Re: Critical literature on big tech corps?

Aloha, And to Ted's brilliant, if very literary (as usual) explanation, one might add Saskia Sassen's rejoinder in a recent interview that ours is not the digital age, as many think, but the age of finance. Plus ca change et ... plus ca change - while staying the same, sortof.

Re: Critical literature on big tech corps?

Hi Kasper I wrote this couple of years ago. Chances are you find it interesting : Muela Meza, Z.M., 2006. The age of the corporate State versus the informational and cognitive public domain. *Information for Social Change*, (23), pp.75-98. http://eprints.uanl.mx/1740/ Cheers Zapopan Muela El

Re: Critical literature on big tech corps?

Wow, so many (lengthy) replies. Did not expects this amount of references. Will get the books, read and hopefully gain some new knowledge on the way. Thanks everyone! Med venlig hilsen/Kind regards Kasper Skov Christensen Phone: 42 41 93 98 Ph.d. Student #digitaldesign @ Aarhus

Re: Critical literature on big tech corps?

All these suggestions so far seem good, but they mainly focus on 'tech' corporations, as if to suggest that some diffuse idea of technology is categorically different from everything else that corporations have been doing for centuries. One big problem with this is the relationship between

Re: Critical literature on big tech corps?

Quoting Kasper Skov (2017-11-24 10:57:47) > Long time lurker here, first time posting. Love the discussions on nettime. > > I’m currently looking for some literature that takes a critical perspective > towards big tech corps like Google, Facebook, Amazon etc. Ippolita

Re: Critical literature on big tech corps?

Hi Kasper, 0. "I Hate the Internet" = a novel by Jarett Kobek http://www.ihatetheinternet.net https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/16/i-hate-the-internet-jarett-kobek-san-francisco http://weheardyoulikebooks.com/releases/i-hate-the-internet/ 1. Who Owns the Internet by Elizabeth

Re: Critical literature on big tech corps?

Hi Kasper, On Fri, Nov 24, 2017 at 10:57:47AM +0100, Kasper Skov wrote: > Two examples that might help you can an idea of what I am looking for: > Christl, W., & Spiekermann, S. (2016). Networks of Control. Facultas. Christl & Spiekermann is an excellent overview of commercial surveillance.

Re: Critical literature on big tech corps?

Hei Kasper, I'd say, quickly, A. Galloway and E. Thacker's work, and E. Morozov. Thanks for the tips, good luck, 2017-11-24 10:57 GMT+01:00 Kasper Skov : > Long time lurker here, first time posting. Love the discussions on nettime. > > I’m currently looking for some

Critical literature on big tech corps?

Long time lurker here, first time posting. Love the discussions on nettime. I’m currently looking for some literature that takes a critical perspective towards big tech corps like Google, Facebook, Amazon etc. Two examples that might help you can an idea of what I am looking for: Christl, W.,