Shirky konzentriert sich in seinen Schriften auf die sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen von Internet-Technologien und untersucht, wie dezentrale Technologien und Netzwerk-Topologien unsere Kultur prägen und umgekehrt. Er analysiert Gruppendynamiken in Online-Umgebungen und untersucht die Hinweise, die wir zur Verständigung von emergenten Eigenschaften von Gruppen verwenden. Seine Arbeiten erscheinen häufig in führenden Publikationen und befassen sich mit aufkommenden Technologien und deren gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen. Zuvor beschäftigte er sich auch mit Theater und experimentierte mit unkonventionellen Formen des 'Non-Fiction-Theaters'.
Looks at how the internet is transforming our culture, providing outlets for human potential. From lolcats to tools for tracking voter fraud and ethnic violence, this book shows how we're using our cognitive surplus for the better, and what it means for the future.
Evaluates the significant role being played by technological advances on the formation and experience of modern group dynamics, citing such examples as Wikipedia and MySpace to demonstrate the Internet's power in bridging geographical and cultural gaps. Reprint.
What is the status of the Free and Open Source Software (F/OSS) revolution? Has the creation of software that can be freely used, modified, and redistributed transformed industry and society, as some predicted, or is this transformation still a work in progress? Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software brings together leading analysts and researchers to address this question, examining specific aspects of F/OSS in a way that is both scientifically rigorous and highly relevant to real-life managerial and technical concerns. highly skilled software developers devote large amounts of time to the creation of free products and services; the objective, empirically-grounded evaluation of software - necessary to counter what one chapter author calls the steamroller of F/OSS hype; the software engineering processes and tools used in specific projects, including Apache, GNOME, and Mozilla; the economic and business models that reflect the changing relationships between users and firms, technical communities and firms, and between competitors; and legal, cultural, and social issues, including one contribution that suggests parallels between open code and open society and another that points to the need for understanding the movement's social causes and consequences.