Social media: a critical introduction/

Main Author: Fuchs, Christian, 1976-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles; London]: Sage, [c2014]
Subjects:
Table of 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 and democracy: 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.