Christian Fuchs: Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies (2011)
Filed under book | Tags: · alternative media, capitalism, critical theory, democracy, finance, information society, internet, marxism, mass media, media studies, theory of value, web 2.0
Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies lays down foundations for the analysis of media, information, and information technology in 21st 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. The book critically discusses transformations of the Internet (‘web 2.0’), introduces the notion of alternative media as critical media, and shows the critical role media and information technology can play in contemporary society.
This book provides an excellent introduction to the study of media, information technology, and information society, making it a valuable reference tool for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of subjects such as Media Studies, Sociology of Media, Social Theory, and New Media.
Publisher Routledge, 2011
Routledge Advances in Sociology series
ISBN 1136825312, 9781136825316
384 pages
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Comment (0)The News Media & The Law, No 35:3: Journalists, Whistleblowers and National Security (2011)
Filed under journal | Tags: · diplomacy, journalism, law, mass media, media, security, transparency, wikileaks
Despite a major victory for source protection, recent prosecutions indicate a government clampdown on whistleblowers.
Publisher Lucy A. Dalglish, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Summer 2011
Editor Gregg P. Leslie
Managing Editor Peter Haldis
Contributing Editor Mark Caramanica
Contributors Christine Beckett, Derek D. Green, Clara Hogan, Aaron Mackey, Emily Peterson, Kristen Rasmussen
ISSN: 0149-0737
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Comment (0)Félix Guattari: Chaosmosis: An Ethico-Aesthetic Paradigm (1992–) [PT, EN, ES, IT]
Filed under book | Tags: · abstract machine, autopoiesis, cartography, deterritorialization, information theory, machine, mass media, ontology, philosophy, postmodernism, psychoanalysis, psychosis, schizoanalysis, semiotics, structuralism, subjectivity
Guattari’s final book is a succinct summary of his socio-philosophical outlook. It includes critical reflections on Lacanian psychoanalysis, structuralism, information theory, postmodernism, and the thought of Heidegger, Bakhtin, Barthes, and others.
Originally published in French as Chaosmose, Editions Galilee, Paris, 1992.
English edition
Translated by Paul Bains and Julian Pefanis
Publisher Indiana University Press, 1995
ISBN 0253210046, 9780253210043
144 pages
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Caosmose (Portuguese, trans. Ana Lúcia de Oliveira and Lúcia Cláudia Leão, 1992, added on 2013-9-26)
Chaosmosis (English, trans. Paul Bains and Julian Pefanis, 1995, updated on 2015-3-26)
Caosmosis (Spanish, trans. Irene Agoff, 1996, added on 2013-1-5)
Caosmosi (Italian, trans. Massimiliano Guareschi, 1996, no OCR, added on 2013-1-5)