{"product_id":"digital-capitalism-media-communication-and-society-volume-three-paperback","title":"Digital Capitalism: Media, Communication and Society Volume Three - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristian Fuchs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDigital Capitalism\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChristian Fuchs\u003c\/strong\u003e is a critical theorist of communication and society. He is co-editor of the journal \u003cem\u003etripleC: Communication, Capitalism \u0026amp; Critique\u003c\/em\u003e. He is author of many publications, including the books \u003ci\u003eFoundations of Critical Theory \u003c\/i\u003e(2022), \u003ci\u003eCommunicating COVID-19: Everyday Life, Digital Capitalism, and Conspiracy Theories in Pandemic Times \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), \u003ci\u003eMarxist Humanism and Communication Theory \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), \u003ci\u003eSocial Media: A Critical Introduction \u003c\/i\u003e(3rd edition 2021), \u003ci\u003eCommunication and Capitalism: A Critical Theory \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), \u003ci\u003eMarxism: Karl Marx's Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural \u0026amp; Communication Studies \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), \u003ci\u003eNationalism on the Internet: Critical Theory and Ideology in the Age of Social Media and Fake News \u003c\/i\u003e(2020), \u003ci\u003eRereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism \u003c\/i\u003e(2019), \u003cem\u003eD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eigital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter \u003c\/em\u003e(2016), \u003cem\u003eD\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eigital Labour and Karl Marx \u003c\/em\u003e(2014), and \u003ci\u003eInternet and Society \u003c\/i\u003e(2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.72 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51785884991776,"sku":"9781032119205","price":68.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b4fed0717fdcad274b850c4bed7c1782.webp?v=1780622859","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/digital-capitalism-media-communication-and-society-volume-three-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}