The internet shifted production from industrial to networked information economies.
Evidence
Benkler argued that the internet allowed for a shift from an “industrial information economy” to a “networked information economy” focused on non-market, individual, decentralized production using nonproprietary strategies. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 77
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the industrial vs. networked information economy distinction, a core concept for understanding the economic logic behind user-generated content.
- XREF: Connects to Marwick’s broader argument about how Web 2.0 ideology frames production; also relates to Shirky and peer-production literature. — connects to: The internet’s military-industrial origins enabled a new economic and social order.; The internet enabled a shift to commons-based decentralized non-market production — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 77