3tv

Yes 3tv is still alive, or that is, every time I publish somewhere else I make an entry on this blog, that nobody probably reads anymore. So let me tell you, if you haven’t seen it somewhere else, I have a new article out in the current issue of First Monday. The title is . The abstract is:

In this article some of the critical aspects of Web 2.0 are mapped in relation to labor and the production of user generated content. For many years the Internet was considered an apt technology for subversion of capitalism by the Italian post-Marxists. What we have witnessed, however, is that the Internet functions as a double-edged sword; the infrastructure does foster democracy, participation, joy, creativity and sometimes creates zones of piracy. But, at the same time, it has become evident how this same infrastructure also enables companies easily to piggyback on user generated content. Different historical and contemporary examples are provided to map how the architecture of participation sometimes turns into an architecture of exploitation.

It is part of a very interesting – pls allow me to say so – special issue on critical perspectives on web 2.0 edited by Michael Zimmer.
This is the first time I publish in an online free access journal and to tell you the truth, this is what I will do from now on. It has been very interesting and rewarding on a personal level to follow how the blogosphere have talked about our articles. I’ve just found out today that Howard Rheingold have included my article in the syllabus for his spring course on Virtual Communities/Social Media – that kind of makes me happy since I like Rheingold’s work.
You can find all the articles .