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1. Critique, Social Media and the Information Society

   Edited by Christian Fuchs, Marisol Sandoval

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   In times of global capitalist crisis we are witnessing a return of critique in the form of a surging interest in critical theories (such as the critical political economy of Karl Marx) and social rebellions as a reaction to the commodification and instrumentalization of everything. On one hand,...

   To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge
2. Internet and Surveillance

   The Challenges of Web 2.0 and Social Media

   Edited by Christian Fuchs, Kees Boersma, Anders Albrechtslund, Marisol Sandoval

   Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society

   The Internet has been transformed in the past years from a system primarily oriented on information provision into a medium for communication and community-building. The notion of “Web 2.0”, social software, and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have emerged in this...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge