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Explore the paradox of social media in this incisive Routledge Advances in Sociology volume that examines platforms like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter through a critical theoretical lens. This book bridges the gap between critical theory and empirical research on digital media, investigating both the constraints and emancipatory potentials of contemporary social networks. The author assess how digital and social media can strengthen communication commons and foster a commons-based information society, moving beyond surface-level platform analysis to interrogate deeper structural questions about commodification, user agency and digital culture. Essential reading for students and scholars of sociology, media studies and digital culture seeking rigorous theoretical frameworks for understanding social media's role in contemporary society.

Key Features

Combines critical theory with empirical research on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter to provide substantive analysis beyond descriptive platform studies.

Published by Routledge in the Advances in Sociology series, positioning this work within established academic scholarship on digital culture.

Examines both emancipatory potentials and structural constraints of social media platforms within a commons-based information society framework.

Addresses the tension between user empowerment and commodification inherent to contemporary digital and social media systems.

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Amazon UK
Release Date
16 April 2015
Listed Since
03 November 2014

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