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The New Patriarchs of Digital Capitalism: Celebrity Tech Founders and Networks of Power - Paperback

The New Patriarchs of Digital Capitalism: Celebrity Tech Founders and Networks of Power - Paperback

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by Ben Little (Author), Alison Winch (Author)

This book offers an original critique of the billionaire founders of US West Coast tech companies, addressing their collective power, influence and ideology, their group dynamics and the role they play in the wider sociocultural and political formations of digital capitalism.

Author Biography

Ben Little is a lecturer in Media and Cultural Politics and Associate Dean of Engagement and Innovation in the faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of East Anglia. He works on celebrity, activism, generation, and digital culture. His last book (with Jane Arthurs) was Russell Brand: Comedy, Celebrity, Politics (2016). He is part of the editorial collective of Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, series editor of generational politics series Radical Future, and a director of Lawrence and Wishart.

Alison Winch is a lecturer in Media Studies at the University of East Anglia. Her books include Girlfriends and Postfeminist Sisterhood (2013) and the poetry collection Darling, It's Me (2019). She is part of the editorial collective for Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture.

Number of Pages: 244
Dimensions: 0.54 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: June 24, 2021