This book lays down foundations for the analysis of media, information, and information technology in twenty-first-century information society, as well as introducing the theoretical and empirical tools necessary for the critical study of media and information. Christian Fuchs shows the role classical critical theory can play for analyzing the information society and the information economy, as well as analyzing the role of the media and the information economy in economic development, the new imperialism, and the new economic crisis.
This book lays down foundations for the analysis of media, information, and information technology in twenty-first-century information society, as well as introducing the theoretical and empirical tools necessary for the critical study of media and information. Christian Fuchs shows the role classical critical theory can play for analyzing the information society and the information economy, as well as analyzing the role of the media and the information economy in economic development, the new imperialism, and the new economic crisis.
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.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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