Hypercapitalism New Media, Language, and Social Perceptions of Value

Graham, Phil:

ISBN 10: 0820462179 / ISBN 13: 9780820462172

Published by New York, Washington, Bern, Peter Lang Verlag, 2005

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XVI, 202 Seiten Softcover. Original Broschur. Bibliotheksschild auf Vorderdeckel. Kanten und Ecken etwas berieben bzw. bestoßen. Untere Ecke mit Knickspur. Bibliotheksexemplar mit den üblichen Bibliotheksstempeln und Einträgen. Sonst innen sauberer, guter Zustand. digital formations, vol. 15. Softcover. Paperback with library label on upper cover. Edges and corners slightly rubbed and bumped. Lower corner with small bends. Inside with the common library stamps and inscriptions. Otherwise very clean. MIG-15-01B|A90 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 300.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hypercapitalism New Media, Language, and Social Perceptions of Value
• Publisher: New York, Washington, Bern, Peter Lang Verlag
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820462179
• ISBN 13: 9780820462172
• Binding: 23 x 16 cm
• Edition: 1. Auflage.
• Condition: Gut
• Weight: 300 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modernes Antiquariat

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Synopsis

Every day trillions of dollars circulate the globe in a digital data space and new forms of property and ownership emerge. Massive corporate entities with a global reach are formed and disappear with breathtaking speed, making and breaking personal fortunes the size of which defy imagination. Fictitious commodities abound. The genomes of entire nations have become corporately owned. Relationships have become the overt basis of economic wealth and political power. Hypercapitalism explores the problems of understanding this emergent form of global political economic organization by focusing on the internal relations between language, new media networks, and social perceptions of value. Taking an historical approach informed by Marx, Phil Graham draws upon writings in political economy, media studies, sociolinguistics, anthropology, and critical social science to understand the development, roots, and trajectory of the global system in which every possible aspect of human existence, including imagined futures, has become a commodity form.

About the Author

The Author: Phil Graham is Associate Professor in Communication at the University of Queensland’s Business School and Canada Research Chair in Technology and Communication at the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Arts. He is co-editor of the journal Critical Discourse Studies and is on the international advisory board of the journals New Media & Society, Cultural Politics, and Critical Perspectives on International Business. Dr. Graham is the author of numerous articles and book chapters.