Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies

Zusatztext 80515999 Informationen zum Autor Christian Fuchs is Professor and Chair for Media and Communication Studies at Uppsala University's Department of Informatics and Media Studies. He is also board member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group (Austria) and editor of tripleC (cognition! communication! co-operation): Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. He is author of many publications in the fields ICTs and society! media and society! information society studies! and critical theory. Klappentext This text provides foundations for the analysis of media! information and information technology in 21st century information society. It elaborates a critical theory of the media! information! information technology and the information society. Zusammenfassung This book provides foundations for the analysis of media, information, and information technology in 21st century information society. It elaborates a critical theory of the media, information, information technology, and the information society. It introduces methodological and theoretical tools for studying media and the information society in a critical way. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Part 1: Theory 2. Critical Theory Today 3. Critical Media and Information Studies 4. Karl Marx and Critical Media and Information Studies Part 2: Case Studies 5. The Media and Information Economy & the New Imperialism 6. The New Crisis of Capitalism and the Role of the Media and Information Economy 7. Participatory Web 2.0 as Ideology Part 3: Alternatives 8. Alternative Media as Critical Media 9. Conclusion

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• Authors: Christian Fuchs, Christian (University of Westminster Fuchs, Fuchs Christian
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2012
• EAN: 9780415628211
• ISBN: 978-0-415-62821-1
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; History, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, computer science, Humanities, Information technology: general issues, Information technology: general topics