Technoliberalism and the End of Participatory Culture in the United States
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 o
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Technoliberalism and the End of Participatory Culture in the United States
Adam Fish
Technoliberalism and the End of Participatory Culture in the United States
Adam Fish Lancaster University Sociology, Bailrigg, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Acknowledgements
I wish to thank the following colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, for their support and guidance during the early days of this research: Sherry Ortner, Chris Kelty, John Caldwell, and Ramesh Srinivasan. The work would not have been possible without the contributions of the interviewees but I’d like to thank the following participants, whom I feel became friends: Jason Silva, Sarah Penna, Giselle Diaz Campagna, and Don Rojas. I’ve learned much from discussions with the following colleagues at Lancaster University: Graeme Gilloch, John Urry, Robert Crawshaw, Sylvia Walby, Adrian MacKenzie, Robert Jessop, Monika Büscher, Lucy Suchman, Brian Wynne, Tim Dant, Bron Szerszynski, Imogen Tyler, and Bruce Bennett. It would be remiss of me not to thank two mentors who have advised and encouraged me: Henry Jenkins at University of Southern California and Tom Boellstorff at University of California, Irvine. Most importantly I’d like to thank my fam
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