In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemporary society. By outlining a social theory of the internet and the information society, he demonstrates how the ecological, economic, political, and cultural systems of contemporary society have been transformed by new ICTs. Fuchs highlights how new forms of cooperation and competition are advanced and supported by the internet in subsystems of society and also discusses opportunities and risks of the information society.
In this exceptional study, Christian Fuchs discusses how the internet has transformed the lives of human beings and social relationships in contemp...
In a world of global economic competition, economic crisis, & fear of terrorism after 9/11, both corporations & state actors have a growing interest in accessing personal data. Contributors explore the changing online landscape, addressing topics such as commercial data collection, self-disclosure in the social web & surveillance of file-sharers.
In a world of global economic competition, economic crisis, & fear of terrorism after 9/11, both corporations & state actors have a growing interest i...
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.
This text provides foundations for the analysis of media, information and information technology in 21st century information society. It elaborates a ...
-Es gibt keine eindeutige Determination der sozialen und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung durch die wissenschaftlich-technische Entwicklung, wie dies aus technokratischer bzw. scientistischer Sicht gerne angenommen wird. Es gibt aber sicher keine soziale und gesellschaftliche Entwicklung ohne wissenschaftlich-technische Entwicklung. Es wird hochst wahrscheinlich auch keinen weiteren wissenschaftlich-technischen Fortschritt ohne sozialen Fortschritt geben, beide Entwicklungsprozesse mussen durch bewusste Gestaltung miteinander vermittelt werden.- -Die modernen Informations- und...
-Es gibt keine eindeutige Determination der sozialen und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung durch die wissenschaftlich-technische Entwicklung, wie dies au...
How is labour changing in the age of computers, the Internet, and "social media" such as Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter? In Digital Labour and Karl Marx, Christian Fuchs attempts to answer that question, crafting a systematic critical theorisation of labour as performed in the capitalist ICT industry. Relying on a range of global case studies--from unpaid social media prosumers or Chinese hardware assemblers at Foxconn to miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo--Fuchs sheds light on the labour costs of digital media, examining the way ICT corporations exploit human labour...
How is labour changing in the age of computers, the Internet, and "social media" such as Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter? In Digital Labour ...
In times of global capitalist crisis we are witnessing a return of critique in the form of a surging interest in critical theories (such as the critical political economy of Karl Marx) and social rebellions as a reaction to the commodification and instrumentalization of everything. On one hand, there are overdrawn claims that social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc) have caused uproars in countries like Tunisia and Egypt. On the other hand, the question arises as to what actual role social media play in contemporary capitalism, crisis, rebellions, the strengthening of the commons,...
In times of global capitalist crisis we are witnessing a return of critique in the form of a surging interest in critical theories (such as the cri...
This book is the essential guide for understanding how state power and politics are contested and exercised on social media. It brings together contributions by social media scholars who explore the connection of social media with revolutions, uprising, protests, power and counter-power, hacktivism, the state, policing and surveillance. It shows how collective action and state power are related and conflict as two dialectical sides of social media power, and how power and counter-power are distributed in this dialectic. Theoretically focused and empirically rigorous research considers the...
This book is the essential guide for understanding how state power and politics are contested and exercised on social media. It brings together contri...
Understanding social media requires us to engage with the individual and collective meanings that diverse stakeholders and participants give to platforms. It also requires us to analyse how social media companies try to make profits, how and which labour creates this profit, who creates social media ideologies, and the conditions under which such ideologies emerge. In short, understanding social media means coming to grips with the relationship between culture and the economy. In this thorough study, Christian Fuchs, one of the leading analysts of the Internet and social media, delves...
Understanding social media requires us to engage with the individual and collective meanings that diverse stakeholders and participants give to pla...
