Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification

by Thomas Allmer

Book Overview

Social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are enormously popular: they are continuously ranked among the most frequently accessed websites worldwide. However there are as yet few studies which combine critical theoretical and empirical research in the context of digital and social media. The aim of this book is to study the constraints and emancipatory potentials of new media and to assess to what extent digital and social media...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138636827
• ISBN13: 9781138636828
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"