Digital inclusion and social exclusion: The political economy of value in a networked world
本文基于晚期资本主义的网络不对称性，提出一种价值理论，揭示“数字包容”逻辑如何导致网络资源的不平等分配，并分析其机制与历史背景，对理解数字时代的社会分层有参考价值。
Current debates around user-generated content and its role in wealth generation can be understood as attempts to apply or develop a theory of exploitation or, more broadly, a theory of value. This article seeks to provide a theory based on the network asymmetries of late capitalism, which tend to unevenly distribute network resources through a logic of “digital inclusion.” The mechanisms that enable this asymmetric situation are introduced, and the historical displacements that have given rise to those mechanisms are briefly discussed. The conceptual model that emerges from the analysis reveals the salient features of the contemporary connexionist world that transcend, but do not erase, class boundaries.