Labor in informational capitalism and on the internet

Information Society

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-196

  Fuchs, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Class; Exploitation; Information economy; Information society; Informational capitalism; Knowledge capitalism; Knowledge labor; Marx; Multitude; New media

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951900011     PISSN: 01972243     EISSN: 10876537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01972241003712215     Document Type: Article

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