Digital capitalism / Christian Fuchs.
| Author/creator | Fuchs, Christian, 1976- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Media, communication and society ; volume 3 |
| Contents | Introduction: What is Digital Capitalism? -- Friedrich Engels in the Age of Digital Capitalism -- History and Class Consciousness 2.0: Georg Luk©Łcs in the Age of Digital Capitalism and Big Data -- Adorno and the Media in Digital Capitalism -- Communication in Everyday (Digital) Life. A Reading of Henri Lefebvre's Critique of Everyday Life in -- the Age of Digital Capitalism -- Dallas Smythe and Digital Labour -- From Digital Positivism and Administrative Big Data Analytics Towards Critical Digital and Social Media Research -- Social Media, Big Data, and Critical Marketing -- Social Media and the Capitalist Crisis -- Capitalism, Patriarchy, Slavery, and Racism in the Age of Digital Capitalism and Digital Labour -- Digital Labour and Imperialism -- The Information Economy and the Labour Theory of Value -- Conclusion. |
| Abstract | "This third volume in Christian Fuchs's Media, Communication and Society book series illuminates what it means to live in an age of digital capitalism, analysing its various aspects, and engaging with a variety of critical thinkers whose theories and approaches enable a critical understanding of digital capitalism for media and communication. Each chapter focuses on a particular dimension of digital capitalism or a critical theorist whose work helps us to illuminate how digital capitalism works. Subjects covered include: digital positivism, administrative big data analytics, the role and relations of patriarchy, slavery, and racism in the context of digital labour; digital alienation, the role of social media in the capitalist crisis, the relationship of imperialism and digital labour, alternatives such as trade unions and class struggles in the digital age, platform co-operatives, digital commons, and public service Internet platforms. It also considers specific examples, including the digital labour of Foxconn and Pegatron workers, software engineers at Google and online freelancers, and considers the political economy of targeted-advertising based Internet platforms such as Facebook, Google, YouTube and Instagram. Digital Capitalism illuminates how digital capitalist society's economy, politics, and culture work and interact, making it essential reading for both students and researchers in media, culture and communication studies and related disciplines"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021022153 |
| ISBN | 9781032119182 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032119205 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |