Christian Fuchs

Nationalism on the Internet

Critical Theory and Ideology in the Age of Social Media and Fake News

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this timely book, critical theorist Christian Fuchs asks: What is nationalism and what is the role of social media in the communication of nationalist ideology?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 314
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780367360382
• ISBN-10: 0367360381
• Artikelnr.: 58056351

Autorenporträt

Christian Fuchs is a professor of media and communication studies and a critical theorist of communication and society. He is co-editor of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (www.triple-c.at) and author of many books, including Social Media: A Critical Introduction, Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter , Digital Labour and Karl Marx, and Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Part 1. Foundations of a Marxist Theory of Nationalism 2.
Bourgeois Theories of Nationalism 3. Marx's Concept of Nationalism 4. Otto
Bauer's and Rosa Luxemburg's Opposing Theories of the Nation and
Nationalism 5. Contemporary Marxist Theories of Nationalism Part 2.
Nationalism on Social Media 6. German Nationalism on Social Media in the
2017 Elections to the Bundestag 7. Online Nationalism and Social
Media-Authoritarianism in the Context of the ÖVP/FPÖ-Government in Austria
8. Conclusion: A Society of the Commons Beyond Authoritarianism and
Nationalism