Fuchs, Christian

Social Media: a Critical Introduction - 2nd - Los Angeles: Sage, 2017. - VIII, 386p.

978-1-4739-6682-6


1. Whats is a Critical Introduction to Social Media?
I. FOUNDATIONS
2. What are Social Media and Bid Data?
3. Social Media as Participatory Culture
4. Social Media and Communication Power
II APPLICATIONS
5. The Power and Political Economy of Social Media
6. Google: Good or Evil Search Engine?
7. Facebook: Surveillance in the Age of Edward Snowden
8. Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere?
9. Weibo: Power, Ideology and Social Struggles in Chinese Capitalism
10. Airbnb and Uber: The Political Economy of Online Sharing Platforms
11. Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production?
III FUTURES
12. Conclusion: Social Media and its Alternatives-Towards a Truly Social media

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