TY - BOOK AU - Schwarz, Jonas Andersson. TI - Online file sharing: innovations in media consumption SN - 9780415854 U1 - 384.33 PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Peer-to-peer architecture KW - Social aspects KW - Computer file sharing KW - Technological innovations KW - Social media KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies KW - bisacsh KW - COMPUTERS / Social Aspects / General KW - COMPUTERS / Internet / Security N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "It is apparent that file sharing on the Internet has become an emerging norm of media consumption especially among young people. This book provides a critical perspective on this phenomenon, exploring issues related to file sharing, downloading, peer-to-peer networks, "piracy," and (not least) policy issues regarding these practices. Andersson Schwartz critically engages with the justificatory discourses of the actual file-sharers, taking Sweden as a geographic focus. By focusing on the example of Sweden home to both The Pirate Bay and Spotify he provides a unique insight into a mentality that drives both innovation and deviance and accommodates sharing in both its unadulterated and its compliant, business-friendly forms"-- ER -