Description:
This third book in Christian Fuchs's Media, Communication and Society book series illuminates what it means to live in an age of digital capitalism, analysing its various aspects, and engaging with a variety of critical thinkers whose theories and approaches enable a critical understanding of digital capitalism for media and communication.
Review Quotes:
"Drawing on his unrivalled command of the key architects of critical theory, from Marx and Engels to Dallas Smythe, by way of Georg Lukács, Theodor W. Adorno and Henri Lefebvre, Christian Fuchs demonstrates their continuing indispensability to understanding how digital technologies and data analytics are reshaping the exercise of power and exploitation within contemporary capitalism and transforming lives, labour, and life chances across the globe. Comprehensive, combative, accessible, and essential. A book to learn from and argue with."
Graham Murdock, Emeritus Professor of Culture and Economy, Loughborough University
"Christian Fuchs shows us once again why he is today's leading scholar of what happens when Marxism meets the digital. Digital Capitalism offers a wide range of essential critical lenses for examining the most pressing concerns of the contemporary economy."
Kylie Jarrett, Associate Professor, Maynooth University