An Internet for the People: The Politics and Promise of craigslist
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An Internet for the People: The Politics and Promise of craigslist
By (Author) Professor Jessa Lingel
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
14th April 2020
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Media studies
Sociology
Information technology industries
381.14206573
Physical Properties
Hardback
208
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
How craigslist champions openness, democracy, and other vanishing principles of the early web Begun by Craig Newmark as an e-mail to some friends about cool events happening around San Francisco, craigslist is now the leading classifieds service on the planet. It is also a throwback to the early internet. The website has barely seen an upgrade s
Author Bio
Jessa Lingel is assistant professor of communication at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Digital Countercultures and the Struggle for Community. She lives in Philadelphia.
