Social media : a critical introduction

Author(s)

• Fuchs, Christian

Bibliographic Information

Social media : a critical introduction

Christian Fuchs

Sage, 2017

2nd ed

• : [hardback]
• : pbk

Note

Previous ed.: 2014

Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-376) and index

Description and Table of Contents

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

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Details

• NCID: BB23657515
• ISBN:
  • 9781473966826
  • 9781473966833
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Los Angeles
• Pages/Volumes: vii, 386 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 302.231
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Social media