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DIGITAL CAPITALISM IBD

ROUTLEDGE
11 / 2021
9781032119182
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Sinopsis

This thirdávolume in Christian FuchsâÇÖs Media, Communication and Society book series illuminates what it means to live in an age of digital capitalism, analysing its various aspects, and engaging with a variety of critical thinkers whose theories and approaches enable a critical understanding of digital capitalism for media and communication. Each chapter focuses on a particular dimension of digital capitalism or a critical theorist whose work helps us to illuminate how digital capitalism works. Subjects covered include: digital positivism, administrative big data analytics, the role and relations of patriarchy, slavery, and racism in the context of digital labour, digital alienation, the role of social media in the capitalist crisis, the relationshipábetween imperialism and digital labour, alternatives such as trade unions and class struggles in the digital age, platform co-operatives, digital commons, and public service Internet platforms. It also considers specific examples, including the digital labour of Foxconn and Pegatron workers, software engineers at Google, and online freelancers, as well as considering the political economy of targeted-advertising-based Internet platforms such as Facebook, Google, YouTube, and Instagram. Digital Capitalism illuminates how aádigital capitalist societyâÇÖs economy, politics, and culture work and interact, making it essential reading for both students and researchers in media, culture, and communication studies,áas well asárelated disciplines.

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267,59