Social media : a critical introduction / Christian Fuchs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuchs, Christian, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social media.

Physical Description:

VII, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage, 2017.

Summary:

"Now more than ever, we need to understand social media - the good as well as the bad. We need critical knowledge that helps us to navigate the controversies and contradictions of this complex digital media landscape. Only then can we make informed judgments about what's happening in our media world, and why. Showing the reader how to ask the right kinds of questions about social media, Christian Fuchs takes us on a journey across social media, delving deep into case studies on Google, Facebook, Twitter, WikiLeaks and Wikipedia. The result lays bare the structures and power relations at the heart of our media landscape."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

1. What is a Critical Introduction to Social Media?

I. FOUNDATIONS: 2. What Are Social Media and Big Data?

3. Social Media as Participatory Culture

4. Social Media and Communication Power.

II. APPLICATIONS: 5. The Power and Political Economy of Social Media

6. Google: Good or Evil Search Engine?

7. Facebook: Surveillance in the Age of Edward Snowden

8. Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere?

9. Weibo: Power, Ideology, and Social Struggles in Chinese Capitalism

10. Airbnb and Uber: The Political Economy of Online Sharing Platforms

11. Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production?

III. FUTURES: 12. Conclusion: Social Media and its Alternatives - Towards a Truly Social Media.

Notes:

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

First edition: 2014.

ISBN:

1473966825

9781473966826

9781473966833

1473966833

OCLC:

951226822