Social media : a critical introduction / Christian Fuchs.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2014Description: vii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781446257302 (hardback)
1446257304 (hardback)
9781446257319 (pbk.)
1446257312 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

302.231 23 FUS

LOC classification:

HM742 .F84 2014

Contents:

What is a critical introduction to social media? -- What is social media? -- Social media as participatory culture -- Social media and communication power -- The power and political economy of social media -- Google : good or evil search engine? -- Facebook : a surveillance threat to privacy? -- Twitter : a new public sphere? -- WikiLeaks : can we make power transparent? -- Wikipedia : a new democratic form of collaborative work and production? -- Conclusion: Social media and its alternatives : towards a truly social media.

Summary: "Now more than ever, we need to understand social media - the good as well as the bad. We need critical knowledge that helps us to navigate the controversies and contradictions of this complex digital media landscape. Only then can we make informed judgments about what's happening in our media world, and why. Showing the reader how to ask the right kinds of questions about social media, Christian Fuchs takes us on a journey across social media, delving deep into case studies on Google, Facebook, Twitter, WikiLeaks and Wikipedia. The result lays bare the structures and power relations at the heart of our media landscape." -- Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Central Library, University of Barishal	Department of Mass Communication & Journalism	Shelve No 07	302.231 FUS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		17651
Book	Central Library, University of Barishal	Department of Mass Communication & Journalism	Shelve No 07	302.231 FUS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		17652

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and index.

"Now more than ever, we need to understand social media - the good as well as the bad. We need critical knowledge that helps us to navigate the controversies and contradictions of this complex digital media landscape. Only then can we make informed judgments about what's happening in our media world, and why. Showing the reader how to ask the right kinds of questions about social media, Christian Fuchs takes us on a journey across social media, delving deep into case studies on Google, Facebook, Twitter, WikiLeaks and Wikipedia. The result lays bare the structures and power relations at the heart of our media landscape." -- Publisher's description.

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