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Social Media: A Critical Introduction

By Christian Fuchs

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Year
2013
ISBN
1446257304, 9781446257302
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1877537 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
304\0
Time added
2016-10-19 22:18:31

Description

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 judgements 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. This book is the essential, critical guide for all students of media studies and sociology. Readers will never look at social media the same way again.

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