Social media : a critical introduction

Author

• Fuchs, Christian

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications Ltd, 2014

Language

English

ISBN

9781446270066

Series

Subject(s)

• SOCIAL MEDIA

Notes

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Abstract

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 judgements 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.

This book is the essential, critical guide for all students of media studies and sociology. Readers will never look at social media the same way again. ~publisher information

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (vii, 293 pages)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

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

Exemplar(s)

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