The Leisure Commons

The Leisure Commons

Payal Arora

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2014
Materia
Influencia de la ciencia y la tecnología sobre la sociedad
ISBN:
9780415887113

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This book investigates Web 2.0 cyberleisure space by drawing parallels to another leisure space that shares its rhetoric of being open, democratic, and free for all: the urban park. It bridges the urban with the digital commons, revealing fresh insights on corporatization, privatization and democratization of new media spaces.

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