Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual
Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual

Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual

Morgane Billuart

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In Becoming the Product: The Critical Internet Researcher as a Virtual Intellectual, the evolution of critical internet research takes center stage. By examining the pioneering work of early net critic Geert Lovink and the influencer-style approach of internet theorist Joshua Citarella, as well as the practices of Alex Quicho and Sophie Public, this essay delves into the diverse strategies internet researchers adopt to share their work and sustain their careers more or less independently in today’s era defined by the attention economy.

Charting the rise of subscription-based platforms and the increasing importance of engagement-driven metrics, Becoming the Product uncovers the tension between intellectual critique and the pressures of commodification. As the lines blur between rigorous scholarship, aesthetic branding, and market-driven content, Becoming the Product investigates the future of critical internet research and the sustainability of critical thinking as we know it in the digital age.

Type: softcover
Dimensions: 124 x 193 mm / 4.9 x 7.6 inch (portrait)
Pages: 164
ISBN: 978-90-835325-1-6
Language: English
Release date: 20250522
Binding: Sewn and glued
Paper: Maestro print
Edition: 1250
Color: 2+2, PMS: 1 (PANTONE Cool Gray 1 U)
Printer: BALTO print, UAB, Vilnius (LV)
Font: Aktiv Grotesk, Adobe Myungjo Std
Image specs: 0 images, a few diagrams
Details: Selected parts of the cover in Kurz Colorit 99015

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