This fourth volume in Christian Fuchs’s Media, Communication and
Society book series outlines the theoretical foundations of digital
fascism and presents case studies of how fascism is communicated
online. Digital Fascism presents and engages with theoretical
approaches and empirical studies that allow us to understand how
fascism, right-wing authoritarianism, xenophobia, and nationalism are
communicated on the Internet. The book builds on theoretical
foundations from key theorists such as Theodor W. Adorno, Franz L.
Neumann, Erich Fromm, Herbert Marcuse, Wilhelm Reich, Leo Löwenthal,
Moishe Postone, Günther Anders, M. N. Roy, and Henry Giroux. The book
draws on a range of case studies, including Nazi-celebrations of
Hitler’s birthday on Twitter, the ‘red scare 2.0’ directed
against Jeremy Corbyn, and political communication online (Donald
Trump, Boris Johnson, the Austrian presidential election). These case
studies analyse right-wing communication online and on social media.
Fuchs argues for the safeguarding of the democratic public sphere and
that slowing down and decommodifying the logic of the media can
advance and renew debate culture in the age of digital
authoritarianism, fake news, echo chambers, and filter bubbles. Each
chapter focuses on a particular dimension of digital fascism or a
critical theorist whose work helps us to illuminate how fascism and
digital fascism work, making this book an essential reading for both
undergraduate and postgraduate students of media and communication
studies, sociology, politics, and political economy as well as anyone
who wants to understand what digital fascism is and how it works.
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Media, Communication and Society Volume Four
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781000532661
Publisert
2022
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1. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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