Critical theory and social media : between emancipation and commodification / Thomas Allmer.
2015
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Author
Title
Critical theory and social media : between emancipation and commodification / Thomas Allmer.
Published
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Call Number
HM480 .A45 2015
ISBN
9781138808768 (hardback)
1138808768 (hardback)
9781315750491 (e-book)
1138808768 (hardback)
9781315750491 (e-book)
Description
xviii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)894777521
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of figures
xvii
List of tables
xix
Introduction
1
pt. I
Theoretical foundations
13
1.
Critical theory and dialectics
15
Introduction
15
Foundational concepts of a critical theory of media, technology, and society
16
The dialectics of productive forces and relations of production
26
Conclusion: means of communication as means of production
40
2.
Critical Internet and social media studies
44
Introduction
44
Foundations of Internet and social media studies
47
Towards a critical theory of the Internet and social media
51
Conclusion: ideology and commodity critique
54
3.
Critical (Internet) privacy studies: ideology critique
57
Introduction
57
Foundations of (Internet) privacy studies
58
Towards a critical theory of (Internet) privacy
69
Conclusion: capitalist privacy threats vs. corporate privacy protection
73
4.
Critical (Internet) surveillance studies: commodity critique
75
Introduction
75
Foundations of (Internet) surveillance studies
76
Towards a critical theory of (Internet) surveillance
84
Conclusion: capitalist surveillance vs. counter-surveillance
95
pt. II
Case study
99
5.
Traditional and critical research of privacy and surveillance on social media
101
Introduction
101
Traditional research of privacy on social media
101
Critical research of surveillance on social media
109
Conclusion: a critical empirical study of privacy and surveillance on social media
118
6.
Empirical results: (dis)advantages of social media
122
Introduction
122
General characteristics of the respondents
126
Advantages of social networking sites
128
Disadvantages of social networking sites
138
Conclusion
147
pt. III
Techno-social revolution
149
7.
Critical theory, dialectics, and the (dis)advantages of social media
151
Introduction
151
Foundational concepts of a critical theory of media, technology, and society and the (dis)advantages of social media
151
The dialectics of productive forces and relations of production and the (dis)advantages of social media
160
Conclusion
174
8.
Conclusion
177
Technological constraints
178
Technological potentials
179
Social potentials
179
Social contraints
180
(Dis)like Facebook? Communication and network commons
181
Commons-based information society
182
Bibliography
187
Index
205