Read Tiziana Terranova. “Free Labor: Producing Culture for the Digital Economy” for class
Read Kreiss, Daniel, Megan Finn, and Fred Turner. “Limits of Peer Production” for class
Read Nardi, Bonnie A., Steve Whittaker, and Heinrich Schwarz. “It’s Not What You Know It’s Who You Know” for class

What is the digital economy? Why is this an important concept to learn as you prepare for work in more digital media communication lines of work? What about social networks? How have they affected the digital work economy? What is peer production? How has it changed the digital work economy? Finally, as we move towards a society where our technology work is often pushed to a constant schedule of work beyond the 9-5, how can we learn to better separate ourselves from our work as the work landscape changes?