Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies

ISBN-13: 9780415628211 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012

Christian Fuchs

Opis

This text provides foundations for the analysis of media, information and information technology in 21st century information society. It elaborates a critical theory of the media, information, information technology and the information society.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: Theory  2. Critical Theory Today  3. Critical Media and Information Studies  4. Karl Marx and Critical Media and Information Studies  Part 2: Case Studies  5. The Media and Information Economy & the New Imperialism  6. The New Crisis of Capitalism and the Role of the Media and Information Economy  7. Participatory Web 2.0 as Ideology  Part 3: Alternatives  8. Alternative Media as Critical Media  9. Conclusion

O autorze

Christian Fuchs is Professor and Chair for Media and Communication Studies at Uppsala University's Department of Informatics and Media Studies. He is also board member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group (Austria) and editor of tripleC (cognition, communication, co-operation): Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. He is author of many publications in the fields ICTs and society, media and society, information society studies, and critical theory.