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Critique, Social Media and the Information Society
Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
We are living in times of global capitalist crisis. There are on the one hand politics that aim at cuts of public expenditures and a shift towards the extreme right in many elections. On the other hand, we have seen the emergence of revolutions in the Arab world, the Occupy movement, new...
To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge
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Internet and Surveillance
The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media
Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
The Internet has been transformed in the past years from a system primarily oriented on information provision into a medium for communication and community-building. The notion of “Web 2.0”, social software, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have emerged in this...
Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
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Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies lays down foundations for the analysis of media, information, and information technology in 21st century information society, as well as introducing the theoretical and empirical tools necessary for the critical study of media and...
Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
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Internet and Society
Social Theory in the Information Age
Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society
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...
Published January 5th 2011 by Routledge
