Pioneer Communities

• Utgivningsdatum: 2026-12-11
• Format: Inbunden
• Språk: Engelska
• Antal sidor: 312
• Upplaga: 26001
• Förlag: Polity Press
• ISBN: 9781509559619

• Sociologi
• Medievetenskap

Andreas Hepp is Professor of Media and Communications at ZeMKI, University of Bremen.

“Pioneer Communities is richly researched and conceptually ambitious. It is an essential study of how technological futures – and their power – get made."Fred Turner, Stanford University, author of From Counterculture to Cyberculture"How did the tech bros come to believe that the whole world is theirs to transform? Full of fresh insights and based on invaluable research, Pioneer Communities masterfully shows just how little is self-evident about our technological world."Noortje Marres, University of Warwick"In this remarkably far-sighted book, Andreas Hepp uncovers the deep foundations behind big Tech's increasingly insistent claims on our future. Both critically and empirically rich, this is a landmark study."Nick Couldry, London School of Economics and Political Science"How do visions of digital futures shape current digital realities? In this inspiring book, Andreas Hepp explores how visions of pioneer communities have impacted technologies. From the earliest internet communities to the latest Silicon Valley AI-illusionists, Hepp combines a comprehensive historical overview with a theoretical deep dive, resulting in an illuminating exposé. A must-read for media scholars and students."José van Dijck, Utrecht University"Andreas Hepp takes readers on a journey into a future that is already here. Moving beyond the clichés associated with Silicon Valley, this innovative book reveals the little-known worlds of pioneering communities that are shaping the architecture of our planet."Michel Lallement, Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, Paris"In this compelling and deeply researched book, Andreas Hepp uncovers the communities whose experiments shape the technologies, media and societies we come to live in. A fresh and timely perspective on the origin story of our possible digital futures."Mark Deuze, University of Amsterdam"A fascinating deep dive into the histories — and more importantly, prehistories — of the tech communities that morphed into today's Big Tech. Hepp expertly retraces how their myths and visions influence present-day techno-authoritarianism, even though other futures were (and are) possible."Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology"Finally, a book that explores Silicon Valley in terms of how the future is envisioned, created, and used. A must-read for understanding the threats and promises of society's digital transformation."Elena Esposito, author of Artificial Communication

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