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Yochai Benkler

Researcher at Harvard University

Publications -  97
Citations -  13651

Yochai Benkler is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Peer production & Commons. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 95 publications receiving 12210 citations. Previous affiliations of Yochai Benkler include Yale University & Telecommunications Policy Research Conference.

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The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom

Yochai Benkler
- 01 May 2006 - 
TL;DR: In this comprehensive social theory of the Internet and the networked information economy, Benkler describes how patterns of information, knowledge, and cultural production are changing--and shows that the way information and knowledge are made available can either limit or enlarge the ways people can create and express themselves.
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The science of fake news

TL;DR: The rise of fake news highlights the erosion of long-standing institutional bulwarks against misinformation in the internet age as discussed by the authors. But much remains unknown regarding the vulnerabilities of individuals, institutions, and society to manipulations by malicious actors.
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Coase's Penguin, or, Linux and The Nature of the Firm

Yochai Benkler
- 01 Dec 2002 - 
TL;DR: Ackerman and Nissenbaum as mentioned in this paper argue that peer production is better than traditional markets and firms for two reasons: first, it is better at identifying and assigning human capital to information and cultural production processes, and second, no one "owns" the software in the traditional sense of being able to command how it is used or developed.
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The Wealth of Networks

TL;DR: Benkler et al. as discussed by the authors present a proyecto de traducción cooperativa de la obra de Yochai Benkler Networks that present a refrándico de la discusión sobre procesos de enseñanza/aprendizaje that, tanto en their metodología c mo en sus contenidos, permitan vincular coherentemente las tareas académicas (tant o docentes como investigadoras) with exitosas
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Commons-based Peer Production and Virtue

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that the emergence of peer production offers an opportunity for more people to engage in practices that permit them to exhibit and experience virtuous behavior, and that a society that provides opportunities for virtuous behavior is one that is more conducive to virtuous individuals.