Social media : a critical introduction / Christian Fuchs.

By:

Fuchs, Christian, 1976-

Material type:

TextPublication details: Los Angeles : SAGE, c2014.Description: 293 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9781446257319

Subject(s):

Social media

DDC classification:

302.23

Contents:

1. What is a critical introduction to social media? -- 2. What is social media? -- 3. Social media as a participatory culture -- 4. Social media and communication power -- 5. The power and political economy of social media -- 6. Google: good or evil search engine? -- 7. Facebook: a surveillance threat to privacy? -- 8. Twitter and democracy: a new public sphere? -- 9. WikiLeaks: can we make power transparent? -- 10. Wikipedia: a new democratic form of collaborative work and production? -- 11. Conclusion: social media and its alternatives, towards a truly social media.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. What is a critical introduction to social media? --
2. What is social media? --
3. Social media as a participatory culture --
4. Social media and communication power --
5. The power and political economy of social media --
6. Google: good or evil search engine? --
7. Facebook: a surveillance threat to privacy? --
8. Twitter and democracy: a new public sphere? --
9. WikiLeaks: can we make power transparent? --
10. Wikipedia: a new democratic form of collaborative work and production? --
11. Conclusion: social media and its alternatives, towards a truly social media.

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.

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