Qualities of Sharing and their Transformations in the Digital Age
From P2P Foundation
- Article: Qualities of Sharing and their Transformations in the Digital Age. by Andreas Wittel. International Review of Information Ethics. Vol. 15, Issue No. 015 - September 2011
URL = http://www.i-r-i-e.net/inhalt/015/015-wittel.pdf
Abstract
"This article examines the social side of sharing. It is an attempt to work towards a sociological concept of sharing in the digital age. This is the hypothesis: different forms of sharing have different qualities with respect to the social. Digital technologies bring about new forms of sharing. In order to support this claim I will analyse the social qualities of sharing by focusing on the object, on what is being shared. Using an object-centred analysis it will be argued that digital forms of sharing introduce a new function of sharing. Whereas pre-digital sharing was about exchange, sharing with digital technologies is about exchange and about distribution."
More Information
- Special Issue: The Ethics of Sharing. Ed. by by Felix Stalder and Wolfgang Sützl. International Review of Information Ethics. Vol. 15, Issue No. 015 - September 2011
URL = http://www.i-r-i-e.net/inhalt/015/015_full.pdf
