Technoliberalism and the End of Participatory Culture in the United States [electronic resource] /
Fish, Adam.author.
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 often short-lived. This book elaborate on this history by using ethnographic data upon a new iteration of liberalism, technoliberalism, which sees Silicon Valley technology and the free market of Hollywood end the need for a politics of participation. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Liberalism and Video Power -- Chapter 1: Histories of Video Power -- Chapter 2: Liberalism and Broadcast Politics -- Chapter 3: Corporate Liberalism and Video Producers -- Chapter 4: Technoliberalism and the Origins of the Internet -- Chapter 5: Technoliberalism and the Convergence Myth -- Chapter 6: Silophication of Media Industries -- Chapter 7: Neoliberalism and Terminal Video -- Chapter 8: Towards the Beginning of a New Participatory Culture -- Postscript. .
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 often short-lived. This book elaborate on this history by using ethnographic data upon a new iteration of liberalism, technoliberalism, which sees Silicon Valley technology and the free market of Hollywood end the need for a politics of participation. .
Ethnology.
Ethnography.
Cultural Anthropology.
Ethnography.
Media Sociology.
Cultural Studies.
Sociology of Culture.