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8. Cognitive Adaptation and Collective Action: The P2P File-Sharing Phenomenon

verfasst von : Henry F. Lyle, Roger J. Sullivan

Erschienen in: Evolutionary Psychology and Information Systems Research

Verlag: Springer US

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Abstract

Collective action is a universal characteristic of modern human populations and was likely an adaptive characteristic of our Pleistocene ancestors. Consequently, it has been proposed that selective pressures associated with cooperation favored cognitive adaptations. These adaptations may or may not respond adaptively in novel environments of collective action, such as those created by recent technological innovations. The Internet P2P file-sharing phenomenon is an extraordinary example of collective action that occurs in novel online social environments. In P2P file-sharing networks, altruistic uploaders provide a collective good (i.e., digital media) despite the presence of a large number of non-reciprocating file downloaders. In doing so, uploaders risk prosecution for copyright infringement and are more vulnerable to computer hackers and viruses compared with those who strictly download. In this chapter, we consider the hypothesis that uploading is a costly signal in which males engage in avoidable risk taking as a means to compete for status among their peers on the Internet as well as those they interact with in their everyday social lives.

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Metadaten
Titel
Cognitive Adaptation and Collective Action: The P2P File-Sharing Phenomenon
verfasst von
Henry F. Lyle
Roger J. Sullivan
Copyright-Jahr
2010
Verlag
Springer US
Buch
Evolutionary Psychology and Information Systems Research

Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-6138-9

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4419-6139-6

Copyright-Jahr: 2010

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6139-6_8

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