Cultures of Participation Media Practices, Politics and Literacy

«An idea with a history, participation is now the watchword for the digital age. This timely book offers a set of genuinely original and conceptually powerful perspectives on the deep cultural and political dynamics of this much-discussed yet elusive phenomenon. Cosmopolitan in disposition, and adventurous in their thinking, the assembled authors offer us an indispensable critical account of participation, its lures and problems, as well as how to assess its rich possibilities. ‘Cultures of Participation’ is required reading for anyone keen to come to grips with this cardinal concept of contemporary technology and society.» (Gerard Goggin, Professor of Digital Communication, University of New South Wales, Sydney)



«The Internet is no longer a simple world of email and one-way web. This multinational, multicultural book provides meaty fare, showing how people actively use the diversifying Internet.» (Barry Wellman, S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto)

Hajo Greif is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the University of Klagenfurt (Austria). Larissa Hjorth is an artist, digital ethnographer and Senior Lecturer at the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Melbourne (Australia). Amparo Lasén is Associate Professor at the School of Sociology and Political Science, University Complutense of Madrid (Spain). Claire Lobet-Maris is Senior Professor of Sociology at the Computer Science Faculty at the University of Namur (Belgium).