Announcement of a forthcoming collected volume (2014): Social Media, Politics and the State: Protests, Revolutions, Riots, Crime and Policing in the Age of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Edited by Daniel Trottier and Christian Fuchs New York: Routledge http://www.routledge.com This book is the essential guide for understanding how state power and politics are contested and exercised [...]
Social Media, Politics and the State
christian fuchs, May 3rd 2013
Tags: politics, power, social media, statePosted in Uncategorized
Collected volume “Critique, Social Media & the Information Society” (ed. Christian Fuchs and Marisol Sandoval)
Critique, Social Media & the Information Society
Edited by Christian Fuchs and Marisol Sandoval
Routledge
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415841856/
The critical guide to social media and the information society in turbulent times!
christian fuchs, April 29th 2013
Tags: capitalism, critique, ICTs and society, ICTs and Society conference, information society, social mediaPosted in Uncategorized
New MA in Social Media, University of Westminster
The University of Westminster has announced a new MA programme in Social Media.
The programme’s task is that students acquire the skills for becoming critical and reflective social media experts that can work as social media researchers or social media professionals.
christian fuchs, February 27th 2013
Tags: Critical Internet Research, information society, Internet & society, Internet studies, MA Social Media, social media, Social media studies, University of WestminsterPosted in Uncategorized
Why Social Media Research Matters for Occupy
Do social media really with necessity result in more democracy and a better society? What is the And if such states of society are achieved, are they then the result of technology or of the struggles of humans who take risks in activism? What is the relationship of technology and society? What is the relationship between the opportunities and risks of “social media“? The Internet researcher Manuel Castells has in his recently published book “Networks of outrage and hope: social movements in the Internet age“ voiced a view that is quite similar to the one by Shirky.
christian fuchs, November 28th 2012
Tags: capitalism, crisis, Facebook, Occupy, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall Street, politics, protest, revolution, social media, social movement, Twitter, YouTubePosted in Uncategorized
4th ICTs and Society-Conference 2012 (Uppsala, May 2nd-4th, 2012): Critique, Democracy, and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society. Towards Critical Theories of Social Media.
Critique, Democracy, and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society.
Towards Critical Theories of Social Media.
The Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference.
Uppsala University. May 2nd-4th, 2012.
A unique event for networking, presentation of critical ideas, critical engagement, and featuring leading critical scholars in the area of Critical Internet Studies and Critical Studies of Media & Society.
christian fuchs, November 15th 2011
Tags: and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society. Towards Critical Theories of Social Media. The Fourth ICTs and Society-Conference., conference, Critical Internet Studies, critical theory, critique, Democracy, digital media & society, ICTs and Society conference, information society, media and society, social media, Uppsala UniversityPosted in Uncategorized
Invited talk about “Internet Prosumption in Contemporary Capitalism” at the ESA 2011 Conference
On September 9th, I have given an invited semi-plenary talk about “Internet Prosumption in Contemporary Capitalism” at the 10th Conference of the European Sociological Association (topic: “Social Relations in Turbulent Times”) that took place at the University of Geneva in Switzerland.
christian fuchs, September 10th 2011
Tags: capitalism, internet prosumption, media sociology, social media, turbulent timesPosted in Uncategorized
Social Media and the UK Riots: “Twitter Mobs”, “Facebook Mobs”, “Blackberry Mobs” and the Structural Violence of Neoliberalism
The UK riots are not a “Blackberry mob”, not a “Facebook mob” and not a “Twitter mob”; they are the effects of the structure violence of neoliberalism. Capitalism, crisis and class are the main contexts of unrests, uproar and social media today.
christian fuchs, August 10th 2011
Tags: Birmingham, Blackberry, Blackberry mob, Blackberry mobs, capitalism, Facebook, Facebook mob, Facebook mobs, gangs, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Mark Duggan, mob, neoliberalism, popular culture, riots, Salford, social media, thugs, Tottenham, Twitter, Twitter mob, Twitter mobs, UK riots, United Kingdom, violence, West Midlands, working class in england, youthPosted in Uncategorized
Against Henry Jenkins. Remarks on Henry Jenkins’ ICA Talk “Spreadable Media”.
I have watched Henry Jenkins’ virtual keynote presentation “Spreadable Media” that he gave at the 2011 conference of the International Communication Association. I did not like it. Here are the reasons why.
christian fuchs, May 30th 2011
Tags: Convergence Culture, critical political economy, Critical Studies, critical theory, Cultural Studies, Henry Jenkins, ICA, International Communication Association, keynote, participatory culture, Participatory Democracy, participatory Internet, social media, Spreadable Media, web 2.0Posted in Uncategorized
Christian Fuchs: Interview on China Radio International (CRI) about the Impact of the Internet on Everyday Life Communication
I have been interviewed by Chinese Radio International (CRI)’s programme “People in the Know” about the question how the Internet impacts everyday life communication: Does Internet use result in more community-building, socialization and a richer social life or in less community involvement, in isolation, alienation and the collapse of social life? The programme can be [...]
christian fuchs, March 25th 2011
Tags: community, everyday life Internet communication, isolation, political economy, social media, socialization, web 2.0Posted in Uncategorized