Clickbait Capitalism - Economies of Desire in the Twenty-First Century

Clickbait capitalism engages the contemporary digital economy as a site of psychological capture and release. Drawing on psychoanalysis and political economy, the book provides vital new insights into the politics of desire associated with social media, dating apps, cryptocurrencies, and meme stocks.

About the author

Amin Samman is Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy at City, University of London

Earl Gammon is Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex

Product details

• Authors: Amin Gammon Samman
• Assisted by: Earl Gammon (Editor), Amin Samman (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781526168160
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6816-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Economics, finance, business & management, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / Psychoanalysis, Political Economy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Economics, finance, business and management