Mirko Tobias Schäfer / Assistant Professor
University of Utrecht Department for Media and Culture Studies
Mirko Tobias Schäfer / Assistant Professor
University of Utrecht Department for Media and Culture Studies
Date February 2011 / Category News
Last week Amsterdam University Press released my book Bastard Culture! How User Participation Transforms Cultural Production. Published under a Creative Commons license, the entire book is available as download. The book is an updated and expanded version of my 2008 dissertation and includes a new chapter on the discourse on 'social media'. My aim in this project has been to deconstruct the ideological connotation of participation and to offer a pragmatic view on technology and media practices in digital culture.
Tags Book publication
Date February 2011 / Category Publications
Bastard Culture! How User Participation Transforms Cultural Production, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Updates and expanded version of my dissertation, including a chapter on 'social media'.
Read a review at Times Higher Education
Read a review at Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft (German)
Order the book at AUP
Download the pdf version.
Date February 2011 / Category Lectures
Governing Users & Software Applications. Lecture at Piet Zwart Institute, 16 February 2011