Social Media (häftad)
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Häftad (Paperback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
448
Utgivningsdatum
2021-03-25
Upplaga
3
Förlag
SAGE Publications Ltd
Medarbetare
Fuchs, Christian (ed.)
Illustrationer
Color illustrations
Dimensioner
242 x 170 x 29 mm
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770 g
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1
Komponenter
1467:Standard Color 6.69 x 9.61 in or 244 x 170 mm (Pinched Crown) Perfect Bound on White w/Matte La
ISBN
9781529752748

Social Media

A Critical Introduction

av Christian Fuchs
Häftad,  Engelska, 2021-03-25
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Never look at social media the same way again.

Social media are an integral part of contemporary society. From news and politics to language and everyday life, they have changed the way we communicate, use information and understand the world. So we have to ask critical questions about social media. We have to dig deeper into issues of ownership, power, class and (in)justice.

This book equips you with a critical understanding of the complexities and contradictions at the heart of social media’s relationship with society. The revised and expanded
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In the fast-changing world of social media, it is imperative to have a text that changes with the times. With several new chapters covering Big Data, Trump, the challenge from China, platform capitalism and more, this thoroughly revised third edition of Social Media does just that, even as it retains a strong commitment to critical theory, democratic values, and digital activism.


 



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Christian Fuchs is Professor at the University of Westminster, where he is the Director of the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies and the Director of the Communication and Media Research Institute. His research fields are critical theory, critical media/communication studies, critical digital studies.

Fuchs is a critical theorist of communication and digital media. He is the author of many works about the roles of media, communcation, and the Internet in society.

His books include "Marxist Humanism & Communication Theory" (2021), "Communication and Captalism: A Critical Theory" (2020), "Marxism: Karl Marx's Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural & Communication Studies"

(2020), "Nationalism on the Internet" (2020), "Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism" (2019), "Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter" (2018), "Critical Theory of Communication" (2016), "Reading Marx in the Information Age" (2016), "Culture and Economy in the Age of Social Media" (2015), "OccupyMedia!"

(2014), "Digital Labour and Karl Marx" (2014), "Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies" (2011), "Internet and Society" (2008).

@fuchschristian,

http://fuchsc.net

Innehållsförteckning

FOUNDATIONS 1. What Is a Critical Introduction to Social Media? 2. What Are Social Media? 3. Big Data Capitalism APPLICATIONS 4. The Power and Political Economy of Social Media 5. Google: Good or Evil Search Engine? 6. Facebook and WhatsApp: Surveillance in the Age of Fake News 7. Influencer Capitalism: Reified Consciousness in the Age of Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat 8. Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere? 9. Right-Wing Authoritarianism on Social Media 10. Weibo: Power, Ideology, and Social Struggles in China 11. The Sharing Economy of Airbnb, Uber, and Upwork 12. Platform Capitalism 13. Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production? FUTURES 14. Capitalist Social Media's Major Problems and Alternatives 15. A Manifesto for Truly Social Media

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