Thursday, September 27, 2007

Material constraints on the production of affect?

Turns out building informational communities over cell phones might actually have some material constraints, because, oddly enough, someone owns and therefore controls the networks (means of affective labor?). Verizon decided that it wasn't going to allow Naral Pro-Choice America to use its wireless service for an informational text-message program. Then it promptly reversed the decision. But still, it gets to decide. Or does it?

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