Cyberchiefs : autonomy and authority in online tribes / Mathieu O'Neil.

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O'Neil, Mathieu

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TextPublication details: London ; New York : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 242 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781849644037
1849644039

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cyberchiefs.DDC classification:

302.231 22

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HM851 .O548 2009eb

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Contents:

The autonomy imperative -- The distribution of charisma -- The tyranny of structure -- The grammar of justice -- The last online tribe : primitivism.com -- The primary war : dailykos.com -- The imperfect committee : debian.org -- The great sock hunt : wikipedia.org -- Online tribal bureaucracy.

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In: Academic LibrarySummary: People are inventing new ways of working together on the internet. Decentralised production thrives on weblogs, wikis and free software projects. In Cyberchiefs, Mathieu O’Neil focuses on the regulations of these working relationships. Heexamines the transformation of leadership and expertise in online networks, and the emergence of innovative forms of participatory politics. What are the costs and benefits of alternatives to hierarchical organisation? Using case studies of onlineprojects or ‘tribes’ such as the radical Primitivism archive, the Daily Kos political weblog, the Debian free software project, and Wikipedia, O’Neil shows that leaders must support maximum autonomy for participants, and he analyses the tensionsgenerated by this distribution of authority.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-232) and index.

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People are inventing new ways of working together on the internet. Decentralised production thrives on weblogs, wikis and free software projects. In Cyberchiefs, Mathieu O’Neil focuses on the regulations of these working relationships. Heexamines the transformation of leadership and expertise in online networks, and the emergence of innovative forms of participatory politics. What are the costs and benefits of alternatives to hierarchical organisation? Using case studies of onlineprojects or ‘tribes’ such as the radical Primitivism archive, the Daily Kos political weblog, the Debian free software project, and Wikipedia, O’Neil shows that leaders must support maximum autonomy for participants, and he analyses the tensionsgenerated by this distribution of authority.

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