Critical theory of communication new readings of Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the age of the internet
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 deplo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
University of Westminster Press
2016, 2016
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| Series: | Critical digital and social media studies
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force Title from content provider |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 1911534041 9781911534044 1911534076 9781911534075 1911534068 9781911534068 |