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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 > [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 Jeremy Hunsinger Political Science Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.tmttlt.com You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. --Mark Twain ********** * 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