Wikipedia Work and Capitalism A Realm of Freedom 1st Edition by Arwid Lund ISBN 3319506897 978-3319506890

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ISBN 10: 3319506897
ISBN 13: 978-3319506890
Author: Arwid Lund 

This book relates Wikipedians’ conceptions of their activities in terms of play, game, work and labour, to their views on Wikipedia and capitalism. The author identifies and compares ideology formations with each other, and with contemporary Marxist theory, providing critical evaluation of the perceived economic relation between peer production and capitalism. The book covers a range of topics including encyclopaedias and the digital revolution; Marxist approaches to cognitive capitalism; and crowdsourcing. The book richly contributes to the emerging literature of critical internet studies, providing a unique intersection of three fields of knowledge: social effects of digital technology; ideologies and politics of cognitive capitalism’s social relations; and the culture of contemporary capitalism.

Wikipedia, Work and Capitalism will be of interest to students and scholars across a range of disciplines including political economy, sociology and digital cultures, as wellas social activists, Wikipedians, and peer producers.

Wikipedia, Work and Capitalism: A Realm of Freedom? 1st Table of contents:

1: Introduction

Why Wikipedia?

The Study’s Aim

Theoretical and Methodological Starting Points

Key Concepts

Playing

Gaming

Working

Labouring

Outline of the Book

Bibliography

2: Background: Encyclopaedias and the Digital Revolution

Modern Encyclopaedias

The Analogue Change

The Digital Change

Encyclopaedias and the World Wide Web

Bibliography

3: Wikipedia

Breaks and Continuity with Tradition

A Social Place and Producing Community

Wikipedia as a Playground

Professionalisation of the Community

Relationship Between the Non-profit and Commercial

Bibliography

4: The Outside of Cognitive Capitalism Understood Through Ideology Analysis

Communism of Capital

Immaterial Labour of a Social Worker

A Claimed Mutation in the Character of Value Production

Capitalism of Communism

Commons and the Return of Formal Subsumption

Peer Production’s Relation to Capitalism

Ideology and Ideology Analysis

Models

Qualitative Method: Interviews and Informants

Bibliography

5: Wikipedians’ Views on Their Activities

Homo Faber and Homo Ludens

Pure and Irresponsible Playing

Playwork

Workplay

Pure Responsible Work

Conflicts

Homo Contendens Meets Homo Ludens, Homo Faber and Homo Economicus

Homo Contendens and Homo Ludens

Playgaming

Gameplaying

Homo Contendens and Homo Faber

Gameworking

Workgaming

Homo Contendens and Homo Economicus

Homo Faber and Homo Economicus

Worklabour

Relevance and Marketing

Credibility and the Number of Participants

Career Choices and Labour

Labourwork

Magical Realism

Social and Economic Capital

Pure and Independent Work

Conflicts

Career Choices and Labour

Homo Ludens and Homo Economicus

Bibliography

6: Complement or Alternative to the Commons’ Outside?

Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding of Capitalism and Peer Production

Wikinomics

Different Phenomena, but Capitalism Is Stronger

Opening Towards Capitalism of Communism

The Monetary Relation Between Companies and Wikipedia

The Capitalism of Communism

Continual Coexistence

Vitalising Capitalism

Capitalism Expands

The Informational Relationship Between Companies and Wikipedia

Moderate Whitewashing, Controlled Productive

Depoliticization, a Problem for Capitalism

Education and Historical Focus Make Employees into Wikipedians

Collective Control Okay, but Information Dissemination More Important

Libertarian Decentralism and Individualism

Collective and Representative Action Against License Infringements

The Organisational Relationship Between Companies and Wikipedia

Wikipedia’s Radical Openness

Disorganised Cooperation and Isolation

Freedom Maximises Individual Participation in Certain Sectors

Vitalising the Social Worker

Collective Freedom

Alternatives to Capitalism?

Spokesperson for the Current Power Structure

Peer Production Is a Rising Sun in Certain Areas as Long as Capitalism Allows This

The Spokesperson for Power and the Middle Ground Becomes a Competitor to Capitalism

Bibliography

7: The Ideological Formations Take Shape

Micro Level

Visualisation of the Micro Level’s Ideological Positions

Ideological Formation Processes

Macro Level

Capitalist and Non-profit Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding

Ideological Formation Processes

The Monetary Relationship

Ideological Formation Processes

The Informational Relationship

Ideological Formation Processes

The Organisational Relationship

Ideological Formation Processes

Alternatives to Capitalism?

Ideological Formation Processes

Micro-Level Ideological Formations

Visualisation of the Micro Level Ideological Formations

Periphery’s Formation

Bottom-Up Formation

Top-Down Formation

Macro-Level Ideological Formations

The Californian Likeness Ideology

The Communism of Capital

The Capitalism of Communism

Visualisation of the Macro Level’s Ideological Formations

Comparison of the Ideological Formations at the Micro and Macro Level

Summary and Conclusions

Back to the Research Questions

The Marxist Contemporary Analysis Compared with the Ideology Analysis’ Results

Summary of How the Formations from Different Levels Relate to Each Other

Conclusions

The Further Relevance of the Study’s Findings

Bibliography

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