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MIT 351G (Winter 2007)   The New Political Economy of Information: Networked Capitalism

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The course digs beneath the hype about the "new economy" to examine the real dynamics of commodification that are emerging from the interaction between digital networks and high capitalism. Topics include dot.commercialization, virtual advertising, open/closed networks, Web content industries, portals and search engines, knowbots and market agents, and piracy. 

This course is no longer active. Please contact FIMS Undergraduate Student Services, fims@uwo.ca, for more information.



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