Cyberchiefs: Autonomy and Authority in Online Tribes - Couverture souple

O'Neil, Mathieu

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745327966 ISBN 13 : 9780745327969

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2009

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Mathieu O'Neil is Adjunct Research Fellow at the Australian National University in the Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, and Principal Researcher at Australia's Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. He has contributed articles to Le Monde Diplomatique and is the author of Cyberchiefs (Pluto, 2009).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745327966
• ISBN 13: 9780745327969
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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