I should note that my call does not say that there isn't a critical theory of the internet, or that there is a lack. it says something entirely different.
On Mar 23, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Simon Biggs wrote:

> The lack of critical theory about the internet was noted recently. I copy in
> below an announcement of a new book that helps plug that gap.
> 
> I guess we can point to a number of other books in the field, such as those
> coming out of the Institute for Network Culture (Lovink, Campanelli, etc -
> Amsterdam) and recent publications from Siegen University (Schafer and
> Gendolla, Simanowski, etc). Sherry Turkle's new book is getting a lot of
> attention and then there are all well known authors like Hayles, Bolter,
> Zylinska, Stallabrass, Landow, Poster and Fuchs, who has wriiten other books
> on the topic than the one below.
> 
> I am sure somebody has a bibliographic reference list somewhere. The more
> the merrier.
> 
> Best
> 
> Simon
> 
> 
> Simon Biggs
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> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: Christian Fuchs <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Christian Fuchs <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:22:17 +0100
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: New Book: Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies
> 
> New book:
> Fuchs, Christian. 2011. Foundations of Critical Media and Information
> Studies. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-58881-2. 384 pages.
> Rouledge Advances in Sociology No. 52.
> 
> More information:
> http://fuchs.uti.at/books/foundations-of-critical-media-and-information-stud
> ies/
> 
> Available from the same author: "Internet and Society: Social Theory in
> the Information Age" (Paperback 2011)
> http://fuchs.uti.at/books/internet-society/
> 
> Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies lays down
> foundations for the analysis of media, information, and information
> technology in 21st century information society, as well as introducing
> the theoretical and empirical tools necessary for the critical study of
> media and the information society.
> 
> Reasons for reading this book
> 
> * To find out more about critical theory today: The book updates
> critical theory for 21st century information society.
> * To acquire tools for critical analyses: The book introduces
> methodological and theoretical tools for studying media, information
> technology, and the information society in a critical way.
> * To read more about a critical theory of media and the information
> society: The book explains the foundations of a critical theory of
> media, information, information technology, and the information society.
> * To find out more about how power structures frame the media and the
> Internet: The book provides a power structure analysis of the media and
> the Internet.
> * To engage with alternative media and the alternative Internet: The
> book identifies alternative potentials of the media, culture, and the
> Internet.
> 
> Contents
> 
> 1 Introduction
> 
> PART I: Theory
> 
> 2 Critical theory today
> 3 Critical media and information studies
> 4 Marx and critical media and information studies
> 
> PART II: Case studies
> 
> 5 The media and information economy and the new imperialism
> 6 The new crisis of capitalism and the role of the media and information
> economy
> 7 Participatory web 2.0 as ideology
> 
> PART III Alternatives
> 
> 8 Alternative media as critical media
> 9 Conclusion
> 
> --
> Prof. Christian Fuchs
> Chair in Media and Communication Studies
> Department of Informatics and Media
> Uppsala University
> Kyrkogårdsgatan 10
> Box 513
> 751 20 Uppsala
> Sweden
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> Tel +46 (0) 18 471 1019
> http://fuchs.uti.at
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> NetPolitics Blog: http://fuchs.uti.at/blog
> Editor of tripleC: http://www.triple-c.at
> Book "Foundations of Critical Media and Information Studies" (Routledge
> 2011)
> Book "Internet and Society" (Paperback, Routledge 2010)
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