Critical theory of communication : new readings of Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the age of the internet /

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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 deplo...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fuchs, Christian, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : University of Westminster Press, 2016.
Series:CDSMS (Series)
Subjects:
Lukács, György, > 1885-1971.
Adorno, Theodor W., > 1903-1969.
Marcuse, Herbert, > 1898-1979.
Honneth, Axel, > 1949-
Habermas, Jürgen.
Marcuse, Herbert, > 1898-1979
Lukács, György, > 1885-1971
Habermas, Jürgen
Adorno, Theodor W., > 1903-1969
Institut für Sozialforschung (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
Frankfurt school of sociology.
Critical theory.
Communication > Social aspects.
Sociology > Philosophy.
École de Francfort (Sociologie)
Théorie critique.
Sociologie > Philosophie.
critical theories (dialectical critiques)
critical theory (sociological concept)
Communication studies.
Humanities.
Interdisciplinary studies.
Media studies.
Philosophy.
Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Sociology and anthropology.
Sociology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Media & Communications.
Communication > Social aspects
Critical theory
Frankfurt school of sociology
Sociology > Philosophy
marxist theory.
habermas.
social media.
digital media.
theories of communication.
frankfurt school critical theory.
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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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Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781911534051
191153405X
9781911534068
1911534068
9781911534075
1911534076
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