, Clay. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. New York: Penguin Press HC, The, 2008.
Singer, Peter. Marx: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions). New York: Oxford University Press, USA, 2000.
A refresher for me on Marx, whose work (along with Althuser) offers a theoretical framework for my research.
Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations (Everyman’s Library (Cloth). New York: Everyman’s Library, 1991.
Smith’s classic will offers me an introduction to Capitalism in it’s purest (intended) form. Since I am questioning the concept of “free-market” in it’s internet element, it makes sense to have this background. Smith also covers labor (since, of course, that is the underpinning of the capitalist market).
Tapscott, Don, and Anthony D. Williams. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. Ottawa: Portfolio Hardcover, 2006.
Wardrip-Fruin, Noah, and Nick Montfort. The New Media Reader. London: The Mit Press, 2003.
Economics: Making Sense of the Modern Economy (Economist Books). New York: Bloomberg Press, 2006.
