Thomas Allmer

Gebundenes Buch

Critical Theory and Social Media

Between Emancipation and Commodification

Beschreibung

This book examines both the constraints and emancipatory potential of new media. Allmer explores to what extent digital and social media can contribute to strengthening the idea of the communication and network commons and a commons-based information society.

Autor

Thomas Allmer is Lecturer in Social Justice at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. His research focuses on critical theory and political economy of media and communication. He is the author of Towards a Critical Theory of Surveillance in Informational Capitalism (Peter Lang, 2012).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 523g
• ISBN-13: 9781138808768
• ISBN-10: 1138808768
• Artikelnr.: 41853159