Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies

By Christian Fuchs

Book Overview

This book lays down foundations for the analysis of media, information, and information technology in twenty-first-century information society, as well as introducing the theoretical and empirical tools necessary for the critical study of media and information. Christian Fuchs shows the role classical critical theory can play for analyzing the information society and the information economy, as well as analyzing the role of the media and the information economy in economic development, the new imperialism, and the new economic crisis.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415588812
• ISBN13: 9780415588812
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"