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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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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,

Table of Contents

FOUNDATIONS1. What Is a Critical Introduction to Social Media?2. What Are Social Media?3. Big Data CapitalismAPPLICATIONS4. The Power and Political Economy of Social Media5. Google: Good or Evil Search Engine?6. Facebook and WhatsApp: Surveillance in the Age of Fake News7. Influencer Capitalism: Reified Consciousness in the Age of Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat8. Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere?9. Right-Wing Authoritarianism on Social Media10. Weibo: Power, Ideology, and Social Struggles in China11. The Sharing Economy of Airbnb, Uber, and Upwork12. Platform Capitalism13. Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production?FUTURES14. Capitalist Social Media's Major Problems and Alternatives15. A Manifesto for Truly Social Media

Review

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.  -- Vincent Mosco

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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 Mediadoes just that, even as it retains a strong commitment to critical theory, democratic values, and digital activism.

Details ISBN1529752744 Author Christian Fuchs Short Title Social Media Language English Year 2021 Edition 3rd ISBN-10 1529752744 ISBN-13 9781529752748 Format Paperback Subtitle A Critical Introduction DEWEY 302.231 Pages 448 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2021-03-25 Publication Date 2021-03-25 UK Release Date 2021-03-25 Edition Description 3rd Revised edition Replaces 9781473966833 Alternative 9781529752755 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Publisher Sage Publications Ltd Imprint Sage Publications Ltd Replaced by 9781529685008 AU Release Date 2021-03-24 We've got this

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