Social Media: A Critical Introduction - Couverture souple

Christian Fuchs

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1529752744 ISBN 13 : 9781529752748

Editeur : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

Social media are an integral part of contemporary society; transforming the way we communicate, use information and understand the world, so we must explore critical questions about social media and dig deeper into issues of ownership, power, class and (in)justice. This book does just that, equipping students with a critical understanding of the complexities and contradictions at the heart of social media’s relationship with society.

The revised and expanded Third Edition: 

• Explores populism, racism and nationalism in a new chapter on right-wing authoritarianism.
• Introduces the phenomenon of social media influencers and in the age of Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat.
• Explains how big data is central to social media in a new chapter on big data capitalism and imperialism.
• Explores the growing prominence of platforms and platform capitalism.
• Challenges you to envision and achieve a truly social media that serves the purposes of a just and fair world.

There are winners and losers in the age of digital capitalism. This book is an essential guide for anyone who wants to critically understand how we got here, and what we can do to change it.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1529752744
• ISBN 13: 9781529752748
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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