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"This book contributes to the foundations of a critical theory of communication as shaped by the forces of digital capitalism. One of the world's leading theorists of digital media Professor Christian Fuchs explores how the thought of some of the Frankfurt School’s key thinkers can be depl...

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Έκδοση: University of Westminster Press 2016
Διαθέσιμο Online:https://doi.org/10.16997/book1
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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-320472021-11-04T14:09:47Z Critical Theory of Communication: New Readings of Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the Age of the Internet Fuchs, Christian marxist theory habermas social media digital media theories of communication frankfurt school critical theory Capitalism Dialectic György Lukács Herbert Marcuse Theodor W. Adorno bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTC Communication studies bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HP Philosophy bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFD Media studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology "This book contributes to the foundations of a critical theory of communication as shaped by the forces of digital capitalism. One of the world's leading theorists of digital media Professor Christian Fuchs explores how the thought of some of the Frankfurt School’s key thinkers can be deployed for critically understanding media in the age of the Internet. Five essays that form the heart of this book review aspects of the works of Georg Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, Axel Honneth and Jürgen Habermas and apply them as elements of a critical theory of communication's foundations. The approach taken starts from Georg Lukács Ontology of Social Being, draws on the work of the Frankfurt School thinkers, and sets them into dialogue with the Cultural Materialism of Raymond Williams.Critical Theory of Communication offers a vital set of new insights on how communication operates in the age of information, digital media and social media, arguing that we need to transcend the communication theory of Habermas by establishing a dialectical and cultural-materialist critical theory of communication. It is the first title in a major new book series 'Critical Digital and Social Media Studies' published by the University of Westminster Press." 2016-12-31 23:55:55 2018-09-10 11:37:46 2020-04-01T13:57:00Z 2020-04-01T13:57:00Z 2016 book 619390 OCN: 982244626 9781911534051;9781911534068;9781911534075 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32047 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 619390.pdf https://doi.org/10.16997/book1 University of Westminster Press 10.16997/book1 10.16997/book1 2725c638-53f3-4872-9824-99c3555366f3 9781911534051;9781911534068;9781911534075 230 open access
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