Digital Media, Cultural Production and Speculative Capitalism

Taylor & Francis

Digital Media, Cultural Production and Speculative CapitalismAuthor(s): Freya Schiwy, Alessandro Fornazzari, Susan Antebi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138879560, 978-1138879560\nSynopsis\nThis collection of essays explores the interfaces between new information technologies and their impact on contemporary culture, and recent transformations in capitalist production. From a transnational frame, the essays investigate some of the key facets of contemporary global capitalism: the ascendance of finance capital, and the increasing importance of immaterial labor (understood here as a post-Fordist notion of work that privileges the art of communication, affect, and virtuosity). The contributors address these transformation by exploring their relation to new digital media (YouTube, MySpace, digital image and video technology, information networks, etc.) and various cultural forms including the Hispanic television t.