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    Critical Theory of Communication: New Readings of Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the Age of the Internet

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    Author(s)
    Fuchs, Christian
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    "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. It is the first title in a major new book series 'Critical Digital and Social Media Studies' published by the University of Westminster Press."
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32047
    Keywords
    marxist theory; habermas; social media; digital media; theories of communication; frankfurt school critical theory; Capitalism; Dialectic; György Lukács; Herbert Marcuse; Theodor W. Adorno
    DOI
    10.16997/book1
    ISBN
    9781911534051;9781911534068;9781911534075
    OCN
    982244626
    Publisher
    University of Westminster Press
    Publisher website
    https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/
    Publication date and place
    2016
    Classification
    Communication studies
    Philosophy
    Media studies
    Sociology
    Pages
    230
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Capitalism - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism; Critical theory - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_theory; Dialectic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic; Frankfurt School - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_School; György Lukács - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Luk%C3%A1cs; Herbert Marcuse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Marcuse; Social media - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media; Theodor W. Adorno - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_W._Adorno
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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