02068cam a22003137i 4500 48508 48508 BJBSDDR 20230410115820.0 ta 130501s2014 caua b 001 0 eng d 9781446257319 (pbk.) 1446257312 (pbk.) spa BJBSDDR spa eng HM 742 F951s 2014 302.231 Fuchs, Christian, 1976- Social media : a critical introduction / Christian Fuchs. Los Angeles : SAGE, 2014. vii, 293 p. : ill. ; 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and index. What is a critical introduction to social media? -- What is social media? -- Social media as participatory culture -- Social media and communication power -- The power and political economy of social media -- Google : good or evil search engine? -- Facebook : a surveillance threat to privacy? -- Twitter : a new public sphere? -- WikiLeaks : can we make power transparent? -- Wikipedia : a new democratic form of collaborative work and production? -- Conclusion: Social media and its alternatives : towards a truly social media. "Now more than ever, we need to understand social media - the good as well as the bad. We need critical knowledge that helps us to navigate the controversies and contradictions of this complex digital media landscape. Only then can we make informed judgments about what's happening in our media world, and why. Showing the reader how to ask the right kinds of questions about social media, Christian Fuchs takes us on a journey across social media, delving deep into case studies on Google, Facebook, Twitter, WikiLeaks and Wikipedia. The result lays bare the structures and power relations at the heart of our media landscape." -- Publisher's description. Social media. Redes sociales en línea 1568 Redes sociales 1360 Medios de comunicación de masas 1587 lcc BK 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 HM 742 F951s 2014 00000120300 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK