{"product_id":"social-media-a-critical-introduction-9781529752748","title":"Social Media: A Critical Introduction","description":"Social media are an integral part of contemporary society; transforming the way we communicate, use information and understand the world, so we must explore critical questions about social media and dig deeper into issues of ownership, power, class and (in)justice. This book does just that, equipping students with a critical understanding of the complexities and contradictions at the heart of social media's relationship with society. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The revised and expanded \u003cstrong\u003eThird Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores populism, racism and nationalism in a new chapter on right-wing authoritarianism.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces the phenomenon of social media influencers and in the age of Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains how big data is central to social media in a new chapter on big data capitalism and imperialism.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the growing prominence of platforms and platform capitalism.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges you to envision and achieve a truly social media that serves the purposes of a just and fair world.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e There are winners and losers in the age of digital capitalism. This book is an essential guide for anyone who wants to critically understand how we got here, and what we can do to change it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuchs, Christian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eChristian Fuchs is Professor at the University of Westminster, where he is the Director of the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies and the Director of the Communication and Media Research Institute. His research fields are critical theory, critical media\/communication studies, critical digital studies.\u003c\/p\u003eFuchs is a critical theorist of communication and digital media. He is the author of many works about the roles of media, communcation, and the Internet in society.His books include Marxist Humanism \u0026amp; Communication Theory (2021), Communication and Captalism: A Critical Theory (2020), Marxism: Karl Marx′s Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural \u0026amp; Communication Studies(2020), Nationalism on the Internet (2020), Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism (2019), Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter (2018), Critical Theory of Communication (2016), Reading Marx in the Information Age (2016), Culture and Economy in the Age of Social Media (2015), OccupyMedia!(2014), Digital Labour and Karl Marx (2014), Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies (2011), Internet and Society (2008).@fuchschristian, http: \/\/fuchsc.net","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482074222866,"sku":"9781529752748","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_82ebd7f9-d6d5-4dc4-9093-92ea3e5e9237.jpg?v=1730339638","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/social-media-a-critical-introduction-9781529752748","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}