04561cam a2200517 i 4500 21114054 BJBSDDR 20250410155643.0 ta 190802s2020 njua b 001 0 eng 2019031623 9780691188904 (hardback ; alk. paper) 0691188904 (hardback ; alk. paper) 9780691199887 (ebook) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc HF 6146 L755i 2020 381/.14206573 Lingel, Jessa (Jessica), 1983- 41534 An Internet for the people : the politics and promise of Craigslist / Jessa Lingel. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2020. viii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Princeton studies in culture and technology Includes bibliographical references and index. Becoming Craig's List : San Francisco roots and Web 1.0 ethics The death and life of classified ads : a media history of craigslist From sex workers to data hacks : craigslist's courtroom battles Craigslist, the secondary market, and politics of value Craigslist gigs, class politics, and a gentrifying Internet People seeking people : craigslist, online dating, and social stigma Craigslist's people problems : politics and failures of trust Conclusion : the case for keeping the internet weird "This book argues that craigslist issues a quiet challenge to the corporate norms that have become dominant in the twenty-first century web. More than a window to the world's ephemera, craigslist is an increasingly lonely outpost in a hyper-corporate web. It is the internet un-gentrified, representing an older ideological orientation of online politics, one that stresses technological simplicity, collectivism, and locality. Flawed and ever on the brink of obsolescence, it provides a model of how democracy can work - most of the time for most people - online. The first part of the book provides historical context for understanding craigslist, describing craigslist's transformation from an email list to a massively popular online marketplace and examining the development of classified and personal ads through the arrival of the digital age. Lingel also examines craigslist's legal history, looking at the company's battles over issues of freedom of expression and data privacy, and exploring what the company's defenses in the courtroom reveal about the platform's politics. The second part of the book explores how people use craigslist in everyday life, and the publics and politics that emerge from their daily online interactions. One chapter draws on interviews with craigslist users to examine the relationships between people and things in craigslist's secondary marketplace. Another looks at how jobs are advertised and filled on craigslist, and the shifting norms and associated class biases that result from craigslist job-seeking practices. Lastly, Lingel examines the problems that are created and solved as people buy and sell, find jobs and gigs, connect to, exploit, and protect each other on craigslist, showing how the community negotiates, establishes, and polices rules and norms. By looking at the politics and promises of craigslist, Lingel concludes, we can also reflect on how the web has evolved, how it has stayed the same, what we might want to protect and what we should think about changing when it comes to everyday life online"-- Provided by publisher. Craigslist.com (Firm) Internet advertising Social aspects. Publicidad por internet 2070 Internet marketing Social aspects. Marketing en Internet Aspectos sociales 16326 Online social networks. Redes sociales en línea 1559 Internet Social aspects. Internet Aspectos sociales 1307 Online version: Lingel, Jessa (Jessica), 1983- An Internet for the people Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020] 9780691199887 (DLC) 2019031624 Princeton studies in culture and technology 41627 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK sba 123154 123154 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-04-03 0 HF 6146 L755i 2020 00000191519 2025-04-03 00:00:00 1 2025-04-03 BK