Social Media : A Critical Introduction /: A Critical Introduction. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christian Fuchs.
• Authors: Fuchs, Christian
• Contents: FOUNDATIONS; 1. What Is a Critical Introduction to Social Media?; 2. What Are Social Media?; 3. Big Data Capitalism; APPLICATIONS; 4. The Power and Political Economy of Social Media; 5. Google: Good or Evil Search Engine?; 6. Facebook and WhatsApp: Surveillance in the Age of Fake News; 7. Influencer Capitalism: Reified Consciousness in the Age of Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat; 8. Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere?; 9. Right-Wing Authoritarianism on Social Media; 10. Weibo: Power, Ideology, and Social Struggles in China; 11. The Sharing Economy of Airbnb, Uber, and Upwork; 12. Platform Capitalism; 13. Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production?; FUTURES; 14. Capitalist Social Media’s Major Problems and Alternatives; 15. A Manifesto for Truly Social Media
• Edition: 3rd
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (440 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781529756036; 1529756030
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.