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Christian Fuchs

Christian Fuchs is an Austrian social scientist. From 2013 until 2022 he was Professor of Social Media and Professor of… more

Christian Fuchs
H-index: 68
Physics 37%
Political science 23%
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New tripleC article: Muskian Futurism
By Jamie Ranger and Will Ranger
doi.org/10.31269/xah...
This article analyses Muskian futurism, a crosspollination of political perceptions, ideas and beliefs centred around the public persona of Elon Musk
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New tripleC article by Robert W. Gehl @rwg.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy - Fediverse Blocklists: Moderation in Noncapitalist Social Media: The paper explores how fediverse blocklist developers attempt to mitigate the problems of lists while also generating knowledge about noncapitalist social media.

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🌍📖 New book! World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism by IAMCR member Christian Fuchs @fuchschristian.bsky.social (UWP/Michigan Publishing). A timely, critical study of violence, digital capitalism & the future of peace. #DigitalCapitalism #WorldPeace
🔗 iamcr.org/book-fuchs-2...
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New tripleC article criticising the notions of digital feudalism and techno-feudalism: Technological Developments and Capitalist Subsumption: New Information Technologies in the Construction of the Capitalist Individual
By Iderley Colombini and Marcela Emediato
DOI: doi.org/10.31269/4m8...
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New tripleC article: Transformative Media: A Critical Approach to Alt-right Media Appropriations
By the Media Action Research Group
doi.org/10.31269/b3j...
maps cooptation strategies by the alt-right: (1) ideological appropriation; (2) reversal capture; and (3) commodity cooptation.
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tripleC article: Community Communication & Spatial Justice in Rio de Janeiro Favelas
Lou Guimarães Leão Caffagni & Gizele Martins investigate the Maré Mobilisation Front, a community communication collective in Rio de Janeiro that mobilised during the COVID-19 pandemic. doi.org/10.31269/xb8...
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New article in OA journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, doi.org/10.31269/gpz..., Theses on Platform Capitalism and Neoliberalism, by Eduardo Altheman Camargo Santos
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New tripleC article: Manfred Knoche - Towards the Liberation from Capitalist Business Models: The De-capitalisation of Journalism and Communication Studies
doi.org/10.31269/m3b...
Introduces the notion of the decapitalisation of the media, rollback of the logic of capital in the media economy.
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Review of @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social's book "Technofeudalism" in the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique: doi.org/10.31269/tri...
By Muhammad Atif & Sundas Maqbool
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Article by Keith Copley about Novara Media and its role in the Left:
doi.org/10.31269/tri...
@novaramedia.com
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New tripleC article: Personalisation and the Libertarian Roots of Populism. By Eran Fisher
doi.org/10.31269/tri...
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The @innovade-democracy.bsky.social-project's policy recommendations of advancing a European democracy shield: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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How can the EU protect democracy in the digital era?

We just published a policy brief responding to the #DemocracyShield consultation. It reflects our early research on inclusive governance, civic tech, and Europe's digital future.

Read it here🔗https://tinyurl.com/hypmmfr2

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innovade-democracy.bsky.social
How should democracy work in the digital age?

Christian Fuchs explains how INNOVADE is mapping out different democratic models and creating a Knowledge Base to guide inclusive innovation.

Interview here🎥https://youtu.be/SB1ZdE_Wal4?si=I2VSGckgoHzYYlNQ
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Manfred Knoche. 2025. Critique of the Political Economy of the Media. London: University of Westminster Press. Open access: doi.org/10.16997/boo...
Manfred Knoche's "Critique of the Political Economy of the Media" is an approach to the critical analysis of the media’s role in contemporary society.
fuchschristian.bsky.social
Thomas Klikauer reviews Josh Simons’ Book "Algorithms for the People – Democracy in the Age of AI" in the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
doi.org/10.31269/tri...
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Michael Kirby reviews Kristin Ross' The Commune Form. "The goal..is to ensure that practices like open access are wrestled back from the control of cost-cutting obsessed administrators who ... forestall ... the political elsewhere we call ... a commune". doi.org/10.31269/tri...

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Just dropped 🎬 — a kickoff interview with Fatih Yilmaz, explaining what #INNOVADE is all about and how we’re working to build better digital democratic tools.

Watch the video here🎥https://youtu.be/ST2xqEQsDrs?si=Y6RfO-wJQC4UiRvd
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New open access books published in 2025 in my book series Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies. Forthcoming on May 22 2025: Manfred Knoche - Critique of the Political Economy of the Media: Foundations and Applications. doi.org/10.16997/boo...
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New open access books published in 2025 in my book series Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies: Henri-Count Evans, Ruth Teer-Tomaselli and Tinashe Mawere - Digital and Social Media in Africa, doi.org/10.16997/129...
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New open access books published in 2025 in my book series Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies: Marco Guglielmo - The Left and Digital Politics: Political Parties from Platform Neoliberalism to Platform Socialism doi.org/10.16997/boo...
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New open access books published in 2025 in my book series Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies: Vincent Mosco: Critical Communication: A Memoir, doi.org/10.16997/boo...
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New open access books published in 2025 in my book series Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies: Des Freedman & @michaelklontzas.bsky.social (Eds.): Media Pasts and Futures: Critical Reflections on "Power Without Responsibility" (by James Curran and Jean Seaton): doi.org/10.16997/boo...
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W3-Universitätsprofessur Medienpädagogik - empirische Medienforschung. Weitere Infos:
jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-univ...

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