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Tracking Configurable Culture From the Margins to the Mainstream

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: In this study, we analyze data from surveys conducted in 2006 and 2010, tracking changes in awareness, engagement and attitudes surrounding emerging digital cultural forms over this 5-year period. Our analysis, based on results from thousands of adults around the globe, shows that not only have remixes, mashups and other forms of “configurable culture” become mainstream phenomena, but also that the attitudes surrounding their cultural legitimacy are shifting. While copyright industries still promote a binary theft/permission framework, many people acknowledge the validity of some appropriation, and are actively negotiating the law's limitations. Yet, those most engaged in challenging dominant copyright narratives and exploring these emergent forms are those who hold the reins of cultural power: the young, educated and wealthy.

Source: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12073

Authors: Aram Sinnreich, Mark Latonero

Institutions: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, University of Southern California

Language: English

Topic: Copyright and Intellectual Property

Subfield: Marketing

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

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OpenAlex ID: W2018879961