Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification

Citation

Allmer T (2015) Critical Theory and Social Media: Between Emancipation and Commodification. Routledge Advances in Sociology, 144. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Critical-Theory-and-Social-Media-Between-Emancipation-and-Commodification/Allmer/p/book/9781138808768

Abstract
Social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter are enormously popular: they are continuously ranked among the most frequently accessed websites worldwide. However there are as yet few studies which combine critical theoretical and empirical research in the context of digital and social media. The aim of this book is to study the constraints and emancipatory potentials of new media and to assess to what extent digital and social media can contribute to strengthen the idea of the communication and network commons, and a commons-based information society.