Digital democracy and the digital public sphere media, communication and society / Christian Fuchs.
| Author/creator | Fuchs, Christian, 1976- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Routledge, 2023. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Media, communication and society |
| Contents | Democracy, communicative democracy, digital democracy -- The dialectic : not just the absolute recoil, but the world's living fire that extinguishes and kindles itself : reflections on Slavoj ¿ưi¿�ek's version of dialectical philosophy in absolute recoil : towards a new foundation of dialectical materialism -- The critique of the political economy of the media and communication -- Power in the age of social media -- The praxis school's Marxist humanism and Mihailo Markovi♯‡'s theory of communication -- Sustainability and community networks -- Karl Marx, journalism, and democracy -- Towards a critical theory of communication as renewal and update of Marxist humanism in the age of digital capitalism -- Digital democracy, public service media, and the public service internet -- The structural transformation of the public sphere and alienation : challenges and opportunities for the advancement of digital democracy. |
| Abstract | "This sixth volume in Christian Fuchs Media, Communication and Society series draws on Marxist humanist theory to address questions around contemporary digital socialism and the challenges and opportunities for digital democracy today. Based on critical theory and Marxist humanism, this book engages with dimensions and principles of digital socialist politics, the political economy of capitalist and alternative social media, public service Internet platforms, platform co-operatives, digital democracy, the utopian Internet, digital technology in a socialist post-scarcity society, the question of how to overcome the digital divide and the uneven digital and social development that rural areas face, the diamond model of open access publishing, and strategic perspectives for digital socialist politics. Drawing on dialectical philosophy and Marxist humanism, this book presents foundations and analyses of digital democracy, written in a style suitable for both students and researchers in media, culture, and communication studies, as well as 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 | 2022027790 |
| ISBN | 9781032362731 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032362724 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |