Course Description

Media, Information and Technoculture 351F/G The New Political Economy of Information: Networked Capitalism

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.

Prerequisite: Media, Information and Technoculture 201F/G or 246F/G, and registration in the third or fourth year of an MIT program, or permission of the Faculty.

3 lecture hours, half course

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