Prelims

David Arditi (University of Texas at Arlington, USA)

Digital Feudalism: Creators, Credit, Consumption, and Capitalism

ISBN: 978-1-80455-769-3, eISBN: 978-1-80455-766-2

Publication date: 6 April 2023

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Arditi, D. (2023), "Prelims", Digital Feudalism: Creators, Credit, Consumption, and Capitalism (Society Now), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. i-v. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80455-766-220231012

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DIGITAL FEUDALISM

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Digital Feudalism: Creators, Credit, Consumption, and Capitalism

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DAVID ARDITI

University of Texas at Arlington, USA

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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Contents

1 Introduction: A Squid Game Reality 1
2 Buy More, Own Less: Subscriptions and Unending Consumption 23
3 Working on Your Own: Precarious Labor in the Gig Economy 43
4 Debt Peonage and Primitive Accumulation 61
5 Amazon and Baron Bezos 77
6 Unboxed: Content Creators and Influencers 95
7 Metaverse: Enclosing New Spaces 113
8 From Patron to Patreon: Crowdfunding Information 127
9 Conclusion: Fed-up While Locked Down 141
Bibliography 155
Index 179