[im] Fwd: Social Media: A Critical Introduction

Sugár János sj at c3.hu
Fri Dec 6 11:03:34 CET 2024


> From: Christian Fuchs <christian.fuchs at fuchsc.net>
> Subject: Social Media: A Critical Introduction (Fourth edition, just published)
> Date: 2024. December 2. 

> Published in December 2024, the fourth edition of Christian Fuchs’ textbook “Social Media: A Critical Introduction” gives an introduction to the use of Critical Theory for the analysis of the Internet and social media in society.
> 
> Christian Fuchs.  Social Media: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage. Fourth edition.2024. 448 pages.

> More info on the English edition (how to order a review or inspection copy, etc.):
> https://fuchsc.net/books/social-media-a-critical-introduction-4th-edition/
> German edition:
> https://fuchsc.net/books/soziale-medien-und-kritische-theorie-2/
> 
> Contents
> 
> I. FOUNDATIONS
> 
> 1. Social Media: A Critical Introduction
> 
> 2. What are Social Media?
> 
> 3. Big Data in Digital Capitalism
> 
> 4. The Power and Political Economy of Social Media
> 
> II. PLATFORMS
> 
> 5. Google: Good or Evil Search Engine?
> 
> 6. Facebook and WhatsApp: Surveillance in the Age of Fake News
> 
> 7. Influencer Capitalism: Reified Consciousness in the Age of TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat
> 
> 8. Elon Musk’s Twitter and the Colonisation of Political Communication on Twitter: Political Economy, Digital Democracy, and the (Digital) Public Sphere
> 
> 9. Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Digital Fascism on Social Media
> 
> 10. TikTok and China’s Political Economy in Global Capitalism
> 
> III. FUTURES
> 
> 11. Towards Truly Social Media
 
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