Social media : a critical introduction / Christian Fuchs.

By: Fuchs, Christian, 1976- [author]
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA : SAGE Publications, [2017]Copyright date: c2017Edition: 2nd editionDescription: vii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781473966833 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781473966826 (hardback : alk. paper)Subject(s): Social media
Contents:
What is a Critical Introduction to Social Media? I FOUNDATIONS What are Social Media and Big Data? Social Media as Participatory Culture Social Media and Communication Power II APPLICATIONS The Power and Political Economy of Social Media Google: Good or Evil Search Engine? Facebook: Surveillance in the Age of Edward Snowden Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere? Weibo and Chinese Capitalism The Political Economy of Online Sharing Platforms in the Age of Airbnb and Uber WikiLeaks: Can We Make Power Transparent? Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production? III CULTURES 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. 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."--Publisher's description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is a Critical Introduction to Social Media?

I FOUNDATIONS

What are Social Media and Big Data?

Social Media as Participatory Culture

Social Media and Communication Power

II APPLICATIONS

The Power and Political Economy of Social Media

Google: Good or Evil Search Engine?

Facebook: Surveillance in the Age of Edward Snowden

Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere?

Weibo and Chinese Capitalism

The Political Economy of Online Sharing Platforms in the Age of Airbnb and Uber

WikiLeaks: Can We Make Power Transparent?

Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production?

III CULTURES

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. 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."--Publisher's description.

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