Social media : a critical introduction
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Social media : a critical introduction
Sage, 2017
2nd ed
- : [hardback]
- : pbk
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Note
Previous ed.: 2014
Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-376) and index
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Description
"Timely new chapters on China and the 'sharing economy' of Uber and Airbnb strengthen an already vital contribution to communication studies. Through the lens of critical theory, Fuchs provides the essential text for students of our new media world."
-Vincent Mosco, Queen's University, Ontario
With social media changing how we use and understand everything from communication and the news to transport, more than ever it is essential to ask the right kinds of questions about the business and politics of social media. This book equips students with the critical thinking they need to understand the complexities and contradictions and make informed judgements.
This Second Edition:
Lays bare the structures and power relations at the heart of our media landscape
Explores the sharing economy of Uber and Airbnb in a brand new chapter
Takes us into the politics and economy of social media in China
Puts forward powerful arguments for how to achieve a social media that serves the purposes of a just and fair world
This book is the essential, critical guide for all students of media studies and sociology. Readers will never look at social media the same way again.
Table of Contents
What is a Critical Introduction to Social Media?
I FOUNDATIONS
What are Social Media and Big Data?
Social Media as Participatory Culture
Social Media and Communication Power
II APPLICATIONS
The Power and Political Economy of Social Media
Google: Good or Evil Search Engine?
Facebook: Surveillance in the Age of Edward Snowden
Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere?
Weibo and Chinese Capitalism
The Political Economy of Online Sharing Platforms in the Age of Airbnb and Uber
Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production?
III CULTURES
Conclusion: Social Media and its Alternatives - Towards a Truly Social Media
by "Nielsen BookData"