An Internet for the people : the politics and promise of Craigslist

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Title
"An Internet for the people : the politics and promise of Craigslist"
Statement of Responsibility
Jessa Lingel
Publisher
  • Princeton University Press
Publication Year
  • [2020]
Book size
25 cm

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-192) and index

Summary: "This book argues that craigslist issues a quiet challenge to the corporate norms that have become dominant in the twenty-first century web. More than a window to the world's ephemera, craigslist is an increasingly lonely outpost in a hyper-corporate web. It is the internet un-gentrified, representing an older ideological orientation of online politics, one that stresses technological simplicity, collectivism, and locality. Flawed and ever on the brink of obsolescence, it provides a model of how democracy can work - most of the time for most people - online. The first part of the book provides historical context for understanding craigslist, describing craigslist's transformation from an email list to a massively popular online marketplace and examining the development of classified and personal ads through the arrival of the digital age. Lingel also examines craigslist's legal history, looking at the company's battles over issues of freedom of expression and data privacy, and exploring what the comp

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