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[Commlist] New book: Digital Capitalism

Tue Nov 30 14:55:42 GMT 2021





Christian Fuchs. 2022. Digital Capitalism: Media, Communication and Society Volume Three. London: Routledge. Christian Fuchs. 2022. Foundations of Critical Theory. Media, Communication and Society Volume Two. London: Routledge.

More information and sample chapters:
https://fuchsc.uti.at/books/digital-capitalism-media-communication-and-society-volume-three/
https://fuchsc.uti.at/books/foundations-of-critical-theory/

“Digital Capitalism” illuminates what it means to live in an age of digital capitalism. 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 analyses specific examples, including the digital labour of Foxconn and Pegatron workers, software engineers at Google, online freelancers, as well as the political economy of targeted-advertising-based Internet platforms such as Facebook, Google, YouTube, and Instagram.

“Foundations of Critical Theory” explores the foundations of a critical theory of society, clarifying and updating key concepts in critical theory – such as the dialectic, critique, alienation, class, capitalism, ideology, and racial capitalism.

Media, Communication and Society is a series of books where Christian Fuchs explores the political economy of communication in contemporary society. Further volumes will analyse topics such as digital fascism, digital ethics, digital democracy, the digital public sphere, and digital alternatives.


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