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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 [log in to unmask] http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ [log in to unmask] http://www.elmcip.net/ http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ ------ 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 [log in to unmask] Tel +46 (0) 18 471 1019 http://fuchs.uti.at http://www.im.uu.se 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) **************************************************** This is a message from the SURVEILLANCE listserv for research and teaching in surveillance studies. To unsubscribe, please send the following message to <[log in to unmask]>: UNSUBSCRIBE SURVEILLANCE For further help, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help **************************************************** ------ End of Forwarded Message ********** * To alter your subscription settings on this list, log on to Subscriber's Corner at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/writing-and-the-digital-life.html * To unsubscribe from the list, email [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and the following text in the body of the message: SIGNOFF WRITING-AND-THE-DIGITAL-LIFE