[liberationtech] New open access book: Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data

2019-01-30 Thread Christian Fuchs
New open access book: David Chandler and Christian Fuchs, eds. 2019. Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Capitalism, Labour and Politics in the Age of Big Data. London: University of Westminster Press. ISBN 978-1-912656-20-2. https

[liberationtech] Call: Critical Digital and Social Media Research Conference

2018-11-29 Thread Christian Fuchs
-digital--social-media-research_7318389/ Keynote speakers: Mark Andrejevic, Christian Fuchs, Kylie Jarrett, Simon Lindgren, Evgeny Morozov, Tiziana Terranova This combined symposium and PhD workshop aims at showing that critical theories, critical methodologies and critical practices are cornerstones

[liberationtech] From Tax Avoidance to AI: Policy Challenges in the Age of Big Data and Digital Monopolies

2018-07-02 Thread Christian Fuchs
: Mercedes Bunz: "Artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things: UK Policy Opportunities and Challenges" Christian Fuchs: "The Online Advertising Tax: A Digital Policy Innovation" "The Online Advertising Tax as the Foundation of a Public Service Internet"

[liberationtech] Free ebook: Nationalism 2.0

2018-02-22 Thread Christian Fuchs
Free ebook: Christian Fuchs: Nationalism 2.0: The Making of Brexit on Social Media https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786802996/nationalism-2-0/ "Nationalism 2.0" reveals how the political fetishism of nationalist ideologies has displaced attention from the roles of capitalism and class

[liberationtech] Critical Digital and Social Media Studies - Call for Book Proposals, deadline approaching

2018-02-02 Thread Christian Fuchs
guidelines see https://uwestminsterpress.blog Critical Digital and Social Media Studies is an established book series edited by Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies and published by the University of Westminster Press (UWP). We invite submissions of book

[liberationtech] March 1: Launch of the book "Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter"

2018-01-17 Thread Christian Fuchs
Book Launch: Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter, by Christian Fuchs Thursday, March 1, 2018, 19:00 University of Westminster 309 Regent Street London W1B 2HW 117 Boardroom Organised by Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies, Communication and Media

[liberationtech] Reconsidering Value and Labour in the Digital Age.

2018-01-09 Thread Christian Fuchs
Now (finally) available as paperback: Reconsidering Value and Labour in the Digital Age, ed. Eran Fisher & Christian Fuchs. http://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137478566 http://fuchs.uti.at/books/reconsidering-value-and-labour-in-the-digital-age/ How do labour and value-production ch

[liberationtech] 2018 CALL FOR OPEN ACCESS BOOK PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: CRITICAL DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA STUDIES

2018-01-08 Thread Christian Fuchs
**NEW 2018 CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: CRITICAL DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA STUDIES** Critical Digital and Social Media Studies is an established book series edited by Professor Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies and published by the University

[liberationtech] Paperback: Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism/Marx and the Political Economy of the Media

2017-12-07 Thread Christian Fuchs
Now available in paperback: Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism & Marx and the Political Economy of the Media Edited by Christian Fuchs & Vincent Mosco Haymarket Books 2017 200 years after Marx’s birth and 150 years after the publication of Capital Volume 1, capitalism c

[liberationtech] What Internet do we want? Please participate in the netCommons survey

2017-09-13 Thread Christian Fuchs
. Many thanks! Kind regards, Dimitris Boucas, Maria Michalis, Christian Fuchs (Univ of Westminster netCommons research team) -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/list

[liberationtech] Capital, State, Empire by Scott Timcke

2017-08-02 Thread Christian Fuchs
Capital, State, Empire: The New American Way of Digital Warfare Open Access book by Scott Timcke Part of the Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies series edited by Christian Fuchs University of Westminster Press Free download, affordable paperback: http://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site

[liberationtech] June 28: Critical Theory in the Digital Context: Search Engine Labour and Creative Production

2017-06-22 Thread Christian Fuchs
Critical Theory in the Digital Context: Search Engine Labour and Creative Production Wed, June 28, 2017, 18:00 WIAS Seminar University of Westminster 309 Regent St, Room UG.04 Registration:

[liberationtech] Digital Needs and the Commons under Informational Capitalism

2017-05-23 Thread Christian Fuchs
Digital Needs and the Commons under Informational Capitalism A WIAS research seminar with talks by Sebastian Sevignani and Benjamin Birkinbine Tue, June 6, 18:00-20:00 309 Regent Street, W1B 2HW, London Boardroom Organised by the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS) Registration:

[liberationtech] Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Activism, Research & Critique in the Age of Big Data Capitalism

2017-05-15 Thread Christian Fuchs
-Objects-Digital-Subjects.docx to ictsandsociety2...@gmail.com Speakers: Toni Negri, Jodi Dean, David Chandler, Christian Fuchs, Paolo Gerbaudo, Orit Halpern, Kylie Jarrett, Jack Linchuan Qiu, Antoinette Rouvroy, Etienne Turpin More infos: http://icts-and-society.net/events/digital-objects-digital-

[liberationtech] Open Data Movements in the Age of Big Data Capitalism: WIAS seminar with Arwid Lund and Jonathan Gray

2017-04-27 Thread Christian Fuchs
Open Data Movements in the Age of Big Data Capitalism Tue 16 May 2017 17:00 – 19:00 Organised by the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies 309 Regent Street University of Westminster London W1B 2HW Registration:

[liberationtech] Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Activism, Research & Critique in the Age of Big Data Capitalism

2017-03-16 Thread Christian Fuchs
egri, Jodi Dean, David Chandler, Christian Fuchs, Paolo Gerbaudo, Orit Halpern, Kylie Jarrett, Jack Linchuan Qiu, Antoinette Rouvroy, Etienne Turpin Registration, all abstracts and more info: http://icts-and-society.net/events/digital-objects-digital-subjects-a-symposium-on-activism-research-crit

[liberationtech] Call for Open Access Book Proposals: Critical Digital and Social Media Studies (Univ of Westminster Press)

2017-01-26 Thread Christian Fuchs
and Social Media Studies is a new book series edited by Professor Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies and published by the University of Westminster Press (UWP). We invite submissions of book proposals that fall into the scope of the series. CALL DETAILS

[liberationtech] Frankfurt School Critical Theory - Donald Trump, authoritarian capitalism/populism & Twitter

2017-01-20 Thread Christian Fuchs
Read how Donald Trump is prototypical for a new form of authoritarian capitalism. What is authoritarian capitalism? How does Trump practice authoritarian capitalism? These questions are discussed in C. Fuchs' new study "Donald Trump: A Critical Theory-Perspective on Authoritarian Capitalism"

[liberationtech] Jan 25: Building Community with the Help of Information and Commmunications Technologies: Opportunities and Challenges (netCommons/WIAS event)

2017-01-18 Thread Christian Fuchs
AS Newsletter https://www.westminster.ac.uk/newsletter -- Prof. Christian Fuchs University of Westminster, http://fuchs.uti.at, http://www.triple-c.at @fuchschristian -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mail

[liberationtech] ESA 2017 conference "(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities": Abstract submission now open

2017-01-03 Thread Christian Fuchs
Abstract submission now open "(Un)Making Europe: Capitalism, Solidarities, Subjectivities" 13th European Sociological Conference European Sociological Assocation Athens, Greece, 29 August to 1 September 2017 http://www.europeansociology.org./conferences/13th-conference-2017/ Abstract submission

[liberationtech] New Call for Open Access Book Proposals: Critical Digital and Social Media Studies

2016-12-05 Thread Christian Fuchs
NEW CALL FOR OPEN ACCESS BOOK PROPOSALS: CRITICAL DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA STUDIES Critical Digital and Social Media Studies is a new open access book series edited by Professor Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies and published by the University

[liberationtech] New open access book: C. Fuchs - Critical Theory of Communication: New Readings of Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the Age of the Internet.

2016-11-25 Thread Christian Fuchs
of communication as shaped by the forces of digital capitalism. Christian Fuchs explores how the thought of some of the Frankfurt School’s key thinkers can be deployed for critically understanding media in the age of the Internet. Five essays that form the heart of this book review aspects

[liberationtech] Book launch: Critical Theory of Communication: New Readings of Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the Age of the Internet

2016-10-06 Thread Christian Fuchs
-27680660601 University of Westminster Press and Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies are pleased to mark the first publication of UWP, Critical Theory of Communication, by Christian Fuchs. It is the first book in a new book series entitled Critical Digital and Social Media Studies

[liberationtech] Call: 2017 Westminster Institute for Advances Studies-International Research Fellowships in Critical Digital & Social Media Studies

2016-09-28 Thread Christian Fuchs
dent critical thinking beyond borders. It is located at the University of Westminster in the heart of London. Prof Christian Fuchs is its Director. The WIAS’ research focus is critical digital and social media studies. The Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies has an open call for internati

[liberationtech] Oct 12: Launch of Christian Fuchs' OA book "Critical Theory of Communication" and the University of Westminster Press

2016-09-16 Thread Christian Fuchs
newsletter University of Westminster Press (UWP) and Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies are pleased to mark the first publication of UWP, Critical Theory of Communication, by Christian Fuchs. It is the first book in an new open access book series entitled Critical Digital and Social Med

[liberationtech] Special Issue Call: Ferments in the Field: The Past, Present and Futures of Communication Studies (Journal of Communication)

2016-08-25 Thread Christian Fuchs
Special Issue of the Journal of Communication: Ferments in the Field: The Past, Present and Futures of Communication Studies Editors: Christian Fuchs & Jack Qiu Call for submission of extended abstracts http://fuchs.uti.at/1699/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10./(ISSN)1460-

[liberationtech] Henryk Grossman 2.0: A Critique of Paul Mason’s Book “PostCapitalism"

2016-04-12 Thread Christian Fuchs
Fuchs, Christian. 2016. Henryk Grossman 2.0: A Critique of Paul Mason’s Book “PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future“. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 14 (1): 232-242. http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/757 Abstract This article reviews Paul Mason’s book

[liberationtech] *FINAL CALL: Proposal deadline: 1 March 2016 FINAL CALL ***

2016-02-24 Thread Christian Fuchs
tical Digital & Social Media Studies" is a book series edited by Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Insitute for Advanced Studies and published by the University of Westminster Press. It publishes books that critically study the role of the Internet, digital and social media in so

[liberationtech] International Visiting Fellowships in Critical Digital & Social Media Research

2016-01-25 Thread Christian Fuchs
Call for Applications: International Visiting Fellowships in Critical Digital & Social Media Research The Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS) www.westminster.ac.uk/wias is a newly created academic space at the University of Westminster in London for independent critical thinking

[liberationtech] Call for book proposals: Critical Digital & Social Media Studies OA book series

2016-01-22 Thread Christian Fuchs
"Critical Digital & Social Media Studies" is a book seried edited by Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Insitute for Advanced Studies and published by the University of Westminster Press. It publishes books that critically study the role of the Internet, digital an

[liberationtech] 2 PhD scholarships in digital labour analysis & digital ideology critique

2015-12-16 Thread Christian Fuchs
ossibilities of the contemporary world. The WIAS first research focus is critical social media research. Professor Christian Fuchs is the Institute’s director. We welcome proposals that fit into the WIAS’s research framework of critical social/digital media research and give particular focus to the theoretical a

[liberationtech] 5th ICTs and Society Conference 2015: The Internet and Social Media at a Crossroads: Capitalism or Commonism? Perspectives for Critical Political Economy and Critical Theory

2015-02-23 Thread Christian Fuchs
The 5th ICTs and Society-Conference: The Internet and Social Media at a Crossroads: Capitalism or Commonism? Perspectives for Critical Political Economy and Critical Theory. Vienna University of Technology. Vienna, Austria June 3-7, 2015. Abstract submission deadline: this week

[liberationtech] C. Fuchs: Culture and Economy in the Age of Social Media

2015-02-02 Thread Christian Fuchs
division of digital labour, productive labour, and social struggles in the age of digital capitalism. Table of Contents 1. Introduction PART I: Theoretical Foundations 2. Christian Fuchs and Marisol Sandoval: Culture and Work 3. Communication, Ideology, and Labour PART II: Social Media’s

[liberationtech] Extended Call ESA 2015 Conference: “Critical Media Sociology Today”

2015-02-01 Thread Christian Fuchs
The ESA 2015 submission deadline has by the local and central organising committees been extended to February 15 - so submissions for the RN18 panel Critical Media Sociology Today are further open until then. On 26/01/2015 12:53, Christian Fuchs wrote: Call: RN18 Panel “Critical Media

[liberationtech] Marisol Sandoval: From Corporate to Social Media (CAMRI Seminar Feb 4)

2015-01-27 Thread Christian Fuchs
CAMRI Seminar Marisol Sandoval From Corporate to Social Media: Critical Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility in Media and Communication Industries Univ of Westminster Wed, Feb 4, 2015 14:00 Harrow Campus, room A7.1 Launch of the paperback edition of the corresponding book

[liberationtech] Call ESA 2015 Conference: “Critical Media Sociology Today”

2015-01-26 Thread Christian Fuchs
Call: RN18 Panel “Critical Media Sociology Today” 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association August 25-28, 2015. Prague Abstract Submission Deadline: Feb 1 Submission: http://esa12thconference.eu/abstract-submission Call text: http://fuchs.uti.at/1338/ Critical Media Sociology

[liberationtech] CAMRI seminar 28/1: Clint Burnham on Slavoj Žižek and the Internet

2015-01-20 Thread Christian Fuchs
CAMRI seminar Clint Burnham: The Subject Supposed to LOL: Slavoj Žižek and the Event of the Internet Wed, 28/1, 14:00 Univ of Westminster Harrow Campus Room A7.01 Registration is possible by e-mail to christian.fu...@uti.at

[liberationtech] CAMRI Research Seminars spring 2015 preview: World War I, Žižek, CSR=ideology, consumer capitalism movie, Occupy, fetishism, neoliberal technology/university

2014-12-11 Thread Christian Fuchs
CAMRI Research Seminars Spring 2015 University of Westminster, Communication and Media Research Institute Overview: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/camri/research-seminars Programme: http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/CAMRIspring2015.pdf Time: Wednesdays, 14:00-16:00 University of Westminster, Harrow

[liberationtech] Call Critical Media Sociology Today ESA 2015 Conference Prague: RN18 stream

2014-12-10 Thread Christian Fuchs
http://fuchs.uti.at/1338/ Call: RN18 Panel “Critical Media Sociology Today” 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association August 25-28, 2015. Prague ESA Research Network 18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research Abstract submission (max. 250 words): Deadline February 1, 2015

[liberationtech] Vince Miller on his forthcoming book about presence, crisis and culture (CAMRI seminar 10/12)

2014-12-03 Thread Christian Fuchs
The Crisis of Presence in Contemporary Culture Vince Miller (Univ of Kent) Wed, Dec 10 14:00 UNiv of Westminster Harrow Campus Room A7.01 http://www.westminster.ac.uk/camri/research-seminars/the-crisis-of-presence-in-contemporary-culture Registration: e-mail to christian.fu...@uti.at In this

[liberationtech] Call: 5th ICTs and Society-Conference: The Internet and Social Media at a Crossroads: Capitalism or Commonism? Perspectives for Critical Political Economy and Critical Theory.

2014-11-21 Thread Christian Fuchs
5th ICTs and Society-Conference: The Internet and Social Media at a Crossroads: Capitalism or Commonism? Perspectives for Critical Political Economy and Critical Theory. http://icts-and-society.net/events/5th-icts-and-society-conference/ Part of the ISIS Summit Vienna 2015: Information Society

[liberationtech] Michael Wayne on his new book Red Kant: Aesthetics, Marxism and the Third Critique (CAMRI Seminar, Nov 19)

2014-11-18 Thread Christian Fuchs
Kant’s Aesthetics and Marxism Talk by Michael Wayne CAMRI Seminar Wed Nov 26, 14:00 University of Westminster Harrow Campus Room A7.01 Registration is possible by e-mail to christian.fu...@uti.at until November 17.

[liberationtech] Walter Benjamin and the media today: A talk by Jaeho Kang (CAMRI Seminar, Oct 29)

2014-10-21 Thread Christian Fuchs
Phantasmagoria of Urban Spectacle: Walter Benjamin and Media Theory Today Jaeho Kang Wed, Oct 29, 14:00 University of Westminster Harrow Campus Room A7.01 Registration is possible per email to christian.fu...@uti.at until Oct 27

[liberationtech] Reflections on Slavoj Žižek’s book Absolute Recoil: Towards a New Foundation of Dialectical Materialism“

2014-10-21 Thread Christian Fuchs
Fuchs, Christian. 2014. The dialectic: Not just the absolute recoil, but the world’s living fire that extinguishes and kindles itself. Reflections on Slavoj Žižek’s version of dialectical philosophy in “Absolute recoil. Towards a new foundation of dialectical materialism“. tripleC:

[liberationtech] Jim McGuigan on Raymond Williams (CAMRI Seminar Oct 15)

2014-10-08 Thread Christian Fuchs
It is reasonable to see many dangers in the years towards 2000, but it is also reasonable to see many grounds for hope. -- Raymond Williams (1983): Towards 2000 The Work of Raymond Williams Jim McGuigan CAMRI Seminar Wed, October 15, 2014 14:00-16:00 Univ. of Westminster Harrow Campus Room

[liberationtech] CAMRI Seminar Oct 1: Jenny Chan - Dying for an iPhone: The Labour Struggle of China’s New Working Class

2014-09-25 Thread Christian Fuchs
Dying for an iPhone: The Labour Struggle of China’s New Working Class Jenny Chan CAMRI Research Seminar Wednesday, October 1, 2014 University of Westminster Harrow Campus, 14:00-16:00 Room A7.01 Attendance: register per e-mail to christian.fu...@uti.at until Monday, Sep 30, 20:00

[liberationtech] Win a copy of “OccupyMedia! The Occupy Movement and Social Media in Crisis Capitalism”

2014-09-20 Thread Christian Fuchs
http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/22 You can win one of 20 copies of Christian Fuchs’ new book “OccupyMedia! The Occupy Movement and Social Media in Crisis Capitalism” http://fuchs.uti.at/books/occupymedia-the-occupy-movement-and-social-media-in-crisis-capitalism

[liberationtech] tripleC: Theorising Digital Labour and Virtual Work - Philosophers of the World Unite!: Special issue

2014-09-02 Thread Christian Fuchs
Special issue: Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorising Digital Labour and Virtual Work - Definitions, Dimensions and Forms Edited by Marisol Sandoval, Christian Fuchs, Jernej A. Prodnik, Sebastian Sevignani, Thomas Allmer in context of the COST Action Dynamics of Virtual Work http

[liberationtech] Call ESA RN18: Media and Communication in and after the Global Capitalist Crisis: Renewal, Reform, or Revolution? (Deadline July 1)

2014-06-20 Thread Christian Fuchs
Media and Communication in and after the Global Capitalist Crisis: Renewal, Reform or Revolution? European Sociological Association - Research Network 18 (Sociology of Communications and Media Research) 2014 Conference University of Bucharest, Romania October 17-18, 2014 Submission deadline:

[liberationtech] Call: RESPECT 2nd Policy Workshop Barcelona Sep 17-18, 2014

2014-06-03 Thread Christian Fuchs
Call for Abstracts Technology and Crime: Law, Privacy and Policy in the Era of Big Data RESPECT 2nd Policy Workshop Barcelona September 17-18, 2014 http://respectbarcelona.eu/ For

[liberationtech] Thomas Piketty, Karl Marx and the Internet

2014-05-29 Thread Christian Fuchs
Fuchs, Christian. 2014. Thomas Piketty’s Book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, Karl Marx and the Political Economy of the Internet. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism Critique 12 (1): 413-430. http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/575 Abstract Thomas Piketty’s book

[liberationtech] Workshop: Marx’s Labour Theory of Value in the Digital Age

2014-05-26 Thread Christian Fuchs
Internet and a tour exploring techniques of separation and control along the separation wall in Jerusalem. Keynote talks: Noam Yoran: The Labour Theory of Television, or, Why is Television Still Around Christian Fuchs: The Digital Labour Theory of Value and Karl Marx in the Age of Facebook, YouTube

[liberationtech] Digital Labour and Karl Marx (Christian Fuchs): New paperback

2014-05-09 Thread Christian Fuchs
Digital Labour and Karl Marx (Christian Fuchs): New paperback Fuchs, Christian. 2014. Digital Labour and Karl Marx. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-71615-4. More information about the book: http://fuchs.uti.at/books/digital-labour-and-karl-marx/ Participate in the journal tripleC

[liberationtech] New paperback: Critique, Social Media and the Information Society (ed. Christian Fuchs, Marisol Sandoval)

2014-05-03 Thread Christian Fuchs
Conference “Critique, Democracy, and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society: Towards Critical Theories of Social Media” (May 2-4, 2012, Uppsala Univeristy, Sweden) Read the introduction: Christian Fuchs and Marisol Sandoval - Critique, Social Media and the Information Society in the Age

[liberationtech] Sign the Freedom of Information and Expression-Declaration!

2014-04-03 Thread Christian Fuchs
(Lecturer, University of Cardiff, UK) Augustine Zenakos (Journalist, UNFOLLOW magazine, Greece) Barbara Trionfi (Press Freedom Manager, International Press Institute) Christian Fuchs (Professor of Social Media, University of Westminster, UK) Dimitris Tsapogas (Researcher, University of Vienna, Austria

Re: [liberationtech] Sign the Freedom of Information and Expression-Declaration!

2014-04-03 Thread Christian Fuchs
2009: http://internetrightsandprinciples.org/site/ 2012: http://www.internetdeclaration.org/ 2012: http://declarationofinternetfreedom.org/ 2013: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9236603/A_Declaration_of_the_Interdependence_of_Cyberspace On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Christian Fuchs

[liberationtech] CAMRI Seminar: Jörg Becker on journalism and media/communication studies under Hitler and the example of Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann

2014-03-24 Thread Christian Fuchs
CAMRI Seminar Jörg Becker: Journalism and media/communication studies under Hitler: The example of Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann University of Westminster Harrow Campus (tube stop: Northwick Park, Metropolitan Line) Wed, April 2, 2014 14:00-16:00 Room A6.08

[liberationtech] CAMRI Seminar: Jonathan Hardy on his forthcoming book Critical Political Economy of the Media: An Introduction

2014-03-18 Thread Christian Fuchs
Critical Political Economy of Communications – A Mid-Term Report: The First Fifty Years and the Future Jonathan Hardy University of Westminster Harrow Campus (tube stop: Northwick Park, Metropolitan Line) Wed, March 26. !4:00-16:00 Room A6.08 Registration at latest until Monday, March 24, per

[liberationtech] Media and Communication in and after the Global Capitalist Crisis: ESA RN18 2014 Conference Call

2014-02-17 Thread Christian Fuchs
Media and Communication in and after the Global Capitalist Crisis: Renewal, Reform or Revolution? ESA RN18 Mid-Term Conference 2014 University of Bucharest, Romania October 17-18, 2014 Full Call Text and additional information: http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/RN18_2014.pdf Call for

[liberationtech] Univ of Westminster: MA in Social Media

2014-01-28 Thread Christian Fuchs
. Christian Fuchs The MA in Social Media offers a flexible interdisciplinary exploration of key contemporary developments in the networked digital media environment. It will benefit those seeking to develop their understanding of contemporary communication and its societal, political, regulatory

[liberationtech] Conference Freedom of Information Under Pressure: Feb 28/March 1

2014-01-12 Thread Christian Fuchs
(Director of Editorial Legal Service, The Guardian, United Kingdom)Augoustine Zenakos (Investigative Journalist, UNFOLLOW magazine, Greece) Mariniki Alevizopoulou (Investigative Journalist, UNFOLLOW magazine, Greece) Christian Fuchs (Professor of Social Media, University of Westminster, United Kingdom

Re: [liberationtech] RiseUp

2013-10-18 Thread Christian Fuchs
the necessary resources (working time, people, software development and upgrade, system administration etc) and what your experiences were with voluntary donations? I would be interested to hear how well the donation system works? Thanks a lot. Best wishes, Christian -- Christian Fuchs Professor of Social

[liberationtech] CAMRI Seminar (Sep 25): Vincent Mosco on the Political Economy of Cloud Computing and Big Data

2013-08-21 Thread Christian Fuchs
until 22 September by sending an email to Christian Fuchs: christian.fu...@uti.at. Abstract This presentation offers an account of the political, economic, social and cultural issues emerging from the growth of cloud computing. It starts by situating cloud computing as a major force

[liberationtech] Submission reminder - CfP: Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorizing Digital Labour and Virtual Work: Definitions, Forms and Transformations

2013-07-24 Thread Christian Fuchs
, Capitalism Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. Editors: Marisol Sandoval, Christian Fuchs, Jernej A. Prodnik, Sebastian Sevignani, Thomas Allmer In 1845, Karl Marx (1845, 571) formulated in the 11th Feuerbach Thesis: “The philosophers have only interpreted

[liberationtech] Review of Jörg Becker's book Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. Pollster between Nazi-Ideology and Conservatism

2013-07-07 Thread Christian Fuchs
Fuchs, Christian. 2013. Review of Jörg Becker’s Book “Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. Pollster between Nazi-Ideology and Conservatism (Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. Demoskopin zwischen NS-Ideologie und Konservatismus). tripleC 11 (2): 310-317. http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/489

[liberationtech] CfP Critical Visual Theory - Deadline June 15

2013-05-01 Thread Christian Fuchs
Call for Papers for a special issue of tripleC (http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/index): Communication, Capitalism Critique: Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society on the general topic of Critical Visual Theory Detailed Information/CfP:

[liberationtech] MA in Social Media @ University of Westminster

2013-03-01 Thread Christian Fuchs
-media-ma https://www.facebook.com/MASocialMedia If they have further questions, they can contact either me or my fellow Course Leader, Prof. Graham Meikle (g.mei...@westminster.ac.uk). Best, Christian Fuchs -- Christian Fuchs Professor of Social Media University of Westminster Communication

[liberationtech] Deadline (Feb 15): ESA 2013 Conference, RN18 panel on Communication, Crisis, Critique and Change

2013-02-13 Thread christian . fuchs
Dear colleagues, This is a brief reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions for the European Sociological Association's bi-annual conference is this Friday, February 15th. Best, Christian Fuchs Chair, ESA RN18: Sociology of Communications and Media Research http

[liberationtech] Reminder: ESA 2013 RN18 Call: Communication, Crisis, Critique and Change

2013-01-27 Thread Christian Fuchs
of Capitalist Crisis and Change Joint session with RN06 - Critical Political Economy Chairs: Ian Bruff Christian Fuchs 18JS29 - Social Theory and Media Sociology Today Joint session with RN29 - Social Theory Chair: George Pleios and Csaba Szalo -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https

Re: [liberationtech] /. ITU Approves Deep Packet Inspection

2012-12-05 Thread Christian Fuchs
the undermining of intellectual property rights. See this: Christian Fuchs: Implications of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) Internet Surveillance for Society. http://www.projectpact.eu/documents-1/%231_Privacy_and_Security_Research_Paper_Series.pdf Best, CF Am 12/5/12 7:11 PM, schrieb Nicholas Judd

[liberationtech] Dallas Smythe Today

2012-09-19 Thread Christian Fuchs
Fuchs, Christian. 2012. Dallas Smythe Today - The Audience Commodity, the Digital Labour Debate, Marxist Political Economy and Critical Theory. Prolegomena to a Digital Labour Theory of Value. tripleC – Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society 10 (2): 692-740.

[liberationtech] CfP: Book Social Media, Politics and the State

2012-08-16 Thread Christian Fuchs
*Call for extended abstracts for an edited collection -­‐ Please circulate widely* Social Media, Politics and the State: Protest, Revolutions, Riots, Crime, and Policing in the Age of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Edited by Daniel Trottier and Christian Fuchs http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content

[liberationtech] ESA RN18 Conference Communication, Crisis, and Critique in Contemporary Capitalism: submission deadline July 20th

2012-06-01 Thread Christian Fuchs
a member of ESA RN18 by joining the ESA and subscribing to the network. The network subscription fee is only 10 Euros for a 2-year period: http://www.europeansociology.org/member/ You can become a member of ESA and of RN18 here: http://www.europeansociology.org/member/ Christian Fuchs, Peter Golding