· 2014
Social Media: A Critical Introduction
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- 2014year
Short summary
This book offers a critical framework for analyzing social media, moving beyond surface-level observations to expose underlying structures and power dynamics.
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Key points
- Introduces a critical approach to understanding social media.
- Utilizes case studies of major platforms like Google, Facebook, WikiLeaks, and Twitter.
- Exposes the underlying structures and power relations within the media landscape.
- Aimed at students of media studies and sociology.
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Abstract
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, WikiLeaks and Twitter. 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
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