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The New Patriarchs of Digital Capitalism
Celebrity Tech Founders and Networks of Power
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Artikel-Nr:
9780367260156
Veröffentl:
2021
Erscheinungsdatum:
24.06.2021
Seiten:
244
Autor:
Alison Winch
Gewicht:
400 g
Format:
230x152x16 mm
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
Ben Little is a lecturer in Media and Cultural Politics and Associate Dean of Engagement and Innovation in the faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of East Anglia. He works on celebrity, activism, generation, and digital culture. His last book (with Jane Arthurs) was Russell Brand: Comedy, Celebrity, Politics (2016). He is part of the editorial collective of Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, series editor of generational politics series Radical Future, and a director of Lawrence and Wishart.
This book offers an original critique of the billionaire founders of US West Coast tech companies, addressing their collective power, influence and ideology, their group dynamics and the role they play in the wider sociocultural and political formations of digital capitalism.
Introduction: The New Patriarchs; Chapter 1: Theorising the Patriarchal Network; Chapter 2: Elon Musk: Geek masculinity and marketing the celebrity founder; Chapter 3: Jeff Bezos: Beyond the American frontier; Chapter 4: Mark Zuckerberg's Corporate Household; Chapter 5: Peter Thiel's Technological Frontiers; Chapter 6: Endorsed by Sheryl Sandberg: Resilience Not Resistance; Chapter 7: The Limits of Liberalism: Google's Larry Page and Sergey Brin; Conclusion