This third volume in Christian Fuchs’s Media, Communication and
Society book series illuminates what it means to live in an age of
digital capitalism, analysing its various aspects, and engaging with a
variety of critical thinkers whose theories and approaches enable a
critical understanding of digital capitalism for media and
communication. Each chapter focuses on a particular dimension of
digital capitalism or a critical theorist whose work helps us to
illuminate how digital capitalism works. Subjects covered include:
digital positivism; administrative big data analytics; the role and
relations of patriarchy, slavery, and racism in the context of digital
labour; digital alienation; the role of social media in the capitalist
crisis; the relationship between imperialism and digital labour;
alternatives such as trade unions and class struggles in the digital
age; platform co-operatives; digital commons; and public service
Internet platforms. It also considers specific examples, including the
digital labour of Foxconn and Pegatron workers, software engineers at
Google, and online freelancers, as well as considering the political
economy of targeted-advertising-based Internet platforms such as
Facebook, Google, YouTube, and Instagram. Digital Capitalism
illuminates how a digital capitalist society’s economy, politics,
and culture work and interact, making it essential reading for both
students and researchers in media, culture, and communication studies,
as well as related disciplines.
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Media, Communication and Society Volume Three
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781000473278
Publisert
2021
Utgave
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Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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