Description
Product ID: | 9781138636828 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Routledge Advances in Sociology |
Title: | Critical Theory and Social Media |
Subtitle: | Between Emancipation and Commodification |
Authors: | Author: Thomas Allmer |
Page Count: | 234 |
Subjects: | History, Humanities, Media studies, Social theory, Media studies, Social theory |
Description: | 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. Social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are enormously popular: they are continuously ranked among the most frequently accessed websites worldwide. However there are as yet few studies which combine critical theoretical and empirical research in the context of digital and social media. The aim of this book is to study the constraints and emancipatory potentials of new media and to assess to what extent digital and social media can contribute to strengthen the idea of the communication and network commons, and a commons-based information society.
Critical Theory and Social Media examines both academic discourse on, and users’ responses to, new media, making it a valuable tool for international scholars and students of sociology, media and communication studies, social theory, new media, and information society studies. Its clear and interesting insights into corporate practices of the global new media sector will mean that it appeals to critical social media users around the world. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-01-09 |